Editing Castle Bleck Entry

{{level infobox
|image=[[File:BowserCastleBleck.png|250px]]
|code=8-1
|game=''[[Super Paper Mario]]
|boss=[[O'Chunks]]
|before=[[The Overthere|<<]]
|after=[[Castle Bleck Foyer|>>]]
|track=Castle Bleck
|sample=[[File:SPM Castle Bleck.oga]]}}
The '''Castle Bleck Entry''' is the entrance to [[Castle Bleck]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. It is the setting of both Chapter 8-1, and of [[Princess Peach]]'s escape attempt during [[Lineland|Chapter 1]]'s interlude, throughout which she is playable.

==Chapter 8-1: The Impending Darkness==
'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>''After finding every [[Pure Heart]], the band of heroes set off for Castle Bleck.''

''The stakes were high as the ominous [[The Void|void]] grew larger and the end drew near.''

''Could Mario and friends stave off the inevitable and overturn the prophecy?''

''What strange twist of fate awaited [[Tippi]] and [[Count Bleck]]?''

''These thoughts plagued the minds of our heroes as the curtain rose on the final act...''</blockquote>
[[File:Bowser vs O'Chunks.PNG|thumb|250px|The showdown between O'Chunks and Bowser.]]
The level begins with an ominous pan-out of [[Castle Bleck]]. [[Tippi]] mentions "[[Count Bleck|Blumiere]]", but hastily dismisses it. Like all levels in Castle Bleck, the level begins with a hall full of enemies, in this case [[Koopatrol|Koopatrols]] and [[Blue Magiblot|Blue Magiblots]]. Next is a staircase with [[Goomba|Goombas]] and [[Boomerang Bro.|Boomerang Bros.]] Along the way up, there is a door leading to the balcony [[Princess Peach|Peach]] encountered at the end of [[Lineland|Chapter 1]], though it has enemies on it.

In the next room, there are some [[Mr. I|Mister I]]s and [[Red I]]s, as well as a locked door. The key can be found by Super Jumping up to a platform and entering the door on it. This will lead out into another open room. Luigi can Super Jump to the top of the walls. On the left wall, there are chests containing a [[Long-Last Shake]] and a [[Stop Watch]]. On the right, Peach can float across to a pipe, leading to a short hallway filled with [[Soopa Striker|Soopa Strikers]]. At the end, the key is found. The room behind the locked door is another enemy-filled hallway.

The next room is another staircase just like the first, except this one is populated by [[Fire Bro]]s and in place of the door leading to the balcony, there are five raised torches, with some lit and some not. The order of the torches' states from left to right is: unlit, lit, lit, unlit, lit. The next room contains a [[Save Block]] and five torches. [[Bowser]] must light them in the same order as the torches seen before to make a staircase appear, with a door at the top.

[[O'Chunks]] is waiting on the other side. He taunts the heroes, daring them to try and pass him. Bowser challenges him to a one-on-one duel, which O'Chunks accepts. He then grows to giant size and fights Bowser. Bowser defeats him, but their battle causes the ceiling to fall. O'Chunks catches it, saying they gained the right to pass. Bowser helps him and orders [[Mario]] & [[Luigi]] to get the [[Princess Peach|princess]] into the next room. He and O'Chunks launch into an argument about who stays and who leaves, but the ceiling falls before they finish. The heroes hear the thump in the next room, but decide that Bowser has survived worse and that there is no time to search for him. They can then hit the [[Star Block (Super Paper Mario)|Star Block]] to end the level.

===Enemies===
*[[Blue Magiblot]]s
*[[Boomerang Bro]]s
*[[Dull Bones]]
*[[Fire Bro]]s
*[[Gawbus]]es
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Heavy Cursya]]s
*[[Koopatrol]]s
*[[Magikoopa]]s
*[[Mr. I|Mister I]]s
*[[O'Chunks]] (boss)
*[[Red I]]s
*[[Tech Cursya]]s
*[[Soopa Striker]]s

===Items===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Icon
!Location
!Image
|-
|[[Castle Bleck Key]]
|[[File:Castle Bleck Key SPM.png]]
|align=left|In the scene where Peach was first controllable, there is a pipe at the east end of the scene. Chest is found at the end of the room accessed by said pipe.
|[[File:Castle Bleck Entry Treasure Chest 3.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Long-Last Shake]]<br>[[Stop_Watch#Super_Paper_Mario|Stop Watch]]
|[[File:Long-Last Shake SPM.png]]<br>[[File:Stop Watch SPM.png]]
|align=left|In the chests found over the west wall of the area where Peach was first controllable.
|[[File:Castle Bleck Entry Treasure Chests 1-2.png|250px]]
|-
|[[Catch Card|Special Card]]
|[[File:CatchCardGoldSPM.png]]
|align=left|[[Nastasia]] '''(Map 46)''', use Fleep on the west lamppost fire at the area where Peach was first controllable. Available after Chapter 8.
|[[File:Castle Bleck Entry (Nastasia Special Card).png|250px]]
|-
|[[Ultra_Mushroom#Paper_Mario_series|Ultra Shroom]]
|[[File:Ultra Shroom SPM.png]]
|align=left|At the end of the second stairwell room.
|[[File:Castle Bleck Entry Block.png|250px]]
|}

===Menu description===
*"''This is Castle Bleck's grand entry. Bowser wrestled O'Chunks to the ground here.''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=暗黒城　エリア１
|JpnR=Ankoku Jō Eria 1
|JpnM=Castle Bleck Area 1
|Ita=Castel Cenere, ingresso
|ItaM=Castle Bleck's Entry
|Ger=Burg Knickwitz - Eingang
|GerM=Castle Bleck - Entry
|Fre=Château Niark - Entrée
|FreM=Castle Bleck - Entry
|SpaE=Entrada al Castillo Cenizo<ref name=castillocenizo>[https://youtu.be/21FehPov4as?t=233 "Super Paper Mario| Walkthrough Español | Parte 35"].</ref>
|SpaEM=Entrance to Castle Bleck
|Kor=암흑성 입구
|KorR=Amheuk Seong Ipgu
|KorM=Entrance to Castle Bleck
}}
;The Impending Darkness
{{foreign names
|Jpn=せまりくる暗黒の空と・・・
|JpnR=Semarikuru Ankoku no Sora to...
|JpnM=With the Sky of Impending Darkness...
|Fre=Au cœur des ténèbres
|FreM=At the Heart of Darkness
|Ita=L'oscurità avanza
|ItaM=The darkness progresses
|Ger=Bevorstehende Dunkelheit
|GerM=Imminent Darkness
|SpaE=La oscuridad inminente<ref name=castillocenizo>[https://youtu.be/21FehPov4as?t=233 "Super Paper Mario| Walkthrough Español | Parte 35"].</ref>
|SpaEM=The Impending Darkness
|Kor=다가오는 암흑의 하늘
|KorR=Dagaoneun amheuk-ui haneul
|KorM=The Approaching Dark Sky
}}

==References==
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