Bastian Balthazar Bux

Bastian Balthazar Bux is the protagonist of Michael Ende's novel Die Unendliche Geschichte (English title The Neverending Story) and the subsequent motion pictures, television series and animated series based on the novel. Bastian is a shy, bookish boy who is mourning the recent death of his mother. During a visit to an antique bookstore, he steals a curious-looking novel titled The Neverending Story, and upon reading it he finds himself literally drawn into the story. Halfway through the book Bastian becomes a character in The Neverending Story, in a land called Fantastica ("Fantasia" in the movies). When he uses the magical locket called Auryn, he loses his memory as a child of the real world and nearly forgets everything about his...