Dr. Facilier

Dr. Facilier is one of the many Disney Villains appearing in the Sora and Pretty Cure's Adventures series. He is the main antagonist of the 2009 Disney animated film, *The Princess and the Frog*. He is also the father of Freddie and her younger sister, Celia in the Disney Channel Original Movie trilogy/franchise, *Descendants*. Despite him along with the rest of the world and characters of *The Princess and the Frog* not appearing in the *Kingdom Hearts* series, Dr. Facilier will serve as one of the many members of the Council with the goal to seek to harness the power of the Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed and Nightmares to take control of Kingdom Hearts to rule all of the worlds home to Sora and numerous Disney characters in the Sora and Pretty Cure’s Adventures series.

## Dr. Facilier

### Relatives

Freddie (older daughter)Celia (younger daughter)

### Occupation

Bokor (Witch Doctor)Con Artist

Shadow Man

Voodoo Magic-User

Spellcaster

Tarot Reader

Member of the Council of Villains

## History

Enter the voodoo man. Dr. Facilier is a voodoo priest who uses shady language to get his clients to agree to spells that are actually detrimental to them. He tricks Prince Naveen into becoming a frog, turns Naveen’s valet Lawrence into the spitting image of Naveen and then convinces Lawrence to go along with a plan to marry the richest girl in New Orleans and kill her dad, thus making Lawrence and Facilier rich. Now that’s pretty evil, but it gets worse as his plan gets a little wobbly and he has to borrow some help from his Friends on the Other Side who demand the souls of New Orleans citizens as payment. Facilier is fine with this. In fact, he suggested it. He’d trade the souls of the city for some cash and power. As is the case of all Disney villains, his plan destroys him in the end and he loses his soul to his friends permanently.

## Powerfulness and Weaknesses

Dr. Facilier was dubbed the Shadow Man for his use of voodoo magic and was a tough man to take on. He resorted to using his friends on the other side when things were looking riskier than he liked and was only defeated because he got cocky and though Tiana would be easy to buy off. Really, the power that he wields is some of the most terrifying magic in all of Disney animation. It’s veiled in mystery and can only be assumed to be endless torment. In the end, he was consumed by it, which showed that as powerful as the dark arts were, he didn’t have the ability to totally control it.

## Intelligence

Dr. Facilier is a shady character who was clearly good with wheeling and dealing. A clear ability to persuade others to go along with his offers. On paper, his plan sounded good. Turn Naveen into a frog and use his blood to get someone more weak willed in power that would give him a life of luxury. But, maybe don’t place all of your bets on that working out. Making staking your soul on that was not the best way to go.

## Arsenal

**His Talisman:** Dr. Facilier's talisman is a magical pendant that played a heavy role in his scheme to take over New Orleans. By getting a sample of Naveen's blood, this was the cause of Naveen being turned into a frog. Once Facilier got some of Naveen's blood into the talisman, he used it to turn Lawrence into the spitting image of Naveen to marry the richest girl in New Orleans and Tiana's best friends, Charlotte La Bouff and kill her dad, Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff thus making Lawrence and Facilier rich. Eventually by the end of the movie, Tiana does destroy the talisman which causes Dr. Facilier's downfall being dragged by his Friends on the Other Side and losing his soul to them permanently.

**His Cane:** Dr. Facilier's cane is mostly used to accessorize with his ensemble. He does use it to pin Tiana in her frog form to the ground during the climax of *The Princess and the Frog*.

**His Tarot Cards:** The most notable part in his arsenal, Dr. Facilier's tarot cards show people what they want to be past, present and even the future. He used them to his advantage during his encounter with Naveen and Lawrence.

**His Hat:** Dr. Facilier's Hat is one of the Wicked Nine in *Sofia the First* along with Maleficent's Staff, Jafar's Snake Staff, Ursula's Necklace, Queen Grimhilde's Crown and Heartbox, Shan Yu's Sword, Mother Gothel's Sundrop Flower, Lady Tremaine's Golden Key and Mor'du's Claw. It is unknown if his hat truly possesses any powers or magic, but it's most likely his hat contains seriously powerful voodoo magic.