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Ten years before [[Sora]]'s first journey, Kingdom Hearts appears blue in the sky above the [[Keyblade Graveyard]]. The graveyard is all that remains of a conflict called the [[Keyblade War]], set many years before. Keyblade Masters affiliated with both Light and Darkness fought to create the legendary [[χ-blade]], capable of unlocking Kingdom Hearts. The Keyblade Masters failed and destroyed themselves; all that remain are their weapons which litter the desolate world.

Some time after, an aged Keyblade Master named [[Master Xehanort]] formulated a plan to create the χ-blade, intending to unlock Kingdom Hearts. In his [[Xehanort Report|reports]], Xehanort explains his views of the equilibrium of Light and Darkness and how they countered those from [[Master Eraqus]]'s. Opposite to Eraqus's beliefs of light being absolute, Xehanort saw that light could not exist without darkness. Xehanort believed that the balance between light and darkness was what sustained the worlds. However, he noticed that light was prevailing and that darkness was excluded too much. As a result, he created a goal for himself to destroy the current system of light and recreate a new system of darkness, and through the rise of darkness, he would reorganize the worlds.

Along with the χ-blade, Xehanort also needed one more ingredient in his plan: a vessel. With the opening of Kingdom Hearts, he would be able to obtain a new body and discard his old one. As a result, his search for the vessel led him to [[Terra]]. He saw that Terra was looking for power, and that through obtaining this power, his heart would also give birth to darkness. Thus, with this observation, Xehanort concluded that Terra was to be his new vessel.

At first, Xehanort's plans worked well, as he set the scene for his dreams to come into fruition. In the end, he succeeded in creating the χ-blade by way of manipulating his former apprentice, [[Ventus]], and his dark counterpart, [[Vanitas]]. With the creation of the χ-blade, Xehanort stopped his battle with Terra, released his heart through striking his chest with his own Keyblade, and used the power of Kingdom Hearts to transfer his heart into Terra's body. However, after obtaining Terra's body, part of Terra's emotions went into the discarded armor, forming the [[Lingering Will]]. Xehanort lost to the Lingering Will in a battle and fainted, unable to continue his plans with Kingdom Hearts.