Wayward Wind

Fresh Breeze (フレッシュブリーズ) is Ventus's default Keyblade in the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Fresh Breeze is a notably peculiar Keyblade, with the hilt and guard positioned off the shaft, rather than aligned with it. The shaft, head and teeth are dark grey and have golden lines embedded into it; three just above the guard and one curving around the base. The shaft itself is rounded and becomes thicker around the guard. The teeth vaguely resembles a bird wing implying the connection to his name, it also bears resemblance to the teeth of Two Become One, and the hilt and guard resembles that of the Kingdom Key, which may have a connection between Ventus, Sora, and Roxas. The keychain is made up of figure-8 links and the charm appears as two feathers swirling around a green sphere.

Due to its unique construction, Fresh Breeze is designed to be wielded in reverse. It should be noted that in the secret movie, he held the Keyblade teeth-forward, but recent videos have shown him using the blunt side. This is due to the recent re-design, relocating the hilt and guard to the same side as the teeth.



In Deep Space, Ventus is shown to be riding a board with similar properties as Fresh Breeze while wearing his armor shown in "Birth by sleep". It is later revealed that Ven can turn Fresh Breeze into a skateboard and ride it to other worlds like a Gummi Ship.



Trivia

 * The skateboard-style riding of Fresh Breeze is a reference to Roxas's (and Sora's) use of a skateboard in Kingdom Hearts II.
 * The keychain on Fresh Breeze appears as blowing wind in a conical shape. This is notable as Ventus means "Wind" in Latin. The same can be said of Aqua's water-themed keychain (Aqua meaning "Water") and Terra's earth-themed keychain (Terra meaning "Earth").
 * In the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, the Fresh Breeze was destroyed when Master Xehanort froze Ventus and dropped him off of the cliff he stood upon. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, however, the Keyblade remains intact and Ventus's helmet gets destroyed instead.
 * In the secret movie, the shaft and blade of the Fresh Breeze seems to be made of a silvery metal but rusted, though in the actual appearance and gameplay, the shaft and blade appeared in a dark color, almost black and having gold engrave patterns.
 * Because Ventus has yet to complete his training, Fresh Breeze does not gain an upgraded form at the climax of the game unlike Earth Shaker or Rain Fall. Ventus instead obtains Lost Memory an unrelated Keyblade during this scene.