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[[File:Hearts3.jpg|right|thumb|Hearts held captive in Ansem the Wise's laboratory]] | [[File:Hearts3.jpg|right|thumb|Hearts held captive in Ansem the Wise's laboratory]] | ||
{{Q|The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in... But I learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out.|Sora to Xehanort's Heartless}}A '''heart''' is one of the three parts which comprise a being in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' universe, the other two being [[body]] and [[soul]]. Hearts are one of the key points in the game's mythology, and the antagonists often seek to use them for their own gain. | {{Q|The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in... But I learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out.|Sora to Xehanort's Heartless}}A '''heart''' is one of the three parts which comprise a being in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' universe, the other two being [[body]] and [[soul]]. Hearts are one of the key points in the game's mythology, and the antagonists often seek to use them for their own gain. | ||
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===Ansem's Research=== | ===Ansem's Research=== | ||
Scholar Ansem the Wise was struck by a great curiosity of the heart and its true nature. He began research on the topic so he could better protect his world from the forces of darkness, realizing that when hearts were seduced by darkness, a creature he dubbed a "Pureblood Heartless" was born. He made note of how Heartless acted on instinct, and wished to try creating his own Heartless. To tell them apart from the Purebloods, he dubbed them "Emblems" and christened them with what would later become the Heartless insignia. He made note of how they behaved relatively the same way, continuing to experiment in other areas with which the heart was concerned. He had | Scholar Ansem the Wise was struck by a great curiosity of the heart and its true nature. He began research on the topic so he could better protect his world from the forces of darkness, realizing that when hearts were seduced by darkness, a creature he dubbed a "Pureblood Heartless" was born. He made note of how Heartless acted on instinct, and wished to try creating his own Heartless. To tell them apart from the Purebloods, he dubbed them "Emblems" and christened them with what would later become the Heartless insignia. He made note of how they behaved relatively the same way, continuing to experiment in other areas with which the heart was concerned. He had no idea that he had caused chaos to brew. When it dawned upon him that his research had brought ruin and destruction to the worlds, he demanded the experiments on the heart and the Heartless were stopped at once. This strict request would lead to the birth of Xehanort's Heartless and Xemnas, as well as the rebellion of Ansem's other apprentices. Xehanort and the other apprentices' Nobodies would later grow to form Organization XIII, a group that had the soul purpose of unlocking the secrets of the heart. | ||
While Ansem was cast out into the Realm of Nothingness, he wrote the Ansem Reports to hang onto sanity. He put his research and his findings to paper, these reports scattered across the worlds, and able to aid the residents of Traverse Town and Sora in his first journey when it came to learning about and tackling the Heartless. Ansem's experiments on the heart would continue to haunt him even after his escape from the Realm of Nothingness, throughout the story of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', as his reports continued to spawn as the Heartless he had created returned. He was forced to recall his past countless times and even failed to succeed in avenging his dignity, realizing all his experimentations had gotten him nowhere. Upon his death, one of the last things he would hear would be Xemnas's accuasations that he was the source of all Heartless, and that the chaos and turmoil that had resulted over the past years were all his fault. | While Ansem was cast out into the Realm of Nothingness, he wrote the Ansem Reports to hang onto sanity. He put his research and his findings to paper, these reports scattered across the worlds, and able to aid the residents of Traverse Town and Sora in his first journey when it came to learning about and tackling the Heartless. Ansem's experiments on the heart would continue to haunt him even after his escape from the Realm of Nothingness, throughout the story of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', as his reports continued to spawn as the Heartless he had created returned. He was forced to recall his past countless times and even failed to succeed in avenging his dignity, realizing all his experimentations had gotten him nowhere. Upon his death, one of the last things he would hear would be Xemnas's accuasations that he was the source of all Heartless, and that the chaos and turmoil that had resulted over the past years were all his fault. | ||
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==[[Heartless]]== | ==[[Heartless]]== | ||
[[Image:Shadow2.jpg|thumb|120px|right|The result of a heart being consumed by darkness is a Heartless]] | [[Image:Shadow2.jpg|thumb|120px|right|The result of a heart being consumed by darkness is a Heartless]] | ||
When a being, be they good or evil, gives in to the darkness in their heart, their heart is consumed by it and becomes a Heartless. This new entity separates from the body and soul, which fade into darkness, and begins to act on a primal instinct to gather other hearts and corrupt them. This instinct results in Heartless attacking other beings to increase their numbers, and attacking the heart of a world by means of the [[Keyhole]], causing it to be completely overwhelmed by darkness. Of course, as dictated by their instinct, the Heartless seek out the biggest heart of all; Kingdom Hearts. | When a being, be they good or evil, gives in to the darkness in their heart, their heart is consumed by it and becomes a Heartless. This new entity separates from the body and soul, which fade into darkness, and begins to act on a primal instinct to gather other hearts and corrupt them. This instinct results in Heartless attacking other beings to increase their numbers, and attacking the heart of a world by means of the [[Keyhole]], causing it to be completely overwhelmed by darkness. Of course, as dictated by their instinct, the Heartless seek out the biggest heart of all; Kingdom Hearts. | ||
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==[[Nobodies]]== | ==[[Nobodies]]== | ||
[[File:Nobody-1.jpg|thumb|The empty shell left behind by a strong heart]] | [[File:Nobody-1.jpg|thumb|The empty shell left behind by a strong heart]] | ||
When a particularly strong heart is turned into a Heartless, its body begins to act of its own accord due to the strong will it possesses. This being is called a Nobody, a being which does not truly exist. Depending on the strength of the heart, the body may or may not be warped. Members of Organization XIII all possessed remarkably strong hearts, causing their Nobodies to retain a human appearance. Due to a lack of a heart, however, a Nobody cannot truly feel emotions and in Organization XIII's case they pretend to in order to achieve their ends, that being to finally be whole again by obtaining a heart. | When a particularly strong heart is turned into a Heartless, its body begins to act of its own accord due to the strong will it possesses. This being is called a Nobody, a being which does not truly exist. Depending on the strength of the heart, the body may or may not be warped. Members of Organization XIII all possessed remarkably strong hearts, causing their Nobodies to retain a human appearance. Due to a lack of a heart, however, a Nobody cannot truly feel emotions and in Organization XIII's case they pretend to in order to achieve their ends, that being to finally be whole again by obtaining a heart. | ||
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Currently, the only known requirements to wield a Keyblade are having a memory of wielding a Keyblade and possessing a strong heart, whether it be a heart of darkness or light. This connection is expected to be further expanded on in the series. | Currently, the only known requirements to wield a Keyblade are having a memory of wielding a Keyblade and possessing a strong heart, whether it be a heart of darkness or light. This connection is expected to be further expanded on in the series. | ||
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