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In this realm, where all existence has been disintegrated, I have just barely managed to preserve my sense of self by continuing to think and to write.

This is all conjecture, but it would seem he is utilizing the Heartless in his search for a path leading to the heart of the world.

My choice to befriend darkness here in the midst of nothingness was a sound one.

The moment I stared straight ahead with a calm heart, neither rejecting darkness nor fearing it, I gained a newfound power.

A superhuman power- the power of darkness.

It is likely Xehanort and the others were enraptured by this power, eventually becoming its prisoners.  

I do not intend to allow my heart to be devoured by the darkness, as they did, of course.

With this new power, I uncovered a "corridor of darkness" that connects the realm of nothingness to the outside world. While it is still difficult to come and go as I please, my banishment is now a thing of the past.

To deceive Xehanort and my apprentices, I first used my power to change form before returning to the realm of light.

As I had suspected, Xehanort had become a Heartless.

Under my name, he commanded other Heartless in quests to snatch away the hearts of many different worlds.

At the center of the heart Xehanort has stolen was "[[Kingdom Hearts (combined heart)|Kingdom Hearts]]," which attracts tremendous darkness itself and attempts to send any and all matter back into its depths.

The other five have disappeared. Have they become Heartless, like Xehanort?

Or did they vanish after Xehanort exploited them?

I became familiar with an unusual "entity" while pursuing the truth.

It is the soul and body that remain when a being loses its heart.

When a [[Heartless]] is born, these entities disappear from the realm of light, to be reborn as entirely new beings in an completely different realm.

While beings born of darkness and those lacking hearts may find them convenient, it is dangerous for others to make much use of the corridors of darkness. Darkness erodes the heart.

In search of a place to proceed with my research and planning away from prying eyes, I found myself in "[[Twilight Town]]." It is a quiet village, forgotten in the chasm between light and darkness. I situated myself in the basement of an abandoned mansion standing beyond the woods.

When a [[Heartless]] is born, the body and soul left behind are reborn into this world as a different being.

My erstwhile friend the [[King Mickey|King]] and is subjects, along with a hero wielding the [[Keyblades|Keyblade]], are battling the Heartless even as a new threat approaches.

A great number of Nobodies have lost human form, as have the Heartless. Yet the Nobody born of someone with a strong heart retains its shape, with but the faintest visible changes.

It appears my betrayers have retained their human forms as Nobodies, and are gathering more followers in hops of furthering a new scheme.

"[[Organization XIII]]," formed of 13 Nobodies with my betrayers at its core, has divided into two; they are said to be carrying out some sort of research.

Seeking to uncover the plans of this Organization, I have decided to head for where six of its members have gathered. Towering over the outer limits of the realm between darkness and light: [[Castle Oblivion]].

It appears that I have been too distracted by the behavior of [[Xehanort]] and his cohorts, and the events occurring in their vicinity.

The other wielder of the [[Keyblades|Keyblade]], this "[[Sora|hero]]," traveled from world to world sealing up keyholes and laying [[Heartless]] low.

But there are still a great number of Heartless afoot, and [[Organization XIII]]and the [[Nobody|Nobodies]] continue to be active in the shadows.

It consists of 13 floors above and 12 floors below ground, with the contents of its "White Rooms" transforming in response to its visitors' memories. Organization XIII was conducting experiments on memory here.

The subject in these experiments, a girl named [[Namine]], appeared to possess extremely unusual abilities.

Refusing to be distracted by Organization XIII, I had returned to my own secret research when a new visitor appeared at the castle today.

It was Sora, the Keyblade-wielding hero who had defeated Ansem, and his companions.

Sora and friends defied the machinations of Organization XIII and rescued [[Namine]].

Most likely these powers were achieved through a special process when she was born.

[[Kairi]], a resident of [[Radiant Garden]] over which I had ruled, was one of the [[Seven Princesses]] that uphold the realm of light.

In other words, both the Nobody called Namine and the Heartless- proof of a lost heart- are extremely unstable beings who lack the bodies needed to produce a Nobody. Therefore, they also lack Kairi's memories. One reason for this maybe that Kairi's heart did not return to the darkness when separated from her body, but rather migrated to another vessel... deep within Sora's heart.

That is, Namine is an alter ego of the Kairi who has directly interfered with Sora's heart. Could this be why Sora and those hearts are connected to him were able to have their memories controlled?

She is a "non-being" in the truest sense of the word; having not even become a Nobody and with nowhere left to go, she is but the most fleeting of shadows.

[[Castle Oblivion]]. It would take quite some time to bring back all the memories he had created in his lifetime.  

I persuaded [[Namine]] to move the slumbering Sora to [[Twilight Town]] for safekeeping.

Born of the same process as a [[Nobody]], but lacking virtually al the elements of a Nobody.

Perhaps she continues drawing in hopes of capturing that which she lacks: the memories of others, especially Sora.

himself with [[Dark Keyblade|the Keyblade]], causing his and Kairi's hearts to leave their bodies simultaneously.

Namine emerged as Kairi's Nobody... but the body and soul necessary to exist as a Nobody belonged to Sora.

When a person's heart is stolen, a Heartless is born with no sense of self, and the body and soul left behind give rise to a Nobody.

Kairi was exceptional for having had no darkness within her heart. Also exceptional was that her heart, once freed, migrated to a new vessel- Sora.

The combination of the two theoretically unlikely exceptions may be behind this anomaly.

I was reunited with an old [[King Mickey|friend]] at [[Castle Oblivion]], but was unable to disclose my identity.

If he knew the situation, he would likely try to stop me from carrying out my revenge.

As much as I would dearly love to converse with him as in the old days... that is now but a hopeless dream.

My friend has been fighting in the realm of darkness. Most likely he found his way there through [[Traverse Town]].

Like [[Castle Oblivion]], that village also rests in the cleft between light and dark. It consists of the remnants of worlds whose hearts have been stolen by the [[Heartless]].

This "realm between" is quite unstable, with corridors of darkness appearing from time to time.

Whenever a world disappears, some of its inhabitants must arrive here through these corridors. Surely [[Sora]] traveled these same corridors of darkness when he first came to Traverse Town.

It seems my friend, fighting in the realm of darkness, appeared in Castle Oblivion through a corridor of darkness constructed by [[Organization XIII]].

I require the Keyblade-wielding hero to fly through the realm of light and defeat Organization XIII.

Apart from [[Namine]], [[Nobody|Nobodies]] retain their memories of their time as humans, but [[Sora]]'s Nobody, [[Roxas]], has lost Sora's memories.

It would seem Roxas is much like Namine. Namine is Kairi's Nobody, but came into being via Sora's body and soul.

It may be that Sora's memories are slow to return because the half of him that Roxas is still lacking.

As a member of [[Organization XIII]], it was exceedingly difficult to bring Roxas in. Having lost to Roxas once, [[Riku]] laid everything on the line and used the power of darkness in their second battle, only just managing to bring Roxas back with him.

But Organization XIII grows ever nearer. Here, [[Twilight Town]], is where Roxas was reborn as a Nobody.

This is where Roxas first encountered Organization XIII and joined its ranks. They are bound to search this place throughly.

First I shall convert all of Twilight Town into data and construct a "world duplicate" in Sora's memories. I shall place Roxas within that world to live out his days and regain those memories.

more, as the [[Xemnas|leader of]] [[Organization XIII]] his ambition once again is to capture [[Kingdom Hearts (combined heart)|Kingdom Hearts]], the most colossal heart of all.

His Heartless had attempted to draw out the great darkness of Kingdom Hearts, created from the hearts of all worlds. His [[Nobody]], however, is now almost finished gathering human hearts to be assimilated into Kingdom Hearts as well.

How did [[Xehanort]] manage to open the door that appeared in the basement of my castle...?

No... any theory posited now, wen everything is nearing completion, would be meaningless.

The theories proposed by me and by Organization XIII have been blown to pieces by a handful of strong-hearted individuals.

Though his heart has its weaknesses, making it prone to darkness, he found support in the hope he discovered beyond suffering.

This hope allowed him to stand his ground and turn the darkness in his heart from an enemy into his greatest weapon.

If I can, I should like to return to Radiant Garden, to look once more upon the beautiful water, the lovely flowers, and the hopeful smiles of the people.

I believe that, at some point in time, you will come across these, my truthful accounts.