Ansem's Reports: Difference between revisions

==Story==

==''Kingdom Hearts''==

:''That knowledge has guarded this world well. Not a soul doubts that.''

:''I am blessed with people's smiles and respect. But though I am called a sage, there are things I do not understand.''

:''Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born?''

:''How does it come to affect us so?''

===Ansem's Report 2===

:''It is my duty to expose what this darkness really is. I shall conduct the following experiments:''

:* ''Extract the darkness from a person's heart.''

:''The shadows that crawl beneath the castle... Are they the people who lost their hearts, or incarnations of darkness? Or something entirely beyond my imagination?''

:''All my knowledge has provided no answer. One thing I am sure of is that they are entirely devoid of emotion. Perhaps further study will unlock the mysteries of the heart.''

===Ansem's Report 4===

::<small>Ansem's Report 5 is obtained after defeating [[Maleficent]].</small>

:''To study the Heartless behavior, I picked one out for observation. It wiggled its antennae and, as if sensing a target, headed deep into the castle. In the deepest part of the castle, its antennae began vibrating, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a strange door appeared. I'd never known of its existence.''

===Ansem's Report 6===

===Ansem's Report 7===

::<small>Ansem's Report 7 is obtained after defeating [[Oogie Boogie]].</small>

:''Was it introduced to this world when I opened the door? I wonder how many other such materials drift through the atmosphere of this tiny world... I wish I could soar off and find out! Could there be uncharted worlds up there? My curiosity never ceases to grow.''

:''But I should stop speaking of such unrealistic dreams. For now, there is no way to venture outside this world. My people and I are all but prisoners of this tiny place.''

===Ansem's Report 9===

::<small>Ansem's Report 9 is obtained after defeating [[Captain Hook]].</small>

:''One legend says its wielder saved the world, while another says that he wrought chaos and ruin upon it. I must know what this Keyblade is. A key opens doors. It must be connected to the door I have opened.''

===Ansem's Report 10===

::<small>Ansem's Report 10 is received after speaking with Aerith in the Library.</small>

:''Yes that's it. The Heartless come from people's hearts, as does the darkness. Is the core of the world's heart the world of the Heartless? I will pursue the answer there and become all knowing.''

===Ansem's Report 11===

:''Furthermore, the doors can be locked using a Keyblade, making the heart forever unattainable. I must take action before the wielder of the key appears in this world.''

:''If the princesses and the Keyblade are connected, they should resonate.''

:''I shall set her free and observe.''

:''This one is unlike any other. Its memories remain and it has yet to take the form of a Heartless.''

:''A close eye must be kept on the situation. Much is still unknown.''

:''Beyond this world is a place in which darkness reigns. (Details shall be archived in a separate report.)''

:''There are many worlds in existence, some of which we know nothing about.''

:''And the world in between.''

:''Wherein lies true nirvana?''

:''A being that is neither darkness nor light; belonging nowhere; abandoned by its heart; a mere shell of its former self.''

:''The relation between the heart and body is complex. However, I am certain that if your self exists here, then by definition, the other cannot truly "exist."

==''Kingdom Hearts II''==

:''Nurtured by the pure water that is the source of life, fragrant flowers bloom in abundance, and the people face each day with hopeful smiles.''

:''But where there is light, darkness also lurks. As noted in my earlier reports, I must solve the mystery of this "darkness of the heart." This paradise depends on it.''

:''He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom. Any mental immaturity is surely due to his young age.''

:''But is he really the right subject? Xehanort does indeed exhibit extraordinary talents...''

:''Too extraordinary...''

===Secret Ansem's Report 2===

:''I have made a grave mistake. My study of the "darkness of the heart" began with a simple psychological test and quickly snowballed.''

:''Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart."''

:''As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.''

:''That is when I discovered the "Ansem's Reports."''

:''Though they bore my name, the only one I had written was number 0.''

:''Yes — the first subject in my foolish experiments.''

:''No, not only Xehanort.''

:''It appears my other five apprentices, believing it was for the sake of research, stared deep into the darkness and were pulled into it.''

:''They have ceased to be human.''

:''I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.''

:''If the light of hope has been extinguished, I shall henceforth walk with darkness as a friend.''

:''Here, in the realm of nothingness to which I have been relegated.''

:''"Darkness in Zero."''

:''Thus, I shall be known as DiZ.''

:''I must unravel the mystery of these Ansem's Reports, intercept my apprentices, and defeat them.''

:''That is my mission...the only way to repay the world for my sins.''

:''The darkness of the heart, made flesh. Cursed shadows who not only lack hearts, but multiply by seizing hearts from any and all living things.''

:''Where have they come from, and where are they going?''

:''But what of the soul and body left behind when the heart is lost?''

:''When the soul leaves the body, its vessel, life gives way to death, but what about when the heart leaves?''

:''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.''

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

:''Or did they vanish after Xehanort exploited them?''

::<small>Secret Ansem's Report 7 is obtained after defeating [[Nobodies]] attacking the gate in [[Hollow Bastion]] during first visit.</small>

:''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.''

:''My underground research resulted in one new discovery after another.''

:''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 and his subjects, along with a hero wielding the Keyblade, are battling the Heartless even as a new threat approaches.''

:''This new threat...they have given themselves a fitting name, I suppose.''

:''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 hopes of furthering a new scheme.''

:''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:''

===Secret Ansem's Report 8===

::<small>Secret Ansem's Report 8 is obtained after defeating [[Luxord]]{{KHII}} or after defeating [[Roxas]]{{FMII}}.</small>

:''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 Keyblade, this "hero," traveled from world to world sealing up keyholes and laying Heartless low.''

:''Meanwhile, the King, who had dived into the realm of darkness, worked with the Keyblade-wielding hero to close the door to Kingdom Hearts from the realms of both darkness and light, thus holding off the threat of tremendous darkness.''

:''It is for this reason that I infiltrated Castle Oblivion.''

:''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.''

:''Were they attempting to derive something from these powers?''

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

:''Deep underground, the stench of darkness arose.''

:''All the players are coming together, it would seem.''

:''Naminé is a Nobody, created when a young girl's heart left her body.''

:''Yet she has no corresponding Heartless.''

:''With no darkness in her heart, Kairi produced no Heartless, and instead of vanishing, her body remained in the realm of light.''

:''In other words, both the Nobody called Naminé 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.''

===Secret Ansem's Report 11===

:''I was reunited with an old 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.''

:''He swore to me he would give his all for his best friend Sora.''

:''In fact, Sora's memories have been slow to return.''

:''Sora is indispensable if I am to achieve my goal.''

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

==Trivia==

* Ansem mentions "earlier reports" detailing his research into darkness, though he claims that he only wrote the first report, which merely posed his question. The earlier reports also chronicle experiences that were only his, such as his meeting with King Mickey. While some of this can be explained by Xehanort's assumption of Ansem, which may have led him to pretend to have Ansem's memories as well, it does not explain Ansem's mention of earlier reports. Especially because the pages in ''Kingdom Hearts'' were called simply the "Ansem's Report", it is possible that there were other side reports that Ansem wrote between Ansem's Report 1 and Ansem's Report 2.

==See also==