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Human-made Keyblades choose their wielders upon creation,<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''''', '''Yuffie:''' "The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you."</ref> <ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''''', '''Terra:''' "Well, you'll find they're picky about their owners."</ref>but can also shift allegiances for various reasons.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''''', '''Young Xehanort:''' "Yes. The boy chosen by the Keyblade—Riku. It was yours first, wasn't it? But you succumbed to the darkness you could not control, and your prize—the Keyblade—passed on to Sora instead."</ref> The method for forging a regular Keyblade is not entirely clear,{{?}}<!--add details about pulling from hearts, and how Sora made the Kingdom Key--> although several newly-forged Keyblades do appear in the series. Riku's Keyblade, the [[Way to the Dawn]], was able to manifest by using his [[Soul Eater]] as an intermediary,<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "We found out that Riku's Keyblade's name is 'Way to the Dawn' when examining his item slots after he joined your party. Is that Keyblade a transfigured version of Soul Eater?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "I designed it with that image. Since Riku has always been using Soul Eater, he still calls it that even after it changed form. Keyblades aren't something that you can obtain suddenly out of nowhere, so in Riku's case, his Soul Eater was used as an intermediary for that Keyblade." [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331081957/http://www.kh2.co.uk/website/interviews/kh2u Translation via Maiki].</ref> while [[Data-Sora]]'s strength of heart allowed him to create a true Keyblade after his artificial, digital Keyblade was destroyed by [[Maleficent]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Data-Sora can newly obtain a legitimate Keyblade during his adventure, but are there changes to the real Keyblade when that happens?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "No, it’s a data version the entire time. However, like with the first Keyblade, it wasn’t created by someone else. It comes from the heart’s connections with the data, hinting towards the story theme, 'Can a heart be born in an existence made of data?'" [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Re-coded-Ultimania-Scenario-Mysteries-Interview-Translated-1796 Translation via Olivia].</ref><!--use the new cites from X and ultimania to substantiate that this is part of the choosing process-->

However, those who gain a Keyblade may have some trouble with being able to call upon their weapon consistently; <ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''''', '''Lea:''' "You know, I was gonna come swooping in, Keyblade in hand! But I just couldn't get mine to materialize. Must be in the snap of the wrist or something. Oh." </ref> this can be remedied with training. {{Storylink|Kingdom Hearts III}}

Returning home thanks to Ventus' Keyblade opening a gate, Aqua with a catatonic Ventus was surprised to find their home destroyed upon finding her fallen master's Keyblade Aqua uses it to turn the Land of Departure into Castle Oblivion, hiding Ventus in the Chamber of Repose. Merged together as Terra-Xehanort, when Terra's heart was acting up during the final confrontation with Aqua, Xehanort turned his Keyblade on himself. In doing so, the elderly master caused himself to have amnesia temporarily, thus losing the ability to use the weapon. In a desperate bid to save Terra, Aqua willingly releases her Keyblade and armor to send him back to the realm of light as she fell into the dark realm. While wondering the dark realm, when Aqua hits her lowest point about wanting to give up, she is surrounded by Heartless until she is saved by the Keyblades of her friends.

[[File:Roxas KHIII.png|thumb|right|180px|Roxas often uses Synch Blade to manifest his [[Oathkeeper and Oblivion]].]]

<!--Their ability to unlock a person’s heart makes them particularly effective weapons against [[Heartless]] and [[Nobody|Nobodies]], but also draws these beings to the wielders. Meanwhile, their power over a world's heart allows a wielder to open or seal the barriers between worlds, or even lock the world's heart to protect it from darkness. Keyblades usually exercise this power by emitting a bright, thin beam of light, but can also work by being directly impaled into a person's chest.-->[[Tia Dalma]] implies they can also reverse curses and spells that trap others in different forms; she asked Sora to release her from her mortal form, over trying to persuade the Brethren Court. But this would seem to take someone with training as a [[Keyblade Master]], as Sora had no clue what she was talking about.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Tia Dalma''': "Use that key to free me, Sora; and all the power of the sea be yours to command."/'''Sora''': Free her? How?"</ref>

Keyblades seem to be a manifestation of their wielders’ hearts and desires and can act upon these desires even when the user is incapacitated, or even in another world or realm entirely. When Aqua gave up hope and allowed herself to be destroyed in the Realm of Darkness, Terra’s [[Earthshaker]] and Ventus’s [[Wayward Wind]] came and destroyed the [[Darkside]]s threatening her, protecting her without a wielder. Also, a Keyblade may appear for its wielder in a time of need even if it is not consciously summoned, such as during Roxas’s battles in the [[Simulated Twilight Town]] or when a large lock blocked Sora’s path in the [[Underworld]].

 

Keyblades cannot be summoned across the realms without knowing how, seeing as Aqua lost both [[Stormfall]] and [[Master Defender]] to the Realm of Light and was left unable to fight; though Terra and Ven sent their keyblades to protect her.