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'''Vanitas''', also known as '''The Masked Boy''', is a Keyblade wielder and one of the primary antagonists in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''. He is the second apprentice of [[Xehanort|Master Xehanort]], the embodiment of the extracted darkness from [[Ventus]]'s heart and the source of the [[Unversed]]. | '''Vanitas''', also known as '''The Masked Boy''', is a Keyblade wielder and one of the primary antagonists in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''. He is the second apprentice of [[Xehanort|Master Xehanort]], the embodiment of the extracted darkness from [[Ventus]]'s heart and the source of the [[Unversed]]. | ||
Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for " | Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "vanity" or "emptiness", and was chosen for its meaning, that it sounded similar to "Ventus", and that it was a written pun on {{nihongo|"Sora"|空||lit. "emptiness"}} in Japanese.<ref>'''Tetsuya Nomura''': I wanted to give him a name that meant "empty", and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant "emptiness" in Latin, "Vanitas". It looked a lot like Ventus's name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for "sora" in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas's case it doesn’t mean "sora [sky]" but "kara [empty]" [These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.]</ref> | ||
==Story== | ==Story== | ||