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[[File:Where the Heart Goes 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Ansem the Wise finds Terra-Xehanort at the Central Square in Radiant Garden.]]

Terra-Xehanort is once more found comatose and amnesiac in Central Square, this time by his co-conspirator [[Braig]], who leads [[Dilan]] and their master, [[Ansem the Wise]], to the young man's location. Only able to recall the name "Xehanort", he is quickly taken back to Ansem's castle, where he is nursed back to health and becomes one of the king's best apprentices, serving as a research assistant alongside his other apprentices, Braig, Dilan, [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]].<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject. The young man has served me ever since I nursed him back from death's door some years ago. He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom."</ref>

Terra-Xehanort is once more found comatose and amnesiac in Central Square, this time by his co-conspirator [[Braig]], who leads [[Dilan]] and their master, [[Ansem the Wise]], to the young man's location. Only able to recall the name "Xehanort", he is quickly taken back to Ansem's castle, where he is nursed back to health and becomes one of the king's best apprentices, serving as a research assistant alongside his other apprentices, Braig, Dilan, [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]].<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject. The young man has served me ever since I nursed him back from death's door some years ago. He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom."</ref>

Some time later, within Terra-Xehanort, Master Xehanort and Terra's hearts argue over Terra's fate, both certain that they alone will one day succeed, and the elderly Master realizes that [[Eraqus]]'s heart has also taken root within Terra's. In the physical world, Braig attempts to discern whether "Xehanort" is truly amnesiac, or possibly actually Terra, but the confused youth shrugs him off, convincing Braig to bide his time.

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{{Q|Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day... With your permission, I'd like to proceed—|Xehanort to Ansem the Wise}}

[[File:Blank Points 10 KHBBS.png|thumb|200px|right|Xehanort, now as an apprentice for Ansem the Wise.]]

In order to protect the people of Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise resolved to investigate how darkness originates and spreads within the heart.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness."</ref> Xehanort volunteered to be a test subject for a series of psychological tests, which Ansem and Even hoped would uncover Xehanort's repressed memories.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "I shall perform an experiment to probe the depths of a person's heart. One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject."</ref> At Ienzo's encouragement, Ansem constructed a massive laboratory, the [[Chamber of Repose]],<ref name="Chamber">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''''', '''Xigbar''': "The 'Chamber of Repose'. If you recall, that's where we spent our time researching the darkness that resides within people's hearts. It's a graveyard that was sealed by order of Ansem the Wise. The first thing Xemnas did once he got rid of him was to undo the seal and build a room in the back. Ever since then, he holds himself up in that room when he can, and he talks to someone."</ref> beneath his castle, to further investigate the heart and the darkness that lies within it.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Spurred on by my youngest apprentice, Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> Eventually, he abandoned the research, deeming it too dangerous to continue.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Ansem the Wise''': "The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds."</ref>

In order to protect the people of Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise resolved to investigate how darkness originates and spreads within the heart.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness."</ref> Xehanort volunteered to be a test subject for a series of psychological tests, which Ansem and Even hoped would uncover Xehanort's repressed memories.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "I shall perform an experiment to probe the depths of a person's heart. One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject."</ref> At Ienzo's encouragement, Ansem constructed a massive laboratory, the [[Chamber of Repose]],<ref name="Chamber">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''''', '''Xigbar''': "The 'Chamber of Repose'. If you recall, that's where we spent our time researching the darkness that resides within people's hearts. It's a graveyard that was sealed by order of Ansem the Wise. The first thing Xemnas did once he got rid of him was to undo the seal and build a room in the back. Ever since then, he holds himself up in that room when he can, and he talks to someone."</ref> beneath his castle, to further investigate the heart and the darkness that lies within it.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "Spurred on by my youngest apprentice, Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> Eventually, he abandoned the research, deeming it too dangerous to continue.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Ansem the Wise''': "The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds."</ref>

Without his knowledge, Xehanort and the other apprentices decided to experiment further than Ansem had ever intended, abducting large numbers of test subjects and actually cultivating greater darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle. Some time later, I went below and was greeted by the strangest sight. Creatures that seemed born of darkness...What are they? Are they truly sentient beings? Could they be the shadows of those who lost their hearts in my experiments?"</ref> Around this time, Xehanort and the apprentices found a teenage girl who had no memories in the central square of [[Radiant Garden]]. With Ansem having stopped his experiments, Xehanort took the opportunity to continue Ansem's work by experimenting on this girl.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 3]]''''': "After his initial experiments on me, Ansem the Wise ceased his research into the heart, his hand stayed by some fear I cannot fathom. Yet this new subject is like me: devoid of memories. She is the perfect sample upon which to continue my master's work. She, too, could benefit from it; by traversing the heart, we have a direct path into memory. I myself have begun to reclaim my lost past thanks to these very experiments."</ref>

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[[File:The King's Memory 05 KHII.png|thumb|left|Xehanort seemingly acquiesces to stopping the research.]]

Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref name="Chamber"/><ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "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.</ref> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>

Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref name="Chamber"/><ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "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.</ref> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>

Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, and Aeleus banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref>, lying to Ienzo about what had happened.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Ienzo:''' "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us."</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>

Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, and Aeleus banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref>, lying to Ienzo about what had happened.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Ienzo:''' "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us."</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>

[[File:Lost Memories 01 KHMOM.png|thumb|right|200px|Xehanort prepares a young Kairi before sending her into the unknown.]]

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[[File:My Name is Ansem 02 KH3D.png|thumb|left|Xehanort transforms the apprentices into Nobodies.]]

By this time, he had regained his Keyblade, and possibly his memories as well. Choosing to bring the other apprentices with him, he steals their hearts while finally abandoning his name and vocally taking that of his erstwhile master, Ansem, to Braig's confusion.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Braig''': "Hey! Do you remember now, or...Wait, did you never lose your memory?" / '''Xehanort''': "That's not my name. I'm not 'Xehanort.' My name...is Ansem."</ref>{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} In the process, this created the first eight members of [[Organization XIII]] including Isa and Lea,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 6]]''''': "But we did not find her inside on that day or the next, or any of our subsequent visits. Had she been moved? Had we simply imagined her? Lea and I knew there was only one way to be certain. And so we stand before the castle gates today, not as trespassing children but in order to become Ansem the Wise's newest apprentices."</ref> as well as their Heartless. Xehanort himself was split into his Heartless, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and his Nobody, [[Xemnas]]. By willingly releasing his own heart, the Heartless was able to retain his selfhood,<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 10]]''''': "But what if one willingly releases one's heart from one's body? Sora and Xehanort retained their selfhood even after becoming Heartless."</ref> and so both attempted to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts]] in their own way.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 13]]''''': "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."</ref> All the while, the two halves secretly cooperated on Master Xehanort's desire to create the [[χ-blade]].<ref>''''''The Story So Far: Darkness''''', '''Chirithy:''' "Master Xehanort's second attempt to start the [[Keyblade War]] involved pitting seven pure lights against thirteen darknesses. His heart and body acted separately. His heart, Ansem, manipulated [[Riku]] and [[Maleficent]] into capturing the seven pure lights he needs, the [[Princesses of Heart]]. His body, Xemnas, founded [[Organization XIII]], who would serve as the thirteen darknesses."</ref>

By this time, he had regained his Keyblade, and possibly his memories as well. Choosing to bring the other apprentices with him, he steals their hearts while finally abandoning his name and vocally taking that of his erstwhile master, Ansem, to Braig's confusion.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Braig''': "Hey! Do you remember now, or...Wait, did you never lose your memory?" / '''Xehanort''': "That's not my name. I'm not 'Xehanort.' My name...is Ansem."</ref>{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} In the process, this created the first eight members of [[Organization XIII]] including Isa and Lea,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 6]]''''': "But we did not find her inside on that day or the next, or any of our subsequent visits. Had she been moved? Had we simply imagined her? Lea and I knew there was only one way to be certain. And so we stand before the castle gates today, not as trespassing children but in order to become Ansem the Wise's newest apprentices."</ref> as well as their Heartless. Xehanort himself was split into his Heartless, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and his Nobody, [[Xemnas]]. By willingly releasing his own heart, the Heartless was able to retain his selfhood,<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 10]]''''': "But what if one willingly releases one's heart from one's body? Sora and Xehanort retained their selfhood even after becoming Heartless."</ref> and so both attempted to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts]] in their own way.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 13]]''''': "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."</ref> All the while, the two halves secretly cooperated on Master Xehanort's desire to create the [[χ-blade]].<ref>''''''The Story So Far: Darkness''''', '''Chirithy:''' "Master Xehanort's second attempt to start the [[Keyblade War]] involved pitting seven pure lights against thirteen darknesses. His heart and body acted separately. His heart, Ansem, manipulated [[Riku]] and [[Maleficent]] into capturing the seven pure lights he needs, the [[Princesses of Heart]]. His body, Xemnas, founded [[Organization XIII]], who would serve as the thirteen darknesses."</ref>

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 [[File:Where the Heart Goes 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Ansem the Wise finds Terra-Xehanort at the Central Square in Radiant Garden.]]
-Terra-Xehanort is once more found comatose and amnesiac in Central Square, this time by his co-conspirator [[Braig]], who leads [[Dilan]] and their master, [[Ansem the Wise]], to the young man's location. Only able to recall the name "Xehanort", he is quickly taken back to Ansem's castle, where he is nursed back to health and becomes one of the king's best apprentices, serving as a research assistant alongside his other apprentices, Braig, Dilan, [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]].<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject. The young man has served me ever since I nursed him back from death's door some years ago. He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom."</ref>
+Terra-Xehanort is once more found comatose and amnesiac in Central Square, this time by his co-conspirator [[Braig]], who leads [[Dilan]] and their master, [[Ansem the Wise]], to the young man's location. Only able to recall the name "Xehanort", he is quickly taken back to Ansem's castle, where he is nursed back to health and becomes one of the king's best apprentices, serving as a research assistant alongside his other apprentices, Braig, Dilan, [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]].<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject. The young man has served me ever since I nursed him back from death's door some years ago. He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom."</ref>
 Some time later, within Terra-Xehanort, Master Xehanort and Terra's hearts argue over Terra's fate, both certain that they alone will one day succeed, and the elderly Master realizes that [[Eraqus]]'s heart has also taken root within Terra's. In the physical world, Braig attempts to discern whether "Xehanort" is truly amnesiac, or possibly actually Terra, but the confused youth shrugs him off, convincing Braig to bide his time.
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 {{Q|Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day... With your permission, I'd like to proceed—|Xehanort to Ansem the Wise}}
 [[File:Blank Points 10 KHBBS.png|thumb|200px|right|Xehanort, now as an apprentice for Ansem the Wise.]]
-In order to protect the people of Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise resolved to investigate how darkness originates and spreads within the heart.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness."</ref> Xehanort volunteered to be a test subject for a series of psychological tests, which Ansem and Even hoped would uncover Xehanort's repressed memories.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "I shall perform an experiment to probe the depths of a person's heart. One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject."</ref> At Ienzo's encouragement, Ansem constructed a massive laboratory, the [[Chamber of Repose]],<ref name="Chamber">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''''', '''Xigbar''': "The 'Chamber of Repose'. If you recall, that's where we spent our time researching the darkness that resides within people's hearts. It's a graveyard that was sealed by order of Ansem the Wise. The first thing Xemnas did once he got rid of him was to undo the seal and build a room in the back. Ever since then, he holds himself up in that room when he can, and he talks to someone."</ref> beneath his castle, to further investigate the heart and the darkness that lies within it.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Spurred on by my youngest apprentice, Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> Eventually, he abandoned the research, deeming it too dangerous to continue.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Ansem the Wise''': "The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds."</ref>
+In order to protect the people of Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise resolved to investigate how darkness originates and spreads within the heart.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness."</ref> Xehanort volunteered to be a test subject for a series of psychological tests, which Ansem and Even hoped would uncover Xehanort's repressed memories.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "I shall perform an experiment to probe the depths of a person's heart. One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject."</ref> At Ienzo's encouragement, Ansem constructed a massive laboratory, the [[Chamber of Repose]],<ref name="Chamber">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''''', '''Xigbar''': "The 'Chamber of Repose'. If you recall, that's where we spent our time researching the darkness that resides within people's hearts. It's a graveyard that was sealed by order of Ansem the Wise. The first thing Xemnas did once he got rid of him was to undo the seal and build a room in the back. Ever since then, he holds himself up in that room when he can, and he talks to someone."</ref> beneath his castle, to further investigate the heart and the darkness that lies within it.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "Spurred on by my youngest apprentice, Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> Eventually, he abandoned the research, deeming it too dangerous to continue.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Ansem the Wise''': "The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds."</ref>
 Without his knowledge, Xehanort and the other apprentices decided to experiment further than Ansem had ever intended, abducting large numbers of test subjects and actually cultivating greater darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle. Some time later, I went below and was greeted by the strangest sight. Creatures that seemed born of darkness...What are they? Are they truly sentient beings? Could they be the shadows of those who lost their hearts in my experiments?"</ref> Around this time, Xehanort and the apprentices found a teenage girl who had no memories in the central square of [[Radiant Garden]]. With Ansem having stopped his experiments, Xehanort took the opportunity to continue Ansem's work by experimenting on this girl.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 3]]''''': "After his initial experiments on me, Ansem the Wise ceased his research into the heart, his hand stayed by some fear I cannot fathom. Yet this new subject is like me: devoid of memories. She is the perfect sample upon which to continue my master's work. She, too, could benefit from it; by traversing the heart, we have a direct path into memory. I myself have begun to reclaim my lost past thanks to these very experiments."</ref>
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 [[File:The King's Memory 05 KHII.png|thumb|left|Xehanort seemingly acquiesces to stopping the research.]]
-Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref name="Chamber"/><ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "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.</ref> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>
+Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref name="Chamber"/><ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "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.</ref> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>
-Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, and Aeleus banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref>, lying to Ienzo about what had happened.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Ienzo:''' "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us."</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>
+Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, and Aeleus banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref>, lying to Ienzo about what had happened.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Ienzo:''' "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us."</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>
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-By this time, he had regained his Keyblade, and possibly his memories as well. Choosing to bring the other apprentices with him, he steals their hearts while finally abandoning his name and vocally taking that of his erstwhile master, Ansem, to Braig's confusion.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Braig''': "Hey! Do you remember now, or...Wait, did you never lose your memory?" / '''Xehanort''': "That's not my name. I'm not 'Xehanort.' My name...is Ansem."</ref>{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} In the process, this created the first eight members of [[Organization XIII]] including Isa and Lea,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 6]]''''': "But we did not find her inside on that day or the next, or any of our subsequent visits. Had she been moved? Had we simply imagined her? Lea and I knew there was only one way to be certain. And so we stand before the castle gates today, not as trespassing children but in order to become Ansem the Wise's newest apprentices."</ref> as well as their Heartless. Xehanort himself was split into his Heartless, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and his Nobody, [[Xemnas]]. By willingly releasing his own heart, the Heartless was able to retain his selfhood,<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 10]]''''': "But what if one willingly releases one's heart from one's body? Sora and Xehanort retained their selfhood even after becoming Heartless."</ref> and so both attempted to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts]] in their own way.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 13]]''''': "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."</ref> All the while, the two halves secretly cooperated on Master Xehanort's desire to create the [[χ-blade]].<ref>''''''The Story So Far: Darkness''''', '''Chirithy:''' "Master Xehanort's second attempt to start the [[Keyblade War]] involved pitting seven pure lights against thirteen darknesses. His heart and body acted separately. His heart, Ansem, manipulated [[Riku]] and [[Maleficent]] into capturing the seven pure lights he needs, the [[Princesses of Heart]]. His body, Xemnas, founded [[Organization XIII]], who would serve as the thirteen darknesses."</ref>
+By this time, he had regained his Keyblade, and possibly his memories as well. Choosing to bring the other apprentices with him, he steals their hearts while finally abandoning his name and vocally taking that of his erstwhile master, Ansem, to Braig's confusion.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Braig''': "Hey! Do you remember now, or...Wait, did you never lose your memory?" / '''Xehanort''': "That's not my name. I'm not 'Xehanort.' My name...is Ansem."</ref>{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} In the process, this created the first eight members of [[Organization XIII]] including Isa and Lea,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 6]]''''': "But we did not find her inside on that day or the next, or any of our subsequent visits. Had she been moved? Had we simply imagined her? Lea and I knew there was only one way to be certain. And so we stand before the castle gates today, not as trespassing children but in order to become Ansem the Wise's newest apprentices."</ref> as well as their Heartless. Xehanort himself was split into his Heartless, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and his Nobody, [[Xemnas]]. By willingly releasing his own heart, the Heartless was able to retain his selfhood,<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 10]]''''': "But what if one willingly releases one's heart from one's body? Sora and Xehanort retained their selfhood even after becoming Heartless."</ref> and so both attempted to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts]] in their own way.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 13]]''''': "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."</ref> All the while, the two halves secretly cooperated on Master Xehanort's desire to create the [[χ-blade]].<ref>''''''The Story So Far: Darkness''''', '''Chirithy:''' "Master Xehanort's second attempt to start the [[Keyblade War]] involved pitting seven pure lights against thirteen darknesses. His heart and body acted separately. His heart, Ansem, manipulated [[Riku]] and [[Maleficent]] into capturing the seven pure lights he needs, the [[Princesses of Heart]]. His body, Xemnas, founded [[Organization XIII]], who would serve as the thirteen darknesses."</ref>
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