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{{Main|Keyblade}}

:''A key-shaped weapon forged by man during the age of fairy tales. Any other origins have yet to be revealed.''

:''The heart must be proven before a Keyblade will appear in its master's hand. No lock can withstand a Keyblade, nor can any non-agent of light.''

:''Special Keychains allow the Keyblade's appearance and performance to be altered.''

===Keyblade Masters===

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:''While the word "master" might be tossed around, only an existing Keyblade Master can pass on the title and its associated powers. They often elect to test candidates for the Mark of Mastery.''

:''Among the Keyblade Masters is one true "Successor" who is tasked with protecting a hallowed ground known as the Land of Departure.''

===Master Xehanort===

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:''While attempting to reproduce the Keyblade War, he was thwarted by three young Keyblade wielders, and his body was seemingly destroyed.''

:''However, Keyblade Masters have the power to remove hearts and transfer them to other "vessels." Master Xehanort has leveraged this power of recombination and clashed with Sora under a number of identities.''

===The Keyblade War===

{{Main|Keyblade War}}

:''Keyblade wielders from the legions of light and darkness vied to control Kingdom Hearts, and wiped out all the World's light as a result.''

:''Legend has it that the fragmented worlds we know today survived from the last glimmers of light within the hearts of children.''

===Heartless===

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:''Living embodiments of the darkness within our hearts, and therefore the darkness that has been in the world since its inception. Although they originate in our hearts, they have no hearts of their own, hence their name.''

:''"Emblem Heartless"—those created artificially by Xehanort's "Ansem"—behave in much the same way.''  

===Kingdom Hearts===

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:''The Kingdom Hearts made from the hearts of worlds had a door that led to the realm of darkness; its depths were never fully charted.''

:''The Kingdom Hearts made from the hearts of people was believed to have the power to recomplete someone whose heart had been lost.''

===Nobodies===

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:''Nobodies have no hearts, but they retain their human memories, which serve as a reservoir from which to draw human emotion.''

:''Unlike Heartless, Nobodies are hierarchical and choose to be subject to the Organization's leadership.''

===Organization XIII===

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:''Xehanort's Nobody took a new name, Xemnas, and formed an organization with the other apprentices' Nobodies. Once their numbers grew, they became known as "Organization XIII," though at one time they had a fourteenth member.''

:''Organization XIII's goal was to complete Kingdom Hearts from the hearts of people, by defeating Heartless and collecting the hearts they had captured. Sora thwarted their plan, however, destroying the Organization's members and setting a multitude of captive hearts free.''

===Seven Princesses===

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:''While not necessarily royalty, they are called "princesses" because they are all female and the one who brings them together will reign over all worlds.''

:''The nature of the princesses' power is not entirely clear, but once already their hearts have been stolen to create an entrance to Kingdom Hearts and a so-called "Keyblade of heart."''

===Recusant's Sigil===

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:''Xemnas, leader of Organization XIII, gave new names to all who entered its ranks. Each name was an anagram created from the member's original name plus the letter X.''

:''This X is known as the Recusant's Sigil, and has manifested itself in both obvious and insidious ways throughout Sora's adventures.''

===χ-blade===

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:''If Kingdom Hearts is a lock, then this blade from the age of fairy tales was the key.''

:''It is clear the blade was the inspiration for human-wrought Keyblades. The letter χ can be pronounced both "key" and "kye" (leading to some confusion) and symbolizes the perfect crossing of light and darkness. The χ-blade can be forged via a high-dimensional clash between those two poles.''

:''It is believed that the Recusant's Sigil also derives from χ.''

===Hearts Tied to Sora===

:''Not long after Sora was born, his heart connected with that of a boy named Ventus. Ventus's heart had been torn apart, but Sora saved him by sharing a part of his own.''

:''Ultimately, Xion and Naminé realized their place and guided the pieces back where they belonged; Naminé returned to Kairi's heart, and Xion and Roxas returned to Sora's.''

:''Many hearts have touched Sora's, and those connections remain—but their stories end in sadness, a sadness in which they still sleep.''

===Secret Message===

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