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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> but can also shift allegiances for various reasons.{{?}}<!--cite sora -> riku -> sora, riku's 2nd -> kairi--> 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--> | Human-made Keyblades choose their wielders upon creation,<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''''', '''Yuffie:''' "The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you."</ref> but can also shift allegiances for various reasons.{{?}}<!--cite sora -> riku -> sora, riku's 2nd -> kairi--> 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--> | ||
Should a Keyblade be damaged, it can be repaired. In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Way to the Dawn was snapped in half by a [[Demon Tower]], but it was later repaired by [[Riku Replica]]. Mickey's [[Kingdom Key D]] was repaired via an upgrade by fusing his [[Star Seeker]] with it, creating [[ | Should a Keyblade be damaged, it can be repaired. In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Way to the Dawn was snapped in half by a [[Demon Tower]], but it was later repaired by [[Riku Replica]]. Mickey's [[Kingdom Key D]] was repaired via an upgrade by fusing his [[Star Seeker]] with it, creating [[Star Cluster]]. Lea's [[Flame Liberator]] was broken by Xemnas; however, he was later able to summon a repaired version. | ||
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