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Roughly a decade after his confrontation with Eraqus, Xehanort traveled to the Dwarf Woods to utilize the Magic Mirror's all knowing abilities, asking it specifically where he can locate the Keyblade Wielders from his childhood dreams. The Mirror informed him that he would find one such wielder at the Keyblade Graveyard. Traveling to the Badlands, Xehanort found an unconscious Ventus, recognizing him as one of the ancient Keyblade Wielders from his childhood dreams and immediately took him on as a pupil. After training Ventus for a year, Xehanort ultimately deemed him unsuitable as a vessel to transfer his heart to and decided to use the boy in his plan to create the χ-blade. After failing to stimulate Ven's darkness during a training exercise in [[the Badlands]], Xehanort forcibly extracted the darkness from his heart, creating [[Vanitas]]. Ven's heart was badly damaged in the process, and Xehanort brought him to the Destiny Islands to die in peace, but Ven showed signs of recovery after his heart connected with that of the newly born Sora. In order to strengthen Ven's light and keep him separated from Vanitas, Xehanort brought him to Eraqus at the [[Land of Departure]] and requested that he take care of Ventus and train him as a Keyblade wielder. His hopes were that Eraqus's dedication to the light would nurture Ventus and make him equal in strength to Vanitas so that they could one day fight each other, forging the χ-blade. Despite how they had parted ways, Eraqus readily accepts Xehanort's request, taking Ventus as an apprentice, to be trained along with Terra and Aqua. While there, Xehanort noticed Terra's desire for power, and he decided to make Terra his new vessel.

A few years later, Master Eraqus invites Master Xehanort to the Land of Departure to witness Terra and Aqua becoming Keyblade Masters. Xehanort accepts, but he hints that Terra has the potential for darkness and suggests Eraqus administer a [[Mark of Mastery exam]] to the two apprentices. During the exam, Xehanort subtly uses darkness to affect the [[Orb of Light|Orbs of Light]] and nudge Terra's darkness during his spar with Aqua. At the end of the exam, Eraqus names Aqua as Master, telling Terra that he failed to keep his darkness in check. Meanwhile, Xehanort leaves the building, passing by Vanitas, who tells him that Terra is the key to luring Ventus away from home. Outside, Xehanort tells Terra that he should not fear his darkness, and that he should learn to channel it instead. He then leaves via a [[Corridor of Darkness]], making himself unavailable when Eraqus tries to contact him about the [[Unversed]] threat. Master Eraqus tasks Aqua and Terra with countering the Unversed and locating Master Xehanort, and Vanitas manipulates Ventus into following Terra.