Ansem the Wise: Difference between revisions

Once Riku is reunited with King Mickey, DiZ uses the memory-version of [[Twilight Town]] to briefly separate them. Riku then reveals that he's learned to tell the odor of darkness emanating from its users apart; DiZ does not smell like the real Heartless, which has a foul odor of darkness. His ruse revealed, DiZ introduces himself and instructs Riku to meet Naminé to help decide his fate. Meanwhile, DiZ reunites with Mickey, but keeps his identity concealed, wanting his old friend to dissuade him from revenge.

DiZ soon returns to Naminé to aid her in the task to restore Sora's memories, after they were broken apart in Castle Oblivion. Since the castle is still under control of Organization XIII, DiZ convinces Naminé to move Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] to his lab in Twilight Town, in order to keep them safe. Thankfully, the task is easy to do; [[Axel]] having been busy looking for the hidden [[Chamber of Repose|Chamber]] under orders from [[Saix]].

DiZ convinces Riku to retrieve [[Roxas]]; fusing Roxas back into Sora will fully restore his memory. Riku has no choice but to take on the form of [[Riku-Ansem|Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] in order to defeat Roxas. Seeing the evidence of Riku's devotion to Sora, DiZ slowly begins to lose his lust for revenge, hiding his shame behind laughter. Still, DiZ continues with the plan, placing Roxas into [[Simulated Twilight Town|a digital copy of Twilight Town]] where he can live out his days under observation, until it is time for him to reunite with Sora.

Ansem the Wise has no combat abilities to speak of, but since gaining the power of darkness during his banishment, he has been shown to be able to do at least three things. In one of his reports, Ansem stated that after he discovered his new-found powers, he gained the ability to use Corridors of Darkness for travel, though he admits that it was difficult to control initially. This was shown after Riku defeats Roxas; Ansem arrives shortly to take Roxas with him. To avoid being recognized, Ansem has also displayed the ability to change his outward appearance to conceal his identity. In ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'' and ''Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'', he uses this ability to become Xehanort's Heartless to guide Riku.  

Ansem also shows the ability to use darkness to repel would-be attackers; while testing Riku in his disguise as Xehanort's Heartless, he merely had to raise a hand to create a small force to push back Riku. He also demonstrated the ability to craft World Cards from Riku's memory, although altered to only show the [[Villains]] and [[Heartless]] i.e. "dark beings". While disguised as [[Xehanort's Heartless]], Ansem could also use a copy of the [[Dark Figure]] to test Riku's abilities. After his Encoder explosion sent him to the Dark Margin, Ansem lost his dark powers, or at least the memory of how to use them.