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The original [[χ-blade]]'s existence was intimately linked with the existence of the true Kingdom Hearts, and so it was destroyed along with Kingdom Hearts in the first Keyblade War. Though Master Xehanort's research suggested that it can be reforged by fusing a heart of pure light with one of pure darkness, he later concludes that the χ-blade can be truly restored only by uniting seven hearts of pure light with thirteen hearts of pure darkness. The lesser [[Keyblade of heart]], whose existence opens a path to Kingdom Hearts, can be forged from the union of seven hearts of pure light.

The method for forging a regular Keyblade is not entirely clear, 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> [[Yuffie]] mentions Keyblades "choose" their wielders.<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''''', '''Yuffie:''' "The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you."</ref> Terra backs this up, stating they're "picky"; one cannot simply kill a keyblade wielder for their weapon.<ref>'''''{{c|Birth by Sleep}}''''', '''Terra:''' ,You'll find they're picky about their owners."</ref> .