Kingdom Hearts (series)/Timeline: Difference between revisions

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*''[[Kingdom Hearts χ]]''

**''[[Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover]]'': Runs concurrently with ''Kingdom Hearts χ''.

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]'' (additional content)

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link]]''-->

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Dark Road]]''

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' (65 years after ''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road'')

**"[[The Gathering]]: Takes place during the finale of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''

*''[[Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-]]'': Takes place after ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' and runs concurrently with ''Kingdom Hearts'' to the end.

*''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'' (10 years after ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'')

**''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'' (Days 1-24): Runs concurrently with the finale of ''Kingdom Hearts'', from Kairi's rescue to the end of the game.

**"[[Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-|Secret Story from ''Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-'']]": Takes place during the end ''Kingdom Hearts'', sometime in days 1-16 of ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''

**''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' (Days 25-49): Runs concurrently with ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''.

*''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' (Days 50-358)

*''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''

**''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]'': Takes place between the finale of ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and its epilogue.

*''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' (more than 12 years after ''Birth by Sleep'')

*''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''

*''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]'': Ending takes place 1 year after ''Kingdom Hearts III''

|[[File:Secret Admirer 01 KHUX.png|200px]]||While Player is going on adventures, [[Strelitzia]] watches from afar. Although she would like to be friends with them, whe is too timid to approach.||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:A Witch Out Of Time 01 KHUX.png|200px]]||Daybreak Town is rebuilt as a hologram world to serve as the new home to the Dandelions. All of its residents have their memories of the Keyblade War erased, as if it never happened. [[Maleficent]] appears from the future following her demise in [[Hollow Bastion]], showing up in one of the hologram worlds.||[[File:KHCHI icon.png]]<br>[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:It's Already Begun 01 KHUX.png|200px]]||Player continues to go on adventures with fellow Dandelions in data versions of worlds. However, this peaceful stasis is inturrupted when data glitches, apparitions, and Darklings appear. Through Brain's deductive reasoning, the Union leaders discover that in escaping the Keyblade War, they were all trapped in a data version of Daybreak Town.||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:The Odd Name Out 01 KHUX.png|200px]]||While investigating the glitches, Brain discovers that Ventus was never meant to be one of the Dandelion's leaders. Together with Ephemer, they confront him to try and ascertain who appointed him among their ranks. They eventually reach the conclusion that Darkness disguised themselves as Ava to appoint Ventus among their ranks, replacing Strelitzia. They head back to the clock tower to inform Lauriam.||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:Resolutions 02 KHUX.png|200px]]||The fight with Darkness leaves Ventus unconscious, while the others are trying to figure out their next move. Elrena and her Chirithy with news of seeing Strelitzia, further evidence of the glitches caused by the data world's increasingly unstable state. The seven head to the basement of the Clock Tower where the lifeboats are containted. The Union Leaders split up: Brain, Lauriam, Elrena, and Ventus take pods into the real world, while Skuld, Player and Ephemer remain in the Data World to attend to the other Dandelions. Before leaving, Brain passes down his [[Master's Defender]] Keyblade and the Book of Prophecies to Ephemer, who was originally the intended recipient.||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:Gone Missing 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Master Odin sends a group of seven upperclassmen on a trip to other worlds to prepare for their [[Mark of Mastery Exam]]. On this journey, [[Hoder]], [[Heimdall]], [[Helgi]], and [[Sigrun]] meet an unfortunate end at Maleficent's hands.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:An Unexpected Task 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Master Oding informs Xehanort and his classmates of the seven upperclassmen's disappearance. The young wielders are tasked with finding their whereabouts. One of the group, [[Baldr]], remains behind, as his sister Hoder is one of the missing.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:A Bitter Clue 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||While investigating [[Dwarf Woodlands]], [[Vor]] consults the [[Magic Mirror]] about her future, confirming her doubts about her current trajectory. As Xehanort, Eraqus, and Vor continue to search the world, the uppserclassman [[Vidar]] reveals himself. He offers Vor the opportunity to join him in completing some important task, and the two depart despite Eraqus's protests.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:What Order Needs 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||After regrouping in Scala ad Caelum, Eraqus and [[Bragi]] leave in search of Vor, while Xehanort, [[Hermod]], and [[Urd]] decide to look for more answers in [[Beast's Castle]]. There, Urd encounters another one of the upperclassmen, [[Vala]], who offers Urd a chance to join their mission. Urd declines, and [[Vali]] returns the magic rose, which the upperclassmen had mysteriously stolen from the [[Beast]].||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:Uneasy Order 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Xehanort, Hermod, Urd, Eraqus, and Bragi reunite in Agrabah's [[Cave of Wonders]], all searching for the Magic Lamp. Upon reaching the artifact, Vidar and Vor appear. They explain that the upperclassmen were plotting to steal items that are central to each world's order, thus disrupting the order and forcing a pure light to emerge from the chaos.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:Darkness or Light 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Baldr unexpectedly returns to his peers, explaining that he was tasked with learning more about darkness and relating his sister's fate. To help continue their investigation, he opens a gate to [[Olympus Coliseum]]. The wielders are split up in the [[Underworld]]: Xehanot and Eraqus make a deal with [[Hades]], Baldr and Bragi are left to fight [[Cerberus]], and Hermod and Urd try to regroup with the others. Hades summons the four felled upperclassmen's spirits from [[The Final World]], allowing Xehanort and Eraqus to learn more about what had transpired.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:VS Vidar 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Scala ad Caelum falls under attack from Baldr's darkness. As Master Odin rushes to defend the city, Xehanort and Eraqus encounter [[Vali, Vala, and Vidar]]. Upon learning that Vidar had known about Baldr's darkness, Eraqus becomes angered and clashes with the upperclassmen. Ultimately, the fight calms down, and all of the wielders race to the central tower to rescue Vor.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:A Place to Return 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Baldr reveals to Vor that he – or, his darkness – was responsible for the deaths of Hoder, Heimdall, Helgi, Sigrun, Bragi, Urd, and Hermod. A fight breaks out, and Vali, Vala, and Vidar manage to save Vor from one of Baldr's attacks. However, Vor and the upperclassmen are struck down when Baldr's darkness manifests as [[Hringhorn]], leaving only Xehanort and Eraqus left to stop him.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:Two Kinds of People 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Atop Scala ad Caelum's tower, Xehanort and Eraqus meet with Baldr for the final showdown. Baldr explains that he is purging thirteen lights – the seven upperclassmen and his six classmates – in order to summon Kingdom Hearts, and had indeed manipluated Vidar into persuing the same. Xehanort overpowers Hringhorn, and Hoder's spirit emerges from Xehanort to quell Baldr. Baldr claims that he and Xehanort are alike, and urges his former friend to seek answers in the darkness. In the end, Xehanort is forced to finish Baldr with Master Odin's assistance.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:A Cloaked Stranger 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||One year after the upperclassmen incident, Xehanort embarks on a journey to other worlds in preparation for their Mark of Mastery exam. Xehanort meets the Master of Masters and is gifted a [[Black Coat]] which will shield him from darkness. In exchange, the Lost Master only wants Xehanort to look at the hearts of others and broaden his view of the world.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:The Departure 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Four years after the upperclassmen incident, Xehanort and Eraqus visit a cemetery in Scala ad Caelum. Xehanort places flowers on four gravestones, determined to see still more other worlds before undertaking the Mark of Mastery exam. Embarking on another journey, Xehanort returns to Wonderland and speaks to the Queen of Hearts, hoping to better understand the nature of her darkness.||[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:Former Friends 01 KHDR.png|200px]]||Xehanort continues his investigation of anicient mysteries, but even though 64 years have passed since the upperclassmen incident, Xehanort cannot let something from his childhood go. In his dreams, he had seen a group of friends. Desparate for answers, he consults the Magic Mirror, who reveals that those friends were indeed real people. One of then, Ventus, is even still alive, having just arrived in the Keyblade Graveyard from the past.||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]<br>[[File:KHDR icon.png]]

|[[File:Where the Heart Goes 04 KHBBS.png|200px]]||Much to the annoyance and dismay of castle guards [[Dilan]] and [[Aeleus]], Lea and Isa repeatedly infiltrate the castle dungeon where they meet and befriend a mysterious young girl, dubbed merely "[[Subject X]]." The two swear and oath to break her out one day.||[[File:BBS icon.png]]<br>[[File:KH3 icon.png]]

|[[File:Return my friend's heart 01 KHBBS.png|200px]]||Sensing a strong darkness emanating from Radiant Garden, Aqua makes her way there, discovering Terra in a complete daze, his hair now white. Despite repeated attempts to reach out to him, Xehanort once more takes over his body and engages Aqua in combat. She wins, however, and with a little bit of help from Terra, lands a definitive blow. Xehanort, wanting to rid himself of Terra's resistance, uses his Keyblade on his own heart: this seals Terra's heart in the [[Dark Figure]] and gives Xehanort full control, but it also leaves him devoid of all his memories. Terra's body begins to sink into the darkness. Desperate to save her friend, Aqua sacrifices both her Armor and her Keyblade to spirit him away out of the darkness, condemning herself to the dark abyss instead.||[[File:BBS icon.png]]

|[[File:Promise of a Reunion 02 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||In the middle of the grassy plains, Sora is confronted by a man in a Black Coat – Marluxia – and goaded into setting foot in Castle Oblivion, with the potential of maybe finding Riku or King Mickey inside. As the three journey up the castle and experience the memories of their past adventures, their memories are slowly being rewritten by the witch [[Naminé]], while a copy of Riku, the [[Riku Replica]] constantly antagonizes them. Marluxia, along with Larxene, plot to use Naminé's power to turn Sora into their puppet in an attempt to initiate a coup within Organization XIII.||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Riku's Resolve and the King's Determination 01 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||As Sora ventures upwards in Castle Oblivion, Riku is spirited away to its basement levels by an unknown "voice." Three other members of the Organization – Zexion, Lexaeus, and Vexen – are aware of Marluxia's treachery, and they plot to turn Riku into their own puppet of darkness as a countermeasure. They, too, are foiled at every step. As Riku climbs the basement floors, he is forced to confront his past weakness, but is guided by the spirit of King Mickey.||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Promise in the Light 01 KHHD.png|200px]]||[[Axel]] sets Naminé free, betraying Marluxia and Larxene. It all culminates in a fierce battle against Marluxia at the top of the castle, and the powerful Nobody is destroyed. By this point, however, Naminé has completely disrupted Sora's memories and replaced Kairi with herself in his heart. They all agree to restore Sora's original memories and forget everything that has transpired in the castle, but to do that he must sleep inside a pod for a year. Meanwhile, Axel takes the Riku Replica with him to enact the next stage of his plan.||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:The Last One-on-One 01 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||One by one, Riku fells the remaining Organization members, as Sora defeats Marluxia at the castle's peak. Zexion confronts Riku in a final bid to turn him, but fails and is executed by Riku Replica at Axel's behest. Riku defeats and destroys the Replica and proceeds onward, intent on not letting the darkness consume him.||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Where the Road Leads 01 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||Riku is finally reunited with King Mickey as he approaches the ground level. The mysterious voice Riku heard is revealed to be a man named [[DiZ]], who needs Riku to make a certain "choice." With Naminé's help and Mickey's encouragement, Riku otps faces the darkness in his heart – Ansem – and triumphs. Choosing the "road to dawn", Riku and Mickey don the Organization's black coats and ready themselves to protect Sora as he sleeps to regain his memories. ||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Xion's End 01 KHD.png|200px]]||Xion is captured and reprogrammed by Xemnas. Having nowhere to go, Roxas returns to the only other place he can call home: the Twilight Town clock tower. There, he encounters Xion. She reveals her face has become a reflection of Sora's, and in a series of battles attempts to absorb him. Following her defeat, she starts to crystallize and Roxas immediately begins to lose his memories of her. With her last words, she begs Roxas to stop Xemnas and his plans.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Beginning of Everything 01 KHIIFM.png|200px]]||Having inherited Xion's Keyblade, Roxas begins to dual-wield a pair of his own: the [[Oathkeeper & Oblivion]]. He returns to The World That Never Was, intent on stopping Xemnas and claiming control over his life. He is confronted by Riku, who knows that without Roxas; Sora will never regain his memories and wake up. The two engage in a fierce duel, with Roxas winning the first round. Upon removing his blindfold, Riku accepts the darkness in his Heart and transforms into a visage of Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness. With newfound strength, he easily overpowers Roxas and defeats him. DiZ appears, and takes the unconscious Roxas back to his lair in Twilight Town.||[[File:FM1 icon.png]]<br>[[File:KH2 icon.png]]<br>[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Their Treasure 02 KHII.png|200px]]||Roxas, devoid of all memories of his past life, tries to enjoy the last week of his summer vacation in the [[Simulated Twilight Town]]. Shadowy forces are at work, however. Axel is desperate to get his friend back. Meanwhile, DiZ, a man thirsting for revenge against Organization XIII, meets with Naminé as she repairs Sora's memory. For seven days, they continue to upend Roxas's simulated life until it culminates in his memories returning to him and a fateful encounter with Sora. Roxas has no choice but to become one with him again if Sora is to ever regain his memories and awaken. Roxas's summer vacation has come to an end.||[[File:KH2 icon.png]]

|[[File:Room of Sleep Aqua's Armor.png|200px]]||While everyone is busy dealing with the invasion, Xemnas sneaks into the castle's computer room and accesses a hidden spiral staircase that leads to some sort of dungeon. At the end of the hall, he enters the [[Chamber of Repose]], where Aqua's rusted armor has been laid to rest. He sits down on the large chair and is once more reunited with his "friend".||[[File:FM2 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Old Mansion KHII.png|200px]]||Something strange is afoot in Twilight Town – [[Chip]] and [[Dale]]'s scanners are picking up ''two'' Twilight Towns! The trio returns to investigate and find that Mickey has located Ansem the Wise. He believes that he has infiltrated the Organization's world and plans to enact his revenge plot. The trio, Mickey, and Hayney's group locate the computer that DiZ used to create the Simulated Twilight Town where Roxas once resided. Once they enter, they locate the portal to the Organization's homeworld, [[The World That Never Was]].||[[File:KH2 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Freeshooter Xigbar 02 KHII.png|200px]]||The group finally arrives at Xemnas's castle, and encounter one member of the Organization after another: [[Xigbar]], who appears to know a lot more about Sora and the Keyblade than he lets on; Luxord, who seemed genuinely distraught at "Roxas" slaying him; and lastly, Saïx, desperate for a Heart. All three are defeated and fade into the darkness. Along the way, Kairi escapes, finally learning to wield a Keyblade of her own; Riku, likewise armed with a Keyblade, reveals himself to Sora as the cloaked man, though he still has Ansem's appearance; and, Mickey encounters DiZ, who removes his bandages to reveal he was Ansem the Wise all along. Realizing how much damage his quest for vengeance has hurt the people around him, Ansem departs with Mickey, intent to stop Xemnas and atone for his actions. Meanwhile, Maleficent and Pete have also infiltrated the castle, intent to take it for themselves.||[[File:KH2 icon.png]]

|[[File:One Last Mystery 01 KHREC.png|200px]]||Data-Sora discovers the problem with the journal: [[Sora's Heartless]]. For every Heartless that Data-Sora defeated, Sora's Heartless had been absorbing its data and evolving. In a tense battle, Data-Sora defeats the Heartless, saving Maleficent and Pete in the process. After saying their goodbyes, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy return to the real world and wipe the journal's data. Maleficent and Pete also depart the Datascape, and Maleficent confides that the "Date Escape" reminds her of the worlds created by the Book of Prophecies – a power she intends to take for herself.||[[File:KHC icon.png]]<br>[[File:KHREC icon.png]]

|[[File:An Unexpected Bond 01 KHRECHD.png|200px]]||Despite Data-Sora's victory, Mickey is no closer to an answer about the mysterious message. When a message appears indicating the presence of a new data world, Mickey calls on his data pal once more. Data-Sora makes his way through Castle Oblivion, taunted by a hooded figure at every step. Data-Sora begins to feel an immense amount of hurt. It all culminates in a battle with the hooded figure, [[Data-Roxas]].||[[File:KHC icon.png]]

|[[File:The Lingering Will 01 KHIII.png|200px]]||The Guardians are all revived, sent back to a point in time just before they were attacked by Dark Riku and Terra-Xehanort. The two appear before them once more, but this time the Guardians are aided by an unlikely ally – the Lingering Will, courtesy of Naminé. Terra-Xehanort and the Lingering Will engage in a fierce battle, leaving the Guardians to deal with the legion of Heartless.||[[File:KH3 icon.png]]

|[[File:Lost Masters 01 KHIII.png|200px]]||Back in the Keyblade Graveyard, Xehanort's No Name Keyblade falls to the ground. Xigbar, having faked his death, reclaims Keyblade. With the Black Box beside him, he summons four of the Foretellers: Aced, Ira, Invi and Gula. Xigbar reveals himself to be the latest incarnation of the Master's sixth apprentice, Luxu. In order to realize the Master's prophecies, he manipulated Xehanort into orchestrating the Second Keyblade War, but that he also had another role. Aced demands to know what his true role was. Luxu signs: "I hope you like ''long'' stories". In the distance, Maleficent and Pete observe the reunion of the Lost Masters.||[[File:KH3 icon.png]]