Xehanort: Difference between revisions

===Before ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===

{{Q|This world is just too small.|Xehanort muses the Destiny Islands}}

Xehanort grew up on the [[Destiny Islands]], and as a young man, he was paid a visit by his future self's Heartless, Ansem, who granted him the power to traverse time and tasked him with gathering [[True Organization XIII|twelve other incarnations of himself]] from across time.

{{Q|They say ruin brings about creation, so what then would another Keyblade War bring? When the darkness falls, will we be found worthy of the precious light the legend speaks of? I must have these answers. The χ-blade needs to be forged, and with it, the door to the Keyblade War unlocked.|Xehanort to Eraqus.}}

As he journeyed, Xehanort obtained vast knowledge concerning [[Keyblade]] lore, the [[Heartless]], and the mysteries of the [[Keyblade War]] and [[Kingdom Hearts]]. Xehanort came to believe that darkness and light were meant to be in balance, but the "tyranny" of light had destroyed much of the darkness and shifted that balance. He therefore resolved to obtain the power of Kingdom Hearts, so that he may create a World in balance. To that end, he sought to recreate the legendary [[χ-blade]] and begin a new Keyblade War. By this time, however, Xehanort had grown very old, and he devised a plan to use [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|his Keyblade]] to extract his own heart and transfer it to a younger body to prolong his life until his ambitions were fulfilled.

After arriving at Radiant Garden, Terra spots Master Xehanort walking into the Castle Town, but he is distracted from following him by a [[Trinity Armor|giant Unversed]]. Xehanort strikes an alliance with [[Braig]], and they stage Xehanort's kidnapping in order to manipulate Terra into using darkness. Braig faces Terra in battle, and Terra accidentally channels his darkness, scarring Braig's face and forcing him to flee. Xehanort consoles the distraught Terra, offering to take him under his wing, so they may pursue a balance between light and darkness together. He tells "Master Terra" to continue his journey and his search for Vanitas.

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When Terra, Ventus, and Aqua travel to the remains of the Land of Departure again, they meet the time-displaced Young Xehanort, who hides his identity by keeping his hood up. After he is defeated, he departs again through time.

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[[File:Blank Points 06 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Master Xehanort converses with Terra within the new Xehanort's heart.]]

{{Q|You are just one of many roads that I might choose to take.|Master Xehanort to Terra}}

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===Between ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II''===

===''Kingdom Hearts coded''===

When Mickey returns to the [[Mysterious Tower]], [[Yen Sid]] explains that the destruction of Ansem and Xemnas will inevitably lead to the resurrection of Master Xehanort.  

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The time displaced Young Xehanort successfully gathers other incarnations of himself from across time, until they total twelve, including himself and the elder Master Xehanort.

He appears before Sora and Riku in several worlds, often accompanied by either Ansem or Xemnas. They taunt the two, Sora about his unknown links to others' hearts, Riku about his dark past, and both about being trapped in their dreams. Young Xehanort chooses to make Sora the thirteenth vessel for Master Xehanort's heart, as Riku had developed a resistance to darkness. Eventually, Sora is brought to the real World that Never Was, where Xigbar explains how his journey had been manipulated all along, and Young Xehanort plunges Sora back into a deep sleep, showing him illusions of his own past. Sora then dreams of the many people connected to him, and when he chases the phantoms in his dream, he falls deeper into sleep. Eventually he confronts Xigbar and Xemnas, who reveal to him the true purpose of Organization XIII and admit that Nobodies can regrow their hearts over time. Although Sora defeats Xemnas, the fight weakens him to the point that he cannot escape from his deep sleep. Young Xehanort reappears before him, and he tells Sora how they had manipulated his journey. As Sora falls unconscious, Xehanort informs him that he will become the thirteenth member of the [[True Organization XIII|new Organization XIII]].

{{Q|Ah, but destiny is never left to chance.|Master Xehanort to Mickey}}

Master Xehanort moves in to place a fragment of his heart inside Sora, but the arrival of [[Lea]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] forces the incomplete Organization to retreat, each member returning to his own time. As Master Xehanort fades, he tells his opponents that both the seven of light and the thirteen of darkness will have their numbers filled when the time comes.

===''A fragmentary passage''===

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A young Xehanort stands on the beach at Destiny Islands, and as he turns around, images of Ansem, Xemnas, and the elderly Master Xehanort at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] also appear.

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As an old man, Master Xehanort is bald except for thin eyebrows and a curled, silver goatee. His ears are pointed and his eyes are yellow. He has broad, hunched shoulders and a crooked back. He appears overall as a somewhat feeble old man, certainly deceiving given his immense power. His clothing is the same as that worn by his eventual Heartless Ansem. It is composed of a white and black coat with a red inner lining, which is worn over a white shirt with two thin black belts, as well as white gloves and calf-high black boots. The major difference between the two outfits is that Ansem wears the shirt unbuttoned, exposing the Heartless emblem on his chest. However, there are a few minor changes as well; Ansem's coat has gold lining on its edges, where Xehanort's has black lining. He sometimes wears a [[black coat]], which would later be worn by Xemnas and the Organization members, over this outfit.

==Personality==

Despite his overweening malice, Xehanort has been shown to have some slight sympathy for his victims, such as when he takes pity on Ventus, following the rupture of his heart, and decides to leave him to perish peacefully on the Destiny Islands. All of Xehanort's other seeming virtues are revealed to have sinister intentions behind them, demonstrated when he only took Ventus as an apprentice and cared for him solely with the intention of making the boy his vessel once he was strong enough, and when he only accepted Master Eraqus's invitation to witness the Mark of Mastery Exam to win back Eraqus's trust following their falling-out and sabotage the exam to put Terra on the path to darkness so as to make him his new vessel after deciding to instead use Ventus for the χ-blade.

==Abilities==

Master Xehanort is able to wield [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|his Keyblade]] with great skill despite his age, and enough of his strength has remained over the years that he is able to use it in fast-paced physical combos. His battle stance is similar to that of both Vanitas and Riku, but he mainly allows the Keyblade to hang loosely at his side as he walks slowly towards opponents. Master Xehanort also uses his Keyblade to unlock countless hearts, including his own.

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==Forms==

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File:Unknown KHBBS.png|Young Xehanort in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''.

File:No Heart KHBBSFM.png|Master Xehanort's Keyblade Armor