| Mysteries concerning “Xehanort” and Organization XIII
Q8: Who is Apprentice Xehanort really?
A: Master Xehanort commandeering Terra’s body
Master Xehanort wishes to bring back the Keyblade War and see what happens afterward with his own eyes, but once he found a way to accomplish this he was already an old man with only a few years left to him. Wishing to become young again, he finds Terra, and defeats him with darkness so he can take his body. That is the Xehanort that Ansem the Wise picks up, and makes his number one apprentice.
[picture: Terranort and Aqua]
Master Xehanort has taken over Terra’s body, but Aqua tries to get Terra’s heart and self to return to it.
[picture: Ansem picking up Xehanort]
Afterwards he loses his memory and is picked up by Ansem the Wise.
[picture: Apprentice Xehanort]
Calling himself Xehanort, he becomes Ansem the Wise’s apprentice and goes into the study of darkness.
[pictures: Ansem Seeker of Darkness, Xemnas]
Xehanort’s Heartless calls himself Ansem Seeker of Darkness, and his Nobody calls himself Xemnas.
Q9: Where did the Organization’s coat and mark come from?
A: Xemnas remembering his human years.
One year after BbS, Xehanort as well as five other apprentices toss aside their hearts. Then the Nobody Xemnas was born, and the Organization which he creates take a lot of things from his memories as a human. But as Xemnas had two people who he was, Terra and Master Xehanort, he takes from both of their memories.
[picture: Master Xehanort in dark coat]
The coat used by the Organization was something that Master Xehanort originally wore.
[pictures: Terra’s mark, Nobody’s mark]
The Nobody mark used by the Organization is a similar shape to the mark Terra used.
[pictures: Roxas receiving his name, Vanitas and the X-Blade]
Xemnas gives Organization members names with an X in them. This has something to do with Master Xehanort’s interest in the X-Blade.
Q9: What is the origin of Castle Oblivion?
A: It is the transformed version of Land of Departure after it was sealed.
Castle Oblivion’s original form was Land of Departure, where they were in training. It is a special place between the realms of darkness and light, and has been protected for generations so that it is not used for evil. A device was set in place just in case of such an event, and after Master Eraqus was killed and Aqua closed the keyhole of the world, it put this device in action. It turned it into a castle which would draw anyone who goes there into oblivion.
[picture: Aqua in front of Castle Oblivion]
Castle Oblivion, which was born from Aqua sealing away Land of Departure. Afterwards the Organization, under Xemnas’ orders use this place for research.
Q11: Why is Aqua’s armor in The Chamber of Repose?
A: Because Aqua tried to save Terra.
When she tried to retrieve Terra’s heart from Terra-Xehanort, they both fell into the realm of darkness, and she gave him both her armor and keyblade which allowed him to escape. Because of this when Ansem the Wise picked up Xehanort, he still had the armor and keyblade, which Xemnas then put in The Chamber of Repose.
[picture: Aqua and Terranort in darkness]
Aqua gives up herself in order to save Terra.
[picture: Xemnas in The Chamber of Repose]
Xemnas creates The Chamber of Repose, and puts Aqua’s armor there which he calls “friend”.
Q12: Why is Xemnas searching for The Chamber of Awakening?
A: To find Ventus.
The Chamber of Awakening is the room where Aqua leaves Ventus sleeping in Last Episode, and is a part of Castle Oblivion. As you can see from Xemnas calling Aqua’s armor “friend”, it seems Xemnas has Terra’s memories and so is searching for Ventus, and is making the other Organization members look for The Chamber of Awakening.
[picture: Aqua with Ventus]
Aqua leaves the sleeping Ventus in The Chamber of Awakening.
[picture: Xemnas and Saix]
The only one who can solve the mysteries of Castle Oblivion is Aqua, so the Organization was never able to find it.
Q13: What is the true form of Lingering Sentiment?
A: After Terra lost his body, his thoughts gathered into his armor.
At the end of Terra’s scenario, Master Xehanort had commandeered his body, so his thoughts took control of his armor. Afterward, the armor stayed in the keyblade graveyard, until KHII FM where “Lingering Sentiment” went against Sora. Because he saw that it was not his chosen one Riku using a keyblade, but Sora, he grew suspicious and thought he had something to do with Master Xehanort and attacked him.
[picture: LS and Sora]
After fighting him, LS says this because he feels Ventus inside of Sora.
Q14: Did something happen in Xigbar’s past?
A: He was Master Xehanort’s accomplice.
The number two member in the Organization Xigbar conspired with Master Xehanort when he was a human named Braig. Because of this, he knows more about Xemnas, who is the Nobody of Xehanort, than anyone else. That is why he often says strange things, and can speak up against Xemnas.
[picture: Braig and Master Xehanort}
Braig was involved with Xehanort's plans, but as you can see they have some sort unknown promise between them.
-Where he got his eye patch and scar-
As Master Xehanort was trying to get Terra’s body as a vessel for himself, Braig tried to lure Terra into the darkness by fighting him. But the power of darkness that Terra released was stronger than he would have imagined, and he ended up losing his right eye and getting a wound along his cheek. Afterwards Braig’s ears become sharper, and his brown eyes change to gold. This is because he was influenced by Xehanort who he was working with.
-Things Xigbar has said in the past-
“Why are you always looking at me like that?”
(Days, Day 353: When he sees Xion as Ventus.)
“Oh yeah, he looked at me like that too!”
(KHII: Facing off against Sora in Hollow Bastion.)
At the end of Ventus and Aqua’s scenarios, they went against him in the Keyblade Graveyard, and Ventus glared at him while frozen. This is Xigbar remembering that scene.
“How many years ago was that.... when those guys with the key shaped swords appeared here and fought. After they disappeared, a man who lost his memories fell.”
(KHII FM Xigbar talked with Zexion about Xemnas’ secrets.)
This is pointing to when Aqua fought Terra-Xehanort in Last Episode.
“So you are one who has been chosen by the keyblade. Though you’re nothing compared to the ones I’ve seen before.”
(KHII: Facing against Sora.)
“The ones I’ve seen before” is referring to Terra and Aqua, who he has fought against before, as well as Ventus, Master Xehanort and Vanitas.
Q15: What sort of people were Organization members 3-8 as humans?
A: We know now that they had ordinary lives in Radiant Garden.
In BbS we’ve seen one part of Xigbar’s past, as well as members 3-8. 3-6 were apprentices under Ansem the Wise and did things like act as guardsmen, but Axel and Saix were just young boys who were friends.
[picture: Organization members and their original forms]
1-6 were the original members of the Organization, and during the time of BbS were Ansem the Wise’s apprentices.
[picture: Axel and Saix]
Axel and Saix were old friends, as we can see from their conversation.
[picture: Lea and Isa]
Lea and Isa were friends. It seems during BbS they wanted to get into the castle of Ansem the Wise.
[picture: Zexion and Vexen]
Is the reason Zexion speaks so politely to Vexen because he was under Vexen’s care when they were humans?
[picture: Dilan and Eleaus]
We can see that they were guardsmen of the castle in Radiant Garden.
Q16: What happened to Ansem the Wise?
A: He is wandering in the realm of darkness.
Ansem the Wise, who banished to the realm of nothingness by his six apprentices. In KHII, he wanted to release the Kingdom Hearts made from people’s hearts that the Nobodies of his apprentices had created. The machine that he used for that end exploded, taking him with it. It looked as though he disappeared, but we know from the secret event in BbS that he was sent into the realm of darkness.
[picture: Ansem]
Ansem used Sora and Riku to get his revenge against his apprentices.
[picture: Ansem and Mickey with machine]
Ansem tried to test the heart’s data form with his machine, but it didn’t go as planned and the machine went berserk.
[picture: The realm of darkness.]
Ansem the Wise was thrust into the realm of darkness, forgetting all of his memories except those concerning Sora. |
