With the release of the Final Battle Trailer, I have decided to make one final prediction on who the guardians of light and seekers of darkness are. However, because I will discuss some things revealed in the Final Battle Trailer, I will give a spoiler warning in case you do not want anything from that trailer revealed to you.
I will start with the seekers of darkness. I think that all of the villains who we have seen Sora encounter so far will be seekers of darkness, which includes:
1. Master Xehanort
2. Young Xehanort
3. Vanitas
4. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
5. Xemnas
6. Xigbar
7. Luxord
8. Marluxia
9. Larxene
10. Riku Replica (because of what was revealed in the Final Battle Trailer, I think that the Riku we see in San Fransokyo is Riku Replica and not Data-Riku)
In the Final Battle Trailer, we see three other seekers of darkness, who bring the total up to thirteen. One of them is Saix, and the other two’s identities are kept a secret from us. But who are these two mysterious seekers of darkness? I will start with the one who pointed a Kingdom Key at Lea.
This person has to be either Roxas or Xion. We do know that Roxas appears at the Keyblade Graveyard in a black coat, which was revealed at the end of the TGS Big Hero 6 Trailer, and if Roxas was brought back via data, that would explain why there is a second Kingdom Key. The second one is made of data. However, I don’t think that this person is Roxas because, unless Roxas was brought back without Sora’s involvement or Roxas left Sora after he was brought back, Sora would know what happened to Roxas and would probably have told his friends. So, if Lea does not know who this person is, it couldn’t be Roxas, which means that it has to be Xion. Plus, one of the hooded seekers of darkness who we see at the end of the Winnie the Pooh trailer does appear to be smaller and feminine.
That just leaves the mysterious figure who Saix was talking too. Whoever this person is, what Saix says to him seems to imply that this person is one of the original members of Organization XIII since Saix says that this person was invited back into their ranks. Also, since it is not revealed who this person is, this seems to imply that he is someone who has not been revealed yet, which means that he has to be one of these people:
1. Xaldin
2. Vexen
3. Lexaeus
4. Zexion
5. Demyx
I included Vexen and Demyx on this list because we don’t know for sure how they fit into everything yet. Saix also reveals that this mysterious person is in charge of delivering their final vessel to them. Maybe if we find out who the final vessel is, we can more easily determine who this mysterious person is. I think that the final vessel is either Riku Replica or Xion. And if the final vessel is one of these two, then I think it would make the most sense for this person to be Vexen. After all, they were both a part of the Replica Program.
Now, it would seem that this would be who I think the seekers of darkness are, but there are some things that don’t quite add up. First, Master Xehanort said at the end of Dream Drop Distance that one of the Wayfinder Trio belonged to him, so unless they were saved from his control, why would they not be one of the ones on this list? Second, what about Demyx? Didn’t he have yellow eyes too? Third, why would Vexen be back as a seeker of darkness when he wasn’t one of the thirteen chosen in Dream Drop Distance? Finally, when I look at all of the different chess pieces that have been revealed in the trailers so far, there appears to be a total of fifteen different chess pieces on the side of the darknesses, which is two more than Xehanort needs. Also, one of those pieces, the one that appears to represent Terra, appears on both sides of the chess board.
Here’s my thought: that mysterious figure who Saix is talking to is Vexen, but he isn’t one of the seekers of darkness. Both he and Demyx have pieces on the chess board, but they aren’t real seekers of darkness because they are only trying to infiltrate the seekers of darkness under the orders of Ansem the Wise. So, if you take them away, you are left with the real thirteen seekers of darkness, and the thirteenth person is Terra.
Why is Terra’s piece on both sides of the chess board? Either one of them represents Terra while the other represents Lingering Will, or Terra starts off on the side of light and is turned back into a darkness. Maybe that’s why Young Xehanort was in Toy Box. He was trying to figure out how to reclaim someone they had lost (Terra) by filling them with darkness.
Now, on to the guardians of light. As of the Final Battle Trailer, there appear to be six revealed guardians of light:
1. King Mickey
2. Sora
3. Riku
4. Kairi
5. Lea
6. Ventus
I think that the final guardian of light has to be either Aqua or Roxas. Let’s start off assuming that, at the time of the final battle, Terra starts off as one of the guardians of light but is brought back to the seekers of darkness. It’s possible that either Aqua or Roxas could take his place. For Aqua, she, Terra, and Ventus could have all been saved and joined the other heroes in the final battle, but when Terra became a seeker of darkness, she and Ventus were left to be the sixth and seventh guardians of light. On the other hand, when we see Roxas appear at the end of the TGS Big Hero 6 Trailer, it seems like a big reveal moment, like no one was expecting Roxas to be there. So, it’s possible that if Terra is brought back to the seekers of darkness, Roxas appears to fill up the last spot in Terra’s place.
Now, let’s assume that Terra is a seeker of darkness before the final battle. To me, that would mean that Aqua would have to be the seventh since, as I previously said, Roxas' appearance seems like a big reveal moment, like no one was expecting him to be there.
This one is tough, but I think that Aqua is the final guardian of light. The deciding factor for me was that, if you look at the chess pieces on the side of the lights, there appears to be one that represents Aqua (the Keychain on her Stormfall Keyblade), while there does not appear to be any chess pieces that represent Roxas.
So, my final prediction for the seven guardians of light is:
1. King Mickey
2. Sora
3. Riku
4. Kairi
5. Lea
6. Ventus
7. Aqua
And my final prediction for the thirteen seekers of darkness is:
With the release of the Final Battle Trailer, I have decided to make one final prediction on who the guardians of light and seekers of darkness are. However, because I will discuss some things revealed in the Final Battle Trailer, I will give a spoiler warning in case you do not want anything from that trailer revealed to you.
I will start with the seekers of darkness. I think that all of the villains who we have seen Sora encounter so far will be seekers of darkness, which includes:
1. Master Xehanort
2. Young Xehanort
3. Vanitas
4. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
5. Xemnas
6. Xigbar
7. Luxord
8. Marluxia
9. Larxene
10. Riku Replica (because of what was revealed in the Final Battle Trailer, I think that the Riku we see in San Fransokyo is Riku Replica and not Data-Riku)
In the Final Battle Trailer, we see three other seekers of darkness, who bring the total up to thirteen. One of them is Saix, and the other two’s identities are kept a secret from us. But who are these two mysterious seekers of darkness? I will start with the one who pointed a Kingdom Key at Lea.
This person has to be either Roxas or Xion. We do know that Roxas appears at the Keyblade Graveyard in a black coat, which was revealed at the end of the TGS Big Hero 6 Trailer, and if Roxas was brought back via data, that would explain why there is a second Kingdom Key. The second one is made of data. However, I don’t think that this person is Roxas because, unless Roxas was brought back without Sora’s involvement or Roxas left Sora after he was brought back, Sora would know what happened to Roxas and would probably have told his friends. So, if Lea does not know who this person is, it couldn’t be Roxas, which means that it has to be Xion. Plus, one of the hooded seekers of darkness who we see at the end of the Winnie the Pooh trailer does appear to be smaller and feminine.
That just leaves the mysterious figure who Saix was talking too. Whoever this person is, what Saix says to him seems to imply that this person is one of the original members of Organization XIII since Saix says that this person was invited back into their ranks. Also, since it is not revealed who this person is, this seems to imply that he is someone who has not been revealed yet, which means that he has to be one of these people:
1. Xaldin
2. Vexen
3. Lexaeus
4. Zexion
5. Demyx
I included Vexen and Demyx on this list because we don’t know for sure how they fit into everything yet. Saix also reveals that this mysterious person is in charge of delivering their final vessel to them. Maybe if we find out who the final vessel is, we can more easily determine who this mysterious person is. I think that the final vessel is either Riku Replica or Xion. And if the final vessel is one of these two, then I think it would make the most sense for this person to be Vexen. After all, they were both a part of the Replica Program.
Now, it would seem that this would be who I think the seekers of darkness are, but there are some things that don’t quite add up. First, Master Xehanort said at the end of Dream Drop Distance that one of the Wayfinder Trio belonged to him, so unless they were saved from his control, why would they not be one of the ones on this list? Second, what about Demyx? Didn’t he have yellow eyes too? Third, why would Vexen be back as a seeker of darkness when he wasn’t one of the thirteen chosen in Dream Drop Distance? Finally, when I look at all of the different chess pieces that have been revealed in the trailers so far, there appears to be a total of fifteen different chess pieces on the side of the darknesses, which is two more than Xehanort needs. Also, one of those pieces, the one that appears to represent Terra, appears on both sides of the chess board.
Here’s my thought: that mysterious figure who Saix is talking to is Vexen, but he isn’t one of the seekers of darkness. Both he and Demyx have pieces on the chess board, but they aren’t real seekers of darkness because they are only trying to infiltrate the seekers of darkness under the orders of Ansem the Wise. So, if you take them away, you are left with the real thirteen seekers of darkness, and the thirteenth person is Terra.
Why is Terra’s piece on both sides of the chess board? Either one of them represents Terra while the other represents Lingering Will, or Terra starts off on the side of light and is turned back into a darkness. Maybe that’s why Young Xehanort was in Toy Box. He was trying to figure out how to reclaim someone they had lost (Terra) by filling them with darkness.
Now, on to the guardians of light. As of the Final Battle Trailer, there appear to be six revealed guardians of light:
1. King Mickey
2. Sora
3. Riku
4. Kairi
5. Lea
6. Ventus
I think that the final guardian of light has to be either Aqua or Roxas. Let’s start off assuming that, at the time of the final battle, Terra starts off as one of the guardians of light but is brought back to the seekers of darkness. It’s possible that either Aqua or Roxas could take his place. For Aqua, she, Terra, and Ventus could have all been saved and joined the other heroes in the final battle, but when Terra became a seeker of darkness, she and Ventus were left to be the sixth and seventh guardians of light. On the other hand, when we see Roxas appear at the end of the TGS Big Hero 6 Trailer, it seems like a big reveal moment, like no one was expecting Roxas to be there. So, it’s possible that if Terra is brought back to the seekers of darkness, Roxas appears to fill up the last spot in Terra’s place.
Now, let’s assume that Terra is a seeker of darkness before the final battle. To me, that would mean that Aqua would have to be the seventh since, as I previously said, Roxas' appearance seems like a big reveal moment, like no one was expecting him to be there.
This one is tough, but I think that Aqua is the final guardian of light. The deciding factor for me was that, if you look at the chess pieces on the side of the lights, there appears to be one that represents Aqua (the Keychain on her Stormfall Keyblade), while there does not appear to be any chess pieces that represent Roxas.
So, my final prediction for the seven guardians of light is:
1. King Mickey
2. Sora
3. Riku
4. Kairi
5. Lea
6. Ventus
7. Aqua
And my final prediction for the thirteen seekers of darkness is:
1. Master Xehanort
2. Young Xehanort
3. Vanitas
4. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
5. Xemnas
6. Xigbar
7. Saix
8. Luxord
9. Marluxia
10. Larxene
11. Xion
12. Riku Replica
13. Terra
With that being said, I fully expect to be wrong. What do you guys think?
Edited by Dagesh Lene