Hey guys. So I've been thinking a lot about where the characters of Kingdom Hearts will go now that the Xehanort Saga has been concluded. Specifically, I have some questions about the protagonists of Birth by Sleep. I'll mask the questions in spoiler tags in case anyone hasn't played the game yet.
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Mainly, my questions are about Terra and Aqua. As I'm sure you're aware, Aqua became a keyblade master in the beginning of Birth by Sleep. As a result, she gained new knowledge and abilities, not the least of which was the ability to disguise the Land of Departure as the infamous Castle Oblivion. Now that Xehanort has been defeated and the BBS trio rescued, I'm wondering: Did Aqua automatically inherit Eraqus' duties as the Master of the Land of Departure? We never really got confirmation on this, although it certainly seems that way. After all, it seems that Aqua inherited the Master Defender (more on this in a bit), and I feel like that keyblade can only be wielded by the person its previous master selected.
Moving on to Terra. As we all know, Terra's story in Birth by Sleep focused on his battle to contain his inner darkness. The catalyst for this was Terra's failure to pass the Mark of Mastery in the beginning of the game. Fastforward to the battle with Vanitas and Terranort at the end of Kingdom Hearts III and Terra's heart is revealed to be inhabiting Ansem SoD's guardian. With Sora's help, Terra regains his body and is happily reunited with Aqua and Ventus. After Xehanort's defeat, the three of them return to the Land of Departure. It seems like Terra has gained control over his inner darkness , which begs the question: do you guys think that Terra was promoted to the rank of Keyblade Master? I feel like he probably did, and if Aqua is in fact the new master of the Land of Departure, maybe she was the one to confer the new rank on him. But KHIII never verified this, so I guess there's no way to know for sure.
On to Ventus, although this one is more of a theory. Unsurprisingly, Vanitas didn't survive this entry in the series. Or did he? As we learned in BBS, Vanitas was created from the darkness extracted from Ventus' heart. As a result, it stands to reason that the two are linked. So when Vanitas died, I suspect that his "essence" or whatever was left of him returned to Ventus. If I'm right, then it seems somewhat likely that Vanitas will return at some point as he is probably sleeping inside Ventus' heart. I definitely don't think that we've seen the last of Vanitas, especially since it seemed like Sora and Ventus were trying to convince him that he was more than just darkness.
My last question is about all three of the BBS trio. More specifically, their armour and Aqua's keyblade. In Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, we saw that Xemnas was keeping Aqua's Keyblade and armour in the chamber of repose, while the Lingering Will (aka, Terra's Armour and keyblade inhabited by his spirit) ha been hanging out in the Keyblade Graveyard for the past ten years. In Kingdom Hearts III we saw the Lingering Will clash with Terranort and then promtly vanished. Terra appears to have recovered his keyblade, but we never saw his armour return to him (and I know Nomura addressed Terra's armour in an interview, so this may be a moot point). Aqua is in a similar situation, though she is missing her original keyblade as well as her armour. As I said before, she seems to have inherited the Master Defender, but what about her original keyblade? It seems a bit of a shame that it's just lying there in the Chamber of Repose. As for Ventus, we don't know for certain that his armour is missing, but we haven't seen it rematerialize since the end of Kingdom Hearts 3D (and even then, that was in Sora's heart, so I'm not sure it counts). So my question is, will they ever recover their armour? And will Aqua ever get her original keyblade back?
This isn't really me complaining, just my overall thoughts. Maybe the DLC will fill in some of these holes. I'd like to see how these three turn out in the next installment, especially now that theyve finally returned to normal.
Hey guys. So I've been thinking a lot about where the characters of Kingdom Hearts will go now that the Xehanort Saga has been concluded. Specifically, I have some questions about the protagonists of Birth by Sleep. I'll mask the questions in spoiler tags in case anyone hasn't played the game yet.
Mainly, my questions are about Terra and Aqua. As I'm sure you're aware, Aqua became a keyblade master in the beginning of Birth by Sleep. As a result, she gained new knowledge and abilities, not the least of which was the ability to disguise the Land of Departure as the infamous Castle Oblivion. Now that Xehanort has been defeated and the BBS trio rescued, I'm wondering: Did Aqua automatically inherit Eraqus' duties as the Master of the Land of Departure? We never really got confirmation on this, although it certainly seems that way. After all, it seems that Aqua inherited the Master Defender (more on this in a bit), and I feel like that keyblade can only be wielded by the person its previous master selected.
Moving on to Terra. As we all know, Terra's story in Birth by Sleep focused on his battle to contain his inner darkness. The catalyst for this was Terra's failure to pass the Mark of Mastery in the beginning of the game. Fastforward to the battle with Vanitas and Terranort at the end of Kingdom Hearts III and Terra's heart is revealed to be inhabiting Ansem SoD's guardian. With Sora's help, Terra regains his body and is happily reunited with Aqua and Ventus. After Xehanort's defeat, the three of them return to the Land of Departure. It seems like Terra has gained control over his inner darkness , which begs the question: do you guys think that Terra was promoted to the rank of Keyblade Master? I feel like he probably did, and if Aqua is in fact the new master of the Land of Departure, maybe she was the one to confer the new rank on him. But KHIII never verified this, so I guess there's no way to know for sure.
On to Ventus, although this one is more of a theory. Unsurprisingly, Vanitas didn't survive this entry in the series. Or did he? As we learned in BBS, Vanitas was created from the darkness extracted from Ventus' heart. As a result, it stands to reason that the two are linked. So when Vanitas died, I suspect that his "essence" or whatever was left of him returned to Ventus. If I'm right, then it seems somewhat likely that Vanitas will return at some point as he is probably sleeping inside Ventus' heart. I definitely don't think that we've seen the last of Vanitas, especially since it seemed like Sora and Ventus were trying to convince him that he was more than just darkness.
My last question is about all three of the BBS trio. More specifically, their armour and Aqua's keyblade. In Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, we saw that Xemnas was keeping Aqua's Keyblade and armour in the chamber of repose, while the Lingering Will (aka, Terra's Armour and keyblade inhabited by his spirit) ha been hanging out in the Keyblade Graveyard for the past ten years. In Kingdom Hearts III we saw the Lingering Will clash with Terranort and then promtly vanished. Terra appears to have recovered his keyblade, but we never saw his armour return to him (and I know Nomura addressed Terra's armour in an interview, so this may be a moot point). Aqua is in a similar situation, though she is missing her original keyblade as well as her armour. As I said before, she seems to have inherited the Master Defender, but what about her original keyblade? It seems a bit of a shame that it's just lying there in the Chamber of Repose. As for Ventus, we don't know for certain that his armour is missing, but we haven't seen it rematerialize since the end of Kingdom Hearts 3D (and even then, that was in Sora's heart, so I'm not sure it counts). So my question is, will they ever recover their armour? And will Aqua ever get her original keyblade back?
This isn't really me complaining, just my overall thoughts. Maybe the DLC will fill in some of these holes. I'd like to see how these three turn out in the next installment, especially now that theyve finally returned to normal.