So, we all know by now that the 7 Lights will clash with the 13 Darknesses in KH3, right? But, let's take a look back at the very end of 3D when Riku and Mickey were talking with Master Xehanort: the "old coot" said he wanted to make another Keyblade War happen again, and for that, 7 Guardians of Light and 13 Hearts of Darkness are needed...and here is where I ask you guys these questions (some are extra ones not related to this topic, OK?)

 

1) When Mickey was thinking about who the 7 Warriors of Light would be, he said: "Sora, Riku, me, my three missing friends (Terra, Ventus, Aqua)...then the seventh would be:...". After that, he doesn't finish it...Who was he refering to: Lea (most certainly), Roxas (if both he and Sora can wield a Keyblade, does it count as just one person or 2 entirely differents?) or Kairi (if she can wield a Keyblade, so Naminé can too?)?

 

2) Right after that, Master Xehanort says: "Sora and "another one" on your list belong to me now"...Again: who might he be refering to: Terra, Ventus or Roxas?

 

3) So far, we know 6 members of the 13 Darknesses: Master Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Ansem SOD, Xemnas, Braig and Isa...However, 4 more members might be added: Vanitas, Terranort, Riku Replica (from KH3D) and Riku-Ansem, right?

 

4) If the Princesses of Heart don't have Darkness in their hearts, if they (Princesses) lose them (hearts), their body will be in a comatose status until the heart is returned, right? Thereby, they don't become Heartless...but Kairi managed to create her Nobody, Naminé...So, does that mean the other Princesses created their Nobodies, too?

 

5) In KH3D, why were the worlds Sora and Riku visited split in two and why each one had to seal a Sleeping Keyhole in their side to awaken the world from its slumber?

 

6) Why did Traverse Town have 2 Sleeping Keyholes in each side?

7) Right before Sora is put to sleep at TWTNW by Young Xehanort, he says he has already locked all the 7 Sleeping Keyholes, but wouldn't it be 8 if we count Destiny Island's one?

 

8) About the Drop Gauge function in KH3D's STORY MODE wise (not gameplay): what's its objective? Does it happen in the cutscenes because Sora and Riku are in the Sleeping Worlds?

 

9) Can the Dream Eaters visit the real outside world? I'm only asking this because in KH3D ending, is the Traverse Town Sora visited to thank his Dream Eaters the real one or the sleeping one?

 

10) If Yen Sid sent Sora and Riku to the past in 3D (to a time before these worlds became consumed by Darkness), then how come Traverse Town, The Grid, Symphony of Sorcery and Country of the Musketeers are there?

10.1) TT was never consumed by Darkness (BTW, if it's really THE PAST, then how come Leon and the others are not there? Unless, they arrived much later after Neku and his friends left).

10.2) The Grid is about Tron: Legacy, which is a sequel to the first Tron movie (it appeared in KH2), then how come the future movie/sequel appears in a world of the past? Get what I mean?

10.3) SoS and CotM: Wasn't CotM later transformed in Disney Town and later Disney Castle? Isn't SoS part of The Mysterious Tower? Is it like a world inside a world like Space Paranoids, Christmas Town, A Hundred Acre Woods, Keyblade Graveyard and Timeless River (both inside Disney Castle), because it contains "portals"(books) to other worlds (Fantasia ones)?

 

11) If Master Xehanort destroyed The Land of Departure in BBS, then how come after Terra, Ventus and Aqua come back, it's still whole at nighttime and then the cloaked figure appears? Is it because this LoD is the one from the past, too?

 

12) Long before BBS was released, how did people know Radiant Garden was Kairi's homeworld? Also, what's the difference between Radiant Garden and Hollow Bastion?

 

13) What's that all about Yen Sid's evil smile after Sora, Donald and Goofy left the Mysterious Tower in KH2?

14) After Mickey, Ventus and Aqua destroy the X-Blade and Vanitas, it (the blade) releases multiple Keyholes.What were they exactly? The Keyholes of all other worlds?

 

15) Can we assume that ANY and ALL worlds that didn't appear in KH1 were consumed by Darkness?

16) What happened to the worlds (only the ones consumed by Darkness, not counting the Sleeping Worlds later)'s Keyholes after Sora restored all the lost worlds? Were they sealed automatically or what?

 

17) Is it just me or it looks like Kingdom Shader makes characters look more realistic?

18) How do you guys feel knowing Kairi will finally be more active in the future?

 

DON'T WORRY, MUCH MORE questions will come...MUCH MORE...

Edited November 15, 201410 yr by SRKTVAMDGRLXN

Well, I'm generally confused by KH's plot, so I can't answer most of these, but I can answer some:

 

2) Probably Terra, considering he directly possessed him like he was trying to do with Sora.

 

5) Pretty sure it's because Riku was actually inside Sora's dreams, so he technically had different worlds to go to, even if they are almost identical (Joshua kind of talked about that in TT).

 

12) There was a cutscene way back in KH1 that shows Kairi is from Hollow Bastion (or Radiant Garden, w/e).

 

13) Matter of perspective; his smile didn't look evil to me, more self-assured that a group of guys capable of handling things were on the case.

So, we all know by now that the 7 Lights will clash with the 13 Darknesses in KH3, right? But, let's take a look back at the very end of 3D when Riku and Mickey were talking with Master Xehanort: the "old coot" said he wanted to make another Keyblade War happen again, and for that, 7 Guardians of Light and 13 Hearts of Darkness are needed...and here is where I ask you guys these questions (some are extra ones not related to this topic, OK?)

 

1) When Mickey was thinking about who the 7 Warriors of Light would be, he said: "Sora, Riku, me, my three missing friends (Terra, Ventus, Aqua)...then the seventh would be:...". After that, he doesn't finish it...Who was he refering to: Lea (most certainly), Roxas (if both he and Sora can wield a Keyblade, does it count as just one person or 2 entirely differents?) or Kairi (if she can wield a Keyblade, so Naminé can too?)?

 

2) Right after that, Master Xehanort says: "Sora and "another one" on your list belong to me now"...Again: who might he be refering to: Terra, Ventus or Roxas?

 

3) So far, we know 6 members of the 13 Darknesses: Master Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Ansem SOD, Xemnas, Braig and Isa...However, 4 more members might be added: Vanitas, Terranort, Riku Replica (from KH3D) and Riku-Ansem, right?

 

4) If the Princesses of Heart don't have Darkness in their hearts, if they (Princesses) lose them (hearts), their body will be in a comatose status until the heart is returned, right? Thereby, they don't become Heartless...but Kairi managed to create her Nobody, Naminé...So, does that mean the other Princesses created their Nobodies, too?

 

5) In KH3D, why were the worlds Sora and Riku visited split in two and why each one had to seal a Sleeping Keyhole in their side to awaken the world from its slumber?

 

6) Why did Traverse Town have 2 Sleeping Keyholes in each side?

7) Right before Sora is put to sleep at TWTNW by Young Xehanort, he says he has already locked all the 7 Sleeping Keyholes, but wouldn't it be 8 if we count Destiny Island's one?

 

8) About the Drop Gauge function in KH3D's STORY MODE wise (not gameplay): what's its objective? Does it happen in the cutscenes because Sora and Riku are in the Sleeping Worlds?

 

9) Can the Dream Eaters visit the real outside world? I'm only asking this because in KH3D ending, is the Traverse Town Sora visited to thank his Dream Eaters the real one or the sleeping one?

 

10) If Yen Sid sent Sora and Riku to the past in 3D (to a time before these worlds became consumed by Darkness), then how come Traverse Town, The Grid, Symphony of Sorcery and Country of the Musketeers are there?

10.1) TT was never consumed by Darkness (BTW, if it's really THE PAST, then how come Leon and the others are not there? Unless, they arrived much later after Neku and his friends left).

10.2) The Grid is about Tron: Legacy, which is a sequel to the first Tron movie (it appeared in KH2), then how come the future movie/sequel appears in a world of the past? Get what I mean?

10.3) SoS and CotM: Wasn't CotM later transformed in Disney Town and later Disney Castle? Isn't SoS part of The Mysterious Tower? Is it like a world inside a world like Space Paranoids, Christmas Town, A Hundred Acre Woods, Keyblade Graveyard and Timeless River (both inside Disney Castle), because it contains "portals"(books) to other worlds (Fantasia ones)?

 

11) If Master Xehanort destroyed The Land of Departure in BBS, then how come after Terra, Ventus and Aqua come back, it's still whole at nighttime and then the cloaked figure appears? Is it because this LoD is the one from the past, too?

 

12) Long before BBS was released, how did people know Radiant Garden was Kairi's homeworld? Also, what's the difference between Radiant Garden and Hollow Bastion?

 

13) What's that all about Yen Sid's evil smile after Sora, Donald and Goofy left the Mysterious Tower in KH2?

14) After Mickey, Ventus and Aqua destroy the X-Blade and Vanitas, it (the blade) releases multiple Keyholes.What were they exactly? The Keyholes of all other worlds?

 

15) Can we assume that ANY and ALL worlds that didn't appear in KH1 were consumed by Darkness?

16) What happened to the worlds (only the ones consumed by Darkness, not counting the Sleeping Worlds later)'s Keyholes after Sora restored all the lost worlds? Were they sealed automatically or what?

 

17) Is it just me or it looks like Kingdom Shader makes characters look more realistic?

18) How do you guys feel knowing Kairi will finally be more active in the future?

1) Mickey stopped specifically so we DON'T know who the final light is, it's meant to be a surprise in KH3

 

2) In that case he's referring to Terra. Roxas and Ventus arne't under his control currently, but he still owns Terra's body at this time.

 

3) We don't know who the other Darknesses are, I'd imagine there'll be a form of Riku, but not multiples. Repliku is the most likely pick to me.

 

4) While it's not explicitly said that the Princesses DIDN'T make Nobodies, keep in mind that a Nobody is literally a body. We saw the Princess's bodies in KH1, so it's safe to assume a Nobody wasn't created. Namine was created due Kairi's heart inhabiting Sora's body when Sora released his heart. Though even then Namine's origins are still a bit f a mystery.

 

5) The worlds in DDD weren't REALLY split in two, Riku was in Sora's dream the whole time, as a Dream Eater.

 

6) The physics of the Sleeping Worlds really isn't touched on enough. We don't know why they exist, how they exist, or if there's a limit to how many exist. We don't even know if they were the genuine article, since Xehanort sent Sora and Riku to different worlds than Yen Sid intended, even suggesting that The Grid wasn't a sleeping world at all.

 

7) Destiny Islands isn't a sleeping world, we saw it was fine after KH1. The door unlocked on Destiny Islands was the start of the exam. I'm not really sure why, but that was how Sora and Riku accessed the Sleeping Worlds

 

8) Well as far as I can tell, Sora and Riku can't exist at the same time. Sora has to be dreaming for Riku to do anything since he's in Sora's dream, and I guess it works in reverse for Sora, too.

 

9) We simply don't know, it's not touched on, but it seems that Dream Eaters are denizens exclusively of the World of Dreams

 

10) The Sleeping Worlds seem to be stuck in the time period they fell to sleep in the first place, hence why two separate worlds with Mickey exist in the game

1- The Traverse Town in DDD isn't the real Traverse Town, it's created by Rhyme

2- The Grid is the true version of Space Paranoids. Space Paranoids is a copy used by Ansem for Hollow Bastion while The Grid is the original copy, which follows the timeline of the movies

3- I don't believe the Country of the Musketeers became Disney Castle, remember that Mickey said he was on a secret mission in that world. With regards to the Mysterious Tower? I'd imagine either it's just the tower being magic, or worlds can exist in dream states based on moments in time

 

11) I'm fairly certain the battle with the Mysterious Figure isn't canon. Originally, before that fight was added, the Land of Departure was simply not available to be revisited after Xehanort destroyed it

 

12) People knew Radiant Garden was Kairi's homeworld because in KH1 you can see Kairi's Grandma talking to her in Hollow Bastion's library. Hollow Bastion is the name of Radiant Garden after Maleficent nvaded it with the Heartless

 

13) Bad animation

 

14) That's an interesting theory. It does make sense given what we know about the X Blade, however it could simply be an artistic flair to the energy beams

 

15) You can assume until proven otherwise. The only worlds we know for a fact were consumed are ones you get summon gems from, or the worlds of the Princesses of Heart that were already captured.

 

16) It is unlikely the keyholes were sealed, however with the new barriers up it would be difficult for any potential villain to access them now

 

17) That's what shaders do. The more realistic the shadows on a model, the more physical of a presence they have. That's why expertly shaded paintings or drawings can be mistaken for photographs

 

18) Pretty good. A bout time she was less useless

To be honest,I would like to answer,but I think it's best to wait for Lea's words of wisdom...

Edited November 16, 201410 yr by Hazimie

1) When Mickey was thinking about who the 7 Warriors of Light would be, he said: "Sora, Riku, me, my three missing friends (Terra, Ventus, Aqua)...then the seventh would be:...". After that, he doesn't finish it...Who was he refering to: Lea (most certainly), Roxas (if both he and Sora can wield a Keyblade, does it count as just one person or 2 entirely differents?) or Kairi (if she can wield a Keyblade, so Naminé can too?)?

 

The thing is Mickey was only listing off Keyblade wielders that could potentially act as the Guardians of Light. The fact is none of them have been confirmed the only GoL that has been pretty much confirmed is Kairi. Nomura said the the identities of the Guardians of Light would surprise us implying that it might not be who we expect it to be.

 

2) Right after that, Master Xehanort says: "Sora and "another one" on your list belong to me now"...Again: who might he be refering to: Terra, Ventus or Roxas?

He was referring to Terra whose body is still being commandeered by  Master Xehanort. The only thing is whether or not he means that Master Xehanort still is personally commands Terra's body or whether it's still being used by Xemnas has yet to be revealed.

 

 

3) So far, we know 6 members of the 13 Darknesses: Master Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Ansem SOD, Xemnas, Braig and Isa...However, 4 more members might be added: Vanitas, Terranort, Riku Replica (from KH3D) and Riku-Ansem, right?

Again this is intentionally left a mystery for Kingdom Hearts 3 there are a number of potential canidates. I think these guys make the most sense in my opinion.

1. Master Xehanort

2. Xemnas

3. Ansem

4. Xigbar

5. Siax

6. Even

7. Dilan

8. Anguis

9. Leopardis

10.Unicornis

12.Ursus

13.Vulpeus

 

 

 

4) If the Princesses of Heart don't have Darkness in their hearts, if they (Princesses) lose them (hearts), their body will be in a comatose status until the heart is returned, right? Thereby, they don't become Heartless...but Kairi managed to create her Nobody, Naminé...So, does that mean the other Princesses created their Nobodies, too?

 Namine is anomaly she does not follow the normal rules as far as Nobodies are concerned. It's ironic because Namine is the only one that actually fits the actual definition of a Nobody as she truly was never supposed to exist. When Sora released Kairi's heart from his body Sora was used as an intermediary to form an existence of it's own. This allowed Kairi to produce a Nobody despite not being able to do so naturally and allowed Namine to manipulate Sora's memories and those connected to him.

 

5) In KH3D, why were the worlds Sora and Riku visited split in two and why each one had to seal a Sleeping Keyhole in their side to awaken the world from its slumber?

In the beginning of the game after their fight with Ursula when the two were about to enter the Realm of Sleep Riku saw Ansem Seeker of Darkness in his hooded robe form. Sensing danger Riku unknowingly dropped into Sora's dream acting as a Dream Eater to protect Sora from the Nightmares. While Sora was in the actual sleeping worlds RIku was in Sora's dreams of the worlds. This is also the explanation behind the drop system as when Sora falls asleep Riku wakes up and when Sora wakes up Riku falls asleep.  

 

 

6) Why did Traverse Town have 2 Sleeping Keyholes in each side?

Again the two sides existed along side of each other because Riku was in Sora's dreams. 

 

 

7) Right before Sora is put to sleep at TWTNW by Young Xehanort, he says he has already locked all the 7 Sleeping Keyholes, but wouldn't it be 8 if we count Destiny Island's one?

In Dream Drop Distance Destiny Islands is not a sleeping world rather it acted as a point in time in which Sora and Riku could enter the Realm of Sleep. As Yen Sid explained when a world falls to darkness everything is essentially frozen in time as that world enters a state of sleep. Yen Sid used this to his advantage because it was a moment in time that had a version of both Sora and Riku that converged with the state of sleep Yen Sid mentioned. Once Destiny Islands began to swallowed by the darkness Sora and Riku were able to enter the Realm of Sleep and begin their exam. 

 

 

8) About the Drop Gauge function in KH3D's STORY MODE wise (not gameplay): what's its objective? Does it happen in the cutscenes because Sora and Riku are in the Sleeping Worlds?

Again the Drop System is extension of Sora and Riku's relationship within the Realm of Sleep. Riku being inside Sora's dreams was unable to continue during the times in which Sora was awake because Sora was not dreaming. Conversely when Sora was asleep Riku was awake and able to progress.

 

9) Can the Dream Eaters visit the real outside world? I'm only asking this because in KH3D ending, is the Traverse Town Sora visited to thank his Dream Eaters the real one or the sleeping one?

The Traverse Town in the ending of KH3D was indeed in the Realm of Sleep. Nomura deliberately put that scene in there to display Sora's newly awakened power to open portals into the Realm of Sleep.

 

10) If Yen Sid sent Sora and Riku to the past in 3D (to a time before these worlds became consumed by Darkness), then how come Traverse Town, The Grid, Symphony of Sorcery and Country of the Musketeers are there?

Yen Sid only sent them into the past to gain access to Realm of Sleep once they entered it they were essentially in the present time. The Realm of Sleep like the other realms follows it's own rules as far as time is concerned. It should also be noted that the worlds that Sora visited were part of a path that the new Organization XII had set out for them. 

 

 

10.1) TT was never consumed by Darkness (BTW, if it's really THE PAST, then how come Leon and the others are not there? Unless, they arrived much later after Neku and his friends left).

Traverse Town is an inbetween word and can exist in any realm simultaneously. Even further Traverse Town is a world that appears when there are those in need of it. Joshua called that world there so he could house Rhymes dreams. To his surprise Rhymes dreams took form giving an existence to his friends in Shibuya. Beyond that those existences were Joshua's chance to give Neku and his friends a second chance to reclaim the existences they lost in their home world.

 

10.2) The Grid is about Tron: Legacy, which is a sequel to the first Tron movie (it appeared in KH2), then how come the future movie/sequel appears in a world of the past? Get what I mean?

Again the time exists within the Realm of Sleep as per individual world's time axis the Realm of Sleep itself does not belong to any one period of time. As for the appearance of the Grid Xemnas gives an explanation to why that world is different from the one in Radiant Garden. Back during the era of the apprentices Ansem the Wise had discovered an old computer system. Ansem made a copy of that system and adapted it for his own personal use. The adapted version became the Space Paranoid we visit in Kingdom Hearts II while the original version of the system was The Grid.

 

 

 

 

11) If Master Xehanort destroyed The Land of Departure in BBS, then how come after Terra, Ventus and Aqua come back, it's still whole at nighttime and then the cloaked figure appears? Is it because this LoD is the one from the past, too?

You have to remember that the post game content still takes place before the end  of the game. If the fight with Young Xehanort is indeed canon then Ventus is the one who encountered and fought him. Terra was the first one to arrive at the Keyblade Graveyard directly after his encounter with Master Xehanort followed shortly by Aqua and finally after much delay Ventus. When Aqua returned to LoD with Ventus she had reacted in shock suggesting that she had yet to see the damage caused by Master Xehanort. This leaves only Ventus who likely returned to Land of Departure in order to warn Terra of Vanitas' plans to kill him and Aqua. However after defeating Young Xehanort he finds his home in ruins and immediately going to the Keyblade Graveyard. Also if you look closely you'll see the castle exactly how it is after Master Xehanort destroyed it.

 

 

 

 

 

14) After Mickey, Ventus and Aqua destroy the X-Blade and Vanitas, it (the blade) releases multiple Keyholes.What were they exactly? The Keyholes of all other worlds?

That was just imagery to show how unstable the X-Blade was those weren't actual Keyholes.

So, we all know by now that the 7 Lights will clash with the 13 Darknesses in KH3, right? But, let's take a look back at the very end of 3D when Riku and Mickey were talking with Master Xehanort: the "old coot" said he wanted to make another Keyblade War happen again, and for that, 7 Guardians of Light and 13 Hearts of Darkness are needed...and here is where I ask you guys these questions (some are extra ones not related to this topic, OK?)

 

1) When Mickey was thinking about who the 7 Warriors of Light would be, he said: "Sora, Riku, me, my three missing friends (Terra, Ventus, Aqua)...then the seventh would be:...". After that, he doesn't finish it...Who was he refering to: Lea (most certainly), Roxas (if both he and Sora can wield a Keyblade, does it count as just one person or 2 entirely differents?) or Kairi (if she can wield a Keyblade, so Naminé can too?)?

 

2) Right after that, Master Xehanort says: "Sora and "another one" on your list belong to me now"...Again: who might he be refering to: Terra, Ventus or Roxas?

 

3) So far, we know 6 members of the 13 Darknesses: Master Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Ansem SOD, Xemnas, Braig and Isa...However, 4 more members might be added: Vanitas, Terranort, Riku Replica (from KH3D) and Riku-Ansem, right?

 

4) If the Princesses of Heart don't have Darkness in their hearts, if they (Princesses) lose them (hearts), their body will be in a comatose status until the heart is returned, right? Thereby, they don't become Heartless...but Kairi managed to create her Nobody, Naminé...So, does that mean the other Princesses created their Nobodies, too?

 

5) In KH3D, why were the worlds Sora and Riku visited split in two and why each one had to seal a Sleeping Keyhole in their side to awaken the world from its slumber?

 

6) Why did Traverse Town have 2 Sleeping Keyholes in each side?

7) Right before Sora is put to sleep at TWTNW by Young Xehanort, he says he has already locked all the 7 Sleeping Keyholes, but wouldn't it be 8 if we count Destiny Island's one?

 

8) About the Drop Gauge function in KH3D's STORY MODE wise (not gameplay): what's its objective? Does it happen in the cutscenes because Sora and Riku are in the Sleeping Worlds?

 

9) Can the Dream Eaters visit the real outside world? I'm only asking this because in KH3D ending, is the Traverse Town Sora visited to thank his Dream Eaters the real one or the sleeping one?

 

10) If Yen Sid sent Sora and Riku to the past in 3D (to a time before these worlds became consumed by Darkness), then how come Traverse Town, The Grid, Symphony of Sorcery and Country of the Musketeers are there?

10.1) TT was never consumed by Darkness (BTW, if it's really THE PAST, then how come Leon and the others are not there? Unless, they arrived much later after Neku and his friends left).

10.2) The Grid is about Tron: Legacy, which is a sequel to the first Tron movie (it appeared in KH2), then how come the future movie/sequel appears in a world of the past? Get what I mean?

10.3) SoS and CotM: Wasn't CotM later transformed in Disney Town and later Disney Castle? Isn't SoS part of The Mysterious Tower? Is it like a world inside a world like Space Paranoids, Christmas Town, A Hundred Acre Woods, Keyblade Graveyard and Timeless River (both inside Disney Castle), because it contains "portals"(books) to other worlds (Fantasia ones)?

 

11) If Master Xehanort destroyed The Land of Departure in BBS, then how come after Terra, Ventus and Aqua come back, it's still whole at nighttime and then the cloaked figure appears? Is it because this LoD is the one from the past, too?

 

12) Long before BBS was released, how did people know Radiant Garden was Kairi's homeworld? Also, what's the difference between Radiant Garden and Hollow Bastion?

 

13) What's that all about Yen Sid's evil smile after Sora, Donald and Goofy left the Mysterious Tower in KH2?

14) After Mickey, Ventus and Aqua destroy the X-Blade and Vanitas, it (the blade) releases multiple Keyholes.What were they exactly? The Keyholes of all other worlds?

 

15) Can we assume that ANY and ALL worlds that didn't appear in KH1 were consumed by Darkness?

16) What happened to the worlds (only the ones consumed by Darkness, not counting the Sleeping Worlds later)'s Keyholes after Sora restored all the lost worlds? Were they sealed automatically or what?

 

17) Is it just me or it looks like Kingdom Shader makes characters look more realistic?

18) How do you guys feel knowing Kairi will finally be more active in the future?

 

DON'T WORRY, MUCH MORE questions will come...MUCH MORE...

GEEZ THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS!!! I'm guessing you don't pay much attention, huh? Well anyway, I'll answer what I can.

 

1. No way to know right now. It could honestly be any of those. Until Nomura says something, or it's revealed in KH3, we won't know for sure.

 

2.He's referring to Terra. Ven is asleep in Castle Oblivion while Aqua is trapped in the Realm of Darkness with Ansem the Wise. Terra is the only one who can be in Xehanort's grasp. The only real question is how exactly is Terra in the Organization? Because when Xehanort took over Terra's body, he became Terra-Xehanort, who would then be known as Apprentice Xehanort when he worked under Ansem the Wise. When he betrayed Ansem, he split into two beings, his Heartless Ansem the Seeker of Darkness and his Nobody Xemnas. Since it's Xehanort's heart (and presumably Terra's heart too) and Terra's body, Xemnas is technically Terra's nobody too (seeing how he displayed an interest in finding Ven and Aqua), and it stands to reason that parts of Terra linger on within Ansem SoD as well. So when Xehanort says that Terra is among his number, he could either be referring to Ansem, Xemnas, Terra-Xehanort, Terra himself, or maybe even all of those. Again, we need to wait until we get clarification from either Nomura or the next game.

 

3. Terra-Xehanort, Riku Replica, and Vanitas are all viable candidates, seeing as how they were already teased multiple times throughout 3D. However, the only one I'm not sure about is Riku-Ansem. Are you referring to when Riku was possessed by Ansem? With a Riku Replica and Ansem already on board, I'm not sure if there is much point to having yet another Riku AND Ansem among the group at the same time, but since the point is to have a bunch of Xehanort clones, I guess it's not entirely out of the question. The real challenge though would be to figure out if the Riku seen in 3D's Monstro was either Riku Replica or Riku possessed by Ansem. My money is on the Replica, but the fact that Riku questioned both ideas leaves me puzzled.

 

4. Most likely not. Kairi's body never disappeared, she still stayed Kairi, just lifeless because she didn't have her heart in her body. The Princesses were likely the same way, since their bodies were all there. The only reason Namine exists as a separate entity is because of the fact that when Sora released his heart and gave birth to Roxas, he was also releasing Kairi's heart and in turn gave birth to Namine. So Namine is a special Nobody because she was born from somebody else's body, but she still came from Kairi's heart. Under normal circumstances, a Princess wouldn't form a Nobody, just like they can't turn into Heartless.

 

5. When they dived into the first Keyhole, Riku noticed the Cloaked Figure (Ansem) and realized that the forces of Darkness were going after Sora, so he opened a separate Keyhole (I know it looked like the same one, but think of it as the same TV, but a different channel) and traveled into SORA'S dreams. In a way he was traveling the different Dream Worlds because Sora was traveling them, which is why they were always separated. Even though the worlds were in Sora's dreams from Riku's perspective, they were still sleeping, so Riku had to wake them up too. Plus, the Mark of Mastery Exam kind of requires they both do it anyway, so it's just how it's supposed to happen.

 

6. Like I just explained, while Sora was exploring the Dream Worlds, Riku was exploring Sora's dreams. So in a way, each world had two versions of itself connected to each other. However, Traverse Town was exceptional. Due to the nature of Traverse Town, it is a world that appears to others when they need it, such as when it's world is destroyed. So naturally, it would appear within the Realm of Sleep for those who were lost in sleep for some reason or another (and for some reason couldn't stay in their sleeping world I suppose...). Supposedly, something was happening to Shibuya that put Neku and everyone else in danger. Joshua, with his strange omnipotent powers that TWEWY doesn't explain too well, tried to save everyone, but the only way to do that would be to trap them within another world, and the only one that would work would be a dream. So he used Rhyme's dream to create a space where they could exist, which ended up being the dream version of Traverse Town. So it's reasonable that if Rhyme's dream was powerful enough to create one Traverse Town, Sora's dream was just as powerful, which may have goofed the process up and split the town into two separate parallel ones, where the group was split up. Joshua was the only one who was able to hop back and forth by creating a portal from Rhyme. This is just a theory of mine though, as I don't feel that the game explained it too well, but I believe it is very close to what they were suggesting.

 

7. No, you're miscounting. 1: Destiny Islands. 2: Traverse Town. 3: La Cite' des Cloches. 4: Pranksters' Paradise. 5: The Grid. 6. Country of the Musketeers. 7. Symphony of Sorcery. You're either incorrectly counting Traverse Town's second visit (which they only used a Keyhole for exiting the world, not unlocking it again) or The World That Never Was (which was never part of the exam to begin with).

 

8. It's not really explained why. I guess since Sora and Riku are still connected, they share a sort of "tether" linked by dreams, so when one sleeps the other awakens. Since Sora actually entered the Sleeping Worlds, and Riku entered Sora's dreams, Sora was the first to drop, which meant that Riku was the second. And so the two just keep switching around when one is trying to wake up. That's why Riku looses the Drop gauge after Sora falls to darkness, because Sora can't wake up anymore.

 

9. Not normally. The Dream Eaters only exist within the Realm of Sleep, as they are the form of Darkness that exists in that realm that the Heartless cannot touch. However, they did briefly appear in the REAL World That Never Was, because Riku still had his Dream Eater powers because he was still connected to the sleeping Sora, so the Dream Eaters appeared to briefly help Riku out across the gap and in battles. But they DID NOT appear in the REAL Traverse Town. That was just Sora visiting them in the DREAM Traverse Town. Even though Sora wasn't named a master, he still got the ability to control sleep, so now he can visit the Realm of Sleep at will, so at the end of the game Sora decided to travel to the dream version of Traverse Town to thank all of his Dream Eater friends for all the help they gave him.

 

10. Yen Sid only sent Sora and Riku back in time to a point before DESTINY ISLANDS fell to darkness, not the other worlds. Those worlds were all likely long gone by that point in time. They had to use Destiny Islands because their younger selves were there, and the rules of time travel dictate that you leave your bodies behind and that there must be a version of yourself at your destination. So they traveled to Destiny Islands so they could both awaken in their younger bodies and be there to unlock the Sleeping Keyhole once Destiny Islands fell to darkness. The other worlds that appeared were asleep already. But the Realm of Sleep doesn't follow the rules of time the same way that the Realms of Light and Darkness do. The worlds in the Realm of Sleep all collect and exist there at the same time. Regardless of the point in time you entered from the Real world to the Dream world, time wouldn't apply, so all of the worlds that didn't awaken were all there.

 

10. 1) The Traverse Town in the Real World and the Traverse Town(s) in the Realm of Sleep are entirely different worlds. When Sora and Riku entered the Realm of Sleep, they didn't enter Traverse Town in a point in the past or future, they were in a NEW Traverse Town in the present. As I explained, it was created by Joshua and Rhyme, but split into two by the Organization to separate Sora and Riku (as well as the fact that Riku was traveling inside Sora's dreams) (I also assume that the Reapers, who must still be involved if The Reapers' Game is still active, allowed for this to happen just so it would be more "interesting".) So Leon and the gang were never in this Traverse Town, only Neku and his friends ever appeared in this one. Traverse Town is a unique world all on it's own. It's nature allows it to appear whenever someone has lost their world to the darkness and it exists within the Realm Between. It is made up of fragments of destroyed worlds, much like the End of The World, and it is large enough to accommodate as many people as possible. That said, when Joshua and Rhyme needed to create a safe haven for Neku and the others within the Realm of Sleep, Traverse Town was the best likely form for the sanctuary to take shape as, as even in the Realm of Sleep it can house those who have been cast away from their homes, even in the Realm of Sleep.

 

10. 2) If you payed attention to Kingdom Hearts 2, you'd recall that Tron explained to Sora and co. that the operating system (Space Paranoids/Hollow Bastion OS) was actually a COPY of the original operating system used by ENCOM. So at some point Ansem managed to obtain a copy of ENCOM's operating system and modified it for use in Hollow Bastion's computer system. When he installed the copy, he also revived all of the programs that lived inside of it, including Tron and Sark. Later, Xehanort (under the stolen name of Ansem) brought back the MCP and used it to make the system inaccessible to any other users, as well as to cause havoc within the digital world, to destroy Hollow Bastion both inside and out. So since the digital world and Tron that Sora met was actually a copy of the original digital world from ENCOM, it is safe to assume that at some point the world that ENCOM and the original operating system existed on was consumed by darkness, some point after the new system, The Grid was created. So by the time that world fell to darkness, The Grid was lost along with it. What is strange is that The Grid is what appears within the Realm of Sleep, but not the "real world" that it exists on. So to clarify, the world of the Tron sequel can exist in the past because the world of the original Tron movie was actually a copy of the real thing, so The Grid is a sequel to the original Tron world, not the one that Sora went to in Hollow Bastion.

 

10. 3) For right now, the Country of the Musketeers can be assumed to be a separate world, as Mickey (and presumably Donald, Goofy, and Pluto too) was an outsider investigating what was going on in other worlds, some point after he learned of the Keyblade, but presumably before he could wield one. It is possible that the world was separate from what would later be known as Disney Castle, and that the Princess Minnie of this world would travel with Mickey and later become the Queen Minnie of Disney Castle. However, there is one weak link with this theory: Pete. It has not yet been officially established if multiple versions of one character can exist in different worlds or not, so either Pete has a doppleganger out there or this is actually the same Pete that followed Mickey around (but then the plot of The Three Musketeers would become way too convoluted and confusing). There is always a chance that this IS the same world as Disney Castle, but the fact that it would have had to fall to darkness in order to exist at all suggests that it is entirely separate from Disney Castle. So until Nomura says what the deal is, there isn't any way of telling what's up with this world, other than that Mickey was visiting it at one point. As for Symphony of Sorcery, while the Mysterious Tower part of it does exist in the real world, the musical worlds don't seem to. Perhaps something happened to the musical worlds to cause them to be lost to darkness at some point, so the worlds within that world were lost. However, since they were deeply tied to the Mysterious Tower, it's possible that when they were resurrected within the Realm of Sleep, they recreated a facsimile of the Mysterious Tower from the past when Mickey (as Yen Sid's apprentice) brought the musical worlds to life. Again, Nomura needs to give a more detailed explanation. And yes, they sort of do act as a world within a world like the 100 Acre Wood and Space Paranoids.

 

11. Xehanort didn't entirely destroy the Land of Departure, not all at once anyway. The world was just in the slow process of falling to darkness. So whenever Terra, Ven, and Aqua visit the world after what Xehanort did, it was still there. It may had been falling to darkness, but it was still in the Realm of Light during that time. So at any point between when Xehanort doomed it and Aqua changed it into Castle Oblivion, the trio could have been fighting the Cloaked Figure. The Land of Departure was never thrown into time, nor represented as a Sleeping World.

 

12. Again, if you actually paid more attention in the first Kingdom Hearts, you would have learned through a flashback that Kairi lived in Hollow Bastion before she lived on Destiny Islands. The flashback showed a younger Kairi being told a story by her grandma in the castle library, Ansem SOD reported that he cast her away into space to appear where the Keybearer was, Sora asked Kairi if she remembered anything about "where she used to grow up", Riku talked about probably finding Kairi's homeworld when they were talking about taking the raft, and Sora's flashback of him and Riku as kids shows them talking about a young girl (Kairi) washing up on the shore of Destiny Islands on the night of a meteor shower. It has been established for a long time that Kairi used to live in Hollow Bastion, she even flat out says it if you talk to her in Traverse Town after your first visit at Hollow Bastion. Birth by Sleep only showed her there as proof that she lived there. The fact was always present in the first game, you just have to actually pay attention to it when they flat out spell it out for you. Also, Radiant Garden and Hollow Bastion are the same world, there is no difference. The world has always been known as Radiant Garden, but after the world was destroyed by Xehanort/Ansem SOD, Maleficent, and the Heartless, Maleficent renamed the place Hollow Bastion (or the castle was always named that or something). Times were so bleak that all the original inhabitants actually forgot that it's true name. When Hollow Bastion was restored and Tron dug up the town archives, he rediscovered the true name of the town and everybody else remembered it too. So just to reiterate, Hollow Bastion was just what Radiant Garden was called when it was destroyed, Radiant Garden is the true name of the world, Hollow Bastion and Radiant Garden are the same place, and you have to ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION in order to know all of this (it's NOT that hard).

 

13. That wasn't an "evil smile". Yen Sid just left with a confident look on his face, knowing that Sora, Donald, and Goofy could save the worlds from the new threats he informed them about. It was more of a smile of hope and sureness.

 

14. No they aren't. The keyholes were just little things that appeared whenever the blade spewed energy. You know how stars appear whenever you hit something with the Keyblade? It's kind of like that. It's just decorative, nothing significant. Though it's probably good symbolism.

 

15. It's a safe bet. After the end of KH1, they were all restored, save for the few in the Realm of Sleep in 3D, those had to be awakened so they could be fully restored.

 

16. It's never really said. I guess you could assume that they are safely locked away, or that the Heartless haven't tried to invade them yet. Either way, it's probably a safe bet that they were all safe enough to prevent the Heartless from devouring their hearts again.

 

17. Um, maybe? I don't know, it probably depends. We haven't seen enough of it in action yet to make a full assessment. It does make everything much more stylized for each world though.

 

18. Personally, the idea of Kairi being much more active in the series really gets me excited. She's always been one of my favorite characters, and I remember being so excited when I saw her use a Keyblade in KH2. Now I'm even more excited that she might actually get to play a bigger role in KH3, especially if it involves her fighting with the Keyblade! X3

 

 

PHEW!! I hoped that helped, but MAN you need to not ask so many questions all at once. Also, make it a habit of PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO EVERY SINGLE THING EVERY CHARACTER SAYS IN EACH GAME. Seriously, a lot of these questions you could have already had the answer to if you had actually payed more attention during the games. Otherwise, most of the other ones either require serious thought or more information to be revealed.

 

Still, all of those questions...it reminds me of what Captain Gantu said:

 

"Don't move. I've got a lot of unpleasant questions for you."