Xemnas sent the traitors to search for the chamber of waking in Castle Oblivion. How did he know Ven was there? Aqua was the only one who knew where Ven was. CO exists in the realm in between and Xemnas is the superior of the in between so he has heavy knowledge of the realm, but how did he know Ven was in CO?

 

If a heartless carries a person's heart and the keyblade needs a strong heart, why doesn't Ansem SOD use a keyblade or attempt to?

 

Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?

 

A nobody is when the body acts on a will of it's own, but how can Roxas and Sora co-exist? Roxas is Sora's body acting on it's own will, so when Roxas is around-Sora shouldn't have a body then should he? How can Sora be walking around looking like a normal dude when Roxas is using his body? Same goes for Namine.

 

When MX extracted his heart from his body in BBS, where did his body go?

 

SO MX+Terra=TX, TX=AX.AX/2=Ansem SOD and Xemnas.TX has 2 hearts inside of him, as does AX since they are almost the same person. AX gave his heart to the darkness, so that heart went into Ansem, but who's heart did he give over? Xehanort's, or Terra's?

Where did the other heart that AX didn't give over go to?

 

Ansem SOD has a young body, so he must have Terra's body, but how can Terra's body be used by Ansem SOD and Xemnas at once?

 

How does Ansem SOD have a body?

 

How is Riku Sora's dream eater? This has been explained I believe but I've forgotten how it worked.

 

Where did Vanitas' heart go?

 

Any ideas for these?

Edited April 9, 20169 yr by Shinobi Palace

Nomura logic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nah just kidding

 

1. Good question. I guess it's because Ansem SoD was just planned to be a normal villain back then, and not the Heartless of a Keyblade Wielder. Or he didn't want to use one.

 

2. I know that Roxas wields Sora's Keyblade, so it's not his own one. Nomura said they both wield the same Keyblade at the same time. I guess when he returns he can get his own Keyblade.

Roxas also had Ventus' heart, so that's maybe why he even could wield one in general.

 

3. Sora is just a walking heart until he rejoins with Roxas. Kairi gave him a temporary body in KH1, when he became a human again, but he's practically a walking hearts before Roxas becomes one with him again.

 

4. No idea

 

5. No idea, that's really confusing

 

6. Good question. Maybe it's a plot hole. Did they say that Xehanorts Heartless kept his body? If so then it's a plot hole.

 

7. see numbe 6

 

8. At the beginning of the Mark of Mastery, when Sora and Riku where attacked by Ursula Riku noticed that something's wrong and to protect Sora went into his dreams as Dream Eater. How he did that I can't say.

 

9. No idea

Xemnas sent the traitors to search for the chamber of waking in Castle Oblivion. How did he know Ven was there? Aqua was the only one who knew where Ven was. CO exists in the realm in between and Xemnas is the superior of the in between so he has heavy knowledge of the realm, but how did he know Ven was in CO?

 

If a heartless carries a person's heart and the keyblade needs a strong heart, why doesn't Ansem SOD use a keyblade or attempt to?

 

Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?

 

A nobody is when the body acts on a will of it's own, but how can Roxas and Sora co-exist? Roxas is Sora's body acting on it's own will, so when Roxas is around-Sora shouldn't have a body then should he? How can Sora be walking around looking like a normal dude when Roxas is using his body? Same goes for Namine.

 

When MX extracted his heart from his body in BBS, where did his body go?

 

SO MX+Terra=TX, TX=AX.

AX/2=Ansem SOD and Xemnas.

TX has 2 hearts inside of him, as does AX since they are almost the same person. AX gave his heart to the darkness, so that heart went into Ansem, but who's heart did he give over? Xehanort's, or Terra's?

Where did the other heart that AX didn't give over go to?

 

Ansem SOD has a young body, so he must have Terra's body, but how can Terra's body be used by Ansem SOD and Xemnas at once?

 

How does Ansem SOD have a body?

 

How is Riku Sora's dream eater? This has been explained I believe but I've forgotten how it worked.

 

Where did Vanitas' heart go?

 

Any ideas for these?

 

Here, I've got answers for a few of these.

 

"Xemnas sent the traitors to search for the chamber of waking in Castle Oblivion. How did he know Ven was there? Aqua was the only one who knew where Ven was. CO exists in the realm in between and Xemnas is the superior of the in between so he has heavy knowledge of the realm, but how did he know Ven was in CO?"

Hmm, this is the only one of your questions that I can't think of any input to share. This question I'm guessing we will find out in the future.

 

"If a heartless carries a person's heart and the keyblade needs a strong heart, why doesn't Ansem SOD use a keyblade or attempt to?"

Heartless cannot wield Keyblades. The darkness steals their heart, and the Keyblade with it. In KH1, he takes host of Riku in order to wield the Keyblade of heart since he cannot wield a Keyblade on his own.

 

"Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?"

A Nobody is able to wield a Keyblade if their original person was able to wield a Keyblade. That's all we know so far. I'm guessing in the future, we'll find out that Roxas was able to wield a Keyblade because he grew a heart and that's why Xemnas wasn't ever able to wield one, but currently yeah, all that we've been told is that a Nobody of a Keyblade wielder is able to wield a Keyblade.

 

"A nobody is when the body acts on a will of it's own, but how can Roxas and Sora co-exist? Roxas is Sora's body acting on it's own will, so when Roxas is around-Sora shouldn't have a body then should he? How can Sora be walking around looking like a normal dude when Roxas is using his body? Same goes for Namine."

The whole Sora, Kairi, Roxas, Namine thing is an extremely unique and special case. Sora was purified from the darkness by Kairi's princess powers and his heart returned back to a human form. Even though Sora didn't have a body, his heart took the shape of one. Until Roxas returned to him, he was practically a walking, talking heart. This was also the same case for Riku as well at the end of KH1. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness took over his body and kicked out his heart into the Realm of Darkness. His heart took the form of his body until he was able to get his body back.

 

"When MX extracted his heart from his body in BBS, where did his body go?"

It was destroyed. Just like when people become Heartless. Their bodies are destroyed. (Except for the few rare exceptions that end up becoming Nobodies because of their strong hearts). But yeah, there are many cases while manipulated hearts with darkness or Keyblades when the body of people just simply get destroyed. Over time, they are able to get their bodies back though. It's all pretty vague, but that's how it is.

 

"SO MX+Terra=TX, TX=AX.

AX/2=Ansem SOD and Xemnas.

TX has 2 hearts inside of him, as does AX since they are almost the same person. AX gave his heart to the darkness, so that heart went into Ansem, but who's heart did he give over? Xehanort's, or Terra's?

Where did the other heart that AX didn't give over go to?

 

Ansem SOD has a young body, so he must have Terra's body, but how can Terra's body be used by Ansem SOD and Xemnas at once?

 

How does Ansem SOD have a body?"

Ansem, Seeker of Darkness does not have a body. Heartless do not have bodies. They are just made from darkness. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness is darkness in the shape of a human body for currently unknown reasons. But yeah, as for where exactly Terra's heart and Xehanort's heart ended up is currently unknown.

 

"How is Riku Sora's dream eater? This has been explained I believe but I've forgotten how it worked."

He is both metaphorically and physically a Spirit Dream Eater. When Sora and Riku went into the Realm of Sleep, Sora went to the regular Realm of Sleep, but Riku ended up inside of Sora's dreams. This is why Riku's clothes changed. He physically became a Spirit that would destroy the Nightmares inside of Sora's dreams.

 

"Where did Vanitas' heart go?"

Currently unknown. Since him and Ventus had that internal struggle, and they both ended up getting destroyed internally, then I'd say it's most likely that Vanitas' heart merged back together with Ventus' since Ventus' body returned back to it's original self instead of staying Ventus-Vanitas.

"Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?"

A Nobody is able to wield a Keyblade if their original person was able to wield a Keyblade. That's all we know so far. I'm guessing in the future, we'll find out that Roxas was able to wield a Keyblade because he grew a heart and that's why Xemnas wasn't ever able to wield one, but currently yeah, all that we've been told is that a Nobody of a Keyblade wielder is able to wield a Keyblade.

 

I thought it was because roxas had ventus's heart

Here, I've got answers for a few of these.

 

 

 

"Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?"

A Nobody is able to wield a Keyblade if their original person was able to wield a Keyblade. That's all we know so far. I'm guessing in the future, we'll find out that Roxas was able to wield a Keyblade because he grew a heart and that's why Xemnas wasn't ever able to wield one, but currently yeah, all that we've been told is that a Nobody of a Keyblade wielder is able to wield a Keyblade.

 

 

 

 

I thought it was cause roxas had ventus's heart

Seeing as how he does have some of terra's old memories, maybe he knew that Castle Oblivion is in the same general area as his old home Land of Departure. If xemnas(or terra for that matter) was trying to find his old friends then its safe to assume he'd try searching the familiar area first, even if the world was transformed.

Seeing as how he does have some of terra's old memories, maybe he knew that Castle Oblivion is in the same general area as his old home Land of Departure. If xemnas(or terra for that matter) was trying to find his old friends then its safe to assume he'd try searching the familiar area first, even if the world was transformed.

But knowing the exact room? I don't buy into that.

But knowing the exact room? I don't buy into that.

Xehanort's home was also LoD so he should know all of the secrets as well  since he is also a master and combine that with what Eternal said.

Xehanort's home was also LoD so he should know all of the secrets as well  since he is also a master and combine that with what Eternal said.

 

No offense but this seems to only make sense because your forcing it too. So Xehanort merges with the body of another, splits himself into 2 and that body manages to find out where Ven was, yet the only conscious person who was there when Aqua sealed Ven was Aqua. The world changed, LOD and CO are not the same, LOD was turned into CO, but the interior and exterior are different. From the outside you can tell it's LOD, but the inside is completely different. There's no way he could have known the EXACT room where Ven was. Clearly a retcon imo.

No offense but this seems to only make sense because your forcing it too. So Xehanort merges with the body of another, splits himself into 2 and that body manages to find out where Ven was, yet the only conscious person who was there when Aqua sealed Ven was Aqua. The world changed, LOD and CO are not the same, LOD was turned into CO, but the interior and exterior are different. From the outside you can tell it's LOD, but the inside is completely different. There's no way he could have known the EXACT room where Ven was. Clearly a retcon imo.

 

It's interesting you said that. Now I read think about it, as Aqua reshaped LOD, they were in the throne room (or whatever it was called). I mean, sure the whole interior is completely different, but except that one room that Ventus is sleeping on the throne. Just something interesting I just thought. Still, I think that's the only thing so far that is left in the interior from LOD.

No offense but this seems to only make sense because your forcing it too. So Xehanort merges with the body of another, splits himself into 2 and that body manages to find out where Ven was, yet the only conscious person who was there when Aqua sealed Ven was Aqua. The world changed, LOD and CO are not the same, LOD was turned into CO, but the interior and exterior are different. From the outside you can tell it's LOD, but the inside is completely different. There's no way he could have known the EXACT room where Ven was. Clearly a retcon imo.

Well Xehanort is a strategist. He was made master along with Eraqus and when Aqua became a master Eraqus told her the secret about the castle, so their master would have done the same. Now whether the castle changes depending on the contents in the person that changes it heart/mind or if it's a pre-made blueprint Idk, but if its the latter then he should know what it looks like, but since he didn't make the castle he would be lost like everyone else but aqua. Also, not all of the castle was changed; one room remained somewhat the same, the throne room, and that's the only place where the castle can be changed and that would also be the only room where Ven would be or they would have found him. Now the only problems with this still are:

1. How did he know Ven was still somewhat alive? Unless I'm forgetting something.

2. Even if he did know he was still alive, why would he want Ven? Was he starting operation A-Nort already; but even if he was, shouldn't he know that Ven's heart would have been destroyed when they broke the X-blade.

Maybe when KH3 comes out they will shed some light on these questions.

It's interesting you said that. Now I read think about it, as Aqua reshaped LOD, they were in the throne room (or whatever it was called). I mean, sure the whole interior is completely different, but except that one room that Ventus is sleeping on the throne. Just something interesting I just thought. Still, I think that's the only thing so far that is left in the interior from LOD.

Lol that's what I said.

Xemnas sent the traitors to search for the chamber of waking in Castle Oblivion. How did he know Ven was there? Aqua was the only one who knew where Ven was. CO exists in the realm in between and Xemnas is the superior of the in between so he has heavy knowledge of the realm, but how did he know Ven was in CO?

 

If a heartless carries a person's heart and the keyblade needs a strong heart, why doesn't Ansem SOD use a keyblade or attempt to?

 

Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?

 

A nobody is when the body acts on a will of it's own, but how can Roxas and Sora co-exist? Roxas is Sora's body acting on it's own will, so when Roxas is around-Sora shouldn't have a body then should he? How can Sora be walking around looking like a normal dude when Roxas is using his body? Same goes for Namine.

 

When MX extracted his heart from his body in BBS, where did his body go?

 

SO MX+Terra=TX, TX=AX.AX/2=Ansem SOD and Xemnas.TX has 2 hearts inside of him, as does AX since they are almost the same person. AX gave his heart to the darkness, so that heart went into Ansem, but who's heart did he give over? Xehanort's, or Terra's?

Where did the other heart that AX didn't give over go to?

 

Ansem SOD has a young body, so he must have Terra's body, but how can Terra's body be used by Ansem SOD and Xemnas at once?

 

How does Ansem SOD have a body?

 

How is Riku Sora's dream eater? This has been explained I believe but I've forgotten how it worked.

 

Where did Vanitas' heart go?

 

Any ideas for these?

 

Xemnas was "talking" with Aqua's armor the whole time he was a Nobody. If he ever got any response, he likely learned of Ven's location through his connection with Aqua. Xemnas is still part Xehanort/part Terra, and it would seem that Terra has slightly more influence over Xemnas since it was his body that he was born out of. This would explain why he still has a connection with Aqua and why he is so determined to find Ven's body, though his intentions and purposes are not yet clear.

 

At that point in order to even do anything, Ansem needed a body, so he possessed Riku. Riku just so happened to be a Keyblade wielder so through him he was able to wield the Keyblade made from the captured Princesses' hearts. Once he shaped Riku's body into a form more to his liking, he technically still had access to his Keyblade wielding abilities. Why exactly he didn't use a Keyblade is unclear, but a simple answer is that he just decided not to, probably feeling that his powers over Darkness were enough to combat Sora and Riku. There's probably also a possibility that Keyblade wielders, once turned into Heartless, probably can't wield the Keyblade anymore, depending on how the events in KH X play out.

 

No, they can simply wield it if they were able to as a whole being. It may be a bit of a loophole, but so far Nomura hasn't said anything to suggest otherwise, just that being a Nobody of a Keyblade wielder is enough of an exception to be able to wield one, despite the lack of a heart. Now regardless of whether this is the case or not, Roxas' body was formed by Ven's heart remaining within Sora's body when he turned into a Heartless. This not only made Roxas' body appear similar to Ven's, but it also gave Roxas a heart right off the bat. So even if the sheer fact that he was the nobody of a Keyblade wielder wasn't enough, he still had a strong heart of a Keyblade wielder inside him right from the get-go, so no matter what he would have had access to the Keyblade from the very beginning.

 

When Kairi protected Sora as a Heartless, the Light within her heart as a Princess of Heart was strong enough to be able to restore Sora's physical form to that of a human. Now technically at this point Sora isn't "whole" as he was before sacrificing himself, he's still technically a "walking heart", the only difference is that he isn't a Heartless anymore, so he isn't made out of mostly Darkness. But like I said earlier, his true body went into creating Roxas, but's physical appearance changed to look like Ven because Ven's heart remained inside it. So Sora is able to look like a human because he's a heart granted a physical human form by a Princess of Heart's magic, while Roxas is a Nobody with a heart already inside him thanks to Ven's presence. It's an unusual situation that was able to have both Sora and Roxas coexisting simultaneously, the only drawback being that they only held about half as much power as they should have had...well, to begin with, until Sora's memory thing happened and he was put to sleep while Roxas and Xion seemed to keep drawing power from him and all that. As for Namine, it's a little more mysterious, but there's still some pieces of explanation there. You see as a Princess of Heart, Kairi had no natural Darkness in her heart, it was made purely out of Light. Heartless can only form when there is Darkness in a person's heart. So if Kairi has no Darkness in her heart, but she still looses her heart, then she can't ever form a Heartless. Because of this though, her body could not disappear and turn into a Nobody, because regardless if a Nobody's key ingredients, a body and soul/will, are present, they can only form if their original self's heart turned into a Heartless, it's just kind of how it goes. So because of her unique circumstances, Kairi's body couldn't turn into a Nobody, so it just remained comatose just like the other 6 Princesses (which is why we don't have some kind of Organization of Princess Nobodies or whatever, but boy would that be weird!). It wasn't until Sora released Kairi's heart from his own body that a Nobody was able to be formed, Namine. But despite that, Roxas is still made from Sora's body, which means that there isn't another available body for Namine to be born from, right? Well...yeah, theoretically, but somehow she is still there. This makes her an ESPECIALLY unique Nobody in that theoretically there should be no way for her to exist at all, and yet she is still there.The best guess I could make is that because of the unique circumstances of being born from Kairi's heart, which already has several unique powers and exceptions to established rules as a Princess of Heart, and from Sora's body after having held onto not just Sora's own heart but also Ven's and Kairi's as well, Namine was somehow not only able to exist as a Nobody, but also became born with her unique powers over Sora's memories and possibly, POSSIBLY mind you, a heart of her own...maybe. Again it's really hard to say as not all of the unique conditions of Roxas and Namine's births have been given express explanation by Nomura yet, but at the very least we can all agree that Sora and Kairi's conditions were rather exceptional and unusual, so their Nobodies' births are unusual too. Point is that Namine was given a body through some kind of miracle so Kairi gets to keep her body and heart without any consequence...unless her power was halved into Namine as well, but again, no info yet.

 

Master Xehanort's body likely went to wherever a Nobody's body goes to when they are destroyed and await to be reunited with their other half to become whole again. Since Master Xehanort not only willingly gave up his heart, but also sent it inside the body of another person, that means that no Heartless was created, which means that his body couldn't turn into a Nobody. That being said, that means his body really has nowhere else to go, since he isn't a Princess of Heart and can't have his body left there comatose, so it likely just disappeared into Darkness like all Nobodies do when they are eliminated. This is mostly conjecture based on the fact that really there's nowhere else left for his body to go, and it just can't stay there. Keep in mind though that this might not simply be because he willingly gave up his body, but also because his body was about to perish at the hands of Terra and his own age catching up to him, so it was on the verge of being eliminated anyway, he just ended up giving himself the final blow.

 

Well it's a little hard to say since so far Nomura has only confirmed that Ansem Seeker of Darkness was born out of Master Xehanort's heart, which accounts for his appearance after he possesses and transforms Riku's body. So at the very least, Xehanort's heart is within Ansem. However he hasn't said much to confirm the status of Terra's heart in any scenario. The best we can assume is that either both of their hearts went into Ansem, and Xemnas is just an empty Nobody formed from their shared body; just Xehanort's heart went into Ansem while Terra's heart went into Xemnas, making he himself a special Nobody already born with a heart like Roxas; or only Xehanort's heart went into Ansem and Xemnas never received Terra's heart, leaving the status of Terra's heart unknown. Now since there is no clear answer, lets look at the strengths and weaknesses to each hypothesis. With having both hearts go into Ansem, it means that Ansem should not only be a powerful Heartless, but also be able to wield two Keyblades of his own, since the requirement is one Keyblade per heart. For whatever reason though, be it because he is a Heartless or he just chooses not to, he doesn't wield any Keyblade at all. This circumstance of one Heartless formed from two hearts could also lend hand to a popular hypothesis of Ansem's Shadowy Guardian being formed from the Darkness of Terra's heart, which might have some evidence seen how it is essentially used as a slave by Ansem (much like how Terra's heart and body are being unwillingly controlled by Xehanort), whenever it grabs Aqua it sends her into some kind of "mind scape" where she is able to briefly interact with Terra for a Dual Limit (though it should be noted that the Guardian is trying to hinder her the whole time), and once Riku defeats Ansem in Dream Drop Distance, the Guardian seems to hold out it's hand longingly or pleadingly at Riku, before backing off after noticing his Keyblade. The main strike against the hypothesis though is that Nomura has done nothing to address the state of Terra's heart and in any of those scenarios things could be perceived differently (Ansem just having enough power to summon a Shadowy Other because Terra-Xehanort was able to, Aqua's connecting to Terra being mostly on her part rather than the Guardian's, and the Guardians actions in 3D likely just being actions of desperation before accepting the inevitable of fading away), almost being accepted as either coincidence or irrelevant. The second hypothesis of having their hearts be divided into their two halves probably shows the most promise as it matches up with the similar situation of Sora and Roxas' shared coexistence. This might also explain Xemnas seemingly having more signs of Terra's influence in his actions, mostly when it comes to searching for his friends, as well as his physical appearance being more similar to that of Terra. And having a heart within him already would grant him access to using a Keyblade, but once again just simply choosing not to wield it, much like Nomura suggested. This would also allow him use of his Keyblade armor, though it is possible that it is still formed from Xehanort's since he still has Xehanort's influence over him. This would also mean that Ansem is formed from one heart, Xehanort's, which is consistent with all of the hints that Nomura has presented over the years (the Robbed Figure only being referred to as "Xehanort, reduced to just a heart", suggesting that it is only one heart, Xehanort's, that makes up Ansem). Regardless of having Terra's heart however, he still mostly holds Xehanort's will and influence, likely because it is Xehanort's will that was stronger within Terra-Xehanort/Apprentice-Xehanort, so it went into Xemnas' body while Xehanort's immense Darkness fueled Ansem's ambitions, though again as he is a powerful Heartless he is still able to maintain his sense of self and thus carry out Xehanort's will on his behalf as well. The only weakness to this argument that I can think of is that Xemnas' only other possible explanation for not wielding a Keyblade would be because he lacks the heart to be able to do so, but even then he was born from a Keyblade wielder anyway so he likely still would have had that loophole to be able to wield one if he so wished, so that excuse is blown out of the water. You could also argue that he still shows too much of Xehanort within him to really have that much of Terra inside, but since we still aren't entirely sure how the nature of Terra and Xehanort's forced fusion works on all accounts, we can't really delve too far into that argument either. The third hypothesis of Ansem just having Xehanort's heart and Xemnas not being made up of any heart but just having the will of Xehanort (and possibly a glimmer of Terra's) and body of Terra-Xehanort/Apprentice-Xehanort as his means of existence, I believe to be the the weakest of the three. What it allows is for Ansem to still be made out of the only acknowledged ingredient so far, Xehanort's heart, and Xemnas to still be a true Nobody of Terra-Xehanort, as well as the potential to grow his own heart if he didn't already by KH2 (he was a Nobody for 9 years, odds are it had to happen at some point). The flaw is that it leaves a huge thing unaccounted for, that being where Terra's heart went upon creation. The only defense I can make for this is that if that is the case, Nomura is likely planning on that being one of the many mysteries of KH3 to be revealed, as Xehanort has at least confirmed that he holds one of Mickey's friends on his side already, the only possible candidate being Terra. In what way or form that is, however, has yet to be seen. Short answer here, it's hard to say what happened to Terra's heart, but we can at least say with certainty that Xehanrot's heart is what makes up Ansem and his will carries over into both Ansem and Xehanort, with some signs of Terra being shown here and there on occasion (Xemnas' actions and Ansem's interest in Riku as a body and pawn). Terra's fate, as of now, is unclear.

 

Ansem Seeker of Darkness is NOT using Terra's body, he is using RIKU'S body to have a physical form. Upon becoming a Heartless, Ansem lost his physical form, but he was able to use that as a method to gain access to Time Travel magic to be able to go back in time to meet Xehanort's younger self. From that point on he is not only a Heartless, but also a "walking heart" much like how Sora was until he reunited with Roxas. Once he possessed Riku's body in Hollow Bastion he was able to interact with the world in a true body, only he was possessing Riku's rather than having one of his own. Eventually he was able to shape Riku's body into a form more befitting of himself, somewhat resembling Terra's body but mostly showing traits of Xehanrot's, what with his skin tone, more slicked back hair, and his outfit, not to mention his obsession with Darkness. The key here is that he is still using Riku's body as a vessel, he's just changing it's appearance, much like how Terra's hair and eye color changed to match Xehanort's. Once Riku's heart and will showed signs of resisting, he tried banishing him to the realm of Darkness, though Riku was still able to retain his sense of self and exist with a physical form likely due to unique circumstances of his own (his body not being turned into a Nobody and his heart still being connected to his physical body). It's not until Ansem is defeated that Riku finally gains back his real body, though Ansem's Shadow still remains inside, reawakening during the events of Chain of Memories. This whole time, Xemnas is the one born out of Terra-Xehanort's shared body, not Ansem.

 

As I just said, he is at first a Heartless/"walking heart", then he possesses Riku's body and later shapes it into his own image. Then in Chain of Memories at a certain point after RIku's battle with Lexaeus, his Shadow (remaining fragments of Darkness within Riku's heart as a consequence of possessing Riku's body and Riku's prior addiction to Darkness) reawakens within Riku, trying several times to seize control of his body to once again have a physical form, only to be thwarted by Mickey's interference. The Card that Diz gives to Riku on the 2nd level Basement not only opens the way to the true form of Castle Oblivion on the 1st level Basement but also draws out Ansem's Shadow and gives him a physical form in order to confront Riku within that floor of the castle. At that point he is just Ansem's shadow given a physical form, but he likely still needs to possess Riku's body in order to escape the castle. After the battle his presence still remains within Riku's heart, only instead of his will trying to assert itself over Riku, it seems that the only effect is that it gives Riku access to more of his Darkness based powers and changes his physical form into that of Ansem. From that point on Ansem only exists in both name and physical appearance alone, the whole time it is still Riku's body changed to look like Ansem's while Riku asserts his own will in order to have access to all of his Dark powers. Ansem as himself would not be seen again until the events of 3D.

 

It was explained in 3D that upon entering the first Sleeping Keyhole at the beginning of the game, Sora and Riku both briefly noticed the Robbed Figure watching them. Sora was only briefly confused, but Riku immediately recognized the figure as Ansem as a "walking heart". Knowing that they were in danger, he unconsciously used the Keyhole to enter the Realm of Sleep through Sora's dreams while Sora just entered the Realm of Sleep regularly. This action combined with Riku's strong desire to protect his friend somehow was enough to make Riku into some kind of "pseudo-Spirit Dream Eater", granting him the powers to absorb other Spirit Dream Eaters to enhance his own Dream Eater powers to fight against Nightmare Dream Eaters and forces of Darkness within Sora's dreams. This is why Sora and Riku interact with the Spirit Dream Eaters differently, with Sora only being able to physically team up with the Spirits in order to execute powerful Limit attacks. As Sora eventually starts slipping into Darkness within his own Nightmare, Ansem then makes his presence known to Riku within Sora's dreams, explaining to Riku how everything happened and trying one last attempt to sway Riku over to his side before having a final battle with him within the crumbling structure of Sora's Nightmare (which would account for everything getting darker and more distorted with each battle. Riku is able to maintain his Dream Eater status so long as Sora is still asleep, and he is only able to regain his human status once his body is restored to normal. He regains his Dream Eater status once he willingly re-enters Sora's dream to try and wake him up, again his protective nature being what facilitates this, as well as his new found ability to enter the Realm of Sleep on a whim. Again, after awakening back in the Real World in the Realm of Light he is human again, maintaining his ability to enter the Realm of Sleep, though it is likely that if he attempts this without trying to enter Sora's dreams specifically, he is still a human like how Sora was.

 

Vanitas' heart upon defeat at the hands of Ventus simply returned to Ventus' heart. They had already fused into one person by that point, but their union was not complete, as Vanitas was still trying to assert his will over Ventus' while Ven was doing all he could to resist. Once Ven defeated Vanitas within their shared heart, he was able to shatter the X-Blade (thanks to help from Aqua) and Vantias simply faded back into Ventus' heart, restoring Ven back into the complete person he was before Xehanort split him apart. Unfortunately as a consequence of destroying the X-Blade Ven's heart is also "destroyed", or at least leaves his body and is lost somewhere in the Realm Between, temporarily. After a bit of wandering he comes across Sora's heart again and asks Sora if he can rest within him until he can return to his own body. Once Sora agrees he willingly lets Ven's heart into his, which is where Ven's heart stays until Sora releases his own heart to save Kairi and Ven's heart remains within Sora's body to become Roxas. It isn't until the end of Roxas' prologue in KH2 that Sora is a complete person again, with Ven's heart returning right back into Sora's. It's been there the whole time right up to 3D, though this time it begins showing more signs that Ven might be closer to waking up. Vanitas' heart was made out of the piece that Xehanort extracted from Ven's whole heart, this piece being made entirely out of all the Darkness Ven had in his heart. Once Vanitas was defeated and returned to Ven's heart, his personality vanished as well, Ven becoming the same person he was before he was split apart, as well as the person he had grown into by the end of Birth by Sleep. However, as soon as Sora was confronted by Young Xehanort in Notre Dame, Ven's heart recognized the person as Master Xehanort, and as a result began reacting to his presence within Sora by remembering and even briefly seeing Vanitas's form standing next to him. As a result of this, Sora briefly sees Vanitas too, though he doesn't understand what he's seeing as he isn't entirely aware of Ven's presence in his heart. Vanitas wasn't actually there, he was just a phantom or a "Shadow" of Vanitas formed from Ven's memory of him. Whether we will see Vanitas as himself again is hard to say, though it is somewhat hinted that he might be part of Xehanort's 13 Seekers of Darkness. Since they were all taken out of various points in time when they were still in existence, it's possible for Vanitas to be brought out of time when he was still his own being to be able to be on of Xehanort's vessels. Theoretically if Ven's heaart was split into two again, Vanitas might also be formed again, though in my opinion that would feel a bit redundant since we already saw that happen once in the story. But as for your question, this whole time Vanitas' heart returned to becoming part of Ventus' heart as it originally was. Vanitas' personality is no more, all that is left is Ven. At least, so far it seems...

 

 

Hopefully that answers all your questions.

"Okay so a nobody can wield a keyblade if their original self can wield one. How? Keyblades choose their masters and require you to have a strong heart don't they? Shouldn't Roxas only gain the ability after he starts to grow his own heart?"

A Nobody is able to wield a Keyblade if their original person was able to wield a Keyblade. That's all we know so far. I'm guessing in the future, we'll find out that Roxas was able to wield a Keyblade because he grew a heart and that's why Xemnas wasn't ever able to wield one, but currently yeah, all that we've been told is that a Nobody of a Keyblade wielder is able to wield a Keyblade.

 

I thought it was because roxas had ventus's heart

I thought it was cause roxas had ventus's heart

 

Nope. Roxas can wield a Keyblade because he's the Nobody of Sora. That has been stated many times. The only two things that Ventus' heart has done to Roxas is make him look exactly like Ventus and give him the ability to dual wield.

For your first question, I forgot the names of each individual chamber, but the chamber in TWTNW is directly connected to the chamber where Ven is sleeping which is how I assume xemnas both knows of its existence and that Ven is alive or maybe "friendship" who knows

 

For the second question, Nomura talked about how xemnas may or may not be able to wield as well and that if he is then he is pretending, same rule can apply to ansem SoD, but I've always taken notice on how ansem SoD in the final battle uses a double sided soul eater staff, Nomura stated at one point that soul eater was Riku's intermediate weapon in forming his keyblade so maybe it was in the process of forming a keyblade(keystaff?) since he recently took over Riku's body?

 

Third question...for the beginning of it definitely Nomura logic, but with 358 days and 3D involved... I'm under the idea that when xion lost the ability to use the keyblade that at that moment that she was growing a heart and since she was holding roxas/soras keyblade she gained the ability to wield her own, she was still siphoning sora's memories, but because she had her own keyblade there was no longer a power struggle between her and roxas. Same goes for roxas in that particular game, he grew a heart, but he is still using sora's( and ven's in dual wield mode)keyblade, atleast until final mix + where sora is able to wield 3 keyblades so he has to be wielding between himself, Ven or roxas/xion's meaning that atleast 1 of them grew a heart during days.

 

4th question because princess of heart kairi in both scenarios. Kairi purified sora's heartless giving him form, he is still technically a heartless, but not really.as for namine...chalk that one up to Nomura logic again seeing as at this point sora's body and soul is split between roxas and namine yet for some reason namine returns to kairi even though most of her existence stems from sora. At the drawing board I guess Nomura wanted to let the soraxkairi/roxasxnamine ships sail?

 

5th where ever a body of a person who willingly extracts their heart goes, but honestly I think at this point does it really matter, xehanort went on record (literally) that his original body was near death which started this whole body snatcher fiasco to begin with, I know Nomura stated that death doesn't exist formally in the KH universe but not one game later he has character whose driving motive is the fact that he is going to die soon...

 

6th question. TX actual has 3 hearts if the ending cutscene are any indicator; Terra's, xehanort's, and eraqus'. When AX( or TX pretending to not have his memories) extracted his heart in 3D it's a common theory that xehanort's heart went to ansem sod and terra is in xemnas' though there may or may not be a xehanort heart piece in xemnas, as for eraqus,... I'm voting on him being either the guardian or inside of xemnas protecting Terra's heart from the influence of xehanort's heart piece( if there is one)

 

7th/8th question ansem sod is using Riku's body and is imposing his image onto it, like how Xehanort gave terra silver hair and dark skin, xemnas is terranort's body and to that extent Terra's body,

 

9th question essentially the plot to inception(we all know that's where Nomura got the idea), but as sora went into the dream world Riku went into sora's dreams and became a human/dream eater hybrid.

 

10th question. That ones kinda tricky, Nomura hasn't touched base on that since BBS, unless you count that troll cutscene in 3D( Nomura knew we wanted to see vanitas and used a trailer to get us hyped then you find out that was it...my disappointment went through the roof on that) but anyway, after the fusion between Ven and vanitas it's safe to assume that was it, there is no going back and now it's up to either of them to become the permanent persona of the body, but with ventus winning and the x-blade broken it's most likely that vanitas is sleeping within ven's sleeping heart (since "death" doesn't exist unless it's convenient for plot) . Though I'm more concerned with the fact that vanitas had yellow eyes a key signifier that someone has been norted and what that means for both ventus and by some extension sora seeing as xehanort's heart piece couldn't have just been destroyed so easily.

Probably screwed some answers, but that should cover the gists of it.