There's so much we don't know about certain characters in the KH universe. Yen Sid and the 6th Apprentice are both examples of that. My theory is that they are one and the same.
To start off, we will have to prove a couple of things: - Xehanort's keyblade used to belong to the 6th Apprentice. - The 6th Apprentice/Yen Sid carries a Tome of Prophecies.
The Keyblade Each Foreteller symbolised an animal. This carried over to their keyblades where we see these animals heads' on the hilt of each of them.
As seen above, not only do the 5 Forteller Keyblades show the symbolism, but Xehanort's shows it as well. I could go a bit more in depth into what each animal represents but that's not needed for this theory. So let us continue. Since we know there were 6 Apprentices, but only 5 Foretellers we can determine that Xehanort's keyblade most likely belongs to the unchosen Apprentice.
So how did that keyblade end up in The Land of Departure you ask? I will get to that after I have proven Yen Sid has a Tome of Prophecies.
Tome of Prophecies So what is a Tome of Prophecies? A Tome of Prophecies contains all the destinies that the future may hold and the ones that the past held. If someone had one of these and knew what was meant to happen, they could easily manipulate the timeline to change it.
We also know that the 6 Apprentices were trained by the Master of Masters (whose identity is also unknown) but only 5 were gifted a Tome of Prophecies, so we'll assume the 6th Apprentice was not worthy. Perhaps he was unworthy because he wished to start a Keyblade War (a war which we know occured by evidence of The Keyblade Graveyard and that possibly ended the lives of at least 1 Foreteller, leaving behind a Tome). This could easily be snatched up by anybody, including the 6th Apprentice, and used to change the future by interfering with peoples' destinies.
So now we've shown how the 6th Apprentice may have obtained a Tome, so onto Yen Sid.
Yen Sid has a large, mysterious book on his table most of the time and this has raised speculation as to be one of the Tome of Prophecies, but we've never known for sure. He knows all of this information about Nobodies, Heartless and even Xehanort. Mickey said something in Dream Drop Distance that helps show Yen Sid has a Tome. "You changed the destinies of three of my friends!" Mickey says that to Xehanort when he discovers he is still alive, but how would Mickey know that his friends' destinies did not come true? He has to have seen or been told about a Tome of Prophecies and since Yen Sid is his master, perhaps that's how he knows. Maybe Yen Sid told Mickey that Xehanort was changing the future, after the events of Birth by Sleep.
So there, Yen Sid most likely has a Tome in his possesion and it has been right under our noses this entire time.
Yen Sid is the 6th Apprentice There, now we've shown that it's highly probable that Xehanort's keyblade belongs to the 6th Apprentice and that a Tome of Prophecies may be owned by both Yen Sid and the apprentice. Now I will show that these people are one in the same.
Let's say this 6th Apprentice's goal was to obtain the power from Kingdom Hearts by triggering a Keyblade War. To do this, he needs the X-Blade which is "created" when a pure light and a perfect darkness clash in battle. All he would need to do is manipulate someone into becoming a perfect darkness, as one of the Foretellers is probably a pure light. With all of the shadiness that goes down, we'll say that he chose Ursus for this task, but when the Keyblade War came around, he was not yet a perfect darkness and so the power of Kingdom Hearts remained hidden.
The apprentice did not give up though, he continued to search for whatever lies beyond Kingdom Hearts. All he could think of to do was to create a pure light and perfect darkness himself and so he raised two Keyblade Wielders; Eraqus and Xehanort. He manipulated both of them into being his pawns, Eraqus: The Pure Light, and Xehanort: The Perfect Darkness. This is why his Xehanort's keyblade could be seen hung up in The Land of Departure during the KH3 trailer from E3, because this is where his master, the 6th Apprentice put it.
Now let us fast-forward to when Xehanort tried to start the Keyblade War with Ventus and Vanitas but failed. Eraqus said something that showed he knew Yen Sid, so maybe he is their master, he looks old enough doesn't he? Yen Sid probably just sat back and waited until Xehanort and Eraqus would clash and create the X-Blade, but that never happened. Instead Xehanort came up with his own plan to do just that and all Yen Sid would have to do was bide his time until the X-Blade unlocked Kingdom Hearts. Maybe that's the true reason Mickey knew to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Yen Sid sent him there to make sure Xehanort would not steal the power for himself. But again, Kingdom Hearts remained locked but this time, the X-Blade shattered into 20 pieces; 13 dark and 7 light.
Fast-forward to when Sora first met Yen Sid. At this point Yen Sid would know that Sora was a hero and he definitley that he was a Keyblade Wielder. We know that those 20 pieces are the Seekers of Darkness and the Guardians of Light, so this would be the point where Yen Sid would formulate the plan to manipulate these Guardians into fighting the Seekers, creating the X-Blade and unlocking Kingdom Hearts.
Yen Sid could be the 6thForeteller, the man in the black coat trying to take the power of Kingdom Hearts for himself. Eraqus did point out in Birth By Sleep that he knew Yen Sid. Xehanort having that keyblade would also explain why Yen Sid never materialises his, it was stolen.
Of course, most of this is pure speculation and not to be taken as fact but I do see a likelihood of this happening. If not, Yen Sid's probably the Master of Masters, but that's a theory for another day!
In the meantime, if you haven't already, you should check out the Rebirth Theory. Although it contradicts mine, it's a very well thought-out theory in its own right.
EDIT
Nevermind, just found something that disproves my theory myself. In the new trailer, the man in the black coat (who a lot of us believe to be th 6th apprentice) said: "Darkness will prevail, and light expire". That's exactly what happened at the end of the first Keyblade War, Kingdom Hearts fell to darkness, he got what he wanted so he's probably dead/gone at this stage.
But I would still like someone to show me where it's stated that Yen Sid's keyblade is the Star Seeker.
There's so much we don't know about certain characters in the KH universe. Yen Sid and the 6th Apprentice are both examples of that. My theory is that they are one and the same.
To start off, we will have to prove a couple of things:
- Xehanort's keyblade used to belong to the 6th Apprentice.
- The 6th Apprentice/Yen Sid carries a Tome of Prophecies.
The Keyblade
Each Foreteller symbolised an animal. This carried over to their keyblades where we see these animals heads' on the hilt of each of them.
As seen above, not only do the 5 Forteller Keyblades show the symbolism, but Xehanort's shows it as well. I could go a bit more in depth into what each animal represents but that's not needed for this theory. So let us continue. Since we know there were 6 Apprentices, but only 5 Foretellers we can determine that Xehanort's keyblade most likely belongs to the unchosen Apprentice.
So how did that keyblade end up in The Land of Departure you ask? I will get to that after I have proven Yen Sid has a Tome of Prophecies.
Tome of Prophecies
So what is a Tome of Prophecies? A Tome of Prophecies contains all the destinies that the future may hold and the ones that the past held. If someone had one of these and knew what was meant to happen, they could easily manipulate the timeline to change it.
We also know that the 6 Apprentices were trained by the Master of Masters (whose identity is also unknown) but only 5 were gifted a Tome of Prophecies, so we'll assume the 6th Apprentice was not worthy. Perhaps he was unworthy because he wished to start a Keyblade War (a war which we know occured by evidence of The Keyblade Graveyard and that possibly ended the lives of at least 1 Foreteller, leaving behind a Tome). This could easily be snatched up by anybody, including the 6th Apprentice, and used to change the future by interfering with peoples' destinies.
So now we've shown how the 6th Apprentice may have obtained a Tome, so onto Yen Sid.
Yen Sid has a large, mysterious book on his table most of the time and this has raised speculation as to be one of the Tome of Prophecies, but we've never known for sure. He knows all of this information about Nobodies, Heartless and even Xehanort. Mickey said something in Dream Drop Distance that helps show Yen Sid has a Tome.
"You changed the destinies of three of my friends!"
Mickey says that to Xehanort when he discovers he is still alive, but how would Mickey know that his friends' destinies did not come true? He has to have seen or been told about a Tome of Prophecies and since Yen Sid is his master, perhaps that's how he knows. Maybe Yen Sid told Mickey that Xehanort was changing the future, after the events of Birth by Sleep.
So there, Yen Sid most likely has a Tome in his possesion and it has been right under our noses this entire time.
Yen Sid is the 6th Apprentice
There, now we've shown that it's highly probable that Xehanort's keyblade belongs to the 6th Apprentice and that a Tome of Prophecies may be owned by both Yen Sid and the apprentice. Now I will show that these people are one in the same.
Let's say this 6th Apprentice's goal was to obtain the power from Kingdom Hearts by triggering a Keyblade War. To do this, he needs the X-Blade which is "created" when a pure light and a perfect darkness clash in battle. All he would need to do is manipulate someone into becoming a perfect darkness, as one of the Foretellers is probably a pure light. With all of the shadiness that goes down, we'll say that he chose Ursus for this task, but when the Keyblade War came around, he was not yet a perfect darkness and so the power of Kingdom Hearts remained hidden.
The apprentice did not give up though, he continued to search for whatever lies beyond Kingdom Hearts. All he could think of to do was to create a pure light and perfect darkness himself and so he raised two Keyblade Wielders; Eraqus and Xehanort. He manipulated both of them into being his pawns, Eraqus: The Pure Light, and Xehanort: The Perfect Darkness. This is why his Xehanort's keyblade could be seen hung up in The Land of Departure during the KH3 trailer from E3, because this is where his master, the 6th Apprentice put it.
Now let us fast-forward to when Xehanort tried to start the Keyblade War with Ventus and Vanitas but failed. Eraqus said something that showed he knew Yen Sid, so maybe he is their master, he looks old enough doesn't he? Yen Sid probably just sat back and waited until Xehanort and Eraqus would clash and create the X-Blade, but that never happened. Instead Xehanort came up with his own plan to do just that and all Yen Sid would have to do was bide his time until the X-Blade unlocked Kingdom Hearts. Maybe that's the true reason Mickey knew to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Yen Sid sent him there to make sure Xehanort would not steal the power for himself. But again, Kingdom Hearts remained locked but this time, the X-Blade shattered into 20 pieces; 13 dark and 7 light.
Fast-forward to when Sora first met Yen Sid. At this point Yen Sid would know that Sora was a hero and he definitley that he was a Keyblade Wielder. We know that those 20 pieces are the Seekers of Darkness and the Guardians of Light, so this would be the point where Yen Sid would formulate the plan to manipulate these Guardians into fighting the Seekers, creating the X-Blade and unlocking Kingdom Hearts.
Yen Sid could be the 6th Foreteller, the man in the black coat trying to take the power of Kingdom Hearts for himself. Eraqus did point out in Birth By Sleep that he knew Yen Sid. Xehanort having that keyblade would also explain why Yen Sid never materialises his, it was stolen.
Of course, most of this is pure speculation and not to be taken as fact but I do see a likelihood of this happening. If not, Yen Sid's probably the Master of Masters, but that's a theory for another day!
In the meantime, if you haven't already, you should check out the Rebirth Theory. Although it contradicts mine, it's a very well thought-out theory in its own right.
EDIT
Nevermind, just found something that disproves my theory myself. In the new trailer, the man in the black coat (who a lot of us believe to be th 6th apprentice) said: "Darkness will prevail, and light expire". That's exactly what happened at the end of the first Keyblade War, Kingdom Hearts fell to darkness, he got what he wanted so he's probably dead/gone at this stage.
But I would still like someone to show me where it's stated that Yen Sid's keyblade is the Star Seeker.
Edited by Zekrofire