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I'm actually surprised by Sora's design. I was imagined a Monster Inc. Sora to be just bipedal brown-haired beast. Think Big Foot or a brown Sully. Purple-haired tiger man just seems too random to me.

I bet this is going to come with a super convoluted subplot about how the events of the Keyblade War tie into the present day or something. Inb4 Xehanort is killed by Sora's pink and silver cat.

Just a heads up, Luxu is not Luxu's real name. We know the Master of Masters gave new names to his apprentices, so technically we don't know any of the six's real names. If Luxu is Lauriam, Lauriam is probably not a fake name.

I think it was made to advertise the Disney Princesses in Japan.

So that's what happened? Good, because for some time I was worried KHIII was taking long because the staff was prioritizing graphics over everything else, like they did with FFXV.

He's not. Remember what Young Xehanort said, "The way hearts connect in this world can provide a clue". The Toy Story world contains a clue on how to bring Vanitas back. Or maybe Xion like Mysterious Figure is suggesting in the post above, but I think it's referring to Vanitas, specially with the Unversed emblem in those toys.

Maybe it's Vanitas. We don't know how exactly he can be brought back, but it's extremely likely he will. KH3D seems to have hinted at it.

Sorry for posting this theory so late. I wanted to make a thread about it before with a more detailed analysis of alternate possibilities, but I've been so busy with college that I haven't had time for that, so now I'm just posting this. The world they are going to announce today is The Incredibles. Why? Simple, the teaser image in the last trailer had Sora with a Keyblade transformation that looked like a mechanical claw. Many people are guessing it's Toy Story, but I think that it's The Incredibles because the claw looks like the Omnidroid's claw. Also, we learned in the last trailer that the party system has changed, and you no longer have to replace Donald or Goofy to have a guest member fighting. I think the party system is being made with the 7 VS. 13 battle in mind, so you can have seven people total in your team. What better way to showcase this than having a world with four guest members? There The Incredibles. Also,m looking at where Hercules's HP bar is located in the last trailer, it goes on top of the main trio's places in the HUD. Looking at it, there seems to be room for two bars on that bar's left, thus you haved three people in the same horizontal line, and one in a space to the left of Sora's face. Sorry, I intended to make an image to demonstrate what I'm saying better, but I just want a proof that I saw this coming if my theory is right. But my point is, the HUD has space for three more people's stats.

The Incredibles. The Keyblade transformation Sora is wielding in the teaser picture looks like the Omnidroid's claw, so that is the only world I can think of. In fact, since they're basically changing the party system, possibly for the sake of the 7 vs 13 battle (they might be literally aiming for a boss battle between a party of 7 against 13 bosses), it would make sense to put a world with multiple guest members.

I think the next world will be The Incredibles. That Keyblade transformation looks like the Omnidroid's claw.

Either Pokémon Stars or a Pokémon Yellow remake to celebrate the anime's anniversary. Don't say "the manga" when referring to Pokémon SPECIAL. It ignores the fact that there are dozens of different Pokémon manga, perpetuating the myth that only one manga exists, which is something I've seen annoying some Pokémon fans before.

I guess this trailer debunks the theory that the Player is Ven. That final scene in the trailer was Ephemer introducing himself to Ven, which would contradict Player and Ephemer meeting for the first time in that dream. It was kinda obvious from Nomura's words they weren't the same person, though. Nomura said Ven would play a role in the story, and the Player never plays a role in the story being just an avatar for the players to experience it. EDIT: Man, I got two "this topic doesn't exist"-like errors when trying to post this.

There's two problems with the idea of Marluxia being a Seeker of Darkness. First, he doesn't have golden eyes. From what we've seen of Terra in BBS, I think the idea is that a fitting vessel gets golden eyes immediately after becoming a vessel. The second is that Xemnas basically debunked the idea of him being one in KH3D. Remember what Xemnas said about the unfitting vessels? Weakness of body, weakness of will, and weakness of trust. Both Marluxia and Larxene lacked trust in the Organization. Weakness of trust. And Demyx was weak and lazy, so weakness of body AND of will. We don't know about Luxord. He wasn't lazy, as far as I remember, so no weakness of will. I'm not sure about strength of body, since he fights using tricks. And he did follow the organization until the very end, all the way to the events of The World that Never Was, which implies trust, but he still seemed to have doubts, as we see in Day 354: "If only the whispers at the top carried to the bottom...", so maybe it's that? Personally, I think the whole point of bringing up what makes vessel fitting or not in KH3D was to show that, out of all the Organization XIII, only Saïx was a successful attempt. Honestly, I think in KHIII Marluxia will either be an independent party, and thus a third villain besides Xehanort and Maleficent, or Malecifent's ally, as Nomura is trying to make her more important.

Actually, a theory I've seen is that this is an Aqua-based Keyblad, that Sora gets after meeting Aqua who, according to the theory, is rescued early in the game. It does look like Brightcrest, which is the base of this theory, and there's a tradition in KH and KHII of Sora getting a Keyblade for each major original character connected to him: Oblivion, Oathkeeper, Bond of Flames, and Two Become One.

No. If they are the darkness of the heart, they're just the opposite of the people from the Realm of Light. Like, for example, there might be one Pureblood for every person that exists in the Realm of Light, or something like that. Yen Sid even said in KHII that there'll be Heartless as long as there's any darkness in people's hearts.

When was this announced? I haven't catched up with KHUX-related news.

The Heartless ARE the natural denizens of the Realm of Darkness. The Pureblood Heartless weren't born from someone losing their hearts to the darkness. And while it IS possible for someone to become a Pureblood Heartless, as shown by Sora becoming a Shadow, the Pureblood Heartless existed before that, as they are merely the darkness of the heart.

Here's a theory I've tried to post since December or November, but only got time now, in the eleventh hour, as KHχBC is almost about to be streamed and may confirm or debunk it. So, I have been thinking about the KHχ Player's identity for some time, and I have a theory about who this person could be. I know there are probably some people that don't like the idea of the Player having a canon identity, but there's two things to consider: 1- The Player is becoming too important. They are only character who is known to have survived the Keyblade War, and there's no way they would avoid mentioning that. 2- The Player will be in KHIII. How do I know that? Because they have already told us their role: The Player is the battle-scarred Keyblade wielder. With that, let's think about who the Player could be. Let's start by Union. I'll go with what Tumblr user Kingdom Hearts χ posted here: This makes sense. It is perfectly logical that Ephemer is Vulpes, because it would mean Ava is sending someone from her Union to lead the Dandelions. Plus, in the Keyblade War, if Aced attacks the Player, Ira comes to their rescue. If you're neither Unicornis nor Ursus, you're attacked by Aced and saved by Ira, and later, you're attacked by Ira and saved by Aced. This makes no sense. Ira wouldn't just randomly stop fighting Aced and then attack a random wielder. With how personal the rivlry between Ira and Aced seems to be, it makes no sense that they would start fighting and then suddenly ignore each other to attack someone else. The most logical conclusion is that the Player must be either Unicornis or Ursus. And, with how Unicornis's emblem is the one at the top, you would think a protagonist would be in that group, right? First of all, I think the Player is going to be a girl. Like, almost all games wth gender option end up having the male protagonist being the one who is canonized. And Nomura wants KH games to be surprising. Put 2 and 2 together and you can think Nomura might make the Player a girl simply to surprise us or to make it different. Now for the name. Thinking of a name for the Player is what made me think of their identity. I'll post a quote from a post I read once, and is what basically made me start thinking about it. (By Luxu from KH Insider) Then, I first thought the Mirai was perfect: It is a Japanese word that means "future" and is also a girl's name. Being Japanese connects it Sora. And it can be written "光雷", which are the kanji for "light" and "thunder", and thunders come from the sky (Sora). However, something seemed off to me, so I went to look up Skuld, and that is actually the Norn of the future, not the past. Luxu just mixed up the two. Then I started to think of names that mean "past" or relate to it. Here are some possibilities I thought of: -Kako. Japanese word for past. While the actual spelling of word past, "過去", isn't used for a name, Kako is a girl's name. And, it can be written "花心", which are the kanji for "flower" and "heart". This works as symbolism for KHχ, as "flower" would refer to the Dandelions and "heart" for obvious reasons. Being Japanese connects to Sora. -Preterit. Meaning something similar to past, and Ephemer's name isn't literally "past". -Legend or something similar. The worst possibility I thought of. The logic was similar to "legends come from the past". -Eterna. The last name I thought of. The logic is based on Ephemer's name: If the present is ephemeral because it lasts one second, then the past is eternal because it can't be changed. The only problem with that is it would be weird because the name contrasts only with Ephemer, and not Skuld. Also, I'm kind of expecting Ephemer to get a new Keychain called "Eternal [something]", so it would be weird for the Player to have a name based on "eternal", and I expect the Player to keep the Starlight forever. Alternatively, a name based on stone, from "set in stone" would work. And then, there's my favorite: -Verleden or Vervlogene. Both are Dutch for past, and can be shortened to "Ver". This one has two reasons. First of all, "Ver" is similar to "Ven", as such, the Player would be connected to Ven, not Sora. Nomura said Ven has some role in KHUχ, and we don't know what it is yet. Maybe Ven existed in the past? But even so, I don't think Ven is the Player, though, just connected. And think about it, the Player has a Spirit Chirithy AND a Nightmare Chirithy, right? And the dark Chirithy said "I am your darkness" to the Player. Tell me, doesn't that seem a bit similar to Vanitas? We could have a symbolic connection to Ven here. Plus, the Player's default hair color is similar to Ven's, and the male Player's default hairstyle has an upward tuft similar to Ven's. In that case, I would prefer the name to be Vervlogene, because in katakana it would be ヴェルヴロヒーン, because it is difficult to pronounce and justify a nickname, which I think is the only reason Ven got one: ヴェントゥス is difficult to pronounce and the nickname is a way to not have to say his name all the time. The second reason, is what "Ver" means. "Ver" is Portuguese for "to see". The Player saw the Keyblade War, and is the only character we know to have survived it. So, what do you think?

This post doesn't have spoilers. This is a theory that I wanted to post for some days, but for a variety of reasons didn't have time until today. Everyone is speculating that the Foretellers are somehow still alive in KHIII. Some people believe they used the Realm of Darkness or some other time dillation tool, and I even considered Neverland as a possibility, because, well, it IS a possibility, and would be a way to integrate the Disney worlds into the plot, like Nomura said he wanted. But something I read a few weeks ago, changed my mind now. After the final trailer I googled theories about the mysterious box Luxu carries, and saw a 4cahn thread that I basically skimme through without reading much, but one post drew my attention. It had a screenshot of the scene where Luxu is watching Kingdom Hearts appear in the sky of the Keyblade Graveyard with some pinkish lights flying into it, and the person's post was "Does this confirm the theory that the Kingdom Hearts in the Keyblade Graveyard is made from the hearts of the War wielders?" or something similar. So, apparently there's a theory that the KH in the Keyblade Graveyard is artificial. I didn't immediately think much about it after reading about it, but after some days I remembered and it made sense. Whe thing I learned recently, is that there's a discusiion about how Xehanort summoned Kingdom Hearts in BBS when he didn't have the χ-blade, and people are calling it a plothole. But with the artificia KH theory it makes sense: He didn't summon Kingdom Hearts. That artificial Kingdom Hearts was already there, just covered by clouds, and Xehanort simply revealed it. It makes sense for that to be an artificial KH. It looks just like the one from KHII except for color, which could either be because the one in KHII was made from Heartless, or because the one in the Keyblade Graveyard is made from wielders' hearts, and it seems logical to think the heart of a Keyblade wielder is different from an ordinary person's. It also makes sense that an artificial KH to have already existed before BBS, as Xehanort mentions the possibility in his Reports. (From Xehanort's Report VII) Which implies something like that was done in the post, and might be where Xehanort and Xemnas got the idea for their KHII plan. This makes me wonder if that was Nomura's idea all the time, and how we didn't guess it before. If this is accurate, then it kills one of my theories for KHIII. First of all, I believe the final battle of KHIII will be fought inside the real Kingdom Hearts, as Nomura implied he'll show us what KH looks like. And we all know that after someone dies their heart returns to Kingdom Hearts. My theory was that the hearts of all Keyblade wielders who died in the War would enter Sora and he would wield all of their Keyblades against Xehanort. But now, with the possibility of an artificial KH being made from their hearts, my theory might be debunked, because those wielders would still be alive. Remember KHII? Every Heartless slain had their heart go to Xemnas's artificial Kingdom Hearts, preventing their original person's recompletion, which requires the heart to be set free. After Xemnas was defeated and his Kingdom Hearts freed, everyone could come back, as we see in KH3D will Lea and the others. So, the artificial KH might be how the Foretellers are alive by the time of KH3, and, in fact, brings the possibility that them, and every Union member, might be saved by Sora and return in KH2. Since I believe the Master of Masters is not evil, I wonder if Luxu's mission was to set up the process for the artificial KH creation as a last resort way to allow them to be saved in the future. Also, although having four of the Foretellers being in Xehanort's Organization would give new meaning to this image, it now seems this theory, if correct might debunk any possibility of any Foreteller being a Xehanort. And, as such, we might be getting some insight into the process of setting up an artificial KH, which KHII didn't show. Hearts don't just randomly gather to form an artificial Kingdom Hearts. Xemnas must have done something for that to happen, and one theory I saw once was that Xemnas used his Keyblade for that, and that's why he didn't wield in KH2. But I think that was before KH3D released, and some logical steps from the reveals can debunk that. The most logical theory I saw about that is that Xemnas had to hide he was a wielder or else the Organization members would question why they needed to wait until they had 13 members and the last one had to be a wielder. If this theory is true, than there's two logical outcomes of that. First was how Xehanort wanted in BBS to have wielders from every world to show up and recreate the Keyblade War when didn't even know if there were wielders enough for that. He even says in his Reports there's very few wielders left. There are some discussions about that in KH Insider, but I didn't read everything and I don't remember what conclusion they came to. I think it was that even if no wielder showed up Xehanort would still get what he wants because he wants to recreate what happened after the Keyblade War, not the Keyblade War itself, and he doesn't need the Keyblade War to enter Kingdom Hearts, or that if no one one showed up, Xehanort would be the winner. The most likely answer about where the wielders will come from, is that he actually wants to restore the wielders from the War through the artificial Kingdom Hearts and have them fight it again. Now the second logical outcome is actually a question. A question I thought up after thinking about this. And the question: Can Keyblades actually kill people directly? Or do they just kill indirectly? If I remember correctly (correct me if I'm wrong, it was a long time since I read those interviews), during Roxas's creation, Ven's heart stayed with Sora's body because it wouldn't have survived without a vessel. If this applies to all hearts, then could it be no heart can survive without a vessel unless it's a Heartless, a defeated Heartless wating its body's return, or whatever Kairi did to restore Sora's physical form. And when Xehanort "kills" Eraqus in BBS, rather than dying his heart goes to Terra's body. Then in the Keyblade War, despite countless warriors fighting to the end, and even KHX mentions "killing", their hearts could still be used to forge the artificial Kingdom Hearts. So, could it be that Keyblades can't actually kill directly, and can only release a person's heart, and the person eventually dies because the heart is separated from the body for too long or doesn't have another vessel to go? This would mean the Keyblade can only kill indirectly and fails to kill if there's a vessel available. That's it. I'll be busy for the rest of the week and probably won't be able to respond to any post here until Monday or even Tuesday. I'll just post an eleventh hour theory about the identity of KHX's Player and then go.

Someone got KH2.8 early. Don't worry, there's no spoilers in there unless you count the play time before you get Mickey and the Battle Report screenshots, both of which you would have to scroll down to see anyway. Well, the opening was adapted by having the bottom screen Mickey animations overlayed on the 3D video. Here's a screenshot. I was thinking about how they would adapt this, and I thought the bottom screen would be ignored. This is an interesting result.

How does it work though? Does the PS4 check the PSN to determine if it's already playable?

Well, I'm actually waiting for those spoilers. I need story info for theories and, to be honest, it'll still take some time before I can play it. KHIII is the only game I'll actually avoid spoilers, and is also the first game I'll finish without already knowing the end. Well, unless my brother beats the game before me and I end up seeing the end scene when passing by the room.

I've been thinking about who the Foretellers are for some time. As has been noted before, they are very similar to the heroes of the present, including having to them, to the point there's even a theory the present-day heroes are reincarnations of them. Personally, I don't believe the rebirth theory because it contradicts the premise that the heart doesn't exist until after birth. However, my theory has something in common with it: Their true names are Riku, Terra, Aqua, Sora/Ventus, and Kairi. Yes, I said Sora is a possibility instead of Ven. I'll explain. First of all, who are the Foretellers? They are holograms from the Book of Prophecies that became their own people. As we know, everything can have a heart. And Nomura seems to want to show an example from every type of artificial being. There are very few categories of artificial being that we haven't seen any specimen having a heart. The ones I can think of are right now are: -Castle Oblivion memory projections (unless you count Xion as similar enough to fill it) -Lingering Will (although I think he'll develop a heart in KHIII) -Book of Prophecies projections The last one I'm proposing to be what the Foretellers are. Alternatively, fitting with the possibility of the Master representing a chimera, they could be somehow hybrids from multiple holograms. They could also be a different type of artificial being, like, say, homunculus, but I'm sure the Master somehow created them based on the heroes of present. I know a few people don't like the idea of them being just another set of clones. I myself once believed the similarities were red herrings to build an expectation that they look similar to the present heroes, to surprise people revealing that their faces are different, building expectation that Luxu and the Master have new faces, to then surprise people by revealing the Master looks like someone, like Sora (pride = lion = Sora's early design). Then came the official renders, and people noticed their facial structures are similar to the modern heroes. At this point, people expecting them to have completely new faces seem to be denial. Some feel it wouldn't be surprising for them to have the same faces. And that's the point, the surprise is not their faces. See, everytime something very obvious was teased in KH, and thus was predictable, there's also a part of it that is not so obvious. Let's recap: -DiZ is Ansem. That was obvious from the very first KHII trailer when Riku calls him Ansem. Surprise! "Ansem" is not Ansem. -Terra and "Xehanort" are the same person. That became obvious the moment people noticed they have the same face. And I saw this pointed out, and with trailers having Master Xehanort telling Terra to follow him to the darkness, I theorixed the ending would be "Terra becomes evil, kills Xehanort, loses all memory except for the name Xehanort" and KHIII would be about helping Terra remember who he is. But then, surprise! Xehanort stole Terra's body. -Time travel will be involved. That became obvious as soon as the No Name was obtained. I saw a forum once with people in denial saying time travel couldn't be involved because "Why not just go back in time and prevent Xehanort from ever carrying his plans?", and I knew the answer was "Because Roxas, Naminé, and Xion would then never exist, and we're supposed to save them, not erase them forever", but I didn't answer either because I didn't have an account and I didn't want to create one just for that or because the post was too old, I don't remember which. Then came KH3D and, surprise! The time travel rules. Seriously, who would expect that? So, the surprise is not the Foretellers' faces, but rather something else. But what? Some think they have Xehanort's yellow eyes are among his 13. While I think the Foretellers being possessed by Xehanort in KHIII is possible, and having four of them be among would give a new meaning to this Destiny Islands drawing, I don't think that's the surprise. Not just because it would be too predictable, but also because Xehanort couldn't possibly have possessed them as of Back Cover, although nothing prevents them from having naturally yellow eyes like Xehanort himself. I think the surprise might be... their foreheads. They might have some symbol in their foreheads that marks them as creations of the Master of Masters, or an X-scar. Personally, I'm sure Invi has an X-scar on her neck. Think about it, everyone is so focused on their faces, and some on their eyes. Who would think their foreheads could have something meaningful? It's not impossible. Chirithy's Dream Eater is hidden by his cape, and did anyone see that coming? As for why Gula could be Sora instead fo Ventus. First, there's the fact the renders give him the same pose as KHIII Sora. Second, Gula's Keyblade could allude to Sora. The Foretellers' Keyblades all seem to allude to the characters they look like. -Aced. The most obvious. It looks it's made of stone, and is similar to the Darkgnaw. -Invi. Looks like a thorn. While it could also be a reference to the garden of Eden, what's important here is that Aqua's Keyblade is the Rainfell, and rain makes plants grow. -Ira. The Way to the Dawn looks like a bunch of darkness with a bit of light. Ira's Keyblade is a bunch of light with a bit of darkness (the black line). Heck, the teeth even looks like a light beam. -Ava. This one is the most strange. Destiny's Embrace looks like the Destiny Islands, while Ava's Keyblade looks like... colored water? Maybe it refers to corals? Or light? -Gula. His Keyblade looks like thunder, and thunders come from the sky (Sora). Gula's Keyblade seems to be connecting to Sora rather than Ven. Although Ven also has the alchemical symbol of tin in his room, and tin is associated with the planet Jupiter, which is associated with a god of thunder. So, Gula could be based on Sora instead of Ventus, specially if Ventus is actually from the Keyblade War era. And his animal being a leopard instead of a boar could be a reference to Sora's early werelion designs, as both lions and leopards are felines. Also, the word "leopard" is partially derived from "leo" (lion). Also, the most final KH2.8 trailer shows a scene where Gula and Ava are holding hands, which apparently made some ship them or something, but it made me think about how both are the youngest Foretellers, which makes me wonder if they're trying to mimic the Roxas-Xion dynamic which was conceived as "Roxas and a girl his age" (which might explain why the Riku-based character is older), which I don't think they would do here without them being some version of Sora and Kairi. Which, now that I think about it, could make the Ira-Aced feud some reference to Riku's constant fighting with Ansem, which could explain why Aced's VA sounds Terra-Xehanort rather than Terra. And maybe provides an alternate explanation meta-explanation for Ira's age: the creators didn't want to replicate that dynamic with such an age gap. However, Gula's Keyblade's keychain kind of looks like a V, in a way not unlike how the Void Gear's resembles an S, but techincally, V could also stand for Vanitas who looks like Sora. Man, there are so many variables here that analyzing Gula is a bit confusing, but honestly, the fact Ventus has a role in KHχ makes me think Gula is not a Ventus hologram, and I also think Ven already has some connection with the Player. Moving on, there's Luxu. Some people pointed out that his voice is similar to young Eraqus's, to the point there's also a theory they are the same person. While I don't believe Eraqus is literally Luxu, I checked the trailers and noticed some similarity between their voices in both English and Japanese. So, I think he looks like Eraqus. He could be another homunculus, based on Eraqus, or he could be an actual human who coincidentally looks like Eraqus the same way Terra and Xehanort do (although that opens the possibility of everyone being a coincidence, but I think it would be too much if it was everyone). Think about it, Luxu's name cointains the word "lux" (light), so it makes perfect sense for him to look like a light-connected character. Actually, going by the hybrid design theory, he could look like Eraqus with Xehanort's hair color. Also, since his name has an "X", his real name might be Ulu. Interestingly, ulu is Hawaiian for "to be possessed by a god", which has ominous implications when you remember of Xehanortification. At any rate, I think Luxu is somehow different from the Foretellers, either because he's a human, or because he's a different type of artificial being as them. Now, the Master of Masters. First of all, who is he? He wrote the Book of Prophecies, created Chirithy, possibly the Keyblade, and according to this theory also the Foretellers. He has parallels with Ansem the Wise, a scientist, and there's a theory that his symbol is a chimera. First of all let's think, what is a chimera? While everyone generally thinks of the mythological creature, there's also another, more modern meaning: An organism with multiple sets of DNA. And I also saw a documentary many years ago using "chimera" as "genetically engineered hybrid animal" (specifically, it was talking about chimera mice). That's why I suggested the Foretellers could have hybrid designs and be based on more than one person at once. And I also called the Foretellers "homunculus" when I proposed a word to describe them. The reason is simple, a homunculus is an artificial human and is a concept closely to alchemy. This guy got the right idea: alchemy is related to KHX. However, he failed to take his thinking one step and come to the conclusion I did: The Master of Masters is an alchemist. Think about it, it makes perfect sense, Ansem the Wise is a scientist, while alchemy is a proto-science, which later evolved into chemistry. There's a lot of chemistry imagery going on with many test tubes appearing in the Back Cover trailers, and Chirithy being born inside one. So let's talk about alchemy for a bit. A common alchemy symbol is a lion eating the sun (thanks GameFreak for Solgaleo in SM. I wouldn't be able to create this theory if I hadn't seen many theory videos about Pokémon Sun and Moon having alchemy themes). A common aim, and also the most sought-after goal, of alchemy was to complete the magnum opus, the process of creating the philosopher's stone. The philosopher's stone was said to be able to turn base metals into gold or silver and was also called the elixir of life, and useful for rejuvenation and achieving immortality. The stone also had many names such as Adam, Aer, Animal, Alkahest, Aqua volans per aeram, Brutorum cor, Cinis cineris, Dominium philosophorum, Filius ignis, Granum frumenti, lapis occultus, Ovum philosophorum, in water at the box, Unicornis est Deus, Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem, Radices arboris solares, Sal metallorum, Salvator terrenus, etc. Apparently there's a scholar of Chinese history who found over a 1000 names for the Elixir of Life, but I don't know much about this. But you get the point, it has tons of names and grants immortality. Now remember what was Xehanort's plan with Terra in BBS? He was getting too old, and needed a younger body to have more time to complete his plans. As we can see, you can extend your life if you use a Keyblade to transfer to transfer your heart to a new body when you're about to die. Keep doing this everytime you get old, and you can basically live forever. Which means you would be immortal. See where I'm going? That's right, the Keyblade is a philosopher's stone. I'm now wondering if Xehanort's Keyblade is named Magnum Opus, or maybe something more evil-sounding like Demonium Opus. So, the Master could have created the Foretellers as an experiment. Maybe he wanted to see if he could create life or something like that. Now for the magnum opus, I don't think the Keyblade would be in this case. Sure, it's the most powerful weapon in the world, but I think the magnum opus here would be something different. What else could the magnum opus? What else is the one thing so mysterious that no one knows how to create? The one thing the very first game established people have tried to create? The one thing that being able to create from nothing would deserve to be called "Great Work"? Yes, the heart. The heart is the magnum opus. Perhaps the Master of Masters tried to create a heart before and failed. Maybe creating the Foretellers was an attempt to create a heart, or maybe to study how it is formed. Now this is where things become shaky because I'm not sure what to come with this conclusion. I originally thought the Master of Masters' goal was to enter Kingdom Hearts in order to learn how to make a heart, but now I'm unsure of that because I don't think the Master is evil. But more on that later. Here goes my theory on the Master's appearance. The Master of Masters looks like an adult blond Sora with Riku's eyes and Ansem the Wise's beard. First of all, the master likely symbolizes pride, which is associated with a lion, which is kind of associated with Sora, so he looks like Sora. He has parallels with Ansem the Wise, a scientist who had six apprentices. Also, the eye of darkness might be related to him, and they have the same color as Riku's eyes, something I didn't notice until I saw a YouTube comment pointint it out. However, considering that his future sight is described as "The Master of Masters has an eye that can see future". So maybe only one of his eyes can see the future and he has heterochromia: One eye is Riku's light blue, and the other might be Ansem the Wise's orange, blue like Sora, green, or some other color. And one of his eyes might be covered by an eyepatch, as is common to have a magic eye covered. This would fit with the Master has some Xigbar mannerisms. The only thing that is strange with the Master looking like Sora is that by my theory Gula also does, so we got two similar characters introduced in the same story. However, lions and leopards are both felines, and Gula knows at least one part of the Lost Page. Perhaps there's some thing with the Master and Gula that we don't know about, and them looking similar might be symbolic of this. His name. Here are some possibilities. -Superbia or Super. Superbia means pride and is the only sin left. However, Superbia doesn't fit with everyone else having two syllabes, and Super kind of sounds stupid as a name. Personally, I think the Master might be an odd one out when it comes to names. I mean, even after he shows up his name is not revealed, and it kind of feels pointless to keep his name a mystery if it is just going to follow a pattern. -Vanitas. Vanitas is synonymous with superbia, so it kind of makes, specially if the Master also looks like Sora. The only problem is that there's already a character named Vanitas (though we also have two Ansems and it worked fine), so maybe his name could be Vani. This would fit the two syllabe pattern and, although some fans call Vanitas "Vani", such a nickname was never actually in the series, so there would be no conflict. -Sol. Lion eating the sun. Also similar to Sora. -Chime. From "chimera", which starts with "χ" in Greek. Might also be χ-me. -Paracelsus or some other alchemy reference. An anagram of "elixir" could work. -Argos. Argos Panoptes is a 100-eyed giant in Greek mythology, whose eyes were preserved forever in a peacock's tail. A peacock is both a symbol of both pride and immortality. The hundred eyes thing could refer to all the Keyblades with an eye of darkness in it. -Aru Mon. Like Nomura is going to give up naming an important character after him. I think I thought more other names, but I can't remember them right now. At any rate, if Back Cover doesn't reveal his name, we might learn it in KHIII, at least through Reports. I'm sure we'll collect his Reports in KHIII, as he's the only character that would make sense to have them, and every numbered title has had those. The Master's other Keyblade. The Master probably gave the horned lion Keyblade to Luxu, but I don't think that's his only Keyblade. So what other animals could his Keyblade have? Well, as Ha Zweiokopf noted in the thread I linked, there are three animals that symbolize pride: lion, peacock, and gryphon. The lion is said to the king of all beasts, and is also the symbol of Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of war. This is the one in the Keyblade we already know exists. The peacock is bird whose tail has many eye-like spots. In Hinduism it is the mount of Kartikeya, god of war. The Greeks believed the peacock's flesh did not decay after death, so it became a symbol of immortality. In Greek mythology, Argos Panoptes' hundred eyes were preserved by Hera on the peacock's tail. Christianity at one point used the peacock to symbolise God, with the tail feathers' "eyes" symbolizing Him being all-seeing. The gryphon is a hybrid of a lion, the king of the beasts, and the eagle, the king of birds. It denotes strength, military courage, and leadership. That's... pretty much it. With the peacock, you could have a Keyblade with multiple eyes of darkness, but with the gryphon you could allude to a lion and reference hybridism like with chimera. We could have both and say the Master has three Keyblades (and, honestly, if he's the creator he could have multiple of them), or further reference hybridism and go with a mix of the gryphon and peacock. At any rate, both options would preent a flying animal, and thus possibly allude to Sora (sky). Personally, I would go with the gryphon simply because it keeps the lion symbolism. So, maybe a golden Keyblade with some green parts around it. The lion who eats the sun is green, and symbolizes a green substance called vitriol that purifies matter leaving gold behind. Finally, the Master of Masters is not evil. I've been thinking this for some time, but I wondered if it was just wishful thinking of not wanting either a main villain that only shows up for one game and it's over, or another man behind the man reveal out of nowhere. For one thing, every time a villain shows up in a KH trailer, they make it pretty obvious they are a villain. In the KHII trailers, it was obvious the Organization XIII were villains, and the BBS trailers made it obvious from the very beginning that Xehanort was evil. However, with the Master of Masters, everything has been so ambiguous that it would fell a bit anti-climatic to reveal he's evil. The final trailer, however, convinced me that he's not evil. His phrase, "May our hearts be our guiding key", is repeated by Mickey right after he says it, and I don't think they would have Mickey paraphrase a villainous character. Heck, even the recent Dengeki interview mentions the Master is "an awesome guy". For his motivations... Maybe he tried to reach Kingdom Hearts to learn how to make a heart, but didn't know his actions would cause an apocalypse. Maybe he tried to change the future and his actions only led to said future. Or maybe he only noticed his actions would have such bad consequences when it was already too late to fix everything and gave up. The last possibility could make his similarity to Sora have meaning by bringing up a big contrast between the two: -Sora. An ordinary who did incredible things just by following his heart and believing everything is possible. The epitome of "May our hearts be our guiding key". -The Master. An extraordinary person who screwed up the world by losing faith and giving up. Though there could be other reasons. Maybe (but unlikely) he deliberately set up the destruction of the world because it was the only way to prevent something worse from happening. Like Bagramon in the Digimon Xros Wars manga. Basically, in the manga (where his personality is completely different from the anime and his past is closer to his species profile), Bagramon found out there were sealed demonic Digimon who would eventually wake up and spread pain and destruction through the Digital World, so he decided to create ZeedMillenniumon and euthanize the Digital World. The heroes undo his plans, and this results into the demons to wake up. Bagramon gets desperate that now the world will be burned alive instead of dying painlessly like he planned, but team Xros Heart starts fighting UltimateKhaosmon and its legion, and as they win Bagramon is filled with hope. In the manga Bagramon isn't actually evil, he just lost hope and thought the right thing to do was to euthanize the Digital World. What I'm saying is that the Master of Masters could be doing something like that, but I think the probability of this being his motivation is very low, because I can't think of what this "worse threat" could be and where it comes from, but would explain Luxu claiming the Master isn't concerned with the longevity of the world, and his behaving like there's no way to save it. At any rate, I don't think the Master is evil, which would contradict the legend of the Keyblade being created for evil purposes. Though we already have contradictions, like Yen Sid saying heroes of the Keyblade didn't exist until after the Keyblade War, and we've already been shown that is not true. Honestly, I think there could be some revisionism in the legend. The only way I think this part of the legend is true, is if the Master is not the one who created the Keyblade, and instead it was the original seekers of darkness. Correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't watched much of KHχ, but I heard there's apparently seekers of darkness who were mentioned but never seen, is that right? If so, the Master could be a former seeker who stole the first Keyblade from the seekers after defeating them. The idea of him being a former seeker could explain his black coat. This thought could explain his disappearance though. The Master could have learned the group he left still exists and went to fight them alone. I don't have much more ideas for the Master's motivations, but I'm sure he's not evil. The Master is still alive in modern day. Many people believe the Foretellers could still be alive through time dillation and the Realm of Darkness, and I even once thought Neverland could work (it would be a nice way to connect a Disney world to the plot, like Nomura said he wants), but in the case of the Master, I think he did it differently. Like I said, the Keyblade basically allows you to live forever, right? So maybe he changed bodies every time he got old to live enough to be in the present day. I mean, he's an alchemist, he probably has to knowledge required to make new bodies. Heck, he could even have the Key to Return Hearts, or be its creator. If you think about, Roxas, Naminé, and Xion need a body and a soul, the concept of Yliaster or Prima Materia could work here. Alchemy could be the way to save them. Now, I'm almost over. But let me share one last theory about everything. Remember when I mentioned the Foretellers might have symbols in their foreheads? Well, what if they have alchemical symbols there? Or at least symbols styled after the actual alchemical symbols? In alchemy, there are seven base metals which are also associated with planets. The Foretellers, Luxu, and Master could have some vague correlation with these seven things, although only the Foretellers would have alchemical symbols in them. Let's to try to guess who is which. First the Master is gold/sun because he's the leader, and Luxu is silver/moon because it is also a noble metal like gold. The other five are: -Invi: Quicksilver/Mercury. The snake is at the back of the chimera, and mercury is closest planet to the sun. -Aced: Iron/Mars. Mars is the God of War, and Aced seems the most physically powerful of the five. -Ava: Copper/Venus. Venus is the goddess of love, and Ava watns to avoid war. -Gula: Tin/Jupiter. Jupiter is the God of Thunder, and like I said before, Ven has the symbol for tin in his room. -Ira: Lead/Saturn. Only one left. (This actually makes me wonder if Player, Ephemer, and Skuld could symbolize Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, or if it's a coincidence. As far as I know there's no metal for those planets) That's it. Bye. ... ... ... Wait, I feel like I'm forgetting something. Something really big. Hmmm... Oh yeah, hahaha. How could I forget the best part? Remember when I said that the philospher's stone has many names? Here's the one that made me sure alchemy is involved. Prepare to be mindnuked. One of the names of the philosopher's stone is... Ventus hermetis. So, my last idea: The Master's name is Hermetis. Fun fact, the magnum opus is represented by four colors: red, yellow, black, and white. Ven has three of those colors in his design, and his green armor comes close to yellow. TLDR; The Foretellers are Book of Prophecies holograms of Riku, Terra, Aqua, Kairi, and Sora or Ventus. Luxu might be human or not and looks like Eraqus. The Master of Masters is an alchemist and is not evil. The Keyblade is a philosopher's stone. The heart is a magnum opus. And Ven fits somewhere in this mess.

So, I saw , and in the comments, user sebastian orellano said this: And this gave me the idea for this thread. So, now that real people being boss fights in a game is fair, eh, game, do you think there's a chance we can fight Nomura in KH3, or esewhere in the future?

As Kinode pointed out, there's new music in 0.2, so I think they'll release it as part of the KHIII soundtrack, as this game was originally intended to be part of KHIII (and in a way it already is, since Nomura keeps saying the story of KHIII already started).