Finn and vigor

That would actually be kind of dope. But I doubt they would go as far as add Voice Acting in there, Even the Subspace Emissary didn't have that. Not to say I wouldn't want that though.

Eh i don't know. Depends on which Timeline version. KH1 Riku NO. KH1 Sora YES. KH2 Sora YES. KH2 Riku YES. DDD Riku YES. DDD Sora NO. Lol Actually if i had to say overall which version and had to pick 1, I'd say Sora. As a kid i always thought it would have been fun hanging out with him and nowadays its no different. He may have turned out a big idiot after DDD but I still love the guy regardless.

The Quotes. The Ansem quotes were cool and all but man, Xemnas really NAILS it! Mansex all the way!!!!!!! (No homo)

Well the kid essentially already has a name (that being the one "we" picked for it. I'll use Ethan as an example). So there's the possibility the kid changed his name to Xehanort with the image of "No Heart" and "Another" in his/her mind. While I would think that too, we should consider how much Luxu knows about the Keyblade War. They didn't necessarily say he "Knew" how it started (or about the MoM's obvious plans to start it) but I think he did have at least more knowledge then Xehanort did. Cuz like I said, if Xehanort knew so much about the war, why would he want to obtain knowledge of the Keybalde war, his entire end goal for his actions, if he already knew so much in the first place? And from what it seems, the Player character seems to be the one that has been left in the dark the most out of all the characters in XChi so far.

A part of me is thinking that the Player in Xchi is a lot more significant then we think. Like I'm getting the feeling that he/she could related to a character within the current era but the thing is, it's a genderless character, so how would that be possible? But then it hit me: What if the player character is actually, Xehanort? Consider this line from BBS here: "At last our moment is here. Come out with the old and brittle vessel and into a younger, stronger new one! I swore I would survive, be the one who lives beyond the Keyblade War!". This line here shows me that Xehanort is from the Xchi timeline. But the thing is, who could it be? The most logical you would think is that it could be Luxu but remember, his role was to "watch" the Keyblade war happen. And with that in mind, Xehanorts reasoning for even doing the evil crap that he does is so that he can *Learn* about the war and Luxu does indeed know a LOT about the war as the MoM literally told him to "Watch it" so I don't think he could be Luxu based on his knowledge. But who could be Luxu then? I think it's Young Eraqus. Because for 1, Luxu's role was to hide the Black Box and considering that Eraqus seemed dedicated to protecting The Land of Departure, part me is assuming that the Black Box is within Castle Oblivion (or locked away until TLOD is unlocked). and 2, the Voice actors of Young Eraqus and Luxu seem very similar (though I can't really say that's much of a supporting piece of evidence lol). But the next culprit it could be is Ephemer, Cuz he literally has the silver hair we're all used to. But idk, knowing Nomura I think it's not that simple, cuz he hates the obvious. BUT I'm not disregarding that Ephemer could be Xehanort, just that there is something deeper here. So here is where it comes. I believe that The Player Character, (You) actually Possessed Ephemer as his "First" Vessel. Read that quote Xehanort stated again. "at last OUR moment is here". "our"? This small word leads me to believe that Terra isn't the first vessel Xehanort has possessed. Also within one of the Xehanort reports, he stated that possessing other people's bodies is essentially a way of Immortality (which could be hinting towards the possibility that he has lived for generations). Keep in mind too that the Player character, as far as we know, has no knowledge of what transpired in affecting the war, and not only that, Master Ava didn't even explain anything to the poor kid. What if that exact moment drew his/her obsession of the Keyblade War? And Ephemer from what we can tell HAS a bit of knowledge of what's going on so that destroys that he could be Xehanort (cuz like I said, Xehanort's reasoning for his deeds is to obtain "Knowledge" of the war". So with that, he dedicated him/herself to become a Master, and with that he/she gained the power to posses others (as in one of the reports in DDD it was stated ONLY Keyblade Masters can posses others). So here's the gist of what I'm saying: The player character at some point possesses Ephemer's body after feeling betrayed for not telling him/her anything, then (within Ephemers vessel) he does it for centuries beyond centuries and eventually possesses the man we know as "Xehanort", befriends Eraqus, and then possesses Terra years later for his most recent vessel. Also this completely destroys the whole Genderless character thing Because from the fact that Larxene was to be a Xehanort vessel, that makes me think Males possessing Females or vice versa (regardless of the fact how weird that is lol) is possible. But what do you think? Because like I said, I think the Player character has a bigger role then we all think but to what that is, I'm thinking this could be the answer.

I can already tell MatPat will put that information to the test in a Game Theory some day....... Honestly, i found the fact that Union Cross would continue even after KH3's release to be pretty obvious. It just somewhat feels like an introduction to the "Next" saga to me. Although with this in mind, i wonder if this could mean Lauriam could be the next antagonist of the series? (Not to say that the MoM wouldn't be)

Response: Your right about Brain changing his identity though. Thats one thing i can't really figure out. Although i do have 1 possible explanation but if i discussed that here, it'd take too long lol.

Well you have a point with Ventus but i mean lets be honest, if he was the one that got killed, how would he be alive for BBS? And yes it's obvious that Strelitzia didn't arrive at the Graveyard. (Sorry i should have been more clear) but what i meant was that since Strelitzia was "going" to be the last to arrive, that in itself made her the perfect target. along with the fact that no one knew her which would erase suspicions towards Lauriam (this does describe Ventus though too as he said "I was always a loner" so again, leading onto your argument). Yes your right that all the Keyblade weilders knew everyone back then but we don't have any proof that those wielders or even the Foretellers and Dandlion leaders knew about Brain and Lauriam's existences. Because like i said: they just Popped Out of Nowhere. We should also keep in mind that Brain and Lauriam didn't mention anything about they're relations as Keyblade wielders or even anything about their pasts, which could mean they are not even Keyblade wielders at all. Lol but no your fine with your sarcasm. I understand your frustrations (cuz believe me, looking back at my past theories, i will admit that i can't even read them without cringing lol). But i appreciate these arguments. Because honestly, i do post some of these theories without fully thinking them out sometimes. Though to be fair, they are only "possibilities" and i like to point out those "possibilities" so that people can consider them. And if it turns out to have many flaws and contradictions then I'll discard them. The same can be said for this current theory lol.

Well, what I meant was that we kill or weaken Xehanort but it turns out Braig is still alive and he reveals his true plans. I'm not saying that Braig should quote on quote: Betray Xeahnort, just after his death take that chance to obtain KH for himself. But I'm only saying this out of nowhere, it mainly stems from the hint in Re:coded implying Braig has his "Own" plans. Although I do agree with a lot of you that it could diminish Xehanort as a villain but I honestly feel like if Square does it right where it doesn't destroy Xehanort's arc as the Main Villain then I think it could flow pretty well.

As someone who really loves Xigbar enough to say he's my favorite character in the franchise, I gotta say, How would you feel if Braig ended up being the Final Boss of KH3? As of right now I'm going through many theories involving the possibility of Brain/Blaine ending up being Braig before his encounter with Xehanort (I've made a couple detailed discussions of how it could go about so you can find that around here on the forums in the UC section somewhere). So with that in mind, I have a feeling there is more to Braig's character then we think. Because I don't believe for a second that Braig's motivation for helping Xehanort was so that he could "Obtain a Keyblade" for himself. If that is the main cause however, what if there's more to that reasoning than meets the eye? Consider this quote here: "That thing there, it's called the Keyblade isn't it? Yup it seems these days everyone's got one of those". We'd all assume this was for a comedy reason but what if Braig was referring to the days where "everyone had a Keyblade" that being the Keyblade War? (again leading onto him being Brain) My point is though is that I have a slight feeling that Braig is gonna backstab Xehanort at the end of KH3. And to add onto that, what if he "was" gonna backstab him at some time before? If we're assuming Braig is Brain and with the (almost) confirmation that Brain and Lauraim were in cahoots in UC, what if Xigbar sent Marluxia to obtain Ventus for themselves? Xigbar was asking Zexion about the Chamber of Repose so maybe he got that info out of him eventually and tasked Marly to obtain the "prize'. This could give us a reasoning for Marluxia's betrayal to the Organization as maybe Xigbar had Marluxia do the dirty work so that Xemnas wouldn't look at him with suspicion. Speaking of Zexion, I find it weird how Xigbar was even asking Zexion about the CoR in the first place. Did Ienzo know something about it too? (Leading onto another theory of Braig and Ienzo being connected to Brain/Blaine in some way). But back to the Braig betraying Xehanort thing, what would you feel if this happened? Honestly I would feel disappointed if Xehanort's villainy gets diminished with the possibility of him being a vessal of the MoM (please don't do that square) but if it ends up being that Braig snipes Xehanort at the end thus starting the Final Battle, then "The Clever Little Sneak" would forever be best Badass Antagonist lol. (Sadly though, I can tell you guys are thinking "As If" right now)

It's about time you do too. DROWN IN EVERLASTING MEMES!!!

Now its pretty obvious that the Malicifent here is the current Malicifent within the KH lore but the main question is: how is she there? Well that most likely has to do with the book of prophecies as she probably found the book during KH3 at some point and used it to enter a projection of the past. BUT whose to say that she is the "only" one to enter this realm? It is my firm belief that Lauraim as well as Brain are these persons that being the Current Brain (or possibly Braig/Ienzo/someone else) and Current Lauraim after being resurected as a Nobody. Because if you think about it, for Lauriam and Brain specifically, they have NOT been mentioned at all by anyone with Union Cross. Not the Foretellers, any Keyblade wielders, no one. Its almost like they "showed up out of nowhere". Also this could give Lauriam a motive for assassinating Strelitzia. Lauriam enters the realm (most likely to learn about the events of the Keyblade War), kills the most vulnerable Union Leaders in order to replace her. And considering how she was the last to arrive that made her a perfect target. But what about Brain you say? Well lets just say he did the "exact" same thing. Brain enters the realm along with Lauraim, asks him to assassinate the "other" union leader to replace him/her. Now of course, through that logic it is a bit far-fetched because there has not been any mention of anyobe "else" being a Union Leader but what if this "other" assassinated leader we didn't know about yet could have been the Black Hooded figure in the recent artwork (Although within saying that, the flower they are holding points towards them being Strelitzia so again, a bit of a stretch here lol). But the main point here is that i find it strange how Lauriam and Brain just pop out of nowhere in UC and considering current Malicifent is there too it strengthens this possibility.

Eh idk about Ienzo being Brain (I'm sorry but I've succumbed to the name). Honestly what I think is that Brain is actually Braig/Xigbar. Because for 1. Braig within BBS seemed to take an interest with Ventus with him saying "He's got the Angry Look down" and states this exact same line several times towards Sora and Roxas. This could lead to the possibility that Braig knew Ventus "Before" BBS. And what game happens before BBS? Xchi/ Union Cross. Also another thing I should bring up is a cutscene within KH2FM. (the cutscene that happens right before the Demyx fight). this cutscene shows a conversation between Zexion and Xigbar and within this conversation Xigbar asks Zexion about "the Chamber of Repose" (the place where Ventus is sleeping). Why would he want to find Ventus? (that I'll get to eventually). But number 2 is that it has basically been confirmed that Xigbar was the one who "Found" Marluxia and had him join the Organization. And that confirmation is inside this exact same cutscene with and I quote: "I just found one yesterday, Mar something. that puts the Organization's count at 11". This leads me to believe that Marluixa and Xigbar were in cahoots within the events of CoM (and the possibility of them having a partnership for a LONG time). Because if Marluxia was looking for Ventus within CO and Xigbar was asking about the chamber of Repose, what if Xigbar finally got that answer at some point? Then immediately after that, he told Marluixa to prove to Ventus his worth so that he can become the "Lord" of Castle Oblivion and eventually grab Ventus out of there so that Xemnas cannot look at Xiggy with suspicion. Although here begs the question: WHY was Xigbar asking Zexion about the chamber in the first place? This leads me to believe that Ienzo is also connected to this somehow. As to how (this may get a bit ridiculous though so hold tight) I think that Xigbar is Ienzo's "Father". Now before you question how let me answer this. In BBS (within Ventus's story) Evan/Vexan informs Ventus about Ienzo's past a bit mentioning his "parents". Here's the quote here: "I see we owe you our thanks, we have done our best to raise the boy since his poor Parents​ are not here to do it". Now of course the possibility that Braig could Ienzos dad is ridiculous and needs more evidence to support it but I honestly think that the mentioning of Parents​ towards a character we literally know nothing about raises some suspicion in my eyes. But I am almost positive that Braig is Brain and that Ienzo is connected to Brain somehow so yeah. But now to the reasoning as to why Braig and Lauriam wanted Ventus. What if Ventus was the "key" to learning about the Keyblade War? Like what if his Dreams was a gateway to that timeline? As we all know, in the realm of sleep time does not flow normally so memories of the past will get repeated over and over like a dream. What if, the ENTIRE world of Union Cross is an illusion created by Ventus's dreams? (this will get complicated so get ready) So Ventus was alive during the Key blade war era correct? His memories of that time is most likely inside him, even though he doesn't remember it (just as Xion's memories are in Sora's) so what if Lauriam and Braig's reasoning of finding Ventus was so that they could use those memories to "enter his dreams" in order to access the past years of the Ancient Times? in DDD, it was confirmed that Riku was exploring Sora's dreams the entire time so what if Lauriam and Braig are the doing the exact same thing but with Ventus's dreams? Altyhough another question pops up: How did Braig know about the Keyblade War in the first place? Well if were assuming he was around that time it should be obvious. BUT within saying that I don't believe that Lauraim was around at that time. Because what if this would explain "why" Lauriam assassinated Strelitzia? He assassinated her in order to "replace her as a Union Leader" so that he could work alongside his "partner".. also one thing I should point out is that Brain and Lauriam have not been mentioned at ALL by anyone in UC. Not the Foretellers, Ephemer, Skuld no one. It's almost like they "Showed up out of nowhere". But what do you think about this? Although that last segment with Lauraim and Braig is actually exploring ventus's dreams" part literally just popped in my head today so Its most likely a flat theory lol. (I do realize how much of a mess it is too so sorry) But I am pretty positive that Brain is Braig and that Marluxia and Xigbar were in cahoots in CoM so if you don't wanna bother with that last part just focus on the first one lol.

​Ok I've come up with something insane (and this is coming from my other post "Brain is Braig" Theory so please read that if you can in order to get a small grasp of what I'm about to say). So ok, Ephemer, Skuld, Ventus, Lauriam, and Brain are the Union Leaders correct? Well it is my assumption that this was NOT the original order of Leaders. (of course that's recently been obvious) but let me just state what I believe the "Original" leaders were supposed to be. It is Ephemer, Skuld, Ventus, Strelitzia and 1 "Unknown" person. I'm suggesting that there was someone "else" that was planned to become a Union Leader but was killed off or taken instead. Now of course I wouldn't Know who this person would be (and I do realize how Far-fetched that sounded) but lets think here for a sec. What if the events we are witnessing in Union Cross are events of the past generated from "Ventus's Dream's"? Now I'm pretty sure that Ventus was actually around in that timeline but what can we say about anyone "else"? What if Lauriam and Brain/Blaine were these persons? So let's just assume that in KH3, Lauriam (after becoming human) as well as Braig or Xigbar found Ventus before Sora and Co. did. Maybe both Braig and Lauriam entered Ventus's dream thus granting them access to Ventus's past memories of his time in the Keyblade War? And one point I should point out is that Brain and Lauriam has NOT been mentioned at all by either the Foretellers or anyone else in Xchi so far so it almost seems like they just "Showed up out of nowhere" which could lead to the possibility that they were NOT from that timeline. Although within saying that, I DO believe that at least one of the 2 is from that Era. Because if were assuming that both Braig and Lauriam are inside Ventus's dreams right now (meddling with the events within) one of them must have had knowledge of the Union Leaders to even know Ventus was living during that Era. So maybe 1 of them somehow ended up in the current timeline (just as Ventus did) and from the knowledge of his interaction of the ancient times he ended up journeying to Ventus's dreams (along with the "partner") so that they can learn more about the creation of the X-Blade (or some other reason we wouldn't know about). It could be vise versa but from my logic I'll just say Braig is from that timeline but Lauriam wasn't. (because I'm pretty sure Braig has met Ventus before, even before the events of BBS). Here's a better explanation of what I just said in case you were confused: Sometime during KH3 Braig meets with his old "friend" Lauriam once he became a somebody again. They both tried to find Ventus during the events of KH2 and CoM (with Xigbar asking Zexion about the "Chamber of Repose" to find his location which eventually leads to Marluxia capturing Sora, most likely to obtain Ventus's Heart) but with the plan ending up failing. They then decide to bring back their partnership again to capture Ventus in order to "Enter his Dreams". (lets assume that was the motive for finding Ventus in CoM). They find Ventus inside Castle Oblivion (before Sora does) and enter his dreams and then the events we saw in Union Cross happens which they then disguise themselves as Union Leaders. But because there were already 5 leaders assigned they decided to kill off one of them (that being Strelitzia) and as well kill off the other unknown leader which then makes them all set without seeming suspicious. (Like I said though, I do realize how Far-Fetched this is so I'm going to need more info to support it). 2 more things I must point out too. Maybe this is how Maleficent ended up in the Xchi era as well? She found Ventus, entered his dreams, thus granting her access to the Keyblade War through the eyes of Ventus's hidden memories (they were most likely hidden deep inside him just as Xion's memories are inside Sora). And the other point is that Maleficent isn't the "Only one" ending up in the Realm of Sleep. In fact, Ursula did as well. Let me explain: Remember this quote in DDD (the VERY beginning of DDD) "Oh he was right, these wretched Guppies are here! Well it's about time we settled the Score!!!" "He" was right? Did Braig (or someone else) grant Ursula access to the Realm of Sleep through Ventus's dreams? (as to how Ursula would be alive to do so, insert Time Travel Bullcrap here lol). But remember, Ventus's heart is inside Sora's so since they are both "connected" they would most likely share each others memories deep inside of themselves thus explaining how Ventus's dreams would grant access to Sora's memories of Destiny Islands. But what do you think about this theory? I know it is a LOT to take in but like I said before I am almost POSITIVE that Xigbar and Marluxia were in cahoots at some point (and their somebodies could be currently) and this segment of it just slowly began drifting in my head. I feel like that part with Ursula should be considered as well. If not for this then for other things.

I'd say Braig. He IS a "Clever Little Sneak" after all. #BrainIsBraig

Actually if I have to be honest I believe that line "He gave me that exact same look" may have a lot more importance than you might think. At least I have an idea that it's pretty significant.

One moment i would love to see is a bit of a plot twist within the Final Battle with Xehanort. That plot twist being the moment Xehanort is defeated at the Keyblade Graveyard Braig comes out of nowhere and strikes down the weakened Xehanort and takes Kingdom Hearts for himself and thus he's the "true" final boss. As a full Xigbar fan (and from what the theories I've come up with from Union Cross) I think this NEEDS to happen. Because if you really stop and think about it, Braig is pretty much the "true" Mastermind of the Kingdom Hearts franchise as he was the one who helped Xehanort even after he lost his memories which if he didn't do so, Xehanort most likely wouldn't have become Ansem SoD and Xemnas from the experiments. And from what Re:coded shown us I feel like he's coming up with a scheme of his own so I won't be surprised if this actually does happen. (and I mean come on? Who wouldn't want to face off the "Clever Little Sneak"?)

Oh, your right sorry lol. (I double checked, Eraqus's is sort of a dark green instead of Brown)

Also i forgot to mention this. Eraqus and Braig have the same eye color (at least before Braig became part Xehanort). I doubt there is any meaning to this but it is something I'd like to point out.

Now with the reveal of the offical name of "Brain" coming into the mix (like I said get used to it lol) i have found a pretty huge connection that could lead to Brain's identity end up being Braig. Now of course its not just the fact that both names are quite similar, i have a few things i want to bring up as well. The first one being Braig's relationship with Ventus. In 358 you'll remember Xigbar saw Xion as Ventus which showed a connection between the 2 but if you really stop and think about it, Braig within BBS only met Ventus for a few seconds (that being the moment where Ventus got frozen by Xehanort). So i mean how could Braig even remember the fact that "He has the Angry look down" when he only saw him for a few seconds? Now of course Braig had to have known the importance of Ventus through Xehanort AND the moment he saw Roxas the memory of Ventus would have clicked so i mean he couldn't have possibly forgotten about him and is pretty obvious from Xigbar's actions within KH2. But i think there is more to this, I'll state the exact quote with Braig's interaction with Ventus in BBS: "Oh, this kiddo thinks he's a full fledged Keyblade weilder. He's got the Angry Look Down". Now i think we assumed that this was Braig's first time mentioning his "Angry look" but from the way Braig is saying it, i believe it could be leading to that Braig "knew" Ventus at some point in time before, that being the Xchi era with him saying to Ventus at some point saying he had an " Angry Look". (And i'm telling you, if Brain at some point in UC calls Ventus "Kiddo" or says something like "Whats with the Angry look?" i think that will confirm the connections here.) Although of course at this point in time there are pretty much no concrete connections between Braig or any of the characters introduced in Xchi so far so i think that's all i can think of here. EXCEPT this one last thing. Think back to the cutscene in KH2 with Xigbar and Zexion having a conversation about the Chamber of Waking and Chamber of Repose. In this cutscene there is 1 tiny detail that could connect Braig to the dandelion leaders that being his mentioning of Marluxia's recruitment into the organization. Here's the quote here: "I found one just yesterday, Mar something". This pretty much flat out confirms that Braig was the one who "found" Marluxia or Lauriam and from this i have come up with a possibility. What if there was a deeper reasoning on why Xigbar recruited Marluxia into the Organazation in the first place? Was it so that they could find Ventus for themselves? Because I get the feeling that maybe Xigbar knew that Marluxia would betray Xemnas at some point as part of their own personal "plan" but i guess since Marluxia failed and fell to Sora Xiggy decided to drop the plan so that he wouldn't get found out by Xemnas and lose his trust with Xehanort. But with these connections I do have a strong feeling that from the confirmation of Lauriam and Brain's obvious partnership (in the newest update from the way they are acting) this could mean that they're Nobodies, Xigbar and Marluxia, most likely had a similar partnership as well in the Organazation with their own set of ambitions but what those ambitions would be i can't say much at this point. One things for sure though: Pinky and the Brain are up to something fishy.

I mean the name is a bit unnatural so I don't blame those people. But I will admit that I'm not that annoyed, I've seen worse lol.

I think its sort of how Luxu went and we thought it was Luxoo but it was actually (Lushoo). So I'm guessing the correct pronunciation is *Brine* or something similar.

Well I think it's a sort of pronunciation issue kind of like with Luxu. I'm guessing it's probably pronounced "Brine" with the A being silent. (at least this is what I'm hoping lol)

This is legit guys. We never saw it coming.................

Although I will admit that I may have gone too deep into this lol. We need more information to support it. (but the overall gist of it is that there is a connection between Ventus, Evan, Ienzo, and Blaine in some way. I just KNOW it.) But I think the reason why Evan would be alive now would align with how Lauriam is alive now as well. Although I feel like we need to learn what that method was in order for it to legitimately support this theory so I guess more waiting for more story updates lol.