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Without his knowledge, Xehanort and the other apprentices decided to experiment further than Ansem had ever intended, abducting large numbers of test subjects and actually cultivating greater darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle. Some time later, I went below and was greeted by the strangest sight. Creatures that seemed born of darkness...What are they? Are they truly sentient beings? Could they be the shadows of those who lost their hearts in my experiments?"</ref> Around this time, Xehanort and the apprentices found a teenage girl who had no memories in the central square of [[Radiant Garden]]. With Ansem having stopped his experiments, Xehanort took the opportunity to continue Ansem's work by experimenting on this girl.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 3]]''''': "After his initial experiments on me, Ansem the Wise ceased his research into the heart, his hand stayed by some fear I cannot fathom. Yet this new subject is like me: devoid of memories. She is the perfect sample upon which to continue my master's work. She, too, could benefit from it; by traversing the heart, we have a direct path into memory. I myself have begun to reclaim my lost past thanks to these very experiments."</ref> Eventually, Xehanort came to believe that the girl, known only as [[Subject X]], came not only from another world but from another time, the age of fairy tales.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Subject's memories have not returned, and our conversations remain less than lucid. What fragments can be gleaned evoke a bygone world, like one out of fairy tales. As improbable as it seems, the question may not be where she has come from, but when. If she truly has crossed through time, the prospect of probing her heart is all the more compelling."</ref> The apprentices attempted to control their other subjects' minds and convince them to renounce their sense of self, but this caused the subjects hearts to collapse, so they imprisoned the stricken victims under the castle.<ref name="Experiment">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Xemnas''': "Our experiments creating Heartless were attempts to control the mind, and convince it to renounce its sense of self."</ref> Subject X was not among those whose hearts had collapsed, for which Xehanort was grateful.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "My pilot studies used a handful of subjects, but none possessed the fortitude to endure them. Ultimately, all suffered mental collapse. I knew it would be a heavy blow to lose a subject as unique as she."</ref> Xehanort also masqueraded himself as Ansem in order to subvert the king's [[Hollow Bastion OS|computer system]], which he used to re-install the malicious [[MCP]] and record his secret research in a follow-up to [[Ansem's Report]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Tron''': "But Ansem is also the one who brought back the MCP. The Ansem I first knew wouldn't do that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."</ref> These experiments generated creatures which Xehanort named "[[Pureblood Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "They still need a name. Those who lack hearts... I will call them the Heartless."</ref> Excited, the apprentices provided the Heartless with victims to see how they would react, discovering that the Heartless multiplied after consuming their victims' hearts, which led them to believe that these Heartless were in fact manifestations of the darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 4]]''''': "It's just occurred to me: Could they be the darkness in people's hearts?"</ref> Further investigations with the Heartless led them to discover Radiant Garden's [[Keyhole]] beneath the castle in the form of a door which Xehanort somehow opened.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 5]]''''': "To study the Heartless behavior, I picked one out for observation. It wiggled its antennae and, as if sensing a target, headed deep into the castle. In the deepest part of the castle, its antennae began vibrating, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a strange door appeared. I'd never known of its existence. It had a large keyhole, but didn't seem to be locked. So I opened the door. What I saw on the other side mystified me. What was that powerful mass of energy?"</ref> They deduced that it contained the world's heart and allowed the Heartless to tamper with it, causing the walls between worlds to begin deteriorating in a shower of [[Gummi Block]]s.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 6]]''''': "he Heartless feed on other's hearts, and they yearn for that energy core. That thing beyond the door must be a heart, too--the heart of this world. There is no proof, but, having felt that immense energy, I am certain. That was the heart of the world."</ref> The apprentices began to study these blocks, while simultaneously converting the Chamber of Repose into a [[Heartless Manufactory]] which used the Pureblood Heartless to create new, synthetic Heartless, which Xehanort branded with an [[Symbols in the Kingdom Hearts series#Heartless|insignia]] and named "[[Emblem Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 8]]''''': "As a start, I have built a device that artificially creates Heartless. By recreating the conditions that spawn the Heartless naturally, I should be able to produce them artificially. This device is the culmination of all my research thus far. The machine's test run successfully created a Heartless. This may be a step toward creating a heart from nothing. The artificially and naturally created Heartless showed nearly identical traits. But the two types remain distinct for the purpose of the experiment. So, I will mark the ones that are created artificially."</ref>

Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart." As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.</ref><ref name="Chamber"/> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref>, though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>

Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart." As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.</ref><ref name="Chamber"/> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>

[[File:The King's Memory 05 KHII.png|thumb|left|Xehanort seemingly acquiesces to stopping the research.]]

Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the [[Gummi Ship]], and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, the apprentices banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>

Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, the apprentices banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>

[[File:My Name is Ansem 02 KH3D.png|thumb|right|Xehanort transforms the apprentices into Nobodies.]]

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 Without his knowledge, Xehanort and the other apprentices decided to experiment further than Ansem had ever intended, abducting large numbers of test subjects and actually cultivating greater darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle. Some time later, I went below and was greeted by the strangest sight. Creatures that seemed born of darkness...What are they? Are they truly sentient beings? Could they be the shadows of those who lost their hearts in my experiments?"</ref> Around this time, Xehanort and the apprentices found a teenage girl who had no memories in the central square of [[Radiant Garden]]. With Ansem having stopped his experiments, Xehanort took the opportunity to continue Ansem's work by experimenting on this girl.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 3]]''''': "After his initial experiments on me, Ansem the Wise ceased his research into the heart, his hand stayed by some fear I cannot fathom. Yet this new subject is like me: devoid of memories. She is the perfect sample upon which to continue my master's work. She, too, could benefit from it; by traversing the heart, we have a direct path into memory. I myself have begun to reclaim my lost past thanks to these very experiments."</ref> Eventually, Xehanort came to believe that the girl, known only as [[Subject X]], came not only from another world but from another time, the age of fairy tales.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Subject's memories have not returned, and our conversations remain less than lucid. What fragments can be gleaned evoke a bygone world, like one out of fairy tales. As improbable as it seems, the question may not be where she has come from, but when. If she truly has crossed through time, the prospect of probing her heart is all the more compelling."</ref> The apprentices attempted to control their other subjects' minds and convince them to renounce their sense of self, but this caused the subjects hearts to collapse, so they imprisoned the stricken victims under the castle.<ref name="Experiment">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Xemnas''': "Our experiments creating Heartless were attempts to control the mind, and convince it to renounce its sense of self."</ref> Subject X was not among those whose hearts had collapsed, for which Xehanort was grateful.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "My pilot studies used a handful of subjects, but none possessed the fortitude to endure them. Ultimately, all suffered mental collapse. I knew it would be a heavy blow to lose a subject as unique as she."</ref> Xehanort also masqueraded himself as Ansem in order to subvert the king's [[Hollow Bastion OS|computer system]], which he used to re-install the malicious [[MCP]] and record his secret research in a follow-up to [[Ansem's Report]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Tron''': "But Ansem is also the one who brought back the MCP. The Ansem I first knew wouldn't do that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."</ref> These experiments generated creatures which Xehanort named "[[Pureblood Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "They still need a name. Those who lack hearts... I will call them the Heartless."</ref> Excited, the apprentices provided the Heartless with victims to see how they would react, discovering that the Heartless multiplied after consuming their victims' hearts, which led them to believe that these Heartless were in fact manifestations of the darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 4]]''''': "It's just occurred to me: Could they be the darkness in people's hearts?"</ref> Further investigations with the Heartless led them to discover Radiant Garden's [[Keyhole]] beneath the castle in the form of a door which Xehanort somehow opened.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 5]]''''': "To study the Heartless behavior, I picked one out for observation. It wiggled its antennae and, as if sensing a target, headed deep into the castle. In the deepest part of the castle, its antennae began vibrating, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a strange door appeared. I'd never known of its existence. It had a large keyhole, but didn't seem to be locked. So I opened the door. What I saw on the other side mystified me. What was that powerful mass of energy?"</ref> They deduced that it contained the world's heart and allowed the Heartless to tamper with it, causing the walls between worlds to begin deteriorating in a shower of [[Gummi Block]]s.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 6]]''''': "he Heartless feed on other's hearts, and they yearn for that energy core. That thing beyond the door must be a heart, too--the heart of this world. There is no proof, but, having felt that immense energy, I am certain. That was the heart of the world."</ref> The apprentices began to study these blocks, while simultaneously converting the Chamber of Repose into a [[Heartless Manufactory]] which used the Pureblood Heartless to create new, synthetic Heartless, which Xehanort branded with an [[Symbols in the Kingdom Hearts series#Heartless|insignia]] and named "[[Emblem Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 8]]''''': "As a start, I have built a device that artificially creates Heartless. By recreating the conditions that spawn the Heartless naturally, I should be able to produce them artificially. This device is the culmination of all my research thus far. The machine's test run successfully created a Heartless. This may be a step toward creating a heart from nothing. The artificially and naturally created Heartless showed nearly identical traits. But the two types remain distinct for the purpose of the experiment. So, I will mark the ones that are created artificially."</ref>
-Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart." As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.</ref><ref name="Chamber"/> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref>, though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>
+Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart." As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.</ref><ref name="Chamber"/> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>
 [[File:The King's Memory 05 KHII.png|thumb|left|Xehanort seemingly acquiesces to stopping the research.]]
-Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the [[Gummi Ship]], and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, the apprentices banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>
+Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, the apprentices banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>
 [[File:My Name is Ansem 02 KH3D.png|thumb|right|Xehanort transforms the apprentices into Nobodies.]]