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==Story==

===''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''===

Naminé was born when Sora stabbed himself with [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]]'s artificial [[Keyblade of People's Hearts|Keyblade]] in order to restore Kairi near the end of ''Kingdom Hearts''. This made Naminé a very odd Nobody, born from Kairi's heart and Sora's body and soul. Kairi's own body never became a Nobody because her heart lacked darkness (since she was one of the [[Princesses of Heart]]), so her body and soul were never able to leave the [[Realm of Light]] and thus made it seem like Kairi was in a comatose state until she regained her heart. However, this means that Naminé was also born without Kairi's memories, only furthering her status as an unusual entity, and she and Kairi are incomplete without each other. And because of the fact that Naminé is formed from Sora's body, she has the power to manipulate his memories as well as the memories of those who are connected to him, prompting several others, even herself, to call her a "witch". She came into being at [[Castle Oblivion]], where she was found by [[Organization XIII]].

===''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]''===

Naminé, having become a captive of the Organization, resides in the upper floors of [[Castle Oblivion]]. When Sora is led into the castle, Naminé is forced by [[Marluxia]] and his partner [[Larxene]] to manipulate Sora's memories, slowly causing Sora and his companions to forget many of their friends. At the same time, he is led to believe that Naminé herself is a very important friend that he had forgotten, though in truth they had never met before. Sora undergoes this manipulation so that Marluxia can have Sora become a puppet under Naminé's control, giving Marluxia the ability to overthrow [[Xemnas|the Superior]].

After Marluxia is defeated and the replica departs, Naminé presents Sora with the choice of either keeping his memories of the events that took place in Castle Oblivion and abandoning his old memories, or regain those and lose the ones of Castle Oblivion. She understands his choice of the latter, and leads Sora, Donald, and Goofy to a chamber housing [[Memory Pod|crystal pods]]. In these, they can sleep while Naminé rewrites back their original memories that were forgotten. Though it will take some time, she assures him that he will eventually become his former self. However, Sora believes that Naminé will always be in his heart, forgotten but not lost. Thus, the two promise to meet again as real friends, just before Sora falls into a deep slumber.

Naminé also aids Riku in his efforts to conquer the darkness within his heart. When [[Zexion]] overwhelms him with light, Naminé takes on Kairi's form to convince him that he should accept the darkness as well as the light within him. Thus, he is given the strength to move through the light and strike down Zexion, who only just barely escapes.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===

Naminé again appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', working with DiZ and Riku (who has taken on the appearance of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] in order to use the power of darkness) to restore Sora's memories. Because Sora is incomplete, Naminé is having difficulty chaining his memories back together, so his Nobody, [[Roxas]], an ex-member of [[Organization XIII]], is retrieved by Riku and placed into a [[Simulated Twilight Town|digital Twilight Town]], where he will live out his days until the time came for him to join with Sora.

On the final day of Roxas's time as an independent entity, they meet once more, and Naminé sheds light on Organization XIII, and their search for [[Kingdom Hearts (world)|Kingdom Hearts]]. However, this Naminé is made from data, and is deleted before she can speak any further. But the true Naminé appears, telling Roxas that he will not disappear when he fuses with Sora, and will instead be whole. DiZ quickly tries to stop her, but before she is taken away, she promises him that they will meet again, even if they don't recognize each other. Despite Roxas's pleas for them to let her go, Naminé, DiZ, and Riku disappear into a [[Corridor of Darkness]].

Having no further use for Naminé with Sora restored, DiZ orders Riku to destroy her. However, Riku, already angry and bitter towards DiZ for his selfish intentions, instead leaves her in the care of Axel, returning the favor for what she did for him during the Castle Oblivion incident (which was seen as an exclusive clip that appears only in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''). Naminé then makes a speech to Axel, stating that even Nobodies have people who are dear to them, which moves Axel.

Naminé makes her final appearance in the game's last world, [[The World That Never Was]]. She breaks into the Organization's stronghold, rescuing [[Pluto]] and Kairi from their cell in the Organization's dungeon. They then proceed to find Sora, though Naminé's close proximity to her true counterpart causes her to blink in and out of existence as they apparently begin to join together again.

A data version of Naminé appears in the final episode of ''Kingdom Hearts coded'' in the white room where she meets up with [[Data Sora]] and [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] to tell them about [[Terra]], [[Aqua]], and [[Ventus]] as well as Sora's destiny to save them from their suffering along with Axel, Xion, Roxas and Naminé herself. As a replicant of data existing specifically for this purpose, Naminé fades away after the message is delivered. The end of this story results Mickey in writing the [[Mickey's Letters|letter]] that he sends to Sora, Riku and Kairi in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oArvayjNY0 ''Kingdom Hearts coded'' ending]</ref>

Naminé is seen in the secret ending of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' in the White Room of the [[Old Mansion]] in [[Twilight Town]], finishing a drawing of Sora on the Paopu tree, and says Sora's name.

==Personality==

Naminé was born without memories and without the knowledge that she had emotions, due to the unusual nature of her birth. Because of this, she had no basis of any acting upon her birth. She simply followed the orders of whoever was close to her because it was the only obvious guidance she had, effectively making her very quiet and fragile in personality. This led to her discovery of her ability to feel, as often times she found that blindly following her captors hurt others, something that made Naminé feel responsible and guilty. Naminé often rebelled against her captors because of this guilt in favor of trying to redeem herself by helping someone, sometimes leading to her being a damsel in distress. Rebelling and constantly switching sides caused Naminé's determination and drive to grow significantly from her first appearance. Her more driven personality was put to good use, often going about in the [[Corridor of Darkness|Corridors of Darkness]] to help the games' other protagonists. She is also apparently very talented with her drawing, as seen when she finished a complex drawing of Castle Oblivion in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.''