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'''Ventus''', also known as '''Ven''', is one of the main protagonists in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''. He was a originally a [[Keyblade wielder]] and [[Union]] leader from age of fairytales. He was transported into the future with no memories of his original life, and apprenticed to both [[Xehanort]] and [[Eraqus]]. He is the youngest of the trio formed by himself, [[Terra]] and [[Aqua]].

Ventus's [[heart]] is severely damaged by the creation of his dark counterpart, [[Vanitas]], and then again when the [[χ-blade]] forged from their hearts is destroyed. Both times, [[Sora]]'s heart reaches out to mend Ventus's heart, and by the end of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Ventus's heart has gone to sleep within Sora's so that it can recover until it is fully healed and ready to rejoin his [[body]], which lies comatose but safe within the [[Chamber of Waking]]. Ventus is later woken from his slumber and returns to training with Terra and Aqua in the Land of Departure, and he is reunited with his [[Chirithy]] from the distant past.

Ventus is the host of one of the original thirteen {{c|Darkness|character}}es and the physical template of [[Roxas]].

Like all the others, Ventus awakes as a [[Keyblade]] wielder in [[Daybreak Town]], where he joins one of the Unions under the [[foreteller]]s. While fulfilling his duties as a Keyblade wielder, Ventus finds it difficult to develop friendships due to his timid demeanor. Over time, he is inducted into the [[Dandelions]] by [[Ava]] to escape into the new world. However, he was tricked by the [[Darkness (character)|Darkness]], who disguised themself as Ava, to meet at the abandoned warehouse. When Ventus arrives, he is possessed by Darkness, who then uses Ventus to strike down [[Strelitzia]] and steals her [[rulebook]]. Upon leaving, Darkness leaves Ventus and poses as Ava, telling him that he is to be a future [[Union]] leader.{{storylink|Quest 730: Target: Silver Hammer Frame Pt. 2}}  

Noting [[Ephemer]] and [[Skuld]]'s close friendship, Ventus admits that he is envious of them because he has always been alone. But was assured by Skuld and Ephemer that they consider him a friend. When the fourth Union leader, [[Brain]], arrives, he asks them if the rules [[Ava]] provided them were absolute, which Skuld confirms, prompting him and Brain to comment that she shares Ava's diligence. When he and Brain voice their discomfort with lying to their comrades about the Keyblade War, Ephemer states that no one else should have to carry the burden of the past, a sentiment Ventus and the others accept.{{storylink|Quest 675: Master Aced}}

 

 

When the time comes to discuss the matter of the Shift Pride, Ventus was called to a meeting between the Union Leaders. But sees that Lauriam is not here, with Brain explaining that, whatever the agenda is, Lauriam sided with Ephemer. Proceeding, the group discusses the nature of the Shift Pride. Having not initially understood what the Shift Pride was, Ventus rejects the notion, not wanting wielders to fight one another again, to which Skuld concurs. Brain affirms that it is a law, and thus they should follow through with it, also believing that a little competition would be fun for everyone. When Ephemer admits that he wants to follow the rules, voting in favor of the Shift Pride it shocks him. Ephemer then explains that he intends on having wielders compete against the data versions of their comrades to avoid a clashing of hearts, admitting that Lauriam gave him the idea. They wonder who Lauriam could be looking for, but Brain's suggests, they wait for him to come to them rather than pry.{{storylink|Quest 846: More Heartless in Daybreak Town Pt. 1}}  

Upon Lauriam's arrival, Ventus discovers that his comrade was looking for his sister, [[Strelitzia]] asking Skuld what she knew about her and that she had been looking for someone. Although Skuld doesn't offer much insight, Lauriam accepts this and worries that Strelitzia may have ended up fighting in the Keyblade War after all. However, Brain notes that the entire situation seems odd, and after reviewing the information Ventus is surprised that Ephemer knew someone who fits the description his friend Player.{{storylink|Quest 851: More Heartless in Daybreak Town Pt. 6}}

Left with Brain and Skuld, Ventus periodically looks at Brain as he reads from the copy of the [[Book of Prophecies]]. When Brain  notices, asking him what's wrong, he notes on his comrade's curiosity with reading it and asks if he'd been researching something. He hears Brain's goal, that at the present, they are still following a destructive destiny, believing that overwriting the Keyblade War changed nothing, so he would become the virus to overwrite that destiny.{{storylink|Quest 860: Daybreak Fun with Ephemer Pt. 5}}  

Alone, Ventus asks for Skuld's opinion on what Brain said, with her suggesting that Brain knows what he's doing, but questioned why the Dandelions avoided the Keyblade War if they were destined for ruin anyway. He then suggests that they talk to Ephemer about this, but just then, a glitch triggers a projection of Ava and the [[Master of Masters]], where they discuss which Union Leader meant to inherit the copy of the Book of Prophecies. Seeing this, Ventus immediately asks where Brain is, leaving to get him from the Control Room.{{storylink|Quest 861: Trouble at the Tower? Pt. 1}}

Continuing to look for Brain, Ventus entered near the forbidden area of the tower then met Ephemer who was surprised to see him and explained what's going on. Then, was introduced to [[Player]] as well as sought Brain who was in the control room but before entering the trio was attacked by [[Darklings]] and once defeated the group makes their way inside.{{storylink|Quest 870: Clock Tower Investigation Pt. 5}}

Ventus and the others listen to Brain's explanation about the phenomenon in the tower and how all the worlds were once real and connected but now virtual and fragmented as well as everyone being able to travel between them. After that bugs appeared when the virtual Daybreak Town connected to a new world, leading Ventus to deduce that they need to explore that world to see what's there. At Brain's suggestion that a Dandelion should go, he becomes shocked that Player offers to go, but feels more comfortable when Ephemer goes to.{{storylink|Quest 871: The Control Room}}

After awhile, Ventus and the others were happy about Ephemer's return and was informed that Player was still exploring the new world. Hearing the story of the duo's adventure as well as mentioning what they saw and believed the Darklings were behind the glitches more of what Brain suspected earlier turned out to be true they were put in a data version of Daybreak Town with Ventus asking if the real one had disappeared. But they weren't certain as the connection between the data and the real world had been cut suggesting that something or someone had their own plans. Understanding they were all put in a cage, Ventus and the others hear Brain make a reaffirm on his promise to get them out. {{storylink|Quest 910: Investigating the Glitches Pt. 5}}

Later, Ventus and Skuld go to Daybreak Town and marvel how it snowed in the data world until they were found by Brain's Chirithy. {{storylink|Quest 920: Chocolate Monster Madness}} Being called to a meeting by [[Brain]] and Ephemer. They were asked who told them they were Union leaders and where he remembers it was Master Ava and did so near the clock tower. Aware that something wasn't right he saw that Brain has the Book of Prophecies, which was meant to go to [[Strelitzia]]; explaining Master Ava's actions and inside the book is a memo of the five chosen to be the next Union leaders. Ventus was informed of the names on the memo are Brain, Ephemer, Skuld, Lauriam and Strelitzia; but not his, much to his own shock. {{storylink|Quest 925: To the Kart Bakery Pt. 2}}  

Ventus was disappointed that he wasn't chosen to be a Union leader despite everyone believing his innocence. Further understanding that someone or something threw a problem into Ava's plans the others believed that Darkness posed as her, killed Strelitzia and gave Ventus her book. Then he was pushed by Brain to remember his encounter with Master Ava, clarifying that they met at a dim light house, left together and talked on their way near the clock tower but couldn't remember anything else. However, Ventus grabs his head in pain where he vaguely sees Strelitzia dying horrified that he may have done something to her, but was comforted by Brain as they plan to tell Lauriam about his sister's intended role back at the clock tower.{{storylink|Quest 935: Heartless in the Hideout Pt. 3}}

The constant strain of remembering what happened to Strelitzia puts Ventus to sleep in his room. Through his dreams, he finally remembered what happened to her. Under the presence of Darkness posing as Master Ava, he was possessed by the dark influence but only took her rulebook while the Darkness killed her and left the house. Waking up afterwards, Ventus starts to cry, feeling guilt-ridden about what happened.{{storylink|Quest 960: To the Race Track! Pt. 5}}

Upon reuniting with the others, he sadly admits that he erased Strelitzia. A furious Lauriam demanded to know what he did, but the strain of remembering again leaves him unable to answer and fall unconscious, prompting the Darkness entity to emerge from him.{{storylink|Quest 965: Pest Control Pt. 3}}  

After a hard fight with Darkness, Ventus wakes up to his friend's surprise and uses the [[light]] within his heart to destroy the Darklings. Claiming if the entity is pure [[darkness]], then he is pure light aware that Darkness used him to change it's form Ventus knew he could do the same giving it entity a form the others could defeat but was briefly held back by a concerned Lauriam. And yet, he told him everything would be fine before attacking the Darkness alone.{{storylink|Quest 977: Darkness Looms}}

The fight against Darkness leaves Ventus unconscious and being watched over by a remorseful Lauriam. He is carried by Lauriam to the basement below and during the discussion amongst the union leaders. They are worried about the state of the real world but not wanting to leave the remaining Dandelions behind. For his safety Ventus leaves with [[Elrena]], Brain and Lauriam for the real world using [[Lifeboat]]s while Ephemer, Skuld and Player remain behind.{{storylink|Quest 978: What Comes After}}

 

===''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road''===

Ventus served as Xehanort's apprentice, as part of the elderly Keyblade Master's plans to forge the legendary χ-blade. However, Ventus proved to be a poor candidate, and when he refused to use his [[darkness]] to fight several [[Neoshadow]] [[Heartless]] in the Keyblade Graveyard, Master Xehanort finally lost patience with him and used his own Keyblade to unlock and extract the darkness from Ventus's heart, using it to form a being of pure darkness who was then named "Vanitas" by Master Xehanort.

Unfortunately, the process left Ventus in a comatose state, with his broken heart of pure light slowly fading out. Xehanort then took Ventus to the [[Destiny Islands]] to allow him to live out his last days peacefully. Ventus was sent to the [[Dive to the Heart]], where he came in contact with the heart of a newborn Sora. After a brief discussion, Ventus's heart connected with Sora's, halting its deterioration and allowing Ventus to stay alive until he someday becomes strong enough to repair the damage by himself. Ventus then summoned a Keyblade and shot a ray of light into the sky above, much to Xehanort's surprise. Xehanort decided that Ventus could still be of use in his master plan, but with Ventus still too weak in comparison to Vanitas, the two boys could not be trained under him since Vanitas had a naturally strong impulse to destroy Ventus.

[[File:Flashback The Wooden Keyblade 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|Ventus, Terra, and Aqua take a break from their training.]]

[[File:Another Keyblade Wielder 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|Ventus teams up with Mickey to defeat Vanitas.]]

[[File:Keepsakes 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|Ventus decides to part with the wooden Keyblade Terra once gave him.]]

The fusion completes Ventus, but Vanitas keeps control over the body. As a result of their union, the χ-blade is forged. Mickey arrives on the scene and helps Aqua awaken. Together, they engage Ventus-Vanitas in a battle. As this happens, Vanitas and Ventus engage in a metaphysical battle, where Vanitas tries to fully join with Ventus to complete the χ-blade. Ven, however, refuses and chooses to defeat Vanitas and destroy the weapon, even if it means the destruction of his own heart, because of his devotion to his friends.

The two engage in a decisive battle, and towards the climax, Vanitas forces a [[D-Link]] on Ventus in hopes of completing their fusion. Ventus instead uses the powers the D-Link grants him to destroy the χ-blade along with Vanitas. Unfortunately, this also damages Ventus's heart and causes it to flee his body, leaving him in a comatose state. Despite being comatose, Ventus was able to summon his Keyblade and lead Aqua back to the Land of Departure.

Aqua later places his body in [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|a chamber]] and transforms the Land of Departure into [[Castle Oblivion]]. Though Ventus's heart was initially lost in darkness, Sora was able to sense Ventus's pain due to their previous encounter. Sora, with encouragement and guidance from Riku, called out to Ventus's heart and safely guides it to himself. After a brief conversation in Sora's Station of Awakening, Ven asks Sora if he could stay with him while he slept, to which Sora happily accepted. With this, his heart passes on into Sora's own, keeping it from deteriorating any further and granting Sora the ability to use Ventus's Keyblade in addition to his own.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', p. 617; '''Interviewer:''' "Why can Roxas dual-wield?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Sora can wield two Keyblades at once because he has Ventus's as well as his own. As Roxas is a part of Sora, he also can use two. In ''Days'', Roxas awakened his ability to dual wield after fighting Xion. In ''KHII'', once Sora absorbs him, he can also dual-wield." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref>

When Sora learns that Kairi's heart has taken refuge within his own heart, he uses the [[Keyblade of heart]] to free hers, which also releases his and creates his Nobody, [[Roxas]]. For unknown reasons, Ventus's heart remained in Sora’s body,<ref>[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania|'''''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania''']], '''Interviewer:''' "Is it possible that Roxas has a heart?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "It is thought that it could be Ventus's heart... As was said in Q1, he has taken a lot of himself from Ventus. But perhaps when Sora and Roxas were separated, Ventus’ heart stayed in Roxas?" [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref> causing Roxas to take on Ventus's appearance instead of Sora's.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "Why do Roxas and Ventus look alike?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Sora and Ventus's heart are linked... And so Roxas, who is a part of Sora, was affected by that and looks just like Ventus." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref>

Saïx assigned Roxas to Castle Oblivion and ordered Axel to accompany him. As soon as Roxas entered through the door, his close proximity to Ventus (due to carrying Ventus's heart) as well as Sora (thanks to the events of ''[[Chain of Memories]]'')  caused Roxas to suddenly become weak and fall unconscious.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "Why did Roxas faint in Castle Oblivion on Day 297?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Because he had gotten to close to both Sora and Ventus, his 'real self'." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref> It was hinted Ventus's memories were rushing into Roxas as Roxas complained about "so much being rushed into his head".

[[Xigbar]] sees [[Xion]] (an imperfect [[replica]] created from Sora's leaked memories) as Ventus. Xigbar states that Ventus had always looked at him as if he had "drowned [his] goldfish" before he is defeated by Xion. Ventus is also alluded to many times by Xemnas, who desperately seeks to find him in the Chamber of Waking due to discovering that Ventus is a Keyblade wielder of old.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania]]''''', '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "By the way, Xemnas was also looking for the Chamber of Awakening in ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' because Ventus, who was sleeping there, was a Keyblade wielder of old." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-3-Ultimania-Scenario-Mysteries-Interview-Translated-14746 Translation via Goldpanner].</ref> Xemnas sends Axel numerous times to Castle Oblivion to locate Ventus, but Axel never succeeds.

[[File:Ansem the Wise's Legacy 03 KH3D.png|thumb|A vision of Ventus appears within Sora's heart.]]

When Sora arrives at The World That Never Was, he is caught by the Organization and placed within a nightmare in which he chases after memories of Riku and Kairi. When he catches up to them at the [[Contorted City]], the phantoms suddenly take the form of Terra and Aqua, while Sora himself takes on Ventus's appearance. Sora is confused, but the phantoms attempt to grasp his hand before turning back into Riku and Kairi and walking off again. As Riku attempts to wake Sora on his own side of the dream, a memory of when Aqua came to Destiny Islands is manifested, and nearly wakes Sora up.

 

Following Sora's descent into darkness after his heart is damaged by Xemnas and Young Xehanort, Ventus's heart envelops Sora in Ventus's Keyblade Armor in order to protect him from being swallowed completely, though it is temporarily corrupted by the darkness until Riku saves him. He later appears inside the projection of Destiny Islands within Sora's heart, but Riku, having never met Ventus before, initially mistakes him for Roxas.

While venturing across space in the [[Gummi Ship]], Sora and company are contacted by [[Ienzo]] with some news. He had deciphered part of [[Ansem's Code]] and discovered that Sora has three unique hearts within his own heart. They identify two of them as [[Roxas]] and Ventus, but do not realize the third heart is [[Xion]]'s.

After her return to the realm of light, Aqua has Sora, Donald, and Goofy accompany her to Castle Oblivion, intending to retrieve Ventus. After unlocking the castle's Keyhole, thus restoring it to the former glory of the Land of Departure, the group heads inside and find Ventus's body. Aqua quickly realizes his heart has not returned yet. Vanitas appears, having followed them with the intention of taking Ventus's heart for himself. Aqua attempts to protect Ventus by herself, but gets injured after taking a blast from Vanitas. As Vanitas prepared to deliver the final blow to kill Aqua, Ventus's heart reacted within Sora's heart, helping the latter unlock his [[power of waking]]. Ventus's heart is returned to its body, and he launches himself at Vanitas, saving Aqua. After Vanitas departs, Ventus reunites with Aqua and meets Sora face to face for the first time. Ventus was initially shocked at the facial similarities to Vanitas before realizing Sora was the very same person who saved his life after Vanitas's creation. They all depart back to Yen Sid's castle.   

With their clash against the seekers of darkness imminent, Aqua and Ventus take time to stargaze outside. Ventus uses this moment to admit to Aqua that while he was sleeping, he would have dreams of her, Terra, Sora, and the others. He also expressed memories of [[Dream Eaters]] from Sora's adventures. Aqua says that she's been places too, but she can't wait until things are back to the normal. Ventus and Aqua hold their Wayfinders to the sky, promising to share their stories with Terra after they save him.

The guardians of light are subsequently separated by Xehanort when he creates [[The Skein of Severance]] between them. Ventus and Aqua are drawn into battle against Terra-Xehanort and Vanitas, and when Sora arrives they are able to destroy Vanitas. However, when they attempt to reach out to Terra, Xehanort uses the emotional bonds between them to create physical chains imprisoning them, and attempts to execute them with a brutal impact. Ventus sheds a tear, feeling he has failed his promise to Terra, but Terra-Xehanort's shadow breaks free of its restraints and reveals itself as Terra's heart, breaking the chains on Ventus and Aqua and declaring that it will set things right. Sora then steps in to unlock Terra-Xehanort's heart, in order to release Terra's heart from Xehanort's control and allow the shadow to reclaim Terra's body, restoring him. Aqua, Terra, and Ventus then share in a tearful reunion, happy to be together again for the first time in over a decade.

[[File:Ending 12 KHIII.png|thumb|200px|Ventus, Terra and Aqua give their master a proper burial.]]

An armored Ventus approaches the crosswalk in the Keyblade Graveyard and meets up with Aqua and Terra. Ventus grabs the [[Way to the Dawn]] before the trio notices an unknown figure in the distance.

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According to [[Tetsuya Nomura]], he is approximately 16 years old.<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-22/tetsuya-nomura-kingdom-hearts-will-not-end-with-kingdom-hearts-iii/.137160 Tokyo Game Show 2018]</ref> While the differences are slight, his character model is slightly shorter, with a rounder face and wider eyes, in flashbacks to before his memory loss during ''Birth by Sleep''.

Ventus's outfit is strikingly similar to Roxas's own [[Twilight Town]] clothes. He wears a jacket that resembles a fusion of Roxas's jacket (white on the right side) and Sora's jacket in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' (black on the left side), also reminiscent of the Yin and Yang symbol. The collar of the jacket is red and pleated, again, similar to the collar on Roxas's own jacket. Underneath this, he wears what appears to be a grey vest with a single button and several white, angular patterns on it. He wears a third layer under this, in the form of a plain, high-necked, black shirt. He also has a chunk of dull green and grey blue armor on his midsection that appears to be under his vest, and another piece of armor on his left shoulder.  

Ventus's pants are also similar to the pants Roxas wore, though Ventus's balloon outward slightly before closing up about halfway down his legs, similar to Sora's pants in ''Kingdom Hearts II''. These pants are colored in shades of grey, black, and white. He also wears an ornate, dull green and grey blue piece of armor on his upper-left arm, along with a black and white checkered wristband that is, once again, strikingly similar to Roxas's, but with white edges as opposed to Roxas's black-edged wristband. Like Aqua, he wears two criss-crossing straps on his chest, on which he wears a silver Keyblade Master emblem. His boots are rather odd when compared to Terra’s and Aqua’s, as they resemble an armored version of normal street shoes in shades of dark bluish grey, dull green, and red.

When touching the piece of armor on his shoulder, Ventus becomes fully clad in [[Keyblade Armor|armor]]. In ''{{c|Birth by Sleep|video}}'', Ventus's suit of armor is mostly colored in shades of light steel blue, black, gold, red and chartreuse. Ventus adds a greyish-blue cape to his armor that looks discolored, almost appearing rusted. The armor on his knee is gold and bears a sharp, upward-pointing hook on the outer side of each one. His gloves are a shade of brown, and the black mask on his helmet has a slight orange tint. Ventus's helmet has a notably different design from Terra and Aqua’s, appearing more squashed and flat at the top. His helmet also has two prongs on either side of his head which point backwards and angle diagonally upward. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Ventus's armor remains largely unchanged, though He loses his cape.

As a Union leader, Ventus is very friendly, though somewhat shy, which makes it difficult for him to make friends. He dislikes the idea of Keyblade wielders fighting against each other. After learning the truth of his part in Strelitzia's demise, Ventus feels guilty that he was unable to save her when Darkness has possessed him. According to the Darkness, he had hidden a desire for wanting power, which is why Darkness possessed him into killing Strelitzia. After traveling to the future, it appears he lost his memories of the past.

In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', during his final confrontation with Vanitas and due to their separation, Ventus seems to have gained a new perspective about darkness and light, believing it is each individual person's choice to decide what they are and not pick just from one side or the other. When he heard Vanitas's choice about being darkness, Ventus did not protest, understanding that his dark counterpart's mind was made up.

Out of the main protagonists of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Ventus is the most balanced fighter in the game. He’s also fastest and most agile, which reflects in his primary fighting style of dodging, quick movements and swift combo attacks. Ventus has an affinity for the wind and [[Light]] elements and mixes both into several of his techniques and magic attacks. Unlike most Keyblade wielders, Ventus wields his Keyblade, [[Wayward Wind]], in a reverse grip. Ventus's primary battle style consists of very fast, wide backhanded strikes with his Keyblade in quick succession to deal damage. His single strikes aren't as powerful as Sora's two-handed strikes or Terra's powerful blows, but his ability to attack quickly makes up for his lower attack power.

In addition to his swift standard attacks, Ventus has access to a variety of exclusive {{c|attack command|KHBBS}}s in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Ventus can use his natural affinity for acrobatics to unleash an extended version of the [[Ars Arcanum]]-combo and exhibits advanced [[Strike Raid]] abilities like [[Wind Raid]], [[Spark Raid]] and [[Treasure Raid]]. Using his wind affinity, Ventus can use [[Tornado Strike]] to sweep his opponents away. Another exclusive, ultimate attack, [[Salvation]], enables Ventus to use his light affinity to its fullest. Ventus also makes heavy use of his wind powers in his personal finishing commands, the [[Air Flair]] series and his ultimate finisher, [[Stratosphere]]. Lastly, Ventus has another "Finish" Command exclusive to him, which is called [[Celebration]].

Although not as skilled in magic as his classmate, Aqua, Ventus has access to a broad variety of magic spells as well as two spells exclusive to him in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. These two spells are [[Tornado]] and [[Faith]]. Tornado creates a powerful gust of wind that absorbs enemies, while Faith creates a powerful burst of light around Ventus.

Beside a variety of these abilities usable by all three or two of the protagonists in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Ventus has access to three unique Command Styles and two exclusive Shotlocks. His first personal Command Style, [[Fever Pitch]], which is gained near the beginning of the game, lets Ventus use his speedy combat style to its fullest. The second exclusive Command Style, [[Cyclone]], is a powerful 2nd level Command Style which has Ventus use his wind powers to attack with wide-ranged spinning slashes in all directions. Ventus's third exclusive Command Style is called [[Wingblade]]. By activating this second level Command Style, Ventus discards his Keyblade in exchange for six silver-white glowing swords of light which float behind him like six glowing wings, reminiscent of the picture of a Seraph, a six-winged Angel. Along with Aqua, he can harness the power of the wind to activate [[Sky Climber]], which lifts the user off of the ground as they ride on a powerful wind current. Attacking with Sky Climber lets the user hover along the ground while rushing enemies with speedy, dashing attacks which knock enemies into the air.

Ventus also has access to two unique Shotlocks, as well as a third just for storyline purposes. The two freely usable Shotlocks are the light [[Pulse Bomb]] and [[Multivortex]]. The third exclusive Shotlock is [[Dark Link]], which can only be used when in [[D-Link]] with Vanitas in Ventus's final battle.

 

Small and spry, Ventus has access to the already well-known [[Dodge Roll]] technique, as well as an offensive variant named [[Thunder Roll]]. Furthermore, he can use the [[Glide]] and [[Superglide]] abilities as well as another offensive version called [[Fire Glide]]. The [[Reversal]] command allows Ventus to quickly dodge an enemies attack and rush behind it, similar to the [[Reaction Command]] in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' used against the [[Dusk]] Nobodies. He can use quick {{c|Reprisal command|KHBBS}}s, such as [[Counter Rush]], which  unleashes a flurry of blows after a successful block, [[Reversal Slash]], which unleashes an aerial attack after a successful [[Reversal]], and [[Payback Raid]], a counterattack using Strike Raid after being knocked into the air.

 

Ventus briefly assists Terra and Aqua on two occasions.

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|ev2='''Terra/Aqua:''' Fighting the Trinity Armor in Radiant Garden|hp2=100|str2=14<!--Ultimania says 4, but probably a typo since both Terra and Aqua have 14-->|def2=6{{note|receives half damage}}

 

Ventus becomes a D-Link for Terra and Aqua after leaving the Land of Departure. While in link with Ventus, they can unleash quick attacks and Aero magic.

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Ventus appears as a party member in the Keyblade Graveyard fight against Vanitas and Terra-Xehanort. As enemies tend to focus their attacks on him, he frequently Dodge Rolls to evade their attacks. He fights with swift Keyblade combos and uses Wind Raid to strike enemies from afar.

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]'', Ventus can team up with Aqua to perform the [[Icy Slider]] [[Team Attack]].

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|colspan="2"|'''[[Wind Raid]]'''

!style="{{style|kh3|a}}; font-size:12px" colspan="6"|Support Abilities

|'''[[Damage Control]]'''

|colspan="4"|Halve the damage you take when your HP is at 25% or below. Stack the ability to increase the effect.

Ventus's Keyblades are primarily balanced in terms of attack and magic power. His versions of common Keyblades are shorter in length compared to Terra and Aqua's; this helps him better wield them in his signature backhand style. In the age of fairy tales Ventus used the Keyblade Missing Ache in its third form. By the time he became Master Xehanort's apprentice he was using Wayward Wind. Ventus has three exclusive Keyblades; his default Keyblade, Wayward Wind, along with Frolic Flame and Lost Memory. Frolic Flame is obtained after Ventus meets Lea and Isa, and Lost Memory is received when Ventus remembers his past on Destiny Islands. Ventus is also seen playing with a wooden sword and Terra's wooden Keyblade, however he is never seen wielding either of them in combat.