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| {{Q|They'll never understand us, just like we'll never understand them. And that's why we'll always be at odds.|The Master of Masters to Luxu on the nature of Darkness}}
| | The '''Darkness''' is a mysterious character introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]'', possessing a history with [[the Master of Masters]]. |
| The thirteen original '''Darknesses''', also referred to as '''true darkness''', are a group of characters introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]'' who possess a history with [[the Master of Masters]].
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| Darkness is an ancient entity locked in an eternal battle with the [[light]]. While they originally possessed physical forms, they currently exist without a [[body]], so instead seek out [[heart|hearts]] to inhabit. Of the thirteen, one's whereabouts are unknown following the destruction of [[Daybreak Town]], four are trapped inside data Daybreak Town, and the rest reside in the hearts of [[Ventus]], the five [[Foreteller|Foretellers]], [[Luxu]], and the [[Master of Masters]].
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| ===Before ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''=== | | ===Before ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''=== |
| Long ago, Darkness possessed physical forms, but cast off these forms in their battle with the light, thus leaving thirteen Darknesses. In order to propagate and increase their numbers, they turned to attacking hearts, with people succumbing to their negative emotions and giving rise to the [[Pureblood Heartless]]. | | Long ago, when the Master of Masters was composing the [[Book of Prophecies]] utilizing knowledge passed to him via the [[Gazing Eye]], Darkness watched over his shoulder, reading the passages as they were entered. This is how Darkness came to learn that, in the future, [[Ventus]] would harbor Darkness. Additionally, the two had spoken to one another in the past, though because of their opposing positions they were unable to understand each another. Even so, Darkness views the Master of Masters as an "old friend". |
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| [[File:A World of Fiction 01 KHUX.png|thumb|left|The Master of Masters and Darkness discuss the future.]]
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| When the Master of Masters was composing the [[Book of Prophecies]] with knowledge passed to him via the [[Gazing Eye]], Darkness watched over his shoulder, reading the passages as they were entered. Because of this, Darkness learned that Ventus would harbor Darkness in the future. Darkness would also have conversations with the Master of Masters, but they were unable to understand each other's thoughts and positions. Even so, Darkness views the Master of Masters as an "old friend".
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| As part of his plan to defeat Darkness, the Master of Masters orchestrated the [[Keyblade War]] by subtly manipulating his apprentices, breeding distrust and anger among them. This caused their hearts to harbor dark emotions, rendering them perfect vessels for Darkness. Following the Keyblade War, the Foretellers, [[Luxu]], and the Master of the Masters became hosts for the strongest seven Darknesses, all according to the Master of Masters's plan.
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''=== | | ===''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''=== |
| Right before the start of the Keyblade War, one Darkness takes Ventus as its vessel and strikes down [[Strelitzia]], stealing her [[Rulebook]] and giving Ventus her spot as a new [[Union]] leader. Darkness then disguises itself as [[Ava]] and instructs Ventus on his new role.
| | Before the [[Dandelions]] could cross worldlines in order to escape the [[Keyblade War]], Darkness took Ventus as its vessel, helping him obtain his unconscious desire for power by striking down one of the new [[Union]] leaders, [[Strelitzia]], and stealing her [[Rulebook]]. Darkness then took on the form of [[Ava]] and delivered the Rulebook to Ventus near the clock tower, instructing him to meet the other new Union leaders at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] at the allotted time.{{storylink|Quest 730: Target: Silver Hammer Frame Pt. 2}} |
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| [[File:A Witch Out Of Time 01 KHUX.png|thumb|Darkness introduces themselves to Maleficent.]]
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| Another Darkness approaches [[Maleficent]] following her defeat. Darkness explains to her that she is trapped in a [[data world]], part of the Master of Masters's plan to ensure that Maleficent would be unable to alter the past.
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| Darkness then guides Maleficent to data Daybreak Town and the [[lifeboat]] hidden within the clock tower. It reveals that the device will allow Maleficent to return to her own time, requiring only someone with memories of her and a medium to recreate her body in the future. Further, should Maleficent use the lifeboat, she will be able to serve as a waypoint to allow someone to travel into the future, Darkness explains.
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| Maleficent hesitates to return to her own time, which allows [[Lauriam]] to discover her presence. After revealing the function of the lifeboat, she battles the Union leader, winning with Darkness's help and returning to the future. Darkness, however, remains behind in the real Daybreak Town.
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| [[File:The World's End 02 KHUX.png|thumb|left|The Darkness inside Ventus reveals itself.]]
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| The Darkness lurking in Ventus's heart exposes itself to the Union leaders. Lauriam attacks, enraged at Darkness for killing his sister Strelitzia, but he is easily defeated in his weakened state. [[Brain]] questions Darkness before raising his [[Keyblade]] agaist it alongside [[Ephemer]] and [[Skuld]].
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| With most of the Union leaders defeated, Darkness is coaxed by Brain into revealing its true plan: infection. [[Player (KHχ)|Player]] arrives and the [[Keyblade wielders]] prepare to fight Darkness once more; their victory in the battle is short-lived, as Darkness is unable to be destroyed with no form. However, Ventus awakens and uses the light within him to dispel the creature of [[darkness]].
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| Meanwhile, the Darkness that remained in the real Daybreak Town speaks with Luxu regarding Luxu and the Master of Masters's plans and the whereabouts of the remaining four Darknesses.
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| The four remaining Darknesses appear to Player, Ephemer, and Skuld in data Daybreak Town. The Darknesses want the Keyblade Wielders to open the gate to [[Game Central Station]] so that they can spread to more worlds, and Ephemer and Skuld prepare to battle the entities in response. However, Player appears to be posessed by Darkness and fights the pair of Union leaders. Defeated, Ephemer sends Player and the four Darknesses to Game Central Station, while locking the gate from his own side. In the conduit between the data Daybreak Town and Game Central Station, Player reveals that they were merely pretending to be possessed, tricking the Darknesses. They use their Keyblade to close the gate from their side as well, trapping themselves and the Darknesses in the data world.
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| [[File:Locked Inside 01 KHUX.png|thumb|Player fools Darkness, trapping them inside the data world.]] | | After reliving the events of the past for two years, the old world's timeline concerning the Keyblade War was eventually rewritten. Going forward, Darkness approaches [[Maleficent]] after she is defeated by the likes of [[Player (KHχ)|Player]] and [[Prince Phillip]]. Darkness explains that the reason she could not rewrite history was because the Master of Masters had known she would arrive from the future in order to try and alter the past, which is why [[Enchanted Dominion]] had been excluded from the real world until after the Keyblade War. As Darkness feared Maleficent would return to the future with knowledge of the past, it trapped her within the data of Enchanted Dominion and ensured that the data of [[Radiant Garden]] was excluded. |
| Shortly thereafter, Ventus takes a lifeboat into the future, carrying one of the Darknesses deep inside his heart.
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| | Darkness then guides Maleficent to Data [[Daybreak Town]], where she is to use the lifeboat hidden within the clock tower, which had been intended to be used to cross worldlines - though it mentions that the lifeboat had never been finished, thus allowing her to escape to a different time rather than a different world. As she would lose her body as a result of the incomplete nature of the lifeboat, Maleficent would break through the time barrier as she travelled at the speed of light, requiring only someone with memories of her as a medium to recreate a body in the future - which is guaranteed as the Book of Prophecies dictates her existence in the future. When Maleficent questions Darkness's identity, it calls itself an "old friend", explaining that it needed her back in her own time to act as a waypoint, thus allowing someone to travel through time into the future. |
| As the situation of the missing upperclassmen escalates, [[Odin]] warns [[Vidar]] of "true darkness", explaining their formless nature. Odin states that the seven most powerful Darknesses were imprisoned within the ancient Lost Masters, four were trapped in a "realm between", and the remaining two are said to have been destroyed when Daybreak Town collapsed. | |
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| After [[Baldr]]'s sister [[Hoder]] is struck down in front of him, Baldr becomes possessed by Darkness, killing all of the upperclassmen and every one of his classmates except [[Eraqus]], [[Xehanort]], and [[Bragi]]. However, he reveals that he was not possessed by one of the thirteen true Darknesses, but rather a form of Darkness born out of the hearts of others and fostered in Baldr's exceptionally sensitive heart. Baldr's Darkness is defeated by Xehanort with the help of Odin, Eraqus, and Hoder.
| | Upon locating the lifeboat, Maleficent hesitates to return to her own time, thus allowing [[Lauriam]] to catch up with herself and Darkness, wherein she reveals the function of the lifeboat as a means of escape to Lauriam before attempting to leave. However, Lauriam doesn't intend on allowing this to happen, and he attacks Maleficent, who is aided by Darkness in defeating the [[Keyblade]] wielder in order to utilize the lifeboat to return to the real world. Once there, Darkness instructs Maleficent to utilize the real lifeboat to get back to her own time, but refuses to join her, as it has something it still needs to do in the past. |
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| 65 years later, Xehanort and [[Vanitas]] discuss the thirteen ancient Darknesses in the [[Land of Departure]] after leaving Ventus under Eraqus's care. Xehanort questions Vanitas, believing that a dark being such as him would know where true darkness hides. Vanitas denies any relation to the original Darkness, but Xehanort remains convinced of a larger picture.
| | Returning to Data Daybreak Town, Darkness reveals itself to the Union leaders after Ventus collapses, fuelled by Lauriam's return and the guilt of Strelitzia's death. When questioned as to its intentions, Darkness explains that it does not have anything that it is trying to achieve, to which Lauriam asks why it killed his sister. Elaborating, Darkness reveals that it had been an unconscious desire of Ventus's to obtain power, and that they had simply done what was necessary in order to give him that, meaning that there was no real reason as to why Strelitzia had to die. Enraged, Lauriam attacks Darkness, but he's defeated easily by it in his weakened state. Afterwards, [[Brain]] questions Darkness as to why it had chosen Ventus and its relation to the Master of Masters, before summoning his Keyblade and battling Darkness alongside [[Ephemer]] and [[Skuld]]. |
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''=== | | ===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''=== |
| When [[Sora]] begins his journey to restore [[Kairi]]'s heart using the [[power of waking]], he first enters Ventus's [[heart]]. When attempting to wake Ventus, he is stopped by an entity referring to itself as "Darkness". Sora questions if "Darkness" is Vanitas based on the latter's last words, but does not get a reply as the entity forms itself into the [[Dark Inferno χ]] and battles Sora. | | When [[Sora]] begins his journey to restore [[Kairi]]'s heart using the [[power of waking]], he first enters [[Ventus]]'s [[heart]]. When attempting to wake Ventus, he is stopped by an entity referring to itself as "Darkness". Sora questions if "Darkness" is [[Vanitas]] based on the latter's last words, but does not get a reply as the entity forms itself into the [[Dark Inferno χ]] and battles Sora. |
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| ==Design== | | ==Design== |
| True to its name, Darkness is a miasma of dark energy. Despite claiming to be formless, a humanoid shape with no definable features can be made out within the miasma.
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| ==Personality== | | ==Personality== |
| According to the Master of Masters, Darkness has no sense of reason and is difficult to understand because its thought processes are completely alien to humans. As noted by Brain, however, Darkness is a strategic and calculating force, to the point that even the Master of Masters is seemingly impressed with his foe's cunningness. | | Not much is known about Darkness. According to the Master of Masters, he describes Darkness has no sense of reason and difficult to understand. Darkness hates beings with hearts of light. |
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| Despite Darkness's claims that it wants nothing but to simply exist, it yearns to expand its numbers through the hearts of others, producing Heartless to increase their ranks and shrouding countless worlds with darkness. Darkness seems motivated to have its sense of will remain intact, which has been slowly fading since the abandonment of its physical form, as its efforts to take control of the hearts of others enable it to remain in existence.
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| Darkness does not understand humans aside from their negative emotions and despises beings with hearts of light. Darkness is capable of feeling emotions, such as rage, demonstrated in its sudden attack on Luxu when he calls its attempts to infect and expand its numbers "pathetic".
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| ==Abilities== | | ==Abilities== |
| Darkness has the ability to possess, control, and hide inside of other beings, such as when they possess Ventus. As shown when they impersonate Ava, the Darkness is able to transform their appearance. It can manifest as other forms of darkness, such as Heartless. It also has the ability to become invisible, allowing its actions go unnoticed by others. The Darkness can increase their numbers by indirectly influencing the negative thoughts of other people, allowing their hearts to succumb to darkness and giving birth to the Heartless. | | Darkness has the ability to posses and control other beings, such as when they possess Ventus. As shown when they impersonate Ava, the Darkness is able to transform their appearance. |
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