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{{nihongo|'''Keyblade Master'''|キーブレードマスター|Kīburēdo Masutā}} is the title given to exceptional [[Keyblade]] wielders who pass the [[Mark of Mastery exam]] in the ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|series}}'' series.

The Keyblade Master who passes the [[Mark of Mastery exam]] is given the choice to either travel to many worlds and explore their horizons, or to succeed their mentor and take refuge in their world to protect it from malevolent forces. However, there are also Keyblade Masters who have instead chosen to abuse their powers for their own gain, such as [[Master Xehanort]].

===''[[Kingdom Hearts χ]]''===

The [[Master of Masters]] created Keyblades by studying the [[χ-blade]] and learning to extract Keyblades from peoples's hearts.<ref>'''''{{w|Weekly Famitsu}}'''''<!--If anyone knows which volume issue this is, please add it-->, pg. 198; '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "The Master knows about its existence. Using the χ-blade as a model, he creates his own Keyblades. Well, by create I don't mean that in the physical sense, such as forging and tempering them, I mean more along the lines of pulling one out from the depths of a heart." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Famitsu-showcases-Kingdom-Hearts-HD-2-8-Nomura-interview-released-8108 Translation via Saken and Goldpanner].</ref> He bestowed Keyblades to his six apprentices: [[Ava]], [[Ira]], [[Gula]], [[Invi]], [[Aced]], and [[Luxu]], who would become Keyblade Masters.

[[Ephemer]], referred to by [[Sigurd]] as the first Keyblade Master, founded the city of [[Scala ad Caelum]] upon the ruins of [[Daybreak Town]] after the [[Keyblade War]].

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

Long before Aqua and Terra's exam, two young men, Eraqus and Xehanort, were both tested for the Mark of Mastery by their Master, [[Odin]]. They both passed, but Eraqus was chosen as their Master's successor.  

Years later, they both took in apprentices of their own. Eraqus took in a young man named [[Terra]] and a young woman named [[Aqua]]. Xehanort took in a boy named [[Ventus]].

After many years of training, Terra and Aqua were ready to take the Mark of Mastery exam. Aqua passed and was chosen as the successor of Eraqus, but Terra failed because he could not keep the darkness in his heart in check, a trait that Master Eraqus did not see fitting for the title of Master.

Eraqus informed Aqua her new duties as a Keyblade Master, including a "secret" in particular that she should know: as his successor if anything were to happen to him, and the darkness plundered the world, he wants her to take his [[Master's Defender|Keyblade]] and lock the [[Land of Departure|world]] away. He informed her that generations of Keyblade Masters have been entrusted with keeping the world safe, because the light and darkness are balanced there, and there are people who might want to abuse such a neutral powered world. Their predecessors devised a "trick" that allows the Keyblade to transform the world, so that all who visit the world will be lost to oblivion, as none would be able to solve its mystery, except for the one who transformed it.

Meanwhile, retired Master [[Yen Sid]] had allowed his former apprentice, Mickey, to come back to him for more training. Yen Sid discovered that the worlds were being threatened by creatures that feed off of negativity, which he called the [[Unversed]], and that the [[Princesses of Heart]] were in danger from them. Mickey saw this as an opportunity to prove that he is Master material, so he stole his former Master's [[Star Shard]], and left to investigate.

Yen Sid informed Eraqus of the situation and he called forth Terra and Aqua to investigate. He told Terra, that if he performs well on this journey, he might reconsider to make Terra Master, but he must not rely heavily on his darkness. However, Master Xehanort manipulated Terra into succumbing to darkness and possessed him, transforming him into [[Terra-Xehanort]].

Much later, Aqua returns to the Land of Departure with an unconscious, heartless Ventus. She sees that it was completely destroyed by the darkness and finds the fallen Master Eraqus's Keyblade lying in the remains. She brings Ventus into the castle and places him in one of the thrones. Remembering the "trick" the Master told her about, she uses his Keyblade to completely transform the world. She promises Ventus to return with Terra to wake him up and leaves him in the newly-formed [[Chamber of Waking]]. As she leaves the castle, she turns to see the new world she created, [[Castle Oblivion]]. She then leaves to search for the missing Terra, but following a brutal fight with Terra-Xehanort, Aqua ends up trapped in the Realm of Darkness.

Meanwhile, Mickey passed his exam under Yen Sid and was named a Keyblade Master.

Sora and Riku undergo Yen Sid's Mark of Mastery exam, but only Riku is named a Keyblade Master after Sora drops into the darkness while Riku is the one who rescues him. Despite failing, Sora congratulates Riku, who is then ordered to bring [[Kairi]] before Yen Sid for Keyblade training in order to counter [[Real Organization XIII|Xehanort's new Organization XIII]].

===''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''===

[[Donald Duck]] teases Sora for not attaining the rank of a Keyblade Master.

 

King Mickey and Riku venture forth into the Realm of Darkness to rescue Master Aqua. Unfortunately, she has been tainted by the darkness and transformed into [[Anti-Aqua]]. Sora arrives and frees her from the darkness and they all return to the Realm of Light.

Keyblade Masters Riku, King Mickey, Aqua join the seven guardians of light to combat the thirteen seekers of darkness that were gathered by Master Xehanort.

After the death of Master Xehanort in Scala ad Caelum, the [[No Name]] Keyblade lands in the Keyblade Graveyard, where it is recovered by [[Xigbar]], the current incarnation of Master Luxu. He proceeds to summon four of the five [[foreteller]]s, and begins to recount his long tale to them.

 

 

In addition to performing the Bequeathing, Masters can conduct the Mark of Mastery exam upon potential Keyblade Masters. Although Yen Sid is a retired Master, he is still able to conduct the exam.

File:Master of Masters KHXBC.png|[[The Master of Masters]]

File:Foreteller Aced KHXBC.png|[[Aced|Master Aced]]

File:Foreteller Ava KHXBC.png|[[Ava|Master Ava]]

File:Foreteller Gula KHXBC.png|[[Gula|Master Gula]]

File:Foreteller Invi KHXBC.png|[[Invi|Master Invi]]

File:Foreteller Ira KHXBC.png|[[Ira|Master Ira]]

File:Yen Sid KHIII.png|[[Yen Sid|Master Yen Sid]]<br>(retired)

File:Riku KHIII.png|[[Riku|Master Riku]]

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