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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
Prior to the [[Keyblade War]], [[Strelitzia]], a member of the [[Dandelions]] selected to be one of the new [[Union]] leaders once the war ends, attempts to convince {{c|Player|KHχ}} to join the Dandelions | Prior to the [[Keyblade War]], [[Strelitzia]], a member of the [[Dandelions]] selected to be one of the new [[Union]] leaders once the war ends, attempts to convince {{c|Player|KHχ}} to join the Dandelions.{{storylink|Quest 726: Daybreak Town Heartless Hunt Pt. 1}} However, she is eliminated by an unknown individual, who then steals her [[rulebook]] and takes her place as Union leader.{{storylink|Quest 730: Target: Silver Hammer Frame Pt. 2}} | ||
After being saved by [[Ephemer]] and [[Skuld]] following the conclusion of the Keyblade War, Player is brought to another realm, where the Dandelions have assembled | After being saved by [[Ephemer]] and [[Skuld]] following the conclusion of the Keyblade War, Player is brought to another realm, where the Dandelions have assembled as per [[Ava]]'s instructions. Upon entering this new realm, everyone loses all of their memories of their previous world, with the exception of the five wielders chosen to become the new Union leaders. | ||
Following Ava's orders, Ephemer, Skuld, [[Ventus]], [[Brain]], and [[Lauriam]] gather at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] to meet with their fellow Union leaders, with Lauriam being the last to arrive.{{storylink|Quest 730: Target: Silver Hammer Frame Pt. 2}} Together, the five enter the Foretellers' Chamber in [[Daybreak Town]], where Brain looks through a copy of the [[Book of Prophecies]] that he finds. Ultimately, they decide to keep the Unions united under a Union χ to prevent future conflicts between Keyblade wielders. Brain decides that in order to celebrate, they should make creating new [[Dream Eaters|Spirits]] their first task, sending Ephemer, Skuld, and Ventus to collect the supplies while he and Lauriam prepare to synthesize the materials.{{storylink|Quest 735: The Shiny Hammer Pt. 5}} | Following Ava's orders, Ephemer, Skuld, [[Ventus]], [[Brain]], and [[Lauriam]] gather at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] to meet with their fellow Union leaders, with Lauriam being the last to arrive.{{storylink|Quest 730: Target: Silver Hammer Frame Pt. 2}} Together, the five enter the Foretellers' Chamber in [[Daybreak Town]], where Brain looks through a copy of the [[Book of Prophecies]] that he finds. Ultimately, they decide to keep the Unions united under a Union χ to prevent future conflicts between Keyblade wielders. Brain decides that in order to celebrate, they should make creating new [[Dream Eaters|Spirits]] their first task, sending Ephemer, Skuld, and Ventus to collect the supplies while he and Lauriam prepare to synthesize the materials.{{storylink|Quest 735: The Shiny Hammer Pt. 5}} | ||
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Meanwhile, Player resumes their missions, initially reliving through [[Kingdom Hearts χ|the events leading up to the Keyblade War]], and later making use of the newly created Union χ, joining a party of fellow Dandelions and traveling to new worlds. Soon, Player begins having nightmares of the Keyblade War. Chirithy, concerned about the frequency of Player's nightmares, reports this to Ephemer and Skuld, who encourages Chirithy to protect Player from the truth. Afterward, Ephemer and Skuld begin to investigate new impending darkness in the world.{{storylink|Quest 670: Target: Chill Ripper Pt. 5}} | Meanwhile, Player resumes their missions, initially reliving through [[Kingdom Hearts χ|the events leading up to the Keyblade War]], and later making use of the newly created Union χ, joining a party of fellow Dandelions and traveling to new worlds. Soon, Player begins having nightmares of the Keyblade War. Chirithy, concerned about the frequency of Player's nightmares, reports this to Ephemer and Skuld, who encourages Chirithy to protect Player from the truth. Afterward, Ephemer and Skuld begin to investigate new impending darkness in the world.{{storylink|Quest 670: Target: Chill Ripper Pt. 5}} | ||
Maleficent, who had somehow managed to travel back in time, finds she is unable to take over her world in the past. She encounters an unknown figure called Darkness who explains that the world she is in is only a data simulation, created to prevent her from interfering with the past.{{storylink|Quest 841: Sweeping Away the Heartless Pt. 1}} Refusing to let her stay, due to the damage her knowledge of the future could cause, Darkness guides her to the tower in Daybreak Town, telling her to use the lifeboat at its center to return to the real world and to her time. Lauriam investigates Strelitzia's disappearance, aided by his fellow party member Elrena, before confronting Maleficent in the tower. However, Maleficent defeats him and escapes.{{storylink|Quest 940}} Upon returning to the real world, Darkness instructs Maleficent to use another pod to return to the future. Meanwhile, glitches begin appearing in Daybreak Town. With | Maleficent, who had somehow managed to travel back in time, finds she is unable to take over her world in the past. She encounters an unknown figure called Darkness who explains that the world she is in is only a data simulation, created to prevent her from interfering with the past.{{storylink|Quest 841: Sweeping Away the Heartless Pt. 1}} Refusing to let her stay, due to the damage her knowledge of the future could cause, Darkness guides her to the tower in Daybreak Town, telling her to use the lifeboat at its center to return to the real world and to her time. Lauriam investigates Strelitzia's disappearance, aided by his fellow party member Elrena, before confronting Maleficent in the tower. However, Maleficent defeats him and escapes.{{storylink|Quest 940}} Upon returning to the real world, Darkness instructs Maleficent to use another pod to return to the future. Meanwhile, glitches begin appearing in Daybreak Town. With Player's help, Brain discovers the glitches are an effect of the datascape being forcibly connected to a data world that was never connected to the original Daybreak Town.{{storylink|Quest 871: The Control Room}} While searching the Book of Prophecies for a solution, Brain finds the Master's list and discovers that Ventus is not one of the intended Union leaders, suspecting that Ventus was manipulated into replacing Strelitzia. It turns out he is the one responsible for Strelitzia's demise, having been manipulated by Darkness (who was disguised as Ava) into doing so.{{storylink|Quest 960: To the Race Track! Pt. 5}} Lauriam returns to the tower and gets into a heated fight with the others when he mistakenly assumes they had something to do with Strelitzia’s death. The situation worsens when Ventus reveals that it was he who killed Strelitzia, before Darkness emerges from him and reveals itself to the others.{{storylink|Quest 965: Pest Control Pt. 3}} | ||
While talking with the entity the Union Leaders | While talking with the entity, the Union Leaders discover that Darkness inhabited Ventus with no specific goal or motive. Darkness also claims that Ventus wanted power, and that taking the spot of a Union Leader would have satisfied that desire - so it manipulated Ventus into striking down Strelitzia. Ephemer counters that Ventus would not go to such lengths, but Darkness states that the method of obtaining power does not matter. Lauriam realizes that this means Strelitzia specifically did not need to die, and he attacks Darkness - but he is defeated easily in his weakened state. Brain steps forward and asks Darkness further questions. Darkness instead claims that it inhabited Ventus because such was written in the Book of Prophecies - and that Darkness and the Master of Masters are old friends. Brain finally asks if Darkness is the only one of its kind in the room, to which it agrees. With all the answers he needed, Brain summons his Keyblade and battles Darkness alongside Ephemer and Skuld. {{storylink|Quest 970: Pest Control Pt. 8}} | ||
Meanwhile, as Player | Meanwhile, as Player continues to investigate the glitches, they have multiple encounters with Darklings which repeatedly state the words "Not You". Chirithy finally demands to know why the Darklings are following them if Player is not who it wants, but the creature does not respond and is destroyed once again. Chirithy ponders whether Darklings are drawn to Keyblade wielders, much like how the cy-bugs are drawn to the beacon - and who this wielder would be, if it is neither Player nor Ephemer. Regardless, Player and Chirithy return to Daybreak Town. {{storylink|Quest 976: Saving Sugar Rush}} | ||
After a fierce battle, Darkness defeats Brain and Skuld, leaving only Ephemer standing. Ephemer admits that he cannot win, and Darkness suggests calling the fight, but Brain defiantly suggests that Darkness is intent on stopping the Union Leaders for some purpose. Darkness explains that it can ride data signals very easily, and Brain asks why there was a need to hide inside Ventus. Darkness again cites the Book of Prophecies, but Skuld interjects that destiny is no excuse for Darkness's actions. With new resolve, Skuld and Brain stand up once more and summon their Keyblades. Darkness changes its story - while Darkness is many, in order to be one it needs a will. By taking hold of Ventus, Darkness could split into pure darkness and pure light - "willful and distinct". Lauriam awakens and realizes that it was Darkness rather than Ventus who killed Strelitzia, so he stands up and summons his Keyblade as well. Additionally, Player suddenly appears through a portal to aid the group. Darkness dismisses the superior numbers, stating that Daybreak Town will still succumb to darkness regardless. The lifeboats were meant to be the last line of defense if Darkness could not be defeated - once one pod is used, the data world begins a process to seal itself, ideally trapping Darkness inside it. Since Maleficent had used a pod to escape, the process had already begun. Ephemer refuses to believe that Ava would throw away the dandelions in such a way, and the group prepares to fight Darkness once more. | |||
Darkness disappears for a moment, before re-appearing and announcing that it cannot be destroyed, as it has no form. Darklings suddenly appear through a portal and surround Ventus, all stating "You", to Player's shock. Ventus gets up to dispel Darkness and the Darklings with a flash of light, and he maintains an aura of light as he speaks to Darkness. Ventus announces that, much like how Darkness used Ventus to reshape itself, Ventus will reshape Darkness into something that can be defeated. Ventus summons his Keyblade, but Lauriam tries to stop him, saying he does not want to lose Ventus too. Ventus reassures Lauriam, and strikes at Darkness anyway. | |||
In the real Daybreak Town, Darkness attempts to check the computer in the lifeboat room, only to be interrupted by Luxu, who walks in holding a figure wrapped in white. He states that the Master of Masters told him to be there, and he opens up one of the pods. He places the white-wrapped figure in the pod, calling it "a seed of light to be planted in the future. The true Dandelion." Five pods remain unused. | |||
In the data Daybreak Town, Darkness and the Master of Masters speak on a cliff overlooking the town. The Master reveals to Darkness that the Book of Prophecies does not give every detail of the future - only what the Gazing Eye sees, which parts of that the Master deems important, and which parts of that he would allow Darkness to know. Further, the Master explains that the lifeboat's time travel will cause its passenger to lose their body; to reclaim it, there must be a medium to rebuild their body, as well as someone who remembers them. The Master can therefore utilize the Gazing Eye as a medium, and Luxu as a source of memories, to travel to the future - which he used to create the Book of Prophecies. While there, he saw a world that he "can't even conceive". Darkness asks about the seven lifeboat pods and the "seven crowns", and the Master says that they are for the seven lights, though he does not know their identities.{{storylink|Quest 977: Darkness Looms}} | |||
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