Editing Terra-Xehanort

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{{Q|All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different.|Terra-Xehanort}}
'''Terra-Xehanort''', often simply called '''Xehanort''' and later briefly known as '''Ansem''', is the result of [[Master Xehanort]] forcing his heart into the body of [[Terra]], and is a major antagonist of the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. This incarnation of Xehanort is also the original persona of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] and [[Xemnas]]. Much like the members of [[Organization XIII]], Xehanort's name contains the letter "X", along with the anagrams of "Another" and "[[No Heart]]". As an incarnation of Master Xehanort, he is a major villain of the current series, which Nomura has titled the "Xehanort Saga".{{fact}}

==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
{{Q|Your body submits, your heart succumbs—so why does your mind resist?|Terra-Xehanort, prior to his fight with the Lingering Will}}
[[File:The Last Bastion of Free Will 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Terra-Xehanort trapped by the Lingering Will]]
Terra-Xehanort first appears at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] when Master Xehanort uses [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|his Keyblade]] to unlock his heart and possess Terra after the creation of the [[χ-blade]], seeking to use Terra's body as a younger and more powerful weapon as he ventures deeper into the mystery of the [[Keyblade War]]. Terra fails to shield himself with his [[Keyblade Armor|armor]], becoming Terra-Xehanort, a younger incarnation of the elderly [[Keyblade]] master. As he walks off, Terra-Xehanort is forced to battle the [[Lingering Will]], Terra's armor come alive through Terra's mind. Terra-Xehanort is knocked unconscious and is then sent to the [[Radiant Garden]] in a blast of light caused by the destruction of the χ-blade (and [[Vanitas]]) by [[Aqua]] and [[Ventus]]. The Lingering Will continues to reside in the Keyblade Graveyard from then on, [[Kingdom Hearts]] vanishing above it.

Aqua, learning from [[Yen Sid|Master Yen Sid]] that Terra's heart has been lost, is led to [[Radiant Garden]] through Terra's voice after hearing it when she leaves a comatose Ventus to rest peacefully in [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|a chamber]] in [[Castle Oblivion|the newly reshaped Land of Departure]]. It is in the Radiant Garden that Aqua meets Terra-Xehanort. Confused about his identity (due to the conflicting hearts Terra and Master Xehanort within him), Terra-Xehanort attacks Aqua with [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade]] and [[Xehanort's Guardian|a Heartless-like guardian]]. 

[[File:With You 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Aqua sacrificing herself to save Terra]]
After the climatic battle, Terra begins to get the upper hand in his and Master Xehanort's internal struggle, which forces Terra-Xehanort to use the [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|Keyblade]] to force him out.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Final Episode''': "In a desparate move to rid himself of Terra once and for all, Xehanort turned his own Keyblade on himself, and began to sink into the pool of darkness that spilled forth."</ref> However, Terra-Xehanort falls into the [[Realm of Darkness]], Aqua diving in after him and sacrificing her armor and [[Stormfall|Keyblade]] to save what is left of Terra. After these events transpire, [[Braig]] takes fellow apprentice [[Dilan]] as well as their master [[Ansem the Wise]] to the location of the battle between Aqua and Terra-Xehanort, where the amnesiac Keyblade wielder lies unconscious with no memory at all, except the name "Xehanort". On Ansem's order, the amnesiac young man is taken back to the castle along with Aqua's armor and Keyblade.

Some time later, Braig attempts to start conversation with Xehanort, who he believes is still Terra-Xehanort, only to realise that Xehanort's amnesia seems to be genuine. Nevertheless, Braig promises to look out for Xehanort.
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===Between ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' and ''Kingdom Hearts''===
{{Q|Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day... With your permission, I'd like to proceed...|Xehanort}}
[[File:Blank Points 03 KHBBS.png|thumb|right|200px|Braig ponders if Xehanort is Terra]]
Over the years, Xehanort becomes Ansem's foremost apprentice. Eventually, Ansem begins to worry about the darkness that lingers within the hearts of others and seeks a way to stop it before it consumes his people. Ansem constructs a laboratory under his castle where he, Xehanort, and Ansem's five other assistants (Braig, [[Dilan]], [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]]) conduct experiments on darkness.

Xehanort, who Ansem has by now come to fully trust as an apprentice and friend, offers to use himself in the experiments. Ansem agrees, also hoping to unlock Xehanort's memories in addition to uncovering a way to repress the darkness within hearts. Xehanort, however, has other plans in mind though and decides to conduct his own experiments to go deeper into the research.

Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo carry out their own experiments where they abduct countless people and lock them within the depths of the laboratory where Xehanort conducts horrible experiments on the subjects. After using many test subjects, one set of experiments leads to the collapse of their hearts. The subjects then go into unrecoverable conditions and are locked up in the dungeon of the castle. Eventually, Xehanort checks on the subjects and sees that they have transformed into creatures of darkness, which he names "The [[Heartless]]" as they apparently lack hearts. At this point, Xehanort has taken Ansem the Wise's name as his own and writes his own report under this stolen name.

Xehanort then presents the Heartless with living and non-living samples; the Heartless only respond to the living. Xehanort witnesses the Heartless consume the living creatures and then multiply into more Heartless. Xehanort deduces that the Heartless seek the hearts of other things, which explains why they only react to living samples, in order to create more of their kind. Xehanort and his associates soon begin to slowly accept the darkness, allowing them to have limited control over the Heartless.

They in turn begin to look less and less human, a factor that Ansem himself realizes. When Ansem learns that his apprentices have continued with the research without his permission, he calls them together and orders them to cease their efforts immediately, all the while questioning what is happening to his loyal apprentices. Xehanort, however, sees his master as a fool with no understanding of research and secretly keeps the research operating.

After observing the behavior of the Heartless and their responses to living things, Xehanort takes one aside and observes its behavior. The Heartless begins to move throughout the castle until a door appears which Xehanort somehow manages to open. Behind the door is a humongous mass of energy to which the Heartless react immensely. The opening of this door leads to the collapse of the world's boundaries, seen in the form of a meteor shower. Xehanort eventually deduces that the door actually leads to the heart of that world and that the opening of this door has led to the collapse of the walls between worlds.

This allows inter-dimensional travel, and eventually a visitor named King Mickey Mouse arrives, having constructed a Gummi Ship, a spacecraft capable of breaking through world boundaries, out of materials from the meteors and used it to visit many different places in search of answers of recent events. Xehanort and Mickey meet and have huge discussions in which Xehanort, once again, learns of the Keyblade, a weapon that Mickey also possesses.

Xehanort also hears legends about the [[Princesses of Heart|seven princesses with pure hearts]] and how they have a connection to the Keyblade. The Keyblade can also be wielded by many, as long as their hearts qualify, and it seems there is a legend of one Keyblade bearer who went on a journey of destiny to seal off the doors to other worlds. Since this is not in Xehanort's interest, he seeks a way to find this weapon, which is ironic, given that his former self once wielded one, but was now lost. Mickey eventually meets and befriends Ansem the Wise and the two of them exchange theories and ideas in his office about what the Heartless could be after. Ansem decides to resist the urge to test their theories while expressing deep remorse for his actions, unaware that Xehanort has gone further than he himself even dared. Xehanort enters the office during their discussion, asking Ansem's permission to test an experiment. Ansem forbids Xehanort to conduct it and tells him to forget everything he learned from the research.

This, however, does not deter Xehanort, who continues with the experiments and creates a machine that creates artificial Heartless, all of which are marked with an emblem created by Xehanort in order to differentiate them from the pure-blood Heartless. King Mickey suspects something odd about Xehanort and tells Ansem to check his lab, collect all his data, and see if everything is under control.

Ansem does so and finally learns the full extent of Xehanort's treachery. Ansem orders his apprentices to seal off the laboratory and cease their scheme for knowledge. The order is followed, but Xehanort eventually banishes Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] and ravages the world with Heartless. The Heartless, under the command of Xehanort, begin spreading to other worlds and destroy numerous ones in their mad search for hearts. One side effect of the destruction of so many worlds is the creation of [[Traverse Town]], made up of the remains of the ruined worlds and populated by the few survivors of those said worlds.

Around this time, Xehanort restores the [[Master Control Program]] and [[Sark]] to the [[Hollow Bastion OS]].

Xehanort then abducts and sends [[Kairi]], a resident of Radiant Garden, to [[Destiny Islands|the oceans of other worlds]]. The reason for this is because Xehanort believes Kairi possesses a connection to the Keybearer, as she seems to posses power comparable to that of a Princess of Heart, which is rumoured to posses a connection to the Keyblade. He hopes to use her to find the Keyblade master and prevent him from sealing off the doors to other worlds.

Xehanort makes the final pages of his report, which outline his intentions as well as those of the Heartless. The Heartless seek to consume the hearts of all living things. However, they not only seek human hearts, but the hearts of the worlds themselves. Their ultimate goal is to collect enough hearts to form the biggest heart of all, the heart in which all that exist are evolved from: [[Kingdom Hearts]]. Xehanort decides to use the Heartless' instincts to make his own plans: like Master Xehanort before him, to find Kingdom Hearts in order to gain ultimate power, control, and knowledge. Xehanort also learns that the creation of a Heartless can also lead to the creation of another creature called a [[Nobody]], beings that are left over bodies of those whose hearts have been stolen away. They transform into an inhuman state and do not truly exist as they lack a heart to make them truly live.

Xehanort and the others eventually give themselves to the darkness to gain the ability to control all Heartless and wield the powers of darkness. They lose their hearts in the process and become powerful Nobodies. However, Xehanort is the only apprentice to have both [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|a human Heartless]] and [[Xemnas|a human Nobody]], both possessing the memories and personality traits prior to their creations. Since they possessed strong hearts and wills, Xehanort and the others are able to retain their human forms as Nobodies. Radiant Garden is almost completely destroyed, save for the castle and the mutated waterways, which had [[Hollow Bastion|several modifications]] done to it by Xehanort and the other apprentices, and most of its people are wiped out while some (like [[Leon]], [[Aerith]], [[Yuffie]], [[Cid]], and [[Merlin]]) manage to escape to places like Traverse Town.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===
{{Q|You......YOU started all of this! Because of you, Riku and Kairi.......|Sora to the painting of Xehanort}}
[[File:Xehanort Painting.png|thumb|right|The painting of Xehanort in Ansem's study]] 
[[Sora]] finds a painting of Xehanort while investigating Ansem the Wise's study. At first, he believes that Xehanort is Ansem the Wise, given that he is the original being of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|"Ansem"]], but following discussions with [[Tron]] and King Mickey, Sora finally realises the truth about Ansem and Xehanort, and seethes with fury at Xehanort's painting, labelling him as the cause of all the chaos and mostly Riku and Kairi's situation, although he remains in the dark about Xehanort's connections to Master Xehanort and Terra.

Xehanort himself appears in King Mickey's flashback, where Xehanort requests permission to proceed with an experiment but is denied by Ansem, a scenario which Mickey witnessed ten years ago. This memory is what leads Mickey to remember Xehanort's name and identify [[Xemnas]], the leader of [[Organization XIII]], as Xehanort's Nobody.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''===
{{Q|Would a single one of you suffice if what you faced was not a single one of him?|Yen Sid to Mickey about Xehanort}}
Following the complete debugging of Jiminy's Journal, Yen Sid informs Mickey that Xehanort has been revived following the defeat of Ansem and Xemnas, and further warns him that more than one form of him may have returned, though it is not made clear whether or not Xehanort has regained his memories.
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==Other appearances==
===''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''===
The final scene of the game's Tokyo Game Show 2011 trailer is shown from an unseen man's point of view. The viewer looks at the unconscious bodies of Even and Ienzo with darkness emanating from them and is confronted by Braig. The man responds by summoning Master Xehanort's Keyblade and stabbing Braig in the chest. Whether this man is Xehanort or the newly-created Xemnas has yet to be revealed.

In the February 2012 Special Trailer, Terra-Xehanort's painting is still present inside Ansem's study in Hollow Bastion.

Tetsuya Nomura has also commented that the game will feature numerous flashback scenes told from Terra-Xehanort's point of view, one of them the game's opening scene.

==Personality==
Upon his "birth" in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Terra-Xehanort appears to retain Master Xehanort's personality, including his knowledge of Darkness, thus being a mere younger incarnation of the elderly Keyblade Master. The only difference is the occasional interference by Terra, shown when Terra-Xehanort briefly asks Aqua who he is, and when he is briefly forced to stand still during the subsequent fight with her.

Shortly after Terra-Xehanort is defeated by the Lingering Will, and loses some of his memories, he ends up in Radiant Garden, and begins to question his existence upon meeting Aqua - by strangling her. By the time he is found by Braig, Dilan, and Ansem, he has lost all of his memories entirely—except for the name "Xehanort", although at one point, Braig insinuates that the amnesia is a mere ruse.

As one of Ansem's apprentices, Xehanort appears to have had a very professional and no-nonsense attitude, shown by his determination in his studies. He appeared to be easily annoyed by Braig and was shown to be equally as interested in the darkness of hearts as his original incarnation. Xehanort appeared frustrated when Ansem forbade him from continuing his studies and experiments, and ultimately disobeyed his master. When speaking to Xemnas, Ansem the Wise refers to Xehanort as "foolish" and that any world of his "would be an empire of ignorance".

==Appearance==
Terra-Xehanort's appearance is identical to Terra's, only with silver hair, darker skin and yellow eyes. He also bears a striking resemblance to Master Xehanort in his youth, and some of his physical traits are later carried on to Ansem and Xemnas.

As an apprentice under Ansem the Wise, Xehanort wears a white labcoat with rather loose sleeves that is partway zipped down. The coat also has pockets roughly where Xehanort's hips are. He wears black boots that are identical to those worn by Ansem, Xemnas, and the members of [[Organization XIII]], with a white/silver lining along the top and an indentation on the sides. Underneath his coat, Xehanort wears a grey vest overtop a white collar shirt, along with a purple ascot around his neck. During this time, his hair is worn long, with two bangs framing his face. His eyes have gone from yellow to brown. His hair also sports three backward-facing spikes, one at the top of his head, and one on either side, just above his ears.

==Abilities==
Terra-Xehanort, being a possessed version of [[Terra]], is able to use many of [[Terra]] and [[Master Xehanort]]'s old abilities. He wields [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade]], and uses it to perform techniques Ars Solum, a fast combo comprised of multiple hits. He can use Meteor and Quake as well, one of the few bosses that is able to heal with Curaga. When in desperate need of power, Terra-Xehanort gains access to the Dark Impulse [[Command Style]], as well as the [[Dark Volley]] and [[Ultima Cannon]] [[Shotlock]]s. Terra-Xehanort also appears to possess enhanced strength, able to effortlessly lift Aqua off the ground by the throat with one hand.

Xehanort also can call upon his [[Xehanort's Guardian|"Guardian"]], a [[Pureblood Heartless]]-like symbiote that floats behind him and serves as both his main source of offense and defense. Its great power also makes it capable of slamming opponents with physical blows, possessing targets, and firing dark energy projectiles. While Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, can also use the Guardian in other installments, its first chronological appearance is during Terra-Xehanort's battle with Aqua in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''.   

===Weapon===
After Master Xehanort possesses Terra towards the end of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Terra-Xehanort is able to wield Master Xehanort's Keyblade. The weapon has a spiky shaft, a gleaming eye found near the teeth, which look similar to a battle ax. It is black and silver in coloration, able to lock and unlock hearts, appearing similar to the [[Oblivion]] Keyblade. It also contains two demonic blue eyes; one above the handle and the other one on the head, similar to the [[Soul Eater]], [[Way to the Dawn]], and [[Void Gear]]. Terra-Xehanort uses the weapon to perform long, powerful combo attacks, as well as use several powerful desperation attacks. After Terra-Xehanort loses his memories, he loses his ability to wield this weapon, but following his restoration twelve years later, Yen Sid claims that one Keyblade Master will not be enough to counter the new threat, leaving it open as to whether or not Xehanort has regained his memories.

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File:Master Xehanort's Keyblade KHBBS.png|Master Xehanort's Keyblade
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==Gallery==
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File:Terra-Xehanort KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort's first attire
File:Terra-Xehanort (with Guardian) KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort and his Guardian
File:The Last Bastion of Free Will 03 KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort after being "born" at the Keyblade Graveyard
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==Trivia==
*Terra-Xehanort does not serve as a boss battle until the series' sixth installment, ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Until ''Birth by Sleep'', he was known as '''Xehanort''' and built up to be the main villain of the Xehanort Saga, although that game's events appear to place Master Xehanort in that role instead.
*Terra-Xehanort's first sentences after coming into existence are nearly word-for-word of what Ansem says when Sora finally confronts him in the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''.

==See also==
* [[Master Xehanort]]
* [[Terra]]
* [[Lingering Will]]
* [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]]
* [[Xemnas]]
* [[No Heart]]

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-{{Q|All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it—it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came.|Terra-Xehanort}}
+{{Q|All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different.|Terra-Xehanort}}
-'''Terra-Xehanort''', also referred to as '''Xehanort''' and '''Ansem'''<!--, and '''Not-Ansem'''<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'''''; '''Donald:''' "It's the guy who's NOT Ansem!" / '''Goofy:''' "You mean it's his Nobody!"</ref>-->, is the result of [[Master Xehanort]]'s [[heart]] forced into [[Terra]]'s [[body]], and the human form of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]] and [[Xemnas]]. He is a member of the [[real Organization XIII]].
+'''Terra-Xehanort''', often simply called '''Xehanort''' and later briefly known as '''Ansem''', is the result of [[Master Xehanort]] forcing his heart into the body of [[Terra]], and is a major antagonist of the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. This incarnation of Xehanort is also the original persona of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] and [[Xemnas]]. Much like the members of [[Organization XIII]], Xehanort's name contains the letter "X", along with the anagrams of "Another" and "[[No Heart]]". As an incarnation of Master Xehanort, he is a major villain of the current series, which Nomura has titled the "Xehanort Saga".{{fact}}
 ==Story==
 ===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
-{{Q|Your body submits, your heart succumbs—so why does your mind resist?|Terra-Xehanort prior to fighting with the Lingering Will}}
+{{Q|Your body submits, your heart succumbs—so why does your mind resist?|Terra-Xehanort, prior to his fight with the Lingering Will}}
-In order to replace his aged, dying body and survive the second [[Keyblade War]], Master Xehanort leads Terra into being seduced by the [[darkness]], eventually succeeding just as he is defeated by the youth at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]]. Turning the [[No Name]] on himself, he releases his heart and casts it into Terra's body, creating "Terra-Xehanort". However, Terra's anger animated his former armor as the [[Lingering Will]], which attacks Terra-Xehanort and knocks him out.<!--http://www.mediafire.com/view/vf01a910fdv9xo4/xehanort+exp+record+%28full+size+translated%29.png# Xehanort Experience record--> In the ravine below, [[Aqua]] and [[Ventus]] manage to defeat Vanitas and destroy the [[χ-blade]], creating a lightstorm that sweeps Terra-Xehanort away to [[Radiant Garden]].
+[[File:The Last Bastion of Free Will 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Terra-Xehanort trapped by the Lingering Will]]
+Terra-Xehanort first appears at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] when Master Xehanort uses [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|his Keyblade]] to unlock his heart and possess Terra after the creation of the [[χ-blade]], seeking to use Terra's body as a younger and more powerful weapon as he ventures deeper into the mystery of the [[Keyblade War]]. Terra fails to shield himself with his [[Keyblade Armor|armor]], becoming Terra-Xehanort, a younger incarnation of the elderly [[Keyblade]] master. As he walks off, Terra-Xehanort is forced to battle the [[Lingering Will]], Terra's armor come alive through Terra's mind. Terra-Xehanort is knocked unconscious and is then sent to the [[Radiant Garden]] in a blast of light caused by the destruction of the χ-blade (and [[Vanitas]]) by [[Aqua]] and [[Ventus]]. The Lingering Will continues to reside in the Keyblade Graveyard from then on, [[Kingdom Hearts]] vanishing above it.
-After Aqua secures the stricken Ven within [[Castle Oblivion]], Terra's heart calls out to her to put an end to his possessed body. She finds him, amnesiac, within Radiant Garden's [[Central Square]], but he attacks her when Xehanort's heart stirs. She fights him off as Terra's heart struggles within, and the frustrated Terra-Xehanort turns his Keyblade on himself to rid himself of Terra's influence, inadvertently summoning a deluge of darkness that drags him into the [[Realm of Darkness]].<!-- Wasn't this done by Terra's will--><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', Final Episode''': "In a desperate move to rid himself of Terra once and for all, Xehanort turned his own Keyblade on himself, and began to sink into the pool of darkness that spilled forth."</ref> Aqua follows and sends him back to the [[Realm of Light]] using her [[Keyblade Armor]] and [[Stormfall|Keyblade]], while she herself falls deeper into the darkness.
+Aqua, learning from [[Yen Sid|Master Yen Sid]] that Terra's heart has been lost, is led to [[Radiant Garden]] through Terra's voice after hearing it when she leaves a comatose Ventus to rest peacefully in [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|a chamber]] in [[Castle Oblivion|the newly reshaped Land of Departure]]. It is in the Radiant Garden that Aqua meets Terra-Xehanort. Confused about his identity (due to the conflicting hearts Terra and Master Xehanort within him), Terra-Xehanort attacks Aqua with [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade]] and [[Xehanort's Guardian|a Heartless-like guardian]].
-[[File:Where the Heart Goes 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Ansem the Wise finds Terra-Xehanort at the Central Square in Radiant Garden.]]
+[[File:With You 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Aqua sacrificing herself to save Terra]]
-Terra-Xehanort is once more found comatose and amnesiac in Central Square, this time by his co-conspirator [[Braig]], who leads [[Dilan]] and their master, [[Ansem the Wise]], to the young man's location. Only able to recall the name "Xehanort", he is quickly taken back to Ansem's castle, where he is nursed back to health and becomes one of the king's best apprentices, serving as a research assistant alongside his other apprentices, Braig, Dilan, [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]].<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject. The young man has served me ever since I nursed him back from death's door some years ago. He had lost all his memories at the time, but later showed remarkable intellectual curiosity and readily absorbed my teachings, gaining deep wisdom."</ref>
+After the climatic battle, Terra begins to get the upper hand in his and Master Xehanort's internal struggle, which forces Terra-Xehanort to use the [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|Keyblade]] to force him out.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Final Episode''': "In a desparate move to rid himself of Terra once and for all, Xehanort turned his own Keyblade on himself, and began to sink into the pool of darkness that spilled forth."</ref> However, Terra-Xehanort falls into the [[Realm of Darkness]], Aqua diving in after him and sacrificing her armor and [[Stormfall|Keyblade]] to save what is left of Terra. After these events transpire, [[Braig]] takes fellow apprentice [[Dilan]] as well as their master [[Ansem the Wise]] to the location of the battle between Aqua and Terra-Xehanort, where the amnesiac Keyblade wielder lies unconscious with no memory at all, except the name "Xehanort". On Ansem's order, the amnesiac young man is taken back to the castle along with Aqua's armor and Keyblade.
-Some time later, within Terra-Xehanort, Master Xehanort and Terra's hearts argue over Terra's fate, both certain that they alone will one day succeed, and the elderly Master realizes that [[Eraqus]]'s heart has also taken root within Terra's. In the physical world, Braig attempts to discern whether "Xehanort" is truly amnesiac, or possibly actually Terra, but the confused youth shrugs him off, convincing Braig to bide his time.
+Some time later, Braig attempts to start conversation with Xehanort, who he believes is still Terra-Xehanort, only to realise that Xehanort's amnesia seems to be genuine. Nevertheless, Braig promises to look out for Xehanort.
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 ===Between ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' and ''Kingdom Hearts''===
-{{Q|Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day... With your permission, I'd like to proceed—|Xehanort to Ansem the Wise}}
+{{Q|Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day... With your permission, I'd like to proceed...|Xehanort}}
-[[File:Blank Points 10 KHBBS.png|thumb|200px|Xehanort, now as an apprentice for Ansem the Wise.]]
+[[File:Blank Points 03 KHBBS.png|thumb|right|200px|Braig ponders if Xehanort is Terra]]
-In order to protect the people of Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise resolved to investigate how darkness originates and spreads within the heart.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 1]]''''': "Darkness...Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness."</ref> Xehanort volunteered to be a test subject for a series of psychological tests, which Ansem and Even hoped would uncover Xehanort's repressed memories.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 1]]''''': "I shall perform an experiment to probe the depths of a person's heart. One of my own apprentices, Xehanort, has volunteered to be a subject."</ref> At Ienzo's encouragement, Ansem constructed a massive laboratory, the [[Chamber of Repose]],<ref name="Chamber">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]''''', '''Xigbar''': "The 'Chamber of Repose'. If you recall, that's where we spent our time researching the darkness that resides within people's hearts. It's a graveyard that was sealed by order of Ansem the Wise. The first thing Xemnas did once he got rid of him was to undo the seal and build a room in the back. Ever since then, he holds himself up in that room when he can, and he talks to someone."</ref> beneath his castle, to further investigate the heart and the darkness that lies within it.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "Spurred on by my youngest apprentice, Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> Eventually, he abandoned the research, deeming it too dangerous to continue.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Ansem the Wise''': "The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds."</ref>
+Over the years, Xehanort becomes Ansem's foremost apprentice. Eventually, Ansem begins to worry about the darkness that lingers within the hearts of others and seeks a way to stop it before it consumes his people. Ansem constructs a laboratory under his castle where he, Xehanort, and Ansem's five other assistants (Braig, [[Dilan]], [[Even]], [[Aeleus]], and [[Ienzo]]) conduct experiments on darkness.
-Without his knowledge, Xehanort and the other apprentices decided to experiment further than Ansem had ever intended, abducting large numbers of test subjects and actually cultivating greater darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 2]]''''': "I confined those who had completely lost their hearts beneath the castle. Some time later, I went below and was greeted by the strangest sight. Creatures that seemed born of darkness...What are they? Are they truly sentient beings? Could they be the shadows of those who lost their hearts in my experiments?"</ref> Around this time, Xehanort and the apprentices found a teenage girl who had no memories in the central square of [[Radiant Garden]]. With Ansem having stopped his experiments, Xehanort took the opportunity to continue Ansem's work by experimenting on this girl.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 3]]''''': "After his initial experiments on me, Ansem the Wise ceased his research into the heart, his hand stayed by some fear I cannot fathom. Yet this new subject is like me: devoid of memories. She is the perfect sample upon which to continue my master's work. She, too, could benefit from it; by traversing the heart, we have a direct path into memory. I myself have begun to reclaim my lost past thanks to these very experiments."</ref>
+Xehanort, who Ansem has by now come to fully trust as an apprentice and friend, offers to use himself in the experiments. Ansem agrees, also hoping to unlock Xehanort's memories in addition to uncovering a way to repress the darkness within hearts. Xehanort, however, has other plans in mind though and decides to conduct his own experiments to go deeper into the research.
-Eventually, Xehanort came to believe that the girl, known only as [[Subject X]], came not only from another world but from another time, the age of fairy tales.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Subject's memories have not returned, and our conversations remain less than lucid. What fragments can be gleaned evoke a bygone world, like one out of fairy tales. As improbable as it seems, the question may not be where she has come from, but when. If she truly has crossed through time, the prospect of probing her heart is all the more compelling."</ref> The apprentices attempted to control their other subjects' minds and convince them to renounce their sense of self, but this caused the subjects' hearts to collapse, so they imprisoned the stricken victims under the castle.<ref name="Experiment">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Xemnas''': "Our experiments creating Heartless were attempts to control the mind, and convince it to renounce its sense of self."</ref> Subject X was not among those whose hearts had collapsed, for which Xehanort was grateful.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "My pilot studies used a handful of subjects, but none possessed the fortitude to endure them. Ultimately, all suffered a mental collapse. I knew it would be a heavy blow to lose a subject as unique as she."</ref> Xehanort also masqueraded himself as Ansem in order to subvert the king's [[Hollow Bastion OS|computer system]], which he used to re-install the malicious [[MCP]] and record his secret research in a follow-up to [[Ansem's Report]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Tron''': "But Ansem is also the one who brought back the MCP. The Ansem I first knew wouldn't do that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."</ref> These experiments generated creatures which Xehanort named "[[Pureblood Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 3]]''''': "They still need a name. Those who lack hearts... I will call them the Heartless."</ref> Excited, the apprentices provided the Heartless with victims to see how they would react, discovering that the [[Heartless]] multiplied after consuming their victims' hearts, which led them to believe that these Heartless were in fact manifestations of the darkness within hearts.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 4]]''''': "It's just occurred to me: Could they be the darkness in people's hearts?"</ref>
+Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo carry out their own experiments where they abduct countless people and lock them within the depths of the laboratory where Xehanort conducts horrible experiments on the subjects. After using many test subjects, one set of experiments leads to the collapse of their hearts. The subjects then go into unrecoverable conditions and are locked up in the dungeon of the castle. Eventually, Xehanort checks on the subjects and sees that they have transformed into creatures of darkness, which he names "The [[Heartless]]" as they apparently lack hearts. At this point, Xehanort has taken Ansem the Wise's name as his own and writes his own report under this stolen name.
-Further investigations with the Heartless led them to discover Radiant Garden's [[Keyhole]] beneath the castle in the form of a door which Xehanort somehow opened.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 5]]''''': "To study the Heartless behavior, I picked one out for observation. It wiggled its antennae and, as if sensing a target, headed deep into the castle. In the deepest part of the castle, its antennae began vibrating, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a strange door appeared. I'd never known of its existence. It had a large keyhole, but didn't seem to be locked. So I opened the door. What I saw on the other side mystified me. What was that powerful mass of energy?"</ref> They deduced that it contained the world's heart and allowed the Heartless to tamper with it, causing the walls between worlds to begin deteriorating in a shower of [[Gummi Block]]s.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 6]]''''': "The Heartless feed on other's hearts, and they yearn for that energy core. That thing beyond the door must be a heart, too--the heart of this world. There is no proof, but, having felt that immense energy, I am certain. That was the heart of the world."</ref> The apprentices began to study these blocks, while simultaneously converting the Chamber of Repose into a [[Heartless Manufactory]] which used the Pureblood Heartless to create new, synthetic Heartless, which Xehanort branded with an [[Symbols in the Kingdom Hearts series#Heartless|insignia]] and named "[[Emblem Heartless]]".<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 8]]''''': "As a start, I have built a device that artificially creates Heartless. By recreating the conditions that spawn the Heartless naturally, I should be able to produce them artificially. This device is the culmination of all my research thus far. The machine's test run successfully created a Heartless. This may be a step toward creating a heart from nothing. The artificially and naturally created Heartless showed nearly identical traits. But the two types remain distinct for the purpose of the experiment. So, I will mark the ones that are created artificially."</ref>
+Xehanort then presents the Heartless with living and non-living samples; the Heartless only respond to the living. Xehanort witnesses the Heartless consume the living creatures and then multiply into more Heartless. Xehanort deduces that the Heartless seek the hearts of other things, which explains why they only react to living samples, in order to create more of their kind. Xehanort and his associates soon begin to slowly accept the darkness, allowing them to have limited control over the Heartless.
-[[File:The King's Memory 05 KHII.png|thumb|left|Xehanort seemingly acquiesces to stopping the research.]]
+They in turn begin to look less and less human, a factor that Ansem himself realizes. When Ansem learns that his apprentices have continued with the research without his permission, he calls them together and orders them to cease their efforts immediately, all the while questioning what is happening to his loyal apprentices. Xehanort, however, sees his master as a fool with no understanding of research and secretly keeps the research operating.
-Xehanort and the apprentices presented Ansem with some of the results of their research, such as the existence of the Heartless and the door beneath the castle.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "The doors that appeared. The place the Heartless seek. I fear my research may have brought this upon us..."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Xehanort''': "Master Ansem. Regarding the experiment I presented the other day...With your permission, I'd like to proceed—"</ref> However, Ansem suspected that the experiment was connected to the increased instability of the worlds, and his suspicions eventually led him to discover that his apprentices had been abducting test subjects. Distraught, he ordered them to cease the experiment and destroy their research, then sealed off the laboratory.<ref name="Chamber"/><ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "Unbeknownst to me, my six apprentices then began collecting a large number of subjects on which to perform dangerous experiments into the "darkness of the heart." As soon as I found out, I called my apprentices together and ordered them not only to cease their studies, but to destroy the results of their research thus far.</ref> After this Subject X disappeared. Xehanort believed she had been hidden away by Ansem,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 4]]''''': "Where is Subject X now? Has "wise" Master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref> though she had actually been taken by Braig.<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 1]]''''': "One day, a man came to take me from the prison. I could not see him for the darkness, save that he wore an eyepatch."</ref>
-Shortly afterward, [[King Mickey]] arrived at Radiant Garden via [[Gummi Ship]], seeking the source of the darkness that had begun to threaten the worlds. Ansem and Mickey had a long conversation in [[Ansem's Study|his study]] about the [[Keyblade]], the Gummi Ship, and the stability of the worlds, upon which the intrigued apprentice apparently eavesdropped.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 2]]''''': "A tiny king named Mickey came wielding a legendary key — the infamous "Keyblade," said to bring both chaos and prosperity to the world. He was very knowledgeable on many topics, and we deepened our friendship as we conversed companionably."</ref> At the end of the conversation, Xehanort interrupted to request that Ansem reconsider ending their experiments, but was vehemently denied.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Ansem the Wise''': "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors, and the heart of all worlds. That place must not be defiled!"</ref> Frustrated, Xehanort secretly returned to the Ansem's Report, logging the details of Ansem and Mickey's conversation under the pretense that he himself was Ansem.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 9]]''''': "Simply astonishing! Today I had a guest from another world. He is a king, and his vessel is built of the material that composed the meteors."</ref> However, on Mickey's advice, Ansem reviewed the research data, discovering Xehanort's additions to his report, and the true depths of his apprentices' depravity. No longer able to conceal themselves, Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, and Aeleus banished Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] in order to continue their research<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 3]]''''': "In the "Ansem's Reports" my apprentice Xehanort had written under my name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement. (...) I, too, have had everything taken away from me, banished to a hollow realm of nothingness.</ref>, lying to Ienzo about what had happened.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''', '''Ienzo:''' "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us."</ref> Xehanort unsealed the Chamber of Repose, and built a room at the back to hide Aqua's Keyblade Armor and Keyblade.<ref name="Chamber"/>
+After observing the behavior of the Heartless and their responses to living things, Xehanort takes one aside and observes its behavior. The Heartless begins to move throughout the castle until a door appears which Xehanort somehow manages to open. Behind the door is a humongous mass of energy to which the Heartless react immensely. The opening of this door leads to the collapse of the world's boundaries, seen in the form of a meteor shower. Xehanort eventually deduces that the door actually leads to the heart of that world and that the opening of this door has led to the collapse of the walls between worlds.
-[[File:Lost Memories 01 KHMOM.png|thumb|200px|Xehanort prepares a young Kairi before sending her into the unknown.]]
+This allows inter-dimensional travel, and eventually a visitor named King Mickey Mouse arrives, having constructed a Gummi Ship, a spacecraft capable of breaking through world boundaries, out of materials from the meteors and used it to visit many different places in search of answers of recent events. Xehanort and Mickey meet and have huge discussions in which Xehanort, once again, learns of the Keyblade, a weapon that Mickey also possesses.
-Wanting to seek out the "world of the Heartless" and gain power over darkness, Xehanort decided to track down the wielder of the Keyblade and the [[Princesses of Heart]]. In order to do so, he resolved to cast off his body and become a Heartless himself.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 10]]''''': "My path is set. I shall seek out the wielder of the Keyblade, and the princesses. My body is too frail for such a journey, but I must do this. I will cast it off and plunge into the depths of darkness."</ref> After choosing and abducting a young girl named [[Kairi]] while she was under attack from the Heartless, Xehanort sealed her in a [[Lifeboat]] to release her from the world. He explained to her that if she was a Princess of Heart, she would find her way to a Keyblade wielder's world, but warned her that if she were to end up on the other side of reality, they would fail.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory}} He then set her free into the worlds to observe.<ref>'''''[[Ansem's Report 11]]''''': "I've chosen a girl. I don't know if she holds the princesses' powers, but I will find out. She may lead me to the key bearer. I shall set her free and observe."</ref> In truth, it was the charm Aqua placed on Kairi, and not her nature as a pure [[light]], that led to her being drawn to [[Sora]] and [[Riku]] on the [[Destiny Islands]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "Why did Kairi end up with Sora and Riku?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "It has to do with Aqua's 'magic'. Nine years before ''Kingdom Hearts'', Kairi was thrust into the outside world and found herself on Sora and Riku's world. Ansem Seeker of Darkness thought that she had been able to search for a Keyblade wielder, but what actually saved her was the magic spell Aqua had put on her." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref>
-[[File:My Name is Ansem 02 KH3D.png|thumb|left|Xehanort transforms the apprentices into Nobodies.]]
+Xehanort also hears legends about the [[Princesses of Heart|seven princesses with pure hearts]] and how they have a connection to the Keyblade. The Keyblade can also be wielded by many, as long as their hearts qualify, and it seems there is a legend of one Keyblade bearer who went on a journey of destiny to seal off the doors to other worlds. Since this is not in Xehanort's interest, he seeks a way to find this weapon, which is ironic, given that his former self once wielded one, but was now lost. Mickey eventually meets and befriends Ansem the Wise and the two of them exchange theories and ideas in his office about what the Heartless could be after. Ansem decides to resist the urge to test their theories while expressing deep remorse for his actions, unaware that Xehanort has gone further than he himself even dared. Xehanort enters the office during their discussion, asking Ansem's permission to test an experiment. Ansem forbids Xehanort to conduct it and tells him to forget everything he learned from the research.
-By this time, he had regained his Keyblade, and possibly his memories as well. Choosing to bring the other apprentices with him, he steals their hearts while finally abandoning his name and vocally taking that of his erstwhile master, Ansem, to Braig's confusion.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Braig''': "Hey! Do you remember now, or...Wait, did you never lose your memory?" / '''Xehanort''': "That's not my name. I'm not 'Xehanort.' My name...is Ansem."</ref>{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} In the process, this created the first eight members of [[Organization XIII]] including Isa and Lea,<ref>'''''[[Secret Report 6]]''''': "But we did not find her inside on that day or the next, or any of our subsequent visits. Had she been moved? Had we simply imagined her? Lea and I knew there was only one way to be certain. And so we stand before the castle gates today, not as trespassing children but in order to become Ansem the Wise's newest apprentices."</ref> as well as their Heartless. Xehanort himself was split into his Heartless, [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and his Nobody, [[Xemnas]]. By willingly releasing his own heart, the Heartless was able to retain his selfhood,<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 10]]''''': "But what if one willingly releases one's heart from one's body? Sora and Xehanort retained their selfhood even after becoming Heartless."</ref> and so both attempted to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts]] in their own way.<ref>'''''[[Secret Ansem Report 13]]''''': "His Heartless had attempted to draw out the great darkness of Kingdom Hearts, created from the hearts of all worlds. His Nobody, however, is now almost finished gathering human hearts to be assimilated into Kingdom Hearts as well."</ref> All the while, the two halves secretly cooperated on Master Xehanort's desire to create the [[χ-blade]].<ref>''''''The Story So Far: Darkness''''', '''Chirithy:''' "Master Xehanort's second attempt to start the [[Keyblade War]] involved pitting seven pure lights against thirteen darknesses. His heart and body acted separately. His heart, Ansem, manipulated [[Riku]] and [[Maleficent]] into capturing the seven pure lights he needs, the [[Princesses of Heart]]. His body, Xemnas, founded [[Organization XIII]], who would serve as the thirteen darknesses."</ref>
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-===''Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-''===
+This, however, does not deter Xehanort, who continues with the experiments and creates a machine that creates artificial Heartless, all of which are marked with an emblem created by Xehanort in order to differentiate them from the pure-blood Heartless. King Mickey suspects something odd about Xehanort and tells Ansem to check his lab, collect all his data, and see if everything is under control.
-[[File:Reunion 04 KH0.2.png|thumb|Xehanort struggles with Terra for control of their body.]]
-In the remains of [[Enchanted Dominion]], Aqua encounters phantoms of Terra and Ventus, pursuing them through the Forest of Thorns. Eventually, she catches up with them. Terra speaks to her, explaining to her that his heart is tied to the darkness and that he too is corrupted. He warns her that Xehanort is looking for Ventus, but as she explains that she has hidden Ventus somewhere where no one will find him, Terra's spirit transforms into Terra-Xehanort. Terra-Xehanort wonders if Ventus is in the [[Chamber of Waking]] and, when questioned by Aqua, begins to reveal his identity. However, Terra overpowers Xehanort's will, informing her of Xehanort's ruse. Surprised, Xehanort summons the Dark Figure's hands to drag Aqua into darkness, but his enraged host summons chains of light to fend off Xehanort.
+Ansem does so and finally learns the full extent of Xehanort's treachery. Ansem orders his apprentices to seal off the laboratory and cease their scheme for knowledge. The order is followed, but Xehanort eventually banishes Ansem to the [[Realm of Darkness]] and ravages the world with Heartless. The Heartless, under the command of Xehanort, begin spreading to other worlds and destroy numerous ones in their mad search for hearts. One side effect of the destruction of so many worlds is the creation of [[Traverse Town]], made up of the remains of the ruined worlds and populated by the few survivors of those said worlds.
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-===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===
+Around this time, Xehanort restores the [[Master Control Program]] and [[Sark]] to the [[Hollow Bastion OS]].
-{{Q|You......YOU started all of this! Because of you, Riku and Kairi.......|Sora to the painting of Xehanort}}
-[[File:The Truth About Ansem 02 KHII.png|thumb|left|Sora and the others look at a painting of Xehanort in Ansem's study.]]
-While attempting to retrieve data on the Heartless and Organization XIII from Ansem's computer, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are sucked into [[Space Paranoids]] and meet [[Tron]], who informs them about the history of the [[Hollow Bastion OS]], and asks them to find the password to the  D.T.D. dataspace. While investigating Ansem the Wise's study, Sora finds a painting of Xehanort, who they believe to be "Ansem". After returning to Tron and helping him defeat the MCP, Tron informs him of his understanding that "Ansem" was responsible for installing the MCP, but when they return to King Mickey with their findings, he clarifies that the man they believe to be Ansem was actually the apprentice of the true king, Ansem the Wise.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''King Mickey''': "Well, the man in the picture is definitely the one who tried to take over Kingdom Hearts—the one you fellas defeated. But, what you actually fought was his Heartless. Ya see, he wasn't really Ansem. He just went around telling everybody that he was."</ref> Furious, Sora denounces the apprentice as the cause of all the chaos and his friends' suffering.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Sora''': "You...! You started all of this! Because of you, Riku and Kairi..."</ref>
-Shortly afterward, a massive horde of Heartless attack the town, and the friends rush out to investigate. While the castle is empty, Xemnas sneaks in to access the Chamber of Repose, which he unlocks using a password containing the names of Xehanort and the first five apprentices. As he travels to the room he built, he recalls the day Mickey met with Ansem and Xehanort. When Xemnas later appears at the {{c|Dark Depths|rg}}, Mickey recognizes his face as that of Ansem's apprentice, and finally recalls his name, "Xehanort".<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''King Mickey''': "Now I remember! Xehanort! Ansem's apprentice! The leader of Organization XIII is Xehanort's Nobody!"</ref>
+Xehanort then abducts and sends [[Kairi]], a resident of Radiant Garden, to [[Destiny Islands|the oceans of other worlds]]. The reason for this is because Xehanort believes Kairi possesses a connection to the Keybearer, as she seems to posses power comparable to that of a Princess of Heart, which is rumoured to posses a connection to the Keyblade. He hopes to use her to find the Keyblade master and prevent him from sealing off the doors to other worlds.
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-===''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''===
+Xehanort makes the final pages of his report, which outline his intentions as well as those of the Heartless. The Heartless seek to consume the hearts of all living things. However, they not only seek human hearts, but the hearts of the worlds themselves. Their ultimate goal is to collect enough hearts to form the biggest heart of all, the heart in which all that exist are evolved from: [[Kingdom Hearts]]. Xehanort decides to use the Heartless' instincts to make his own plans: like Master Xehanort before him, to find Kingdom Hearts in order to gain ultimate power, control, and knowledge. Xehanort also learns that the creation of a Heartless can also lead to the creation of another creature called a [[Nobody]], beings that are left over bodies of those whose hearts have been stolen away. They transform into an inhuman state and do not truly exist as they lack a heart to make them truly live.
-{{Q|Yes, little King. But Sora and another on your list belong to me now.|Master Xehanort}}
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-After Ansem and Xemnas were defeated, Terra's body was recompleted. However, his heart was trapped within the [[Dark Figure]] and his empty body was once again used as a vessel for Xehanort. When Dilan, Even, Aeleus, Ienzo, and [[Lea]] reawaken at the Heartless Manufactory, they quickly realize that Xehanort, Braig, and [[Isa]] are missing. Recognizing Xehanort's treachery, Lea resolves to go searching only for Braig and Isa.
-When Sora nears the end of his dream of [[The World That Never Was]], Xemnas appears alongside [[Xigbar]] and reminisces on the apprentices' original experiments.<ref name="Experiment"/>
+Xehanort and the others eventually give themselves to the darkness to gain the ability to control all Heartless and wield the powers of darkness. They lose their hearts in the process and become powerful Nobodies. However, Xehanort is the only apprentice to have both [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|a human Heartless]] and [[Xemnas|a human Nobody]], both possessing the memories and personality traits prior to their creations. Since they possessed strong hearts and wills, Xehanort and the others are able to retain their human forms as Nobodies. Radiant Garden is almost completely destroyed, save for the castle and the mutated waterways, which had [[Hollow Bastion|several modifications]] done to it by Xehanort and the other apprentices, and most of its people are wiped out while some (like [[Leon]], [[Aerith]], [[Yuffie]], [[Cid]], and [[Merlin]]) manage to escape to places like Traverse Town.
-Later, Terra-Xehanort wearing his [[black coat]] appeared alongside his fellow members of the real Organization XIII at [[Where Nothing Gathers]]. When Mickey confronts Master Xehanort, the resurrected Master gloats about condemning Terra to become his vessel.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Master Xehanort''': "The broken boy who failed to be the blade... the misguided master who sacrificed herself for a friend... and the feckless youth who became my new vessel."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''King Mickey''': "Seven guardians of light? Well, for Keyblade wielders, there's me and Riku and Sora. And my three missing friends, that's six. Then the seventh would be...That means...the thirteen seekers of darkness..." / '''Master Xehanort''': "Yes, little king. Perceptive. But Sora and another on your list belong to me now."</ref> As the heroes advance, the Organization's allotted time expires and its members's hearts, including Terra-Xehanort, retreat to their rightful points in time.
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===
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+{{Q|You......YOU started all of this! Because of you, Riku and Kairi.......|Sora to the painting of Xehanort}}
+[[File:Xehanort Painting.png|thumb|right|The painting of Xehanort in Ansem's study]]
+[[Sora]] finds a painting of Xehanort while investigating Ansem the Wise's study. At first, he believes that Xehanort is Ansem the Wise, given that he is the original being of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|"Ansem"]], but following discussions with [[Tron]] and King Mickey, Sora finally realises the truth about Ansem and Xehanort, and seethes with fury at Xehanort's painting, labelling him as the cause of all the chaos and mostly Riku and Kairi's situation, although he remains in the dark about Xehanort's connections to Master Xehanort and Terra.
-===''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''===
+Xehanort himself appears in King Mickey's flashback, where Xehanort requests permission to proceed with an experiment but is denied by Ansem, a scenario which Mickey witnessed ten years ago. This memory is what leads Mickey to remember Xehanort's name and identify [[Xemnas]], the leader of [[Organization XIII]], as Xehanort's Nobody.
-{{Q|Today is the day you all lose. Before you even face the thirteen, every last one of you will be torn heart from body. But fear not. The χ-blade will still be forged.|Terra-Xehanort's threat to the [[Seven Guardians of Light|guardians of light]].}}
-[[File:Light Expires 01 KHIII.png|thumb|200px|Terra-Xehanort reveals himself as a vessel.]]
-Terra-Xehanort first confronts the [[Guardians of Light]] in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], intent of extracting their hearts so the [[χ-blade]] can be forged without resistance. Initially posing as [[Terra]], [[Aqua]] sees through his facade and tells him to drop the act. He strikes down [[Ventus]] and [[Lea]], before [[Donald]] uses a [[Zettaflare]] to blast him away. However, a massive [[Demon Tide]] appears in his place, swallowing everyone and scattering them throughout the worlds.{{fact}} [[Sora]] uses the [[power of waking]] to save everyone's hearts from the [[Lich]] and return them to the moment before the attack. Thanks to [[Naminé]] reaching out to [[Lingering Will]], Terra-Xehanort is intercepted by it this time, and is forced to fight it off.
-The clash between Terra-Xehanort and Lingering Will continues for some time, with the sentient armor intent on ending the possessed Terra to protect Aqua and Ventus. However, Terra-Xehanort grabs it by its head via the Dark Figure, squeezing it. Before it can break, the future Sora arrives and frees it; however, Lingering Will takes a deathblow meant for Sora, falling apart. Terra-Xehanort sends Sora into darkness to await his fate for misusing the [[power of waking]].
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''===
+{{Q|Would a single one of you suffice if what you faced was not a single one of him?|Yen Sid to Mickey about Xehanort}}
+Following the complete debugging of Jiminy's Journal, Yen Sid informs Mickey that Xehanort has been revived following the defeat of Ansem and Xemnas, and further warns him that more than one form of him may have returned, though it is not made clear whether or not Xehanort has regained his memories.
+{{-}}
-[[File:From Chains to Bonds 06 KHIII.png|thumb|left|200px|Xehanort's heart being banished from Terra's body.]]
+==Other appearances==
-Terra-Xehanort later reappears along with [[Vanitas]], fighting off Aqua and Ventus. After his defeat, Aqua and Ventus attempt to get Terra to resist Xehanort's control, but Terra-Xehanort instead summons chains to wrap them up along with Sora. However, after Ventus says he kept his promise to be there for Terra, the Dark Figure manifests and breaks the chains before grabbing Terra-Xehanort by the face. It pulls the bandages over its face off, and speaks in Terra's voice, revealing to be a container for Terra's heart. Sora paralyzes Terra-Xehanort with a beam of light and Terra's heart flies back into his body, purging Xehanort's from it and returning Xehanort's heart to its proper place in time.
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''===
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+The final scene of the game's Tokyo Game Show 2011 trailer is shown from an unseen man's point of view. The viewer looks at the unconscious bodies of Even and Ienzo with darkness emanating from them and is confronted by Braig. The man responds by summoning Master Xehanort's Keyblade and stabbing Braig in the chest. Whether this man is Xehanort or the newly-created Xemnas has yet to be revealed.
-===''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]''===
+In the February 2012 Special Trailer, Terra-Xehanort's painting is still present inside Ansem's study in Hollow Bastion.
-[[File:The Answer 01 KHMOM.png|thumb|200px|Kairi's memory of Xehanort gives her a clue regarding Sora's whereabouts.]]
-When Kairi finds herself in a memory of the [[Final World]], she is accosted by a vision of Master Xehanort. After Sora takes over her body and defeats the phantom Xehanort, Xehanort transforms into Terra-Xehanort and recounts the words he had said to her before casting her out of Radiant Garden, explaining that these words hold a clue to Sora's whereabouts.
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-==Design==
+Tetsuya Nomura has also commented that the game will feature numerous flashback scenes told from Terra-Xehanort's point of view, one of them the game's opening scene.
-Terra-Xehanort's appearance is identical to Terra's, only with silver hair, yellow eyes, and pointy ears. He also bears a striking resemblance to Xehanort's youth, and some of his physical traits are later carried on to Ansem and Xemnas.
-As an apprentice under Ansem the Wise, Terra-Xehanort wears a white lab coat with rather loose sleeves that is partway zipped down. The coat also has pockets roughly where Terra-Xehanort's hips are. He wears black boots that are identical to those worn by Ansem, Xemnas, and the members of [[Organization XIII]], with a white/silver lining along the top and an indentation on the sides. Underneath his coat, Terra-Xehanort wears a grey vest over a white collar shirt, along with a purple ascot around his neck. During this time, his hair is worn long, resembling Ansem's but much shorter, with two bangs framing his face. His eyes have gone from yellow to brown then to yellow again and his hair has become whiter in color. His hair also sports three backward-facing spikes, one at the top of his head, and one on either side, just above his ears. The bangs and spikes also resemble those worn by Xemnas and Ansem.
+==Personality==
+Upon his "birth" in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Terra-Xehanort appears to retain Master Xehanort's personality, including his knowledge of Darkness, thus being a mere younger incarnation of the elderly Keyblade Master. The only difference is the occasional interference by Terra, shown when Terra-Xehanort briefly asks Aqua who he is, and when he is briefly forced to stand still during the subsequent fight with her.
-===Forms===
+Shortly after Terra-Xehanort is defeated by the Lingering Will, and loses some of his memories, he ends up in Radiant Garden, and begins to question his existence upon meeting Aqua - by strangling her. By the time he is found by Braig, Dilan, and Ansem, he has lost all of his memories entirely—except for the name "Xehanort", although at one point, Braig insinuates that the amnesia is a mere ruse.
-<gallery perrow="6">
-File:Terra-Xehanort KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort in Terra's attire.
-File:Xehanort KHII.png|Terra-Xehanort as an apprentice for Ansem the Wise.
-File:Terra-Xehanort KHIII.png|Terra-Xehanort wearing a black coat.
-</gallery>
-==Personality==
+As one of Ansem's apprentices, Xehanort appears to have had a very professional and no-nonsense attitude, shown by his determination in his studies. He appeared to be easily annoyed by Braig and was shown to be equally as interested in the darkness of hearts as his original incarnation. Xehanort appeared frustrated when Ansem forbade him from continuing his studies and experiments, and ultimately disobeyed his master. When speaking to Xemnas, Ansem the Wise refers to Xehanort as "foolish" and that any world of his "would be an empire of ignorance".
-Upon his creation, Terra-Xehanort appears to retain Xehanort's personality, including a knowledge of darkness, thus being a mere younger incarnation of the elderly Keyblade Master. The only difference is the occasional interference by Terra, shown when Terra-Xehanort briefly asks Aqua who he is, and when he is briefly forced to stand still during the subsequent fight with Aqua. Shortly after Terra-Xehanort is defeated by the Lingering Will, and loses some of his memories, he ends up in Radiant Garden, and begins to question his existence upon meeting Aqua - by strangling Aqua. By the time he is found by Braig, Dilan, and Ansem, he has lost all of his memories entirely—except for the name "Xehanort", however, Braig insinuates that the amnesia is a mere ruse.
-As one of Ansem the Wise's apprentices, Terra-Xehanort appears to have had a very professional and no-nonsense attitude, shown by his determination in his studies. He appeared to be easily annoyed by Braig and was shown to be equally as interested in the darkness of hearts as his original incarnation. Terra-Xehanort appeared frustrated when Ansem forbade him from continuing his studies and experiments, and ultimately disobeyed his master. His former master later refers to Terra-Xehanort as "foolish" and that any world of his "would be an empire of ignorance" while conversing with Xemnas, and makes further chastising comments while conversing with Ansem.
+==Appearance==
+Terra-Xehanort's appearance is identical to Terra's, only with silver hair, darker skin and yellow eyes. He also bears a striking resemblance to Master Xehanort in his youth, and some of his physical traits are later carried on to Ansem and Xemnas.
-Perhaps influenced by Terra's youth, Terra-Xehanort can be brash and direct with plans; instead of following Xehanort's plan to have the Organization and Guardians clash, he attempted to remove their hearts. However, a surprise attack from Lingering Will and future Sora seemed to put him back in his place.
+As an apprentice under Ansem the Wise, Xehanort wears a white labcoat with rather loose sleeves that is partway zipped down. The coat also has pockets roughly where Xehanort's hips are. He wears black boots that are identical to those worn by Ansem, Xemnas, and the members of [[Organization XIII]], with a white/silver lining along the top and an indentation on the sides. Underneath his coat, Xehanort wears a grey vest overtop a white collar shirt, along with a purple ascot around his neck. During this time, his hair is worn long, with two bangs framing his face. His eyes have gone from yellow to brown. His hair also sports three backward-facing spikes, one at the top of his head, and one on either side, just above his ears.
 ==Abilities==
-===Powers, attacks and magic===
+Terra-Xehanort, being a possessed version of [[Terra]], is able to use many of [[Terra]] and [[Master Xehanort]]'s old abilities. He wields [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade]], and uses it to perform techniques Ars Solum, a fast combo comprised of multiple hits. He can use Meteor and Quake as well, one of the few bosses that is able to heal with Curaga. When in desperate need of power, Terra-Xehanort gains access to the Dark Impulse [[Command Style]], as well as the [[Dark Volley]] and [[Ultima Cannon]] [[Shotlock]]s. Terra-Xehanort also appears to possess enhanced strength, able to effortlessly lift Aqua off the ground by the throat with one hand.
-As a fusion of Terra and Xehanort, Terra-Xehanort is able to use many of both Keyblade wielders' abilities, and combines Xehanort's magical prowess and wit with Terra's youthful agility and raw physical strength. He uses the [[No Name]] Keyblade to perform techniques like [[Ars Solum]], a fast combo comprised of multiple hits. He can use [[Meteor]] and [[Quake]] as well, and he is one of the few bosses that is able to heal with Curaga. When in desperate need of power, Terra-Xehanort gains access to the Dark Impulse [[Command Style]], as well as the [[Dark Volley]] and [[Ultima Cannon]] [[Shotlock]]s.
+Xehanort also can call upon his [[Xehanort's Guardian|"Guardian"]], a [[Pureblood Heartless]]-like symbiote that floats behind him and serves as both his main source of offense and defense. Its great power also makes it capable of slamming opponents with physical blows, possessing targets, and firing dark energy projectiles. While Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, can also use the Guardian in other installments, its first chronological appearance is during Terra-Xehanort's battle with Aqua in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''.
-Terra-Xehanort also can call upon the [[Dark Figure]], a [[Pureblood Heartless]]-like symbiote that floats behind him and serves as both his main source of offense and defense. The Dark Figure attacks Terra-Xehanort's enemies with physical blows and dark energy projectiles, and can also take possession of them. Terra-Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem, inherits the ability to summon the Dark Figure.
 ===Weapon===
-Terra-Xehanort wields the [[No Name]] Keyblade. The weapon has a spiky shaft, as well as the [[Gazing Eye]] near its teeth, which give the Keyblade a battle ax-like appearance. No Name is black and silver in coloration; it is able to unlock hearts and appears in its wielder's hand in a flash of dark energy. Another Gazing Eye appears on the Keyblade's keychain; Terra-Xehanort uses this Keyblade to perform long, powerful combos, as well as several desperation attacks. When Terra-Xehanort loses his memories, he also loses his ability to wield No Name. A year later, however, he regains the weapon and uses it to unlock Braig's heart.
+After Master Xehanort possesses Terra towards the end of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Terra-Xehanort is able to wield Master Xehanort's Keyblade. The weapon has a spiky shaft, a gleaming eye found near the teeth, which look similar to a battle ax. It is black and silver in coloration, able to lock and unlock hearts, appearing similar to the [[Oblivion]] Keyblade. It also contains two demonic blue eyes; one above the handle and the other one on the head, similar to the [[Soul Eater]], [[Way to the Dawn]], and [[Void Gear]]. Terra-Xehanort uses the weapon to perform long, powerful combo attacks, as well as use several powerful desperation attacks. After Terra-Xehanort loses his memories, he loses his ability to wield this weapon, but following his restoration twelve years later, Yen Sid claims that one Keyblade Master will not be enough to counter the new threat, leaving it open as to whether or not Xehanort has regained his memories.
 <center><gallery widths="120">
-File:No Name KH0.2.png|[[No Name]]
+File:Master Xehanort's Keyblade KHBBS.png|Master Xehanort's Keyblade
 </gallery></center>
+{{-}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="120">
+File:Terra-Xehanort KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort's first attire
+File:Terra-Xehanort (with Guardian) KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort and his Guardian
+File:The Last Bastion of Free Will 03 KHBBS.png|Terra-Xehanort after being "born" at the Keyblade Graveyard
+</gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*Terra-Xehanort does not serve as a boss battle until the series' sixth installment, ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Until ''Birth by Sleep'', he was known as '''Xehanort''' and built up to be the main villain of the Xehanort Saga, although that game's events appear to place Master Xehanort in that role instead.
+*Terra-Xehanort's first sentences after coming into existence are nearly word-for-word of what Ansem says when Sora finally confronts him in the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''.
-==Notes and references==
+==See also==
-{{reflist}}
+* [[Master Xehanort]]
+* [[Terra]]
+* [[Lingering Will]]
+* [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]]
+* [[Xemnas]]
+* [[No Heart]]
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