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Unlike other humanoid Nobodies, Naminé's talents do not lie in battle, but in the ability to control memories, making her a "witch". The ability comes from the fact that she is formed from Sora's soul and body, rather than Kairi's. Because of this connection, Naminé can move around the "links" of his memories that are located within his heart to her liking, as well as the ones of those who are connected to Sora. She can even sever them completely, turning the victim into little more than an empty shell, such as the Riku Replica when he threatened to defeat Sora. In addition, she can create objects affected by the new memories, evidenced by turning a card into a good luck charm for the Riku Replica and altering the appearance of Kairi's [[Wayfinder|Lucky Charm]] to resemble that of a [[paopu fruit]]. | Unlike other humanoid Nobodies, Naminé's talents do not lie in battle, but in the ability to control memories, making her a "witch". The ability comes from the fact that she is formed from Sora's soul and body, rather than Kairi's. Because of this connection, Naminé can move around the "links" of his memories that are located within his heart to her liking, as well as the ones of those who are connected to Sora. She can even sever them completely, turning the victim into little more than an empty shell, such as the Riku Replica when he threatened to defeat Sora. In addition, she can create objects affected by the new memories, evidenced by turning a card into a good luck charm for the Riku Replica and altering the appearance of Kairi's [[Wayfinder|Lucky Charm]] to resemble that of a [[paopu fruit]]. | ||
She can also cover up Sora's memory of Kairi with her own image, but as she is Kairi's Nobody, it is impossible for Naminé to completely snuff out Kairi from anyone's memories, as shown when he regained a small memory of her even though he couldn't think of her name. Conversely, those with the greatest connections to Sora cannot ever completely forget him, as evidenced by Kairi, who still slightly remembered Sora, but not his name, his face, or the sound of his voice, while all other denizens of the Destiny Islands (along with all the people in other worlds) had completely forgotten about Sora's existence. | She can also cover up Sora's memory of Kairi with her own image, but as she is Kairi's Nobody, it is impossible for Naminé to completely snuff out Kairi from anyone's memories, as shown when he regained a small memory of her even though he couldn't think of her name. Conversely, those with the greatest connections to Sora cannot ever completely forget him, as evidenced by Kairi, who still slightly remembered Sora, but not his name, his face, or the sound of his voice, while all other denizens of the Destiny Islands (along with all the people in other worlds) had completely forgotten about Sora's existence. | ||
Naminé also has another limitation to her power. When Naminé took on the task of re-chaining Sora's memories he lost in Castle Oblivion, she was unable to make much progress. DiZ reasons that it must be because Sora's other half, Roxas, is missing, and in order to completely restore Sora, Roxas and Sora must join with one another. Another reason was due to Xion, a memory-based replica of Sora created by Xemnas and Vexen, which absorbed some of Sora's memories within her. As she is always drawing pictures on her sketchpad, DiZ believes that she draws in order to capture the memories she needs to chain together. Because of this, the walls of her room are covered by pictures of events, places, and people that are in Sora's memory. Several of them are also of Roxas, implying her ability to fiddle with Roxas's memories as well. | Naminé also has another limitation to her power. When Naminé took on the task of re-chaining Sora's memories he lost in Castle Oblivion, she was unable to make much progress. DiZ reasons that it must be because Sora's other half, Roxas, is missing, and in order to completely restore Sora, Roxas and Sora must join with one another. Another reason was due to Xion, a memory-based replica of Sora created by Xemnas and Vexen, which absorbed some of Sora's memories within her. As she is always drawing pictures on her sketchpad, DiZ believes that she draws in order to capture the memories she needs to chain together. Because of this, the walls of her room are covered by pictures of events, places, and people that are in Sora's memory. Several of them are also of Roxas, implying her ability to fiddle with Roxas's memories as well. | ||
An additional limitation is that Naminé is unable to restore memories that are real if they have been tainted by fake memories she created. Due to rewriting Sora's memory in Castle Oblivion, Naminé was unable to restore the memories of his actual experience there; thus Sora's memory abruptly ends right as he got to the castle.<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories}}''''', '''Naminé''': "First I will have to undo the links I made. [...] You won't be able to remember anything about what happened here. I'm sorry. It's the only way."</ref> | An additional limitation is that Naminé is unable to restore memories that are real if they have been tainted by fake memories she created. Due to rewriting Sora's memory in Castle Oblivion, Naminé was unable to restore the memories of his actual experience there; thus Sora's memory abruptly ends right as he got to the castle.<ref>'''''{{c|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories}}''''', '''Naminé''': "First I will have to undo the links I made. [...] You won't be able to remember anything about what happened here. I'm sorry. It's the only way."</ref> | ||
Naminé's power can also allow her to lock away dangerous things in hearts by removing all memory of it.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''''', '''Naminé''': "In your heart, there is darkness. And in that darkness is Ansem. He may be at bay now, but he ''will'' wake and take you over again. But, with my powers I can put a tight lock on your heart, so he can never get out."/ '''Riku''': "Will I'll forget too? I'll have to." / '''Naminé''': "You'll stop remembering the darkness; you'll go back to the way you were."</ref> While not directly stated, Naminé's powers do not affect those who only know of Sora and aren't close to him; Xemnas <ref>'''''Kingdom Hearys 358/2 Days''''', '''Roxas''': "Who is Sora?"/'''Xemnas''': "The connection. He is what makes you and Xion a part of each other's lives."</ref> and Axel<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''''', '''Roxas''': "You've changed Axel; you're more cheerful."/'''Axel''': "Guess he rubbed off on me."</ref> were able to remember Sora. While at the same time, she seems able to preserve some memory of him in selected individuals, as the King and Riku remembered him.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''''', '''Riku''': "The reason the Organization tampered with Sora' memory wasn't to slow him down; it was to make it harder to put back together."</ref> Though exact details are a different matter.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts II''''', '''DiZ''': "How is your memory? Are the holes filling in?"/'''Riku''': "Yes. The fog is lifting."</ref> | |||
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