Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Difference between revisions

Xehanort is living quietly on Destiny Islands, contemplating the existence of other world outside his home, when he is greeted by a mysterious hooded figure. Unknown to him the figure is actually Ansem, his Heartless from the future, who tells him it is his destiny to travel to other worlds, before opening a portal to Scala Ad Caelum, a world where Keyblade Wielders are trained, and instructs Xehanort to go there. Some time later, Xehanort, now a Keyblade Wielder, and his classmates Eraqus, Urd, Bragi, Vor, and Hermod are told by their master Odin that seven upperclassmen have gone missing before their Mark of Mastery exam, with the sister of fellow classmate Baldr among them. While they are far from ready, Odin tasks the youths to find the missing seven by scouring the many worlds.

Before they leave, Xehanort and his classmates discuss the state of the worlds: even long after the events of the Keyblade War, many fragments of the World are still forming, and those that have already formed flow on different timeframes — while one may be far in the future in terms of technology, another may be still in the beginnings of bearing life or basic technological advancements. With that in mind, and the order not to interfere in the affairs of other worlds, Xehanort and his friends begin their search. The group first travel to Agrabah only to find the world uninhabited yet full of Heartless. Xehanort suspects the world is still growing and has not developed living beings yet. They next go to Wonderland, where they find this world has some inhabitants, including the Queen of Hearts, who appears to have darkness in her heart. After experiencing the Queen's darkness, Xehanort and Eraqus begin to deduce their own theories about the nature of darkness, and suspect the upperclassmen were consumed by darkness themselves.

Four years later, Xehanort, having just put fresh flowers on four gravestones, before saying his goodbyes to Eraqus, stating he's going off on his own, to see what the master hasn't shown them. While Eraqus hates the idea, he isn't going to stop him, knowing that he'll be back since they need to settle the score for their games. Xehanort then returns to Wonderland to find that the Queen, who had forgotten him during his last visit, is still possessed by darkness as he awaits his trial. Sometime later, Xehanort finds himself traveling through the Corridor of Darkness where the darkness begins to infect his heart.