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The {{nihongo|'''Book of Prophecies'''|予知書|Yochi sho}} is a book that appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts χ]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]''. It is the source of {{c|Cards|KHχ}} and {{c|Medal|KHUχ}}s, which allow {{c|Player|KHχ}} to harness powers from the future.
The {{nihongo|'''Book of Prophecies'''|予知書|Yochi sho}} is a book that appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts χ]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]''. It is the source of {{c|Cards|KHχ}} and {{c|Medal|KHUχ}}s, which allow {{c|Player|KHχ}} to harness powers from the future. The book was written by the [[Master of Masters]] and, true to its name, contains the events of the future.


==Story==
==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts χ''===
===''Kingdom Hearts χ[chi]''===
By using the power he installed into the [[No Name]] [[Keyblade]], the [[Master of Masters]] wrote the Book of Prophecies which foretold the events that would lead up to the [[Keyblade War]] and what came after. He then placed his [[Gazing Eye]] in the Keyblade and gifted it to one of his apprentices, [[Luxu]], in order for it to make and transmit back through time the observations which would compose the Book in the first place. In order to prevent undue temporal paradoxes, he did not give Luxu a copy of the Book. Instead, he gave copies to his five other apprentices, who became the [[foreteller]]s, with all but [[Gula]]'s omitting the {{nihongo|"'''Lost Page'''"|ロストページ}} which covered the events of the betrayal of the foretellers, and how the Keyblade War would begin.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover}}
By using the power of his [[Gazing Eye]] he installed into the [[No Name]] [[Keyblade]], the [[Master of Masters]] wrote the Book of Prophecies which foretold the events that would lead up to the [[Keyblade War]] and what came after. He then gifted the Keyblade to one of his apprentices, [[Luxu]], instructing him to pass it down from generation to generation. The Gazing Eye would make and transmit back in time the observations which would compose the Book in the first place. In order to prevent undue temporal paradoxes, he did not give Luxu a copy of the Book. Instead, he gave copies to his five other apprentices, who became the [[foreteller]]s.


After reviewing the manuscript, the foretellers discovered the shocking final entry, which prophesied:
After reviewing the manuscript, the foretellers discovered the shocking final entry, which prophesied:
{{Q|On that fated land, a great war shall transpire. Darkness will prevail and the light expire.<ref name="Alternative translation">{{storylink|Quest 94: Where's Chirithy? Pt. 2}} uses the following translation: "The fated land will be the battleground for a great war. Light will see defeat and expire, while darkness prevails evermore."</ref>}}{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover}}
{{Q|On that fated land, a great war shall transpire. Darkness will prevail and the light expire.<ref name="Alternative translation">{{storylink|Quest 94: Where's Chirithy? Pt. 2}} uses the following translation: "The fated land will be the battleground for a great war. Light will see defeat and expire, while darkness prevails evermore."</ref>}}{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover}}
To avert this crisis, the foretellers established [[Union]]s to battle the [[darkness]] and used the Book of Prophecies to draw power from the future. Player's [[Chirithy]] later informs them of its creator's actions so they can understand the source of their power.{{storylink|Quest 94: Where's Chirithy? Pt. 2}}
To prevent this crisis, the foretellers established [[Union]]s to battle the [[darkness]] and used the Book of Prophecies to draw power from the future.


According to Gula, the "Lost Page" talks about the one who bears the [[Recusant's Sigil|sigil]].{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover}} Parts of it are revealed by him to [[Skuld]] and Player when [[Ava]] confronts Luxu outside [[Daybreak Town]].{{storylink|The Keyblade War: The Darkest Darklings}}
However, all but [[Gula]]'s copy omitted the {{nihongo|"'''{{a|Lost Page}}'''"|ロストページ|Rosuto Pēji}}, which covered the events of the betrayal of the foretellers and how the Keyblade War would begin. According to Gula, the "Lost Page" talks about the one who bears the [[Recusant's Sigil]]. Parts of this page are revealed by him to [[Skuld]] and Player when [[Ava]] confronts Luxu outside [[Daybreak Town]]:


{{Q|Imbalance observed, strength misplaced, a future filled with sorrow.<br>Words of truth misunderstood as they explore the secret of tomorrow.<br>With a single strike, toll the bells and herald the end, bringing war upon us, as fate did intend.}}
{{Q|Imbalance observed, strength misplaced, a future filled with sorrow.<br>Words of truth misunderstood as they explore the secret of tomorrow.<br>With a single strike, toll the bells and herald the end, bringing war upon us, as fate did intend.}}{{storylink|The Keyblade War: The Darkest Darklings}}  


When the Master of Masters hands Ava a list with the five [[Dandelion]] Union leaders that eventually would succeed the foretellers after the Keyblade War, he encircled one of their names red to ensure this one would get a copy of the Book of Prophecies, along with the rulebook all five would receive.{{storylink|Quest 665: Target: Blitz Spear Pt. 5}}
Some time prior to the Keyblade War, the Master of Masters hands Ava a list with the five [[Dandelion]] Union leaders that eventually would succeed the foretellers after the war, circling one of their names in red to ensure that this one would get a copy of the Book of Prophecies. <!--{{storylink|Quest 665: Target: Blitz Spear Pt. 5}}--> However, Ava reneges on the Master of Masters' orders in hopes of changing fate: she chooses [[Brain]] to receive the Book of Prophecies, who was not originally the one selected by the Master of Masters. Before parting with him, she places the list of names from the Master of Masters in Brain's copy of the Book of Prophecies, hoping that he would understand it when the time came to decide their future.
 
However, Ava reneges on the Master of Masters' orders in hopes of changing fate. She chooses [[Brain]] to be a Union leader and gives him a copy of the Book of Prophecies, as he had not been chosen by the Master of Masters to receive it. Before parting with him, she places the memo from the Master of Masters in Brain's copy of the Book of Prophecies, hoping that he would understand it when the time came to decide their future.


===''Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]''===
===''Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]''===
After the conclusion of the Keyblade War, the new Union leaders discover a new species of Dream Eaters that can banish Nightmares from their masters. Brain sends Ephemer, Skuld, and Ventus to collect the necessary ingredients to create them while he and Lauriam stay behind to make the necessary preparations.{{storylink|Quest 735: The Shiny Hammer Pt. 5}}
Brain discovers that the [[Dandelions]] are trapped in a digital copy of Daybreak Town. Aware that Master Ava did not plan for this to happen, he resolves to act as a virus that will overwrite their grim fate, consulting the Book of Prophecies for answers. Brain takes the list of names from the book, believing that now is the right time.<!--{{storylink|Quest 910: Investigating the Glitches Pt. 5}}, {{storylink|Quest 911: The Search Continues Pt. 1}}-->


Over time, Brain continuously reads through the book, believing that they were still on a destructive path. Brain resolves to be the virus that overwrites their destiny in order to avoid another Keyblade War.{{storylink|Quest 860: Daybreak Fun with Ephemer Pt. 5}}
Later, [[Ephemer]] discusses with the other Union leaders how Ava choose them, revealing that one of them was supposed to receive the Book of Prophecies. This in turn prompts Brain to reveal that he has a copy, much to Ephemer's surprise.{{storylink|Quest 920: Chocolate Monster Madness}}  


After Ephemer's return and Brain figured out that they all trapped in a digital copy of Daybreak Town, aware that Master Ava didn't plan this but someone else reaffirms his promise to become the virus and overwrite it. He goes below and wonders if any of this was written in the book.{{storylink|Quest 910: Investigating the Glitches Pt. 5}} Brain continues to look through the book aware that now is the right time he takes the memo from the it.{{storylink|Quest 911: The Search Continues Pt. 1}}
As the situation in Data-Daybreak Town escalates, [[Darkness]] reveals themselves to the Union leaders. They discover that the Master of Masters had written the Book of Prophecies and that Darkness had watched as it was written. In this manner, Darkness had learned that [[Ventus]] would harbor darkness in the future, prompting them to take Ventus as their vessel to infiltrate the Dandelions in the present.


Later, Ephemer discusses with the others how Ava choose them to be Union leaders and unveils that only one of them was supposed to receive the book. This prompts Brain to reveal that he had it, much to Ephemer's surprise.{{storylink|Quest 920: Chocolate Monster Madness}}  
Before Ventus, [[Lauriam]], [[Elrena]], and Brain leave for the real world, Brain gives the Book of Prophecies and the [[Master's Defender]] to Ephemer, informing his comrade that the he was meant to have them. {{storylink|Quest 978: What Comes After}}  


While talking with the Darkness entity, the Union leaders discover that Master of Masters had written the Book of Prophecies and that Ventus is the one to harbor the Darkness as the "fated child". {{storylink|Quest 970: Pest Control Pt. 8}} 
===Between ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]'' and ''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road''===
 
The tome soon passed into legend, while the Gazing Eye continued to bear witness to the future, allowing events to be written in the book ages prior. It is mentioned by the cloaked figure as they retell stories to a young Xehanort. Once again the prophecy the foretellers couldn't stopped would happen again but this time it would be changed by the fabled "child of destiny".
However, while talking to the Darkness, the Master of Masters admits that the Book of Prophecies does not give every detail of the future, only what Gazing Eye sees, allowing the Master of the Master to decide how much Darkness is to know.{{storylink|Quest 977: Darkness Looms}}
 
Before Lauriam, Elrena, Ventus, and Brain leave for the real world, Brain gives the Book of Prophecies and the Master's Defender to Ephemer, informing his comrade that the latter was meant to have them. {{storylink|Quest 978: What Comes After}}
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===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
Maleficent searches for the Book of Prophecies in every world she can think of, believing the Book is locked away in the [[Black Box|black box]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania|Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "It seems that Maleficent thinks that the Book of Prophecy is inside the black box..." / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "She does think that. It hasn't been shown exactly when she began to think that way, but I do plan to reveal it soon in ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-3-Ultimania-Scenario-Mysteries-Interview-Translated-14746  Translation via Goldpanner].</ref>
Maleficent searches for the Book of Prophecies in every world she can think of, believing the Book is locked away in the [[Black Box|black box]].<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania|Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "It seems that Maleficent thinks that the Book of Prophecy is inside the black box..." / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "She does think that. It hasn't been shown exactly when she began to think that way, but I do plan to reveal it soon in ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ''." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-3-Ultimania-Scenario-Mysteries-Interview-Translated-14746  Translation via Goldpanner].</ref>
In the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], the prophecy of light's defeat finally comes to pass. The [[Seven Guardians of Light]] fall one by one to an enormous wave of Heartless: darkness prevailed, and the light expired. However, [[Sora]] abuses the [[power of waking]] to save the hearts of his friends, rewriting light's defeat.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]''''', '''[[Kairi]]''': "'Darkness will prevail, and the light expire.' It all unfolded just as the Book of Prophecies foretold. But Sora refused to give up. His heart persisted against all odds. He used the power of waking and fought long and hard to save his friends. And so, the light's defeat was overwritten, and the guardians of light reassembled at the Keyblade Graveyard."</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Book of Prophecies Page A KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Shadow.
File:Book of Prophecies Page A KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Shadow.
Book of Prophecies Page B KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Darkside.
File:Book of Prophecies Page B KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Darkside.
Book of Prophecies Page C KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies about the Heartless.
File:Book of Prophecies Page C KHX.png|A page from the Book of Prophecies about the Heartless.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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Latest revision as of 03:28, 19 November 2023

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The Book of Prophecies (予知書 Yochi sho?) is a book that appears in Kingdom Hearts χ and Kingdom Hearts Union χ. It is the source of Cards and Medals, which allow Player to harness powers from the future. The book was written by the Master of Masters and, true to its name, contains the events of the future.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts χ[chi][edit]

By using the power of his Gazing Eye he installed into the No Name Keyblade, the Master of Masters wrote the Book of Prophecies which foretold the events that would lead up to the Keyblade War and what came after. He then gifted the Keyblade to one of his apprentices, Luxu, instructing him to pass it down from generation to generation. The Gazing Eye would make and transmit back in time the observations which would compose the Book in the first place. In order to prevent undue temporal paradoxes, he did not give Luxu a copy of the Book. Instead, he gave copies to his five other apprentices, who became the foretellers.

After reviewing the manuscript, the foretellers discovered the shocking final entry, which prophesied:

"On that fated land, a great war shall transpire. Darkness will prevail and the light expire.[1]" Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover

To prevent this crisis, the foretellers established Unions to battle the darkness and used the Book of Prophecies to draw power from the future.

However, all but Gula's copy omitted the "Lost Page" (ロストページ Rosuto Pēji?), which covered the events of the betrayal of the foretellers and how the Keyblade War would begin. According to Gula, the "Lost Page" talks about the one who bears the Recusant's Sigil. Parts of this page are revealed by him to Skuld and Player when Ava confronts Luxu outside Daybreak Town:

"Imbalance observed, strength misplaced, a future filled with sorrow.
Words of truth misunderstood as they explore the secret of tomorrow.
With a single strike, toll the bells and herald the end, bringing war upon us, as fate did intend." The Keyblade War: The Darkest Darklings

Some time prior to the Keyblade War, the Master of Masters hands Ava a list with the five Dandelion Union leaders that eventually would succeed the foretellers after the war, circling one of their names in red to ensure that this one would get a copy of the Book of Prophecies. However, Ava reneges on the Master of Masters' orders in hopes of changing fate: she chooses Brain to receive the Book of Prophecies, who was not originally the one selected by the Master of Masters. Before parting with him, she places the list of names from the Master of Masters in Brain's copy of the Book of Prophecies, hoping that he would understand it when the time came to decide their future.

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross][edit]

Brain discovers that the Dandelions are trapped in a digital copy of Daybreak Town. Aware that Master Ava did not plan for this to happen, he resolves to act as a virus that will overwrite their grim fate, consulting the Book of Prophecies for answers. Brain takes the list of names from the book, believing that now is the right time.

Later, Ephemer discusses with the other Union leaders how Ava choose them, revealing that one of them was supposed to receive the Book of Prophecies. This in turn prompts Brain to reveal that he has a copy, much to Ephemer's surprise. Quest 920: Chocolate Monster Madness

As the situation in Data-Daybreak Town escalates, Darkness reveals themselves to the Union leaders. They discover that the Master of Masters had written the Book of Prophecies and that Darkness had watched as it was written. In this manner, Darkness had learned that Ventus would harbor darkness in the future, prompting them to take Ventus as their vessel to infiltrate the Dandelions in the present.

Before Ventus, Lauriam, Elrena, and Brain leave for the real world, Brain gives the Book of Prophecies and the Master's Defender to Ephemer, informing his comrade that the he was meant to have them. Quest 978: What Comes After

Between Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] and Kingdom Hearts Dark Road[edit]

The tome soon passed into legend, while the Gazing Eye continued to bear witness to the future, allowing events to be written in the book ages prior. It is mentioned by the cloaked figure as they retell stories to a young Xehanort. Once again the prophecy the foretellers couldn't stopped would happen again but this time it would be changed by the fabled "child of destiny".

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded[edit]

Following their defeat in the Datascape, Maleficent and Pete discuss the ancient Book of Prophecies. According to legend, it is capable of transcribing and conjuring future events, as well as creating entire worlds filled with beings and powers that have yet to exist. Maleficent decides to search for a connection between the Book of Prophecies and the Datascape, and she wonders if the Book is also connected to Jiminy's Journal.

Kingdom Hearts III[edit]

Maleficent searches for the Book of Prophecies in every world she can think of, believing the Book is locked away in the black box.[2]

In the Keyblade Graveyard, the prophecy of light's defeat finally comes to pass. The Seven Guardians of Light fall one by one to an enormous wave of Heartless: darkness prevailed, and the light expired. However, Sora abuses the power of waking to save the hearts of his friends, rewriting light's defeat.[3]

Gallery[edit]

  • A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Shadow.

    A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Shadow.

  • A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Darkside.

    A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Darkside.

  • A page from the Book of Prophecies about the Heartless.

    A page from the Book of Prophecies about the Heartless.

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ Quest 94: Where's Chirithy? Pt. 2 uses the following translation: "The fated land will be the battleground for a great war. Light will see defeat and expire, while darkness prevails evermore."
  2. ^ Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania, Interviewer: "It seems that Maleficent thinks that the Book of Prophecy is inside the black box..." / Tetsuya Nomura: "She does think that. It hasn't been shown exactly when she began to think that way, but I do plan to reveal it soon in Kingdom Hearts Union χ." Translation via Goldpanner.
  3. ^ Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory, Kairi: "'Darkness will prevail, and the light expire.' It all unfolded just as the Book of Prophecies foretold. But Sora refused to give up. His heart persisted against all odds. He used the power of waking and fought long and hard to save his friends. And so, the light's defeat was overwritten, and the guardians of light reassembled at the Keyblade Graveyard."
Kingdom Hearts χ[chi]
Characters
Party members
Player - Keyblade Wielders - Hercules - Skuld - Aladdin
Non-playable characters
Aced - Alice - Ava - Beast - Belle - Card Soldier - Cerberus - Cheshire Cat - Chip - Chip and Dale - Chirithy - Cloud - Cogsworth - Donald Duck - Doorknob - Ephemer - Gaston - Goofy - Guards - Gula - Hades - Invi - Ira - Lumière - Luxu - Mad Hatter and March Hare - Magic Mirror - Maleficent - Maleficent's Raven - Maui - Maurice - Mickey Mouse - Mrs. Potts - Moana - Moogle - Philoctetes - Queen of Hearts - The Master of Masters - The Prince - The Queen - Seven Dwarfs - Snow White - Wardrobe - White Rabbit
Locations
Worlds
Daybreak Town - Dwarf Woodlands - Wonderland - Agrabah - Olympus Coliseum - Beast's Castle - Enchanted Dominion
Places
Dive to the Heart
Terms
Book of Prophecies - Cards - Dark Corridor Trials - Dark Footsteps - Heartless - Key Art - Key Scene - Keyblade - Keyblade War - Lux - Raid Boss - Union
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Artwork - Items - Keyblades - Music
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Characters
The Master of Masters - Luxu - Ira - Invi - Aced - Gula - Ava - Ephemer - Chirithy
Locations
Daybreak Town - Keyblade Graveyard
Terms
Black Box - Book of Prophecies - Dandelions - Foreteller - Gazing Eye - Heart & Key - Keyblade - Keyblade War - Lost Page - Lux - Nightmare - Reconnect. Kingdom Hearts - Union
Music
Kingdom Hearts - III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] - Original Soundtrack
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