Kingdom Hearts (series)/Timeline: Difference between revisions

|[[File:Destinations 04 KHUX.png|200px]]||Luxu walks the Keyblade Graveyard in the aftermath of the events at Daybreak Town, dutifully carrying the No Name Keybalde and Black Box. He lifts his hood, revealing Brain's face.<br>''May your heart be your guiding key.''||[[File:KHUCHI icon.png]]

|[[File:Opening 01 KH.png|200px]]||''"I've been having these weird thoughts lately... like, is any of this for real or not?"''<br><br>Sora finds himself at the mysterious Station of Awakening. He is assaulted by monsters - Heartless - and must choose a weapon to which to defend himself with; the Sword, Shield, or Staff. After battling a Darkside, he finds himself drowning in darkness...||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Outside World 01 KH.png|200px]]||...Only to discover it was all a dream. Sora, Riku and [[Kairi]] plan to sail away from their small island and see what lies beyond. Together, they build a raft that will take them past their own shores.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:Swallowed_by_Darkness 01 KH.png|200px]]||Riku, however, grows impatient. He opens the Door that protects the Heart of their world, and allows a swarm of Heartless to render it asunder. Riku vanishes into the Darkness while Kairi disappears without a trace. Now armed with the Keyblade, Sora once more battles a Darkside amidst the storm, but is whisked away to a brand new world - Traverse Town.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:Disney Castle 01 KH.png|200px]]||King Mickey has been investigating the disappearances of the stars - signs of worlds fading to the darkness one by one. He tasks [[Goofy]], captain of his royal guard and [[Donald]], his court magician, to head to Traverse Town and locate a man named Leon, who will lead them to the "key."||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:A Mysterious Contender 01 KH.png|200px]]||The three half-pints experience a wondrous adventure through many different worlds, meeting many different faces - some familiar, some not; from the wild [[Tarzan]] to the tortured soldier [[Cloud Strife]]. As they journey to seal the keyholes and prevent the Heartless from ruining the worlds, Maleficent gathers her own forces - the [[Villains]] - to plot her domination and get in Sora's way every once in a while. She manages to manipulate Riku into serving her, under the pretense of being able to save Kairi. As Sora continues his quest, he begins to have mysterious hallucations of Kairi.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:The True Master 01 KH.png|200px]]||Sora confronts Riku in Hollow Bastion. Riku reveals that ''he'' was the original bearer of the Keyblade, with Sora as nothing more than a mere delivery boy. He takes his weapon, and along with it his companions, who are promised to follow whoever wields it. [[Beast]], determined to rescue [[Belle]] from Maleficent, has arrived and joins forces with Sora to reclaim what they have lost.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Dark Keyblade 01 KH.png|200px]]||Goofy and Donald betray Riku, and along with the strength of his heart, Sora reclaims the Keyblade. They battle and Riku loses, but he manages to flee. They learn that Maleficent plans to use the Princesses of Heart to open the keyhole in Hollow Bastion, granting her greater control over the darkness. They manage to foil her, and she is destroyed - somehow traveling millenia back in time to Daybreak Town. Sora once again confronts Riku, discovering that his friend has not been himself for a very long time. Xehanort's Heartless, known as Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness, has taken Riku's body as his own, and from the power of the princesses, has forged his own [[Keyblade of heart]]. They battle, and Sora narrowly wins. He realizes that Kairi's heart has been inside him the entire time - and the reason why has been seeing visions of her. He uses the power of the Keyblade of heart to free hers, but in the process turns into a Heartless.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Meaning of "Roxas" 01 KHIIFM.png|200px]]||In [[Twilight Town]], Sora's Nobody is born in the process. Unable to remember - or feel - anything, he is approached by [[Xemnas]], Xehanort's Nobody. He is given the name [[Roxas]], and inducted into [[Organization XIII]].||[[File:FM2 icon.png]]<br>[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Sora's Back 02 KH.png|200px]]||Sora, as a Heartless, wanders around Hollow Bastion for a short while until he runs into Kairi, Donald and Goofy. Despite his nature, he refuses to attack them and Kairi quickly realizes what - or who - the [[Shadow]] really is. Protecting him from the rest of the Heartless with an embrace, Kairi restores Sora's human form and the four escape the castle back to Traverse Town.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Unknown 01 KH.png|200px]]||With Cid's help, the trio return to Hollow Bastion, as they must seal the keyhole and stop the outpouring of Heartless from it. They discover the Princesses have been freed, but alarmingly they sense a strange power other than darkness. Upon entering the Castle Chapel, Sora, Donald, Goofy and Beast are confronted by Xemnas, who tests Sora's strength before disappearing. The trio seal the keyhole while Leon and his friends return to Hollow Bastion, their old home. They learn that Ansem has fled to [[End of the World]], and to truly stop the Heartless, they must travel there and put an end to him. Elsewhere at the [[End of Sea]], Xemnas informs Roxas that he has been to see Sora.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]<br>[[File:FM1 icon.png]]<br>[[File:KH2 icon.png]]<br>[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:A World Restored 02 KH0.2.png|200px]]||Sinking further into Darkness, Aqua is rescued by King Mickey, who has arrived there to find the Keyblade from the Realm of Darkness - the [[Kingdom Key D]]. He explains that they must close the door lest ruin will befall more worlds. The two fight against wave after wave of Heartless to protect Riku as races to the Door. They successfully protect him, but in the attack Aqua is once again stranded in the Realm of Darkness while her Keyblade, the [[Master's Defender]], is left behind on Destiny Islands.||[[File:BBS0.2 icon.png]]

|[[File:A Light within the Darkness 01 KH.png|200px]]||The trio arrive at End of the World and confront Ansem in a series of epic battles. Ansem summons Kingdom Hearts, intent to take its darkness for himself. Sora, however, is certain that Kingdom Hearts is truly light. With the door open, the light engulfs and destroys Ansem, but they must close quickly it to begin restoration of the worlds destroyed. King Mickey and Riku arrive to help, but the only way to close it fully is from both sides, trapping the latter two in the Realm of Darkness. The door is successfully closed, and Destiny Islands begin to return - with Kairi already back on the beach. Sora, however, is on the other side and cannot reach her, only promising her that he will return one day. Finding themselves on an expansive plain, the three catch glimpse of [[Pluto]] with a letter in his mouth - bearing the [[Hidden Mickey]] symbol, and begin to chase after him.||[[File:KH1 icon.png]]

|[[File:Axel and Saïx 01 KHD.png|200px]]||The Organization prepares to staff their newest headquarters, Castle Oblivion. Marluxia is made to be its lord, with Larxene, Vexen, Lexaeus and Zexion being sent as well. Saïx orders Axel to Castle Oblivion as well, certain that some of the younger members plot to commit treason.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Promise of a Reunion 02 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||In the middle of the grassy plains, Sora is confronted by a man in a Black Coat - [[Marluxia]], and goaded into setting foot in Castle Oblivion, with the potential of maybe finding Riku or King Mickey inside. As the three journey up the castle and experience the memories of their past adventures, their memories are slowly being rewritten by the witch [[Naminé]], while a copy of Riku, the [[Riku Replica]] constantly confronts them. Marluxia, along with [[Larxene]], plot to use Naminé's power to turn Sora into their puppet in an attempt to initiate a coup within Organization XIII. [[Axel]] actively betrays and undermines their efforts however. It all culminates in a fierce battle against Marluxia at the top of the castle, and the powerful Nobody is destroyed. Naminé, however, has completely disrupted Sora's memories and replaced Kairi with herself in his heart. They all agree to restore his original memories and forget everything that has transpired in the castle, but to do that he must sleep inside a pod for a year. Meanwhile, Axel takes the Riku Replica with him to enact the next stage of his plan.||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Where the Road Leads 01 KHRECOM.png|200px]]||As Sora ventures upwards in Castle Oblivion, Riku is spirited away to its basement levels by an unknown "voice." Three other members of the Organization, [[Zexion]], [[Lexaeus]], and [[Vexen]] are aware of Marluxia's treachery, and plot to turn Riku into their own puppet of darkness as a countermeasure, but they too are foiled at every step. One by one they fall, until Marluxia is finally defeated. Zexion confronts Riku in a final bid to turn him, but fails and is then executed by Riku Replica at Axel's behest. Riku defeats and destroys the Replica and proceeds onward, intent on not letting the darkness consume him. Finally reunited with King Mickey, the voice is eventually revealed to be a man named [[DiZ]], who needs Riku to make a certain "choice." With Naminé's help, Riku faces the darkness in his heart - Ansem - and triumphs. Choosing the "road to dawn", Riku and Mickey don the Organization's black coats and ready themselves to protect Sora as he sleeps to regain his memories. ||[[File:COM icon.png]]

|[[File:Roxas's Keyblade 01 KHD.png|200px]]||Roxas begins undertaking missions with Xion, and learns that she too is capable of wielding the Keyblade. The reclusive Xion begins to open up to Roxas, and the two begin to bond.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Terminated 01 KHD.png|200px]]|| While Naminé is disrupting Sora's memories, Roxas falls into a coma for several weeks. Right after Sora is placed into his pod to regain his memories, Roxas finally wakes up, he learns that everyone who was dispatched to Castle Oblivion has been terminated. He continues to carry out missions with the help of Xigbar, whose dismissive and nonplussed attitude is of little comfort.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Riku Turns Into Ansem 01 KHD.png|200px]]||It turns out not ''everyone'' at Castle Oblivion expired, as Axel returns from his mission. At Roxas' insistence, he, Axel and Xion all begin to glow into close friends. However, he begins to experience Sora's memories, and grows increasingly suspicious of the Organization's motives and his role within the group.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Xion's Defeat 01 KHD.png|200px]]||To stay one step ahead of the Organization, Sora is moved from Castle Oblivion to the mansion in Twilight Town. Xion confronts Riku, wearing the Organization's coat and a blindfold, who claims her identity and Keyblade to be a sham. He urges her to "merge" with her original self, and she becomes torn between that and of staying with Axel and Roxas.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:Quietude 01 KHD.png|200px]]||Xion discovers that she is an imperfect replica of Roxas created by Xemnas and Vexen should Sora or him, who Xemnas intends to use as part of the Organization's plans, be of no use to them. Her physical appearance is the result of Sora's strong memories and feelings towards Kairi. As Naminé continues restoring Sora's memories, they begin to affect Xion by scrambling her own. Wanting to be her own person, Xion has a falling out with Roxas and Axel and leaves the Organization.||[[File:358 icon.png]]

|[[File:The Beginning of Everything 01 KHIIFM.png|200px]]||Having inherited Xion's Keyblade, Roxas begins to dual-wield a pair of his own: the [[Oathkeeper & Oblivion]]. He returns to The World That Never Was, intent on stopping Xemnas and claiming control over his life. He is confronted by Riku, who knows that without Roxas; Sora will never regain his memories and wake up. The two engage in a fierce duel, with Roxas winning the first round. Upon removing his blindfold, Riku accepts the darkness in his Heart and transforms into a visage of Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness. With newfound strength, he easily overpowers Roxas and defeats him. DiZ appears, and takes the unconscious Roxas back to his lair in Twilight Town.||[[File:358 icon.png]]<br>[[File:KH2 icon.png]]