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Xehanort lives his early years on the [[Destiny Islands]], desiring to travel to other worlds. Xehanort is paid a visit by the Heartless of his future incarnation, "[[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]]", who grants him the power to traverse time and tasks him with gathering twelve other [[Xehanort (disambiguation)|incarnations]] of himself from across time.

After failing to induct Sora in the future, Young Xehanort returns to his original time and relinquishes his memories of the future.  He eventually found another way to depart his home world and came across an unnamed Keyblade Master. He began training with this Master and his fellow pupil, [[Eraqus]], in the [[Land of Departure]]. Xehanort eventually came to see Eraqus as a brother, though they disagreed on the role of [[Darkness]] and [[Light]] in the world. The Master taught the two the ways of the Keyblade and that their role as Keyblade wielders was to protect the worlds of light from darkness. However, this answer was unsatisfactory to Xehanort, and he often visited other worlds without permission from the Master to learn more. During his travels, Xehanort wore [[No Heart|Keyblade Armor]] to protect himself from the darkness between worlds, but eventually he discarded it and sought to control the darkness, believing that if he succeeded, he would not need his armor for protection. Eventually, both Eraqus and Xehanort became Keyblade Masters, and Eraqus was chosen as the Master's successor to take over the Land of Departure. Xehanort was free to take on apprentices of his own to train, and travel the worlds as he wished.

Eventually, Xehanort would find [[Ventus]] and proceeded to condition him into fully embracing darkness. Though Ven's good-hearted nature made him of no use as a vessel, Xehanort instead extracted Ven's darkness to create [[Vanitas]]. However, Ven's heart was heavily damaged in the process and Xehanort decides to leave the boy to die on the [[Destiny Islands]]. But when Ven's heart healed upon it coming in contact with a newly born Sora's heart, Xehanort reconsidered and instead planned to use both him and Vanitas to create the χ-blade by combining their opposing hearts. However, seeing how Ven is currently weak from the separation and Vanitas's darkness could overwhelm the boy's light, Xehanort resolves to leave Ven with Eraqus, counting on his friend's zealous beliefs to enable the boy to become Vanitas's equal. Leaving Ven at the Land of Departure, Xehanort was surprised to be welcomed by Eraqus in spite of their last parting while meeting his friend's two apprentices, [[Aqua]] and [[Terra]]. Sensing a lust for power and a lingering darkness in Terra's heart, Xehanort saw a new potential vessel in him and formulates a scheme to ensure he succeeds in taking Terra's body for his own.

[[File:Blank Points 06 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Master Xehanort conversing with Terra in Xehanort's heart.]]

Mickey manages to freeze Young Xehanort with a Stopgun spell, but Master Xehanort's consciousness simply possesses his younger self's body and engages Riku in battle. Although Master Xehanort's proxy is defeated, he succeeds in holding off Riku long enough for his own body to finish reviving atop his throne, while Young Xehanort takes his place on one of the thrones. From his throne, Master Xehanort displays Sora's comatose body to Riku and Mickey, demonstrating that the boy's heart had faltered earlier while fighting Xemnas.