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'''''The Gathering''''' is the secret ending of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''; the same scene is known as simply "Gathering" in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Sunset Horizons is the piece of backing soundtrack used during the video. The term "The Gathering" first appeared in the ''[[Another side, Another story...]]''.<ref>''[[Another side, Another story...]]'' "A world between = A forgotten world. The Gathering."</ref>

Prior to the release of ''Final Mix'', which featured [[Birth by sleep (video)|Birth by Sleep]], a secret video continuing ''The Gathering'', there was heavy speculation as to the identities of the three armored figures.  Once it was released, Nomura revealed the identities of [[Terra]], [[Ventus]], and [[Aqua]], noting that they had a connection to [[Sora]], [[Riku]], [[Kairi]] and [[Xehanort]], though he refused to specify to avoid spoiling plot points. This scene ultimately occurs in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' ten years before the events of [[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]], where it is followed by a vicious battle between the three warriors and [[Master Xehanort]] and [[Vanitas]].   

''The Gathering'' was conceptual. The actual meeting in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] of Terra, Ventus, and Aqua does not feature the three armored.  Nomura has said that they were depicted as such in ''The Gathering'' because he did not have final designs worked out for any of them. Additionally, Terra does not stand on a vanishing metal structure, nor do any of the three Keyblade wielders pick up Keyblades associated with Sora, Riku, or Mickey.  It is unclear what either of these parts may have been planned to mean.