Universe of Kingdom Hearts: Difference between revisions

==Ocean Between==

The '''Ocean Between''',<ref>{{storylink|Xehanort's Report II}}: "The World is vast—and the worlds within the greater World, uncountable. Like little islands, they dot a great Ocean Between which keeps them ignorant of each other, uncorrupted."</ref> also known as the {{nihongo|"'''ocean of stars/interspace'''"|星の大海|Hoshi no Taikai}}<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix]]'', [[Monstro]]'s report entry''': "An enormous whale that dwells in the ocean of stars."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', [[Cid]]''': "Interspace ain't no playground."</ref> and {{nihongo|"'''sea between worlds/Other Sky'''"|異空の海|Ikū no Umi|lit. "Sea of Other Skies<!--poss. "Sea of Another Dimension"-->"}},<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'', [[Prankster's Paradise]]—Side:Sora''': "After this, Pinocchio and Jiminy's world gets dragged into darkness, and they end up cast into the sea between worlds, along with Monstro."</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts: The Novel]]'', [[Ansem's Report 11]]''': "I have chosen a particular girl to send off into the Other Sky and observe."</ref> is a vast space between the worlds. It is threaded by the Gummi routes and [[#Lanes between|lanes between]], which serve as paths between worlds for those with the knowledge to use them.<ref name="DSRXIII-1">'''''[[Director's Secret Report XIII#Part 1 - About the KH Worlds|Director's Secret Report XIII]]''''' p. 26; '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "There are two ways to travel, one of which is to use a Gummi Ship like Sora and his friends do to move through the "Ocean Between", the space studded with all the worlds." Translation via Goldpanner.</ref>

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====Corridors of Darkness====

The {{nihongo|'''Corridors of Darkness'''|闇の回廊|Yami no Kairō}} are pathways that interlink the various worlds, as well as connecting the [[Realm of Darkness]] and [[Realm Between]] to the [[Realm of Light]].<ref>{{storylink|Secret Ansem's Report 6}}: "With this new power, I uncovered a 'corridor of darkness' that connects the realm of nothingness to the outside world. While it is still difficult to come and go as I please, my banishment is now a thing of the past."</ref> They may only be opened by those who have given themselves over to darkness,<ref>{{storylink|Xehanort's Report V}}: "At present, the lanes and corridors that run between the worlds may only be traversed by us Keyblade wielders, and those who have given themselves over to darkness."</ref> but can be used by almost anyone once opened.<ref>{{storylink|Secret Ansem's Report 11}}: "It seems my friend, fighting in the realm of darkness, appeared in Castle Oblivion through a corridor of darkness constructed by Organization XIII. My new ally Riku also effected his return via one of these corridors."</ref> The Heartless and Nobodies are attempting to link their own Corridors to the {{h|gate}}s.<ref name="GateCorridor">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''''', '''Yen Sid''': "They may be attempting to link these dark pathways to the gates between the worlds."</ref> Corridors of Darkness also occasionally form spontaneously within the Realm Between, often when a world is destroyed and its surviving inhabitants are cast away to worlds like Traverse Town.<ref>{{storylink|Secret Ansem's Report 11}}: "This 'realm between' is quite unstable, with corridors of darkness appearing from time to time. Whenever a world disappears, some of its inhabitants must arrive here through these corridors. Surely Sora traveled these same corridors of darkness when he first came to Traverse Town."</ref>