Seven and thirteen
The numbers seven and thirteen are frequently reoccurring throughout the Kingdom Hearts series. Seven is closely associated with light, while thirteen is associated with darkness.
Overarching
- There are seven pure lights, the Princesses of Heart or New Seven Hearts.
- There are seven protectors of light, the Seven Guardians of Light.
- There are thirteen pure darknesses, the ancient entities known as Darkness.
- The χ-blade shattered into seven pieces of light and thirteen pieces of darkness.
- There are seven Lost Masters, The Master of Masters and his six apprentices.
- There are thirteen main members of Organization XIII and the real Organization XIII.
Kingdom Hearts
- The Keyhole in Neverland is located at the thirteen minute mark on Big Ben's clock face.
- Sora can learn seven types of magic spells.[1]
- The Ars Arcanum attack consists of thirteen strikes.
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
- There are thirteen floors and thirteen basement levels in Castle Oblivion.
- The Room of Beginnings in Castle Oblivion requires cards with the values 1 and 3.
- The final Unknown Room in Castle Oblivion requires cards with a cumulative value of at least 13.
Kingdom Hearts II
- Roxas spends seven days in the Simulated Twilight Town.
- Roxas lands seven hits on DiZ's computer.
- It takes thirteen hits to defeat Seifer in the first match.
- Riku's Eternal Session Limit includes an ability named "XIII Blades".
- Synthesizing the Ultima Weapon requires thirteen Orichalcum+.
- There are a total of seven Orichalcum+ in the game, exactly the number needed after using an Energy Crystal.
- The Fenrir Keblade has a strength increase of seven, the highest in the game.
Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
- Using the Restore Count Reaction Command against Marluxia restores the hit counter by thirteen points.
- There are thirteen members of Mushroom XIII.
- The Centurion staff has a strength increase of thirteen, the highest in the game.
- The Winner's Proof Keyblade has a magic increase of seven, the highest in the game.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
- There are a total of thirteen System Sectors.
- The final System Sector has thirteen floors.
- There are seven music tracks introduced in this game.[2]
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Roxas's first real mission with the Organization is Mission 7.
- Luxord can wield a deck of Cards named Finest Fantasy 13.
- There are thirteen music tracks introduced in this game.[3]
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- There are thirteen matches in the Mirage Arena.[4]
- Vanitas is fought seven times across all three campaigns.[5]
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix
- The sum of the time on the No Name Keyblade, 8:05, is equal to thirteen.
- Once the Unknown fight is unlocked, the Land of Departure has a combat level of thirteen.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
- Sora is "Combatant thirteen" when he faces Rinzler in The Grid.
- As with the No Name, the sum of the time on Young Xehanort's Keyblade is equal to thirteen.
- There are thirteen types of Training Toy candies.
Kingdom Hearts III
- There are a total of seven Orichalculm+, all of which are required to synthesize the Ultima Weapon.
- The box art, Gathering, shows thirteen main characters.
- The clock tower in Gathering displays thirteen hours on the clock.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
- There are seven lights on the chandelier in the Garden of Assemblage.
Other
- There are thirteen musical tracks whose titles contain the number thirteen.[6]
- There are thirteen letters in:
- "Kingdom Hearts"
- "Light" and "Darkness"
- "End of the World"
- "Hollow Bastion"
- "Radiant Garden"
- "Sora", "Riku", and "Kairi"
- "Sora", "Roxas", and "Xion"
- "Roxas", "Axel", and "Xion"
- "Terra-Xehanort"
- "Ventus-Vanitas"
- The Director's Secret Report XIII is a thirteen-part exposé by Tetsuya Nomura.
- As of the 10th anniversary of the series, there were seven main games.[7]
- As of the 20th anniversary of the series, there were thirteen main games.[8]
Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash
- The orange token is unlocked upon reaching level seven.
- The purple token is unlocked upon reaching level thirteen.
Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game
- A player wins the game if the value of their World Cards totals thirteen.
Notes and references
- ^ Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, Aero, Gravity, and Stop.
- ^ "Dearly Beloved", "On the Debug!!", "Wonder of Electron", "No More Bugs!!", "Wonder of Electron -Bug Ver.-", "No More Bugs!! -Bug Ver.-", and "Pretty Pretty Abilities".
- ^ "Dearly Beloved", "Results and Rewards", "Mystic Moon", "Critical Drive", "Sacred Moon", "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion", "Xemnus", "Secret of Neverland", "Crossing to Neverland", "At Dusk, I Will Think of You...", "Fight and Away", "Vector to the Heavens", and "Another Side -Battle Ver.-".
- ^ Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix added three additional matches.
- ^ Once by Terra, three times by Ventus, and three times by Aqua.
- ^ "The 13th Floor", "Thirteenth Discretion", "The 13th Struggle", "Organization XIII", "The 13th Dilemma", "The 13th Reflection", "Organization XIII -Mark of Fate-", "The 13th Dilemma -Xigbar-", "The 13th Dilemma -Saïx-", "The 13th Struggle -Luxord-", "The 13th Struggle -Larxene-", "The 13th Anthology", and "The 13th Side".
- ^ Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
- ^ The seven from the 10th anniversary, plus Kingdom Hearts Union χ, Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover, Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-, Kingdom Hearts III, Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory.