Kingdom Hearts 3: Plot - Part II (Continued)

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*Warning, heavy spoilers ahead, read at your own risk, latestely here*

Alright friends, after a brief pause following a strong headache and quick recovery through sleep, it's here now I'll continue with where I left off the day before (or rather those 13-14 hours since having released the previous entry by the time I'm publishing this ^^; ). For those who haven't read the previous entry as of yet, you may find it here:


Kingdom Hearts 3: Plot - Part I (Aquanort + Other)*Warning, heavy spoilers ahead, read at your own risk*
Alright, friends, as promised (somewhat), starting today I'll begin letting you in on Kingdom Hearts 3's plot as far as this timeline's amount of information revealed so far ultimately happens to allow - you know, following most recent explanations on why doing so fully now could have disastrous consequences otherwise - aka

and, following that, we "can't have [us] causing any temporal paradoxes", after all. :rofl:
Well, since seemingly only little amount of people showed actual interest in me doing this (seriously would've wished at least a few more voting on my poll telling of this, but nope not going down that path, again :shrug: ), I'm gonna do this in a more restraint summarized manner now than what I originally had in mind (though considering my still not overcome overblowing-tendencies grinding much on people's nerves, I guess that's for the better :shrug: ).
Also, to at least ease thin


And while afromentioned first part would mainly focus on backgrounds leading into KH3 in lights of what initial factors would play into Aqua ultimately being corrupted enough to the point of allowing Xehanort effectively possessing her within same main game now instead of previously proclaimed pre-established plot-summary, this very part happens to be the real deal now, a true outlook what's going to happen in KH3 as far as current stands of time happen to allow following way earlier explanations upon the matter

I apparantly 'did a thing' - Me and Kingdom Heartsor, alternatively... "I am a time traveler!"


Good day, friends. This journal - as you can see - is gonna be quite different from many past ones - a surely refreshing experience for once for the many of you as for me, though this admittably still remains something of an unusual course for me to sail through.
In fact, I normally wouldn't even do this - at least talking about something so 'casual' in my eyes when it comes towards my connections/experiences with the Kingdom Hearts series (at least not anymore for quite some years now for many a reason).
This one, however, I really feel the need to return the call, especially since it indirectly happens to concern me this time around - that and many people having come towards me and inquiring me about it leading towards doing this now.
And since I've been reminded time and time, again about my too long-getting journals - also with special thanks towards an equally special friend on this one - from here o


(yeah, still bringing that one up :trollface: - and in case of growing annoyed by same one, while understanding, still, sue me, I haven't had this much fun in years now, actually, so leave me a bit of this very pleasure now, will you?)

This, naturally, also including many brought forward explanations towards many important plot-points and elements supposedly appearing unconnected thus far, especially when it comes towards my assumingly boisterious claims briefly brought up within the previous part in regards towards the eponymous "Key to Return Hearts", what final act would effectively be undertaken for Aqua to ultimately end up as another puppet for Xehanort and, finally, Ventus supposedly ending up as final member of the True Organization XIII as well now.

Finally, in attempts to once again structurize this overall entry a bit better than past ones, this will roughly lay out how we're to proceed with this entire topic at hand:


1. Generals (Stand of things before KH3's plot + general explanations)

1.1. Events already known
1.2. General stand of things right before KH3's plot

2. Main Plot of KH3

2.1. First half
2.2. Second half


So for those already wanting to read ahead of how KH3's plot ultimately happens to come to pass, you may simply jump ahead towards that very point then (though it may dependingly fall more easier reading things in chronical full order, but that ultimately being left to you, in the end ^^; ).

So, with that said, let's start now:



1. Generals (Stand of things before KH3's plot + general explanations)
1.1. Events already known

So, in reflections towards the very endings of Dream Drop Distance and 0.2, we generally find ourselves in the situation that

1. Master Xehanort has returned in his old-bodied self alongside the formation of a new Organization made up entirely of varying versions of himself either through possession (= placing parts of his heart within them each) or the utilization of time travel; same Organization currently consisting of 12 members, with the attempts of marking Sora as 13th and final vessel having ultimately failed through the hands of the latter's friends.

=> the formation of same Organization ultimately being part of his master plan to reforge the X-Blade through pitting 13 wielders of pure darkness (again, entirely made up through versions of himself possessing such qualities) against 7 pure lights - in that case either the Princesses of Heart or 7 Guardians of Light (as in Keyblade Wielders) - all for the sake of using same reforged X-Blade then to supposedly unlock Kingdom Hearts and initiate another Keyblade War for the reason of battling for the light within the heart of all worlds and, upon gaining knowledge of how that event would play out and lead towards the reform of the universe in the first place, then use same one to ultimately refit same universe in his image, in the end.

2. Keyblade Masters Mickey and (former) Yen Sid, even in spite of knowing of playing into Xehanort's hands by doing this, but not really being left much of choice in that regard either, in turn respond to this by resolving to train and prepare 7 Guardians of Light now to supposedly protect the Princesses of Heart and counter the threat even if doubtful they may ultimately be able to prevent the Keyblade War from taking place, in the end.

=> as parts of the preparation process, Yen Sid had already initiated a Mark of Mastery exam way before eventually gaining full knowledge of this turn of events for Sora and Riku to supposedly counter Xehanort's threat of which he'd ultimately name only the latter a true full Master then at the end of Dream Drop Distance with supposedly newfound powers and abilities found within the passing of that title ultimately needed to have a rudimentary chance of standing up to Xehanort effectively, with Sora regardlessly to follow soon from there

=> naturally needing more Keyblade Wielders and subsequent Masters to form up their 7 Guardians of Light next to Sora, Riku and Mickey, Yen Sid would ultimately recruit Axel/Lea and Kairi into the group and have them train together under Merlin to ultimately master their abilities over their Keyblades, in the end, while still supposedly seeking out more Keyblade Wielders all the same - at least to help in said formation of same group partially, but also in slight possibility of supposedly gaining enough in hopes of unbalancing Xehanort's previously set-up gambit in regards to his anticipated 7 lights, in the end - in that case heavily aspiring in adding Terra, Aqua and Ven to their group and free them of  their state of suffering inflicted upon by Master Xehanort over a decade earlier alongside Roxas and Xion who, too, would fall victim towards one of his alternate selves in one way or another - all with the help of Ansem the Wise's data ultimately provided to the heroes in his own special way, in the end

=> following his initial fall to darkness and sleep thanks to Young Xehanort's machinations in the Dream Worlds, Sora would find himself bereft of many of his abilities (yet again :lick: ), with Yen Sid in turn instructing him, now accompanied by Donald and Goofy again, to supposedly travel to Olympus Coliseum and train with Hercules there in hopes of quickly regaining his full strenght, again, while sending Riku and Mickey out earlier to ultimately find their way back into the Realm of Darkness and retrieve/rescue Aqua from there


That's what generally happens to be long-known now without doubt.

Everything that happens to follow from here on will finally start tapping into the so-long proclaimed plot of KH3 now:



1.2. General stand of things right before KH3's plot

So, in reflections towards the just disclosed, this is where we ultimately find ourselves now right before the start of KH3 - with me making use of already pre-released official plot descriptions on SE's end to underline same one then:

1. (released around 2013)

Believing light and darkness must remain in balance, Master Xehanort seeks to spark war against the 'tyranny of light' to restore equilibrium.

In an effort to undermine Xehanort's plot, Sora, Donald and Goofy search for seven guardians of light and the "Key to Return Hearts," while King Mickey and Riku search for previous Keyblade wielders.

2. (released this month) Having learned that all their struggles thus far were engineered by Master Xehanort in his plot to start another Keyblade War, Sora and his friends continue their search for seven guardians of light capable of standing against the coming darkness. King Mickey and Riku seek out Keyblade veterans from the past, while Sora, Donald, and Goofy begin a new odyssey across Disney worlds to claim the "power of waking."

In that case the "power of waking" and "Key to Return Hearts" meaning the same thing as you'll soon come to understand from here.


Still, in lights to that, we happen to find ourselves with the following 5 front-/plot-lines right at the start of KH3 now:

1. Sora, Donald and Goofy travelling to Olympus Coliseum to seek out and train with Hercules for the sake of the former gaining all his abilities, again, in a quick manner alongside new ones

2. Riku and Mickey travelling into the Realm of Darkness to supposedly rescue Aqua

3. Axel/Lea and Kairi training under Merlin

4. Xehanort's Organization seeking to complete their ranks through various means alongside two other important quests to be explained soon

5. Maleficent and Pete undergoing their own measures to obtain absolute world domination through seeking out items of legend last experienced in the age of fairytales - initially the Book of Prophecies (or connections thereof) ultimately turned towards seeking out a 'certain black box' that supposedly happens to contain all the answers to achieve that very goal within


By that point of time, the Light Side (= Guardians) would officially come to consist of (independing of state of mastery now):

1. Sora
2. Riku
3. Kairi
4. Axel/Lea
5. Mickey

With, again, having held high anticipations of Terra, Aqua, Ven, Roxas and Xion to be added in some form of capacity within same one or in general, in the end (but that matter to be soon cleared from here). What they're all supposedly going after having roughly been outlined earlier (again, by the start of KH3, with subsequent quests to be focused on once truly going through KH3's plot then)


Meanwhile, Xehanort's Organization would set itself up through the following members (half already known by the time of Dream Drop Distance, the rest eventually revealed over the course of KH3 itself) (listing them up here the way they've officially been moved into focus/introduced throughout the series in regards to the first six (aside of MX generally acting as de-facto leader of the group in general) and the way they've come up within KH3 trailers in chronical order; also briefly leaving Aqua out of here as well following, again, this very premise's nature in general):

1. Master Xehanort
2. Ansem (Xehanort's Heartless)
3. Xemnas
4. Xigbar
5. Saix
6. Young Xehanort
7. Marluxia
8. Vanitas
9. Larxene
10. Luxord
11. Riku Replica
12. * (to be left open on my end for speculation on yours :trollface: )
13. / (left unfilled as of yet)


In many of their case, their (newfound) alignment to Xehanort would be well-displayed through many of them already spotting signs of possession to them since CoM onward (regarding members of the old Organization now), especially in regards to Larxene and Luxord.

In general, fans so far remained a bit divided upon the reasons of Xehanort's rather... curious choice of certain members either in general as in case of Luxord or having attempted to betray his alternate self Xemnas in the past as happens to be the case of Larxene and Marluxia or if they even are truly members of his Organization in the first place out of them not possessing any signs of possession to them as of yet as happens to be the case to Marluxia and especially Repliku earlier (with you most likely being even more divided upon me including same one towards the list in the first place; not to worry, though, your concerns will (hopefully) soon be eased from here).


Well, from a certain point of view, that's certainly true without a doubt.

However, regarding Marluxia and Larxene, one mustn't forget one important factor way back in CoM/DDD - as in that Xemnas's entire Organization had based itself on falseness and deceit, hiding its true purpose from many of its members (aside of Xigbar and Saix that is) who, while not 'in' on it, would certainly be aware of something greater going on beyond their understanding that in all likeliness was not in their best interest as prominently Luxord would come to note over the course of 358/2 Days, hence leading towards many members' attempts to overthrow their superior as had been the case with afromentioned traitors and Saix at one point (alongside other factors, of course ^^; ).

Now, however, circumstances happen to be different, with Xehanort's Organization operating in an entire different, much more 'open' manner, with all their setups and goals known from the beginning which, consequently, would make it far more feasible for Marluxia and Larxene to (re-)'join' same one, again, especially if they happen to be taken-in/recruited for their very desires/qualities, respectively (in Marluxia's case preying on his ability to (re-)wield his own Keyblade, in Larxene's for her sadism in general) (as to why Luxord of all people would come to end up in same Organization now if already known since the foreshadowing of the chess-match between Xehanort and Eraqus respectively, while not shed much light upon beforehand, would rather come to place out of him eventually having come to learn upon the true purpose of the original Organization while then still having been part of, but having seen/found himself entangled far too deep within same one's schemes and actions against the worlds he took part in, having perceived himself as too far gone by that point to ultimately redeem himself/go out of things unscatched, hence having resigned himself to his ultimate fate among other then) (as in the case of why 'choosing' Repliku to become part of his new Organization? Well, simply keep in mind what Xehanort's Heartless used to describe him as towards the original deal, that should already answer it for you :lick: ).


The fact that, unlike all other cases revealed before, Marluxia and Repliku would not come to sport yellow/golden eyes/other signs of possession towards them yet would be out of 2 important reasons to be kept in mind - one of them being the less significant factor of their state of possession simply not having processed as far yet as the others, but also for the more significant reason of them still possessing a great amount of resistance towards Xehanort as of yet, having not given themselves over to Xehanort willingly in their entirety aside of initial initiations (or having been completely overturned and corrupted by then), hence still so - especially in regards to Repliku, this is going to become important for later on.


So, that cleared, returning towards the group in its entirety, same one would find itself faced with two superficial main objectives to carry out under the instructions of their superior (= Master Xehanort mainly) by the start of KH3 (later joined by a third during the course of same one) thrice to superficially fulfill same objectives, keep themselves as their adversaries occupied and bid their time until the final clash and finally and most important keep said ones distracted while Master Xehanort himself would go after entire different true ones himself in the meantime; to ultimately hide said ones from the heroes for as long as possible. Said objectives in general happen to be

1. Undergo all means - experimental as otherwise - that'd ultimately lead towards the completion of their ranks

2. Seek out the new Princesses of Heart as parts of their earlier elaborated on 'back-up plan'


Now this latter objective might appear surprising at first for the many of you, since - up to most recently - it was supposedly believed the PoH would remain a fixed position and thus, in overall, reduntant having to focus on them until the last act or so when Xehanort would successfully complete his new Organization.

However, even that happens to come with a well-placed explanation within foreshadowed way back within the 1st game aside of demographical reasons.


Perhaps many of you might remember this very scene where Maleficent would prematurely use the original Princesses of Heart to unveil the Final Keyhole(?):



As already stated many times officially now as otherwise, supposedly, Princesses of Hearts happen to sport hearts of pure light to them, no darkness to be found within.

Well, since pure - as in purity - would mostly be linked towards 'fairness' and 'virginity' (in a different context here :lick: ), what Maleficent basically did here in that very moment was actually forcing herself upon them through sheer darkness-driven selfishness which, in that context, would and should be counted as basically raping them, actually (if, again, in a different context, but still no less so), berefting them for both their hearts and those very pure qualities found within to ultimately fall into the hands of Xehanort's Heartless forging the Keyblade of Heart out of them (thus actually continuing what Maleficent already started then).

Once released, the hearts would be returned to their rightful owners, but with their qualities mostly diminished by then, only maintaining a small amount of their original powers by then used to repell (repeat, repell, not diminish, even if admittably difficult either way had they still kept all of their powers then) the darkness spreading out from the Final Keyhole and later on upgrade some of Sora's abilities, before eventually fading away over time, hence also their decreasing importance in their original incarnation in subsequent titles aside of BBS in a way, to be ultimately taken in by other fair maidens now which the Lights found within the original group have effectively chosen now after having had to abandon the original ones following the entire deal with said overall Final Keyhole, hence also Xehanort having to 'relocate' them now as part of his new Organization's working schedule.

And finally, as for Kairi still being a Princess of Heart even in spite of all of this, you supposedly have to keep in mind that her heart had been inside of Sora's at the time, meaning she was never subjected towards the same kind of 'evil' the other Princesses had to endure, having chosen her... host, for lack of more uplifting descriptions here ^^; by her own volition, her own will(/consent in that context ^^; ) then, the same going for her ending up trapped within the Keyblade of Heart which, again, she didn't as, unlike Maleficent (somewhat) and Xehanort's Heartless, Sora never intented her to be trapped within that very blade or to (ab-)use her for supposedly selfish gain, his entire line of actions supposedly having been an act of true love out of having sacrificed himself all for the sake of rescuing her above all else, having had her powers complete the Keyhole then, yes, but only as a necessary side-effect of then unchangable circumstances, hence her still keeping on to that very state even to this day now.



And well, that brings us towards the premature completion of all factors to be set up before continuing on with the very plot of KH3 in itself now.

Unfortunately, however, as had been the case with the release date of the main game in itself now, I'm afraid that, having taken so much text now to supposedly cover up all those very instances now, the one you've been (eagerly?) awaiting now can't be completed within this one, having to move up things into a 3rd and final part now. I'm really sorry for this turn of events (albeit finding it all the more hilarious yet still shameful now following the same trend as dear Nomura now).

At least, though, it fits having things be completed in a 3rd part then - and at least I can promise that said 3rd part will truly bring up the very main plot in question then without further delay as well as being the final one of its kind, then.


Well, to soon be continued from here...


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