Originally Posted by
Trumpet Thief
1. Could someone summarize the events of the series? (Can be as brief as you want)
2. Who the hell is Ansem (since his story has been expanded like crazy)?
3. Why do Sora and Roxas and the dude from Birth by Sleep look identical?
4. Who is Xehanort, and why is he alive at many different ages throughout the various games?
5. What is the X-blade?
1. Sora journeys to save Riku and Kairi, meets Donald and Goofy, battles Disney villains and Heartless, Riku is eventually possessed by Ansem, Sora becomes a Heartless, Sora defeats Ansem, and Riku and King Mickey are trapped on the other side of the Door to Darkness. Wow. That came out longer than I'd planned.
O13 is originally introduced in CoM/Re:CoM as five black cloaks in Castle Oblivion. Sora kills two while Riku and Axel kill the others. This installment introduces the clone project which leads to Xion's existence (originally named No. i).
Days basically informs why Roxas was absent for so long and why he comes to the decision to split from O13... it's pretty unnecessary.
Sora destroys the rest of O13 by the end of KHII. The Disney villains in this installment seem more like filler.
2. Ansem (DiZ Darkness in Zero) is a philosopher from Hollow Bastion (originally Radiant Garden) whose work (research into Heartlesss) and name were usurped by Ansem Seeker of Darkness (Xehanort).
3. Sora and Roxas don't actually look identical. Roxas looks like Ventus because
THIS IS A SPOILERVentus's heart is in Sora and Sora looks like
undefinedVanitas which is just a coincidence.
4. Xehanort transcends time and bodies using "Heart" transplantation.
5.
undefinedX-Blade is pronounced the same as keyblade due to the X representing Chi in the Greek Alphabet. It is composed of the combined Kingdom Keys from the Heart of Light (Ventus) and the Heart of Darkness (Vanitas).