Speculating the upcoming games on the Kingdom Hearts series is something which a lot of fans do. Back in the days before the launch of Kingdom Hearts II, fans were making a lot of guesses on the true identify of the guy in cloak (Roxas), why was he looking for Sora, what is his relation with him and the worst thing is, why is he wielding the Oblivion and Oathkeeper keyblade? The secret movie was replayed hundreds of times to catch any possible clue presented, although the hints Square-Enix gave wasn’t 100% correct either.

Picture Source: Kingdom Hearts Insider

At Tokyo Game Show 07, we now know that Birth By Sleep (Sony PSP) is actually a prequel to the first Kingdom Hearts, setting in a time line before Sora make his debut. The key characters (up to this point of time) so far are Terra, Ven, Aqua, Master Xehanort and Mickey.

After Square-Enix announced the game, me and Neko started doing our own speculations and we came out with a few theories. Note: the speculations you are about to read below is NOT an official story from Square-Enix and merely theories on what we think. Some details might be outdated or off course so don’t go shooting at us for giving false information.

Ven:
- Nomura said the 3 armored characters were somehow related to Sora and gang. Ven also looks suspiciously like Sora/Roxas. Since Nomura also hinted that this scene happened in the past, it’s possible that this is Sora’s father(?).

Terra:
- In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep trailer for the PSP, Terra called the previously unknown old man in KH2:FM+ secret trailer, “Master Xehanort”. At the end of the secret trailer, when Xehanort made a giant blue heart appear in the sky, Terra’s eye shone like a Heartless/Nobody. Was he a servant? Were they all Xehanort’s followers? Or did he went to the dark side?

Aqua:
- related to anyone? Sora’s mom? Riku’s mom? Kairi’s mom?

1st Theory:
Birth by Sleep could really mean that Xehanort somehow released something from the heart in the sky for some ultimate purpose. Then he “went to sleep” and thus a new Xehanort was born. By “went to sleep”, it could also mean many different things, such as sealing of memory or powers temporarily in order to gain something else.

The new Xehanort landed in Radiant Garden with no memories and met up with Ansem the Wise. It is also possible that the old Xehanort did this on purpose to infiltrate Ansem the Wise, and without memories or powers, Ansem the Wise would not have found out the truth.

The old Xehanort might have planned for everything in KH1 and KH2 to happen, and once both Heartless and Nobody had been defeated, the true Xehanort would appear once again.

2nd Theory:
A bit of assumption is needed first: Ven is Sora’s father, Terra is Riku’s father. The battle happened in the past. The first theory can also fit into this theory.

After the battle, all 3 keyblade users survived and went to Destiny Island. Then Sora and Riku were born. In the first secret trailer found in KH2, it was shown that Terra pulled out what would be Sora’s Kingdom Key. And from the actions we can assume that Terra was the leader among the 3. That would make Riku the true successor of the Key of Light. In KH1, it was stated that Riku was the true Keyblade Master, but because he lost his heart to the darkness, Sora was chosen to replace him. But later on, Riku received Way to Dawn, which was picked up by Ven in the first trailer.

The 2nd trailer showed the words that says there are no coincidences in fate. Terra’s glowing eyes might be a sign that he was falling into the darkness (similar to Ansem and Roxas). Riku never mentioned that his father was around, and perhaps that contributed to why he believed there were other worlds outside of Destiny Island. He might have believed that his father was travelling the worlds, and he wanted to do the same instead of being stuck on an island. In his eagerness to do so, he succumbed to the darkness so easily even though he had a strong heart. This could suggest that he shared Terra’s trait.

Other than the theories, Neko came out with a time line speculation.

• Long ago, Keyblade War. Xehanort started a masterplan.
• Kingdom Hearts I (We fought Xehanort’s Heartless, the Fake Ansem)
• Chain of Memories (Sora went to sleep at the end of CoM)
• 358/2 Days (Roxas taking over the spotlight)
• Birth by Sleep. (Xehanort’s soul guided Sora’s dream to what really happened in the first point and asked for help)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Sora woke up, forgot everything, fought Xehanort’s nobody)
• Kingdom Hearts: Coded (Jimminy found weird entries in his journal from their time in Castle Oblivion, Mickey feels theres something missing that he doesn’t remember as well due to Castle Oblivion. So they re-traced Sora’s steps in Kingdom Hearts I. At the end, he found it… and…)
• Kingdom Hearts 2 (The King’s Letter arrived for Sora, Riku and Kairi)

Quick Theories (things that just came into our minds)
- Xehanort’s soul can also mean Memories, which is a key point in the first secret trailer of Kingdom Hearts II “Xehanort’s Memory”.

- Terra might be the Xehanort we see in Kingdom Hearts II (Xemnas looked like Terra). He could have sealed off or killed the real Master Xehanort and take his name (like how the fake Ansem used Ansem the Wise’s name back in the first Kingdom Hearts).

- It can be assumed that Xehanort walked the Path of Twilight which means he went from light into the darkness. Possibly a part of him still belongs in the light and wants someone to stop him.

- Going by the theory that Xehanort’s memory guided Sora’s dream, the part Xehanort asked that he is to be stopped might be an altered scene by his memory, the part of him that’s still in the light, to ask Sora and Mickey to stop his plans. This is very possible since Castle Oblivion has powers to alter a person’s memories.

It is known that Square-Enix isn’t perfect in leaving clues. In between Another Side Another Story and Deep Dive (the secret trailer in Kingdom Hearts I), everyone was convinced Roxas was two different person in there. So the clues that we picked up from the Final Mix+ could be incorrect. Regardless this is as far as we can conclude for now until more information is given out.

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