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Shadow the Hedgehog of the Colossus!

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Oathkeeper, Oblivion and Keychains

A while ago I answered a question about Roxas’ Oathkeeper and Oblivion, but after the ReMIND trailer released, which showed Sora using Oathkeeper… I started to suspect something about the Keychains we see on Keyblades, and how Roxas can still wield Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

My current theory is, Keychains are physical manifestations of memories associated with a certain world or a certain person. A Keyblade is practically an extension of the heart, and within the heart are memories; the heart and memory being intimately linked with the Keyblade and its Keychain isn’t that far-fetched when you think about it. Keyblades change form and abilities depending on what Keychain is equipped, though we never see Sora being handed a Keychain or exchanging them out himself. Kingdom Hearts III introduced the mechanic of switching Keyblades, which…we know to be able to wield multiple, you’d need to have multiple hearts within you. And yes, during the majority of the game Sora does contain three other hearts — Roxas, Xion and Ventus — meaning he could probably wield up to four Keyblades at once, but we never even see him dual wield a single time in Kingdom Hearts III.

When switching between Keyblades, Sora’s actually calling out to his memories associated with a specific world and it manifests into a different token on his Keychain (and in turn, that alters the appearance and abilities of the Keyblade). That’s why in Kingdom Hearts II, when Sora wakes up, he’s left with nothing but Kairi’s charm. Because her charm is a physical item. During Chain of Memories, he lost memories to gain memories, and gained memories to lose memories. His head was constantly altered and played with; he forgot about the friends he had made and the worlds he had visited. The Keychains were changed into cards for him to use, because — like Marluxia said at the beginning — he, Donald and Goofy forgot every spell and every ability they ever learned. And later down the line, they started forgetting people and places too.

So, why am I bringing this up? Because I think I know what Roxas’ Oathkeeper and Oblivion are and how he can wield them at the same time Sora can.

As Sora’s Nobody, Roxas can wield the Kingdom Key, and as Sora’s replica, Xion can also wield the Kingdom Key. After Xion’s destruction, Ventus’s heart “awakened” within Roxas and provided him the ability to dual wield, with his second Kingdom Key being Xion’s. But, they end up transforming; one becomes Oathkeeper and the other becomes Oblivion, which is strange considering Sora — at this point in time — still has Kairi’s charm with him in the pod.

What I suspect happened is, when Roxas’ Keyblade transformed into Oathkeeper based on his promise to Xion, the token manifested as Kairi’s charm, because in his memories (and Sora’s memories) that was the only symbol of a promise that he knew of. Xion’s Keyblade, Roxas’ second Keyblade, transformed into Oblivion due to Roxas being the one responsible for her destruction. The token manifested as…Riku’s charm? The black crown. It’s origin has yet to be explained.

If Oblivion is the other half of Oathkeeper, but also it’s opposite (light and dark)…it can be seen as “Oathbreaker.” A symbol of a promise that has been broken, forgotten — a “passing memory” of a promise. Of what promise?

The mind may forget, but the heart will forever remember — it has been etched. Memories that have been repressed or forgotten, the heart still remembers. It’s possible that Xion’s death stirred some of Sora’s repressed memories within Roxas, something that this newfound pain could relate to, which caused the Keychain on Xion’s Kingdom Key to take the form of the black crown token. And that in turn transformed it into Oblivion.

“My treasured best friend that I destroyed with this hand of mine.”

Roxas’ Oathkeeper and Oblivion cannot be wielded separately. They’re a duo. I assume that if he were to only have one of the Keyblades in the set, it would take the form of the Kingdom Key, his default Keychain (just like Sora). This means his Oathkeeper and Oblivion are separate from Sora’s, as Sora’s are both connected to physical items (Kairi’s charm and Riku’s charm).

With all that said…how do you suppose Oblivion’s token, the black crown, ended back up in Riku’s hands by the end of Kingdom Hearts II? He must’ve gotten it from someone…after a certain treasured friend was put to sleep, something to remember him by in case things were to go awry, causing Riku to forget? Reuniting with Riku in The World That Never Was rewarded you with Oblivion… Seems like Riku’s been carrying that around for a while… 👀

super quick sketch of Ava.

I missed you, girl.

First Friend

For the KH3 Countdown Challenge. 

Day 9 - Friendship

It was kinda funny how Sora had never really met his first and oldest friend face-to-face before.

Sure, he had vague, fuzzy memories of talking to Ventus as a kid, but that was different from actually, you know, talking to him. Out loud. In person. Face-to-face. Like how most normal friendships went.

To be fair, though, most of Sora’s friendships were anything but normal these days. How many people had been hanging out inside his heart before he’d begun this rescue mission again? Sheesh, he really could start charging rental space like Donald had suggested. Bunch of freeloaders.

Not that he ever would. They were his freeloaders, and he would give them shelter for as long as they needed. It was the least he could do after Xehanort had ruined their lives. Ruined the lives of his beloved friends that he was determined now more than ever to restore.

And that meant it was time to return Ventus to his rightful body, and that thought both excited him and scared him. Ventus had been with him ever since he was a baby. What kind of person would he be without him?

“What will Ventus think when he sees me?” he couldn’t help but ask.

Because Ventus was this… well, this legendary figure, almost. With him since the day he was born. A Keyblade wielder long before he’d become one. A hero to be admired from afar, even while, ironically enough, he rested inside Sora’s heart.

How was he supposed to approach that reintroduction? Sure, maybe he should be more worried about the fight that was probably gonna happen if he wanted to save Ventus’s body and restore his heart. Getting back each and every one of the people Xehanort had stolen from him hadn’t been easy so far, and Ventus wasn’t about to be an exception.

But for whatever reason, he was more nervous about seeing Ventus face-to-face for the first time than he was about the upcoming battle.

Aqua patted his head and smiled, like she always used to pat Ventus’s head. She’d smiled a lot after her rescue, really.

“He’ll be thrilled to see you, I’m sure,” she said. “And Sora?”

“Yeah?”

“Call him Ven. It’s what all his friends do.”

Sora returned her smile. “Okay.”

Final Fantasy IX Desert Palace