Kingdom Hearts Lore Overview

The Master of Masters and His Apprentices

• Master of Masters: Keyblade Master with foresight into the future.
• Apprentices: Six in total.
  • Five Foretellers: Received the Book of Prophecies predicting darkness's triumph.
  • Luxu: Sixth apprentice, given a Keyblade with a future-seeing eye and a mysterious box.

The Keyblade War

• Foretellers' Conflict: Fear of a traitor leads to the Keyblade War, resulting in the Keyblade Graveyard.
• Dandelions: Ava forms this group to save the light, leading some to the Unchained Realm to erase war memories.
  • Leadership: Ephemer, Skald, Ventus, Brain, and Lauriam.
  • Murder Mystery: Strelitzia's murder by an imposter, suspected to be Lauriam.

The Ancient Keyblade War

• Keyblade wielders fought for control of light and access to Kingdom Hearts.
• Keyblade shattered into 20 pieces (13 Darkness, 7 Light).
  • 7 Princesses of Heart: Formed from Light fragments.
• World was shrouded in darkness but rebuilt into smaller worlds.

Xehanort's Origin and Obsession

• Background: Grew up on Destiny Island, trained with Eraqus in the Land of Departure.
• Ideology: Balance between light and darkness.
• Plans: Start a new Keyblade War for equal balance.
• Ventus and Vanitas: Xehanort's manipulation of Ventus to forge the Keyblade.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus

• Training: Under Eraqus, Xehanort's influence.
• Mark of Mastery Exam: Xehanort sabotages Terra's exam.
• Key Events: Battles with Xehanort, Ventus and Vanitas clash, Terra's vessel for Xehanort.
• Outcomes: Ventus falls into sleep, Aqua saves Terra but becomes trapped in the Realm of Darkness.

Xehanort's Experiments and the Rise of Organization XIII

• Radiant Garden: Experiments with Ansem the Wise's apprentices, releasing Heartless.
• Organization XIII: Led by Xehanort's nobody, Xemnas, aiming to create Kingdom Hearts.
• Roxas and Xion: Sora's nobody and a replica with Sora's memories.

Sora's Journey

• Destiny Islands: Start of his adventure, obtaining Keyblade.
• Traverse Town: Meeting Donald and Goofy, quest to save the worlds.
• Confrontations: Battles against Maleficent, Ansem, and Organization XIII.
• End of Kingdom Hearts 2: Defeats Xemnas, reunites with friends.

Post-Kingdom Hearts 2 Developments

• Naminé and Roxas: Merging with Sora and Kairi.
• Digital Exploration: Data Sora's journey and revelations about Terra, Aqua, Ventus.
• Rebirth of Xehanort: Reborn through the destruction of Kingdom Hearts.

Final Preparations Against Xehanort

• Mark of Mastery Exam: Sora and Riku's test disrupted by Xehanort.
• New Alliances: Lee (Axel) seeks Keyblade training, Kairi recruited.
• Kingdom Hearts 3 Setup: Rescue missions for Aqua, Sora's quest to regain lost power.