Post by Z451 on Mar 17, 2015 16:20:45 GMT
Organization XIII
The head of this group was Ansem's apprentice, Xehanort, with the others being Braig, Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo.
Ansem the Wise began initiating tests about the human heart, focusing mainly on Xehanort, with the hopes of recovering his lost memories.
At the urging of Ienzo, he constructed a massive laboratory under the castle.
However, Ansem the Wise soon ceased his experiments, for he feared that going too deep would have grave repercussions, also noting Xehanort's apparently-superhuman abilities.
However, his six apprentices, still seduced by the desire for knowledge, conducted their own dangerous experiments on countless subjects.
Eventually, they discovered the beings called Heartless, those that are born from the darkness in a heart and seek others as well.
Xehanort, having taken on Ansem's name and writing his findings under it, opened a door he discovered, breaking down the barriers between worlds and allowing travel between them.
When a king named Mickey arrived, the six men's desire for knowledge eventually caused Xehanort to abandon his body, becoming a Heartless (though he was unusual in that he had a human form and retained his memories), with the other five soon following.
Thus, the first six members of Organization XIII were born, and they banished Ansem to a Realm of Darkness.
The Organization make their first appearance in the series (apart from Xemnas's appearance in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix).
The neophytes, Marluxia and Larxene, tried to take control of the Organization by using Sora as their puppet by having Naminé rewrite his memory, while the senior members, Zexion, Lexaeus, and Vexen, tried to oppose them by using the darkness in Riku.
However, all of them, save Axel, who was sent to kill traitors in the group, were eliminated.
The story largely focuses on Roxas's time as a member of the Organization XIII, and thus, all the members are present here.
This, Kingdom Hearts coded and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep are the only installments to date where the fourteenth member, Xion, is ever mentioned due to any memories of her becoming faded since she was a being of memories that ceased to exist.
Only eight members (Xemnas, Axel, Demyx, Xaldin, Xigbar, Luxord, Saïx, and Roxas) of the Organization remained at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts II.
Sora and his friends took every single remaining member down, save Roxas, who became one with Sora, and Axel, who sacrificed himself so that Sora and his friends could save Kairi.
In the end, Organization XIII is ultimately destroyed when Sora and Riku defeat Xemnas.
While Dilan, Even, Aeleus, Ienzo, Isa, and Lea appear in the game in minor roles, Braig serves as a major player in Master Xehanort's ruthless ambitions, acquiring his signature scars and eyepatch following a battle against Terra.
Of Ansem's apprentices, Braig plays the largest role overall in the story until the appearance of Xehanort.
Axel, Roxas, and Xion also appear in the game's secret ending, and Xemnas appears briefly in the Final Mix version of the game.
A Data version of Naminé reveals to a Data Sora that Axel, Roxas, and Xion, while apparently gone, are still connected to Sora's heart and waiting for him to rescue them from their suffering.
The three appear along with Terra, Aqua, Ven, and the real Naminé as apparitions waiting for Sora to bring them back from non-existence.
The resurrected Master Xehanort reforms Organization XIII, only consisting of several incarnations of himself from many alternate timelines.
So far only known members are Master Xehanort himself, Xemnas, Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, Young Xehanort, Braig, and Isa.
There are also six others whose identities are not yet revealed.
Sora was supposed to be a member, but Lea saved him from being possessed by Xehanort.
Master Xehanort says that someday a new Organization, which he calls 13 Seekers of Darkness, is supposed to battle against the 7 lights.
The Organization soon vanished into darkness after Sora was saved.
Young Xehanort explains to Riku that they originally wanted him to be their 13th Vessel but because he has built an immunity against the darkness, like the Keyblade they chose Sora instead.
Master Xehanort mentioned that 1 of the 7 lights was in his possession - this, given that he merged with Terra, is presumably his heart, as Ventus's remains in Sora and Aqua is trapped in the Realm of Darkness.
Other former Organization members like Ienzo, Aeleus, Even, and Dilan appeared in Radiant Garden in Ansem's study during certain cutscenes.
However, the fates of Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene currently remain unknown.
Xemnas explains that the nature of a Nobody is to gain a heart quickly after losing it.
As such he states the true purpose of Kingdom Hearts was to prepare its members to be vessels of Xehanort.
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