Hearts
In the world of
Kingdom Hearts, not restricted to just people and animals, but every existence
contains a heart. The collection of all
kinds of hearts would become the great heart – Kingdom Hearts.
Heart
of Worlds and Key Holes
The
worlds contained in the Realm of Light all consist of a Heart of the
World. A Heart of the World is
essentially the collection of hearts that make up everything in that world, and
there is always a Key Hole hidden deep within each world.
The
Key Hole to the Heart of Worlds is also connected to the Realm of
Darkness. Generally the Key Holes are
closed and on one hand the worlds are protected from darkness, but at the same
time there is no path to get outside the world.
If the Key Hole is opened, the barrier surrounding the world is
destroyed so that entering and leaving the world becomes possible, but this
also allows the darkness to seep into the world, so it can be extremely
dangerous. In KH1 the Hearts of Worlds
are open leaving them volatile, so Sora and his friends go on a quest to lock
the Key Holes.
The
Key Hole to a Hearts of the World is hidden from sight, but when a Keyblade is
held up it will appear.
Because
Riku received the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony as a child, he was able to see
Key Holes others could not.
The
Key Holes Locked and Unlocked
Aside from the Key
Hole to the Heart of the World, there are various other Key Holes. In all other adventures aside from KH1,
Keyblades were used to open Key Holes on various worlds, including those that
were not the Key Holes to the Heart of the Worlds.
How the Protagonists Interacted with Key
Holes
KH1 – Sora – To stop the darkness from
entering worlds, he traveled between worlds in the Gummi Ship to close off the
Hearts of Worlds.
KH2 – Sora – With the intention of helping
reclaim worlds, he had to open gates made by the worlds to travel between them.
KH coded – Data Sora – In attempts to
restore the data in Jiminy’s journal, he traveled through Data Worlds and
opened their Key Holes in order to get rid of the bugs.
KH BbS – Terra, Aqua, Ventus – They opened
the Key Holes leading into the corridors of space which Eraqus readied in order
to travel between worlds.
KH3D – Sora, Riku – Challenging the Mark of
Mastery, they traveled between Sleeping Worlds opening their Key Holes in order
to free them from dreams.
Aside
from KH1 where Sora closed Key Holes, all the other installments involve
opening Key Holes.
Kingdom
Hearts
A condensed form
of the hearts of this world. Also known
as the kingdom of hearts or the center of worlds. It also is the source of great power and a
source of endless knowledge.
In the past,
people viewed Kingdom Hearts as a great heart of light and seeking to gain
control of this ended up causing the outbreak of a war that destroyed the world
(Refer to P.8). Because of such an
incident, Kingdom Hearts is now strictly sealed away and it is not easily
approachable. Master Xehanort among
other dark forces use all kinds of tactics to obtain Kingdom Hearts, but Sora
is always there to fight and stop them.
Kingdom
Hearts of Worlds (KH1 Kingdom Hearts)
The
condensed form of the Hearts of Worlds known as Kingdom Hearts. The path to this Kingdom Hearts can only be
open using the Keyblade of People’s Hearts created from the Seven Princesses of
Heart. In KH1, Maleficent and Ansem used
the Heartless to steal the Hearts of Worlds and sought out the Kingdom Hearts
of Worlds.
Kingdom
Hearts of People (KH2, 3D Kingdom Hearts)
The condensed
form of the hearts of people becoming a Kingdom Hearts. Organization XIII believed that completing
this would make them whole again and began collecting hearts from the Heartless
in order to create the Kingdom Hearts of People. The leader of Organization XIII had a
different plan as he intended on using the Kingdom Hearts of People in order to
implant the heart of Xehanort into the members as vessels to create the 13 of
Dark (Reference P.9).
The
incomplete Kingdom Hearts of People floated above Organization XIII’s castle.
True
Kingdom Hearts (BbS, 3D Kingdom Hearts)
Different from
the two man-made Kingdom Hearts above, this Kingdom Hearts has existed since
the beginning of the world. It was
engulfed in darkness long, long ago during the Keyblade War, but using its
counterpart: the χ-Blade, it is thought that the True
Kingdom Hearts will once again be revealed.
Master
Xehanort’s goal is to acquire the χ-Blade and open the True Kingdom Hearts to bring about a new
Keyblade War.
The
Door of Darkness and the Door of Light
The door leading
to Kingdom Hearts is also the Door of Darkness connected to the Realm of
Darkness. Only those shrouded in
darkness may pass through the Door of Darkness, and to seal this door, a
Keyblade from the Realm of Light and a Keyblade from the Realm of Darkness are
both necessary. One must be in the Dark
Realm and the other in the Light Realm in order to combine their powers and
lock the door from both sides.
The counterpart
for the Door of Darkness is the Door of Light.
This door is how someone belonging in the Realm of Light who is lost in
the Realm of Darkness may return to the Realm of Light and it will appear as if
it were inside a person’s heart.
King
Mickey uses the Keyblade he obtained in the Realm of Darkness to work with Sora
in the Realm of Light to seal the Door of Darkness.
When
Sora and Riku were lost in the Realm of Darkness, they found hope in a letter
they received from Kairi and were then able to find the Door of Light.
Seven
Princesses
7
women who all hold a pure heart of light without darkness and their very existences
are the foundations for light. They are
sought out by dark forces as their hearts can reveal the path to Kingdom
Hearts.
The Seven Princesses are Bell, Snow White,
Aurora, Alice, Jasmine, Cinderella and Kairi.
Despite
all the princesses living in different worlds, the Villains (Refer to P.9) were
able to kidnap all of them and use their pure hearts to create the Keyblade of
People’s Hearts.
Omg so awesome! I was just going to ask if you could post a translation about Kingdom Hearts itself! It makes so much more sense now! I'm definently spreading he word about this. Thanks again so much!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comments.
ReplyDeleteI plan on putting up the page about the Dark Forces sometime over the weekend. But like last time, if there is a section you are specifically interested in, let me know and I'll try to move it up.
Each page I have translated so far turned out to be around 4 MS Word pages each. This book has so much great content, I just thought everyone should enjoy the content of this book and get to know more about Kingdom Hearts as a whole as we wait for the next installments.