Worlds
The story of
Kingdom Hearts surrounds the hearts of people connecting in the Realms of Light
and Dark.
In Kingdom
Hearts the main areas for worlds are the Light Realm, Dark Realm and the
Between Realm. There are many, many
worlds in the Light Realm, and each of those worlds make up the stars in the
sky.
Realm
of Light
The
world where people live which is overflowing with light. There was a time long ago when the world was
one, but it was destroyed and separated into countless small worlds. Each world is covered in a barrier which
cannot be seen by the naked eye, and without particular forms of travel it is
normally not possible to travel between worlds. On top of that, traveling
between worlds without concern for each individual world could possibly cause
disorder and thus it is fundamentally not allowed.
Each
world contains a “Heart of the World” and through that a door can be opened
which will break the wall of dark power, turning pieces of the wall into
shooting stars which come hurling down and can be used as material for “Gummi Ships.”
In
attempts to prevent disorder in other worlds, Donald and Goofy change out of
their Disney Castle royal clothing and hide their origins during their journey.
Data
World
A virtual space
world constructed from data. Aside from
the world King Mickey reconstructs from the data from the first Jiminy journal
in KH coded, the world DiZ created for Roxas’s fake summer vacation of Twilight
Town in KH2 and others also exist.
The
Twilight Town in which Roxas spent his time was inside a data world in the
computer connected to the pod in which Sora slept.
Sleeping
World
In KH1, once
Sora defeated Ansem, many of the worlds swallowed by darkness were revived, but
a few of them remained dormant and sleeping.
These became the basis for KH3D, the worlds trapped in slumber. Seeking out the Sleeping Keyhole and using
the Keyblade on it will awaken each world and bring it back on the path to
being reclaimed.
Travel
between worlds
Each
world in the Realm of Light floats in the place called the Sea of Stars or the
Dimensional Sea. Sora and friends use
the Gummi Ships to open up special corridors and travel between worlds.
Gummi
Ships
A ship used to
cross the sea of stars, developed at Disney Castle. It is made up of pieces of the walls of
worlds (Gummi) and runs on energy from smiles.
From
the outside the Gummi Ship may look like a toy, but it has the ability to cross
the sea of stars and fight evenly with ships the Heartless use.
Star
Shards
Broken pieces of
worlds’ walls which become shooting stars.
King Mickey in KH BbS took a star shard from the Mysterious Tower in
order to travel between worlds.
Between
Corridor / Corridor of Darkness
One way to travel
between worlds is using the Between Corridor, which a Keyblade wielder can open
and utilize using the Keyblade’s power.
Not only that, but those shrouded in darkness can also use dark powers
to open corridors, differentiated being known as Corridors of Darkness. Going through one of these corridors, the
heart and body of a person are eaten away at by the darkness, so it is even
dangerous for those shrouded in darkness to use.
Terra,
Aqua and Ventus were able to open the corridor gates which Eraqus provided and
travel through them on their transformed Keyblades.
The
black coats of Organization XIII, DiZ’s red cape and the armor which Terra,
Aqua and Ventus wore all help protect them as they travel through the corridors.
Realm
of Darkness
A
different realm which is on the opposite side of the Realm of Light. Generally people do not live here, but it is
filled with Heartless and creatures of darkness.
The
doors which connect the Realm of Light and the Realm of Darkness are the Door
of Darkness and the Door of Light. Only
those from the Realm of Light may pass through the Door of Light, and only
those from the Realm of Darkness may pass through the Door of Darkness.
When
Ansem took over the body of Riku, his heart was sent into the Realm of Darkness
and even after regaining his body, he was stuck there.
Between
Realm
The realm which
exists between that of Light and Dark.
There are fewer worlds than those which exist in the Realm of
Light. Also, the space there is unstable
and entrances to the dark corridors may suddenly open.
Where
worlds are placed:
Realm
of Light – Radiant Garden (Hollow Bastion), Destiny Islands, Disney Castle
Between
(Close to Light) – Mysterious Tower
Between
(Mid Close to Light) – Twilight Town
Between
(Mid Close to Dark) – Castle Oblivion
Between
(Close to Dark) – The World that Never Was
Realm
of Darkness – Dark Margin
Never knew about the overall placement of the in between worlds, so neat. Do you think you could translate the "xehanorts action report" from the poster next? Thanks again so much for these translations!
ReplyDeleteYou mean the fold out part in the back; the Xehanort Experience Record? Since the dark forces one is the last of the 4 pages describing the main stuff in the series I'd like to get that one off my plate first. I'll do the Xehanort part shortly after.
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