#ludor

So I have a theory that I want to talk about. I watched a video by Pajama Let's Play on Youtube, and she actually brought up something I hadn't thought about before - and even though she went a different route with it that I am, I want you all to stay with me for a second.

Given that 7 and 13 are such commonly recurring numbers in Kingdom Hearts - it's odd that only 6 Darknesses were mentioned in Kingdom Hearts Union χ. That's when it hit me. There were only 6 mentoned because the 7th is in the Black Box.

I think that the Master of Masters locked away the 7th Darkness long ago, perhaps in order to prevent some sort of calamity, and that is why he gave it to Luxu to protect and hide. And I wonder if that is not the reason why Darkness has followed after the Master time and time again, as Luxu even said that the longer Darkness is apart from the whole, the more its will fades, perhaps they are desperate to retrieve the last piece.

Now, Pajama Let's Play also listed the individuals she believed housed Darkness. But again, my list differs somewhat. First, I've been stating forever how Vanitas is the Darkness hiding within Ventus, and I believe that Lauriam hit the nail n the head when he said that it had potentially just retreated within Ventus. That's 1.

Next, I have reviewed in the past the fact that Lauriam and Elrena are drastically different people from Marluxia and Larxene, and I believe that this has something to do with the as of now missing Darknesses. That's 2 and 3, and since Demyx and Luxord were also lumped in with these two by Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts III regarding the ancient legacy of the Keyblade War, I'm willing to bet that 4 and 5 are within those two.

I've also been saying for a while that Luxord will probably pop up in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road due to his name being an anagram of Ludor + the Recusant's Sigil, and Ludor was thought to have been another name for the Norse God Loki used when he aided Odin and Hoenir in creating Ask and Embla (the first humans) - and the trickster schtick totally fits Luxord's character. This would also add weight to Luxord and Xigbar/Luxu's conversation from Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind, where Luxu is clearly suspicious of Luxord and ultimately unaware of who he really is. How the Darkness for Luxord will arrive in the future though is beyond me at the moment, but stay tuned.

As for Demyx, I've heard it tossed around that Demyx could be the Player character - but that's pretty impossible at this point it would seem because there is only one Lifeboat left in Data-Daybreak Town and it definitely seems to still be going to Skuld (Subject X only remembered 4 friends and a Key, and while it would be cool to believe it could be Strelitzia, Strelitzia never had 4 friends, as harsh as that sounds. It also couldn't be Ava because as of KHIII Luxu has no idea what happened to Ava apart from the fact that she carried out her role).

However, back onto Player for a second, if he did house Darkness, it would be Nightmare Chirithy. But we saw Nightmare Chirithy fade away, right? Yes, but he said he'd see Player in another dream, so he's not gone and out for the count. And Brain also sure did make a point of saying that the Dandelions would enter a deep sleep once Data-Daybreak Town crashes. What if Nightmare Chirithy made it to Sora via the Realm of Sleep? Pajama Let's Play suggested that Anti Black Coat, the Nightmare that trapped Sora, could be another one of the Darknesses - so what if they were one and the same? The only problem with this is that Riku defeated Anti Black Coat and then defeated the Nightmare again when it attempted to possess Sora, only for him to be protected by Ventus' Keyblade Armor. I wonder though if it could still be lingering somewhere within Sora's Heart though, in spite of being defeated. What if that was the reason Yozora had to save Sora? What if it was the Master of Masters that told Yozora to do that? Moreover, what if the Master warned Yozora that he had to save Sora because of this Darkness?

Well, if not Sora, then there is also Ansem Seeker of Darkness to consider. When Ansem possessed Riku - possession of that sort btw has only really been seen by the likes of the Darkness controlling Ventus when he killed Strelitzia btw (when Master Xehanort forced Terra to steal Aurora's Heart it was different), Riku donned garb similar to that of Vanitas, which can't be a coincedence. As well, Ansem was the one who sought out his younger self to set him on his path through time, as well as sending him into the Realm of Darkness and eventually Scala ad Caelum, and casting Sora into sleep during his stay of around 70 years in Destiny Islands.

The reason I say this and not someone like, say, Skuld, is because I firmly believe that Skuld was taken and hidden away by Luxu in order to act as a failsafe for Luxu for when Ava was not summoned back from the past in Kingdom Hearts III. I say this largely because of the similarities drawn between the two, both by Gula and Brain, as well as Luxu's nonchalant reaction to her absence when he'd summoned the other Foretellers. As for Strelitzia, I believe her to be the True Dandelion, and I think she'll likely be found in Quadratum, I believe Marluxia's Spectre and Angelic Nobodies were likely the result of Marluxia's haunted soul, or at best Strelitxzia's Heart sheltered within Lauriam's own Heart.