History VideoGame / KingdomHeartsX

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[DrivingQuestion Why did he become the seeker of darkness?]]''[[note]]From Left To Right: [[ClassClown Eraqus]], [[CatSmile Urd]], [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Xehanort]], [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow Hermod]], [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Vor]], [[PeltsOfTheBarbarian Bragi]][[/note]]]]

* CallForward: In Chapter 4, Xehanort and pals are sucked inside the Magic Mirror and forced to battle the Spirit of the Mirror, much like Terra and Aqua's boss battle against the Mirror in ''Birth by Sleep''. The cutscene prior to the battle even has the Evil Queen throw a potion at the mirror to make the spirit destroy Xehanort, Eraqus, and Vor, just like she would do when Terra defies her (at least in the English Dub).

* CallForward: In Chapter 4, Xehanort and pals are sucked inside the Magic Mirror and forced to battle the Spirit of the Mirror, much like Aqua's boss battle against the Mirror in ''Birth by Sleep''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Befitting of Xehanort's StartOfDarkness, ''Dark Road'' deals with the dichotomy between light and darkness on a more philosophical level, averts NeverSayDie and [[spoiler:actually has a ''body count'' in the tens (in a series infamous for never killing off anyone) involving multiple teens]]. Xehanort and Eraqus wind up going through some seriously traumatic events that end in [[spoiler:most of their friends dead and their Master retired permanently]].

*** The robed figure in Xehanort's childhood is [[spoiler:the reincarnation of the Player Character]].

* RedHerring: ''Dark Road'' opens with flashbacks to the Player Character during the events of ''X'', with Xehanort revealing that he often experienced those dreams. This seemed to hint that Xehanort was deeply connected to the Player Character, which only seemed more apparent with the way ''X'' ended with [[spoiler:a series of flashes of Xehanort's life before leaving Destiny Island, each of them with a robed figure watching over him]]. However, it's ultimately revealed that [[spoiler:the ''robed figure'' is the Player Character's second life and Xehanort was just sensing the memories of their old friends while asleep]].
* TheReveal: From the ending:
** Bragi [[spoiler:is Luxu]].
** Xehanort's mysterious caretaker who raised him as a child [[spoiler:is the reincarnation of the PlayerCharacter from χ]].
** Xehanort is [[spoiler:the great-great-grandson of Ephemer]].

* {{Retcon}}: ''Union χ'' reveals that [[spoiler:Maleficent]] apparently received TimeTravel powers [[spoiler:when an Ansem-possessed Riku stabbed her to turn her into a dragon]] in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]]. ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' also implied that [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was accidentally revived after Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather accidentally [[spoiler:revive her with their magic]].

** Xehanort is [[spoiler:the great-grandson of Ephemer]].

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Darkness-possessed Baldr confronts Vor in the tower, the Darkness reveals to her that it was behind the death of Hoder itself, not Dragon Maleficent taking her down in her HeroicSacrifice to protect Baldr from her flames. It also struck down Helgi, Heimdall, and Sigrun, when they came to try and aid Hoder in Maleficent's castle. However, the fallen upperclassmen make no mention of the Darkness, and state that they were facing an evil fairy who could transform into a dragon. Was Maleficent even there at all and the Darkness [[MasterOfIllusion posed as her both times]] via its powers? Or did Maleficent simply decide the teens [[NotWorthKilling weren't worth her time]] and left them weakened, allowing the Darkness to swoop in and clean up where she left off? Furthermore, when Baldr is shown watching Hoder die in his recount of the event, she is shown fading away, yet when the other three upperclassmen arrive, she appears again for a brief period to asks them to protect someone (perhaps Baldr) before fading away again before the dragon attacks Heimdall. Was that Hoder real or another hallucination by the Darkness? The game never gives a definite answer, but events seem to imply a possible mix of both factors. The audience being shown Baldr watching his sister being struck down by Darkness and his later possession further muddies things.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Hades agrees to summon Xehanort and Eraqus's deceased seniors to the Underworld under the condition that one of the party members stays behind permanently to be used as a pawn in his next evil scheme. Naturally, the heroes don't uphold their end of the bargain, forcing them to repel a royally-pissed Hades before making a break for it.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Darkness-possessed Baldr confronts Vor in the tower, the Darkness reveals to her that it was behind the death of Hoder itself, not Dragon Maleficent taking her down in her HeroicSacrifice to protect Baldr from her flames. It also struck down Helgi, Heindall, and Sigrun, when they came to try and aid Hoder in Maleficent's castle. However, the fallen upperclassmen make no mention of the Darkness, and state that they were facing an evil fairy who could transform into a dragon. Was Maleficent even there at all and the Darkness [[MasterOfIllusion posed as her both times]] via its powers? Or did Maleficent simply decide the teens [[NotWorthKilling weren't worth her time]] and left them weakened, allowing the Darkness to swoop in and clean up where she left off? Furthermore, when Baldr is shown watching Hoder die in his recount of the event, she is shown fading away, yet when the other three upperclassmen arrive, she appears again for a brief period to asks them to protect someone (perhaps Baldr) before fading away again before the dragon attacks Heimdall. Was that Hoder real or another hallucination by the Darkness? The game never gives a definite answer, but events seem to imply a possible mix of both factors. The audience being shown Baldr watching his sister being struck down by Darkness and his later possession further muddies things.]]

* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Hoder, Heimdall, Helgi, and Sigrun were all walloped by Dragon Maleficent offscreen and died, resulting in their hearts being sent to the Final World.]]

* DoomedByCanon: Xehanort and Eraqus' classmates are neither seen nor mentioned by the time of ''Birth by Sleep''. [[spoiler:Almost all of them are killed by a possessed Baldr over the course of the story, and Baldr himself is killed by Xehanort during the climax.]]