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Keyblade Armor (キーブレード鎧, Kīburēdo Yoroi^?) is a suit of armor worn by Keyblade wielders. It first appears in Kingdom Hearts II under the usage of Xemnas. The secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix shows Ventus, Terra, and Aqua lifting the Kingdom Key, Way to the Dawn, and Kingdom Key D at the Keyblade Graveyard, and is used throughout Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix by Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and the digital simulations of Master Eraqus and Master Xehanort. One of its most important qualities is that it protects the wearer from the darkness surrounding the Lanes Between, much like the Black Coat.^[1] However, it is also worn during battle, at the user's discretion.

Pieces of the armor usually appear as part of the user's normal clothing, such as their boots or belts. However, the armor's left pauldron is more important—by pressing it, the user activates the rest of the armor, which appears in a flash of light. Despite the fact that it usually appears and disappears magically, the armor can also be removed physically, as Terra-Xehanort did once he had gained control of Terra's body, and Aqua did to give Terra's body a vessel to take him out of the Realm of Darkness. Despite its heavy appearance, the armor does not appear to impede movement in any way.

Design and conception

In The Gathering and the Birth by Sleep videos, the Armor worn by Terra, Aqua, and Ventus have capes. The capes were removed in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep due to frame rate issues.^[2]

Story

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

BBSTransformationFINAL — Aqua, Terra, and Ventus summoning their Armor.

According to his Reports, Master Xehanort had once worn his Armor as instructed, but when he felt the darkness of the Ocean Between, he decided to embrace it, rather than avoiding it.

Terra, Ventus, and Aqua wear their Armor whenever they enter the Lanes Between, or when they land at the Mirage Arena. They also activate the armor when they are attacked by Xehanort at the Keyblade Graveyard.

When Terra defeats Master Xehanort in their final battle, the elderly Keyblade master unlocks his own heart. Terra attempts to protect himself from Xehanort by quickly activating his armor, but Terra's darkness allows Xehanort to take control anyway. Terra's armor falls to the ground in pieces as the new, younger Terra-Xehanort walks off, but rises again as Terra's soul animates it, creating the Lingering Will.

It creates the Will's Cage around the two, forcing Terra-Xehanort to turn and fight. It manages to knock out Terra-Xehanort, who is swallowed by the χ-blade's aura and transported to Radiant Garden. With its job done, it kneels down with its Ends of the Earth Keyblade in its hands, and remains there for the next eleven years.

After leaving Ventus in the Chamber of Waking and encountering a confused Terra-Xehanort at Radiant Garden, Aqua damages Terra-Xehanort enough for Terra's heart to temporarily take control and lock away both his and Xehanort's hearts, knocking his body out. Both Aqua and Xehanort fall into the Realm of Darkness.

Aqua removes her armor, and instructs both it and her Keyblade to take Xehanort back through the closing portal to Radiant Garden. Dilan later discovers the unconscious Xehanort and Aqua's armor, and Ansem instructs Braig to carry Xehanort, and Dilan to bring the armor back to the Hollow Bastion.

After Xehanort became Xemnas, he placed Aqua's armor within the Chamber of Repose, where he often went to speak to it.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

When she fights Roxas, Xion dons a suit of armor that combines motifs from the Keyblade Armor, the Nobody emblem, and Sora's own clothes. At times, the armor also has wings, extra arms, or trailing ribbons that draw from Sora's memories, and a set of "Keyblades" which do the same.

Kingdom Hearts II

Xemnas dons Xehanort's Keyblade Armor while attacking Sora and Riku atop the World of Nothingness. During this fight, Xemnas is also able to use the weapons of the recently destroyed members of Organization XIII.

In the Final Mix version, Xemnas was shown coming before Aqua's Armor and Keyblade, addressing it as his "friend", which was noticed by Xigbar, who pointed this out to Zexion. In the same game, a portal to the Keyblade Graveyard appears at Disney Castle at one point, and Sora, Donald, and Goofy enter it to find the Lingering Will. It first mistakes Sora to be Aqua, then Ventus, then Riku, and finally Master Xehanort, before attacking him in a great rage. Upon its defeat, the Lingering Will realizes it has attacked the wrong person, and respectfully acknowledges Sora as a Keyblade Master.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

When Sora's heart falls into the darkness as a result of Young Xehanort's plans to turn him into the final member of the real Organization XIII, Ventus's Keyblade Armor appears to Sora within his heart, shielding him from the corruptive effects of the darkness. Later when Riku dives into Sora's heart to try and wake him, he is confronted by the Keyblade Armor, now possessed by a Nightmare. Once defeated the Keyblade Armor dissolves into Darkness, leaving a comatose Sora behind.

Kingdom Hearts III

The Lingering Will appeared to attack Terra-Xehanort in the Keyblade Graveyard, though he would later be destroyed by the latter while sacrificing itself to save Sora.

During the final battle at Scala ad Caelum, Master Xehanort absorbed the defeated Replica Xehanorts, granting him a new Keyblade Armor as well as empowering him. Xehanort utilized this new armor in the initial phase of his fight with Sora and co. before removing it when he began utilizing the χ-blade.

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind

After Sora restores Kairi, the Replica Xehanorts combine to form Master Xehanort in his new Keyblade Armor in order to fight the two. However, the replicas are ultimately destroyed by the guardians of light.

To search for Sora in the Realm of Darkness, Terra, Aqua and Ventus all summon their Keyblade Armor prior to departing from the Land of Departure to help shield themselves from the darkness.

List of Armors

Gallery

Trivia

Aqua has a pauldron on both arms. However, she is only shown using the one on her left arm to activate her armor, which is the same arm as Terra's and Ventus's.

Even after Aqua gives her armor to Terra-Xehanort, she is shown walking through the Realm of Darkness with both her pauldrons and shoes.

Ventus's helmet is smashed on a rock when Xehanort freezes him, but later in the Lanes Between he is shown wearing a full suit of armor.

After Terra-Xehanort takes off the armor which forms the Lingering Will, he is still shown in his normal outfit, with the left pauldron and the armored shoes.
Terra's armor is the only Keyblade armor to have a cape.
Ventus armor is also worn by Sora.

Notes and references

↑ Xehanort's Report II: "Our Master instructed us to don armor while traveling between worlds, so that we might shield ourselves from the darkness. But there, in the Lanes Between, I could feel the force of it—the power—and from then on, I forwent my armor's "protection." I had been told the darkness would devour me, but what terrors could it possibly hold, so long as I found the strength to control it?".
↑ Nomura: We wanted to make it so that as many people could play together as possible, but in the end we could only do six. By the way, in the Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix secret movie you can see Terra in his armor with a cape, but we took off the cape in this game. It was to make processing easier when you’re playing with six people. Processing of moving fabric can be slow, so the speed it runs at is completely different if he has a cape or not.

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-'''Keyblade Armor''' is a metallic bodysuit worn by [[Keyblade]] wielders [[Terra]], [[Ventus]], and [[Aqua]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', as it protects them from the darkness as they travel to new worlds as well as allowing them to breathe in space. Appearing on their bodies by touching the shoulder guards they wear on their arms, the armor appears as commanded to fulfill its purpose, much like the Keyblade does. Despite its heavy appearance, the armor is actually quite flexible, allowing the same free range of movement that the user's normal clothes do.
+{{nihongo|'''Keyblade Armor'''|キーブレード鎧|Kīburēdo Yoroi}} is a suit of armor worn by [[Keyblade|Keyblade wielders]]. It first appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' under the usage of [[Xemnas]]. The secret ending of ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' shows [[Ventus]], [[Terra]], and [[Aqua]] lifting the Kingdom Key, Way to the Dawn, and Kingdom Key D at the Keyblade Graveyard, and is used throughout ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix]]'' by Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and the digital simulations of [[Armor of the Master|Master Eraqus]] and [[No Heart|Master Xehanort]].
+One of its most important qualities is that it protects the wearer from the darkness surrounding the [[Lanes Between]], much like the [[Black Coat]].<ref>'''Xehanort's Report II''': ''"Our Master instructed us to don armor while traveling between worlds, so that we might shield ourselves from the darkness. But there, in the Lanes Between, I could feel the force of it—the power—and from then on, I forwent my armor's "protection." I had been told the darkness would devour me, but what terrors could it possibly hold, so long as I found the strength to control it?"''.</ref> However, it is also worn during battle, at the user's discretion.
+Pieces of the armor usually appear as part of the user's normal clothing, such as their boots or belts. However, the armor's left [[wikipedia:pauldron|pauldron]] is more important—by pressing it, the user activates the rest of the armor, which appears in a flash of light. Despite the fact that it usually appears and disappears magically, the armor can also be removed physically, as [[Terra-Xehanort]] did once he had gained control of Terra's body, and Aqua did to give Terra's body a vessel to take him out of the [[Realm of Darkness]]. Despite its heavy appearance, the armor does not appear to impede movement in any way.
+==Design and conception==
+In [[The Gathering]] and the Birth by Sleep videos, the Armor worn by Terra, Aqua, and Ventus have capes. The capes were removed in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' due to frame rate issues.<ref>Nomura: We wanted to make it so that as many people could play together as possible, but in the end we could only do six. By the way, in the ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' secret movie you can see Terra in his armor with a cape, but we took off the cape in this game. It was to make processing easier when you’re playing with six people. Processing of moving fabric can be slow, so the speed it runs at is completely different if he has a cape or not.</ref>
 ==Story==
 ===''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''===
-[[File:ArmorSummon.png|200px|thumb|right|Aqua, Terra, and Ventus summoning their Armor.]]
+[[File:BBSTransformationFINAL.gif|200px|thumb|right|Aqua, Terra, and Ventus summoning their Armor.]]
-According to [[Xehanort's Report|his Reports]], [[Master Xehanort]] wrote that he had once worn Armor, but he ceased to do this when he felt "[[Darkness|a strong presence]]".
+According to [[Xehanort's Report|his Reports]], Master Xehanort had once worn his Armor as instructed, but when he felt the darkness of the [[Ocean Between]], he decided to embrace it, rather than avoiding it.
+Terra, Ventus, and Aqua wear their Armor whenever they enter the Lanes Between, or when they land at the [[Mirage Arena]]. They also activate the armor when they are attacked by Xehanort at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]].
-[[Terra]], [[Ventus]], and [[Aqua]] each wear their Armor as they travel to other worlds, the Armor protecting them from the great darkness. Seen many times throughout the storyline, it is also used for other defensive purposes, each of the three [[Keyblade]] wielders calling upon their Armor before the final battle with Master Xehanort and [[Vanitas]] in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]]. Their armor is also seen whenever they go to the Mirage Arena, and aspects of it are also visible in their normal clothing; all three wear armored boots, and Ventus appears to wear armor under his jacket.
-When Terra defeated Master Xehanort in their final battle, the elderly Keyblade master unlocked his heart. Terra attempted to protect himself from Xehanort with his armor, this proved to be of no avail as Xehanort possessed Terra anyway. Terra's armor fell to the ground as the new younger [[Xehanort]] walked off. With [[Master Xehanort's Keyblade|his original incarnation's Keyblade]] in his hand, Xehanort was shocked to see [[Lingering Sentiment|Terra's reassembled armor]] standing before him wielding [[Ends of the Earth|his Keyblade]] and proceeded to battle Xehanort. Victorious, it remained in the Keyblade Graveyard after Xehanort vanished in a burst of light and was transported to [[Radiant Garden]].
+When Terra defeats Master Xehanort in their final battle, the elderly Keyblade master unlocks his own heart. Terra attempts to protect himself from Xehanort by quickly activating his armor, but Terra's darkness allows Xehanort to take control anyway. Terra's armor falls to the ground in pieces as the new, younger Terra-Xehanort walks off, but rises again as Terra's soul animates it, creating the Lingering Will.
+It creates the [[Keyblade Graveyard#Will's Cage|Will's Cage]] around the two, forcing Terra-Xehanort to turn and fight. It manages to knock out Terra-Xehanort, who is swallowed by the [[χ-blade]]'s aura and transported to [[Radiant Garden]]. With its job done, it kneels down with its [[Ends of the Earth]] Keyblade in its hands, and remains there for the next eleven years.
-After placing Ventus in the [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|Chamber of Waking]] within her newly reformed world of [[Castle Oblivion]], Aqua went to search for Terra and later found her old friend in Radiant Garden. Surprised to be attacked by him, she had no choice but to battle Terra-Xehanort. Terra's remaining consciousness within his body forced Xehanort to unlock his own heart yet again, and the body fell into the Darkness. Aqua then sacrificed her Armor and Keyblade to save Terra-Xehanort. As [[Braig]] and [[Ansem the Wise]] helped an amnesiac Xehanort to care, [[Dilan]] carried Aqua's armor and Keyblade to Ansem's castle. It was then placed in the [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|Chamber of Repose]].
+After leaving Ventus in the [[Chamber of Waking]] and encountering a confused Terra-Xehanort at Radiant Garden, Aqua damages Terra-Xehanort enough for Terra's heart to temporarily take control and lock away both his and Xehanort's hearts, knocking his body out. Both Aqua and Xehanort fall into the Realm of Darkness.
+Aqua removes her armor, and instructs both it and her Keyblade to take Xehanort back through the closing portal to Radiant Garden. [[Dilan]] later discovers the unconscious Xehanort and Aqua's armor, and [[Ansem the Wise|Ansem]] instructs [[Braig]] to carry Xehanort, and Dilan to bring the armor back to the [[Hollow Bastion]].
+After Xehanort became [[Xemnas]], he placed Aqua's armor within the [[Chamber of Repose]], where he often went to speak to it.
 ===''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''===
+[[File:Xion Armor 4.png|125px|thumb|right|Xion in her armor]]
-When she is forced to fight Roxas to the death, Xion dons a suit of armor that combines motifs from the Keyblade Armor, the Nobody emblem, and Sora's own clothes. At times, the armor also has wings, extra arms, or trailing ribbons that draw from Sora's memories, and a set of Keyblades which do the same.
+When she fights [[Roxas]], [[Xion]] dons a suit of armor that combines motifs from the Keyblade Armor, the [[Nobody]] emblem, and Sora's own clothes. At times, the armor also has wings, extra arms, or trailing ribbons that draw from Sora's memories, and a set of "Keyblades" which do the same.
+{{-}}
-===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===
-<!--this section includes plot additions from KH2FM-->
-[[Xemnas]] came before Aqua's Armor and Keyblade, addressing it as his "friend", which was noticed by [[Xigbar]], who pointed this out to [[Zexion]].
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]] ''===
-Terra's Armor and Keyblade (the [[Lingering Sentiment]]) appeared before [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]], mistaking Sora to be Aqua, then Ventus, then Riku, and finally [[Master Xehanort]] and attacking him in a great rage. Upon its defeat, the Lingering Sentiment realized it had attacked the wrong person, and respectfully acknowledged Sora as a [[List of Keyblade Wielders|Keyblade master]].
+Xemnas dons Xehanort's Keyblade Armor while attacking Sora and Riku atop the World of Nothingness. During this fight, Xemnas is also able to use the weapons of the recently destroyed members of Organization XIII.
+In the Final Mix version, [[Xemnas]] was shown coming before Aqua's Armor and Keyblade, addressing it as his "friend", which was noticed by [[Xigbar]], who pointed this out to [[Zexion]]. In the same game, a portal to the Keyblade Graveyard appears at [[Disney Castle]] at one point, and [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] enter it to find the [[Lingering Will]]. It first mistakes Sora to be Aqua, then Ventus, then [[Riku]], and finally Master Xehanort, before attacking him in a great rage. Upon its defeat, the Lingering Will realizes it has attacked the wrong person, and respectfully acknowledges Sora as a [[Keyblade Master]].
-[[Xemnas]] dons what appears to be Keyblade Armor while attacking Sora and Riku atop his own Dragon Form. During this fight, Xemnas is also able to use the weapons of the recently destroyed members of Organization XIII, making him a formidable opponent.
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''===
+When Sora's heart falls into the darkness as a result of [[Young Xehanort]]'s plans to turn him into the final member of the [[real Organization XIII]], Ventus's Keyblade Armor appears to Sora within his heart, shielding him from the corruptive effects of the darkness. Later when Riku dives into Sora's heart to try and wake him, he is confronted by the [[Armored Ventus Nightmare|Keyblade Armor, now possessed by a Nightmare]]. Once defeated the Keyblade Armor dissolves into Darkness, leaving a comatose Sora behind.
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''===
+The Lingering Will appeared to attack Terra-Xehanort in the Keyblade Graveyard, though he would later be destroyed by the latter while sacrificing itself to save Sora.
+During the final battle at [[Scala ad Caelum]], Master Xehanort absorbed the defeated [[Replica Xehanort]]s, granting him a new Keyblade Armor as well as empowering him. Xehanort utilized this new armor in the initial phase of his fight with Sora and co. before removing it when he began utilizing the [[χ-blade]].
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind]]''===
+After Sora restores Kairi, the Replica Xehanorts combine to form Master Xehanort in his new Keyblade Armor in order to fight the two. However, the replicas are ultimately destroyed by the guardians of light.
+To search for Sora in the Realm of Darkness, Terra, Aqua and Ventus all summon their Keyblade Armor prior to departing from the [[Land of Departure]] to help shield themselves from the darkness.
 ==List of Armors==
-<gallery>
+<gallery bordercolor=transparent>
-File:Terra armor.png|[[Terra]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Armor of the Master KHBBSFM.png|[[Master Eraqus|Eraqus]]' Keyblade Armor
-File:Ven armor.png|[[Ventus]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:No Heart KHBBSFM.png|[[Master Xehanort|Xehanort]]'s original Keyblade Armor, used by [[Xemnas]] in recent history
-File:Aqua armor.png|[[Aqua]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Terra- Keyblade Armor KHBBS.png|[[Terra]]'s Keyblade Armor
-File:'Eraqus'Armor BBSFM.jpg|[[Master Eraqus]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Ventus- Keyblade Armor KHBBS.png|[[Ventus]]'s Keyblade Armor
-File:Armored Xemnas.png|[[Xemnas]]'s armor
+File:Aqua- Keyblade Armor KHBBS.png|[[Aqua]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Armored Ventus Nightmare KH3D.png|[[Sora]] wearing Ventus' Nightmare-corrupted Keyblade Armor
-File:Xion Armor 4.png|[[Xion]]'s armor
+File:Armored_Xehanort.png|Xehanort's final Keyblade Armor, gained from absorbing his twelve replicas
+File:Bragi (armor) KHDR.png|[[Bragi]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Hermod (armor) KHDR.png|[[Hermod]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Urd (armor) KHDR.png|[[Urd]]'s Keyblade Armor
+File:Vor (armor) KHDR.png|[[Vor]]'s Keyblade Armor
 </gallery>
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery>
+<gallery bordercolor=transparent>
-File:Armored Terra Art.png|Artwork of Terra in his armor
+File:Terra's Armor (Art) KHBBS.png|Terra's armor as it appears when not in use
-File:Armored Ventus Art.png|Artwork of Ventus in his armor
+File:Ventus's Armor (Art) KHBBS.png|Ventus's armor as it appears when not in use
-File:Armored Aqua Art.png|Artwork of Aqua in her armor
+File:Aqua's Armor (Art) KHBBS.png|Aqua's armor as it appears when not in use
-File:XemnasArmorArt.PNG|Artwork of Xemnas in his armor
-File:Terra Armor.png|Terra's armor as it appears when not in use
-File:Ventus Armor.png|Ventus's armor as it appears when not in use
-File:Aqua Armor.png|Aqua's armor as it appears when not in use
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*Aqua has a pauldron on both arms. However, she is only shown using the one on her left arm to activate her armor, which is the same arm as Terra's and Ventus's.
-<!--move both of these to design and conception-->
-*In the [[Birth by sleep (Video)|Birth by Sleep]] video, the Armor worn by Terra, Aqua, and Ventus have capes. The capes were removed in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' due to frame rate issues.
+*Even after Aqua gives her armor to Terra-Xehanort, she is shown walking through the Realm of Darkness with both her pauldrons and shoes.
-*Nomura stated in an interview that he chose armor to hide Terra, Aqua and Ventus's faces so as to avoid using the [[Black Coat|black Organization XIII coats]] again; furthermore, he was influenced by the recent release of ''Final Fantasy XII'', which featured the armored [[finalfantasy:Archadian Judges|Archadian Judge Magisters]].{{fact}}<!--source for FF12 being the source-->
+*Ventus's helmet is smashed on a rock when Xehanort freezes him, but later in the Lanes Between he is shown wearing a full suit of armor.
+*After Terra-Xehanort takes off the armor which forms the [[Lingering Will]], he is still shown in his normal outfit, with the left pauldron and the armored shoes.
+*Terra's armor is the only Keyblade armor to have a cape.
+*Ventus armor is also worn by Sora.
+==Notes and references==
+{{reflist|1}}
 ==See also==
 *[[Keyblade]]
 *[[Keyblade Glider]]
 {{BBS}}
+{{DDD}}
+[[es:Armadura de la Llave Espada]]
+[[de:Schlüsselschwertrüstung]]
 [[Category:Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]