Terra-Xehanort

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This article is about Terra-Xehanort. You may be looking for his original self, or his vessel.

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This heart belongs again to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it. It grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart must return to the darkness whence it came.

Terra-Xehanort is Master Xehanort's heart possessing Terra's body, an apprentice to Ansem the Wise, and the human form of Ansem and Xemnas.

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Upon his "birth" in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Terra-Xehanort appears to retain Master Xehanort's personality, including his knowledge of Darkness, thus being a mere younger incarnation of the elderly Keyblade Master's ruthlessness and cunning. Shortly after Terra-Xehanort is defeated by the Lingering Will, and loses some of his memories, he ends up in Radiant Garden, and begins to question his existence upon meeting Aqua - by strangling her. By the time he is found by Braig, Dilan and Ansem the Wise, he has lost all of his memories entirely—except for the name "Xehanort".

As one of Ansem's apprentices, Xehanort appears to have had a very professional and no-nonsense attitude, shown by his determination in his studies. He appeared to be easily annoyed by Braig and was shown to be equally as interested in the darkness of hearts as his original incarnation, possibly because he had enough Darkness in his Heart from both his former lives to be tempted into conducting the experiments. Xehanort appeared frustrated when Ansem forbade him from continuing his studies and experiments, and ultimately disobeyed his master. Ansem the Wise later refers to Xehanort as "foolish" and that any world of his "would be an empire of ignorance". Some of his personality can be inferred by one of the interactions Xemnas had with Sora. When Sora asked Xemnas if he remembers having more emotions than just anger and hate when he was human Xemnas responds with "Unfortunately I don't". This could infer that Terra-Xehanort was and angry hate filled man.

Upon his return as a complete person, Terra-Xehanort seemingly regained the memories he had lost prior to becoming one of Ansem's apprentices. In addition, the "professional and no-nonsense attitude" he had as Ansem's apprentice was replaced by his original one - far more aggressive and prone to displays of emotion, as seen both during his second battle with the Lingering Will and later after his defeat in the Skein of Severance.

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Terra-Xehanort's appearance is almost identical to Terra's, only with Xehanort's silver hair, darker skin, pointed ears, and yellow eyes.

After becoming Ansem's apprentice, he wore a white lab coat with rather loose sleeves that is partway zipped down. The coat also has pockets roughly where his hips would be. He wears black boots, with a white/silver lining along the top and an indentation on the sides. Underneath his coat, he wears a grey vest overtop a white collar shirt, along with a purple ascot around his neck. In addition his eyes have turned brown, his hair is worn long, with two bangs framing his face. His hair also sports three backward-facing spikes, one at the top of his head, and one on either side, just above his ears.

For a brief time during Kingdom Hearts III, Terra-Xehanort donned a Black Coat instead of Terra's original outfit.

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Terra-Xehanort and his Guardian.

Being a possessed version of Terra, Terra-Xehanort is a highly formidable and dangerous individual and has access to almost, if not, all of both Terra and Xehanort's abilities. He wields Master Xehanort's Keyblade, The Gazing Eye, with great skill and uses it to perform long powerful combo techniques like Ars Solum, a fast combo composed of multiple hits, with Terra-Xehanort being able to use the power of darkness to greatly enhance its speed, and several powerful desperation attacks. Terra-Xehanort is also powerful in using combative magic spells, able to use Terra's deep affinity for earth to perform Meteor, Rock Storm, and Quake as well, and is one of the few bosses that is able to heal with Curaga. Terra-Xehanort also possess superhuman strength, able to effortlessly lift Aqua off the ground by the neck with one hand, effortlessly knock out Ventus with a single blunt blow from his Keyblade, and easily break through Lea's block while also launching him with enough force to knock him out, and his durability and resilience are at enough levels to be able to take a blast from the Lingering Will's Ultima Cannon without any damage and withstand his defeat from Aqua without showing much hinderance, still being able to remove his Heart, and even being beaten by Sora, Aqua and Ventus at once doesn't seem to damage him at all.

Terra-Xehanort can also call upon his "Guardian", a Pureblood Heartless-like symbiote that floats behind him and serves as both his main source of offense and defense. Its great power also makes it capable of slamming opponents with physical blows, possessing targets, and firing dark energy projectiles. While his Heartless Ansem can also use the Guardian; its first chronological appearance is during Terra-Xehanort's battle with Aqua in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Weapon

After Master Xehanort possesses Terra towards the end of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Terra-Xehanort is able to wield Master Xehanort's Keyblade, The Gazing Eye. The weapon has a spiky shaft, a gleaming eye found near the teeth, which look similar to a battle ax. It is black and silver in coloration, able to lock and unlock hearts, appearing similar to the Oblivion Keyblade. It also contains two demonic blue eyes: one above the handle and the other one on the head, similar to the Soul Eater, Way to the Dawn and Void Gear.

Terra-Xehanort uses the weapon to perform long, powerful combo attacks, as well as use several powerful desperation attacks. After Terra-Xehanort lost his memories, he lost his ability to wield this weapon, but a flashback in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance revealed he regained the ability as an amnesiac sometime later, and he likely has regained his memories along with his ability to wield the Keyblade.

Master Xehanort's Keyblade, "Gazing Eye" used by Terra-Xehanort.

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• The first few sentences that Terra-Xehanort says after coming into existence are a nearly word-for-word quote of what "Ansem" (Xehanort's Heartless) says to Sora in the original Kingdom Hearts.
• In the Japanese version, Terra-Xehanort is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka, the son of Chikao Ōtsuka, the Japanese voice actor of Master Xehanort. Tetsuya Nomura cast Chikao for this particular reason.
• Terra-Xehanort is also known amongst the fans as "Terranort", the name being used to distinguish him from his original incarnation.
• Xehanort's two anagrams have been referenced in two separate ways:
  • When Xemnas visits the Chamber of Repose, his password in the computer is "Another".
  • In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, there is a secret boss named "No Heart".
• In Kingdom Hearts III, Terra-Xehanort's entry in Jiminy's Journal shows him wearing a Black Coat without the hood, despite never actually doing so in the game.
• Ironically, Terra-Xehanort was both "born" and "killed" in the Keyblade Graveyard during an attempt to open Kingdom Hearts.