Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light. Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived... in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open. And the true light will return. So listen, child. Even in the deepest darkness, there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light, and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with its power and push the darkness away.
The idea here is a simple one. I want to more or less retell the story of Kingdom Hearts, but through the lens of hindsight now that it's been roughly 20 years since the first game (Has it really been that long? Wow.) and through the young, wide-eyes of an entirely new cast of characters. Disney and Final Fantasy will still very much play their part here, but rather than follow a single boy and his two Diseny friends, we'll instead let the story follow a new set of the Keyblade's Chosen as they struggle their way across the various worlds of Disney and attempt to comprehend the utter insanity that is the Kingdom Hearts storyline. We won't be axing all the original characters, but I'll try to keep it close to the chest which ones appear and which do not so as to keep you on your toes, as it were.
I don't know if I'm looking for a particularly large group. Honestly, KH stories tend to work best when they follow a Trio (Sora-Donald-Goofy, Sora-Riku-Kairi, Roxas-Axel-Xion, Terra-Aqua-Ventus, etc) but obviously that particular notion isn't set in stone. It also helps that I do not plan to make a character of my own and will instead relegate myself to controlling the Villains and NPCs.
So if anyone out there was getting a little overwhelmed by the complexities of the modern Kingdom Hearts games, well then this might just be what you were looking for. Come with me as we take it back to a time when the story was mostly just about a kid beating up shadow monsters and Disney Villains with his oversized key. Together we'll unravel the mysteries of... The Key of Twilight.
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