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Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

@Pacifista Come on, man. WAY too powerful.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Sadu His plan changed from game to game.

KHBBS: I am Xehanort and my plan is to brainwash a bunch of kids to make a X-Blade that will let me restart an ancient war that i have no idea who it was between or what it was over... That failed, my new plan is to kill myself and let the next 2 of me figure things out.
KH1: I am Ansem, i want to use the power of Kingdom Hearts to take over the World
KH358: I am Xemnas and i want... You know what, nobody gave a fuck about this game.
KH2: I am Xemnas, i'm gonna make my own Kingdom Hearts with blackjack and hookers.
KHDDD: I am Xehanort and i'm gonna use time-travel and shit to revive the 13 guys you didn't give a shit about in the last game, because Nomura is literally just flinging shit at the wall to see what sticks.
KHREC: Nothing happens
KH3: I'm Xehanort and turns out every time that you defeated me before WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE GRAND DASTARDLY PLAN TO CLONE MYSELF 13 TIMES in order to restart that war that i still know nothing about, because... I still don't fucking know. Also, apparently i'm a tragic good guy now? Also, apparently the guy with the eye-patch was the REAL bad guy all along.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@King Kindred I have no idea what a Hiruzen is. So, what is Xehanort's motives in this? Is it one of his various, incomprehensible plans from the games (Creating his own Kingdom Hearts with Blackjack and Hookers, Starting a new Keyblade war for shits and giggles, ETC.) or is it something more straight forward?

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@King Kindred So, i do have to ask what is the exact story we've got going on with the origin of Keyblades and the whole Ansem and Nobodies thing. Primarily because i kinda want to start doing some set up for tying Leon's story into the wider narrative, but i also don't want to contradict anything later on down the line.

Pretty much, i kinda want to do the thing Nomura categorically refused to. Make sure there's consistency in the story being told.

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Leon and Launchpad watched Hoshi take her newfound strength and end the last 2 Heartless. As she asked about helping getting settled in, Leon looked at Launchpad, who simply shrugged back. Launchpad was the chatty one, Leon just... Well, he did what was necessary. Launchpad watched the diminuative ally struggling to come up with a response so he stepped in. "Oh yeah, Leon and me are the pinnacles of the community. We are here to help fight those guys and help anyone in need, especially if they've got a..." He guestured to the Keyblade in her hands. Leon, in the meantime was looking the Keyblade in her hands over. Taking out a monacular magnifier and putting it in his eye, before looking it over, not particularly taking Hoshi's personal space into account. "Don't worry about that, he's a Blacksmith, he loves all kinds of unique weapons and stuff." Launchpad explained. Leon ran his nose down the blade. "Yeah, Lilties are... Were... The umm..."

"We were the masters of the forge and the earth on my world." He began, before testing the edge of it with his finger. "The Mines of Cathuriges was the crucible from which the finest weapons my world has ever seen flowed and yet..." He then ran his tongue up the blade and smacked his lips a couple of times to distribute the flavour, before looking confused and saying something in what Hoshi could only assume to be his native language. "How... Did you get this weapon?" He asked, a very serious look on his face. The blade didn't taste of any kind of forging technique he knew of. Granted, Keyblades were a weapon of legend. Legends that the Lilties forbade even researching the creation of such items. He knew that, deep down in his soul... He knew something that was... He just couldn't remember... Flashes, faces, names... But that was it... Maybe an answer could help those memories to surface.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Sadu See, this is why Cinderella World in Birth By Sleep is the best balanced world. We get to see the dark, broody bastard have a character ark where he learns that when you wish upon a star, dreams really do come true. Aqua actually helps in the story by buying time for Cinderella's escape and the character who's whole thing is that he feels small and insignificant in the world actually face a world where he is small and insignificant. It actually plays with characters themes while keeping the original story alive. Each of the characters has a role to play and a lesson to learn, as well as having tangible impact on the original story. It's the benchmark from which all worlds should be based.

The most fun world is probably Toy Story in KHIII, but that's entirely down to gameplay.

That being said, when i was running my D&D game, i introduced a system based on D-Links. Where, essentially, if a player interacted with a character enough, then they formed a Destiny Link with them. This gave them a unique Key-Weapon based on their new friend, with a unique ability. Kinda like the weapon transformations in KHIII.

Examples:
*Darkwing Duck gave a Pistol that also allowed them to Misty Step twice a day with a flashy puff of smoke.
*Elsa gave a Dagger that dealt Cold damage, as well as protected them from the effects of Extreme Hot and Cold Weather while holding it.
*Beshte gave a hammer that doubled their ability to hold their breath and gave them advantage to resist Fear.
*Peter Pan gave them a Dagger that allowed them to cast Disguise Self once a day.

This incentivised the players to actually get involved in the story, rather than just sit back and go with the flow.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Daxam Actual footage of an interview with Nomura when asked about how he plans his writing

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@King Kindred That's fair. No offense, but if it means getting tied to a storyline that is one of the leading problems with the franchise, i'd pass on it anyway. I'll try to think of a way to introduce them in a natural way while steering clear of that clusterfuck.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@King Kindred Honestly, that's the kind of convoluted storyline i was hoping to avoid. Primarily because the entire Ansem story, i feel, is one best avoided, because:

1) It's needlessly confusing
2) It was constantly retconned to try and make it make more sense, but only served to make even less sense
3) It's just not that interesting to begin with.

I was probably gonna make Am and Karre Genomes, whereas Am has accepted her role as Angel of Death (Essentially translating from FFIX to this, an Angel of Death is an artificial Nobody that as had a Heart transplanted into it.) Karre is the one raging against Garlands attempts to sacrifice other worlds to save his already dead one. Both of them desperately trying to convince the other to join their side.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Little Bird I saw that Hoshi was looking for Leon, so i thought it might be fun to introduce a different Leon to her.