
However, these are merely projections from the Book of Prophecies, which contains records of future events, as true Emblem Heartless did not yet exist. Keyblade wielders fight both Pureblood and Emblem Heartless as they journey across the worlds to collect Lux. He wakes up and uses the light within his heart to destroy them.

Remembering the Cy-Bugs behavior in Hero's Duty Chirithy wonders if the Darkling was drawn to the light of the Keyblade and was really after a Keyblade wielder.ĭuring the confrontation with Darkness and the Union leaders, Darklings appear, around a comatose Ventus, seeing him as their target. Finally, Chirithy asks the Darkling why it keeps following them if they are not the ones it wants but the creature doesn't answer and is destroyed once again. Later, in Sugar Rush, after King Candy and the Cy-bugs are defeated, Player and Chirithy sensed that the Darkling is still around and sees that it has gotten much stronger since their last encounter. Before confronting it further, the Darkling gets eaten by a Cy-Bug, fusing them together then flies off as the pair chase after it and finally catching up to it, they manage to destroy it. They do battle, and the Darkling runs further into the tunnel, with the pair following.Įphemer continued to follow it through Game Central Station and into Hero's Duty, and once again reunites with Player despite defeating the Darkling for the third time it still says "not you", leaving Ephemer perplexed on what it could mean. Then a lone Darkling was followed by Ephemer and Player while traversing through the mysterious tunnel, still muttering the same phrase it did before. Inside the Clock Tower as glitches appeared Player, Ephemer and Ventus are soon are surrounded by a Darkling who utters "not you.", which confuses the trio. The Darklings' pursuit continued after crossing the world line and following the Dandelions into the data world. Later on, the trio are absorbed by Nightmare Chirithy to due battle again, but ends in defeat. They continued their pursue for Lux eventually coming for Skuld and Player but flee after a fight.

However, the Dream Eater's actions caused opposite reaction, leading to them giving into darkness and being turned into Darklings. With the incoming Keyblade War, a Nightmare Chirithy manipulated Keyblade wielders in an attempt to prevent them from fighting over Lux. However, as time passed and Darkness's numbers grew, people's hearts began to birth darkness on their own through negative emotions, eventually giving rise to the Pureblood Heartless. Story Before Kingdom Hearts χ ĭarkness originally had physically forms but cast them off in order to attack hearts directly, infecting and possessing many people and propagating more formless shadows like themselves.

