Yes. Yen Sid said as long as there is darkness in people's heart, Heartless would exist. *takes a look at the old man* Yup, sure seems like he's got darkness in his heart.
umm...do you really think that UEM is Ansem?....how bland...cant he be some new, bad ass bad guy that just wins...owns the kinights and is still running around during kh1 and 2 just not openly....im only saying this because your name and avatar and signature point to that implication...
and i remember reading somewhere that heartless were created during ansem the wise's experiments......probably nothing important though....
ohh and ever think that all this stuff keeps running back to yensid quotes for a reason....your probably wondering what im getting at....im implying that the bald guy is some evil form of yensid...i mean..he could have had his quote about darkness in people's hearts through experience....maybe?....that would explain why mickey just "shows up"...because you know he's there for a reason...mickey watches hi smaster's dark side own the knights...he saves ES(Xehanort) and takes him back with him....and takes him to ansem the wise...and the story starts from there....maybe?....just a thought...a big one...