Intro
Hello KHI Forums, with KH3D only few days away, and possible leaked playthroughs or scenes from it being posted on the internet even sooner, I have finally come-up with my own theories towards MF. In the past I have done some very, very foolish theories having to do with KH. But, just like with Vanitas(Who people on this site had pegged for being a black-hair, gold-eyed Sora before the game was even released offically in Japan), I think I may have cracked this mystery before the game has even been released.
Still, I will say it remains a theory until the release of KH3D and until the contents of the game have been played through. In case you've seen this theory anywhere else, I haven't looked on other forums, and only breifly looked at the theories on this site. If this is the case, I appoligize in advance.
This also contains a seperate theory that accomadates one on MF. Just to warn you all ahead of time. Any quotes taken from the Ultimas, Reports, Interviews, etc are all thanks to KHInsider Staff, just so you and they know in advance.
MF(Part 1)
In an earlier interview by Numora this was revealed on the Unknown. Or as he is identified as a silver-hair teenager, with a darker shade of golden eyes than Vanitas, and a somewhat dark tan.
Famitsu: In Fantasia as well as other worlds, a golden eyed person wearing a black coat appears, who is he?
Nomura: He is the mysterious man who appeared in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix as a boss who manipulated time. Just who he is will be told in KH3D. Everywhere he goes, a few people of the darkness turn up, like how Vanitas came out in the trailer
So we now know who MF is, but what kind person he is and what his origins are, are still up for debate. However, thanks to a recent scan translation it may just put all speculations to rest on who this person is.
It leads to the only obvious attribute that has yet to be used-up; Darkness. They're all linked to Darkness, if he had power over Dreams that would be very limited and rarely useful. Sleep, uh, doesn't Sleep have something to do with Darkness? Also, the fact he's trying to draw Riku and Sora to Darkness kinda complements the possibility. And say he does have the power of Darkness, so does Maleficent, and she has the power over Sleep as she explained in BBS.
Alongside them, Lea appears before Yen Sid. The dialogue on the screenshot says, "Maybe from a fairly early stage, Xehanort was probably suspected."
So, if it wasn't already obvious, MF is more than likely a younger Xehanort. But suspected, could be a short for saying "Xehanort was probably suspected of succumbed to the darkness in his heart" or something among those lines. For the sake of 'this' theory I'm going to assume that's what he meant. So yes, I believe he is MX's nobody, not to be confused with Xehanort's nobody.
Now I'll explain how it is possible for both Xemnas and this entity to exist at once for those who don't quite understand. Xemnas is the nobody of Xehanort, Xehanort is really MX who has seized both Terra's Heart and Body. In doing this, he sacrificed his body and stabbed his heart, or rather unlocked it from his vessel using his Keyblade so he could take over Terra's heart and thus claim his body.
So, MX could have produced a nobody prior to that event and thus that would be his nobody and therefore not Xehanort's, savvy? It's somewhat complicated, but it does make sense in KH universal rules. The fact that MX's nobody shares so many characteristics with Xemnas, even to the point of sharing the same type of weapon may indicate their connections as being in a sense the same person. In a way, one could say that MX's nobody is a younger version of Xemnas, and the opposite for vice-versa, but that's more interesting than significant.
Place in Organization XIII
For sometime there have been numerous speculations on what MF was, for instance I (And if I'm not mistaken, some of you) previously speculated he could have been the next replica to take Xion's place that was briefly mentioned in a Days Report written by either Xemnas or Saix. The coat that he wears is usually worn by nobodies, but it has been worn by other types of entities on a number of occassions, MX was even seen wearing one in his debut of BBS to leave Ventus on DI in the dead of night. So the origins of the coat aren't quite known, nor are it's ability to sheild one from darkness or cut-off the scent of darkness and/or light coming from the vessel.
Still, there are a few things things that might suggest he is a nobody. At the end of the special trailer he is seen accompanying 11 other members of the organization. Not counting Braig who shot arrows in the exact spots they appeared, and if I were to venture not Lea either. Another thing that may point this out, is his stance. One that has caused numerous speculations. One blade going straight up, the other going straight left, to equate his weapons like the hands of a clock, one is on the 12 the other is pointing to the 3.
His stance symbolically informs us that he is the 15th member. Now as we all know (At least those who who've played through Days) Xion is No.14, and while she doesn't have her own throne (as pointed out by Saix), belong to the nobody species or even have her own grave site, she still is considered a member. Furthermore, Vexen in one of his reports queried if replicas couldn't be considered a form of special nobody. So one side says she isn't a nobody and another says she's a special nobody. Honestly, it may just be a matter of opinion rather than fact(After all, why would Numora have put it in there for absolutley no reason?).
Attribute
Every nobody has an attribute, at least those who are humanoid. Xemnas was Nothingness, Xigbar was Space, Xaldin was Wind, etc. But what does MX's Nobody have for his attribute? Some might say it's Dreams, other might say it's Sleep. But, taking less into mind that they're in a dream therefore anything can happen and taking more mind into the following quote ...
Nomura: As I just mentioned, the mysterious boy in the black cloak causes the story to take an unexpected turn. Whenever he appears, Xehanort and other characters that have been linked to him, like Ansem, seem to follow, even though they’ve already been defeated in the past.
It leads to the only obvious attribute that has yet to be used-up; Darkness. They're all linked to Darkness, if he had power over Dreams that would be very limited and rarely useful. Sleep, uh, doesn't Sleep have something to do with Darkness? Also, the fact he's trying to draw Riku and Sora to Darkness kinda complements the possibility. And say he does have the power of Darkness, so does Maleficent, and she has the power over Sleep as she explained in BBS.
So if he has the power over Sleep, then what would he be able to do with that?
Nintendo Power: In a recent trailer, we spotted various Nobodies like Xemnas, Xion, and Axel. How is it that they’re around for the events of this game?
Nomura: I can’t discuss details just yet, but the mysterious boy in the black cloak has something to do with this. They will confuse Sora and Riku wherever they go.
Thank you Numora, Nintendo Power, and KHInsider ^_^ Does it not make sense, how this would allow him the ability to bring them to the Realm of Sleep?
Master Xehanort
Now between now and since I accused MF of being Master Xehanort's nobody, you may have had this question in your head. "If you're right how is it that Master Xehanort is still around" or "If you're right how did Xehanort regain himself like Sora?" Both are good questions, and while they deserve good answers I'll respond to the 2nd by first presenting my own question.
... ... ... Who said anything about him ever regaining himself? ... Yeah, I do believe he never regained himself, meaning I believe our dear Master Xehanort is in Fact a Heartless. I don't expect everyone, if not anyone to take this for face value, but instead I will back it all up.
I'll start with how I came to this conclusion. Was it because MX had no disregard whatsoever towards Terra's feelings or Ventus when he surrounded him with a pack of Neo Shadows? Is it because just like Ansem SoD he was trying to corrupt Terra and Ventus during the course of BBS? Is it because he's so knowledgable towards darkness? Or is it his ability to control darkness so effortlessly?
All I take into account in strengthening my theory, but one event or occurence trumps them all within my opinion. In BBS the first world Terra goes to is the world where Maleficent resides, rather Enchanted Dominion. There she seemingly possesses Terra to steal Princess Aurora's heart, after so she reveals to him he is the one who caused this to happen and that she merely tempted him using her power over Sleep. Later after his fight with Terra, Braig rementions this event(How he was lead to this opinion is something that we don't quite understand yet), where MX redirects him by saying "Darkness is made from strong light, and as long as that is present in a heart it's not possible for someone to steal another's heart" the scenario ends with Braig realizing that Terra couldn't have possibly done that and MX giving a smirk.
Nowhere within the storyline is this explained, rather it was revealed in the BBS Ultima:
-- If Terra wasn't the one who stole Aurora's heart in his chapter, who actually did steal it?
Nomura: It was Master Xehanort and Maleficent. In "KHI" it was shown that beings of darkness like Maleficent and the Heartless are able to steal people's hearts. The theory is that Terra, who has light residing in his heart, is not a being of darkness and therefore didn't steal Aurora's heart.
Now that could just say the Maleficent and MX are just beings of darkness, or it could point towards Master Xehanort being a Humanoid Pureblood Heartless.
Mickey: But the world's made of light AND darknesss. Can't have one without the other, 'cause darkness is half of everything.
Mickey: But the world's made of light AND darknesss. Can't have one without the other, 'cause darkness is half of everything.
^ That also makes me believe it probable. That and a few other things. In an early stage of Kingdom Hearts Numora said, "a Keyblade needs a base to form" And it was later revealed this didn't exclude darkness. Personally if it did, it would've been a plot hole as both Mickey's 2nd Keyblade and the KoPH are both forms of darkness. But moving on, there's been no exclusions for darkness to make this theory impossible. The Rite of Passage just needs for that individual to be acknowledged as master in some way by one who is already a master(It's the reason why Terra could perform it with Riku).
A being with a heart of pure darkness can weild a Keyblade, as Vanitas can wield one. As long as a person has a heart they can weild a Keyblade, can they not? So what has been stated that excludes a heartless from the equation? Absolutely nothing from what I've heard. Feel free to show me proof that there is.
MF (Part 2)
So to recap, I think MF is MX's Nobody. Now, Numora has revealed that Xemnas was 30 or so and that he was in possession of a heart just like Roxas. Terra's body was in or around it's 20s when taken by Xehanort. At least 11 years takes place between BBS and KH2. So, that explains why Xemnas appears older, not because of Xehanort, but because of the heart which allows the body/vessel to age. Which is how MX would be able to appear as he does, despite being a heartless.
These two quotes I think should also be taken into consideration:
This is relevant in the sense that for quite sometime people have said that MF is a Time Traveler. Numora said he can manipulate time, but that's not exactly saying he can time travel. If he has no heart, then countless years could pass and he would remain unchanged. Now the chronological time frame where he appears in LoD is between when Terra leaves for the Keyblade Graveyard to before everyone is there.
So why was he there? Perhaps he was mourning the loss of his home? I know nobodies can't feel emotions, but they can use their memories to make it seem like they do, that's how they pull-off the ruse, or it could've been that he was being lost in the illusion of nostalgia. Either way, that point in time wouldn't really warrant him to test them, I'd think it would make much more sense if he was trying to destroy them because he didn't want to be seen. Now that could insinuate he really doesn't care of MX's plans and rather his own agenda.
Or, maybe there's a reason why Aqua was the one fighting him within the trailer. Just some food for thought. But it does make sense that this guy could be MX's nobody. He froze Ventus solid, he raised part of a valley making it a very high plateau merely with a raise of his hand, and a number of things in his battle against Terra. Who knows what else he was capable of?
That covers the magic part, now for the his physical capabilties. When he first gains Terra's body, you'd think he'd have some trouble using it, but to our surprise he's able to use it impressively right-off the bat with speed and power that Terra's never even shown even up to this point. As if they're bodies weren't all that different at that very stage of life at all, who knows? What's to say this wasn't an insinuation that Master Xehanort wasn't even more power and fast than he was with Terra's body? So that kinda clears-up why he so quick and powerful.
However, from what we've seen in the fight against him, I think it's safe to say his manipulation over time is much more limited. I know it's impressive that he's even able to do that, but if he was fighting because he was spotted and could just turn back time why not do so to the point before he was even spotted? This is just one of that the things that leads me to question he's a time traveler. So has this guy been just sitting on the side-lines for 12 years? Ehhh, more like that for the RoL, he could have been in the RoD for that time, and then could make an appearance in BBS Volume II, but that remains to be seen.
In Closure
These two quotes I think should also be taken into consideration:
"You are one of many roads I may choose to take, trust me. I made sure of it."
"Xehanort's heart, once seized by his heartless half is now free. And his body, which had become his nobody has been vanquished. Both halfs will now be returned to the whole. In short, this means Master Xehanort will return."
My theories are that MF is MX Xehanort's Nobody, He brought the Organization Members who were revived to the Realm of Sleep, His attribute is Darkness, MX is actually a Heartless, and MF is not a Time Traveler. Not exactly as believable to even me without the explainations, but that's the summary. Feel free to express your opinions on each or all of these theories. If you need me to explain some things, I'm more than happy to at least make an honest attempt at answering them ^_^ And with that, we shall hopefully see what is right and what is wrong at the release of KH3D.
^ Aside from the whole being Terra, with Master Xehanort acting as a plague. The Xehanort, YS was reffering to may have meant Xehanort being in control, which says he might know who Xehanort really is like we the 'players' do :/
Before I give the breif summary, I know Numora said 'something' was left when Xehanort stabbed his heart(Not Master Xehanort), but how would that fit? Neither of their bodies and souls were taken and reused, and even if one of their's did, that just insinuates another Namine situation :/
My theories are that MF is MX Xehanort's Nobody, He brought the Organization Members who were revived to the Realm of Sleep, His attribute is Darkness, MX is actually a Heartless, and MF is not a Time Traveler. Not exactly as believable to even me without the explainations, but that's the summary. Feel free to express your opinions on each or all of these theories. If you need me to explain some things, I'm more than happy to at least make an honest attempt at answering them ^_^ And with that, we shall hopefully see what is right and what is wrong at the release of KH3D.