Heartless

Heartless

The **Heartless** are a Non-Canon species, originating from *Kingdom Hearts, 2002*.

## History

### Kingdom Hearts series

The **Heartless** originated from a place known as the Realm of Darkness, said to have been created from the darkness out of the hearts of living creature. Most Heartless native to the Realm of Darkness are often refered to as 'Pureblood Heartless', consisting of creatures known as Shadows, Neoshadows, Insincibles, Darksides, Fire Core, Earth Core, Water Core, Bitsniper, Darkballs, Flutterwings, Dark Hide, Demon Towers, Demon Tides and a Lich. Some of these Pureblood Heartless have been summoned to the realm of Light, through the means of dark magic, such is the case for Master Xehanort, a keyblade master that uses the darkness in hopes to turn the world back to it's original form.

After sending herself into the Realm of Darkness, or as the natives refer to it as Dark Realm, Aqua was seen roaming around and fighting against the Heartless, or as she called them 'Dwellers of the Dark, until King Mickey visited her and tried to help get her out, only for her to be ambushed by a powerful Heartless.

Due to some tricks, Master Xehanort ended up possessing the body of a young Keyblade wielder known as Terra, his name if texted to be Terra-Xehanort and later called himself Apprentice Xehanort when Ansem the Wise took care of him. Apprentice Xehanort took Ansem the Wise's experiments of the heart too far and used himself, five of the other apprentices and a pair of children known as Lea and Isa to create artifical forms of the Heartless often refered to as 'Emblem Heartless'.

After Apprentice Xehanort's actions, the Heartless, both Pureblood and Emblem went to seek out either the hearts of all worlds of a weapon that is said to be able to eliminate them known as the Keyblade, many Emblem Heartless often take on characteristics of the worlds they are summoned to, such as Powerwilds and Bouncywilds in Deep Jungle, Bandits in Agraba, Wight Knights and Gargoyles in Halloween Town, Sea Neons and Screwdivers in Atlantica or Battleships and Air Pirates on Captain James Hook's boat.

A rare type of Heartless known as Ansem the Seeker of Darkness seemed to have been the cause of the havok that the Pureblood and Emblem Heartless have been doing in the Realm of Light, although he was defeated by Sora, the boy who wielded the keyblade, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Although they may have just been memories, a number of Heartless seemed to have followed Sora to a location known simply as Castle Oblivion and Ansem the Seeker of Darkness appeared in front of Riku, a boy who sacrificed almost everything to see the outside world, as a type of ghost from his past.

Organization XIII sent some of thier members to fight against Heartless, namely Roxas and Xion, since they both had the ability to wield a Keyblade.

The Heartless reappeared once again, when Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy saw Peg Leg Pete near the Mysterious Tower, leading them to battle against the shadw creatures. After a few battles with the Heartless, Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy later met Master Yen Sid, where he told the three a bit of information about the Heartless and another set of creatures known as Nobodies. The Heartless seemed to have continued to attack worlds, again taking on the characteristics of the worlds they visit, such as Nightwalker in the land of Dragons, Aeroplane and Hot Rod in the Timeless River as well as Living Bone and Shaman in the Pridelands. It was also shown that the Heartless take commands from those that hold power over darkness, wheather it be Maleificant, Pete, Hades, Captain Hector Barbossa, Shan-Yu or Organization XIII. After the artifical version of Kingdom Hearts was destroyed, most of the hearts were freed and some returned back into Heartless.

When looking at the old journal of the first Heartless attack, Jimminie Crikit, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy went to investigate it through a machine. They also encountered Data-Heartless of both Emblem and Pureblood verients. They used a digital copy of Sora known as Data-Sora to defeat Blox Bugs and their other verients and to fix the journal.

So far, only Ansem the Seeker of Darkness and the Dark Figure where seen in the realm of Sleep, where they became members of the 'Real Organization XIII', only to fade back into the past.

The Heartless continued to attack countless worlds, fighting against Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy and their friends. Although this time around, they appear to be working with and helping the likes of the Nobodies and Unversed. A large number of Heartless appeared in the Keyblade Graveyard to test the strangth of the Gaurdiens of Light, only for them to consumed by the Demon Tide, although more appeared after the Demon Tide was defeated by the 'Lights of the Past' and Sora. Ansem the Seeker of darkness and Dark Riku later got closure due to their last battles with the Gaurdians of Light and the Dark Figure turned back into Terra.

Data-Sora went to fight against a Data version of Ansem the Seeker of Darkness and saw a data version of Dark Figure, after a year of the real Sora, been missing.

Digital versions of the Heartless, even Ansem the Seeker of Darkness and the Dark Figure appeared, when Kairi was exploring her memories to find Sora.

### Non-Canon Bugzs

Due to the Heartless appearing froughout diffrent worlds and realities, a number of them may have appeared.

## Notable Members

### Pureblood

* Dark Figure
* Shadow

### Emblem

* Ansem the Seeker of Darkness
* Green Requiem
* Large Body
* Soldier