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**Roxas** (ロクサス *Rokusasu*) is a major character of the ***Kingdom Hearts*** video game series and its following manga/novel series. He serves as the main protagonist of **Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days**. Roxas is known as the Nobody of Sora.

He serves as **No.XIII** of Organization XIII, performing their daily tasks of slaying Heartless to complete an artificial Kingdom Hearts. Unlike the other Nobodies, he is capable of expressing genuine emotions. Roxas would also foil many of the Organization's plans from time to time despite being oblivious at first of their real plans. He also forges a special bond with Axel and Xion, which would eventually break apart by Xemnas' evil plans.

Upon realizing his origins, Roxas betrays the Organization in hopes of finding his original self and stopping Xemnas from controlling the universe. However, he eventually accepted his fate and merged back with Sora for good. Despite ceasing to exist physically, Roxas continues to have a major pressence in the series to the point of being able to communicate internally to others such as Lea or Sora.

Roxas is capable of wielding the Keyblade thanks to his connections to Sora and Ventus, allowing him to slay Heartless using the power of the key. Roxas's main weapons of choice are his iconic dual-wielding "**Oathkeeper and Oblivion**" Keyblades, two keyblades that represent the balance between light and darkness and his full potential as a powerful Nobody.

## Appearance

Roxas is a young Nobody with golden-blond spiky hair spiking upwards, casual expression, and blue eyes. Roxas' appearance is identical with Sora, sharing many of the latter's features including his body structure, eyes, and facial expressions. Despite this, Roxas also seems to also take on the image of the fallen Keyblade Wielder, Ventus. In other words, Roxas' overall appearance is basically Sora's body but with some of Ventus' attributes.

During his time in Organization XIII, Roxas wears the traditional black coat, allowing him to activate Dark Corridors and utilize darkness as well. Roxas' coat appears slightly different from the other Organization members' coats with more casual-looking pants and black rubber boats resembling his original ones. Roxas retains the Organization's black gloves and trademark silver zipper. When hooded, Roxas' face is completely obscured in darkness which adds a more dangerous streak to young Nobody's appearance.

Roxas' original outfit upon his creation consists of him wearing a black, high-collared jacket with a Nobody-marked symbol and another jacket over the first with black-white checker squares. The jacket's collar was red and folded back. Roxas' pants are two-colored with belge and black accents. He notably dons a wrist band with the same checker-patterns on his jacket and one black/white ring on his left index and middle figure. Roxas still retains this outfit even after getting merged with Sora.

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## Personality

At first, Roxas lacked the ability to feel emotions and couldn't even express any hint of feelings towards his comrades. This is due to his status of being a Nobody. However, due to possessing Ventus' heart, Roxas slowly developed his own emotions as he grew closer to his friends Axel and Xion. It is notable that Roxas shares many similar traits with his original self Sora but with slight differences that make him his own unique personality. Roxas also displayed a much more optimistic personality during his early days in the Organization, back when he was a "brain-dead zombie" as Axel stated.

Unlike Sora, Roxas appears to be straightforward and collected whenever he deals with the Organization's plans and desires to discover his true purpose for existing in the first place. Roxas also shows signs of being confident and arrogant as shown during his battles against the Heartless and Nobodies. Roxas possesses a strong will of independence as he willingly rebelled against the Organization when he found out they were trying to manipulate him. He believes that he has the right to act on his own. Despite this, Roxas deeply values the bonds he developed with his friends, considering them to be his top priority of maintaining his memories.

    As time passed on, Roxas became more apathetic and cynical about life upon realizing that everyone around him kept lying to him about his true purpose in life. This behavior only worsened once Roxas was forced to kill Xion and eventually regain his memories upon being placed in the digital Twilight Town. When blinded with rage, Roxas loses all rationality and expresses vengeance towards those who've wronged him, such as when he blindly attacks DIZ for being used as a tool.

During the present, Roxas displays a melancholic, stoic personality upon realizing the truth behind his existence was a lie. He ultimately resigns to his fate and willingly merged back with Sora to reawaken the latter, displaying his more selfless side as he accepts his status as Sora's Nobody. Roxas later admitted he was satisfied with remaining inside Sora's heart once he reunited with Namine after Xemnas' first defeat. Even when Sora confessed that Roxas deserved to be his own person in *Dream Drop Distance,* the latter gladly declines Sora's words and insisted that this was what fate was meant to be.

    One of his strongest traits is his ability to keep pushing forward. Roxas was able to remain determined to figure out his identity even when the Organization attempted to slaughter him multiple times and after Xion's death. Roxas' determination is so strong that he was capable of taking on stronger foes such as Saix or possibly Xemnas if he was able to take on the Organization as he originally planned.

Even though he possesses a Keyblade, Roxas admits that he doesn't want to keep fighting but instead live out his life peacefully as a normal teenager. He still retains Sora's kind-hearted personality and heroic nature, especially considering how protective and caring he is towards his friends. Roxas appears much happier and cheerful when hanging around his friends, even to the point of laughing genuinely. Despite the differences, Roxas and Sora both have a lot in common, even though both appear to have different traits.

## History

When Sora chose to unlock his heart using the Keyblade of Heart to free Kairi and the other Princesses of Heart in Hollow Bastion, he unknowingly created two Nobodies: Roxas and Naminé (through Kairi's heart). However, despite Kairi's light reverting Sora back to his complete form after briefly becoming a Heartless, Roxas was able to coexist alongside Sora for unknown reasons. Due to lacking the memories of his original self, Roxas lacked the self-consciousness to act on his own. It is also notable that Roxas held Ventus' heart when Sora turned into a Heartless, thus taking on the former's image instead of his original self.

Due to these reasons, Roxas was sent and awakened in front of Twilight Town's Old Manor, unaware of Sora's existence around this time. He is found by Xemnas, who proceeds to recruit him into Organization XIII by giving him his new name. Roxas later wanders around Twilight Town, unaware of things around him. He also observes Hayner, Pence, and Olette around this time. Roxas then encountered Axel, who surprisingly takes a likening to the Nobody as the two spend the entire afternoon eating sea salt ice cream on the clock tower. The two later travel back to the World That Never Was, where Roxas was welcomed into the Organization as their thirteenth member.

## Synopsis

### **Kingdom Hearts Final Mix**

Though Roxas didn't make a direct appearance in the first series, he was created along with Naminé when Sora sacrificed his life to free Kairi's heart. In the bonus chapter Unknown, Xemnas briefly mentions how Sora resembles his Nobody during their brief encounter, in which the latter was confused at Xemnas' comment. He also mentions how incomplete Sora appears, implying that Roxas ended up with half of Sora's original strength.

Roxas himself makes a brief appearance near the end, where he appears to clash with multiple Neoshadows in The World That Never Was before turning to face Riku on top of a nearby skyscraper. Upon noticing Riku, Roxas questions Riku the whereabouts of Sora with a determined expression.

### **Kingdom Hearts II**

Having his memories of his past life altered by DIZ, Roxas believes that he is an ordinary boy who lives in a digital Twilight Town. Roxas often hangs out with his friends Hayner, Pence, and Olette. Roxas also appears to occasionally experience some of Sora's memories. Roxas doesn't know why he's feeling these memories as he often ponders about them every day. While this happens, Roxas is unaware of DIZ observing him within the data world in preparation of fully awakening Sora.

Roxas and friends spend their last few days of summer vacation exploring the regions of Twilight Town and preparing for the upcoming Struggle tournament. As the days pass by, Roxas starts to notice something weird's going on as several "white-figures" begin appearing out of nowhere and he occasionally summons a weapon called the "Keyblade" to fend them off. Along with that, he unknowingly encounters weird glitches in the matrix but still cannot figure out the world he's residing in is made of data.

He also encounters a mysterious girl named Naminé, who attempts to help him remember who he is, and former friend Axel, who constantly attempts to force Roxas back into the Organization. Roxas would usually feel confused upon meeting them on a few occasions. Eventually, Roxas realizes something is not right once he notices Hayner and friends acting out of character. He then is instructed to head to the abandoned mansion by an unidentified voice.

Roxas makes it to the mansion and discovers everything about his actual life when Naminé tells him he is actually a Nobody. He also regains his memories upon entering the computer room, remembering everything during his time as an Organization member. Enraged and emotionally devastated, Roxas smashes the computer in a fit of anger. Roxas then is forced to fight against Axel, who decides to destroy him after failing to recruit him back two times. However, Roxas refuses to go down and summons his Oathkeeper and Oblivion keyblades. The two end up fighting. Axel ends up losing against Roxas' improved strength and the sheer power of his dual-wielding Keyblades.

The two friends sadly depart on bitter terms and Roxas enters a room where the sleeping Sora and a hologram of DIZ await him. DIZ proceeds to inform Roxas that his fate is to merge back with Sora to complete the latter so that he can awaken and destroy Organization XIII. He also mocks Roxas for being a tool for his plans, which enrages him to the point of violently attacking him. The tearful Roxas questions DIZ why would he ruin his life, to which the scientist coldly tells Roxas his fate is inevitable. DIZ then disappears and the sleeping pod finally reopens. Roxas finally sees the sleeping Sora inside the pod.

Although he is reluctant, Roxas solemnly realizes how lucky Sora is and sadly admits that his summer vacation is over. He then recalls the moments he's had with his data friends and believes they were real to him. Slowly fading away, Roxas tearfully accepts his "demise" and merges back with Sora to finish completing the boy as a whole person. Although Roxas is not physically active, his presence and name are still present throughout Sora's adventure.

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### **Kingdom Hearts Re:coded**

Roxas makes an appearance in the form of his data counterpart **Data-Roxas**. Data-Roxas appears before Data-Sora in the data Castle Oblivion, hooded in his black coat. Sora wonders who the hooded boy is but Roxas informs the boy that he's Nobody. He then proceeds to give Sora a few cards containing memories of the worlds the latter has been to. Data-Roxas tells Sora that he can do whatever he likes upon interacting with the illusions he faces.

As Data-Sora ventures deeper into Castle Oblivion, Roxas constantly taunts him with the intent of manipulating the youth into succumbing to his pain. Roxas also adds that it's not worth the time to help people that are just illusions. Despite his words, Sora assures Roxas that it's alright to accept the pain he holds and that he'll carry it on with him no matter what.

Irritated by Data-Sora's words, Roxas then decides to transform the area around him and Sora into a new, empty world resembling the World that Never Was. Data-Sora is then forced to fight the hooded boy, who then tells Sora it's way past time he learned what real hurt feels like. Sora and Roxas clash in the area, only for Sora to emerge victorious after striking a few blows on the Nobody.

Data-Roxas tells Sora to finish him off, only to receive a look of compassion from Sora. Roxas is confused by Sora's decision as the youth states that he packed a punch. Data-Sora reveals that he ultimately felt the same pain Roxas had been going through. Satisfied with his role, Roxas admits that his true purpose was to see if Sora could handle the hurt thrown at him. He then gives Data-Sora the final card that'll show him the answers he needed. Sora questions where he'll go now his role is complete. Data-Roxas softly tells Sora that there's one place he'd like to go, "a place where he spent his first and last...summer vacation". With that said, Data-Roxas merges back with Data-Sora, disappearing for good.

The real Roxas appears as one of the people mentioned by Data-Namine, revealing that Sora will eventually rescue him and few others from their evergoing torment.