When he briefly possess Riku to take down Lexaeus, he wields his Soul Eater. Knowing the tide of the battle has drastically changed, Xemnas soon levitates behind his forces, creating a barrier of Nobody thorns around the arena to prevent the heroes from escaping. However, Xemnas manages to capture Xion and alter her to obey him, having her go after Roxas and absorb him to become a perfect replica of Sora. 0.2 Birth by Sleep-A fragmentary passage-, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Characters in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Final Mix - Additional Tracks, Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack, https://kingdomhearts.fandom.com/wiki/Xemnas?oldid=794708. His black coat is now white and is covered with intricate black designs that resemble the Nobody sigil. Upon his defeat, Xemnas laments that he was bested again. In terms of speed and agility, he is shown to be easily equal to, if not, superior to Larxene. Xemnas places Marluxia in charge of Castle Oblivion and charges Vexen with the task of continuing the Replica Project. Xemnas then runs off, but King Mickey gives chase and engages Xemnas in combat, though Sora, Donald, and Goofy are impeded from following by the Heartless. This coat is high-collared and completely unzipped, showing the second, shorter jacket the Heartless wears underneath. As he was about to announce their plan a failure, he realized that it's because Xion has some of Sora's memories trapped which will prevent him from waking. Its Final Limit causes two laser beams to decimate enemies. Though Ansem admits that fact though his intentions was pure, he asks what Xemnas seeks from all the suffering he caused. Ansem summons a swarm of Neoshadows, accompanied by Xemnas summoning a few Dusks. During the fourth day, Xemnas orders Axel to destroy Roxas if he doesn't return to the Organization, much to the latter's objections. His appearance and personality are primarily derived from Master Xehanort, and he retains his original form's "Dark Figure". The result is Xion, who Xemnas hopes to use as an alternative in case Sora proves useless to his plans. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep reveals that Ansem is essentially the Heartless of Master Xehanort. After a struggle with an interfering Sora which restores Xion to the form most of her close friends remember her as, Xemnas ends the scuffle by pushing them both down. The dual-bladed Soul Eater halberd, wielded by Ansem in his World of Chaos form. However, he is able to trap them in spheres of nothingness to drain their strength, unaware this was a direction Roxas asked for. The names of Xemnas' various Ethereal Blades seem to be references to iron-fisted leadership. He is the leader of the original Organization XIII, the former ruler of The World That Never Was, and a member of the real Organization XIII. When Master Xehanort attempts to turn Sora into the thirteenth vessel, Xemnas stops Mickey from reaching him. He sends all the members on their missions to further their plans while placing Xion in the care of Roxas. Xemnas channeling power through his final form. Sora asks who the man is, and Goofy wonders if it is Ansem, and though Xemnas says he is familiar with the name, he does not clarify how or who he is. Xemnas admits that he doesn't before seemingly fading back into darkness. When fought on his own, Ansem simply uses the power of darkness and his Guardian to attack opponents, aside from when he is fought in Kingdom Hearts III, where he only wields the power of darkness in battle due to having lost his Guardian. The newly-born Xemnas then goes on to recruit the Nobodies of Ansem's othe… Sora seems not to recognize Xemnas, and the Organization mocks the perceived weakness of Sora, only angering him. After his remaining followers are defeated, Xemnas makes himself known when he learns of Ansem the Wise personally attempting to digitally seal Kingdom Hearts away to hinder him. When Ansem takes possession of Riku's body to procure a physical form, his fighting capabilities increased greatly, and he gains the ability to fly. He finds Sora fascinating, and says that they will one day meet again and disappears, but not before making an ambiguous comment on how he is but "a mere shell". Xemnas's hair is long, reaching to about mid-back, silver in color, and some of it falls over his shoulders. The meaning of the word "ethereal" is "not of the earth; heavenly". Sora and the others try to stop him, but Xemnas is absorbed into Kingdom Hearts. Having been unable to find a way to rid himself of Ansem's remaining essence, it began taking over him and transforming Riku into a copy of Ansem. Xemnas considers nothingness the source of great power and does not seem to despise it in the slightest. Xemnas sends the members of Organization XIII on their missions to further their plans while placing Xion in the care of Roxas. The Kingdom Hearts Series Character Files has received more story translations. Because Xemnas was born from the body of Terra, his overall appearance is identical to Terra's, save for the silver hair, orange eyes, and older appearance resultant from having Xehanort's soul. Due to this, Xemnas claims that a heart is nothing more than pain, though Sora reassures him that pain is being human; Xemnas soon realizes that it must take incredible strength to bear such pain as he fades away, his heart returning to the past whence it came as he becomes the eleventh member of the real Organization to fall. Ansem again attempts to turn Riku to the darkness completely and tries to defeat the young boy so that he can take possession of his body once more. It is mostly unbuttoned and exposes Ansem's chest before being closed up by three buttons and two belts near the Heartless's waist, only to flare outward again, leaving three buttons undone. Kingdom Hearts III. He puts a halt to Xaldin's intimidation of Axel, suggesting a worse punishment for failure to comply: being turned to a Dusk. Xemnas appears defeated, returning Sora to the Castle That Never Was. This however is stopped by Sora, who reignites Xion's memories from within his heart, causing her to emotionally break down. However, Xemnas is defeated by the trio, who recover a physical representation of the Recusant's Sigil from him to reinforce their bond. Unlike the other members of the Organization, Xemnas does not seem to want Kingdom Hearts for true existence. He is also the original Organization's most powerful member. Their subsequent experiments cause them to lose their hearts in darkness, and Xehanort's being is split into a Heartless and a Nobody, the Heartless being Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, while the Nobody is Xemnas. At the same time, he uses his experiments on the Replica Program and creates a clone of Sora. Ansem can time travel without aid, as he is just a heart. Xemnas speaks with calmness and deep authority, strangely similar to Master Eraqus. While considering a heart nothing but pain, Xemnas is told that pain is part of being human; he gives a smile to Sora, commending him on having a will strong enough to handle the pain. After explaining that the thirteenth member, Roxas, was a Keyblade wielder, Xemnas asks why they think he chose numbers nine through twelve to the trio, and after Larxene's answer is shot down, Xemnas reveals that they were all chosen for another purpose. While this would actually benefit Xemnas, as even with Roxas's full power, Xemnas is still stronger and would defeat and once again use Roxas for his goals, although it remains unclear why did he not choose to just directly confront Roxas directly when he arrived in The World That Never Was despite knowing fully well he is the only one in the Organization capable of capturing Roxas, unfortunately, Xemnas is unable to face Roxas as Riku defeats Roxas by using the powers of Ansem, stopping his suicidal plan to take on Xemnas, and takes him to DiZ to be sealed in a digital replica of Twilight Town. Intangible at first, Xemnas passes through Sora, causing him to experience many of his memories in rapid succession, before fully manifesting. Before possessing Riku, Ansem was little more than a wandering heart and could only appear as a figure in a brown hooded robe. However, Xion is defeated as she dissolves back into the memories she originally was while pleading with Roxas to stop Xemnas with her dying breath. He treats people and their hearts as either tool to be manipulated and disposed of, or as cattle for his ravenous Heartless legions. He can summon or disperse them at will and is able to change their length as well. After merging with his damaged artificial Kingdom Hearts, Xemnas becomes much more powerful - creating a realm within Kingdom Hearts named "The World of Nothing" that he possessed total control over, being able to instantaneously generate structures seemingly from nowhere and even creating a black hole at one point.