TheBook of Prophecies (予知書, Yochi sho^?) is a book that appears inKingdom Hearts χ andKingdom Hearts Union χ. It is the source ofCards andMedals, which allowPlayer to harness powers from the future. The book was written by theMaster of Masters and, true to its name, contains the events of the future.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts χ[chi][edit]

By using the power of hisGazing Eye he installed into theNo NameKeyblade, theMaster of Masters wrote the Book of Prophecies which foretold the events that would lead up to theKeyblade War and what came after. He then gifted the Keyblade to one of his apprentices,Luxu, instructing him to pass it down from generation to generation. The Gazing Eye would make and transmit back in time the observations which would compose the Book in the first place. In order to prevent undue temporal paradoxes, he did not give Luxu a copy of the Book. Instead, he gave copies to his five other apprentices, who became theforetellers.

After reviewing the manuscript, the foretellers discovered the shocking final entry, which prophesied:

"On that fated land, a great war shall transpire. Darkness will prevail and the light expire.^[1]"Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover

To prevent this crisis, the foretellers establishedUnions to battle thedarkness and used the Book of Prophecies to draw power from the future.

However, all butGula's copy omitted the "Lost Page" (ロストページ, Rosuto Pēji^?), which covered the events of the betrayal of the foretellers and how the Keyblade War would begin. According to Gula, the "Lost Page" talks about the one who bears theRecusant's Sigil. Parts of this page are revealed by him toSkuld and Player whenAva confronts Luxu outsideDaybreak Town:

"Imbalance observed, strength misplaced, a future filled with sorrow.
Words of truth misunderstood as they explore the secret of tomorrow.
With a single strike, toll the bells and herald the end, bringing war upon us, as fate did intend."The Keyblade War: The Darkest Darklings

Some time prior to the Keyblade War, the Master of Masters hands Ava a list with the fiveDandelion Union leaders that eventually would succeed the foretellers after the war, circling one of their names in red to ensure that this one would get a copy of the Book of Prophecies. However, Ava reneges on the Master of Masters' orders in hopes of changing fate: she choosesBrain to receive the Book of Prophecies, who was not originally the one selected by the Master of Masters. Before parting with him, she places the list of names from the Master of Masters in Brain's copy of the Book of Prophecies, hoping that he would understand it when the time came to decide their future.

Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross][edit]

Brain discovers that theDandelions are trapped in a digital copy of Daybreak Town. Aware that Master Ava did not plan for this to happen, he resolves to act as a virus that will overwrite their grim fate, consulting the Book of Prophecies for answers. Brain takes the list of names from the book, believing that now is the right time.

Later,Ephemer discusses with the other Union leaders how Ava choose them, revealing that one of them was supposed to receive the Book of Prophecies. This in turn prompts Brain to reveal that he has a copy, much to Ephemer's surprise.Quest 920: Chocolate Monster Madness

As the situation in Data-Daybreak Town escalates,Darkness reveals themselves to the Union leaders. They discover that the Master of Masters had written the Book of Prophecies and that Darkness had watched as it was written. In this manner, Darkness had learned thatVentus would harbor darkness in the future, prompting them to take Ventus as their vessel to infiltrate the Dandelions in the present.

Before Ventus,Lauriam,Elrena, and Brain leave for the real world, Brain gives the Book of Prophecies and theMaster's Defender to Ephemer, informing his comrade that the he was meant to have them.Quest 978: What Comes After

BetweenKingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] andKingdom Hearts Dark Road[edit]

The tome soon passed into legend, while the Gazing Eye continued to bear witness to the future, allowing events to be written in the book ages prior. It is mentioned by the cloaked figure as they retell stories to a young Xehanort. Once again the prophecy the foretellers couldn't stopped would happen again but this time it would be changed by the fabled "child of destiny".

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded[edit]

Following their defeat in theDatascape,Maleficent andPete discuss the ancient Book of Prophecies. According to legend, it is capable of transcribing and conjuring future events, as well as creating entire worlds filled with beings and powers that have yet to exist. Maleficent decides to search for a connection between the Book of Prophecies and the Datascape, and she wonders if the Book is also connected toJiminy's Journal.

Kingdom Hearts III[edit]

Maleficent searches for the Book of Prophecies in every world she can think of, believing the Book is locked away in theblack box.^[2]

In theKeyblade Graveyard, the prophecy of light's defeat finally comes to pass. TheSeven Guardians of Light fall one by one to an enormous wave of Heartless: darkness prevailed, and the light expired. However,Sora abuses thepower of waking to save the hearts of his friends, rewriting light's defeat.^[3]

Gallery[edit]

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  A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Shadow.

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  A page from the Book of Prophecies describing a Darkside.

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  A page from the Book of Prophecies about the Heartless.

Notes and references[edit]

• Kingdom Hearts χ