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Dark Figure
Japanese	うしろの人
Rōmaji	Ushiro no Hito
Translation	The One Behind
Type	Construct
Games	Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
Variations •
KH tracks Battle theme -The Deep End Battle theme -Forze del Male KHCOM tracks Battle theme -Revenge of Chaos KHBBS tracks Battle theme -Dismiss KH3D tracks Battle theme -L'Eminenza Oscura I Battle theme -L'Eminenza Oscura II

TheDark Figure, referred to as "guardian" byAnsem, Seeker of Darkness, is a container forTerra'sheart which is used by various vessels forXehanort throughout theKingdom Hearts series. Although it contains Terra's heart, it is not Terra'sHeartless.

It is first summoned byTerra-Xehanort to battleAqua inRadiant Garden, and is inherited by his Heartless,Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. It is also channeled byRiku when he draws upon thedarkness of Ansem still lingering in his heart during his battle withRoxas. The Dark Figure serves not only to protect its user from attacks, but also to fight for him when needed.

The being has also been described as "Ansem's shadow", "The monster behind [Ansem]" (背後の怪物, Haigo no Kaibutsu^?)^[1], "Terra's phantom"[?], "Xehanort's shadowy other", "The shadow behind [Ansem]" (背後の影, Haigo no Kage^?)^[2], and the "small, Darkside-like being" (小さなダークサイドのような者, Chīsana Dākusaido no Yōna Mono^?)^[3] or "shadow" (影, Kage^?)^[3].

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]

Terra-Xehanort summons the Dark Figure to aid him against Aqua.

During his battle against Aqua, Terra-Xehanort's great rage[?] causes the Dark Figure to spawn behind him. The dark entity then teams up with Terra-Xehanort to challenge Aqua one final time. Growing annoyed with Terra's constant resistance impeding him during the fight,Master Xehanort attempts to force what remains of Terra out of him by unlocking his heart. However, the Dark Figure reappears and begins to fade, opening a portal to theRealm of Darkness which swallows it and Terra-Xehanort. Aqua then dives in after them and sacrifices both her armor andKeyblade to save Terra'sbody.

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-[edit]

During Aqua's travels in the Realm of Darkness, she encounters manifestations of Terra andVentus's hearts, in which Terra is able to tell Aqua what she is really seeing while Ventus remains comatose. However, their brief reunion is cut short when Xehanort decides to retake control of Terra's body via Terra-Xehanort to trick Aqua into revealing where Ventus' body is located.

In response, Terra tries to fight back against Xehanort, who ends up summoning the Dark Figure's hands to drag Aqua further into the darkness through a dark corridor.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

After conversing withSora over the true nature of the heart, Ansem, Seeker of Darkness summons his original persona's Dark Figure and attacks. The Dark Figure reappears alongside Ansem during his second battle with Sora as part of theWorld of Chaos.[citation needed]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories[edit]

After Riku emerges from the twelfth basement ofCastle Oblivion, Ansem, Seeker of Darkness appears before him and attempts to retake his body. However, Riku chooses to fight rather than submit, enraging Ansem, who summons the Dark Figure and attacks.

Later, Riku reaches the first basement of Castle Oblivion and usesDiZ's Castle OblivionWorld Card to bring forth Ansem. Ansem creates around them a facsimile ofKingdom Hearts itself, and again summons the Dark Figure. However, Riku is able to defeat the pair and emerges from the battles having conquered his inner darkness.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days[edit]

Realizing his loss to Roxas is inevitable, Riku unleashes Ansem's darkness that he had been holding back from within his heart. Riku, now in Ansem's form, uses the Dark Figure to grab Roxas and knock him out, so that he can bring Roxas to DiZ.

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

After Ansem, Seeker of Darkness andXemnas were defeated, Terra's body was recompleted. However, his heart, which was still under Master Xehanort's control, remained trapped within the Dark Figure. His empty body was filled with the heart of Terra-Xehanort from the past, whichYoung Xehanort had collected.^[4][5]

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]

As it disintegrates, the Dark Figure reaches for Riku.

In the sleeping version ofThe World That Never Was, Ansem appears to Riku, attempting to persuade him once again to open himself to darkness and allow his possession. However, Riku chooses to fight and vanquish his inner darkness, causing Ansem to surround them in darkness and summon the Dark Figure. After a first battle, Ansem enlarges the Dark Figure and merges with it, but Riku defeats this form as well.

Later, in the real world, Ansem summons the Dark Figure to prevent Riku,King Mickey, andLea from rescuing Sora from Master Xehanort. The Dark Figure grabs Mickey and Riku to prevent them from leaving, but is defeated whenDonald Duck andGoofy crash into its head after warping in with theStar Shard.

Kingdom Hearts III[edit]

"One day...I...will...set...this...right... One day...I will set...this right... I will return to this land...and protect...my friends!"

—The Dark Figure makes its declaration.

The Dark Figure saves Aqua and Ventus from Terra-Xehanort.

The Dark Figure first appears in theRealm of Darkness, to fight off an unarmed Aqua, who is attempting to keepAnsem the Wise out of the Organization's clutches. After tossing Aqua across theEnd of Sea, the Dark Figure conjures a dark orb and launches it at Aqua's heart, transforming her intoAnti-Aqua.

The Dark Figure next appears to defend Ansem whenHayner attempts to ambush him atTwilight Town. Ansem pursues but is waylaid byVexen'sDusks, with the Dark Figure defending him again.

At theKeyblade Graveyard, Terra-Xehanort fights theLingering Will and grabs it by its head via the Dark Figure, squeezing it. Before it can break, the future Sora arrives and frees it. While Sora fights Terra-Xehanort, the Dark Figure grabs him and holds him in place so Terra-Xehanort can strike him down. The Lingering Will pushes Sora out of the way, freeing him, and takes the blow for him, causing it to fall apart and dematerialize. After Sora fights Terra-Xehanort, he has the Dark Figure grab Sora again and attacks him with a barrage of darkness.Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind

At the Keyblade Graveyard, Aqua,Ventus, and the present Sora fight Terra-Xehanort in one final battle. When Terra-Xehanort captures the trio and prepares to do away with Aqua and Ventus, the Dark Figure moves on its own to intervene and save them. It then breaks the chains binding the trio and lays the unconscious Aqua and Ventus safely on the ground. Terra-Xehanort is surprised by Terra's heart taking control of the vessel and insists that it had been consumed by the darkness, but the Dark Figure removes its bandages and declares the promise to set things right it had made as Terra. While the Dark Figure is keeping Terra-Xehanort restrained, Sora quickly uses his Keyblade to expel Xehanort's heart from Terra's body, allowing Terra's heart to reclaim his rightful body and finally terminating the existence of the Dark Figure.

Design[edit]

The Dark Figure has an ink-black, muscular, humanoid form with a partially bandaged head that hosts relatively human features, bearing some resemblance to Master Xehanort. The bandages are gags representing the shackles Xehanort has placed on Terra's heart. It has yellow eyes gleaming above a mouth filled with sharp teeth, as well as two long antennae spouting from the top of its head, similar to those of theNeoshadows. A hole appears in between more bandages on the torso in the shape of a heart, much similar to the heart-shaped hole that appears in many of the Pureblood Heartless. Lastly, it has very large hands, its torso coming to a tail-like point that fades away into its host's body.

When it merges with Ansem at The World That Never Was, the Dark Figure becomes much larger, and its lower body forms into an orb of darkness similar to those of theDarkball which surrounds Ansem, with two indigo wings extending from its sides and curving downward.

While part of the World of Chaos[citation needed], the Dark Figure mutates, its antennae becoming long horns, the rest of its body distorted by the darkness to look more muscular and ominous. Blue orbs rest on its shoulders, faint golden eyes also on the chest. Red tendrils extend from the back, attaching to the Dark Figure with a snake's head-like attachment. Its hands become more claw-like with large, organic sleeves covering its arms, and an extension similar to a scorpion's stinger juts out of its back. The torso also appears more skeletal, with multiple ribs and vertebrae showing.

Abilities[edit]

Main articles:Ansem, Seeker of Darkness and Terra-Xehanort

The Dark Figure has many dark powers with which it assists its host. It possesses great physical strength, impervious to all damage; its grip is strong enough to crack theLingering Will's helmet. While it tends to stay behind its host, it can be commanded to detach itself from that host to attack its victims. Able to latch onto these opponents and drain their HP, the Dark Figure can also hit them with bursts of energy spawned from its fists, mighty punches, and even spheres of energy. Similar to a Pureblood Heartless, the Dark Figure's most devastating ability allows it to sink into the ground, creating massive shockwaves every time it re-emerges. The Dark Figure also has the power to shoot disc-like projectiles at enemies, and to greatly multiply the host's powers with its own as they double-team opponents to ram them with brute force while shining with a dark aura.

In its World of Chaos form,[citation needed] the Dark Figure becomes more of a defense mechanism than one of offense, able to summonBit Snipers to distract opponents and to whip its massive sleeves to create large whirlwinds with the purpose of blowing enemies away. It can also drain an opponent's MP. While it is only when the Dark Figure is paired with its host that it is a formidable opponent, it is shown to hold its own quite well without influence, mercilessly attacking the opponent without ceasing.

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