Dilan
| Dilan | |||
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| Japanese | ディラン | ||
| Rōmaji | Diran | ||
| Voice actors | (Ja:)Yōsuke Akimoto (En:)David Dayan Fisher | ||
| Homeworld | Radiant Garden | ||
| Games | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Kingdom Hearts III | ||
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| Dilan |
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| Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep |
| One of the Royal Guard who keep Radiant Garden safe. His savage looks belie a silver tongue and natural talent for manipulating the hearts of others. |
| Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance |
| The human form of Xaldin, one of Organization XIII's Nobodies. In an earlier time, he was one of Ansem the Wise's apprentices and helped guard the castle. He has awoken in Radiant Garden, but his condition remains unstable. |
| Kingdom Hearts III |
| The human form of Xaldin, one of Organization XIII's Nobodies. Before joining the Organization, he was one of Ansem the Wise's apprentices and guarded the castle together with Aeleus. |
- "Radiant Garden shall not fall under the likes of you."
- —Dilan to an Unversed
Dilan[1] is one ofAnsem the Wise's six apprentices, and the human form ofXaldin.
Story[edit]
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]
Dilan is an apprentice to the ruler and lead scientist ofRadiant Garden, Ansem the Wise, alongsideBraig,Even,Aeleus, andIenzo, and guards the castle doors along with Aeleus. WhenVentus attempts to enter the castle while looking forMickey Mouse, Dilan and Aeleus block him as the castle is closed to visitors. Dilan suggests that Ventus should go home, but he runs off to fight theUnversed. Dilan and Aeleus prepare to follow him, but Even interrupts and reminds them that they need to guard the castle. Even then informs them that Ansem wants to see them, and both guards head inside.
Later, Braig brings Dilan and Ansem to the Central Square, where they find an amnesiacTerra-Xehanort andAqua'sKeyblade andKeyblade Armor that had been left with him. While Braig takes Xehanort to the castle, Dilan carries the armor and Keyblade.
Later, Dilan throwsLea andIsa out of the castle after their attempt to sneak in.
BetweenKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep andKingdom Hearts 358/2 Days[edit]
About a decade prior toKingdom Hearts, after Xehanort has also become an apprentice, Ansem begins performing tests on Xehanort'sheart due to his worry that thedarkness in people's hearts will eventually consume hisworld. Eventually, he creates a laboratory in his castle's basement for such experimentation at the urging of Ienzo.
Unbeknownst to Ansem, Dilan and the other apprentices begin conducting inhumane experiments on the human heart and the darkness within it in the laboratory. Such experimentation leads to the creation ofHeartless. When Ansem discovers their secret experiments, he immediately orders them to stop.
Shortly after Lea and Isa join them as apprentices, Dilan and the other apprentices oust Ansem and banish him to theRealm of Darkness. Xehanort convinces the other apprentices to cast off their hearts and uses his newly-regained ability to use a Keyblade to remove their hearts.Dream Drop Distance As the apprentices have strong wills, they createNobodies alongside their Heartless. The Nobodies formOrganization XIII, and Dilan takes on the name Xaldin.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]
Dilan is recompleted following the destruction of his Heartless and Xaldin. He awakens within theHeartless Manufactory with Even, Ienzo, Aeleus, and Lea. Having not fully recovered, he initially rests with Even.
Sometime after Lea leaves to search for Braig and Isa, Even goes missing. Dilan and Aeleus search for him, but are unable to find him.[2]
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
Dilan showsRiku and Mickey the location in Radiant Garden where he found Terra-Xehanort to help them in their search for leads to find Aqua.
The night before the secondKeyblade War, Dilan and Aeleus rush into the lab to see Ienzo with their former master Ansem the Wise, who has been returned to them byDemyx. As Ienzo apologizes to Ansem for their betrayal, Dilan is comforted by Aeleus.
FollowingXehanort's defeat andNaminé's restoration, Dilan and Aeleus escort Naminé out of the castle to be picked up by Riku.
Design[edit]
Dilan is a tall, broad-shouldered man that wears a dark slate grey guard uniform, which is adorned with a curled heart symbol, and white gloves. The front of his jacket sports two rows of gold buttons, silver highlights, and a red and white heart like the one on his gloves. He also wears a belt and knee-high boots, both of which are black. Dilan's hair is black and worn in long dreadlocks. He keeps most of his dreads tied into a low ponytail, but one dangles over the right side of his face. He also has thick sideburns, though they do not hook over his cheeks like Xaldin's do, thick eyebrows, and violet eyes.
Dilan wields a singlelance with silver edges, a blue head, and a handle that alternates from violet to silver. The curled heart symbol is incorporated into the head of the lance.
Personality[edit]
While Dilan appears to bear similarities in personality to Xaldin, given his rather strict nature, his character seems to be much more benevolent and noble than his Nobody, demonstrated when he was willing to defend Radiant Garden from the Unversed and expressed genuine concern for Ventus's well-being after the latter volunteered to fight the Unversed alone. In fact, Dilan was only stopped from following Ventus by Even ordering him to return to his post.
A strong possibility is that Xaldin's hostile attitude towards Axel shown inKingdom Hearts II Final Mix is derived from Dilan's confrontation with Lea at the end ofKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, whom he throws out of Hollow Bastion along with Isa for trespassing.
Gallery[edit]
Dilan's Lance.
Concept art of Dilan's Lance inKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
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Notes and references[edit]
- ^Dilan's name is misspelled as "Dilin" inSecret Ansem Report 3 within the North American version ofKingdom Hearts II, but was corrected to "Dilan" in theFinal Mix version.
- ^Kingdom Hearts III, Ienzo: "You knew him as Vexen—but to us he was Ansem's apprentice Even. He was recompleted like the rest of us, but hadn't regained consciousness yet. Then, sometime after Lea left, Even vanished. Aeleus and Dilan—the two you knew as Lexaeus and Xaldin—they went out looking for him, but...he's just gone."
