#khml leaks

[cq-studios]

Might be going insane or might be cooking. I don't know but I need to throw my Missing Link speculation into the void.

Also special thanks to @starlightwayfinder for pointing out the things that had me putting these pieces together in the first place. This is really just me building (a lot) on their initial idea lol

(Spoilers the ML Beta Test and the January ML Leak)

The leak in question.

(It's only kind of relevant but I figured I'd include it anyways.)

This leak reveals that it is possible, hell, even likely, that Destiny Islands will be in ML. Of course, this idea was already floating around with the whole nameless tropical-ish island in the beta tests, but this adds a whole other layer of proof for its inclusion.

With that note made, I'd like to point out some interesting things about Destiny Islands.

Destiny Islands seems to have a connection to the Realm of Darkness.

This is shown when Kairi's letter shows up on the Dark Margin (But hey... isn't it interesting that the Dark Margin looks the way it does in the first place? Not hard evidence by any means but definitely something to keep in mind).

2. The door in the Secret Place.

This is something that is specifically shown in the ML trailer even.

Everything is Connected.

3. It has knowledge of the outside worlds

This is because of Xehanort, of course, but keep it in mind. It'll be relevant later.

While I was talking to Starlight about the leak, she took a sidebar to talk about how excited she is to learn more about the Child of Destiny and the situation surrounding the prophecy.

I mentioned the fact that Destiny Islands was one of the worlds on the list, then they brought up this exchange from DR.

(insert screenshot here)

The rules can be changed.

What an interesting thing to bring up and never mention again, huh? And Vor's "But why would anyone do that?" is so leading, you know? It really makes me wonder what might've been cut out of the game. Or... well... maybe this isn't just set up for Dark Road... maybe it's set up for something else.

Something in Missing Link.

We don't know whether or not the Child of Destiny prophecy is real. Or, let me rephrase that, we don't know if it was really written in the Book of Prophecies.

I would like to claim that it isn't, and my evidence for that is hidden in plain sight.

Sora is not seen in any of the worlds in KHUX.

Just to be thorough, the Disney worlds in UX (other than Wreak it Ralph) are future projections (according to the Book of Prophecies) of the worlds you are going to. Other than Olympus, they follow the plots of the movie decently loyally with some extra side quests thrown in.

And I understand that's like, "yeah, no kidding. They just didn't want to put him there because something something Player fills in his spot or they just wanted to follow the plot of the movies because it's easier or whatever", but a) this really would not be the first time (or the last time) Nomura would use the 'it's just a video game thing, its not that deep' to hide something in plain sight (Riku fusing with the dream eaters anybody?) and b) Cloud is there.

If they were just following the movies, why would Cloud be there? If Cloud is there in the future, then why isn't Sora? Or the Wayfinders for that matter?

The future written in the Book of Prophecies (at least at that point) does not include them and the Disney worlds different because of it.

(To address the rules of time travel, which kinda contradict the idea of being able to change the future, this isn't time travel. That is to say, the rules could be different. We don't know. Nomura hasn't told us.)

"Now that's cool and all, but how does that tie in to ML, and the Child of Destiny, and all that other stuff you were talking about earlier?"

Well, why does Sora leave the islands? Because of Riku. Why does Riku want to leave the islands? Because he wants to explore the outside worlds. Why does Riku know about the outside worlds? Because of, not only Terra, but Xehanort.

Why was Xehanort taken Destiny Islands in the first place?

If there was no Child of Destiny prophecy, Xehanort would never have left the islands because he wouldn't have even been there, and there would have been no light for Terra to follow to Destiny Islands to show Riku other worlds were real or give him a Keyblade.

And even if the world had fallen to darkness anyways, without a Keyblade, neither Sora nor Riku would've been able to travel between worlds.

But, obviously, that isn't how the games went. There is a Child of Destiny prophecy. So, if it didn't come from the Book of Prophecies then where did it come from?

Brain (and/or Player) could've made the Child of Destiny up as a ploy to try and change fate.

This may seem like it comes out of nowhere, but whether or not you can change the future that is written is something that Ava and Brain even talk about in KHUX.

Brain spends all of UX trying to change the future by not reading the Book of Prophecies. After that failed so spectacularly, who's to say he wouldn't try and take a more proactive approach this time.

So, remember all the way back, close to the beginning of the post when Starlight had brought up that scene from DR?

I think avoiding darkness prevailing and the light expiring might be a good reason.

We did it, we made it past all that build up and to the actual speculation/theory.

Brain (and/or Player) made up the Child of Destiny prophecy and, because the world was still reforming at the time, was able to will it into existence on Destiny Islands.

They tried to make it Xehanort (avoiding his fate as the prophesied Dark Seeker) by moving him there, but that didn't work. Despite everything, the real Child of Destiny (either Sora or Riku depending on your opinions) was born years later. Making the prophecy real, but not in a time Brain or Player would live to see.

There are probably loose threads in here so feel free to pick at them or add stuff to this or what have you. Might come back and add more later but I'm too tired to keep writing. What I put down was the gist.

Hope y'all enjoyed my insane rambling. I feel like I'm loosing my mind lol

[blazernot]

Bubby why are your eyes blue

[kyzveryown]

So, it looks like KHML's gamplay is similar to FFVII: Ever Crisis and Genshin Impact albeit simplified. That's just my observation from the leaked gameplay. Also, I have some feelings about seeing [redacted] but I'll wait until the official stuff begins releasing to talk about that.

[ar-mage-ddon]

i can finally post this guy now that he's been revealed. who are you

[cometrose]

i’m not even mad kh4 is dead to the world (i’m a little mad) but MISSING LINK? a shitty gacha mobile game that was announced 3 years ago?? NOTHING?????

[tvok]

Ok for those not in the know: a couple months ago someone on reddit posted a video clip of what appears to be the first couple minutes of KHML gameplay. It was quite brief and not anything I would particularly consider a "spoiler" though there were a couple interesting details. That post has since been nuked, HOWEVER in my search for it I discovered two new videos covering about the same amount of content plus a bit of extra gameplay:

Video 1

Video 2

We can't keep not talking about the khml leak. Not if nothing is going to keep happening

[ok4ru]

xehamama has a canon name now??? you must’ve looked at those khml leaks huh

Actually, no.

We already have Urd and Skuld and both of their names are from the Norn sisters the last sister we haven’t seen is Verðandi SHE has two be the other sister!!

Plus, since they’re canonical we know by the end of khdr (Urd already looks like Ephemer and Skuld so I assume so…)

So, it’s a guess for now, until it’s revealed!! >:D

Also, Verðandi or Verdandi or whatever they call mamanort since her name is so long I’ll just call her Vee for now much short anyways

[cq-studios]

Day 3: Two characters you want to see a friendship form/get stronger

Brain and Player. Brain and Player. Brain and Player. Brain and Player.

Please Nomura, let Missing Link have Player be more involved in the main plot. Please let Brain and Player bond over their shared loss and trauma (after Player recovers their seemingly lost memories of course… maybe Brain could help with that). Please let them go on adventures together. Let them plot Xehanort’s ‘kidnapping’ together.

I need them to be friends. I need them to find comfort in the fact that, although their home is gone, there’s still at least one other person who knows what it was like. I need Player to tell Brain that they trapped Darkness, for that provide him some amount of comfort around the NULs “failure” (even if it’s not much, it’s still something). I need Brain to let Player know they’re not crazy, that the ‘visions’ they see are in fact memories.

[darkimpetus]

crocus! at least during the events of both χ and union cross. he hasn't gone by anything prior, when he transitioned he decided to keep his birth name, since he liked it a lot & i don't see a lot of transgender characters who do keep their birth names. so i thought it'd be a fun change of pace. :)

then, you know, the whole reincarnation thing happened, and my keykid upon being reborn is aconite! it's actually one half of a "matching" set of names, since before [REDACTED FOR KHML LEAK SPOILERS] was revealed, i was really attached to the idea of player reincarnating as part of a set of twins. the contrast between someone who is burdened by the memories of a previous life & their sibling who is ostensibly a normal kid who was indoctrinated into scalan society and really bought into the light/dark dichotomy is interesting. anyway, the two twins were named dahlia and aconite. their parents had no idea they were having twins, and... whoops! named one after a plant that symbolizes justice and named the other after wolfsbane.

...and, you know, if someone's name in both of the lives they've lived is the same as a poisonous flower, don't worry about it too much!

What is your keykid’s name?

Does it mean anything special? Have they ever gone by other names in the past?

[rosie-kairi]

Poll time

Also, for fun, put what you personally think the name is in the tags + why!

[psianabel]

[squishes them in my hands]

[blue-eli]

WHO ARE YOU????

[jazbell]

khml got leaked??? how?????

[tvok]

some khml leak thoughts/observations under the cut

ephemer, skuld, and chirithy on player's heart station. i'll be crying forever now thanks

there are 12 starlight keyblades embedded in player's heart station, with the 13th appearing before them and transforming into the gear-shaped keyblade when they take it.

red-haired character - story npc? not a story npc? their design does seem pretty unique. i wonder if they aren't a keyblade wielder, since they say "i'll leave it to you, then" when player summons their keyblade? or maybe they're just a coward.

poor darkside can't catch a break. also tiniest darkside ever.

It really isn't much information to go off of all things considered. but it IS enough to make me rattle the bars of my cage like a rabid animal. And i am looking very suspiciously at redhead over here

[ok4ru]

KHML SPOILERS!!

So if you ever watch one of the khml video leaks you’ll find out it's the Player from Khux their heart station it’s Ephemer and Skuld so they likely have memories of their past and stuff but it made me think did Nomura and the crew hear about Xehanort recursion theory and was like “Mmm, we should do that for next game!”  and look where we’re now at!