Among the characters they meet is Mickey Mouse , apprentice of the sorcerer Yen Sid , who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed.
Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas.
Terra reasons that Xehanort is after the seven Princesses of Heart —maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Xehanort out. However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden , where Aqua meets Kairi , a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light.
Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness. Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku.
Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Xehanort's plans from succeeding. However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety.
As soon as Terra realizes his error, Xehanort kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard , leaving the Land of Departure to be captured into darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus' death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.
An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.
However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed.
Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower , where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and create Castle Oblivion from the ruins.
After leaving Ven in the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort, who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.
Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise , ruler of Radiant Garden , and goes on to become his apprentice.
Ventus' wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart. An unlockable secret ending shows the hearts of Terra and Master Xehanort lying dormant in Xehanort's body, waiting to see which will control it in the end, with Eraqus' heart revealed to be sealed within Terra's. Ansem, who had survived the explosion of his Kingdom Hearts Encoder with few of his memories remaining, reveals to Aqua that while darkness threatens to swallow the worlds again, hope lies in the form of Sora, who prepares to set out on another journey to help all of those whose hearts are connected to his.
The secret ending opens with Terra and Xehanort standing in a black abyss. The two have a faint glow around them, as they are actually their hearts inside the new Terra-Xehanort, and are conversing. Master Xehanort wonders aloud how Terra can still remain there after being possessed. Terra responds that it is still his body and heart, and he will eventually expel Master Xehanort.
Master Xehanort merely shrugs this off, convinced that Terra will not be able to counter the darkness as he could not handle his own, but Terra reveals that Master Eraqus is residing within him, and no matter what the cost, he will not stop fighting until he has foiled Master Xehanort. The elderly Keyblade Master shows no concern, and gleefully informs Terra that possessing him was merely one of many roads he may choose to take. The new Xehanort, now with longer hair, brown eyes, and a lab coat, is seen walking through the corridors of Ansem the Wise castle.
Braig approaches him and attempts to start a conversation but finds himself completely rebuked. Shocked at his lacking response, Braig immediately deduces that the new Xehanort surely has lost all of his memories. Looking into Xehanort's eyes, he asks precariously if the man standing before him is actually Terra, but Xehanort still does not answer. Braig pats him on the back and states lightly that it doesn't matter, and that he's "got his back.
Birth By Sleep also introduced Master Xehanort, the villain and main instigator of all the events in the franchise. As a prequel, the game portrays an age when being a Keyblade wielder was slightly more common.
The Disney worlds that were featured in Birth By Sleep were also set in a time before the Heartless invasion as well as new worlds on the brink of falling into darkness. Worlds like Neverland and Olympus Coliseum depicted a whole new aspect of a previously seen world, while the worlds of the Disney princesses were retellings of their movies.
If anything, it was a great homage to the older Disney fables, as the two mainline Kingdom Hearts games tended to celebrate the Disney Renaissance of the 90s. To complete Birth By Sleep - especially the Final Mix version that is more widely available these days - means you have to play up between 15 and 20 hours of the game per character.
Yes, you have to replay all three campaigns, fight the same secret bosses, collect the same skills and items three times. It is a prequel, taking place ten years before the original Kingdom Hearts. However, after some plot points, the player is able to pick which character they want to play through the story as.
The game uses the same core menu-based system that has been the hallmark of the series, but there have been several new elements that have streamlined the gameplay substantially. This style can come from a preference for physical or elemental attacks, and, when used, will induce a heightened state based on your style preferences in which attacks are more powerful and chained combos culminate in devastating finishing moves.
Also new is the combination system, which allows you to combine attacks to create powerful attacks that play to your individual strengths. Each character has their own unique battle attributes Aqua is magic-heavy, Terra is the physical character, and Ventus is the well-rounded balanced fighter , but you can use the attack combination system to create attacks that fit your own personal fighting style as well as the overarching character-based fighting elements.
In all, Birth by Sleep offers the most substantive character progression system in the series yet. However, some transitions to the PSP are a little more problematic.
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