NAME: Ansem
Role in
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AGE: Unknown. Body appears to be at around 30 years old.
GENDER: Male
ROLE IN CANON: Antagonist TO THE EXTREME!!!
FANDOM/MEDIUM: Video Game // Kingdom Hearts
TIMELINE PERIOD: After his 'death' at the end, in which he gets sucked through the super!special Kingdom Hearts!
ABILITIES: Ansem has the ability to manipulate and control the darkness itself. He can summon the heartless from the darkness, as well as manipulate the shadows and use abilities unique to him as a Heartless. This comes from the fact that he is the first (known) heartless that has retained his concious mind.
CHARACTER HISTORY: Long before the events that took place in Kingdom Hearts, there was a king of a world called Radiant Garden. Ansem the Wise was well-regarded by his people, and was respected as a scholar and scientist. One day he found a boy who's name was Xehanort. He seemed to have no memories, but Ansem found him to be quite intelligent, and took him into his care, teaching him to study and investigate the mysteries of the worlds.
At some point, Ansem the Wise found something that looked like a door. He began to investigate the door, and set his apprentices (Xehanort and several other young scientists) to investigate it, but was eventually dissueded by the fact that investigating this door could lead to trouble. However, even though he had put it from his mind, his lead apprentice, Xehanort, did not put this from his mind. It is uncertain how exactly the bright mind was led to madness, but it may have to do with something frolm his past, in which even the hint of investigating the darkness leads to Xehanort almost becoming overcome with the need to investigate. He takes on the name of his master, Ansem, and copies his report style to begin recording the process as he investigates the darkness.
He follows a process which involves sending a Princess of the Heart out to an unknown world, and hoping that a Keyblade Master will follow her. (This theory, is of course, true, as both Sora and Riku remain with Kairi throughout their childhoods.) He also begins creating heartless, marking those that he created with an emblem, ensuring that he can identify the control from the experimental group. His last experiment as Xehanort, however, ended in something of a mystery. This was the point in which he managed to remove his heart, effectively splitting into both a heartless and a nobody. There is no report if anything transpired between the nobody and heartless, but at this point, the nobody left the heartless, and Ansem began a slow undertaking over the land of Radiant Garden. He expelled Ansem the wise from the world, and renamed it Hollow Bastion, many of the citizens leaving and being replaced by heartless.
From that point on, Ansem went through several plans, collecting a large array of information on Kairi and her friends. It is assumed that he spied on them throughout their lives, as he seems to strike at the perfect time, right before they are to leave and explore. He tempts her friend Riku, and manages to garner control over his body and mind, leading Sora to fight to find his friends as he attempts to pull Sora closer and closer, allowing him to gain power with his Keyblade to ensure that he will be able to open the door to Kingdom Hearts. His theory, that all hearts begin and end in Darkness is one that he assumes to be correct. However, after a long battle, with Sora, the door is opened, and Ansem is proven to be incorrect, and therefore, he (a being of pure darkness) is absorbed into the light.
CHARACTER PERSONALITY: Ansem's strengths are many. As he is a villain of the top ability, he is very strong with the abilities he posesses. He is also manipulative, able to hide and reveal the facts he wants to reveal, and extremely intelligent. Since he is a scientist, he posesses stong abilities of investigation, experimentation, and evaluation.
However, even though Ansem is intelligent and strong with his abilities; he has several very glaring weaknesses. He has an incredible ego, and a strong need to prove himself right, not to others, but just to validate a claim. However, he is also very closed in his interactions. He does not reveal plans at the last minute, however he has been known to exclaim what he is doing, when he finds it dramatically suitable. Yes, Ansem also has a sense of dramatics; as displayed by the way in which he overtook his master, took his name, took his research, and renamed the land that he had lived in.
Flaws are not something Ansem is used to admitting. Other than the fact that he will obviously do anything for his research, which has obvious ethical issues, there is also the fact that he is so prideful. He does not accept or even remotely validate aid from others, and this is shown by how he treats those around him; or even those aiding his clause.
As for admirable qualities, Ansem does not have very many. He has a very attractive form, however his personality is that of a borderline obsessive, he seems obsessive compulsive, and quite possibly insane. However, one who is willing to look past that will see the crafty, intelligent mind, complete with a goal-oriented personality.