This is one of the reasons that I actually joined this, to share you an idea I've just recently thought of concerning the mysterious armored figures at the end. Now I know that everyone and their grandmother is putting out theories nowadays, so please don't throw anything at me just yet, this is just my two cents on the subject. Recently, I was reading a thread on another site that I 'lurk' at, and it said that the new Kingdom Hearts game would occur in the past and future at different points in the game, so that got me thinking. Why would Nomura do this? Then I went and watched the secret ending to KH2 on YouTube and I began to think: what if...what if the knights represent the past, present, and future? This also goes along with the assumption that knights aren't the 'good' guys. Heck, for all we know, they might actually be the bad guys. Now, there may be some conflicting ideas with this: 1) the knights might be the Chasers (I've seen this many a time before, and I'm not sure where people got this from) or 2) they might be connected to current Keyblader-wielders. Keep in mind, this is all an idea that doesn't really have much factual basis to it (it's all guess-work). And now I thought to myself: Nomura introduces the 'Knights,' and then he states that the game will occur in different time periods, what's up with that? I believe that, like I said before, the knights all come from different time periods (though I have no idea who comes from where). So far, all we know about the 'Keyblade War' is...that a lot of Keyblade-wielders died (judging by the amount of weapons at the 'crossroads' section). That's it. So...could it be plausible that it not only takes place in the present, but in the past *and* the future as well? Now, some might point out that if they're all new characters, how could the middle one be from the present? Well, who says that Sora and Riku (I'm not counting Kairi because we're not really sure if she keeps the Keyblade given to her or not) are the only ones who can wield them right now? The KH universe is a very big place from what we've seen, perhaps one of these knights is one that exists already. This also could explain how in that apparent cutscene (this is from what I've heard, mind you, not totally sure) where Xigbar (I believe) has a small chat with one of the knights. Does that means that the knights are 'evil'? Well, we know that Org. XIII weren't the nicest of people, so perhaps they have bad tendencies. But then, this raises the question: how do they pick up the Kingdom Key, the Way to Dawn, and the last, unnamed Keyblade? More speculation: who's to say that Keyblade-wielders can't fall into darkness themselves? Who's to say that Keyblades can't join them, going to the 'dark side'? If they're connected to the heart, this may explain their rusty, and battle-worn looks, perhaps it reflects the hearts of the knights: possibly corrupted. Whilst Sora's and Riku's look newer and sleeker. Where is this taking place? Your guess is as good as mine. Though I like to think that wherever this is, it's...a place *beyond* time, somewhere where all of the Keyblades of the past, present, and future will eventually come to rest. Is this somewhere within Kingdom Hearts itself? It's a very odd idea but...you never know. And so that leaves us with the odd figure in the sandstorm at the end, who is he/she? Now if you'll notice one of the phrases at the end 'Memory of Xehanort'...well, we know that he used to play on the right team before he eventually became a Nobody/Heartless, and that Ansem found him...and it appears the place that we see is some sort of 'graveyard,' so maybe he used to be a 'caretaker' of sorts in this place? I know all of this is speculation with no real factual basis (probably the worst way to pose a theory) and probably sounds like something out of a fan fic, but I just had to get that out there to the rest of the KH fandom, let me know what you think about it. Please though, no flames on it, just constructive criticism, thank you. :)
Personally, I didn't really like any of the 'mushroom' Heartless. Though if I had to pick one, it'd be the Black Fungus, just for looking so darned cool. :D
Isn't this entire idea based on the fact that the Mayan calendar ends on 2012? If so, then I believe there are two problems with this idea: 1) The Mayans died out a long time ago, ergo, we may deduce: that since they died out, how do we know that this date is even accurate? 2) The world uses the Gregorian calendar; the Mayans did not. So their year of 2012 would actually be different from our year of 2012.
Hm...well, I was always bad with introductions, so excuse this. I've just recently stumbled across this site (yes, I have in fact been living under a rock, since it seems to be extremely popular), though I am a relative outsider to online KH communities, I hope to enjoy my stay here with all of you in discussing new ideas, etc.! :)
