Those gray hair... She is obviously................ Kairi's Grandmother =P

I think ehe meaning of her name play a big role here...

Makes me wonder if we'll visit the real Daybreak Town in Kingdom Hearts 3. It seems to be implying it. Who would've thought Chirithy with different colored fur would be significant lol.

Reminds me of the line sora says in the opening of the original game. "I've been having these weird thoughts lately,like is any of this for real or not?"

The thing that boogles me the most during my translation is: 今いる世界はすべて地続きで、無数の世界が存在している。

It literally meant that "there are countless worlds that are connected to this world by land". This is a world-to-world connection that I have never come across in this series.

There is another instance where the game gave vague information. When they said: それらの世界は立体映像のような幻.
This described the fairytale worlds as 3D images (I used holographs in my translation). The term they used is a very technological. They could have alike it to manifestations or summons but they used the term holographs instead.

The entire scene is talking about all the light they have been collecting comes from "this world". But this world is being made too large due to it being connected to so many others, so "this place" has been made to enable the collection from faraway areas. What could "this world" and "this place" be? Chi and Daybreak Town? Daybreak Town and a part of Daybreak Town? Or something else?

Is Daybreak Town & Chi real or data or both? Mickey and gang has unintentionally crash landed in Daybreak Town once before, how did it happen?


Most important of all, "Ephemera". Does the actual word "Ephemera" provides a solid explanation/theory on who "Ephemera" really is? Note that the character Ephemera is wearing a costume that no other Chi players have, besides the Starlight Keyblade.

OMG this is incredible. I would have never thought of this and I'm not even sure if I fully understand this. could this relate to the story how there was only really one world and then the fight over the light divided it? Also does anyone see the resemblance of this new character to xehanort? Sorry if this was already mentioned...

Still this is really cool to find out!

Oh my god, what a nice work there, that video! :O Thanks Kazr and Sign for the hard work!
I really don't know what to think, so I'd rather wait it out to know hahah

Well, we do know that the World before the Keyblade War was a large, connected mass. It could be referring to that, using "world" to refer to, er... the other worlds connected to Daybreak Town. Or, the places that would become worlds after the War.

There is another instance where the game gave vague information. When they said: それらの世界は立体映像のような幻. This described the fairytale worlds as 3D images (I used holographs in my translation). The term they used is a very technological. They could have alike it to manifestations or summons but they used the term holographs instead.

DATA WORLD CONFIRMED

The entire scene is talking about all the light they have been collecting comes from "this world". But this world is being made too large due to it being connected to so many others, so "this place" has been made to enable the collection from faraway areas. What could "this world" and "this place" be? Chi and Daybreak Town? Daybreak Town and a part of Daybreak Town? Or something else?

I think "this world" is the World, and "this place" is Daybreak Town, which I'm starting to feel will become the battlefield of the War, and be completely destroyed, leaving nothing but a graveyard littered with Keys. It may be that the Foretellers want the Players to be concentrated and in a controlled environment.

Mickey and gang has unintentionally crash landed in Daybreak Town once before, how did it happen?

Well, if the worlds we visit are being created by the Book of Prophecies, perhaps that's how Mickey and co. showed up as well?

I see. This is interesting. Originally when 2.5 came out, it was mentioned that the Book of Prophecies was capable of creating illusion worlds. It was speculated that the world of Chi was an illusion which is why they could interact with future characters such as Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, because they would be "real" while the Chi player was an "illusion". Now, it seems that the opposite is true, that the Book of Prophecies has created these fake worlds featuring characters from the future for the real Player to traverse and create Lux.

And then there's Ephemera. Now here's where the real questions are raised. The first question of course being: does this character mean something, or is he just some throwaway character. If it's the latter, then it must be wondered: who is he? Is he who he says he is? Does he have an agenda of his own? Why is his Chirishii have darker fur then the Player's? How did he discover the true nature of the worlds and the Book of Prophecies? This is really a character I can't wait to see more of

Still we have two Daybreak Towns in the game, the one from the hub and the one from the world selection screen (maybe even the 1st Anniversary version).
Doesn't this mean that the Daybreak Town we're adventuring in is also a holographic illusion?

Ephemra in greek εφήμερος, means something temporal, or something/someone that lives a day. Also, is it confirmed that the kid is a he and not a she?

Ephemera uses the pronoun 俺, which is masculine.

Of course, it's not uncommon for a Japanese game to pull the ol' switcheroo with a mysterious character's gender. And "Ephemera" does sound pretty feminine.
But I don't see why they'd bother with that.

He's such a Kaworu-looking character. Effeminate, mysterious, knows a lot of stuff that most shouldn't know, wind-tossed silver hair, dark cat...(Rofl originally Kaworu was supposed to have a cat)

If this kid transforms into something beyond human, I'm going to cry.

Whoa! This is...whoa!

So...this means data worlds were created from the Book of Prophecies in order to pull the Light fragments of Daybreak Town from their real counterparts, yes? So maybe Mickey an' crew crash landing into Daybreak Town was due to the Book pulling them in. And if the players are also data, it'd explain why we never question anything.

Ah, gathering Lux. Well, if they're pieces of Daybreak Town then to gather them would I assume mean it's in order to restore the real Daybreak Town. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, the Keyblade Graveyard, maybe?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

As many have pointed it out, imho there is a strong connection between daybreak town and keyblade graveyard.. As they are the same place with the latter be the aftermath of keyblade war!

Or we could all just agree that CHI is not connected to anything in the Series at all O:

Not to hate or something, but people getting angry when their theories arent true in the end-

Well we could try to do that but Chi is going to have canon elements, if not eventually be entirely canon because Nomura, which will tie into KH3 whether people like it or not lol.

Then you will believe it is a shame that Nomura has already confirmed Chi is going to be tied to KH3. He's been personally handling the scenarios within Chi for awhile now in order to build on their connection.

Translated: Tetsuya Nomura's Interview with Famitsu - News - Kingdom Hearts Insider

Not to mention the inclusion of the Book of Prophecy scene in Re:coded HD Theater...

Considering we now have an explanation for the Disney worlds, I'd say that it's already entirely canon.

We don't have an explanation for the Emblem Heartless yet though. Even if the hub is the real Daybreak Town and the one from the world selection is another illusion there are still the raid bosses.

Could be falsely created since your goal is gathering Lux and that's apparently looking like it might be nefarious. I don't play though so I've only been keeping up with the new story updates.

It's probably safe to assume that the Heartless were brought along with the worlds, and spread to Daybreak Town because it's connected to those illusory worlds.

There has to be more to it because that's where Ephemera's explanation doesn't add up.
According to him we collect LUX from far away places of the real world through the illusionary worlds. But LUX can only be gathered from Heartless, so if the LUX is actually from the real world, the Heartless have to be too.

That's a thing that was always strange about [chi], according to Chirithy (in the introduction) the Unions try to gather light to drive back the darkness the world is being covered in. But where this darkness is coming from is not revealed yet, even though it's probably linked to the greed theme of the children's story.

If the Book of Prophecies is really the source of the Heartless who steal the light from the real world which is then gathered by the Players (again with the help of the book) the Foretellers are more dangerous than expected.

But LUX can only be gathered from Heartless, so if the LUX is actually from the real world, the Heartless have to be too.

Not necessarily. The heartless could be illusions. Not that there isn't something physically there. Just that them looking like heartless could be a part of the illusion hiding what they really are to further get people to attack them.

I mean what's more motivating than saying "these here are monsters of darkness, destroy them before they hurt others"?

...Now I have only one question plaguing me.

Is the Player, real or not? It's likely the Masters are real, simply projecting Avatars of themselves through the books. And the other characters may or may not be real. But all of the main "story" seems to be with our own Players. So what of us?

Very true, if the Heartless aren't really Heartless that could also explain the "Guilt" we collect too.


Good question. I think it fit would the theme of the game when the players (us) are projecting themselves in the game, meaning these avatars (and to some extend their stories) are also illusions in some shape or form. At least the Keyblades only function together with the "fragments" of the Book of Prophecies, so they should also be illusions to some degree.

Thing that would bring gelandporn​'s theory to a brand new level of awesomeness.

Which then of course raises the obvious question: If it's not Heartless we're fighting, what is it, and why did whoever's casting the illusion feel the need to disguise them?

I must say the entire dynamic of Chi just got really interesting really quickly

Aye. Which brings the Guilt system up again. Is it ours, somehow knowing subconsciously that we're not fighting Heartless? Is it from the "Heartless" themselves? Or is it from whomever is running this...scenario?

Boy talk about a tone shift.

Remember in 358/2 Days when Roxas and Xion were tricked into fighting each other by Xemnas, making them see the other as a Heartless?

I think I know what the Heartless in Chi are...

Omigosh! This is ... you're a genius! That's kinda disturbing though ... But what about the raid bosses?

ohhhhh..... that's... wow... how could I not think about that :o

Aaaaannnnndddddd now Chi just got a lot darker.

And so much more interesting

There is speculation on the Japanese side that the clock tower and the entire new area of Daybreak Town may be the actual venue of the Dungeon teased in the developers report.

There will be a new game mode in Chi arriving in the near future called Dungeon mode. Inside the dungeon there will be various missions like "reach the top with the shortest distance", etc.

Oh and I just remembered. We have been fighting our Raid Bosses in Daybreak Town. Since we can directly fight them from our hub and all players can take part in it.


Edit: Just checked the developers report. I think the screenshot practically confirms it. The clock tower may just be like the guilt system where we obtain a new game function through a story scene.

You're right, the dungeon mode may be reaching the top of the clocker tower after all.

Wait. Are you guys implying that the Heartless could be other players from different unions, and they are killing/fighting each other?

Yeah, I was figuring something like that - which is good, because it means with some luck, we'll see the Dungeons after New Years is done! Maybe immediately?

I think that's not very likely since we've seen and see players from other unions as themselves in the game. The daily team battle, where two unions compete with each other, is a testament to that fact.

That or that the guilds are attacking innocent people. The light is coming from somewhere and I doubt heartless (who have only released hearts till now) or illusionary worlds are paying up that light.

Sorry if someone else has commented on this I couldn't be arsed to read all the posts but did anyone else think of The World That Never Was immediately when they read this line?

Yet in fact the term "Ephemera" is actually plural, as the correct singular is ephemeron.
Who's also pulling something "plural" right now? Right, Xehanort with his 13 incarnations.
Then there's his/her clothes, subtract the red scarf and then compare them to this:

While they aren't the same there are similarities like the black-white-black scheme.
Black boots, black armguards(Xehanort)/gloves(Ephemera), white shirt, black vest(Xehanort)/overjacket(Ephemera).

Then there's the fact that this "Ephemera" character knows much more than possibly any other "player" character in Chi and is apparently a very curious individual who investigates mysteries that catch his/her interest, sounds familiar again?
Is there any information on to which Union/faction Ephemera belongs? Or is he/she a wildcard character?

The term "Ephemera", as Roxasbrother correctly states, decribes something temporary that lasts only a day or at least a rather short time period.
It's also a collective term for any printed or written matter that is only transistory, fitting in with the theme of all in Chi being/coming from a book, a written source.
It we look at things seriously, Data-Naminé from Re: Coded actually is an ephemeron in function as she only existed to deliver a message and then vanished.
The time-travelling Xehanorts may also be literal ephemera altogether because they can apparently exist only for a short time in the present as evidenced in DDD.

E's Union is based on yours. If you're Ursus, he's Agunis. Agunis, he's Unicornus. Unicornus, he's Vulpes. Vulpes, he's Leopardus. Leopardus, he's Ursus.

I read this thread and find myself wishing this game was global.

This is a really interesting discovery... I have a one question for all of you :

- What if the DayBreak Town world is the predecesor of Keyblade Graveyard ? If what everyone here says is right, and all the keybladers get to know this amazing discovery would make them question who to trust and that would end up in one only possibility : The Keyblade War .

Daybreak Town is definitely a possibility for the Graveyard, though others have wondered if it might be the site of the Land of Departure as well. Hell, it could be both - the world was supposed to have been split into pieces!

Could it split into three? Because Daybreak Town resembles Radiant Garden.

Well that certainly explains the inconsistencies that people were complaining about that's for sure.

Remember, Radiant Garden as the "Capital of Light" was rebuilt from the "lost world" with the remaining fragments of light.

I'm pretty confident that if Radiant Garden isn't outright Daybreak Town in the post-Keyblade War era, it's at least created in its image. Meaning that Daybreak Town was the original "Capital of Light." So it makes sense why Xehanort and the forces of darkness continue to assault it.


Even during its height, Radiant Garden has a kind of stronghold-vibe. The entire community is walled off like a fortress, and surrounding it is nothing but barren land.


And then we have the obvious visual similarities--the fountain and clocktower (which basically looks like a more "complete" version of Radiant Garden's castle).

What if Radiant Garden is all that was left after the war? Like some parts were sent elsewhere and what was left was barren land and one part of the former city?

I like the idea of Radiant Garden being what is left of Daybreak Town but the only thing that gets me is the possibility of Daybreak Town being between the Realms of Light and Dark. It could be in a similar situation with Twilight Town, Twilight Town is right in the middle between Light and Dark so Daybreak Town could be the same. And if Radiant Garden is the "Capital of Light" and is in the realm of Light, and if Daybreak Town was between then something must of happened to bring what was left of Daybreak Town to the Realm of Light.

We do not know if the three realms (light, between, dark) even existed in the ancient world before the Keyblade War.
It is possible that the realms were only created after the prophecy in the book already became true and the ancient world was nearly completely destroyed by the war itself.

For the sake of theorizing though, going on the assumption that Daybreak Town is an between world, it would be entirely possible that Daybreak Town fulfills the same function as Radiant Garden does, as in being the "capital of the between".
When the Keyblade War finally breaks out and the forces of Darkness start to invade/advance, they would have to cross the between realm in order to reach the light realm, probably destroying Daybreak Town in the process.

Well the games seem to imply there were at least two realms, Light and Dark back in that time. But logic would denote a Realm for Between, seeing as there are periods where both converge, like in Twilight Town. And I cannot imagine that that was changed in the past.

I suppose we'll see.

What if there was just one realm/world? The dark realm coming into existence from what couldn't be saved by the children in the fairy tales. Then the between realm appearing as the other two did?

Where did the games imply that? The only implication I remember is that the fairytale speaks about a single, unified world.
As for "changed in the past" you have to remember that Chi takes place before the legendary Keyblade War.
The Keyblade War, according to the legend (and what the Foreteller's script, well, foretells), utterly destroyed nearly the whole universe and it was reorganized afterwards by the children who managed to survive the apocalypse into the universe we know today and in which all KH games except Chi take place.



By looking at everything we know so far, this seems to be the most probable case.
Who knows, maybe the entire Realm of Darkness is Daybreak Town, or rather the rubble and ruins that is left of it, with locations like Radiant Garden and Twilight Town either being leftover "pieces" of the original Daybreak Town that could be saved after the end or they are worlds created and shaped in memory of the old Daybreak Town by the children that survived the war.
Radiant Garden is repeatedly stated to be the "Capital of Light" and Xehanort opening the door to RGs heart led to the downfall of all walls surrounding the worlds and allowed the Heartless to enter the Realm of Light on their own accord, so maybe Radiant Garden was the very first world created after the Keyblade War wrecked everything and has still a sort of "connection" to the old world which is now the "Realm of Darkness" itself.

By looking at everything we know so far, this seems to be the most probable case.

It is what I assumed since I first saw the Birth by Sleep volume 2 trailer. You see a world swallowed by darkness (Cinderellas castle) find it's way to the dark realm.
It gave the impression that darkness swallows something>to the dark realm it goes. The hearts destination I guess would vary.

I have a theory that everybody seemed to pass up what about the fact that his name means "Ephemera Something that lasts for a short period"
Maybe the reason he has that outfit that nobody else has is he is the true form of our avatars in it's canoness? To which I have a theory
Maybe ephemera dies and we become darkness ourselves and thus we don't know who to trust causing strife in our own union.
Furthermore what if "We" cause the keyblade war ourselves because of what happens to him?

But is Dayberak town real or not? Chirity is a Dream eater are we in a dream?
If the keyblade war awaken this world but at the same time scattering it into pieces Radiant Garden (Light), twilight town (between), keyblade graveyard (something), and parts of daybreak in the realm of darkness, but another detail, the legend says that Kingdom hearts was taken into the realm of darkness. Could Kingdom Hearts be the heart of Daybreak town? That would explain all the lux stuff. Sora was defeating heartless to release their hearts to create KH, what is the lux creating? Probably KH? or was that already said and I am lost? xD

Of course it is real.

Chirity is a Dream eater are we in a dream?

Well, that's the big question. Are we in a dream? We don't really know. Dream Eaters would imply we might be in the Realm of Sleep, but we have seen Dream Eaters outside of the Realm of Sleep before (i.e. With Riku in the real world TWTNW trying to find Sora, albeit Sora's dream was aiding in their manifestation within the real world)

If the keyblade war awaken this world but at the same time scattering it into pieces Radiant Garden (Light), twilight town (between), keyblade graveyard (something), and parts of daybreak in the realm of darkness, but another detail, the legend says that Kingdom hearts was taken into the realm of darkness.

I am confused over what you are saying. Yes, the Keyblade War ended up causing the all-encompassing World to be swallowed by the darkness and the remnants of light became the worlds we see in the series.

Could Kingdom Hearts be the heart of Daybreak town?

Kingdom Hearts is the heart of all world.

Sora was defeating heartless to release their hearts to create KH, what is the lux creating? Probably KH? or was that already said and I am lost? xD

The Kingdom Hearts being created by defeating Heartless was not the real Kingdom Hearts, but rather a fake one created by Xemnas that would have similar power to that of the true Kingdom Hearts. The true Kingdom Hearts can only be reached by creating the X-Blade, which requires 7 lights and 13 darknesses to clash against each other.

Lux isn't being used to create anything from what we know. The Foretellers have not yet revealed their plans for it, but the fairytale and legend of the Keyblade War pretty much tell us that they are fighting over ownership of the light––the "almighty entity known as Kingdom Hearts."