i really need to take a nap

if there's any weird editing, lemme know and i'll fix it

How long will translations be? Kudos for getting the vids up so quickly

Here's a quick and dirty translation in the meantime
[spoiler=Decisive Battle Wasteland](Player stands among the Keyblade wielders)Player (thoughts): The Foretellers' words weren't really heard at all. What was starting here, what was happening before my eyes...The air here felt overwhelmingly strange, my vision and hearing were burning to pieces.
(The Keyblade wielders begin to fight)
I immediately thought about the meaning of this battle. Before it was those strange monsters, but the enemies in our way now... were once friends.

Like this, in this hopeless situation, people want to believe in a dream of hope until the very end.
I accidentally proceeded instead of upping the quality to check a kanji but that's the gist of the line.
(Player stands alone in the Graveyard)
Player: This isn't the end.
(Camera pans out to see Aced opposing Player.)


KINGDOM HEARTS X[chi]
Final episode[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Ringing Bell of War]A few days ago---


(Ava and Luxu are speaking on the Daybreak Town overlook)
Ava: What was written on the Lost Page Luxu... are you going to be like that? Are you... the traitor?
(Luxu summons his Keyblade)


(Player, Skuld, and Chirithy are with Gula in his warehouse)
Gula: To allow discord, to feel pessimistic about fate, to lose sight of true strength... Seeing the wrong truth, to understand the secret...
Skuld: That is?
Gula: The sentence on the Lost Page... It's something which indicates...


(Back to Luxu and Ava)
Ava: That...
Luxu: That's right. That's the nature of the traitor. Can you handle this truth?
Ava: I can't believe this is true.
Luxu: As part of my mission, I'll have to fight you. Even if there's another answer, that's at the end of the battle. You want to know why the Master had us give keys to our pupils, for the future of the world, right?
Ava: The world over us? That can't be! Luxu... you're being used for the Master's purpose. That Master can't want that!
(Ava summons her Keyblade)


(Back to Gula's place)
Skuld: What does all that mean?
Gula: The traitor is trying to end the world. I tried to find out the objective, but it cannot be stopped. I probably just barely missed it.
Skuld: Reading the wrong truth, to find the secret... what could that mean?
Gula: It will continue.
(Gula sits at his desk)
Gula: Because of that, the bell signalling the final battle rings, our battle has started, it's been decided...


(Luxu and Ava begin to fight)

(Back to Gula's place)
Chirithy: The important passage in the Book of Prophecies, is it alright if you tell us what it is...?
Gula: I can't. Since the battle can't be avoided, there's no point in you knowing that.
(Clock tower rings)
Gula: See, it's started.
Skuld: The decided time...?
Gula: It's alright if you go back one more time. You Unions are probably coming together.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Existence of Nightmare](Outside Gula's place)
Skuld: Well, I'm going back to the Dandelions. Won't you come?
(Player doesn't respond)
Skuld: Yeah, I understand. But I don't want you to fight. I want you to come with me and my friends to the outside world. I'm sure Ephemera wants the same thing. Think about it.
(Player nods)
Skuld: Well... see you later.
(They shake hands before Skuld heads off)
Chirithy: Are you alright?
(Player nods)
Chirithy: Alright. Let's go back to your room.
(Chirithy starts off)
Player: Chirithy...
Chirithy: Hm?
Player: If I disappear, what happens to you?
Chirithy: ...
Player: You disappear?
Chirithy: Yeah...
Player: I see... What do you think, Chirithy? What should I do?
Chirithy: I don't want you to disappear. The Foretellers' intentions might conflict, but I'm not your familiar, I'm your friend. And I don't want you to participate in the battle.
(Player picks up Chirithy)
Player: Thank you...
Voice from off-screen: Oh? You aren't going to fight?
P&C: !
(Player and Chirithy head up to the bridge where Nightmare Chirithy waits)
Nightmare: You're going to join the Dandelions, and run away?
Chirithy: But, the Dandelions aren't running.
Nightmare: Right, the Keyblade wielders moving to the future? You say that, and I hear it, but eventually all those friends will abandon you, right?
Player: What sort of ["person"] are you?
(Nightmare laughs)
Nightmare: You all took that Bangle and started collecting the sins of this world, the sin began to change into the power of darkness.
Player: Sin?
Nightmare: Right, the name was changed to "Guilt," and started using the power of darkness.

Chirithy: That can't be...
Nightmare: It's alright. This too was us creating the Master's intentions, but you knew that, right?
Chirithy: No, that Bangle was supposed to cleanse the sins into Light...
Nightmare: Then how do you explain my existence? Why was I born? You don't think the Master predicted this?
Chirithy: ...
Nightmare: Earlier, you wanted to know what kind of ["person"] I was, yeah?
(Nightmare disappears and reappears on a rooftop)
Nightmare: That's right. I was born from your darkness. My player is you.
Chirthy: You're lying!
Player: !!
Nightmare: There's not point in me lying at a time like this, right? Well, I'm different from that Chirithy, and I haven't been by your side, but that was for my purpose.
(Black Costumes pour out of a Lane)
Chirithy: What is this?!
Nightmare: Since you won't participate in the decisive battle, I'll have to see your dreams.
C&P: Huh?!
Chirithy: If he really is your player, then why?!
Nightmare: You Spirits are different. Us Nightmares exist to show nightmares. I live to sever your connection.
Chirithy: Spirit? Nightmare...?[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Severing the Connection](Player defeats the Black Costumes)
Nightmare: You've gotten stronger. I'm glad.
[The Black Costumes rise into the air]
Nightmare: This is the crucial moment.
(Nightmare combines with the Black Costumes into a new monster)
P&C: !!


(Player defeats Nightmare, who returns to normal, but is fading. Player and Chirithy approach)
Nightmare: This connection is severed...
Chirithy: Are you disappearing?
Nightmare: Right now... still, I encounter a different dream...
Chirithy: ... A different one?
(Nightmare disappears)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Arise, Masters]A few days later---
(Return to scene of Player in the Graveyard)
Player: This isn't the end yet.
Aced: You!! I said I would eliminate you!!
(Player readies themselves)
Aced: Oh, you wish to fight? That spirit, that's what my Union wants.

(Player fends off Aced)
Aced: Wonderful!! You pass!! You're strong!! So strong!!
(Aced approaches Player, who backs away)
Aced: Because of that, I'll erase you here! You can't become a threat!!
(Aced attacks Player, who is knocked on the floor and helpless, when Ira intervenes)
Aced: IIIIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Ira: It's over.
(Aced slashes at Ira, and they both fly off)
(Player staggers, but collects themselves)
Player: Not yet...
(Player runs to Invi)
Invi: I'm sorry to have wrapped you up in this... At least it was fun...
(Player defeats Invi)
Invi: Just as I suspected, Ava... You raised a good kid.
(Invi disappears her Keyblade and turns her back)
Invi: Survive.
(Invi walks away)


(Player staggers, a heart floats into view)
(Player falls down, the heart floats towards the sky)
Player: No, you can't go...
(Player pulls himself up as Gula approaches)
Gula: Ah, from the other day... What, worn out already? Are you alright?
(Player nods)
Gula: Is that so, then, you'll do it?
(Gula readies himself)
Player: !
Gula: Mhm, this is a battlefield after all.
(Player defeats Gula)
Gula: Whoa, you're strong! It'd be bad and a lot of trouble if I were your opponent, so I pass. But, there's still another encounter.
(Gula jumps into the sky)
(Player struggles, and falls over as dead Keyblades land around them)
(Player stands up again as Ira approaches)


Ira: You... At least it's gotten quiet.
(Player defeats Ira)
Ira: You've grown well so far... Valuable, a really valuable Keyblade wielder...
(Aced comes in, Ira defends)
Aced: I'm tired of waiting this time... Ira.
Ira: You're...!
Aced: As the new leader, I'll rebuild the world!
Ira: You'll only disturb the harmony!
(Ira attacks Aced and they leave)
(Player falls down and rain begins to pour)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=We'll Go Together](Among dead Keyblades, Player comes to)
(Chirithy appears and hops on top of Player)
(Player pets Chirithy)
Chirithy: It's alright, it'll be alright...
(Chirithy lays down on Player)
(A brilliant light shines from above)
Player: Goddess...
(Skuld appears, and kneels next to him)
Player: Skuld...
Skuld: Player...
(Ephemera approaches and kneels next to Player)
(Player's eyes well up with tears and they reach for Ephemera)
Player: You... broke your promise...
Ephemera: We meet at last.
Player: You're late...
Ephemera: Yeah, my bad...


Ephemera: Let's go together.[/spoiler]

The post-credits text says
When you awaken, what will that world be like? The world you see, will it be the world you want? That's for you to decide.

Thanks Echo, that's super helpful.

That must have been such a marathon to put up, dear Chirithy. 0_o
Thumbs up for getting all of it so quickly up in Sonic/Ventus speed, Sign. ^__^

Although these translations are rough I can already get some things out of them...and what I read implies something severely bigger. Apparently this first "Keyblade War" and the Foretellers as well are just a part of a way bigger scheme that is going on behind the scenes.
According to what Lord Gula tells Skuld and Player, he was apparently investigating into it but did not manage to unravel enough of the truth before things already got too far out of hand...it's somewhat ironic.
The Leopard is supposed to be one of the fastest animals around and here the Leopardus leader apparently was not fast enough in his endeavours.
Lady Ava seems to get the whole truth out of Luxu in between scene changes, but also too late to be able to change anything.

Moving onto the Unchained world confirmed, then.

And I'm not gonna lie, I teared up a little there in reading the ending, with Player thinking Skuld's a goddess and the wonderful moment in finally seeing Ephemer again and all.

Aced is so dumb, but Invi, Ira, and Gula are amazing. We've only seen a little bit of them, but I adore those three. And Player must have hated fighting them. Especially Gula.

And Invi only got one line in this game, but I really like it. I don't think it could've been anything better, and it speaks well of who she is as a character, I think. Can't wait to see more of her in Back Cover!

I wonder, though, does she say the same thing to you if you're not Vulpes?

So the MoM created the bangle, huh? Why am I not even surprised?

...And why am I oddly feeling bad for the dying Nightmare Chirithy?

"...to lose sight of true strength..." lines like this make me think that the Master of Masters is a well-intentioned extremist. I mean, if nothing else, at least he realizes that fighting to prevent the war is true strength, or whatever... even if he wants the opposite to happen to reach his ends, whatever those are.

Thank you so much for the translations, The_Echo! And thank you guys for the videos, KHInsider. I went ahead and watched the credits, and it was great.

I hope people extract the screenshots of Ephemer and Skuld from that and start using them for stuff... Though it is a bit weird seeing them in Player's place. LOL.

What interesting songs they put in the credits, too! I was really expecting Hikari, but the tracks they chose suit this game better, imo.

Also, is there any chance someone could upload the Ava battle and translate it or is that a no-go?

Edit: And Ephemer/Player is CloTi confirmed, I kid... You know, because Cloud and Tifa also made a promise and then in Advent Children she tells him, "You're late"? ...It's a lame joke, I know.

Edit 2: "Sonic/Ventus speed". LOL. You're too funny, Sephiroth! But you're absolutely right about our dear Sign!

I'm confused, why are Ephemer and Skuld shown as the canon players? surely, that's a retcon by default because they had pre-determined roles... unless of course, Ventus is the canon third player character...

Oh my gosh, BlackOsprey. I didn't even think about that, but you're absolutely right! That ending scene does work so well with Skuld's name meaning!Also, can we safely and officially call Ephemera/Skuld/Player a trio now?

@JR199913 It's bracket, "spoilers", bracket, and then for the closing one: bracket, back slash, "spoilers", bracket:)

Y'know, in the moment I didn't think about Skuld's namesake at all.

I thought that scene was Player just, y'know, seeing things as he ascends into Kingdom Hearts.

But, maybe there's more to that scene that we weren't shown...

EDIT: If you'll excuse a moment of lunacy...
IF PLAYER TURNS OUT TO BE VENTUS DOES THAT MEAN XEHANORT DIDN'T FIND HIM ON ACCIDENT?
Straight-up when I first brought this idea up with the 3rd Anniversary art, it was really mostly a joke but I'm starting to believe.

You added a dot that doesn't need to be in the bracket, friend. And try to not have a space between the brackets and your first word. Then it should work just fine!

But yeah: I think it's a nice reference more than anything else (hopefully).

For Master Ava's version:

[video=youtube;GLpc_mQEuuY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLpc_mQEuuY[/video]
Thanks to @Lunepuyo from twitter.

I do have some amateur translation of it:
[SPOILER]Ava: You're...
Player: We've been trying to find you.
(Ava slouches)
Player: Why is Master Ava here? You said that you're trying to avoid the fight for the sake of...
(Ava raises her keyblade against the Player)
Player: Eh?
Ava:....Raise your keyblade.
Player: Did something happen?
Ava: I told you to raise your keyblade!

(After the fight)
Player: Why....?
Ava: I, too, have a secret that must not be known...
Ava: You should get out of here, along with the Dandelions...
Player: Master Ava....[/SPOILER]

This storyline have been very interesting and I love how it deals with darker aspects. When I first saw the scene of all wielders gathered at the keyblade graveyard I had chills realizing how dark it really is. And then when Chirithy came to comfort the player I got really emotional. A tragic story for sure but I still wonder what happened between the death of nightmare Chirithy & the clash a the keyblade graveyard. What happened to Daybreak Town, am I missing something?

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disappointed, it w

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ansl

ations seem to suggest th

at most of the critic

al stuff w

as never

actu

ally s

aid...just more "I could tell you but there is no point" or the truth is *cuts to bl

ack then cuts b

ack* so c

an you h

andle th

at truth? I'm guessing pretty much

all the juicy stuff is being s

aved for 2.8 meh..

I'm guessing more will come into play in KHUx Season 2, seeing as how KHUx is supposed to complement KHx.

And a lot of stuff the Foretellers were obviously just refusing to say will probably be addressed in Back Cover.

UX and Back Cover will definitely probably clear up some of our confusion and be much more detailed.

HOLY SHIT ARE WE GOING TO LOSE OUR PLAYER CHARACTER AT THE END OF SEASON 1????

Why do you think that, Master Spockanort?:)

So if Player is supposedly Ventus (not sure yet obviously), does that mean our heart is figuratively supposed to be part of Sora's? Connecting us to him even more? ?xD

...I don't know why some people are assuming Player is Ventus. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think anything revealed today seemed to indicate that at all.

It was an interesting theory, but I'm pretty sure that this finale disproved it and showed that Player's very much their own person?

I don't think so either. But having that revealed or having Player come back to only have modern characters, i.e. Sora, Riku, Mickey etc, address him as 'Player' with recorded dialogue is hilarious to me.

They could always just use the default male character for Player, and even get around saying a name for the character like they did with Tidus in FFX.

Though to be honest, Player could very well die in Unchained Key. I kind of a feeling that they will, actually:( But here's hoping not! After surviving the Keyblade War, Player deserves so much better and a lot of warm cuddles, imo.

And there's also my theory: that after Unchained Key, Player was pretty much on their death bed. And to save them, Ephemer and Skuld put them in one of the pods in Twilight Town, or something. And then KHIII could end with a scene in the credits where we see the pod beginning to open, and Ephemera and Skuld eagerly awaiting it, then Square could cut to black before we see what they look like (though we'd all know it was supposed to be Player), and then show the next scene that happened in a world after we left it:)

Oh god, Nightmare Chirity`s second form is something really terrifying. D: I love the way it looks and the fact that they played the Anti-Black Coats theme. The monstrous cat demon thing truly is the stuff nightmares are made off.

I don't think MC dies. They went to the trouble of suggesting that they'll easily heal MC from his moribund state. Unless, of course, they decide to leave MC in the Next World and Ephemera and Skuld represent the Dandelions. I can picture them telling Sora how he reminds them of "him" (MC).

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akes sense th

at it would remind you of th

at considering Dre

am E

aters tot

ally seemed like KH-ified Noise which m

ade it

an

appropri

ate thing for the TWEWY c

ast to fight. They just were more sug

ar co

ated c

andy cre

atures th

an punk

graffiti cre

atures.

Anyone else think Kingdom Hearts X's ending also kind of works with "Too Much is Never Enough" by Florence, or is that just me?

What's even more intriguing is that the "cat/fox-super demon"-form of Nightmare Chirithy was apparently created by absorbing those three Black Costume Heartless.
Does that mean this form is a Heartless/Nightmare Dream Eater hybrid creature?
They are both creatures of the Dark anyways, so...

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ans those bl

ack co

ated pl

ayers were dre

ams th

at were consumed by d

arkness.

Then d

ark

chirithy did wh

at dre

am e

aters do best, consume dre

ams to m

ake one super nightm

are.

Or this is the start of the rules about the Realm of Sleep and Dream Eaters, and something down the line somehow caused a ripple effect that made even more restrictions to both?

I'm really hoping back cover answers some questions, cause this didn't answer much. We know about the nightmare chirithy and what happens to player, but how does Xehanort get luxus keyblade? What does luxu look like? Who is the master? Does daybreak town become the keyblade graveyard? All this provided was "yes, the keyblade war happened" end game. At least that's all I got from it.

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an't exist it's th

at they c

an't get inside the re

alm through their regul

ar me

ans, but we've never seen

anything th

at s

ays nightm

ares consume

and m

ake more nightm

ares. I

alw

ays took it th

at dre

am e

aters were kind of like

a biologic

al system, the d

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at comes from the dre

amers n

atur

al forms into

a nightm

are in the sleeping worlds

and they seek to keep the dre

am going bec

ause

as long

as the dre

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ares will sp

awn endlessly. Th

at's wh

at h

appened with Sor

a we h

ad to be

at two super nightm

ares produced by his dre

aming then w

ake him up to properly free him.

We don't

actu

ally know th

at the bl

ack co

ated people were he

artless, they

aren't like

any he

artless we've ever seen. They still kept their desire to cl

aim lux,

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ar hum

an form,

and they were

able to even spe

ak. They might just be wh

at h

appens when

a dre

am person is fully sw

allowed by the d

arkness, not

a nightm

are nor

a he

artless just...

a d

ark version of the dre

am person.

I've been thinking the only w

ay we know you c

an get into the sleeping worlds is to ride

a world

as it f

alls into d

arkness. Wh

at if the gr

and pl

an of the MoM w

as to destroyed the world

and

ride this entire world into d

arkness, into sleep. Then use the re

alm of sleep

as

a g

atew

ay into the future spoken of in the book of prophecies. The method to destroy the world would be cre

ating the first keybl

ade w

ar, this would

also

sow the seeds of the modern world cre

ating the very legends th

at would drive Xeh

anort to seek out

a second w

ar. Then Luxu or the MoM or whoever would

arrive in Xeh

anort's er

a

and give him the

ability to see into the future/future knowledge/Luxu's keybl

ade/wh

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at is to s

ay th

at ultim

ately Luxu/MoM or whoever

are me

ant to deliver to Xeh

anort the tools he needs to c

arry out his destiny, they [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]could be just the delivery boy(s).[/FONT]

we're still working on subs and translations (i cannot even begin to thank goldpanner for her hard work), but translations of the first 3 scenes have been added to the OP


[spoiler=Wasteland Battleground]A few months later…

(Wielders from all Unions arrive for battle in the Keyblade Graveyard, along with their Foretellers. You stand among your fellow warriors, looking onward as they all raise their Keyblades into the air and cry out.)

The words of the Foreteller weren't listened to at all.

What are they going to start here? What is happening before my very eyes…?

(They charge into the battlefield as you silently look on, unmoving.)

Overwhelmed by the unnaturally heightened atmosphere, vivid fragments of sights and sounds are burned into my memory.

There is no time to even think about the reason for the battle.

The enemies standing before us are not the grotesque monsters we'd faced so far, but those who were once friends.

No matter how desperate the situation, people want to believe in that sliver of a dream, that hope, until the very last moment.

(You stare up at the sky, determined.)

Player: It's not the end just yet.

(You look ahead, facing Master Aced as your next opponent.)

KINGDOM HEARTS X[chi]
Final episode[/spoiler]


[spoiler=The bell that tolls for the battle]A few days ago…

(Ava meets with Luxu on the cliffs overlooking Daybreak Town.)

Ava: What's written on the lost page?

Luxu… have you been behind all this?

...Are you the traitor?

(Luxu summons his Keyblade. Meanwhile, Player, Skuld and Chirithy meet with Master Gula.)

Gula: "Unable to permit disharmony, you will be disappointed by fate, and lose sight of true strength... Misreading the truth, you will venture forth in secrecy..."

Skuld: What's that?

Gula: Text from the lost page...

I wonder who it is talking about...

(Back to Luxu and Ava. Luxu tells Ava something to shock her.)

Ava: But that's…

Luxu: Yes, that is the truth about the traitor.

Is this reality something that can be stopped by you, I wonder?

Ava: I can't believe that this is reality.

Luxu: That's why, as fated, the battle is unavoidable.

Even if there is another answer, it must come after the battle.

Maybe the Master was less interested in the fate of the world, and more interested in finding out how we disciples would guide the keys?

Ava: Us over the world? There's no way!

Luxu… You're just making your own use of the Master's intentions.

(Ava summons her Keyblade and takes her battle stance.)

Ava: There's no way the Master would want something like that!

(Back to Player and Gula.)

Skuld: What does it mean?

Gula: It's why the traitor began trying to end the world.

Skuld: What?!

Gula: I had my eye out for it, but in the end I couldn't stop it.

Maybe I was actually looking out for the wrong thing.

Skuld: Misreading the truth, you will venture forth in secrecy...

What does that mean?

Gula: There's more.

"And then with that one strike, a bell will toll for the final battle, and the battle will begin at last, and the time shall be chosen..."

(Back to Luxu and Ava. Ava attacks Luxu and upon their clash, a ripple flows through Daybreak Town, causing the hand on the clock tower to move forward, sounding a bell.)

Chirithy: Is it really okay for you to tell us such an important passage from the Tome of Prophecy like that…?

Gula: No, not really.

But war is already unavoidable, and once you understand that, nothing means anything anymore.

(You hear the bell ringing.)

Gula: There, it's begun.

Skuld: The chosen time…?

Gula: You should go back there one more time, too. It's likely that each Union will be called to assemble.[/spoiler]


[spoiler=A being that shows nightmares]Skuld: Well, I'm going back to my Dandelion friends.

Are you coming too, "Player"?

(You look at Skuld and look away.)

Skuld: Yeah, I know. But I don't want you to join in the fighting.

I want you to come with us on our journey to the outside world.

I'm sure Ephemera wants that, too.

Please think about it.

(You nod.)

Skuld: Well then… see you.

(You and Skuld shake hands. She leaves.)

Chirithy: Are you okay?

(You nod.)

Chirithy: I see…

Well, let's go back to your room.

(Chirithy starts to head home. You call after him.)

Player: Chirithy...

Chirithy: Huh?

Player: If I am destroyed, what will happen to you?

(Chirithy looks away.)

Chirithy: ...

Player: Will you disappear?

Chirithy: Yeah...

Player: Oh…

What do you think, Chirithy? What should I do?

Chirithy: I don't want you to die, [Player].

(Chirithy comes back over to you.)

Chirithy: Maybe it means going against the intentions of the honourable Foretellers, but, speaking not as some tough evil creature, but as your friend, I don't want you to join in the battle.

(You walk over to Chirithy and pick him up.)

Player: Thank you

(A voice calls out from a distance.)

???: Whaaat?

You're gonna skip out on the battle?

Player & Chirithy: !

(You put Chirithy down and run towards the voice. It's the Dark Chirithy.)

Dark Chirithy: You're going to join the Dandelions and run away from the battle, huh?

Chirithy: You again!

The Dandelions aren't running away.

Dark Chirithy: Oh yeah, they're going to guide the future Keyblade Wielders or something, right?

That's all well and good, but when it comes down to it, aren't you just abandoning a whole lot of your friends?

Player: Who are you?

Dark Chirithy: Some time ago, you guys started using a bangle to gather the "sins" of this world,

And you started turning those sins, which are a form of darkness, into power.

Player: Sins?

Dark Chirithy: Yes. You guys changed its name to "guilt" and were using the power of darkness.

Chirithy: That can't be true...

Dark Chirithy: It's all right. That was the Master's intention too, he who used us. You get that, right?

Chirithy: No, that bangle was made to gather sins and purify them into light...

Dark Chirithy: Well then how do you explain how I exist?

Why was I born?

You don't think the Master predicted that too?

Chirithy: ...

Dark Chirithy: Now that I've said that much, I'm sure you've figured out who I am, haven't you?

(Dark Chirithy vanishes, reappearing behind you.)

Dark Chirithy: That's right. I was born from your darkness.

You're my player.

Player: !!

Chirithy: You're lying!

Dark Chirithy: What would be the point of lying at a time like this?

Ah, it's not like I could have been by your side all the time like that Chirithy, I've been doing things under my own intentions.

(Mysterious Black Garments suddenly appear from a portal behind you.)

Chirithy: What on earth!?

Dark Chirithy: If you won't join in the final battle, then I'll show you a dream.

Player & Chirithy: Huh?

(You summon your Keyblade and prepare for battle.)

Chirithy: If they're really your player, then why!

Dark Chirithy: Unlike you Spirits, we Nightmares are beings that show bad dreams.

Because of that we can sever bonds, and live free.

Chirithy: Spirit…? Nightmare…?[/spoiler]

It does...oh irony if

[FONT="]av[/FONT]

[FONT="]a is the tr[/FONT]

[FONT="]aitor. >_< [/FONT]

The more I hear about Gula, the more it makes sense to me why he and Ava were friends.

If Gula and Ava had had more time, I really feel like they could have been able to avoid all this tragedy. Or, at the very least, have been able to save more people and maybe at least keep from the fight themselves, but alas.

Also, what do you guys think of the theory going around that something's wrong with Ava? (Whether it's possession, or what Luxu told her shaping her outlook, who knows?) She does seem pretty OOC in the Keyblade Graveyard.

The player correctly asks her what she's doing there, because wasn't she against the fighting? And then she just tells Player to prepare to face her, completely dodging the question.

And this is someone she asked to join the Dandelions that she's raising a Keyblade against! Someone she liked immediately in meeting them (going off of the official Unchained Key translation, that is).

Just

a guess....

able to permit

dish

armony

amongst her friends, un

able to believe there w

as

a tr

aitor within those 5...
Dis

appointed by f

ate, sh

aken by her encounter with Luxu where she le

arned their f

ate/intentions of their m

aster

You will lose sight of true strength, wh

atever

strength

av

a h

ad th

at w

as keeping her from joining the fight w

as lost

Misre

ading the truth, she believes in their m

aster until the bitter end believing the truth is th

at Luxu is the tr

aitor twisting the m

aster's intentions

She will venture off in secret...

Ultim

ately

av

a will betr

ay her friends

and try to destroy the world bec

ause of her misunderst

anding of the truth

and her loss of the truth strength of her he

art.

This should have been the ending credits song for X[chi]

[video=youtube;E7Aav14UsTg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Aav14UsTg[/video]

or

[video=youtube;LFyQyNNq3Qs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyQyNNq3Qs[/video]

because I feel as sad as I did when I played XIII-2.

[FONT=georgia]No man is an island entire of itself; every man [/FONT]

I like the ending, the {Player} does not die. Though, it shows the war matured them quite a bit. From being a shy to being a lot more talkative and nosey. But we did it, we won. We got the ending we wanted (But what happened to the Foretellers?). And as a result, season two makes sense. Rebuilding the world (Based on the end credits). And for those saying the Player might be dying, they simply fell down from exhaustion. And they slept for a long time also (More Keyblades, a lot more than before. With only a few dozen to a few thousand) Also I was expecting the war to be cataclysmic, but so much you can do with Storybook graphics. But in a completely off topic question, what Keyblade did you use to finish it off? I used the Moogle of Glory

a w

as s

aid to h

ave

a power obsession even if BBS poorly portr

ayed it

. I do find it interesting though....

Ursus feels like 1:1 Lexy

av

a h

as illusion powers
I only just re

alized now wh

at h

as been e

ating me

about Ir

a. He's like X

aldin summoning spe

ars

around him

the s

ame w

ay X

aldin summons spe

ars which he then h

as plunge from

above

, wind wr

aps

around his keybl

ade,

and his represent

ative

anim

al if the flying peg

asus

.

You know m

aybe the Foretellers

are

actu

ally new ch

ar

acters but

are design wise me

ant to be

a mix of existing ch

ar

acters, n

amely the

apprentices

and our keybl

aders. Kind

a like how t

av were new ch

ar

acters but they drew inspir

ation design wise from existing ch

ar

acters.

I don't think Aced is the traitor at all. I don't think any of them is the traitor. If one of them is, like Ava, then I think it is completely unintentional and none of them were plotting the downfall of their world.

Doesn't make Aced any less of an asshole. It seems like he's at odds with everyone. He's like a typical muscle head. Not a traitor, but jerk to the max.

Aced is just obsessed with justice, even though his views are a bit terrible. But like Terra, Aced is dumb thinking the small Foretellers (As well as Invi and Ira) where bad. Also Aced seems to be a "all brawn no brain" type character

... haha, I'd been throwing around the idea of Ava as accidental traitor for a little while after the Dandelion update last year, I think. It makes sense - no matter how well-intentioned, creating what would probably look like a second army to the other Foretellers could easily be seen as a betrayal.

If that's not the betrayal and her trying to get to the bottom of things and stop the war is what started it, though, I'm going to cry.

You know, when Ava was first revealed to be "greed", I didn't get it at all.

But if the missing page really was about her, and how she needed to fall to make the prophecy come true, I can now kind of see it. (And I should take this moment to note that I'm totally Team Ava, in Vulpes, and she's like my favorite KH character ever; especially where girls in KH are concerned).

She so much thought that she was the best in some regards, that she greedily chose her Dandelions so that they would do what she deemed best (though her intentions were pure, of course).

But now it looks like she really was the or a traitor, who also didn't trust her group.

And maybe if she hadn't done this, and had told everyone what she was doing and what a lost cause their intentions had become to her, things would have ended differently.

Just some food for thought. Until we know for sure if those lines were supposed to be about her, though (or just random text on the last page that weren't specifically about anyone, but what the Foretellers would do as a whole), I guess for now we don't know whether to praise Ava or condemn her.

But her going against her ideals to fight in the war really is quite upsetting:/

Though we, of course, should mostly be hating on Luxu and the Master of Masters for all this.

Did Gula ever tell the other foretellers or Ava about what was written on the lost page?

I don't think he did considering what happened with Luxu and Ava in the recent update.

Still an interesting theory, though, Luxu. Personally, I wouldn't mind if that ended up becoming true at all.

I still don't really think that Ava's actions really seem all that greedy. In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if the Foretellers' actions and personalities (at least the ones who HAVE them) are meant to contrast with the vices they're named after. Ava's trying to save as many people as possible even though she won't be able to save herself, a selfless act; Aced is trying to change the world by force, taking action rather than just doing nothing; and Ira's the one who keeps appearing to stop Aced, never losing his cool while Aced is yelling and screaming.

Their actions seem kinda contradictory to the meanings of greed, sloth, and wrath if you ask me.

I do agree that they seem to be the opposites of the sins they're named after, but so are our main cast to them.

You're probably right in that they are meant to be opposites to those terms, but then... That makes them a bit more similar to the characters we know and I really don't want be the Rebirth theory to be true.

Hopefully it's not, and hopefully something like Ava and Kairi both being selfless (for example) isn't supposed to be hinting at it.

And yet I feel like Nomura's still keeping their faces hidden for a reason >_>

Please don't make this amazing group of distinct individuals lesser versions of themselves by making them more clones in this series, Nomura-san.

Edit: And I do personally think that Gula seemed pretty reserved and Invi quite charitable in the little we saw of them.

The MoM is such a bastard for naming them such terrible names, then (and for all the other reasons too, of course).

So why is no one talking about how when Ephemera says "Let's go together" at the end, Ven's voice plays?
It makes me remember the time I said Ephemera looks a lot like Ven..


Not to mention that his colour scheme and outfit is similar to MXs, who was originally Ven's master..

Need to get my ears checked
Sounded like him

Perhaps this is a bit of a leap, perhaps it will be found easily refuted, but I will put this forward anyways, as I've not seen people mention much about this lately:

I'm thinking back to re:coded, especially taking into account the II.5 additional scene involving Pete and Maleficent. In this, Maleficent seems to draw a comparison of the journal's datascape, a manifestation of worlds of information, memories, etc. within, with the Book of Prophecies she had at one point heard about, particularly noting both might have the power to conjure up a world. Now, back when X[chi] was still in its earlier story stages, from something Nomura offhandedly said, something stuck in my head, about the fact that this story was portrayed as if in a storybook. I thought that maybe this was more accurate than they let on, which is to say, that this isn't so much an exact perspective from the past events, so much as a...replay, happening inside of a book. Hundred Acre Wood and the Journal both gave precedent for some books containing worlds, yeah?

But we have this, combined with a clear presence of things we'd expect from the Realm of Sleep. In fact, my wording above is telling: a replay. Exactly what worlds trapped in the RoS experience: replays of events, suffering in cycles of nightmares until they can be awakened. Is it at all possible that chi[X], while it is an accurate representation of things that have happened, is more accurately a dream-replay of what happened, happening maybe in a book-world?

(This might be better as a separate forum topic on its own, if so, please excuse/ignore--I just figured it was relevant enough to the events here to note, maybe I'll further develop my explanation to make my thoughts more clear and precise, and start a thread on such later)

Yeah so to my ears he sounds like one of the dudes associated with wind. As you said the similar sounding voices probably isn't a coincidence
Dandelions break off and fly with the wind.. ;)

OP updated with the first 3 scenes subbed in English!

Errr... I don't get it, lol. So does our avatar person die or not? XD It gave me the impression that the avatar person is dying and after they see Ephemer, Skuld, and Chirithy, they die? But then Ephemer says the classic "let's go together," meaning no maybe? XD If the avatar survives, yays, because I always wanted a version of myself in the KH series... though how will that go with Kingdom Hearts 3? Maybe the avatar person will wake up after 3 and that's what the new KH series will be based on? :o Then we can customize and such in the future. *_*

Am I alone in believing that Invi is the traitor? I'm positive that someone has made this connection before, but in mythology, a Chimera is traditionally a hybrid of a lion, a goat, and a snake.

Master of Masters = Lion
Luxu = Goat
Invi = Snake

It also fits the dynamic of the 2 male, 1 female trio, which is a bonus, and the fact she's only had one line in the whole game makes me especially curious as to what she's been getting up to behind the scenes...

In other news, Everglow's English walkthrough video went up,,,
that ending scene with Ephemer, lay me to rest, my poor heart,,

Does

anyone else find it weird how strong the foretellers

are? I know they

are suppose to be m

asters but their level of strength feels unre

al the point it m

akes me wonder if we're

actu

ally re

ally we

ak. Kind of like how M

aleficent isn't th

at strong but she could sh

atter d

at

a sor

a's keybl

ade with e

ase bec

ause it h

ad no re

al power to it. Riku

also be

at Xion bec

ause her keybl

ade held no re

al power,

and lost to Rox

as bec

ause he w

as c

aught off gu

ard by Rox

as's bl

ade being re

al.

Foretellers are not to be trifled with. If we take in game stuff in to consideration, their power is absolutely insane and makes me wonder how they compare to other keyblade wielders.

I've been assuming it's as much "a lot of the player's power comes from the Book of Prophecy, which has limits especially against non-Book enemies" as it is "the Foretellers have had actual training," personally. A little bit of them being strong, a little bit of the player being weaker than a 'normal' Keybearer?

OP updated with transcripts and subbed videos of all the scenes :D
Thanks so much to goldpanner without whom this can't be possible <3

Based on the English subtitled videos, here are my thoughts about each of the foretellers:

I find it cool how Gula and Invi are the only ones to let their Keyblades disappear after they fight you. Also Gula asks if you are alright before fighting you. :)

Aced is an opportunistic maniac, he apparently wants to be a king after killing the other foretellers . . . Not sure if he realises that he was the one who escalated the situation before the war or he just doesn't care.

And finally, I'm not sure what to think of Ira. Though it's great that that he saves the player from Aced.

I've re-examined some issues about what Gula says about what is written on the lost page, Luxu's words and some of the events of the former story updates.

In the current update, Gula starts with:

Completely lost reading the story... it's almost too poetic. Can someone explain in the simplest way? :) Like the lost page (what it even means) and who it pertains to, Master of Master's Intentions and why the Nightmare Chirithy was even allowed to exist, etc... as much as one can try to explain. A simple timeline of this final episode would be good. I think it just went over my head that's all. Thanks buddies!!!! :O

I never really looked into X r anything like that, so I know pretty much nothing about the story.
I know this is too much to ask, but could anybody link me a complete summary of the story? Or write me one?

Or generally, just explain some stuff. I'm sure this whole mess will be important af

I barely know anything about them, but Gula and Invi are my favorite. The foretellers (except Aced) just seem really resigned... well... Ava seemed really intense too. With this new information... maybe Aced did end up being the traitor... or maybe he's just being used by the REAL traitor... bah. I can't wait to see the movie.

Are you guy snot going to upload the Master Ava battle?

Can I just say I'm disappointed that we never got to see the X-Blade at this point? I don't know how it's going to fit into season 2.

Plot twist the secret people were never me

[FONT=Verdana]ant to know [/FONT]

ade's existence. Think

about it right now it's just

a b

attle/squ

abble th

at no m

atter how de

adly is still pretty loc

alized. But the X-bl

ade would ch

ange everything, if people le

arned

about its existence

and wh

at could be done with it then the w

ar would most cert

ainly

escalate bec

ause no one in the world would w

ant someone else to h

ave it. But if no one knows

about the X-bl

ade then the w

ar th

at will destroy the world over it will never come to fruition, the rest of the world won't get dr

awn into this keybl

ade w

ar going on.

Fair enough. However, I would like to draw attention to my previous question, are we going to get a Master Ava battle translation? I've made a movie with all these clips and Master Ava's the only one that's missing.

Well one thing did happen, the 'true' Kingdom Hearts appeared even though we didn't see it with our own eyes. Could it be that the X-Blade will appear, but it's not an event that matters to our character, therefore we didn't see it in game? I assume it will be seen and spoken about in Backcover since I'm willing to bet the foretellers probably aren't included in the mass of floating hearts. Probably.

The reason why I don't think any of them were knowingly the traitor because I doubt any of them knew about the X-blade or how to summon Kingdom Hearts, but whoever the real traitor was set this all up for the blade and KH. It would still fit the idea of "Keyblade wielders gave up their lives in search of the [Chi]blade." scheme. They did give up their lives, even if they didn't know the truth.

Did it? I me

an

all we s

aw w

as

a light which could e

asily h

ave just been

a w

ay opening out of this dre

am

and to the world of unch

ained, supported by Ephemer

and Skuld

appe

aring

at the s

ame time.

The X-Blade seems to not have mattered, it was the Lux that mattered. When you think about it the unions only fought because "They where told to". The Player most likely saw Kingdom Hearts itself, but may be hiding it or is unaware of what it is. As for our power, we are below the Foretellers, but above the normal ones. So somewhere in the level of Ventus to Roxas (Not fully powered)

I hope in KH back cover we get to see the keyblade war & how the keyblade graveyard became like this :biggrin:


And I'm wondering why did they chose "[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]

cavern of

" as the ending credits music

I dunno I'm not

actu

ally convinced this w

as the w

ar th

at destroyed the world, I think this w

as just the st

art.

Thous

ands of wielders were m

anipul

ated

and used to fight over something seemingly kind of me

aningless, not re

alizing they were being used to p

ave the w

ay for the forging of the X-bl

ade. The fighting doesn't end with this gr

avey

ard this is just where it st

arts,

and w

hen the bl

ade is fin

ally forged the true kingdom he

arts will

appe

ar. Th

at's when the w

ar will esc

al

ate when both the X-bl

ade

and Kingdom He

arts come into existence for everyone to h

ave

a ch

ance

at. People will come to fight over it

and th

at b

attle will be the one th

at destroys the world.

I me

an ever he

ar the s

aying "you m

ay of won the b

attle but you h

aven't won the w

ar", th

at's wh

at I think is going on here with the keybl

ade gr

avey

ard fight. This w

as just the first true b

attle, the st

art of the w

ar,

and its effects will c

asc

ade from this first fight.

It might be that the wielders were used as a means to summon KH/[Chi]blade, but the real damage comes with the fighting between the Foretellers. The Backcover movie is going to be focused on them while normal wielders like the player character is just gonna be in the background. Once all of us are dead and gone, I think it'd make total sense to see the final showdown around the [Chi]blade between the foretellers.

Something Seph said kind of ignited this idea in my mind, that Aced (wow, I almost typed Terra) wanted to be king and reshape the world in his image. Just like Xehanort, Xemnas, Ansem, all whose true goal was to obtain the [Chi]blade (but not Aced that we know of, just a similar goal. Wanted to clarify). If the [Chi]blade appears once much of us are dead and only the foretellers are left, who are only fighting to make sure no one wins... what kind of fight would break out while they're trying to get their hands on that thing?

That's when the real fight over the [Chi]blade could start, right? And in the end, maybe one of them destroys it. Or they all accidentally destroy it.

couple more days until the short epiosode beigs if i had to guess i think it just cutscences but i think we find out the true culpit behind everything inculing maybe a sneack privew at the sora war or season 2?

................................................

I just saw an interesting theory: What if Ava is the traitor? She created the Dandelions, desperate to prevent the lost page's prophecy from coming true, and defied what her master said would happen. It's when she learns the truth that she becomes wrapped in despair, which is why she's trying to keep everything a secret from the player, because she might be ashamed of her role.

Ava is the least person to be expected, so if she is the traitor, it would be a huge plot twist imo.
But… I don't really think she is.

Well no one literary saw the Foretellers fall, so what if they are in the background fighting over the X blade??? And someone had to summon Kingdom Hearts, because it doesn't just appear like that, right? We still have to wait for the next and final update, probably theres more of the X-blade in it,and of Luxu...

Is it ever shown/said how Gula obtained the Lost Page?

I just saw the scene where guilt was first introduced in the theater right after the scene where you find out that if a player dies his/her chrithy dies too .

I ,as well as many "new" players, just activated that scene upon reaching level 20, so there should be a lot of people who don't know its place in the timeline.

Also, rewatching the scene with nightmare chrithy in this update tells me that he regards "showing the player nightmares" and "making black costume heartless attack the player" as one and the same thing.

What if Luxu told Ava that speech about how everything begins in Darkness and everything also ends in Darkness? I've always wondered how Xehanort knew that, could it be possible that Luxu told him that?

Also, I think this "traitor" was just a Foreteller manipulated by Luxu/MoM. I don't think any of them would become the traitor on purpose...

Loose ends will most definitely be addressed on Back Cover and KHUx and Season II. We never got to see that cutscene with the Seekers and Guardians in KHx's finale. Though I'm willing to bet that Back Cover will tie some knots, but will leave more loose ends to be addressed in KHUx. It's possible we might get a KHUx and Season II closure during the year of KH3's release.

To those confused about how the Dark Chirithy came to be. The guilt we have been collecting gathered into darkness creating him. The Black Costumes are nightmares, or perhaps an abstract darkness from the heart (Like Vanitas). And I think the Player no longer uses Medals/Cards. Because they have grown strong enough to damage the Foretellers, and kill non-book creatures. So those might be used as kinda a simple gameplay thing

So it looks like the order of Foreteller battles is Aced --> Invi --> Gula --> Ira --> Ava (minus whichever one is the Foreteller of your Union).

Are you guys going to post the actual video with the translations? Or are you just posting the translations?

Those bangles confuse me. We can collect Lux without them just fine, so are we converting the sins of the Heartless? They are the only source of Lux so it has to be something like this, maybe we have one bangle from the start.
Then there is the power bangle which exclusively converts the sins into empowering darkness. I don't know why Spirit Chirithy thinks it can convert the sins into light too, because this never ever happens.
Finally there is the light draw bangle from the crystals of light events which converts these sins into light like expected, but they are only valuable to the Moogle and the unseen shadowy figure (strongly suggested to be the Nightmare Chirithy).

All this is going nowhere, why was the Lux needed in the first place besides being some sort of protection against the darkness that was in large parts caused by the collection of it? Both these plot points are never talked about again at the end, even though it was the entire premise of the game. Now it's all about the traitor who ruined a plan we weren't even informed about, a plan which needed the holograms of the book of prophecies, Heartless and Dream Eaters to work.

It's a real shame all this story progression falls flat in the end and we're left with basically the same questions that were created during the beginning of the game, I really can't think of an even more unsatisfying finale at the moment.

Gula: Unable to permit disharmony...

Ava: I can't believe that this is reality.

Gula: ...you will be disappointed by fate...

Luxu: That's why, as fated, the battle is unavoidable.

Gula: ...and lose sight of true strength...

?

Gula: Misreading the truth, you will venture forth in secrecy...

*Ava creates the Dandelions in secret*

Gula: And then with that one strike, a bell will toll for the final battle, and the battle will begin at last, and the time shall be chosen...

*Ava and Luxu clash, causing the tower bell to ring*

*does best Patrick Star* I'm the last I would've suspected, but I was looking for ME all the time! It's the perfect crime!

Yep, Ava was the traitor. *dun dun duuuun!*

----

Nightmare Chirithy: Unlike you Spirits, we Nightmares are beings that show bad dreams.

Because of that we can sever bonds, and live free.

Chirithy: Spirit…? Nightmare…?

Interesting that Chirithy apparently doesn't know what he is.

----
Nightmare Chirithy: For now…

Let's meet again in another dream...

Chirithy: ...Another?

Groundhog Day looping confirmed.
That's interesting, so I guess this means not only is Unchained another loop, but that its "season 2" will probably be as well, presumably with some differences, like maybe who creates the Dandelions/is the traitor, or if (and I do mean if) we remember the last loop we can change things.

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After looking at the end footage a second time... I think the player does indeed die. My heart literally dropped into a bit of despair at this. At the first glimpse of the player on the ground, you can see a heart clearly fly out of them right before Chirithy appears, though it's pretty subtle and you can miss it...sigh. Shame too, from what has been seen in Kingdom Hearts so far, it seems you perma-die if you're killed by another human as in the case with Eraqus's death by Xehanort... and if you're killed by darkness you turn into a heartless and Nobody which gives you a chance for ressurection if both parts are defeated, or if the heartless comes into contact with a princess of heart like Kairi in the case of Sora. That's what I've come to the conclusion so far, just rambling to think if there is any chance we'll see our avatars again in future KH titles, and that it didn't end here to make it easy for Square Enix to narrate for future titles.

Okay Xickin, the Ava video is up now :)

@lunepuyo on Twitter recorded this scene for us <3

[video=youtube;YzN9uZ01jpQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzN9uZ01jpQ[/video]

Watching that was kinda sad, seeing as Lady Ava matches me well.

It was sad seeing her beat herself up, finding out that she might be the traitor.

She even withheld info from the Player, THE PLAYER!

A reoccurring dream/scenario would not be cool.

I would guess the KH unierse as we know it wouldbe the result of this chin being broken and that was the the masters objective.

Uh, basically the whole universe was 'sleeping'.

To add, MX's understanding of what actually went on seems to be of grandeur and perhaps what he is not seeking.

I need to go to sleep.

Inb4 KHx and UnchainedX are the dreams of Ventus as he sleeps...

So after rewatching the Back Cover trailer and seeing that most of you have a negative point of view on Aced (wich I can't blame really), I want to point out that in the Back Cover trailer it looks like Ira is the first one to accuse one of the Foretellers of being a traitor and Aced is the one to call him out on it.
https://youtu.be/RWi0yIWeAv4?t=91
At the beginning of the trailer Aced basically tells Ira that the accusation he made will only make matters worse. Looks to me that Aced thought more about the consequences then Ira did. Seems to me that Ira is the thoughtless one.

Also, Gula doens't care about the stuff that's happening during the meeting.

As I see it there is absolutely no reason to make χ[chi] and Unchained χ stories take different story paths at all. We still have this missing time span between the "a few days later" and "a few months later" where the "final episode" occurs. Unchained can simply fill these months with additional story just fine and conclude with the same, yet completely spoiled, ending.

Think of it like this then, the Badlands are preexisting but are near Daybreak Town. And because the Graveyard is a huge, and I mean HUGE world. Daybreak Town could still exist within that land, it may even be fully complete with more than the Badlands! But the Badlands are the most extensive.

And I was referring too, Daybreak Town was not destroyed as the battle was fought in the Badlands of Daybreak, it was a error on my part.

So the secret ending is supposed to come out today, right? What time?