Escaping Darkness

Characters

When worlds fall to darkness, their citizens often are caught into an eternal slumber, or become non-sentient Heartless. However, those with a strong heart - be it one of light or darkness, can often find their way out of it. Sometimes these journeys are long-lived, sometimes they are short.

For those worlds which became the World of Ruin, they are guided by a World Heart - which often manifests as white light surrounding them, and them being drawn into that very world. Be it a sudden awakening on the beach of Costa Del Sol, or waking up within one of the many Cids' latest invention - they find themselves conscious within that world.

Others yet may find their way lit by other means. A prayer that goes out to them, an exceptionally strong thought, or perhaps their own longing for a world to live within. Or perhaps yet they were picked up by one of the Montressor's space-faring vessels. Such people often find themselves on the threshold of Traverse Town.

And those with dark hearts, whose desires are strong enough, find themselves willing a one-time Dark Corridor to open through which to step onto the Crossroads, a place from whence they will choose their own path.

Worlds

At times, those worlds which have fallen to darkness can be lit with the light of Hope. Perhaps many children wished for the same thing within that world. Perhaps the Heartless menace has ended. Whatever the means, it is possible for those worlds to be revived to their former glory, or to fall to another world as a World Shard. It is said that those who wield a 'keyblade' can resurrect those worlds.