Kingdom Hearts: Awakening

Kingdom Hearts: Awakening is a fanon addition to the Kingdom Hearts series. It is created by Square Enix's business partner, Crono Industries. It is for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. It is currently in the developmental stage.

Setting
Awakening takes place in the Kingdom Hearts setting, but is around 25 years before the events of Birth by Sleep. It starts in a normal Earth, but soon events take it to the KH universe. Much like BBS, the story soon expands into different storylines, as the main character meets new people and goes to new places.

Gameplay
Kingdom Hearts: Awakening has a traditional Kingdom Hearts gameplay, albeit changed. Instead of normal gameplay and summons, magic, etc, the main character fights only using his sword and/or keyblade. The only way he can use magic is for him to recruit allies while on a planet.

Awakening also has a unique recruiting system, much like the popular Star Ocean series. Some characters must be recruited for story purposes, but others are optional. If found, they can be used whenever on the planet, even with subsequent visits. Some characters are secret, and can only be found with certain means and/or tactics.

Prolouge
17 years ago. The night of twilight fills the air. A man's boots crunch on the gravel of the typical Earthly small town. In his hands was a small, sleeping new born. The man himself had on a black cloak, the hood covering his face and most of his head. A few parts of long black hair poked out from the hood, but it was mostly covered by the cloak of the same color.

He sat down in an alley. The child found rest on the ground, and the man's hands were left open. He held onto the hilt of his blade for comfort. He looked toward the sky, the hood falling off. A bushel of long, curly black hair fell down upon his face and shoulders. His lips opened slightly, so slightly, as he looked towards the starry sky, the hundreds of stars among the black canvas of the universe. He started to speak, and only he heard it- but at that same moment, the child's eyes opened, and his curly strands of black hair swirled with the wind as he looked into the man's eyes.

''May you find your light.. And awaken from the illusion that many call reality.. May you find your way, and help the worlds.. And always remember to love. Just love...''

And with this, the man faded into the night, never to be seen again.

Worlds and Characters
NB! Antagonists are in green.