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.

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.

Allen Trius, the main character, walks around and explores a planet once landing, almost like a platformer. Once he gets to an important boss, location, or scene, a cutscene plays, advancing the plot. He can wander around and fight enemies for money and loot, or go search for secret characters and passageways. Once the plot is forwarded and mandatory allies have been collected (up to 2 other allies at a time), the gameplay is shifted to a new location. Here, the player can explore more or fight enemies, depending on the situation.

Once the plot splits, the player can use other characters besides Allen, each with their own different playing styles, strengths, and weaknesses.

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.

Plot
In addition to a normal plot, Awakening also splits up at a point in the game; multiple storylines are playable, and they all weave into each other.

Setting
Awakening takes place in the Kingdom Hearts setting, but is around 10 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.

Recruiting
Once the player reaches the Johto League, they are tutored about Recruiting. At this point in the game, the player can have over 3 allies, which is the maximum. Thus, the player gains the ability to recruit and change party members. It features...

Switching: Allies in the party can be switched with passive ones for active battle use. Passive allies may also provide certain bonuses or abilities depending on the story or characters in the party they might have relationships with. Dropping: In addition to gaining allies, it is also possible to drop them. Unwanted allies can be discharged from the party if they are not story characters (Allen, Laharl, Ceodore, etc.) Tasking: The final recruiting feature is tasking. If the player finds certain sidequests, passive allies can be sent off to finish them, either by themselves or with other allies.

Story
The story is still in progress by Crono Industries.

Part 1
Part One is the first part of Awakening. It is the prologue, of sorts. The main character is Allen Trius. {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="0" style="width:100%" !style="width:16em; text-align:left"|Show Story
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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.

The Start
Allen awakes one day, a normal day. He goes to his normal sword lessons and is elated to find he gets to keep his sword today.

On his way to the park to celebrate, he gets in a fight and blacks out. He wakes up in the middle of the night in the park. He looks to the sky to see that it is very starry; it looks like the sky is falling.

He gets up, and realizes they are getting bigger. His eyes widen in realization, and runs for his life. Right behind him, countless meteors start to fall; it's a giant meteor shower. Much of the landscape is destroyed by the giant meteors, and Allen is in grave danger.

Suddenly, he trips. He starts to sob at this horrible disaster. One last time, he looks towards the sky, and sees a meteor falling. At the same time, he sees a mysterious man standing on top of a building, looking at him funny... He closes his eyes, and goes black.

After his experience on Earth, Allen finds himself in the Overlords castle in the Netherworld. He suddenly awakens in front of Overlord Laharl and his vassal, Etna. Laharl attacks Allen, only to be parried by Allen himself. Allen hastily tries to explain that he is not an intruder, and has no memory of how he got there.

Laharl stops his assault, and Allen explains that he has to find his way home. Upon questioning the two, Allen finds that he is somehow on another planet entirely. He breaks down, but gains hope once more when Laharl offers to get him a Gummi Ship and fly him back to Earth.

Allen and Laharl start to fight demons for money, and take a bounty on Vyers. The two storm his castle and win easily. After claiming their money, the two buy a Ship and fly off to Baron in search of Earth.

The Darkness of the Truth
Allen first arrives in Baron after his Gummi Ship lands with Laharl. The two are interrogated by the royal guards, having set upon the castle. The two are taken to King Cecil Harvey. Allen tells the King that he has no way of getting back to his home world. King Cecil decides to talk to King Mickey at Disney Town about it, but they are interrupted by an attack on the castle. Allen and Prince Ceodore go investigate, and find a horde of monsters attacking with Golbez at the helm.

The two drive off the lieges along with the Baron army and militia. Golbez attempts to escape, and Allen and Ceodore give chase, and Laharl stays put.

The three meet at the plains. Allen attacks Golbez, only to be blown away by his powerful magic. Golbez attempts to teleport to the Moon, and Ceodore and Allen are close enough to follow. They end up underground with him, and attack him once again.

After pinning them down, Golbez reveals his motives. He wishes to capture the Keyhole for the Red Moon and take over the planet, willing it to crash into Baron. In the resulting chaos, he plans to rule the planet himself. Determined to stop him, Allen and Ceodore break free and attack.

The three are evenly matched, and Golbez attempts to turn the tables by summoning a giant meteor. His plan backfires, but he is unfortunately not killed. After him taking them back to Baron, Golbez is imprisoned and teleports Allen to the Land of Dreams.



After his confrontation with Golbez on Baron, Allen is suddenly transported here, in a city. The city at first seems fine, and Allen decides to search around for a Gummi Ship to find his way back.

Allen soon realizes this planet is anything but normal. The street keeps leading him to the same coffee shop, and suddenly all the bystanders start to attack him. Allen pulls out his his weapon and tries to refrain from attacking the innocents, and starts to run away. In his panic, he somehow starts to walk toward the beach, but is surrounded by the people. Just as he is almost killed, masses of them start to explode into ash and dust.

Through the storm walks one man, Dom Cobb. Cobb quickly takes Allen by hand and starts to sprint towards the shore, away from more masses of people chasing them. Cobb starts to explain to Allen that the world has been in turmoil lately; world government leaders have been assassinated, nuclear bombs have started to ravage the land, and a world war has broken out. It is almost as if the world is engrossed in darkness. Starting to trust Cobb, Allen starts to realize that he has some power; whenever the masses of people get near the two, they explode into dust and ash.

The two arrive at the beach. Cobb explains that the people (who have been going crazy around the world, resorting to cannibalism) stay away from water. Looking back at the city, the two are astounded to find that the landscape seemed to be falling upon itself. They race toward the water and start to swim as buildings, cars, and more infrastructure start to crash upon the land. Allen notices that there seems to be a black hole in the water, sucking everything into it.

Cobb starts to panic and the two run around, dodging debris, fighting rogue people, and getting sucked into the void. At last, they are taken in and the entire world implodes.

The two awake on a white bridge over complete darkness. Cobb explains that this is the heart of the world; normally light and bright, this world was corrupted and is now blackened. Allen inquires how he knows all this, and Cobb reveals that he is the Protector and Advocate of the World. He explains that all of this was his fault; his wife died years ago, and his mental state was causing the planet to collapse. Cobb states that the only way to restore peace is to seal the Keyhole of the planet with a Keyblade, something Cobb noticed Allen with. This is why he protected him.

The two move on, going deeper into the heart and deeper into the darkness. Soon, the two are attacked by an entropy of Mallorie; the two fight her. Proving to be a difficult fight and with Mallorie lowering Cobb's morale, the two lose. Mallorie is poised to kill Allen when Cobb gets in the way of her gun and shoots Mallorie at the same time, killing each other. Cobb uses his last breath to implore Allen to close the Keyole. Now alone, he runs off depper into the heart and is in danger; without Cobb, the world is on the verge of breaking apart completely. The bridge starts to fall when Allen comes across a small platform and a white keyhole in the verge of complete darkness.

Allen jumps on it, narrowly missing a fall to his death. As the world starts to die, Allen summons his Keyblade and seals the hole. A huge white explosion knocks him out.

Allen next wakes up in the same chair in the same coffee shop he arrived in. He hears news on a television; apparently all of the things happening never happened, and the public funeral of Dom and Mallorie Cobb is being held; both died in a car accident. Allen walks by, and stumbles into earshot of the reading of Dom's will; apparently, his Gummi Ship was to be entrusted to one Allen Trius.

After taking it and flying off into space, Allen looks into the nearby sun, wondering if the past really happened or not... Trying to find his way back to Baron, he actually lands next at the Subspace Emissary.

The Splitting of the Light


Back at Baron, Laharl decides to set off and try to find Allen, with his new ally Ceodore. The two head back to the Netherworld to search for him, and once unsuccessful, Laharl and Ceodore land in Johto, in search of their friend and comrade, Allen. They touch down in Route 63, a Civilized Route. At this point, they decide to ask around if Allen has been seen. At this point, the player can explore Johto and learn about recruiting, and can recruit Brock, Dawn, and Crono, a secret character. The general mission is to defeat the 8 gym leaders of Johto and gather information/

Once the player defeats 8 gym leaders (who had no information), they will be encouraged to go to the Elite Four, a remote group of Pokemon trainers in the mountains. On the way there, the player meets Ash Ketchum, who asks to join the party. He is recruited, and the three find out from the Elite Four that Allen never even visited Johto. The three leave, and travel on, only to be captured and taken aboard Asteroid M.

Meanwhile, with Allen, he finds allies in Meta Knight and Mario. The three band together to face Tabuu, who is threatening to destroy the universe.

Betrayal
This is the world Laharl, Ceodore, and Ash join after the Johto League. They are frantically searching for Allen, but get separated inside the asteroid.

Before separated, all optional allies from the Johto League are taken away and Ash Kethcum is put in the last place.

The three fly to the asteroid, thinking it might lead them to Allen. The three enter the Dock, only to be attacked by Sentinels and separated.

'''NOTE! Chronological story order is Laharl, Ash, and then Ceodore.'''

Laharl
Laharl has the first story, chronologically. After the trio are split up, Laharl starts to wander inside the asteroid. He finds a slave ship being unloaded, and sneaks away and finds a central room.

Deciding to eavesdrop, he overhears a meeting between Magneto and other people. Since he is hiding behind a door, he struggles to look inside the glass. Surprisingly, he finds that it is a meeting between Golbez, Vyers, Magneto, and Crono Silverius! Behind him, Tabuu appears out of a Darkness portal. Laharl is grabbed by his collar and is walked into the room.

The villains alerted, they first try to kill Laharl. After running away (and subsequently caught), Laharl starts to think.

If these guys are villains, they must have some evil plan.. He starts to remember his "good deeds" recently, and his heritage as Overlord in the Netherworld, and how one must be exceedingly evil.

Laharl tries to bargain with them. It is then that he betrays the rest of his comrades, and joins the villains. As he does this, Ash Ketchum questions Laharl. The other villains tell Laharl that he must "take care of him" to be fully trusted. Smirking, Laharl does just this-

He kills Ash.

Ash
Ash's story is second. After the separation, he isn't very far from Laharl's starting position. After wandering and defeating some Sentinels, Ash finds Laharl at the slave ship. Intimidated by the revolt going on, he follows Laharl.

Stunned to see what happens at the meeting and Laharl's betrayal, he confronts him... Only to be defeated. For the last time.

Ceodore
After Laharl's story, Ceodore is the next playable character.

When the three are separated, Ceodore falls straight to the bottom of the asteroid after being attacked by the Sentinels. His story focuses on working his way up to be reunited.

On his way, he sees a slave ship. Checking it out, Ceodore finds a boy by the name of Lexaln Siurt wreaking havoc and helps the prisoners to escape. Once all the slaves are gone, Lexaln talks with Ceodore and agrees to help break out of the Asteroid fortress.

The three climb up to the top of the ship and see Laharl killing Ash, and Ceodore questions him. The three fight, and Ceodore and Lexaln are victorious. Then the villains interfere, and Ceodore and Lexaln retreat to Twilight Town.
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Part 2
Part Two is the second part. This part of the story deals with a boy named Lexaln Siurt and the disappearance of Allen. It has a different approach, in which the hub world is the Land of Departure and Lexaln goes out to other worlds to purge darkness.

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Worlds, Characters, Enemies
NB! Antagonists are in green.

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The Start

 * Earth
 * Allen
 * Crono


 * Netherworld
 * Laharl
 * Almaz
 * Prinny
 * Mid-Boss

Darkness of The Truth

 * Baron
 * Ceodore
 * Kain Highwind
 * Edward
 * Golbez


 * Land of Dreams
 * Dom Cobb
 * Malorie Cobb
 * Cannibal People


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Splitting of The Light

 * '''Subspace Emissary
 * Mario
 * Meta Knight
 * Tabuu


 * Johto League
 * Ash Ketchum
 * Brock
 * Dawn
 * Gary

Betrayal

 * Asteroid M
 * Silver Surfer
 * Wolverine
 * The Fantastic Four
 * Magneto


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To Be Determined

 * Land of Departure
 * Master Axen
 * Dante Saxon
 * Occidere Way
 * Eraqus
 * Xehanort


 * Edo
 * Gintoki Sakata
 * Shinpachi Shimura
 * Kagura
 * Sadaharu
 * The Shinsengumi


 * '''Hyrule
 * Link
 * Shiek
 * Ganondorf


 * '''Mirage Arena
 * Moogles
 * Axen Remnant


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 * Twilight Town
 * Lexaln
 * Seifer
 * Hayner
 * Pence
 * Olette


 * Deep Space
 * Stitch


 * '''Keyblade Graveyard
 * To be determined..
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The worlds of Awakening are still being added and developed.