Where is Vanitas now?

[Ventuslover123 24]

Where did Vanitas go after Ventus destroyed him?

 

Terra got possessed, mind gone to the Lingering Will in Keyblade Graveyard

 

Aqua is trapped in the Realm Of Darkness

 

Ventus is in Castle Oblivion sleeping

 

Eraques his inside Terra's heart (i think)

 

MX is using Terra's body (i think)

 

but where did Vanitas go? did he just disappear like Xion? did he go to Riku? or go to Sora?

[Doco56 52]

Hmm, yeah Ventus did completely destroy him so his heart was fractured and joined with Sora's (who completely repaired it I think?). This would mean Vanitas is the only character who was completely destroyed. Also, Xion still exists in Sora's heart as we see when Riku enters it in DDD.

 

Also, regarding Terra and MX, seeing as Ansem Seeker of Darkness and Xemnas were the heartless and nobody of Terra-Nort, and we saw Xehanort was fully restored in DDD, it's possible Terra is somewhere else. His body might have completely vanished and will only be restored when his heart rejoins with Lingering Will. Or something like that.

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

He's part of Ventus once again. Remember, Vanitas was born from all of Ventus' Darkness, he was just a part of Ventus. He had no personality or separate consciousness from Ven until they were separated by Xehanort and became an independent being. Once he forced a fusion with Ventus, he was able to assert his personality as the dominant personality, until Ven and Aqua were able to defeat him. Aqua helped destroy the X-Blade, while Ven finally beat Vanitas into submission enough to return to Ven's heart, completing Ven once more. Ven is no longer a being with a heart of pure Light, he is back to being a whole person with both Light and Darkness in his heart, with his personality remaining intact. Vanitas, so far, has not been suggested to remain as a separate entity within Ventus after their true reunion.

 

 Let me make this clear, Vanitas was not destroyed, he was returned to Ven's heart, that's why Ven's Dive Into The Heart/Station of Awakening is different from how it is in the beginning of the game. It shows that his heart is no longer fractured anymore. The only reason he went back to Sora is because destroying the X-Bade caused his heart to be lost to the Realm Between, separate from his body. Sora's light led him out of the realm and offered him safe haven until he could have the strength and ability to return to his sleeping body.

 

However, we did see him again in Dream Drop Distance when Sora was encountered by Young Xehanort. Since Ven's whole heart was within Sora at the time, when he saw YX it triggered a reaction within him, allowing him to see a "ghost" of Vanitas standing alongside YX. Now this wasn't the real Vanitas, as Vanitas as a separate entity should by all means not exist anymore, not in a physical sense anyway. There could be a chance that maybe he is similar to Roxas, in that while he is back to being a part of the person he originally came from (Roxas - Sora, Vanitas - Ventus), he might still have a strand of consciousness or self within that person's mind or heart. While he can't influence Ven's actions in any way, there might still be a chance that since he gained a selfhood of his own, he might be laying dormant somewhere within Ven's heart. But there has so far been no proof of that, since again the only time we are ever aware of his presence again is in DDD, but for all we know that may have just been on Ven's part, just "remembering" Vanitas after being confronted by a younger version of his old master, and just being used to seeing them as a pair.

 

Bottom line is, he is part of Ventus' heart now once again. Whether he is still himself or not has yet to be seen. But there might always be a chance that he was taken by YX from a point in the past when he was still separate to become a member of the Seekers of Darkness in the future as well, though it wouldn't be the same Vanitas that got defeated in the end of BBS, it would be him prior to getting defeated.

Edited October 16, 2016 by Hero of Light XIV

[Eternalsleep 175]

I don't think any part of him remained anywhere, i think ventus completely destroyed him. If he does come back in kh3 it'd be because young xehanort brought him back from the past using his time travel ability. Kinda like what he did with Xemnas & Ansem SOD

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

Acquiring currency and disregarding females

 

I always thought he ended up inside of Riku tbh. Obviously it won't be mentioned until a convenient time just like everything else

[Dave 5,715]

Vanitas is in his room with the lights turned off, listening to Evanescence and brooding about how Xehanort just doesn't understand him.

[Hallowseve 143]

I believe he's within Ventus's heart within Sora. That's what I've followed since after BbS.

[palizinhas 102]

Inside Young Xehanort, apparently.

 

Ven was trying to destroy him, I really don't think Ven would have allowed him to go inside his heart, Vanitas doesn't have a physical form, so I think he was just hanging around mostly destroyed and then YX collected him (Vanitas has golden eyes so he's probably part-Xehanort, meaning he is connected to Xehanort and as such could go inside him like he could go inside Ven).

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

Where did Vanitas go after Ventus destroyed him?

 

Terra got possessed, mind gone to the Lingering Will in Keyblade Graveyard

 

Aqua is trapped in the Realm Of Darkness

 

Ventus is in Castle Oblivion sleeping

 

Eraques his inside Terra's heart (i think)

 

MX is using Terra's body (i think)

 

but where did Vanitas go? did he just disappear like Xion? did he go to Riku? or go to Sora?

Yeah. Ventus destroyed him in BbS. However, thanks to time travel, I see him returning as a Xehanort in KH3.

[Headphone Jack 1,147]

he's a part of Ventus again. he doesn't exist anymore. 

 

at the end of BBS, Ven fought him and won. he faded away into gold sprinkles and merged back into Ventus' heart. 

[PenguinRoxx 286]

Why is it that most of the topics you start catch my attention lol

 

Well in DDD we see Vanitas with Young Xehanort, so Vanitas' heart might be resting in YX's heart until they find a body for him or something. Maybe the reason why YX is present in the BBS storyline is to retrieve what was left of Vanitas so they could make him a part of the Seekers of Darkness? I'm just going out on a limb here but it could be possible 

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Why is it that most of the topics you start catch my attention lol

 

Well in DDD we see Vanitas with Young Xehanort, so Vanitas' heart might be resting in YX's heart until they find a body for him or something. Maybe the reason why YX is present in the BBS storyline is to retrieve what was left of Vanitas so they could make him a part of the Seekers of Darkness? I'm just going out on a limb here but it could be possible 

 

You know, that makes sense!  After all, Young Xehanort clearly stated in DDD that his goal was to gather all other splintered versions of Xehanort from different points in time!  And as you said, he appears in Birth By Sleep! So this could be plausible, since I believe the KH1 secret boss battle against Xemnas was canon, as was The Lingering Will's, I believe! So Young Xehanort being in BBS was probably canon as well, since he was travelling back in time!

 

But anyways, on to the topic at hand, I do believe that Vanitas is destroyed, but only because Ventus fell into slumber. I believe that once Ventus awakens again, the dark part of his heart shall reawaken, therefore allowing Vanitas to come back!

[KeybladeMasterDeadpoolio 55]

(Vanitas has golden eyes so he's probably part-Xehanort, meaning he is connected to Xehanort and as such could go inside him like he could go inside Ven).

Just because he has yellow eyes doesn't mean he's part Xehanort, otherwise every single Heartless in the franchise would be part Xehanort. Yellow eyes means that someone or something is a being of Darkness or has been corrupted by the Darkness. Now, if Vanitas had pointed ears, graying hair and a darkened skin tone along with his yellow eyes (just like with Ansem, Xemnas, Xigbar, and Saix) then he definitely would be a Xehanort.

[Arashi 1]

I believe he's within Ventus's heart within Sora. That's what I've followed since after BbS.

It makes sense since Ven and Vanitas can owe their appearance and existence to Sora, so maybe deep within Sora's heart that piece of Vanitas is still there just in a dormant state.

[Master Eraqus 1,340]

Just because he has yellow eyes doesn't mean he's part Xehanort, otherwise every single Heartless in the franchise would be part Xehanort. Yellow eyes means that someone or something is a being of Darkness or has been corrupted by the Darkness. Now, if Vanitas had pointed ears, graying hair and a darkened skin tone along with his yellow eyes (just like with Ansem, Xemnas, Xigbar, and Saix) then he definitely would be a Xehanort.

The yellow eyes precisely mean that they are a Xehanort vessel. Yes, the Heartless have yellow eyes, but they're not regular eyes like those of our human characters. They're just menacing, glowing, yellow eyes. Notice in DDD, when Xigbar/Braig states that he's already half-Xehanort and the camera specifically zooms into his yellow eye, which was originally brown in BBS.

 

If yellow eyes is the result of becoming a being of darkness, then how come the eyes of Maleficent, Riku in KH1, Riku Replica, Disney characters such as Frollo, Terra, Sephiroth (who is Cloud's darkness) etc. not turn yellow when they used the darkness?

 

Notice how Terra's eyes turn yellow the moment Xehanort's heart takes Terra's body as a vessel. The only reason the traits of pointy ears and grey hair aren't shown in other member of the Seekers of Darkness is because they only have a piece of Xehanort's heart within them while Terra had his whole heart. In the Kingdom Hearts universe, hearts can change the shape/form of the body. We've seen this multiple times:

 

• Ansem SOD changed Riku's body in KH1 to that of Xehanort in his thirties/forties.
• Roxas (Sora's body) was transformed to look like Ventus, since Ventus' heart was inside him.
• Master Xehanort's heart changed the appearance of Terra.

There's also this quote from the Birth By Sleep Ultimania "Plot Mysteries":

 

-- Comparing the Organisation members when they were human to when they were in the Organisation, apart from Xehanort, only Isa and Braig have differently-shaped ears and differently-coloured eyes - why is this?

 

Nomura: It's a question of whether or not they're deeply connected to Xehanort. In Braig's case, comparing the scene where he's injured in his battle with Terra and flares up at Xehanort, his appearance afterwards changes, which hints that something happened with Xehanort in between.

Edited October 18, 2016 by Master Eraqus

[KeybladeMasterDeadpoolio 55]

I realize that everything I post on these forums makes me look like a complete idiot but that's only because I'm going by the games themselves instead of trying to find every little interview just to get a vague and cryptic explanation that barely explains anything, especially when the games and the interviews contradict each other.

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

Vanitas is in his room with the lights turned off, listening to Evanescence and brooding about how Xehanort just doesn't understand him.

This is all I could find.

[Connected 978]

Returned back inside Ventus.. Who's inside Sora... Damn this game is weird.

[TheKeyofRose 282]

Essentially he is in Ventus's heart which just requires Soras piece.

 

That or said piece is Vanitas which is in Sora.

 

 

EUGH CONFUSING.