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Part 5-The Formation of Heartless

There were other effects of the Fall as well. Now that darkness existed in the hearts of people, and Darkness is mutually exclusive from Light, if one had too much darkness, they would lack enough Light to remain as they are.

It was possible to be completely consumed by the darkness, if given too much.

Without any Light to continue the act of living, many simply died as a result. But other times, the darkness within them continued on, living as Heartless.

There are actually two kinds of Heartless, but for now, and for a very long time, only one existed-The Pureblood Heartless. We'll learn about Emblem Heartless far later on-So for now, cast aside everything you know about Emblem Heartless, and focus solely on Purebloods. We'll come back eventually.

When the heart is consumed by darkness, it vanishes. Sometimes, the body and soul itself remain as a Nobody. This process was already described in Arc I, however. But here is where it actually begins.

Part 6-The Departure from Light

Why is it impossible to see the world of Kingdom Hearts now? Why did my Shadow Clone die when it entered said world?

Recall that when darkness entered our ancestors' hearts, it mixed in with the light. We thereby lack true light, only having it mixed within some Darkness.

Also recall that Light casts away the darkness, simply because darkness is the absence of Light.

If Pure Light hit us.. it would destroy the darkness.. Which partially now makes us up.

So just as being consumed by the darkness would kill us, and release a Heartless.. So too would Light kill us-Though there doesn't seem to be evidence of a "Darkless" resulting from it. However, that doesn't mean that the theoretical "Darkless" doesn't exist-They could in fact exist, and be the origin of the belief in "guardian angels"-At least the version that posits that said angels were in fact people that existed before. It's far easier to be consumed by darkness than to see pure Light, simply because of how little of it remains.

But that's not the only reason. Another reason is because the world of Kingdom Hearts is one of the very few that is still energy-based, rather than matter-based.

...That's right.. Eventually, many of us evolved away from being energy-based, and over to matter-based. But why? Well, in a way, it might be closer to devolution than evolution.

And that'll have to wait until a later part.