Much like Riku, Terra also gets his redemption arc, though with a far more tragic ending. He could take a page out of Riku’s book on being less trusting of other people when you first meet them. You meet someone who looks like Maleficent, you tear off the other way, you don’t stop to ask her about missing persons. While he trusted Eraqus’ judgment of Master Xehanort, that does not account for him also not being able to immediately identify the Evil Queen Maleficent, Captain Hook, and Hades as obviously terrible people. Oh dear, here we go.įor Terra, he didn’t so much walk along the path of darkness as he tripped on a crack and fell down it, while staring at the crack before, during, and after he tripped on it. However, while Riku was coaxed by Maleficent down the path of darkness and aided by his egotism and recklessness, Terra was instead lured by Master Xehanort, who was purporting to be his mentor in fighting the darkness.
They both are protective of the ones they love and are willing to sacrifice anything for their happiness and well-being, even if it means turning to the darkness for the power to keep them safe. With just about every plot point connecting back to explain something from the present-day continuity, it would’ve been easy to simply give the trio paper-thin personalities to serve the plot and move on from there. What Birth by Sleep excels at, however, is fleshing these characters out and examining the same story themes through a different lens. Sky/Wind, Earth/Ground, and Sea/Water, just in case there was still any doubt that the weird doofy guy matched up with Sora, the overly serious one was Riku, and of course, the girl is Kairi. Needless to say, it also features a completely useless Goofy and Donald, friends across the worlds, and more obnoxious villains than you can shake a Keyblade at.Įach of the three protagonists serves as a counterpart to one of the “modern day” trio of Sora, Riku, and Kairi, complete with theme naming to match. In true Kingdom Hearts fashion, it’s a tale of courage and destiny, resilience and light, temptation and darkness, and absolute faith. Instead of keeping the story focused on one protagonist as previous games have, you play through Aqua, Ven, and Terra’s routes separately, only getting the complete story by piecing together the events of each route.
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