Kingdom Hearts II/Characters

Sora

Sora in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit.

Sora is the main character of Kingdom Hearts II. He is the wielder of the Keyblade, an important weapon within the story, which can both save and destroy worlds.

He has a very cheerful and upbeat personality, and can very easily make new friends. This causes him to act very loyal towards them, and not prevent him from helping them out if they get into trouble. He considers all of his friends to be on an equal level.

However, he is also very gullable on many issues (such as not realizing that Ping was actally a woman), and can hold grudges for long periods of time, for example, such as going after Xemnas because he's a possible threat.

Sora is a very skilled warrior, as he can off many enemies with relative ease, and he can also use magic, though at the beginning his abilities in both fighting and magic are relatively weak, due to his sleep in a pod in the basement of "The Mansion" in Twilight Town.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

A spirited youth. He was cast into an unknown world when a swarm of Heartless raided his island. He battles the Heartless with a mysterious weapon called the Keyblade as he searches for his friend Kairi.

• Second Entry

The one who fights the Heartless. Upon reclaiming the Keyblade from his rival Riku, Sora sacrificed his heart to save Kairi and became a Heartless. Kairi's deep feelings for Sora restored him. Now he must confront Ansem, the seeker of darkness.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

A bright and spirited boy chosen by the Keyblade to battle the Heartless.

It was Sora who defeated Ansem, ending his plan to shroud the world in darkness.

However, Sora continued his journey, seeking the friends he lost during the struggle.

• Reverse/Rebirth

Riku's boyhood friend, and the hero of light chosen by the Keyblade to stand against the darkness.

Riku fought Sora while bridled by darkness, but their friendship proved stronger, and they ultimately worked together to close the door to darkness.

Kingdom Hearts II

• First Entry

A boy chosen by the Keyblade, a mysterious weapon.

Not long ago, Sora journeyed with Donald and Goofy in search of his longtime friend Kairi, who had been spirited away into the darkness.

In the end, they saved the world of all worlds from the darkness that was closing in.

Then, somewhere along the way, Sora fell into a deep slumber.

Now that he is awake, he can't recall why he fell asleep to begin with.

• Second Entry

A boy chosen by the Keyblade, a mysterious weapon.

Not long ago, Sora journeyed with Donald and Goofy in search of his longtime friend Kairi, who had been spirited away into the darkness.

In the end, they saved the world of all worlds from the darkness that was closing in.

After that, Sora continued journeying in search of Riku, who was trapped on the other side of the door to darkness. And somewhere along the way, Sora fell into a deep slumber.

With a new outfit and strengthened resolve, Sora has set out once more on a search for his friend Riku.

Donald Duck

One of Sora's best friends. He and Goofy are searching for king Mickey after he left the castle, and assisting Sora. Donald is the court magician of Disney Castle, and as such, is the most powerful magic wielder in your group (at least until Sora levels up magic all the way). He wields a magic staff, and has a hot temper, but can (and will) prove useful in battles against multiple enemies and bosses.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

Royal Magician. Skilled in magic, but can be short-tempered and stubborn. He set out in the gummi ship with Goofy to find the king. Donald has joined forces with Sora, the key bearer alluded to in the king's letter.

Donald made his screen debut in "The Wise Little Hen" (1934).

• Second Entry

Royal Magician. Skilled in magic, but short-tempered and stubborn. Because Mickey said to follow the key bearer, he once left Sora to follow Riku. But friendship soon led him back to Sora.

Donald made his screen debut in "The Wise Little Hen" (1934).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Court Wizard at Disney Castle who set out with Goofy after the king's disappearance.

His short temper sometimes gets him into trouble, but he is very brave.

Donald is currently seeking clues to what happened to the king after he was locked behind the door to darkness.

Kingdom Hearts II

The Wise Little Hen (1934)

The Royal Court Magician.

Not long ago, Donald left Disney Castle with Goofy to search for King Mickey. During that quest, they met Sora and became fast friends.

After they helped Sora save the worlds from darkness, Donald and Goofy continued their search for King Mickey, who had decided to stay behind in the realm of darkness.

But before they could find the King, the three friends were plunged into a deep sleep.

Goofy

One of Sora's best friends. He also is looking for the King, and helps Sora. He is the Captain of the Royal Guard at Disney Castle, and carries a shield. As such, he does have the highest defense and health of the group (At Least until Sora Levels up completely) and is a specialist with special attacks. Because of the variety of special attacks in Goofy's arsenal, combined with his normal attacks, Goofy is a great overall ally to have in any battle.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

Captain of the Royal Knights. He avoids fighting whenever possible. Mickey's most loyal subject. He set out in the gummi ship with Donald to find King Mickey. He joined forces with Sora, obeying Mickey's command to follow the key bearer.

Goofy made his first screen appearance in "Mickey's Revue" (1932).

• Second Entry

Captain of the royal knights. He avoids fighting whenever possible. Mickey's most loyal subject. Because Mickey said to follow the key bearer, he once left Sora to follow Riku. But friendship soon led him back to Sora.

Goofy made his first screen appearance in "Mickey's Revue" (1932).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Captain of the Disney Castle Royal Knights. He set out with Donald after the king's disappearance.

He is cheerful and calm, and no one is more loyal to the king.

Goofy and Sora are especially good friends.

Kingdom Hearts II

Two Weeks Vacation (1952)

Captain of the Royal Knights.

Not long ago, Goofy left Disney Castle with Donald in search of King Mickey. Along the way, they joined Sora, obeying the King's command to "follow the Keybearer."

After helping save the worlds from darkness, Goofy continued his quest to find the King. But like Donald and Sora, he fell into a deep slumber before he could finish the quest. Wonder what Goofy was doing just before he fell asleep?

Kairi

Kairi in her Kingdom Hearts II outfit.

She is Sora's close friend (and possible love interest). She doesn't fight very often, but later on, she actually fights with a Keyblade! You can't control her, but it is pretty awesome to see her fight. She is a good friend to Sora.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

Islander. Kairi, Sora and Riku were three friends. They built a raft to sail out and see new worlds. The three were separated when a mysterious force struck the Destiny Islands. Thus did Sora's search for Kairi begin.

• Second Entry

Kairi, Sora, and Riku always hung out together. When their island vanished, Kairi lost her heart. It turned out that it was hidden within Sora's. As one of the princesses with the power to unlock the secret Keyhole, Kairi restored Sora's heart when he was turned into a Heartless.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Sora's childhood friend.

Sora's journey began as a search for Kairi, who disapeared when their island home was swallowed by darkness.

Kairi was held captive by the Heartless, but thanks to Sora she and the islands were saved.

She waits there for Sora and Riku's return.

• Reverse/Rebirth

Riku and Sora's friend growing up.

Kairi vanished when their home islands were devoured by darkness. Riku and Sora both journeyed to find her.

Kairi was held captive by the Heartless, but thanks to Sora, she and the islands were saved.

She waits there for Sora and Riku's return.

Kingdom Hearts II

• First Entry School outfit

Longtime friend of Riku and Sora, and one of the Seven Princesses with ties to the Keys and Keyholes. Not long ago, when she was lost in the darkness, Riku and Sora both tried to save her, each in his own way.

Thanks to them, Kairi was able to return to her home islands, but her memories of Sora were gone, and she soon stopped visiting the islet where they once played.

• Second Entry Pink oufit

Longtime friend of Riku and Sora, and one of the Seven Princesses with ties to the Keys and Keyholes.

She had lost her memories of Sora, and after they returned, she wanted to meet him more and more with every passing day.

Falling through an unexpected hole into the darkness, she arrived in Twilight Town and befriended Hayner, Pence, and Olette before being captured by Axel.

Kairi is fervently hoping to meet up with Sora once more.

Riku

Riku in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit.

He is one of Sora's best friends. He is also Sora's rival. He is fairly strong, and also is an extremely good ally to have, due to the fact he has a shield and ranged reaction commands. He also has one of the most powerful Limit Breaks in the game, and you get to control him for a few seconds, during the last battle. Very strong warrior, he also wields the Keyblade, in the form of The Way To The Dawn. He is only second to Sora (and Roxas) in terms of battle skills. His Reaction commands Dark Aura and Dark Shield are very useful teqniques in battle.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

Islander. A self-confident youth always competing with Sora. He hated the monotony of island life and built a raft with Sora and Kairi to explore the outside world. Riku seems to have vanished along with the Destiny Islands.

• Second Entry

Islander. A self-confident youth always competing with Sora. When the Destiny Islands vanished, so did he. By the time Riku reappeared, Sora had already found new friends, so Riku didn't rejoin him. Riku is willing to go to any length to save Kairi--even join forces with Maleficent.

• Third Entry

Riku gained immense power through the forces of darkness. But ordinary humans are no match for the darkness, and it is gradually consuming his heart.

• Fourth Entry

When Kairi lost her heart, Riku allied himself with Maleficent to save her. Riku was actually the rightful master of the Keyblade, but once he chose darkness over light, the weapon chose Sora instead. Ansem exploited Riku's weakness of heart and possessed him.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Sora's childhood friend.

Baited by the darkness and used by Maleficent and Ansem, Riku once fought against Sora.

In order to seal the door to darkness, Riku stayed with the king on the other side. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Sora journeys in the hopes of finding Riku.

• Reverse/Rebirth

A boy who was born and raised on a small group of islands.

Riku dreamt of seeing other worlds, and so he forsook the islands--only to be seduced by the power of darkness.

Enslaved by Ansem, pursuer of darkness, Riku clashed with his childhood friend Sora. But in the end, he was able to regain himself, and together with Sora closed the door to darkness.

Still, the dark wounds in Riku's heart have yet to mend.

Kingdom Hearts II

• First Entry

The form Sora's longtime friend Riku chose.

Though Xehanort tried to control Riku from within, Riku's heart proved stronger. But the only way to wield the darkness fully was to become it.

Riku began calling himself "Ansem," perhaps as a sign of resolve. He would live in darkness if that's what it took to wake Sora.

• Second Entry

Sora's longtime friend. He had clad himself in darkness in order to wield it, and had even changed in appearance.

But when the real Ansem's Kingdom Hearts Encoder exploded, Riku returned to his old form.

You could say it was a miracle- worked by a heart no darkness could eclipse.

• Ansem

Mysterious wielder of darkness.

What could his true purpose be?

Diz

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories

Truly an enigma.

DiZ appeared before Riku in the guise of Ansem, presenting him with choices regarding the darkness within his heart.

It is said he and the king have met.

Kingdom Hearts II

The man who called himself "DiZ" and dressed his face in bandages to conceal it, now revealed to be none other than Ansem the Wise.

The true Ansem once studied hearts and the Heartless, but soon ceased his research for fear of disrupting the order of the worlds. But his apprentice Xehanort betrayed him, robbing Ansem of his discoveries and pride.

Since that time, Ansem was driven by vengeance -- but when he saw Riku go so far as to give up his physical form to help Sora, he had a change of heart.

• DiZ

An entity shrouded in mystery.

Maleficent

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

• First Entry

A sorceress of awesome power. She leads the villains who seek to harness the power of the Heartless. She has also tricked Riku into joining her and is using him as part of her evil plans.

She first appeared to curse Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959).

• Second Entry

A sorceress of awesome power. She tried to use the Heartless for her own evil ends, but the Heartless were actually using her. She turned into a huge dragon when cornered by Sora and his friends.

She first appeared to curse Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

A witch who commands the darkness. Sora faced Maleficent and her Heartless once before.

She stole Belle's heart to perfect her dark powers, though Belle had seen through her plan.

• Reverse/Rebirth

A witch who commands the darkness.

Maleficent's charms won over Riku, and she empowered him with darkness.

In Castle Oblivion she stood before Riku again, this time as a token of the indelible darkness in his heart.

Kingdom Hearts II

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

A sorceress of frightening power. In the last adventure, she controlled the Heartless and led a group that was trying to harness the power of darkness. As part of her villainous plan, Maleficent tricked Riku into making the choice to dive into the realm of darkness.

In the end, Maleficent yielded to the power of darkness herself and was defeated by Sora and his friends. But by using her last bit of evil power, she was able to come back again some time later.

• Timeless River

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

A sorceress of frightening power who's behind the strange goings-on at Disney Castle.

Maleficent is determined to take over Disney Castle, and she's using the power of darkness in her evil scheme.

• Halloween Town

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

A sorceress of frightening power. She's using the Heartless as part of her scheme to bring all the worlds under her control.

Lock, Shock, and Barrel are just what Maleficent needs to make trouble for Sora and his friends while they're in Halloween Town.

King Mickey

The King of Disney Castle. He is an elusive character in the storyline, but is an important one....He IS the King (duh!). That being said, he TOO wields the KEYBLADE (my gosh, how many Keyblades are there! [The most powerful one belongs to Sora though]). His Keyblade is a golden version of the Kingdom Key, and, even though he is the king, he possesses the least powerful Keyblade. He can only be controlled in certain instances during certain battles when you get knocked out. Although awesome to play as Mickey, he is weak, but is fast, so its a different battle style than anything you will use....just don’t count on getting to play as him if you don't want to risk dying!

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts

King of Disney Castle. He set out to learn more about the darkness, and left instructions for Donald and Goofy to find and follow the key bearer. No one knows where King Mickey is now, but they are determined to find him.

He made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" (1928).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

The king who reigns over Disney Castle.

He set off alone to protect his world and all worlds from the dominion of the dark.

When Riku fell into the realm of darkness, the king showed him the way, but the two were seperated when the door to darkness was closed.

Kingdom Hearts II

• First Entry

Steamboat Willie (1928)

The king of Disney Castle. It's been a while since he set off alone to fight the darkness threatening the worlds.

King Mickey and Riku stayed behind the realm of darkness to keep the Heartless from escaping again.

Donald, Goofy, and Sora will keep searching until they're reunited with the King.

• Second Entry

Steamboat Willie (1928)

The king of Disney Castle. He was the first to realize what a threat the darkness was, and the first to act. King Mickey travels across the worlds, battling the Heartless and searching for an answer to the riddle of Organization XIII and the Nobodies.

After many great battles, the King seems even more determined than ever to fight against the darkness.

Roxas

He's the Nobody form of Sora. He is Organization XIII's number XIII. That being said, he wields the keyblade, just like Sora. He is also the first character in the game to use the dual keyblades. Amazingly, Roxas pulls this off without the use of drive forms, but you only get to use two keyblades as Roxas when you fight Axel...and that is one hell of a match!!! He is just as powerful as Sora (His level gets transferred to Sora), although he lacks the support of a party and the skills to heal and attack using magic.

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts II

• First Entry

A boy who lived in Twilight Town and saw Sora's memories in dreams.

His summer vacation has come to an end, and many of his thoughts and feelings with it.

• Second Entry

Organization XIII's Number XIII, a Keyblade wielder and denizen of darkness.

He vanished with a satisfied look after battling Sora -- but Sora was the only one who could see him in the first place.

Namine

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

A young witch who, under orders from Marluxia, rewrote much of Sora's memory.

Because Naminé based the false memories on Sora's feelings toward Kairi, Sora believed he and Naminé had been friends since childhood.

But truth be told, the two had never met before Castle Oblivion.

• Reverse/Rebirth

A young witch who can manipulate memories.

Under orders from the Organization, Naminé shadowed Kairi and altered Sora`s memory. But the forgiveness in Sora`s heart moved her to disobey those orders.

Now she watches over Sora until the reconstruction of his memories is complete.

Kingdom Hearts II

A girl with the power to manipulate memories.

She seems to have some strong connection to Sora.

Pete

Journal Entries

Kingdom Hearts II

Steamboat Willie (1928)

A tough and mean former steamboat captain. Donald and Goofy know Pete real well - he's so bad that King Mickey was forced to banish him to another dimension.

Maleficent found Pete there and helped him escape from exile. Since then, he's been traveling the worlds, assembling an army of Heartless for Maleficent. It's pretty certain that the two of them are planning to take over and rule all the worlds.

• Olympus Coliseum

Steamboat Willie (1928)

King Mickey's nemesis. Pete is collecting an army of Heartless and helping Maleficent in her scheme to take over all the worlds. He's also lending Hades a hand with his collection of Heartless.

• Pride Lands

Steamboat Willie (1928)

Pete's using the Heartless to get control over all the worlds.

He's helping Scar's phantom, too. Seems like Pete's trying to cover all his bases.

• Timeless River

Steamboat Willie (1928)

King Mickey's old nemesis. He traveled back in time on Maleficent's orders.

As part of Maleficent's scheme to take over Disney Castle, Pete plans to destroy the Cornerstone of Light. Without the Cornerstone, Disney Castle will be defenseless.

• Port Royal

Steamboat Willie (1928)

Pete's been a thorn in King Mickey's side ever since the days the King served on Pete's steamboat.

Now Pete's teamed up with Captain Barbossa and his men. He's planning something bad - that much is certain.