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No. XIII: The Immortal Soul |
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I shall add more information and maybe some artwork when I can.
The original No. XIII of Organization XIII: Xengel, the Immortal Soul.
Xengel, the "Immortal Soul"--also known as the "Angel of Death" or the "Black Plague" due to confusion with his Heartless counterpart--is the Nobody of Kamon Hiro, an outcast of his own world. He is of young and weak appearance, but of great hidden strength. Also contrary to his appearance, he dawns the Deathscythe and the Crossblade as his signature weapons, representing both sides of the endless struggle between the Heartless and the Nobody's. He possesses the power of will over the soul of someone who has already lost their heart. With the Heartless and Organization XIII only searching for strong hearts, the power of the soul was greatly under-estimated and overlooked, unknowingly making Xengel's personal missions easier than expected. Because of this, his combat skills have rarely been seen. Thus, no major strengths or weaknesses, or even intentions for that matter, can be assumed......except one.
When Sora gave up his heart to release Kairi's, his soul became confused, unsure of what to do or where to go. Xengel was well aware of this and immediately traveled to Hollow Bastion to claim control of Sora's soul. But his soul was equally as strong as his heart (overwhelming Xengel) and could still sense his heart nearby, leading him back to Kairi. That was one of the two times where Xengel's power failed since his own creation. Ever since, Xengel never attempted to even approach the keyblade master again. The second failed mission occurred with Riku. Xengel would have succeeded had it not been for Riku's connection with Sora. Again, no future attempts. There has only been one time when Xengel had not even attempted a single action to control one's soul. Kairi's soul. Even after her heart was lost, the light from her soul was beyond anything he had ever imagined. This was also true of Kairi's nobody, Namine, whom he made sure to keep his distance. That's when the organization found out about Xengel's "missions" (and worse, his failures) and took notice of one of his flaws. More than anything, he feared losing his own soul to such strength of another, light or dark. Because his soul is of a perfect balance between the two forces, any extreme nearby amounts of one or the other renders his own strength asunder, ultimately causing him to lose his own soul, just like his heart.
After these events, Xengel disappeared without a trace. Not even the organization was able to track of him, so they considered his disappearance as treason and replaced him by their newest member, Roxas, the nobody of Sora.
Much time has passed since then. It is now ten years after the destruction of Xemnas, and a new Organization XIII has been formed. Once again, the leader and its members are unknown. Xengel has finally come back and has been re-enstated as the organization's No. XIII by using his status with and experience from the original organization. However, because of his extreme discreteness and the amount of time that has passed, once again he remains a great, if not greater, mystery to everyone. A few of the members of the newly formed organization still aren't too sure whether or not Xengel can truly be trusted yet. But only time will tell. And it seems that Xengel now has plenty of it.
Kamon_Hiro · Fri Apr 21, 2006 @ 10:26am · 1 Comments |
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