The Replica Xehanorts are a set of twelve replicas created from the members of the real Organization XIII.

Story

Before Kingdom Hearts III

During his time with Organization XIII, Vexen created twenty replicas as part of his research. While two of these replicas—Riku Replica and Xion—went on to become successful in their own right, and the six that followed would come to be used as vessels for the real Organization XIII members who traveled through time, the initial twelve were deemed as failures, barely considered to be human at all.^[1]

Kingdom Hearts III

The Replica Xehanorts assemble at Scala ad Caelum.

As part of Xehanort's final plan, Vexen is recruited to refine the initial twelve replicas to make them closer to real humans,^[2] which are converted into the Replica Xehanorts.

The Replicas were summoned in Scala ad Caelum by Master Xehanort. Initially appearing as phantoms of the original Xehanort, they soon take on a new form, wearing purple cloaks with silver masks hiding their faces. The twelve replicas vanish, hiding in four smaller groups for surprise attacks. After being defeated by the trio, the replicas are absorbed by Master Xehanort to increase his powers, transforming him into Armored Xehanort.

After Sora manages to break his armor, Master Xehanort releases the Replica Xehanorts to battle the Guardians of Light at the Keyblade Graveyard. The Replicas manage to trap Lea, Roxas, Xion, Aqua, Terra, Ventus, and Riku in a dark void, leaving a weakened Mickey to fight them. With future Sora lending aid, Mickey temporarily disperses the replicas and pulls everyone out of the void.

Following Master Xehanort's desire to keep the pure light away from the Guardians, the replicas return once more, this time merging into a copy of Armored Xehanort. The Armored Xehanort faces off with Sora, who restored Kairi with the power of waking. Sora and Kairi fight the combined replicas, and they are finished off by a combined attack from all of the Guardians of Light. Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind

Personality

The replicas do not express any individuality of their own; they only act on Master Xehanort's orders. Despite this, the replicas show they are capable of cooperative action and tactical thinking. They are also mostly silent and only speak while fused into Armored Xehanort.

Design

The Replica Xehanorts wear a black suit of armor with red outlines and a black and silver mask with spikes. Their greaves are silver with red outlines, and their gauntlets are red and serrated. Their boots are silver and red with high heels. Over this suit of armor they wear a dark purple tunic decorated with red and two black belts around their waist.

Abilities

The Replica Xehanorts each use the abilities and signature weapons of the fallen Organization members. Ansem's replica wields dark magic in lieu of a weapon. All the weapons have a blue glow that obscures most of their features. While they appear in groups of three-to-four, the replicas tend to attack one at a time, while the others hang back. Should one replica be countered or attacked, another will use the opportunity to attack Sora. They can also make surprise attacks from behind, dealing damage with a horizontal spinning attack. In order to avoid Sora, they rely on teleportation and quick attacks, often "tagging out" with other replicas to confuse Sora.

When fighting the Guardians of Light at the Keyblade Graveyard, the Replica Xehanorts all wield the No Name Keyblade. They are far more aggressive and coordinated, launching many synchronized attacks against the defending Guardians. When fused into Armored Xehanort, the replicas wield thirteen No Names, holding one in hand and controlling the other twelve telekinetically, and utilize the attacks that Master Xehanort used during his time as Armored Xehanort.

Weapons

Forms

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  Armored Xehanort, the fused form of the Replica Xehanorts.

Notes and references

• Replica
• Scala ad Caelum
• Keyblade Graveyard
• Keyblade Wielders
• Antagonists