Theories About Where Kingdom Hearts Goes Next
War With the Foretellers and the True Villain
While the Secret Ending seems like the more immediate possibility, the Epilogue certainly provides us with what the next long game of the story will be.
The scene drops a bombshell on plans, showing us that Xigbar has been masterminding everything with Xehanort the entire time, and his true identity is Luxu, the sixth apprentice of the Master of Masters.
After the defeat of Xehanort, Xigbar gets the Master’s No Name Keyblade back and summons the Foretellers back to life in the Keyblade Graveyard, along with the mysterious black box.
All the while, Maleficent and Pete overlook the whole scene, their search for the box finally at an end.
The Foretellers were manipulated by the Master into starting the first Keyblade War, and it’s possible that Luxu is continuing to manipulate them.
Alternatively, one of the big surprises in a future installment could be that our perspective slanted what we thought of the characters, and they’ll actually turn out to be villains.
Either way, the story and Epilogue of Kingdom Hearts 3 seems to suggest that the Master of Masters has influenced absolutely everything in the series, from Xehanort’s plan to revive Kingdom Hearts, to the Guardians of Light stopping him.
This, inevitably, is going to lead to a massive new conflict as the Master and Luxu enter their endgame, and use the Fortellers to complete their plans.
There are basically three factions we’ll be seeing; the Foretellers, Maleficent and her forces, and all of the heroes now alive.
At the end of Kingdom Hearts 3, pretty much every hero from the series is alive again, some with fresh new looks. Roxas, Xion, Axel, Terra, Aqua, Ventus, Saix, Riku, and Kairi are all alive. The only one missing, is Sora.
Referencing the previous theory, in the Secret Ending we also see a hooded figure standing atop a skyscraper then forming a heart with their hands on the moon.
This person is most likely either Luxu or the Master of Masters, watching over Sora and Riku and making sure they fulfill their role in the plan.
With Organization XIII nixed the series needs a new set of villains, and the Foretellers would work perfectly as that new group you have to fight.
