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(Kingdom Hearts vs Final Fantasy)

Connections :

*Both were introduced as snarky, rather comical figures who simply reveled in the chaos surrounding them while regularly trolling hero and villain alike.

*In truth, however, the two are actually master manipulators who have worked behind the scenes of history for untold millennia, by their own admission having lived many different lives throughout the years to gaze upon the annals of history with their own eyes.

*In their incarnations as Braig and Solus zos Galvus, both played a personal hand in setting up the current day events of their respective games by respectively passing the Gazing Eye Keyblade on to Xehanort and founding the Garlean Empire as its first Emperor, eventually leading to the creation of Organization XIII and the Garleans becoming the oppressive world superpower they're presently known as.

*Their silly antics and overall flippant natures are actually a far cry from their original selves, Luxu and Hades (later known as Emet-Selch),who were far more quiet and reserved in comparison, but nonetheless content with their lives in the time before the first Keyblade War and the era of the Ascians.

*In fact, the goofy personalities they're currently known for were actually based off of two of their old colleagues, the Master of Masters and Hythlodaeus, both of whom regularly enjoyed playfully messing with Luxu and Emet.

*These once peaceful lives were ultimately shattered when their worlds were ravaged by unstoppable cataclysms, the Keyblade War and the Sundering, which all but wiped out their people and shaped the world into what it is today. (The former was what separated the various world sof Kingdom Hearts from one another while the world of Etheirys was split into the thirteen Shards that comprise The Source by the latter.)

*As such, both have lived through countless ages in the hopes of Luxu reuniting with his lost companions and Emet-Selch restoring the world and the people he once cherished to their former glory, rendering both combatants crushingly tired of their experiences by the end of it all.

*Both of these goals would come with a steep cost, however, as the two would respectively have to trigger a second Keyblade War and numerous Umbral Calamities in the process, knowing full well and not really caring that it would lay further waste to their worlds and claim untold lives in the process.

*Throughout the events of Dream Drop Distance and Shadowbringers, they also dedicated much of their time to corrupting the protagonists, Sora and the Warrior of Light, into a backup vessel for Xehanort and the Prime Lightwarden as part of their master plans.

*The two are a force to be reckoned with in battle, even when they're not taking their foes seriously. Case in point, Xigbar was capable of evenly clashing with the Seven Guardians of Light multiple times without the aid of his Keyblade, while Emet-Selch casually curbstomped the Scions of the Seventh Dawn in the scene before his final battle.

*All of this is without taking into account Luxu's prowess as an ancient Keyblade Master and the devastating dark magic employed by the transformed Hades. The two are deadly threats at every conceivable range, either showering the battlefield with difficult to avoid projectiles or engaging in melee combat with the Gazing Eye and Emet-Selch's secondary Job as a Dark Knight, in which he wields the Deepshadow Claymore.

*When the situation turns awry, both are perfectly capable of feigning their own deaths too, as Xigbar showed after his defeat in the Keyblade Graveyard, while Emet-Selch was outright shot dead by Emperor Volus in his introductory scene, only to show up in another body to taunt the man shortly afterward.

*Oh, and they're awfully fond of teleport spamming too, specifically as a boss and guest party member respectively.

Description
(Kingdom Hearts vs Final Fantasy)

Connections :

*Both were introduced as snarky, rather comical figures who simply reveled in the chaos surrounding them while regularly trolling hero and villain alike.

*In truth, however, the two are actually master manipulators who have worked behind the scenes of history for untold millennia, by their own admission having lived many different lives throughout the years to gaze upon the annals of history with their own eyes.

*In their incarnations as Braig and Solus zos Galvus, both played a personal hand in setting up the current day events of their respective games by respectively passing the Gazing Eye Keyblade on to Xehanort and founding the Garlean Empire as its first Emperor, eventually leading to the creation of Organization XIII and the Garleans becoming the oppressive world superpower they're presently known as.

*Their silly antics and overall flippant natures are actually a far cry from their original selves, Luxu and Hades (later known as Emet-Selch),who were far more quiet and reserved in comparison, but nonetheless content with their lives in the time before the first Keyblade War and the era of the Ascians.

*In fact, the goofy personalities they're currently known for were actually based off of two of their old colleagues, the Master of Masters and Hythlodaeus, both of whom regularly enjoyed playfully messing with Luxu and Emet.

*These once peaceful lives were ultimately shattered when their worlds were ravaged by unstoppable cataclysms, the Keyblade War and the Sundering, which all but wiped out their people and shaped the world into what it is today. (The former was what separated the various world sof Kingdom Hearts from one another while the world of Etheirys was split into the thirteen Shards that comprise The Source by the latter.)

*As such, both have lived through countless ages in the hopes of Luxu reuniting with his lost companions and Emet-Selch restoring the world and the people he once cherished to their former glory, rendering both combatants crushingly tired of their experiences by the end of it all.

*Both of these goals would come with a steep cost, however, as the two would respectively have to trigger a second Keyblade War and numerous Umbral Calamities in the process, knowing full well and not really caring that it would lay further waste to their worlds and claim untold lives in the process.

*Throughout the events of Dream Drop Distance and Shadowbringers, they also dedicated much of their time to corrupting the protagonists, Sora and the Warrior of Light, into a backup vessel for Xehanort and the Prime Lightwarden as part of their master plans.

*The two are a force to be reckoned with in battle, even when they're not taking their foes seriously. Case in point, Xigbar was capable of evenly clashing with the Seven Guardians of Light multiple times without the aid of his Keyblade, while Emet-Selch casually curbstomped the Scions of the Seventh Dawn in the scene before his final battle.

*All of this is without taking into account Luxu's prowess as an ancient Keyblade Master and the devastating dark magic employed by the transformed Hades. The two are deadly threats at every conceivable range, either showering the battlefield with difficult to avoid projectiles or engaging in melee combat with the Gazing Eye and Emet-Selch's secondary Job as a Dark Knight, in which he wields the Deepshadow Claymore.

*When the situation turns awry, both are perfectly capable of feigning their own deaths too, as Xigbar showed after his defeat in the Keyblade Graveyard, while Emet-Selch was outright shot dead by Emperor Volus in his introductory scene, only to show up in another body to taunt the man shortly afterward.

*Oh, and they're awfully fond of teleport spamming too, specifically as a boss and guest party member respectively.