The 'Norts and Ansems

Master Xehanort the fucker that started this confusion, Master ‘Nort

• Keyblade master
• First master of Ventus, Creator of Vanitas
• Original incarnation of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, partial of Xemnas, and counterpart of Young Xehanort

• The result of Master Xehanort forcing his heart into Terra’s body
• Becomes Xehanort after seemingly losing memories

• Xehanort’s Heartless
• Based from Xehanort’s  physical appearance and retained TerraNort’s guardian symbiote 
• Manipulated Riku for that weird time period

• Apprentice of Ansem the Wise
• Original persona of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness and Xemnas
• Originally “born” as TerraNort when Master Xehanort forced his heart into the body of Terra 

• Studied the heart with apprentices Braig, Dilan, Aeleus, Ienzo, and Xehanort
• Exiled to the Realm of Darkness, where he gained dark powers and renamed himself DiZ (Darkness in Zero)
• Using his new powers, he set out on a quest to avenge himself 

• Teenage Xehanort
• Given the power to travel through and manipulate time to help his older self accomplish his goal of containing his essence in thirteen vessels. 

• Xehanort’s Nobody
• Has almost nothing to do with either Ansem

I hope this helps someone, it was a pain. It’s in an almost order, uh, yeah.

-Rox