[NEW] KINGDOM HEARTS TIMELINE - Episode 19: The Mark of Mastery

Happy new year folks! I had to take a break during Christmas. Hope you're doing well. We'll continue with the Timeline and hopefully have a first glance at Missing-Link closed beta later this month. I'll keep you up to date with that of course. NEW Kingdom Hearts Timeline playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhcSrKyqhfh4IUovnvR0tRr… The new episodes will be added to the playlist as soon as they're uploaded. The old episodes that do not need to be updated, story or content wise, will be added there as well. — Explaining the Kingdom Hearts Timeline project — As many of you already know, the Kingdom Hearts Timeline project started back in April 2018 as a way to prepare all of us for the release of Kingdom Hearts 3. What is the Timeline project? Basically, you'll see all of the story events as they chronologically happen. Which is seemingly easy to do, but...if you're familiar with Kingdom Hearts, then you do know the series is so full of flashbacks, callbacks and retcons, that it's extremely easy to lose track of them. I always like to think of the Timeline as an experiment. I wasn’t sure if it could be a welcome one but, somehow, it was so well received that it exceeded my expectations. The original Timeline was just a way to re-live all of the Kingdom Hearts titles leading to KH3, in a different, yet familiar way. I never had plans to go back to it, as I was fully aware of all the flashbacks and callbacks that could be added in the future titles. I don’t really like the idea of uploading new, fixed episodes every now and then—it would just confuse all of you (and, more than anyone, myself!) Still, the requests and messages I received in the past few years made me reconsider my plans. More than anything, I did plan to complete the KHUX saga, as it was the only incomplete title when KH3 came out. So here we are! Now that KHUX ended I have everything at my disposal for making the ultimate, complete chronological version of this title. I can’t stress enough the purpose of this project—this doesn’t want to be the best or the perfect way of experiencing the Kingdom Hearts saga. All of the titles should be played following their release dates. The Timeline is simply an alternate way of experiencing the story we already know and only players who already played the games should watch it. New players would be spoiled about some plot points, so be warned. This project gives you a different perspective on specific events, and the adding of new musics, flashbacks, callbacks and secret reports, makes the whole experience even more unique and immersive. Some of the incredible KHUX renders you see in these thumbnails are made by George PG: make sure to follow him on Twitter! twitter.com/george_p_g I’ll leave some basic Q&A down here related to the future of the Timeline: 1) Q: Will you be uploading all of the episodes from the scratch? A: No. I’ll just reupload the episodes containing flashbacks/callbacks that we got to see after the release of KH3. For instance, the beginning of Birth by Sleep will be reuploaded since I’ll have to add the dialogue between Master Xehanort and Vanitas at the Land of Departure, occurring in Dark Road. 2) Q: Will the old episodes be deleted? A: No. All of the episodes will stay, but the new ones will have the text “NEW” in the thumbnail and in the video title. The new episodes will replace the old ones in the Timeline playlist in my channel. 3) Q: Will you be making KH3 as well? A: Yes, but my main goal was completing both KHUX and Dark Road. I do have some plans for KH3 but I’m considering of using the PC version of it, so I can disable the music through mods and do some…special stuff. If you are a KH3 modder/you know someone who could help me, please message me on Twitter! 4) Q: So all of the 123 episodes list will be messed up? A: No. KHUX will still finish on Episode 11 like I planned years ago. Dark Road will start on Episode 12. Only the beginning of Birth by Sleep might have a small change of numbers in the playlist. 5) Q: Why did you put Missing-Link in the intro alongside the other titles? A: Because...never say never. There's no way I can put the whole story of Missing-Link in the Timeline, not in the near future. That game's story might last some years, like it happened with KHUX. However, I did want to include it in the panels titles screen, so we finally have a complete timeline screen, for once. If you're more curious or you have more questions, please ask! - Follow me on: ► Twitch - www.twitch.tv/everglowtv ► Twitter - twitter.com/everglow8444 Support me on: ► Patreon: www.patreon.com/everglow Merch: ► Spring: teespring.com/stores/everglows-merch _ ► All Main Story Cutscenes of Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lZEYUjtRU ► Kingdom Hearts Dark Road playthrough: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhcSrKyqhfh6KtymEp7Gpkw…

"I could not bear to lose any of you to the darkness!" - Equarus This line of him when I heard him said first time in BBS. I just think that he just a worry ward teacher to Terra. But, after what I watch in Dark Road, it give such a much deeper feeling. He truly worry and care for Terra and seeing as his own son.

Aqua:"You two are like the weirdest brothers" Hermod:"Oh little sister I could watch you doing a Mark of Mastery" And Happy New Everglow and May Your Hearts Being Your Guiding Key

There's something so painfully beautiful, seeing that scene of Ventus recieving Terra's wooden Keyblade and the way you've presented it here. I'm so used to hearing the sad tones of Ventus' theme with that cutscene, and yet, the mood is completely changed with the inclusion of Dearly Beloved. And not just any Dearly Beloved. I recognize that one, and the cutscene that I remember it most from was in KH2 when Sora was leaving Twilight Town, and could feel Roxas' pain. The contextualisation just shifts entirely, and I'm experiencing that cutscene with an entirely different emotion now. And it drove me to some tears. I genuinely started to cry, watching an empty-eyed Ventus smile and grab the Keyblade. It's sorta... incredible, how so simple a change just shifted my entire view of that scene. Thank you, for letting me experience this. It was a very very special feeling that I can tell will stick with me whenever I cross this scene again.

AND WE BEGIN THE YEAR WITH BIRTH BY SLEEP WOOOOOO

“Ven, you hopeless sleepyhead!” Aqua chided after finding Ven asleep during the middle of the night.

also 33:37 that transistion to aqua's story is so smooth, it looks like it is part of ventus' story

DDD and Dark Road mark of mastery exam: Travel other worlds and save them/explore them BBS: Ball of light go BRUMMM

Wow, after seeing what Eraqus went through when he was younger, seeing all his friends get killed by darkness, it makes it more tragic that he was really didn’t want the same thing to happen to his students.

Te lo dico in italiano, sei FANTASTICO! Adoro il modo in cui gestisci la saga, ti STIMO! Kingdom Hearts non è facile da capire, ma il modo in cui riesci a concatenare gli eventi fra dark road, birth by sleep e il punto di vista di Terra, Aqua e Ven, è SUPERLATIVO. May your heart be your guiding key!

Welcome back everyone, we hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as we finally return to the Kingdom Hearts timeline series. Today we take a look at Birth by Sleep as we follow our new heroes Terra, Aqua and the returning Ventus, or Ven as he likes to be called. Terra and Aqua are both set to take on the Mark of Mastery exam, basically the Kingdom Hearts equivalent to the Jedi trials from Star Wars. Just the night before, Aqua made Wayfinders for herself and her friends, as a sign of friendship. Terra and Aqua begin their exam under Master Eraqus with his old friend Xehanort observing. They pull through, but unfortunately, Aqua is the only one to become a Master as Terra failed as he produced a small sliver of darkness during his dual with Aqua. Unknown to everyone, this exactly what Xehanort wanted. After hearing from Yen Sid of the presence of mysterious creatures called the Unversed, Terra and Aqua are assigned to deal with the problem, with Eraqus considering this to be Terra’s Mark of Mastery do over, however he also asks Aqua to keep an eye on Terra, in case his Darkness gets out of control. Unfortunately, Aqua is also demanded by Eraqus to bring Ven home after he takes off after Terra following his encounter with Vanitas. Now, our Wayfinder trio’s journey begins.

Happy New Year Everglow!!!!! May your Heart be your guiding key. ❤️

Happy New year Everglow, I’d be very lost in the lore without you 🎉❤

xehanort's manipulation of terra's darkness is so much worse now because it's not like dark road showed xehanort learning or doing anything Different darkness-wise, he just managed to teach himself to wield both light and darkness "in proper balance" without darkness overwhelming and corrupting his heart enough to kill or possess him (when he DID become a heartless/nobody he did it willingly and knowingly). there is no reason at all that Terra couldn't have learned the same thing, and Xehanort could have easily taught him as much. But he chose not to. that's the most fucked up part of it all to me. especially given the way he talked about Terra's darkness in his letter to Eraqus, knowing it would 100% give his old classmate flashbacks to Baldr and everything he did. no wonder Eraqus is so vehemently against darkness being wielded even the slightest bit after what it did to his friends. this timeline also makes it so much more egregious that they just refused to show yen sid in dark road or even give the slightest possible mention of him in any capacity. after bbs AND khmom, the Most Recent addition to the story besides dark road itself, talked about him training in Scala right alongside them. not even one slight, brief, passing mention or namedrop whatsoever.

Now the Birth By Sleep Saga truly begins here. Looking forward to seeing more! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you too, Everglow! And many thanks for this!

Happy new Year Everglow! I was worried something happened to you due to 10 days without content. It's nice to see you back!

Happy New Year Everglow. ✨️🎆🎇🎊🎉🥳 I'm curious to how much of BBS and the other episodes will be re-numbered because I don't want to wait another 4-6 months till you arrive at Kingdom Hearts III and Melody of Memory respectively.

Finally gotten to birth by sleep can’t wait to watch the timeline for those videos. You just can’t help but feel bad for Terra because if only someone would have told him that using darkness isn’t a bad thing as long as you use for the right reasons he would have been a keyblade master. Eraqus relied to heavy on the light and with what happened with Xehanort and the events of dark road he didn’t give Terra the advice he needed about using the power of darkness for good. Xehanort could have been that mentor for Terra but sadly he was just using Terra for his own goals. So Terra was just a victim of a fallen out that happened decades ago and even beyond that thanks to the master of masters along with Ven and Aqua

Happy New Year, Everglow! I'm so happy to see you uploading a new episode after taking a holiday break (my guess) and I hope you had some fun and relaxing days :D I'm really looking forward to the next new episodes !