
One day, Master Odin informs everyone that the upperclassmen of Keyblade wielders had gone missing, including the sister of his fellow classmate, Baldr, and that his apprentices are to split into two groups to search the worlds. He would often spend his days playing Alba & Ater with Xehanort. Secret Report 2 Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Įraqus is one of Xehanort's fellow classmates in Scala ad Caelum, alongside Vor, Hermod, Urd, Bragi, and Baldr. Story Before Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Įraqus is a blueblood, descended from one of the Dandelions.
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In the English version of the series, Eraqus is voiced by Mark Hamill, who was chosen specifically by Nomura because of his role as Luke Skywalker, his love of the Star Wars series, and his desire to pit Star Wars and Star Trek (a series that Nomura is also a fan of) against each other in a "dream match" by casting the late Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame as Master Xehanort, Eraqus's friend turned rival. Tetsuya Nomura once forgot the basis of Eraqus's name, and had to be reminded by an employee that it was an anagram of "Square". Master Eraqus was conceived as a Final Fantasy-esque counterpart to Disney's Master Yen Sid, given that his name is an anagram of "Square", a reference to Square Enix, the developers of the Kingdom Hearts series, and his resemblance to Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy mirrors Yen Sid's name being an anagram of his creator's name, Walt Disney. 2.3 Between Kingdom Hearts Dark Road and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.He is the master of Terra and Aqua, and he also serves as the second master of Ventus. " Fear leads to obsession with power, and obsession beckons the darkness." -Eraqus warns Terra of the path to the dark sideĮraqus, known to his students as Master Eraqus, is a Keyblade Master featured in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. He and his best friend would often match wits playing chess between training sessions. He was struck down by his own brother-in-training, Master Xehanort, in the clash over a decade ago. The true Keyblade Master who mentored Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.


Though strict on the outside, he is not unkind, and loves his pupils like his own children.Ī Keyblade Master and master of Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. He has a strong aversion to darkness, and believes it the duty of every Keyblade Master to rid the world of it. One of the true Keyblade Masters and also Terra, Aqua and Ventus's teacher.
