Episode 2: The Presence of Darkness

Episode 2: The Presence of Darkness is the second episode of Kingdom Hearts Dark Road.

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Episode walkthrough
Quest No. 21 
 Quest No. 22 
 Quest No. 23 
 Quest No. 24 
 Quest No. 25 
 Quest No. 26 
 Quest No. 27 
Quest No. 28
 Quest No. 29 
 Quest No. 30 
Main Mission No. 30 (1/2): Obtain 10000 BP
(2/2): Defeat 10 enemies in Wonderland ★★★
 Quest No. 31 
 Quest No. 32 
 Quest No. 33
 Quest No. 34 
 Quest No. 35 
 Quest No. 36 
 Quest No. 37 
 Quest No. 38 
 Quest No. 39 
 Quest No. 40 

Story summary

Quest No. 21

Before quest

[On Destiny Islands, Xehanort wakes up with a tear running down his face.]

  • Xehanort: "I never really thought about who I was."

[A robed figure approaches Xehanort.]

  • Xehanort: "Not until I began to wonder who others were."

[The scene moves to the classroom in Scala ad Caelum.]

  • Xehanort: "Day after day, I spend my time with the same classmates in the same classroom. The days are peaceful and a little boring, but they're also familiar and comfortable."

[The screen turns black.]

  • Xehanort: "Even so, my new life is just like the old."

[The scene goes back to the Destiny Islands, with Xehanort entering a Corridor of Darkness.]

  • Xehanort: "A different world, but with the same days playing out over and over again. I left the island behind to come here, and yet..."

[The scene moves to Scala ad Caelum, where Xehanort sits on a bench and Eraqus walks up and joins him.]

  • Xehanort: "Maybe it's not about the place. Maybe it's about me... ...and how I engage with others. How we influence one another and the world around us."
  • Xehanort: "Maybe that's what shapes our hearts and who we are...and who we will become."

[The scene moves to Wonderland, where Xehanort stand leaning against a tree.]

  • Xehanort: "All kinds of things can influence the growth of a heart. Change can come from anywhere, from the smallest, simplest thing. From light, or from darkness."
  • Eraqus: "They should be here by now."
  • <Party member>: "What? YOU'RE late all the time."
  • Eraqus: "Fashionably late!"
  • <Party member>: "Says you!"
  • Eraqus: "Hey, there's an art to my—"
  • Xehanort: "Shh. We're being watched."
  • Eraqus: "It's about time they showed up!"
  • Eraqus: "Agh!"
  • Xehanort: "What is it?"
  • <Party member>: "What's wrong?"

[Eraqus points to a pair of eyes in a tree, and the Cheshire Cat appears.]

  • Cheshire Cat: "♪'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves...♪"
  • <Party member>: "Where did—?"
  • Xehanort: "Who are you?"
  • Cheshire Cat: "A cheshire cat, if you please. Or if you don't."
  • Eraqus: "A cat? Man, you scared me!"
  • Cheshire Cat: "Hmm...there's no point waiting around for your friends to arrive."
  • Xehanort: "How did you know we're waiting for our friends?"
  • Cheshire Cat: "Mmm... I'll never tell."
  • Eraqus: "Can you help us? Do you know where they are?"
  • Cheshire Cat: "Why, they're under lock... And, of course, key, too."
  • Xehanort, Eraqus, and <Party member>: "!"
  • Xehanort: "What!? Where?"
  • Cheshire Cat: "Exactly? What or where?"

[The Cheshire Cat disappears.]

  • Eraqus: "Hey, wait!"
  • <Party member>: "So what's the plan?"
  • Xehanort: "Well, we don't have much to go off of."
  • Eraqus: "But we have to do something! Start looking for— Agh!"

[The Cheshire Cat's head appears in a different tree.]

  • Cheshire Cat: "Or just wait. The answer will be here rather soon."

[The Cheshire Cat disappears again.]

  • Eraqus: "Is he really gone this time...?"
  • <Party member>: "What did he mean anyway?"
  • Xehanort: "Beats me."
  • Xehanort: "Ah, that might be our answer."

[Three Playing Cards surround the trio.]

  • <Party member>: "What now?"
  • Ace of Spades: "More intruders?! It's not good to cause a ruckus in Her Majesty's kingdom, you know."
  • Eraqus: "We're just looking for our friends."
  • Three of Spades: "Not that that would matter."
  • Two of Spades: "We'd best seize them."
  • Eraqus: "Hey, listen to me!"
  • ???: "Hurry!"

[The Ace of Hearts walks up.]

  • Ace of Hearts: "The trial's about to begin!"
  • Three of Spades: "But we spotted some suspicious—"
  • Ace of Hearts: "No time for that! If you're late, you'll lose your heads!"

[The Playing Cards run off.]

  • Eraqus: "So...that's it?"
  • <Party member>: "I guess we're off the hook."
  • Xehanort: "For now. But I'm not so sure about the others."
  • <Party member>: "What do you mean?"
  • Xehanort: ""More intruders," he said— which means he must've run into people who looked like us before."
  • Eraqus: "That's it!"
  • Eraqus: "The cat said our friends were under lock and key, and those soldiers were talking about a trial. That's gotta be where they are."
  • <Party member>: "Wait, a trial? For what?"
  • Xehanort: ""I don't know. Seems like this worlds has its own weird set of rules."
  • <Party member>: "At least now we know where to go."
  • Eraqus: "Then what are we waiting for?"
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Large Body LV 22       
Number of enemies: 5
  Possible enemies
Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
 
Shadow LV 11          
 
Red Nocturne LV 13       
 
Blue Rhapsody LV 13       
 
Yellow Opera LV 13       
 
Soldier LV 15       
 
Possessor LV 16         
 
Chomper Egg LV 17       
 
Flower Rider LV 17        
 
Sparkler LV 18       
 
Creeper Plant LV 18       
 
Aeroplane LV 19         
 
Dire Plant LV 19        
 
Nimble Bee LV 20          
 
Armored Knight LV 21       
 
Armored Archer LV 21  
 
Poison Archer LV 22       
 
Sleep Archer LV 22         
 
Paralysis Archer LV 22         
 
Large Body LV 22       
 
Wizard LV 23        
 
White Rose LV 23        
 
Red Rose LV 24       
 
Large Armor LV 25       
 
Emerald Sonata LV 26  
HP Recovery
  Bonus: Slight HP recovery
 
Mega-Shadow LV 27     
 
Lance Soldier LV 28        
 
Gargoyle LV 28          
 
Ice Plant LV 29       

Quest No. 22

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Wizard LV 23        
Number of enemies: 10
  Possible enemies
Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
 
Shadow LV 11          
 
Red Nocturne LV 13       
 
Blue Rhapsody LV 13       
 
Yellow Opera LV 13       
 
Soldier LV 15       
 
Possessor LV 16         
 
Chomper Egg LV 17       
 
Flower Rider LV 17        
 
Sparkler LV 18       
 
Creeper Plant LV 18       
 
Aeroplane LV 19         
 
Dire Plant LV 19        
 
Nimble Bee LV 20          
 
Armored Knight LV 21       
 
Armored Archer LV 21  
 
Poison Archer LV 22       
 
Sleep Archer LV 22         
 
Paralysis Archer LV 22         
 
Large Body LV 22       
 
Wizard LV 23        
 
White Rose LV 23        
 
Red Rose LV 24       
 
Large Armor LV 25       
 
Lance Soldier LV 28        
 
Gargoyle LV 28          
 
Ice Plant LV 29       

Quest No. 23

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Red Rose LV 24       
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 24

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Lance Soldier LV 28        
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 25

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Poison Archer LV 22       
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Paralysis Archer LV 22         
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Sleep Archer LV 22         
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Poison Archer LV 22       
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Paralysis Archer LV 22         
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Sleep Archer LV 22         
Number of enemies: 6

Quest No. 26

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Emerald Sonata LV 26  
HP Recovery
  Bonus: Slight HP recovery
Number of enemies: 5

Quest No. 27

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Ice Plant LV 29       
Number of enemies: 4

Quest No. 28

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Ferry Reaper LV 40           
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 29

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Ice Plant LV 29       
Number of enemies: 10

Quest No. 30

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Mega-Shadow LV 27     
Number of enemies: 5

Quest No. 31

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Flower Rider LV 37        
Number of enemies: 6

Quest No. 32

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Creeper Plant LV 38       
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 33

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Dire Plant LV 39        
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 34

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Chomper Egg LV 37       
Number of enemies: 5

Quest No. 35

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Aeroplane LV 39         
Number of enemies: 6

Quest No. 36

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Nimble Bee LV 40          
Number of enemies: 10

Quest No. 37

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Large Body LV 42       
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 38

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Armored Knight LV 41       
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 39

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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White Rose LV 43        
Number of enemies: 1

Quest No. 40

# Icon Enemy Level Attack Resistance Immunity Weakness Notes
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Ice Plant LV 49       
Number of enemies: 1

Notes and references