Alright, now here's a few ideas that have been stirred up in my mind from the recent scan of "Red Eyes" as I'll refer to him, in BbS Final Mix.
Red Eyes could be a Pureblood Heartless, as it looks like there's no Emblem on it. It would fit, as the Realm of Darkness has to be teeming with Pureblood Heartless. It's already been proven that the Heartless have been around for some time - we saw Master Xehanort summon the Neoshadows to attack Ven: when Ansem the Wise and Xehanort "discovered them", it...
Wait. What if, what if, the Heartless hadn't been in the Realm of Light for eons, possibly since the Keyblade War... or even they'd never been in the Realm of Light. Master Xehanort discovered them somehow and began using them in his work, and then his memories returned as Terranort (if we assume he indeed lost his memories) and returned the Heartless to the Realm of Light in full force, and the creation of the Emblem Heartless. But then again... how did Xehanort come across the Heartless when even he mentioned in his reports he'd stay away from the Realm of Darkness for his own safety?
That would be another story that could be told - a story before even Birth by Sleep, but after the Keyblade War - with a young Eraqus as the main character, and the relationship with him and Xehanort like Sora/Riku. It would explain Xehanort's dark descent, and possibly Red Eyes as the final boss, before maybe Xehanort and Eraqus' master banished it to the Realm of Darkness - where years later, it attacks Aqua.
But I think most likely, this is a brand new enemy - not Heartless, Nobody, Unversed, Keyblade Armour, Sora clone - brand spankin' new. I certainly hope it is!
Debate, discuss, etc etc.
Red Eyes could be a Pureblood Heartless, as it looks like there's no Emblem on it. It would fit, as the Realm of Darkness has to be teeming with Pureblood Heartless. It's already been proven that the Heartless have been around for some time - we saw Master Xehanort summon the Neoshadows to attack Ven: when Ansem the Wise and Xehanort "discovered them", it...
Wait. What if, what if, the Heartless hadn't been in the Realm of Light for eons, possibly since the Keyblade War... or even they'd never been in the Realm of Light. Master Xehanort discovered them somehow and began using them in his work, and then his memories returned as Terranort (if we assume he indeed lost his memories) and returned the Heartless to the Realm of Light in full force, and the creation of the Emblem Heartless. But then again... how did Xehanort come across the Heartless when even he mentioned in his reports he'd stay away from the Realm of Darkness for his own safety?
That would be another story that could be told - a story before even Birth by Sleep, but after the Keyblade War - with a young Eraqus as the main character, and the relationship with him and Xehanort like Sora/Riku. It would explain Xehanort's dark descent, and possibly Red Eyes as the final boss, before maybe Xehanort and Eraqus' master banished it to the Realm of Darkness - where years later, it attacks Aqua.
But I think most likely, this is a brand new enemy - not Heartless, Nobody, Unversed, Keyblade Armour, Sora clone - brand spankin' new. I certainly hope it is!
Debate, discuss, etc etc.