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Herrin, a man of 40, ran through the dark alleyways of the Radiant Gardens where Xehanort secretly continued his studies of the heart. His large katana in hand, he bounded down the hallway, seeking to prevent Xehanort from going too far. Suddenly, strange, white creatures brandishing four old fashioned katanas each, and all looked angry.
"Get out of my way!" was the only words the warrior said before his katana sang as it tasted Nobody flesh. Charging through the dust created by their physical manifestations, he came to a large, ornate door. "This must be it." Herrin said as he kicked the door down. "XEHANORT! Do not touch tha-"
He was never able to finish that sentence. Along with Xehanort, he was torn in three. His body becoming the Nobody Auron, his heart becoming the Heartless that Xehanort's Heartless fought alongside, guarding him just like the duty Herrin was charged with. His soul, however, became something different. And so, in the Third District of Traverse Town, awoke Derto, neither living, nor dead, neither complete, Heartless, nor Nobody, but something more.
"What is this place?"