So, now that this story is over I'm going to take the time to walk you through some of my overall thoughts on the traitor. It was stated fairly early on in the story by Skuld that there were five suspects, each of which held the life of many in their hands. This is partly true for me, but unlike Skuld, I don't have five suspects. I have seven.

You might be questioning me there. Seven suspects?! But there are only five foretellers! Well, to be honest, it's possible that none of the foretellers are the traitor. It's possible that Luxu is the traitor. It's even possible the Master of Masters is the traitor.

But even with only seven suspects, I have ten theories. That's right, ten. So without further ado, here are my theories on the traitor. Fair warning, spoilers lie ahead, if you haven't watched the movie or played the game. I don't think that's an issue if you've read the story, but just in case.

Theory #1- Ira
My first theory is probably the weakest one. Blaming Ira is just to prove I have no clue. For the most part, Ira follows through on his role. He acts as the leader. He guides the others to the best of his ability. The biggest thing that could point to him being the traitor is he started the whole panic. The lost page clearly states the traitor doesn't know they are the traitor. They thought they were acting the right way. Ira thought he was doing the right thing informing the others of the traitor, but technically it wasn't his role to handle the traitor, it was Gula's. So by starting the panic that spread the distrust amongst the foretellers, Ira could be held responsible for starting the war.

Theory #2- Aced
So, Aced is another one that I don't have much to go on. I used to hold Aced as my number one suspect, but that was really just because I didn't personally like him. He was the one Union master I found unnerving. However, there is a small bit of evidence. His act of trying to up spur Ira. He thought he was in the right, but all the others didn't. He also suggested the alliance which was against the Master's teachings. These actions could have been enough to cause the unrest in the Unions that led to the keyblade war. But really, he's not likely.

Theory #3- Invi
This is another weak theory. But it's still a small chance. Invi had her responsibility to watch over the others. With that, she did a great job. However, she did report everything to Ira, which I'm pretty sure the Master of Masters did not intend for. She did what she thought was right and told the leader what was going on. This did result in distrust though. It led to secrecy in the Unions. That secrecy could have ultimately led to the keyblade war.

Theory #4- Gula
Gula is actually my favorite foreteller. It kills me to say that this is probably one of the more convincing theories. To start, Gula did have the lost page. It was thought that whoever held the lost page was the traitor. It was later revealed that the Master of Masters gave Gula that page so we're a little less convinced based on that alone. But there's more. Gula directly disobeyed the Master of Masters and tried to summon Kingdom Hearts. In the end, he's really the only one to turn away from his role. And Gula himself said that whoever deviated from their role was likely the traitor.

Theory #5- Ava
Ava is a great character. My second favorite amongst the foretellers and she is my Union master. However, she's another convincing suspect. This theory relies more heavily on the mobile game then the movie. Ava doesn't appear to deviate from her role, but in the game, she is shown talking to Luxu about the traitor. Of course, we don't get to hear most of their conversation, but Luxu tells her the truth about the traitor. In response to that she outright attacks Luxu. At the same time, the player hears from Gula exactly what's written on the lost page. And it says something about a final strike and a bell tolling signaling the start of the war. As Ava attacks Luxu a bell tolls and Gula declares the war has begun. Makes that a little hard to fight.

Theory #6- Luxu
Ok, this is actually really similar to Ava's theory. This is actually a way that Ava could not be the traitor. So, I covered everything important to this theory in Ava's discussion. Luxu and Ava talk about the traitor. Ava attacks Luxu, the bell tolls, war starts. What if the truth that made Ava attack Luxu was that Luxu was the traitor? Everything on the lost page would still hold true. Other than that we really have no evidence. Luxu stays out of sight most of the time and has little to do with the story.

Theory #7- The Master of Masters
So this theory came from watching the X movie with my family and best friend. My best friend, and oddly enough my mother suggested this. The MoM is the traitor. He set it up where distrust would spread amongst his apprentices. It was a test to see if they could pull through hard times. A test that they failed. The main evidence is he insisted the future couldn't be changed, which I always find untrue. He also told each one their roles in private. With them not knowing the others roles it would be easy for distrust to spread. Because who can say if the others are lying about their role or not? Not to mention Chirithy's lines. His playful and mischievous ways. Who's to say this wasn't just a game? A game that turned deadly.

Theory #8- All
This theory is kinda strange but it's one that popped up and won't leave my head. It relies on all the theories before this one. Quite simply it's every single foreteller was a traitor. In their own ways, they all did something they shouldn't have done, spread panic, led an uprising, tried to summon Kingdom Hearts. Everyone messed up. All together with each of their mistakes piling one on top of the other they triggered the war. It sounds a little crazy but with Nomura, it's really hard to tell.

Theory #9- No One
This theory is my personal favorite. To me, it is also is the most heartbreaking. The theory is there is no traitor. The traitor was created in their minds because they couldn't trust one another. The book of prophecies records the future that Luxu observed. The lost page spoke of a traitor. If the traitor was all in their heads, and they continued to act as if there was a traitor, it stands to reason the book would record a traitor whether one existed or not. That was the reason the traitor could never be caught, they didn't exist. Because of this threat of a traitor that did not exist the foretellers broke apart from each other and eventually turned on each other. In the end, the war started because they couldn't trust each other.

Theory #10- The Future
I really like this theory too, but this one makes me really nervous. This theory ties into the last one a little. It still stands that during the ancient keyblade war there was no traitor. It was in their imagination and led to the war. But the lost page wasn't wrong. It just wasn't about the ancient keyblade war. It's about the one that Xehanort plans to start. The only real evidence for this is in Dream Drop. Young Xehanort says a line from the lost page, talking about the one who bears the sigil. We know this sigil to be the letter x. Gula also mentions this line while talking to Ava, so we know it's not just something Xehanort made up. No one in Chi is seen wearing an x. But in all the other games, pretty much everyone has an x on their outfit somewhere. Maybe one of them is the traitor.

So those are my main thoughts on the traitor. I've had a few others pop up but they never really stuck. I thought maybe the player might be the traitor after all the dark Chirithy is our own, but it's pretty obvious the player doesn't start that war. I'd love to hear other thoughts and opinions on the traitor. It's definitely an interesting topic. Feel free to comment or pm me any opinions or even your own theories.

Here are a few other random theories.

-Yen Sid is the Master of Masters. This one is kinda random, but it's a fun one. I don't actually remember where this theory came from but I know it always makes things interesting. I think it just came out of nowhere while I was theorizing and at first, I thought it was really stupid but the more I thought about it the more I liked it.

-The black box holds a way to reset history. If it is opened history will start all over again. It's actually a really interesting thought. I spent several hours going around with a friend about what could happen. I came up with this one based off what Nomura said about Sora continuing to be the main character of the next piece of the series. I thought it was an interesting way that we could continue to follow Sora, just through an alternate history.

- The dandelions escaped not into the outside world, but into the book of prophecies. This is based on a few things, one being the fact that all the worlds seen in chi are holograms from the book of prophecies. Two is the secret ending to chi, where Maleficent is shown talking about Sora at the same time the player exists. And three, Ventus and Marluxia still being alive. If the war is as old as they say it is, that shouldn't even be remotely possible. Furthermore Maleficent can't have known about Sora. It just makes sense that the dandelions are hidden away in the book. The worlds that we know truly exist because of the light in children's hearts, not from the dandelions. And it makes it possible for Ephemer and Skuld to make a reappearance. Or maybe they're already on the lose like the other leaders seem to be.