Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20171030064428/@comment-27416494-20171120232338

Two controllers of darkness who have sought to attain two great artifacts of power, the Triforce and Kingdom Hearts, over the span of multiple generations. Although their intentions for doing so were fairly noble at first (Ganondorf wanted to help out his suffering people, and Xehanort sought out a balance between the forces of light and darkness), their motives only became more selfish and destructive as time went on, as both were perfectly willing to flood their worlds in darkness and commit countless murders all for the sake of attaining greater power.

The two of them have total mastery over sorcery, magic, and swordplay (well, Keybladeplay for Xehanort if you want to get technical), which they have made full use of to attain total control of a seemingly endless army of dark creatures. Both are extremely adept at manipulating others and forging schemes with multiple failsafes in the event that something goes wrong. Whenever a new villain or threat is introduced to either franchise, chances are they will be connected to Ganondorf or Xehanort in some way or form, often times having their position as the final boss revoked just when the heroes think the day has been saved. Despite canonically dying or at least being pushed to the brink of death on multiple occasions, it would only serve as a momentary delay for their plans. Depending on the game involved, a new incarnation of either villain would rise up to carry on their ideals, or they would simply have a postmortem method of resurrecting themselves in store for the years to come.