Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-75.52.188.181-20151121133819/@comment-4010415-20151121233103

Sort of. His face and hairstyle stayed the same, but his eye and hair color changed. It was really aging that changed his appearance. Keep in mind that there's a span of 10 years between Birth by Sleep and KH1, and we don't really know for how long Terranort was in Ansem the Wise's apprenticeship, nor how long ago that painting of Xehanort was made. Though, I assume Xehanort had it made after he sent Ansem the Wise to the Realm of Darkness and went insane.

There is the curious fact that old Xehanort has darker skin than young Xehanort. I kinda wonder if it has anything to do with the darkness' effect on him, or if he was naturally going to get darker skin as he aged. Ansem Seeker of Darkness has dark skin, while Xemnas has light skin, so it's possible that Ansem Seeker of Darkness was more an embodiment of a Heartless of Xehanort, while Xemnas took on an appearance more similar to Terra with some Xehanort mixed in and was, in essence, the mixture of the two of them. It makes sense. Terranort is just Xehanort's heart inside of Terra's body. A Nobody is the body left behind driven by the soul (life force) after the Heart has been removed.

Ehh, well... This doesn't really help much in figuring out anything to do with this RWBY theory, but it was interesting to think about, nonetheless.