Lexaeus

^{Lexaeus (レクセウス, Rekuseusu) is one of the two members of the Organization in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories that only appears in Riku's story mode. He is also known as the "Silent Hero" (静かなる豪傑, Shizuka-naru Gōketsu), and he employs a large axe-sword, Skysplitter (破天, Haten), which is able to break rocks and shake the area itself with his elemental power of earth and superhuman strength. Lexaeus' original form is a guard named Aeleus (エレウス, Ereusu, misspelled as Eleus in the North American version), one of Ansem the Wise's assistants. The character was first voiced by Tatsuya Kando, who provided simple battle expressions for Chain of Memories. For the Japanese releases of Re:Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days, he was replaced by Fumihiko Tachiki, while Dave Boat voiced the character in the English releases.
During the events of Chain of Memories, Lexaeus and Zexion discover Marluxia's plans to overthrow the Organization by capturing and manipulating Sora, and decide to capture Riku and use him in the same fashion to counter Marluxia. When they believe that Sora might fall into Marluxia's grasp, Lexaeus confronts Riku directly, trying to convince him to open himself up to the power of the darkness in his heart. After Riku defeats him in the original Chain of Memories, Lexaeus uses the last of his strength to release all of the darkness within him to consume Riku. In Re:Chain of Memories, however, Riku is knocked unconscious by Lexaeus, only to be possessed by Xehanort's Heartless, who swiftly cuts Lexaeus down, the dying warrior lamenting his decision to battle Riku. Lexaeus's demise leads to the revival of Aeleus, as seen in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.}