Unnamed Narrator

The Unnamed Narrator is a character who made his debut in the first chapter of AWTNW. He is a writer and, according to the authors, an actual character from the Kingdom Hearts-universe. The UN lives in the outskirts of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and works as a writer for one of the area's magazines. However, he is incredibly disappointed at his way of living, and wants to further his career as a news writer; he cannot, however, find a story big enough to write about that would get him into national papers.

That day changes when his friend, Brian, who worked at Fair Financing in Manhattan, asked him to lunch at the Steamtown Mall. There, Brian informed the UN about possible illegal activities revolving around Fair. Just then, the two are interrupted by a scream and they witness a group of Dusks massacring the mall's attendants. The UN and Brian eventually escape to the trainyards, where they are cornered by a Dusk. Brian is killed and the UN is able to trap the Dusk inside a boxcar.

The UN then makes his way back into the mall, which is a bloodbath. After helping a little girl get away, he is pinned by a Dusk and undergoes a bizarre ritual by the creature that slowly begins to sweep away his sanity. As he escapes the mall, he leaves behind a fellow survivor, Scranton Sheriff Earnest Garber, to die after witnessing Garber leave his wife behind to perish from the beings.

The Unnamed Narrator is then rounded up by a government-owned health department stationed in Scranton, under the care of the young, naive, and ambitious Dr. Murphy. Murphy helps the UN escape, and the two go back to the boxcar with the Dusk inside it. Murphy is killed by the Dusk and the UN flees into the woods.

Within the woods, the UN discovers a young couple making love. In a sudden animalistic fury, he kills the male and rapes the girl before stealing the car they were having sex in. He drives down to a diner in a nearby town, and attempts to eat ravenously.

At the diner, he comes into contact with Christopher Xehanort, who lies to the UN by saying he works with Murphy. Xehanort, the ultimate breeder of the Dusks, then encourages the UN to give into whatever impulses he may have before hooking the UN up with the diner's snarky waitress, Debbie.

The UN then has sex with Debbie in the stolen car while, apparently, another massacre takes place inside the diner.