I read on KHInsider that the old guy controls keyblades. Via the whole column of flying keyblades that rips the knights to pieces. But I believe he merely controls the elements. He lifts the ground and all, why not pick up all the keyblades laying around with wind? I dunno, just a thought.
I'm pretty sure, although I haven't played KHI in a while, that when you first get to Traverse Town there is an old man or someone that comes up to you and he's like "You look alot like him." and you, and also Sora, are like "Huh?" and the old guy says "Nevermind." and walks away. I thought he was talking about Sora looking like Leon or Riku, but he must be talking about Ven, huh? I'll have to dust off my KHI and see if I'm lieing and totally made that up, but I pretty strongly recall seeing that. Someone correct me if I'm wrong and you get the answer before me. =)
I've been looking around at other Kingdom Hearts forums, but for some reason they didn't seem as inviting as this one. I dunno why, maybe it's the nice page layout. I'm not usually into fads and such, but Kingdom Hearts really sparks my interest. I'm pretty up to date on all the theories people have thrown onto the intraweb, so I'm not that much of a newb, hehe. Anyways, glad to be here!