Alneo Region & Beginning of Universe

By Cynthia Blackheart

Champion of Sinnoh

Who was the first Pokémon?

This question has always been a point of debate between people of the Pokémon world. The Creationists believe that at the beginning of universe, Arceus emerged from the chaos and shaped the world with his hundred hands. On the other hand, the more science-oriented evolutionists believe that Mew was the first Pokémon and all the others evolved from it. Till now, both the theories had time and again contradicted each other and no one fact was accepted as truth. But with the appearance of Alneo region, all the myths of creation were broken down.

One might wonder why Alneo holds so much importance. Well, ask yourself, if a new building magically appears near your house, would you simply neglect it? No, right? The same was our reaction when the satellites informed that a new landmass has mysteriously appeared in the middle of the ocean. We knew it was something serious!

When the first squad of researchers was sent to Alneo, they found out that this mysterious new region was home to a lot of new Pokémon, some of them were related directly or distinctly to the Pokémon we find in other regions while a lot of them were entirely separate species. Also, the Pokémon of this region were far more powerful than the ones we knew, for instance, a Noctowl we found in the wild new Dragon Breath, a move the species can't learn by any means.

It was also found that Alneo had a largely diversified geography. The northernmost part of Alneo is decorated by large mountain ranges, containing the largest peaks in the world. Numerous rivers make their way down these mountains, branching and creating the famous river channels of Alneo. It is these rivers that the north-central part of the region is flourish with rainforests. However, a little mountain range separates a smaller western part from the plains and rainfall, creating a vast desert. The western part, though, homes a large marsh created by the rivers branching into a delta. As we move south, the plains transform into plateau finally opening to the sea in a peninsula. There are small archipelagoes on both sides of the southern peninsula, one of which was later converted to the Alneo League headquarters named Victory Islands.

So, enough with the geography lessons. We'll now move towards the topic we have started this article with, that is, the first Pokémon.

This question was answered when humans from different part of the world started to settle in Alneo region because of its diversity in both Pokémon and geography. More parts of the mysterious region was discovered, one of them being the ancient Creation Ruins. The scientists have found that the ruins are millions of years old, even before the first human civilization.

The glyphs in the ruins explain that in the beginning of universe, there were two equal and opposite forces of right and wrong, order and chaos. The two primordial forces fought for eons with no victor. The force of good sired a world with life, and the force of evil answered by creating the Seven Sins of Pride, Trickery, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed and Lust. The Seven Sins plagued the human world for centuries before seventeen Elemental Warriors emerged from the light to fight them. These warriors were sired by the force of good and were the creators of all elements that exist in the universe namely, Fire, Water, Plants, Lightning, Wind, Bugs, Poison, Ice, Metals, Ghost, Rock, Ground, Strength, Mind, Magic, Dragon, and Darkness.

The seventeen warriors fought alongside the force of good and finally sealed the ultimate force of evil and its Seven Sins into the depths of the Distortion Realm. The battle, however, destroyed all the creation and the universe once again became a chaos. The force of good then transformed into pure energy and illuminated the darkness of the universe. A part of this energy condensed and formed an egg, the first Pokémon egg ever.

Over the years, the seventeen Elements watched over the egg. After it hatched, the Elemental Warriors pledged to stay by this newborn and concentrated their respective energies into artefacts, known to the modern world as Elemental Plates.

Yes, you guessed right. The Pokémon that hatched from the egg was Arceus and the seventeen Elemental Warriors became his plates, granting the power of their elements to every Pokémon ever since.

Now, a question arises. If Mew is the ancestor of all Pokémon and has the DNA of every single Pokémon, how was Arceus the first to hatch?

The answer is more simple than what you might guess. Have you heard the saying that Arceus shaped (reshaped, to be honest) the universe with his thousand hands? Well, they were not the literal 'hands'.

To start the universe from the scratch, Arceus created a thousand Mew, who later sired all the different types of Pokémon we know. Well, except the council of legendaries, but since Arceus sired all the legendary Pokémon, Mew share its DNA with them.

The rest of the story, we all know. Arceus created the Creation Trio: Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. While Dialga was given the domain of time, Palkia got the power over space. Giratina, however, was chosen to rule the Distortion Realm, both as a punishment for his misbehavior and to make sure that the ultimate force of evil does not escape.

Arceus then recreated the Pokémon World and the humans, giving them various virtues by creating Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf. But the creation of humans and their interaction with Pokémon is a different story, so I say farewell for now.

Meet you again with the Chronicles of Alneo.