Meanwhile in the Far East I
At World's End
"Yo ho, Yo ho, a pirate's life for me...'sigh', I'm so lonely."
- Solgaleo, wondering where everyone else has vanished to.
"I don't know captain. None of them will wake up, they're like corpses!"
- A Sailor of the Thousand Islands, when exploring Cresselia's Domain.
"Hail the Metal Child! Hail the machine!"
- A Cry of Worship in Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
"I, Thunderus being a wrathful GOD and far superior to that fool Tornadus shall purge this pitiful village of life!"
- Thunderus in Yi-Ti.
"I, Tornadus being a wrathful GOD and far superior to that fool Thunderus shall purge this pitiful village of life!"
- Tornadus in Yi-Ti.
"That's the spot, yessssss. Lower. Lower. Low-er..."
- Landorus, enjoying the Summer Islands and ignoring a problem he should probably deal with.
Many people are fond of the claim that Westeros was the region that suffered the most following 'The Arrival'. It certainly had the most legendary beasts and some of the most significant: Mew, the Weather Trio, the Creation Trio and the Tao Trio all took up residence in the Seven Kingdoms. Perhaps that is the reason the claim exists, after all more means worse, does it not (excluding that time Hoopa, Azelf and Jirachi had a thieving contest)?
It is arguable however, that Essos had an even worse situation to deal with. Not the western parts of the continent (excluding the Dothraki plains of course), but the far eastern nations - Asshai, Leng, Yi-Ti, the Thousand Islands and Ulthos. Here the total amount of beings was far less, numbering 6 in total over the entirety of the regions - Solgaleo, Thunderus, Tornadus, Cresselia, Magearna and Arceus (though the latter left fairly quickly for Westeros). All this meant was that there was nothing to distract the divine creatures from running rampant, uncaring of the lives ruined by their actions.
Ironically the plains of the Jogos Nhai were the least damaged despite their fearsome reputation, due to the sun-lion's lack of interest in human affairs. That did not stop him from annihilating the warbands that came too close and then destroying the bigger warbands sent to get revenge. The riders learnt fairly quickly all things considered, but were still left with a large section of their own lands they could not enter - a problem that only increased when Solgaleo began the construction of a 'tropical' forest in the area, with the explanation that it reminded him of home (another part of that mysterious plane of existence the beasts originated from called Aloha). While the trees and shrubs certainly looked nice (and tasted nice, I remember this occasion at Spear Pillar 3.0...wait, ignore that), they were also far superior to the trees and plants of Essos in every way.
They literally began strangling the native ecosystem to death.
To the north, the situation in the Thousand Islands was also racing towards an awkward state of affairs. The dream master Cresselia - as opposed to her counterpart Darkrai - had panicked upon her arrival in the islands and so cast a spell over many of the islands close to her, putting them into a deep sleep. This was not automatically a bad thing, the dream spell was powerful enough to ensure that any predators on the islands had fallen asleep as well. Any affected would also not age or starve while under the spell, though their bodies would grow gradually weaker over time. They were however defenceless to outside enemies, such as invaders from the mainland or other inhabitants of the Thousand Islands who had not been put to sleep.
Leng and Asshai also suffered quite nasty occurrences, both dealing with vicious cults surrounding 'gods'. The first of these was the worship of several eldritch horrors - gigantic tentacles feature often in the accounts of witnesses - deep below the island kingdom, who demanded blood sacrifice daily. It did not matter what the sacrifice was, regardless of origin the beasts simply demanded that blood was spilt. This had been going on for centuries prior to Aegon's Conquest and continued to the present day...until Arceus decided that these practices were a little too gross and began to purge the demons from the underground tunnels of Leng. Their battle was very fierce - at least half of the southern side of Leng is still uninhabitable to this day - but the outcome was never in doubt. Arceus was after all the most powerful of the beings who had arrived during 'the Arrival' (well usually) and not afraid to use this power. The horrors were driven from existence, curing Leng of a thousand years of horror.
Strangely, the Lengii people were actually quite upset about this reality and attempted to kill Arceus. The horse/ship wheel/god blasted them into oblivion and flew off to find where everyone else had gone.
In a contrast, the situation in Asshai was far less violent though perhaps even more worrying. The mechanical marvel Magearna had arrived in one of the city's biggest temples in a flash of light before many of the most powerful mages of the city. She had therefore been immediately pounced upon the mages, who saw her as a gift from the heavens to their crafts - despite Magearna's own comments to the contrary. Henceforth they set to replicating her and creating more of her kind as servants - and perhaps later on as warriors.
None of these were equivalent to the damage done in Yi-Ti however, where the storm spirits Tornadus and Thunderus had began a game of one upping each other in how much destruction they could cause. Naturally this led to a lot of death and ruined cities, including the cities of Jinqi and Tiqui - the current capital of Yon being spared for the time being. In most cases this 'game' would have been stopped by Landorus (the master of the trio) or another beast; but unfortunately they were all busy elsewhere. And so the death toll climbed past ten thousand and the devestation continued.
On the bright side it wasn't as bad as the Basilisk Isles where the being Zygarde was fighting off the entire corsair civilisation on his own. Or Sothoryos where the beast Necozma had somehow gained control of an angry lizardman empire. Or Ulthos where the Ultra-Beasts had arrived. Or-
To put it bluntly, the world was fucked.
Omake: Entei and the Accidental Bungie-Jumping Incident
'Open on the three Legendary Beasts standing upon the edge of a gorge'
Raikou: I'm telling you, this is the place!
Suicune: It doesn't look like much.
Entei: That might be because we're outside of it sister. Don't worry yourself, I'm sure it will be more impressive once we're closer; Ho-oh would not have sent us here if this wasn't important.
Suicune: I don't know, he's been a bit distracted recently after that business in Orre.
Raikou: 'Flinches' DO NOT MENTION THAT!
Suicune: It was bad for all of us, you cunt!
Raikou: YES, WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULDN'T MENTION IT!
Suicune: STOP SHOUTING YOU JACKASS!
Raikou: STOP CALLING ME A JACKASS, YOU BITCH!
Entei: 'Calmly' Guys, guys. Can't we all just get along? Orre is a touchy subject for everyone, maybe we should talk about something else. Maybe the golf?
'Raikou and Suicune groan'
Entei: Yes, that's a much happier topic. Raikou what do you think- 'Is kicked off a cliff by said beast.' -ahhhhhhhh...
Suicune: Do a flip!
Raikou: Do a somersault!
'They laugh'
Raikou: Will he ever stop falling for-
'Entei suddenly springs back onto the cliff, having used a fire whip to reverse his fall. With him come a large number of rocks which bury the other two beasts alive.'
Entei: Yes. Yes he will. Bitches.
Omake: How did this happen?
'Curtain rises to show two creatures chained up in a pit. One is a small pink cat fetus, the other a white horse impaled on a ship's wheel.'
Unknown voice: So...how this did happen?
'The cat looks up, revealing a black eye.'
Mew: Hoopa? Hoopa is that you?
'A small genie emerges from the shadows. It is Hoopa, the jackass pokemon.'
Hoopa: How do you feel being the one tied up for once?
Arceus: 'Sighs' You're still a jackass...
'The genie pouts.'
Hoopa: And there I was thinking of releasing you. I suppose-
'Mew and Arceus laugh, though it rapidly turns into a coughing fit in both cases.'
Mew: Please - without the bottle you don't have enough power to -
Arceus: 'Interrupting' And before you ask we aren't giving you the bottle back.
Mew: - Agreed, so you might as well bugger off.
Hoopa:...FINE! But I'm telling everyone you got trapped in a nudist camp again!
Arceus: Go ahead. Once we're out of this pit, I can throw you into the Distortion World again. Giratina is getting a bit lonely after all.
'Hoopa storms off.'
Mew: Amateur!
'They both laugh, only to stop when footsteps and the faint smell of smoke begin approaching them. It is a red haired woman in a scarlet dress.'
Din, Creator Goddess of Hyrule: I've got a visitor for you asstwats.
'She steps aside to reveal a white and gold fairy, which strangely has an eye in its chest.'
Jirachi: What's up noobs!
Arceus: Oh no.
Mew: Fuck!
Jirachi: I've been sent by Dialga to keep you company! And I've brought all four Twilight Movies with me!
