Pokemon Legends
Zapdos
Zapdos, Titan of Lightning and the Bringer of Thunder. Long has mankind feared this Pokemon because of its power and its ability to cause great destruction. Of the three Legendary Birds, it is the most powerful.
Because of its aptitude for death and destruction, it was the one that ancient kings worshipped the most, believing that Zapdos might grant them the power of storms and thunder.
Zapdos has been named in ancient mythology as the Titan of Lightning, owing to its ability to wield lighting and thunder. Zapdos has appeared in many myths and legends, but most famously in the one in the Orange Archipelago:
Disturb not the harmony of Fire, Ice and Lightning,
Lest these Titans wreck destruction upon the world in which they clash.
Though the Water's Great Guardian shall arise to quell the fighting,
Alone its song will fail, thus the world shall turn to ash.
O Chosen One, in to thine hands, bring together all three.
The treasures combined, tame the beast of the sea.
From the trio of Islands, Ancient Spheres shall you take.
For between life and death, all the difference you'll make.
Climb to the shrine, and right what is wrong,
And the world will be healed, by the Guardian's Song.
Zapdos was the most power hungry of the Legendary Birds. When Lawrence the Second captured Moltres, the Bird of fire, Zapdos instantly snared Fire Island, home to Moltres.
Though Zapdos mainly lives on Lightning Island, it has also been sighted at the Kanto Power plant. Scientists have often be puzzled as to why it would live in a decrepit area like the old Power Plant, but they understood after learning that when Zapdos is hit by lightning, it will grow more powerful.
But after the Kantanese Government fixed the Power Plant up, Zapdos disappeared. In recent years, it has only been sighted around Lightning Island in the Orange Archipelago, but on the occasion, it has been sighted where an enormous lightning-storm was wrecking its vengeance upon the earth.
Before she died, the powerful Lightning / Psychic trainer, Electra, voiced a prophecy. Many people believe she had been possessed at the time, but, fifty years ago, it was discovered she was right.
The Legend of Lightning shall wait in plain sight for the one with enough power to find it.
Expeditions have been made to find Zapdos, but all have turned back, after encountering electricity of enough voltage to kill.
"We have tried several times to pass the voltage. We have even used a Rhydon to try and pass it! The voltage was so high that it made the Rhydon faint! We believe that it was coming directly from Zapdos." Explained the famous archaeologist, Professor Quartz.
Will anyone prove themselves worthy to Zapdos and be allowed to cross the current of lightning? Only time will tell.
An extract from the famous Professor Elder's book, 'Legendary Pokemon'