The Birth of Arceus

Most Pokémon believe Arceus once existed, after all there are still champions around that saw her. This story is retold countless times for holidays and religious observations. The story was originally told by the champions after they gathered all the information she ever presented to them. Arceus apparently had never told the full story to any one champion so it was created in piecemeal.

The Legend
Long ago in the ages of darkness, the universe itself was nothing more than the Hollow, a great being with countless minds that stretched on into eternity. The Hollow filled the empty universe, cold and alone.This great darkness torchered them so, and in their loneliness they wished nothing more to be something apart from themselves, to fight back this emptiness. Desperate, the Hollow began to bend and break themselves. The Hollow was filled with pain and despair as they cracked and splintered, but despite the pain, the Hollow did not give up for the universe would be empty forever unless they shattered. With a mighty sound like that of thunder, the Hollow from one became many and together they formed from themselves and their power the first Pokémon, Arceus.

The Hollow rejoiced for arceus was the first to be  freed from their tethers and Arceus, grateful for her life set out to help the rest of the Hollow. On the first day she made for them the stars to fill the universe and the Hollow with light. The souls of the Hollow danced around these stars, no longer to be cold.

On the second day, Arceus made many earths for which the Hollow could walk. The Hollow rejoiced as Arceus filled these worlds with color and wonders, no longer to be empty.

On the third day, Arceus embraced the Hollow and using her great power she brought them into her space and gave the shattered souls a home. Housed in forms created in her likeness, the Hollow’s many souls became the Pokémon of the earth.

On the fourth day Arceus fell ill and the Hollow despaired as their great savior could do no more. Her mind had splintered under the curse the Hollow’s had given her. From the shattering she came and to the shattering she would return. As she fell apart and her mind and body became undone, Arceus set out to save the Hollow from the darkness forever.

She went amongst the world’s, many creatures seeking souls from the newly formed Pokémon that could take her shattered plates  and use their power to keep the universe from the darkness. The world’s most courageous, strongest, and just souls Arceus gifted her plates and as she breathed her last the souls of the world grieved and were thankful. The chosen had kept Arceus’s promise and together they continue to fight off the emptiness for all eternity.