Shimmering Spots

Shimmering spots are a well known phenomenon, said to be the cause of mystery dungeons and maybe even the emergence. Every mystery dungeon has at least one shimmering spot within it, but explorers the world over have encountered dungeons that have several within them. While seemingly harmless with their beautiful appearance and gentle pulses, shimmering spots have been noted to be incredibly dangerous, often inflicting bizarre and sometimes deadly effects on those who brush up against them.

History
Shimmering spots have been around since the dawn of the emergence several thousand years ago. At first they were incredibly hard to find, appearing only in places that took on the emergence at greater speeds when compared to the rest of the world. When mystery dungeons began to form, the knowledge of their existence began to spread far and wide and now you’ll hardly find a village who does not share cautionary tells about them to their children.

How shimmering spots are created is unkown to even the champions, but at one time the existence of them was blamed on some potential champion that had gone rogue. Hoopa had been accused of causing them long ago, due to some passing similarities to his tar, but many champions were able to investigate this and were unable to find a connection. Most doubts were dashed as this being a possibility as even Hoopa began to be effected by their appearance. Now some Pokémon suspect they may be some sort of darkness Arceus had been fearful of, but there isn’t a way to verify this with Arceus gone.

Effects
Touching or interacting with a shimmering spot is considered to be an incredibly dangerous activity due to the often random and dangerous consequences that can occur. The effects of touching shimmering spots is beginning to be well documented, but no clear pattern has emerged as to predict what effect will be inflicted. Even champions can be hurt by these abnormalities. Below are effects that have been witnessed so far by the players.

Discovered Harmless Effects

 * Body part randomly changes color.
 * Gaining a random move temporarily.
 * Gaining a random stat boost temporarily.

Discovered Moderate Effects

 * Fatigued for some time.
 * Temporarily losing the ability to use a move for some time.
 * Temporarily losing stat points.
 * Summoning large amounts of duplicates.
 * General pain and nausea.
 * Hallucinations, both auditory and visual.

Discovered Dangerous Effects

 * Pokémon becoming petrified/transformed into an inorganic material.
 * Becoming invisible unable to be heard or seen by those around you.
 * Serious injuries.
 * Can trigger large changes to the environment in and outside of mystery dungeons.
 * Drastic changes to ones appearance and body.
 * Wild fluctuations of power in those that touched the shimmering spot.