The History of the Pokémon World · Chapter VII
Most of this history is legend even inside the games: told by elders, carved on ruins, sung by minstrels or written in old books. Every line below is quoted from a game or retold closely, and each one says where it comes from. Legends are captioned as legends, a character's guess as speculation, and where the games disagree with each other, the page says so.
The games rarely give dates, so the chapters run roughly from the oldest stories to the most recent, each placed by its main story. A chapter without a stated date says so. Quotes from older games are shown in modern capitalisation.
VIIKitakamiFolk tale
The Ogre's True Story
A long, long time ago · The story is never dated.
Kitakami honours three heroes who fought an ogre. The mask maker's family kept the true story: the three stole the ogre's masks, and the ogre was Ogerpon.
A monument in Kitakami tells one story.
“Long ago, these three courageous Pokémon protected Mossui Town from destruction. They defeated the ogre that had come to attack the village, at the cost of their own lives.”
Folk talePokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · The monument to the three heroes
The mask maker's family kept another.
“A long, long time ago, a man and an ogre came to Kitakami from a foreign land... the village mask maker... made several masks for the man and the ogre.”
Folk talePokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
“A group of greedy Pokémon soon made their way to the land of Kitakami... The Pokémon stole the other three masks...”
Folk talePokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
“The ogre donned that mask... found the greedy Pokémon there... and defeated them...”
Folk talePokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
“The villagers thought the three Pokémon had fallen trying to protect the village from the ogre.”
Folk talePokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
“...the mask maker—that is to say, our ancestor—tried desperately to tell the truth... he was persecuted as a heretic... he kept the truth alive—passed down from generation to generation as a family secret.”
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
Sources
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · The monument to the three heroes
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask · Carmine's grandfather
In this chapter
Ogerpon
Okidogi
Munkidori
FezandipitiThe rest of the history
- I · Sinnoh · In the beginningThe Original OneSinnoh's creation myth: a churning chaos, an Egg, and the Original One that made time, space and spirit, then slept.
- II · Sinnoh and Hoenn · Long agoThe Giant Who Moved ContinentsPokédex legends say Regigigas towed the continents with ropes and shaped Regirock, Regice and Registeel. In Hoenn, an ancient people sealed them away because they feared them.
- III · Hoenn · Thousands of years agoThe Primal ClashPrimal Groudon and Primal Kyogre clash until Rayquaza descends. A thousand years later a meteor makes Sootopolis, and Rayquaza Mega Evolves for the first time.
- IV · Kalos · 3,000 years agoThe Ultimate WeaponA war three thousand years ago. A king builds a machine to bring his Floette back, turns it into the ultimate weapon to end the war, and Floette leaves him.
- V · Galar · Long agoThe Darkest DayA meteorite falls on Galar 20,000 years ago. Long ago, the Darkest Day: a black storm ended by two young heroes whose sword and shield were really Pokémon. And Calyrex, a king of plentiful harvests.
- VI · Unova · UndatedTruth and IdealsOne dragon and the twin heroes found Unova. The brothers quarrel over truth and ideals, the dragon splits in two, and their sons' battle destroys Unova.
- VIII · Johto · 1,500 to 150 years agoThe Burned TowerThe Ruins of Alph, about 1,500 years old. Two towers built 700 years ago. About 150 years ago lightning sets one ablaze for three days, and Ho-Oh revives three Pokémon that died in it.
- IX · Hisui · A long-gone eraAlmighty SinnohSinnoh when it was called Hisui. Two clans worship “almighty Sinnoh”, each meaning a different deity, until a space-time rift opens; afterwards the land is renamed Sinnoh.
- X · Alola · Long agoThe Blinding OneUltra Megalopolis's ancestors tried to control Necrozma's light, and it stole all the light it could find. Long ago it also battled the tapu in Alola.
- XI · Kanto · No year givenThe Mansion JournalsJournals in Cinnabar Island's Pokémon Mansion: a new Pokémon found deep in a jungle in Guyana, named Mew, and the newborn named Mewtwo.
- XII · Paldea · From about 2,000 years agoArea ZeroAn empire that sought the treasure of Area Zero, a nation unified 800 years ago, Heath's expedition 200 years ago, and a time machine that draws Pokémon from the past or the future.
A separate continuity
Anime & Movies
The anime and the films are a separate continuity. These stories are not part of the games' history above, and some contradict it. They are summaries of the films, not game text.
- Pokémon: The First MovieMewtwo is a clone, made by scientists from a fossilized eyelash of Mew.
- Lucario and the Mystery of MewSir Aaron seals Lucario inside his staff and gives his life to stop a war.
- Arceus and the Jewel of LifeArceus lends the Jewel of Life to Damos, and is betrayed.
- Hoopa and the Clash of AgesHoopa Unbound once ran rampant, and was sealed away in the Prison Bottle.