History of the Pokémon world

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The history of the Pokémon world

Timeline

Beginning of Universe

• Beginning of universe
  • Arceus comes into being
  • Arceus creates Dialga, Palkia, and the lake trio

• Creation of Pokémon world
  • Groudon shapes the land, Kyogre shapes the sea
  • Groudon and Kyogre get into a large fight, nearly destroying all they had created
  • Rayquaza intervenes, banishes Groudon and Kyogre to hidden areas of the Hoenn region
  • Regigigas moves the continents

Prehistory

• Millions of years before Generation I
  • Earliest known prehistoric Pokémon exist
• 10000 years before Generation I.
  • The legendary golems are created
• 1500 years before Generation I
  • The earliest known system for writing was developed at the Ruins of Alph

Recent history

• c. 700 years before Generation I
  • Tin Tower and Brass Tower are constructed in Ecruteak City, Lugia and Ho-Oh perch at their tops

• c. 400 years before EP001
  • Orange League competitions were being held

• c. 150 years before Generation I
  • Brass Tower burns to the ground, killing three Pokémon inside. Lugia flees to the Whirl Islands, Ho-Oh resurrects the three as the legendary beasts and flies off in search of a pure-hearted trainer

Contemporary history

• Years prior to Generation I
  • Mewtwo is cloned from Mew, and later escapes and destroys Cinnabar Island's Pokémon Mansion

• Generation I/Generation III
  • Red/Leaf leaves Pallet Town on his/her Pokémon journey after their rival, Professor Oak's grandson, Blue. After getting the eight badges of Kanto, defeating Team Rocket along the way, he/she challenges Kanto's Elite Four, then its current champion, none other than Blue himself. After defeating Blue, Red/Leaf becomes the champion, then ventures to the Sevii Islands to eradicate Team Rocket and help Celio to connect his Pokémon Net Center to the Hoenn region. Eventually, Red ends up at Mt. Silver, training day and night, and Lance ends up as champion. Blue, dejected, takes the empty gym in Viridian City.
  • Brendan/May leaves Littleroot Town on a Pokémon journey shortly after moving to the Hoenn region from Johto, after saving the local Pokémon professor from an attacking wild Pokémon. At first, there is a deep-seated rivalry with Professor Birch's son/daughter, however, later on, the rivalry is with Wally instead. After defeating Hoenn's eight Gym Leaders and calming both Groudon and Kyogre, released from their banishment by Team Magma and Team Aqua, respectively, he/she challenges and defeats Hoenn's Elite Four and current champion, becoming the champion him/herself, much to the astonishment of Birch's child.

• Between Generation I/Generation III and Generation II/Generation IV
  • Viridian Forest is cut down, creating a clear path for trainers.
  • Eruption of volcano in Cinnabar Island, which causes destruction of areas on the island.

• Three years after Generation I/Generation III, a.k.a. Generation II/Generation IV
  • Gold/Kris leaves New Bark Town on an errand for Professor Elm, bonding with his/her starter Pokémon on the way. A red-haired boy steals one of Birch's three Pokémon, and challenges him/her as Gold/Kris's journey across Johto continues. A revived Team Rocket, using plans formulated three years prior, enrages Gyarados, including the Red Gyarados, at the Lake of Rage and as well takes over the Johto Radio Tower in a desperate attempt to contact Giovanni. As they are defeated, the leader vows to never again re-form Team Rocket, and Gold/Kris continues to gather Johto's badges, eventually gaining all eight and traveling to the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau in Kanto. After championing it, over a new Elite Four and its previous champion, Lance, Gold/Kris then heads to the Kanto region to challenge its eight gyms, which have changed from three years prior. After gaining all eight of their badges, for a total of sixteen, Professor Oak declares him/her ready to travel to Mt. Silver, deep in the caves of which Red can be challenged.
  • Lucas/Dawn and Damion leave Twinleaf Town in an attempt to see a reported Red Gyarados in the nearest lake, Lake Verity. After being attacked by a wild Starly at the lake, and using one of Professor Rowan's Pokémon to fend off the attacker, the journey begins in earnest, where both Lucas/Dawn and Damion challenge the Sinnoh region's eight gyms to gain the badges necessary to challenge the Pokémon League in Foento City. Along the way, however, Lucas/Dawn is brought into many conflicts with Team Galactic, whose leader, Cyrus, wishes to re-make the entire universe in his image with the powers of the legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia. Defeating the team, Lucas/Dawn challenges Sinnoh's Elite Four and champion, Cynthia, and becomes champion him/herself.

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