#Might be edited once I get back to BW2 and learning more about the region again

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\Headcanon: The Original Dragon/

I was gonna write some headcanon about Kyurem and their memories, but I’ve gotten sucked into expanding the lore of the Original Dragon from my view, and sort of setting up for the headcnon that I originally had in the first place. So here, I’m gonna start off with this headcanon, focusing on the history of the Original Dragon. Next one will be about Kyurem’s memories and how the split affected them, as well as the fusion episode in BW2.

Since the beginning of creation, The Original Dragon was created not too long after the creation of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. It’s first role was to work with the Creation Trio to help create the universe, with it’s domain being Energy and possibly Matter. However, after Giratina’s rebellion and banishment, The Original Dragon was tasked with assisting the maintenance of the Universe, and guiding Arceus’ new creation, life, making sure that they lived in Harmony.

Over time, the original life that Arceus formed evolved and morphed into more forms, and new species of creatures with differing strengths and abilities came to be. However, there seemed to be a large split between two groups of these new species. The first stayed true to the original life form, developing strength through powers and abilities, living in harmony with nature. The other, however, slowly lost those semblances of powers, instead exchanging them with things like ingenuity, creativity, curiosity, charisma, and tool making. These beings had the capacity to empathize with, command, and befriend the first group, which the second dubbed “magical creatures” or later, “Pokemon.” It was this second group, known now as “humans,” that The Original Dragon became fascinated with.

Eventually, the dragon chose a kingdom located in the west to inhabit, growing fond of the people (and especially the rulers) in that region. Eventually, the legendary would witness the birth of two human princes within that kingdom that he grew extremely fond of. At the Kingdom’s height, the region flourished in culture, in harmony with pokemon. Yet what The Original Dragon found interesting was the intellectual pursuits within that society, spearheaded by the two princes. Fascinated by these unique ideas, the Dragon constantly conversed with them, learning both of their differing perspective.

The older of the two was fascinated by the past and present, studying everything that seemed to catch his eye. He studied history, looking at how people behaved in the past, in the hopes of learning how to prepare better for the future. He studied the sky, observing how the sun, moon, and stars moved about in the heavens, eventually naming various collections of stars (called constellations) after different pokemon, each with various domains and attributes. With that, he tried to determine if the positions of these celestial objects had any meaning to them, in the hopes of gaining insight for the present and future. He even studied natural phenomenon such as the wind, water, gravity, electricity, and fire, and the various powers that Pokemon were able to harness.  He focused on building contraptions, tinkering with machines, observing, and even working with pokemon to help with these contraptions. With this, he hoped to learn about the world around him, believing that in searching for truth he would find the path to improve the world.

The younger of the two brothers was a lot more focused on the abstract. Not interested in the past, he was interesting the world of the new, the unexplored, whatever moved towards the direction of progress that could help others. Ideas constantly flourished in his head, and he often pondered the nature of this world. His mind lent himself to explore the nature of geometry, the relationships between different shapes, the combination of numbers to form new ones, and other aspects of mathematics, only calling on the nature of reality if it helped prove and demonstrate an idea. He was always interested in philosophy and politics, though only took the ideas of previous thinkers as a jumping off point, exploring the abstract, the what if, the hypothetical. What is the ideal ruler in society? How should that ruler rule? Should there just be one ruler?  Should the people rule themselves? Should there be any rule at all? Should people and pokemon be separate, or live in harmony? These were the questions that plagued him, hoping to forge the perfect ideal that could embody the philosophy of his kingdom.

However, the two brothers rarely saw eye to eye, often debating their drastic viewpoints. Although the Original Dragon could not truly pick a side -- seeing value in both of their perspectives -- all seemed to be at peace as long as the king resided over the throne.

Unfortunately, this could not last, as humans were just mere mortals. Eventually the king passed away, his dying wish for his two sons to rule his kindom in harmony. For a time, the two did, not wanting for their father’s dying wish to be in vain. Yet there was always an undercurrent of discord between the two new rulers, one that could not last. Their ideologies and desires clashed too often, causing strife in the land. The populace soon divided into two sides, aligning with the two brothers. It seemed that everyone was aligning to one side....

Everyone except the Original Dragon.

Plagued with indecisiveness, the dragon sought refuge in a field to the north of what is now Nimbasa, home to a single, large tree. It was for a year that the dragon slumbered, hoping in the realm of dreams that it would try in vain to find a solution. Eventually, the two princes found themselves in a stalemate; unable to reconcile their differences, they went to the Original Dragon in the hopes of settling their dispute once and for all.

When the Dragon awoke, it was confronted by both rules, both of them asking advice on this unique problem of their. Unfortunately, the Dragon still could not decide, it’s mind and heart split over the two brothers and what their beliefs represented. Distraught and panicked, the Dragon decided that the only way for this matter to be settled would be through a battle. 

Truth vs Ideals.

With a loud roar, the Dragon flew up into the sky, summoning all of it’s power into itself. To split itself in two in order to create the embodiments of their brother’s ideologies. Unfortuantely, the dragon was not able to fully split itself in two, it’s will to live and see the brothers compromise began to take over, and three entities were born. The first one was sent flying towards what is now known as Twist Mountain, it’s impact so fierce that it seemed like a spiral drill dug into the mountain. The second was sent flying towards a dormant volcano, now known as Reversal Mountain, the impact shaking the mountain to it’s core and causing a massive eruption. The third was sent into the sky, although it seemed the brothers never noticed it. It was this third one, the husk, that crashed into the earth, causing what is now known as the Giant Chasm.

Not too long after, the two dragons, Reshiram and Zekrom, returned to the two princes’ domain, waging a battle above the kingdom’s sky. Lightning faced Fire in what nearly seemed a cataclysmic event. However, the two dragons were evenly matched, as they came both from the Original, and eventually the two had to call it a stalemate, after the two princes pleaded to them to stop fighting.

The rest is, well, history. The princes could never reconcile their differences, starting their own war, this time with Reshiram and Zekrom comfortably taking sides. The war nearly destroyed the region as well, if not for the Swords of Justice intervening. 

All the meanwhile, the Husk seemed to lie in wait, it’s memory of it’s former self slowly fading away.

#Kyurem might be sort of like a side muse for this blog for a bit? #idk #long post #Might be edited once I get back to BW2 and learning more about the region again