The Fire of Conviction

Everything beautiful should stay that way forever. [Independent game-based Lysandre rp blog, set during XY.] By Leo. Est. 11.20.2014. Resurrected 9.8.2020.

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Lysandre RP blog Game-based, indie, selective Also lowkey a Kalos worldbuilding blog Resurrected by Leo / Eris Est. 11.20.2014 Graphic by Nitro @highrollingheir​

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Also they did Lysandre so dirty with that hairline.

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Does anyone know how to get in contact w Mara? I miss her

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I added a couple things to the most cohensive rendition of the Kalos timeline I could find. I know it isn't comprehensive unfortunately, but it's what I've got for now.

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Everything italicized is canon. Everything else I’ve come up with myself.

AW = After the Ultimate Weapon was detonated by AZ / the earliest recorded history of Kalos

BW = the era before the Ultimate Weapon was detonated. Most of the historical record of Kalos from this time has been erased. 

65 BW = AZ is born

47 BW = AZ becomes King of Eonia (Kalos ancient name)

11BW = the Great War begins

Year 1 = detonation of the Weapon by AZ

Year ~10 = Kalosians, as dubbed by the new king, AZ's brother, resettle in what will become the capital of Kalos.

1500AW = the Duality Uprising (Kalos united into single region; Zéphirin monarchy overtook opposition); the previous capital is destroyed and they start rebuilding Lumiose.

2200AW = Xerneas and Yveltal lifecycle end; Xerneas turns into a tree in the forest and Yveltal cocoons in the mountains

2205AW = the Sepiatroce Uprising (Zéphirin line deposed)

2700 AW = Parfum Palace built during a war 

2800 AW = the Symbios Revolution (establishment of Republican government, monarchy dismantled)

2958 AW = Augustine born

2962 AW = Lysandre born

2990AW = Flare founded

Current = 3000 AW

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hey do you think we'll be seeing az's petrified pokemon corpses or what

i just found a hc of mine that people painted them and used them as guardians which i love...

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Kalos History Museum blog post. dated 2021.

The Written Record pt 2

Breaking news!

A new document was just discovered in the Lumiose Badlands that is highly likely to be another page of AZ’s diary! 

This will be the first piece of written Kalosian history of this age discovered since the first diary entry unearthed by researchers hundreds of years ago. 

The scrap is small, and the writing faint, but the handwriting, composition of the paper, and carbon dating highly suggests that this is a legitimate diary entry. However, this is not as old as the first one, dating from around 2300AW. 

The entry reads as follows: 

THE POKÉMON… THE FLOWER POKÉMON… THE POKÉMON THAT WAS GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE…

While brief, this entry lends even more credibility to the theory that the being (“she”) referenced in the first diary entry is in fact AZ’s floette! Believers in the Legend are ecstatic, seeing this as further evidence that AZ was driven to deploy a Weapon to bring back his Floette -- and I’m starting to believe it likely, myself. 

It is also highly significant to note that this piece of writing is written in modern Kalosian language -- distinct from the ancient language in which the original text was written. That suggests that AZ is adapting to the modern world over time, taking part in our culture in a way.

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Kalos History Museum blog post. dated 2021.

The Written Record

The written history of Kalos begins only 3,000 years ago. Much of the footprint of the living beings in Kalos was destroyed when a large burst of energy wracked the region, eliminating everything in its path. Some speculate this explosion was an asteroid impact or volcanic eruption, whereas others rely on the legend that the ancient King AZ detonated a large Weapon in the shape of a crystal Flower. The current leading theory among historians is that it was caused by the release of energy of a powerful pokemon, possibly from all the way in Galar! 

The earliest written document yet discovered is a handwritten page; with carbon dating, researchers were able to date this document at 3,000 years ago, about the same time when believers claim the Death Flower was detonated. This document -- apparently a diary entry -- is largely illegible, but it is one of the main pieces of evidence cited by believers that the Legend is more than just that, but is in fact a true historical event. 

The original document is written in an ancient language called Zarbi, or Unown as it is more widely referred to. With the translation of Unown only relatively recently completed in Johto, we have finally been able to read the document. 

Historians disagree on much of what is scrawled upon the document, as it is largely deteriorated with age and in an ancient language, but consensus has been found in this transcription of the legible pieces:

There is nothing -- there is nothing! There is nothing! 

She -- she is gone. She is gone. As is everything else. It is what I wanted, to get back at them, to enact revenge, to make them suffer as much as my soul has -- but it only wrecked even more suffering on my own soul. She is gone. She must be lonely. I am doomed to loneliness, as well. There is nothing. 

Can she hate me so much as to choose loneliness? Can she not see that I DID this, ALL of this, for HER?! 

What have I done? What have I done? What have I done? SHE IS GONE!!! 

AZ

While the destroyed bits of this document are likely never to be legible, perhaps recovering the rest of the diary -- if it is still intact -- will answer the burning questions left in every Kalosian’s mind when reflecting on our national history: Where did we come from? What kinds of people and pokemon preceded us? What caused the evident destruction, 3,000 years ago? Was the ancient King a good man? And what does this all tell us of our future?

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Kalos History Museum post compilation

In an effort to preserve and post my old worldbuilding writing, Here's a compilation of some of the posts that never made it on to the Kalos History Museum blog.

An Overview of War in Kalos

It is no secret that Kalosians are people of conviction. And while any of us will claim that it is a good thing, it is true that stubbornness breeds conflict, of which Kalos has certainly had more than its share. 

Kalos’s history is so steeped in war that it even begins with one.

3,000 years ago: the Great War -- between Kalos and Galar

1,500 years ago: the Duality War -- Kalos united into the single region it is today; Zephirin vs Other, Zephirin line won

800 years ago: the Sepiatroce Uprising -- Zephirin line removed from power for the last time. Symbolized by the pokemon Malamar, the Overturning Pokemon. 

300 years ago: the  -- between Kalos and other regions which have since dissolved. 

200 years ago: the Symbios Revolution -- monarchy overturned and replaced by republic

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Zephirin line / lys ancestors havent ruled the country in 700 years. During the revolution, family was divided monarchist and republican, with the younger boy going to fight in the war on the side of the people -- this person was lysandres direct descendent. Have always been for the people :) /s

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The National Pokemon of Kalos is the Floette! 

The Single Bloom pokemon was established 800 years ago as one of the final acts by King ???? before being overthrown in the Sepiatroce Uprising. Though the records have been lost to time, it is most likely that the King established Floette as the National Pokemon in homage to his ancestor AZ, the Ancient King of Kalos who is said to have loved his Floette so much that he took the lives of countless pokemon to revive her.

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The Sepiatroce Uprising: the End of Zephirin Rule

The Zephirin family line had ruled Kalos for thousands of years, even preceding surviving written history. The oldest-known member of the Zephirin line is AZ, the King of Kalos who ruled during the Great War 3,000 years ago, and, except for minor hiccups along the way, his descendents ruled Kalos for thousands more years. 

However, 800 years ago, the Zephirin line was faced by widespread opposition from the people. They wanted a ruler that listened to them, respected the needs of the “lesser man,” rather than the King’s own out-of-touch desires. The Uprising was brief, lasting only a mere few months; historians speculate that King Sdfkdkj was easy to depose, as he had not established thorough defenses for his rule. Why would he, if his family line had gone unchallenged for what at the time must have felt like eternity? 

The Sepiatroce Uprising was given its name in reference to the pokemon Sepiatroce, or Malamar, the Overturning Pokemon, and the pokemon heralded by the new King ???. 

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Did you know? At 457 pokemon, Kalos has the largest national pokedex of any region across the globe! 

Kalos is not only a popular spot for pokemon originating in other regions to flourish, but sponsors wide endemic biodiversity! One reason for this is that Kalos harbors many different environments so that many different pokemon may find their homes: countryside, sea, city, desert, snowy mountains, and more. 

Scientists theorize that another reason for the biodiversity in Kalos is the regular population decimation due to Kalos’s war-torn past. The erasure of pokemon populations allowed new room for growth and created new environmental niches for pokemon to evolve to fit into! 

This should be a reminder to all of us that life always continues on, and can flourish anew after destruction.

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i wish i had finished the kalos masterdoc when i still had all this knowledge fresh in my brain smfh

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i havent seen any promo material at all about legends z bc i wanted to compile and review all my personal worldbuilding... because tbh i don't want whatever this new game establishes to replace my own work in my mind lol

i only learned bc jax just wordlessly sent me a ss lmao

when i actually watch the promo materials i'll probably have more to say on this but -

i wonder what amount of thought they put into the timeline of it. considering xerneas and yveltals cycles and the timeline of the various kingdoms of kalos. idk im gettin Nervous SKDJFS

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY

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i think... im gonna make a new highly private blog under a new url. i think. maybe. if this is a bad idea someone tell me kdjsksk

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also note that i remade my discord and cannot be reached there anymore. the best way to contact me is thru tumblr!

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it's finally gotten to the point where it's been long enough that i've forgotten why i left in the first place and now i wanna come back... lysandre has been in my brain all this time and i cant shake him

for 5+ months i couldnt think about this place without feeling sick and dizzy and had to have people trigger tag pokemon, and now i dont even remember why i was upset??? like i remember bits and pieces but lol bitch wtf why was i being so extra. i feel like i should figure this out because im sure other people remember and who knows what kind of reputation i left behind, but i honestly don't even want to know. i want to put it all behind me. i also have no idea about anything that's happened here since february and don't think I want to know that either.

i want to do what ive finally achieved in my other rpc and just hang out in my corner and not be wrapped up in all the community n stuff... i know that used to be my whole thing but i cant do it anymore. i went through way too much shit in the other rpc and also because of that have done a lot of reflection on myself and on this rpc and really don't want to fall back into old habits. ive grown a lot and learned a lot of hard lessons lately.

is casual pokemon rp even possible here? or unaffiliated pokemon rp? i just want to get the brainworms out...

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A Brief History of Ancient Lumiose

My comprehensive timeline of Kalos history is going to take a while to complete, but I want to put something out there. 

So, here is a basic summary of ancient Lumiose! 

Context: 

I’ve established that Year 1 is when the Weapon is detonated by AZ. This divides the timeline into prehistoric (BW, before weapon) and to now ancient (AW, after weapon). Documents and other artifacts from before 1AW are extremely rare and all of Kalos before then is considered lost to time. 

This is inspired by how the city walls of Paris have expanded and the Tower of Babel. 

After the detonation, what is left of the Kalosian people move east, away from Geosenge town (where the blast took place). They create a new settlement around the main river. 

Now that the war is over, Eonia – now dubbed Kalos by AZ’s brother – expands its borders vastly. This allows the borders of this new city to expand as well. 

The borders of this city are deliniated by the borders are delinieated by the petrified corpses of the pokemon whose life forces were drained by the weapon. They are seen as guardians protecting the city from hostile physical and spiritual forces. They are painted in bright beautiful colors like this. 

Hundreds of years pass as the population begins to construct beautiful Kalos from the ground up. Lumiose is where most of the building efforts are focused; and build from the ground up they do. 

To a population traumatized by war, the key to beauty is safety is purity is insulation is protection. The monarchic government also espouses these values of isolationism, focused on curating an internal culture and holding boundaries. 

So, rather than a sprawling, low city, the Kalosian people build upward. The city they had made the Kalosian capital begins to build walls, inclining streets, insular homes, each generation building higher and higher. This city becomes where most of the Kalosian population resides. 

Torches line every wall, street, alley of the city, constantly burning, day and night. They burn so bright that the city can be seen from miles away. In a way, it acts as a north star, a beacon for weary travelers. This is how the city becomes known as the City of Light: Lumiose. 

The Kalos region is wrought with war over its entire lifespan; the city-tower and its petrified pokemon guardians are destroyed during one of these wars. Where the tower once stood is now where the Prism Tower resides – presides. There is still a tower shining at the center of he City of Light. 

Notes: 

The current period of peace has only existed since the downfall of the Kalosian monarchy (not the Zéphirin line, as that was overturned a few centuries earlier – it lasted for over 2,000 years though, impressive).

Yes they absolutely used slave labor to do this. It’s France. Not pokemon labor though. Human slave labor is permitted, pokemon slave labor is banned and punishable by death. 

The process of completing the city-tower takes hundreds of years. I haven’t decided exactly how long yet because I haven’t completed the timeline and I want things to be flexible. 

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lowkey highkey been having lysandre thoughts lately but i already cant keep up w all my mha muses rip

i may or may not be planning something though... whether it comes to fruition or not is just to be seen...

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buying twitter and renaming it X is the kind of shit lysandre would do. 

ive always drawn parallels between the two of them and i think e*** is more... i was about to say more unhinged but. lmao. i think that what i mean is that he’s worse at what he’s trying to do than lysandre. but damn the parallels keep going

parody kalos twitter called Y