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The Legend of the Chosen One
was assumed to have been a
simple meaningless festival carried out by the Shamuti Tribe. However, this legend
proved to have a lot more worth than was first thought.
Hinged upon the inscriptions
of a tablet estimated to have been carved over 4000 years ago, the
Festival of the Chosen one incorporated a unique performance by a young
girl selected to be the Festival Maiden who would be expected to recite
the song of legend on an ocarina. "Disturb not the harmony of fire, ice
and lightning", the inscription warned. "Lest these titans wreak
destruction upon the world in which they clash. The leaders of the
Moltres,
Articuno and
Zapdos species had been irate for some time; so much so that
the Agrarian Seers governing the Orange Archipelago were forced to seal
them away inside three rock formations, later to be known as Fire Island,
Ice Island and Lightning Island.
Their anger had been brought
about as a result of betrayal; a selfish act caused by one who had been
granted guardianship over them. This man's name was Raal Ki'shuum, and his
unhealthy thirst for power and his attempts to control the legendary birds
almost destroyed much of the Orange Archipelago. Since that day those very
Pokémon had shunned human guardianship and refused to settle until an
apology was given by one of Raal's descendants.
The song played by the
Festival Maiden was in fact the apology the legendary birds wished to
hear, composed using
Melodus. The three orbs, also
featured as part of the festival, were the amplifiers of that message and
tokens of commitment for the one dedicated enough to gather them.
As for the bringer of the
apology, such a figure proved difficult to find. During that time the real
meaning of the tablet's inscription became blurred, most inhabitants of
Shamuti were mistaken that such words were merely an elaborate story
dreamt up to entertain tourists. But one day during the summer of 1996,
their scepticism was to be proved exceedingly wrong. One young boy's visit
to the island was to throw him into the midst of the Shamuti legend, as he
took on the challenge of retrieving the orbs at the precise moment an
unwitting collector called
Jirair van
Lawrence III unleashed Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. This boy's
name was Ash Ketchum and it was his participation that was to finally calm
the legendary birds' fury at last. No one had accounted for the Ki'shuum
family name to have altered over so many years, but regardless the
legendary birds sensed Ash's strong desire to set things straight, and,
coupled with "Ramarción" (the Song of Repentance), they finally took to rest.
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A stone pedestal depicting what would happen
should the legendary bird 'Kings' be awoken without an apology from a
Ki'shuum descendant.
The Lightning Orb with a view of Lightning
Island behind it.
These pillars were built as transmitters of
the 'Song of Repentance' |
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