Heroes of Truth and Ideals

The Hero of Truth (Japanese: の Hero of Truth) and the Hero of Ideals (Japanese: の Hero of Ideals), also collectively known as the twin heroes, are characters from the backstory of .
==In the core series games==
===History===
====Backstory====
In mythologies, the twin heroes are said to have used a single, powerful dragon to create the Unova region; however, the brothers each sought something different for the region—truth for the older brother and ideals for the younger—this caused an arguing and then a fight over whose side was right. In response, the dragon split into three Pokémon: its truth, ; its ideals, ; and its leftover shell, . Reshiram then sided with the older twin brother while Zekrom sided with the younger twin.
The two dragons were equally matched and neither conquered the other. Eventually, the brothers set aside their differences and equally declared that there was no right side. In the future however, the sons of the heroes resumed their fight, using Reshiram and Zekrom, completly destroying the region during the conflict with their fire and lightning powers. The second battle led to the original heroes to seal away their dragons within spherical stone known as Dragon Stones, Reshiram in the Light Stone and Zekrom in the Dark Stone.
It's implied that at some point, each of the heroes built a city of their own with the help of their respective dragon. One of them built an ancient city over 2,500 years ago that'd be buried in the sand as time went on, its ruins are known as Relic Castle. The other built another ancient city about 3,000 years ago that'd sink into the ocean by a tsunami, its ruins are known as Abyssal Ruins.
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The conflict between truth and ideals repeats itself during the events of , the king of Team Plasma, N, sought the Dark Stone/Light Stone to revive / and create a world where humans and Pokémon live separately while Hilda/Hilbert obtained the Light Stone/Black Stone to stop N and allow humans and Pokémon and keep coexisting.
===Pokémon===
====Both====
====Hero of Truth====
====Hero of Ideals====
==In the spin-off games==
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Even though the two brothers themselves never appear, in the present day, and became their successors and are seen as the new heroes of truth and ideals respectively.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram====
The Heroes of Truth and Ideals were the sons of the king of the Kingdom of the Vale and lived one thousand years ago in the Unova region. The twins also commanded Legendary Pokémon, the Hero of Truth possessed the Vast White Pokémon Reshiram and the Hero of Ideals possessed the Deep Black Pokémon Zekrom. 
One day, the two brothers began to fight over their beliefs and started a war in the process. This devastated the kingdom and caused the Dragon Force energy that was enriching their kingdom to become corrupted, turning into a destructive and chaotic force that destroyed the land. 
The chaos the Dragon Force caused forced their father to use his 's power to move the Sword of the Vale to the location that would eventually become Eindoak Town. Despite managing to calm the Dragon Force, the King unfortunately died soon after, accidentally leaving Victini trapped inside of the Sword of the Vale's barrier. Reshiram and Zekrom, exhausted from their battle, reverted into spherical stones known as Dragon Stones. Guilt ridden, the brothers took and hid the stones in a secret cave hidden deep underneath the castle.The conflict between truth and ideals repeats itself during the events of the movie, where a descendant of the People of the Vale, Damon finds the Light Stone/Dark Stone underneath the Sword of the Vale and awakened Reshiram/Zekrom to help him restore the Kingdom of the Vale by moving the castle with Victini's power while Ash finds the Dark Stone/Light Stone and awakens Zekrom/Reshiram to help him stop Damos and save Victini.
====Pokémon====
=====Hero of Truth=====
=====Hero of Ideals=====
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====Background====
Thousands of years ago, the Heroes of Truth and Ideals were twin brothers who created the Unova region using a single, powerful dragon and eventually the two brothers argued over how to rule the region. The older brother pursued the truth while the younger brother pursued ideals. Unable to choose a side, the Dragon Pokémon split into two beings: , who sided with the older brother, and , who sided with the younger brother. Sometime after the two brothers battled, Reshiram and Zekrom transformed into spherical stones known as Dragon Stones.
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The conflict between truth and ideals repeats itself in the present day, the king of Team Plasma, N, sought the Dark Stone to revive Zekrom and create a world where humans and Pokémon live separately while Black obtained the Light Stone to stop N and allow humans and Pokémon and keep coexisting.
====Pokémon====
=====Both=====
=====Hero of Truth=====
=====Hero of Ideals=====
==Origin==
The legend of the twin heroes parallels the Roman myth of , two twins who founded the city of Rome. Likewise, the twin heroes built the Relic Castle, which became the center of civilization in Unova at least 2,500 years ago, much like Rome in real-life ancient Europe. The twin heroes' disagreements leading to a fight also parallels the Roman myth.
==In other languages==
Hero of Truth	
Hero of Ideals
==Related articles==
Category:Animation charactersCategory:Movie characters
Category:Characters who are twins
Category:Male characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Royalty
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
Category:Deceased characters
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