Mirror Arceus

Mirror Arceus is a Mirror counterpart of Arceus and Giratina, and serves as an antagonist. They currently reside in the Mirror Distortion World.

## Lore

Once upon a millenia ago, Mirror Arceus had appeared just as Arceus had in the world of Discordia. The first Pokemon of that world, just of their own, simply except it had all been created already. Out of instinct, Mirror Arceus began to bless the Mirror World with Mirror Pokemon, creating Mirrors of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina as well, with a promise to watch over this world. Time began to pass, with Mirror Dialga watching over the flow of time, Mirror Palkia ensuring space was intact. Mirror Giratina, however, was stuck in the Mirror Distortion World, out of Mirror Arceus' concerns that they would tamper with the ever-fragile Mirror World. Mirror Giratina grew tired, impatient- and began to grow a grudge towards their creator and their creations. They had their own vision for the Mirror World, a chaotic one. After all, if the Mirror World was meant to act as a flipped version of reality, shouldn't *they* be the one in control? Eventually, Mirror Giratina escaped the confines of the Mirror Distortion World, setting out to face Mirror Arceus themself, making it past Mirror Dialga and Palkia. During the conflict, however, Mirror Giratina overpowered Mirror Arceus, becoming one with their creator. Upon such, they posed themself as the new Mirror Arceus, declaring that they would aim to be the true leader of the Mirror World, sealing away Mirror Dialga and Palkia as gems and creating the Mirror Lake Trio. Before such could finish though, the two (Mirror Dialga and Palkia) used their remaining strength to place seals on Mirror Arceus, suppressing their power, as well as sealing them in the Mirror Distortion World. During this time, Mirror Arceus had entered a state of hibernation, waiting and biding their time.

During the era of Mirror Hisui, Mirror Volo had put together the Azure Flute, awakening Mirror Arceus (causing him to go mad in the process). While the Flute had since been broken apart, Mirror Arceus had gained a way to begin tampering with the balance of the Mirror Pokemon World, thus causing the space-time distortions to appear. However, the seals still remained- preventing Mirror Arceus from physically leaving the Mirror Distortion World.

Due to the seals, Mirror Arceus sought out a way to remove them, concluding that it would take a great amount of power. In their journey to find such a source of power, they had the idea to create a Following in their name, deciding that the combined power of many Pokemon devoted to themself could break such a curse. During their gathering of Pokemon, they came across a lone Altaria, practically seething with hatred. Deciding it wise to take advantage of this, Mirror Arceus inquired as to why this Altaria was so hateful, revealing that the draconic bird had been betrayed by humans. To this, Mirror Arceus responding, offering a way for the Altaria to take revenge upon humans: creating a following and army of Pokemon so mighty, no human could ever fight back. No trainer could ever exist if Pokemon took the reigns. The Altaria, liking such an idea, agreed to join their side. Over time, Mirror Arceus saw the Altaria grow, becoming one of their most loyal servants. Rewarding them, Mirror Arceus requested that this Altaria helped aid them in the growth of their Following. Of course, such an offer was too good to be refused, and as such, Mirror Arceus bestowed upon them a charm bearing their sigil, explaining that the sigil would give the Altaria strength, as well as allowing them to disguse themself as human, to trick them- to tear them apart from the inside. As such, the Altaria took on the name of Mirror Bluebird.

As they grew more and more impatient of waiting, they had eventually sent Mirror Bluebird off to Mirror Uxie, in an attempt to seek out someone like themself to become allies with. After some meditation, their only clue was the rose, which led them to meeting Charlie, whom Mirror Arceus has formed an alliance with.

## Appearance

Mirror Arceus visually appears as a fusion of Arceus and Giratina- specifically Giratina's Origin Form- it primarily having the shape of Arceus. Their body takes on a combined color pallets of the two. Some portions seem to be floating, seperated from their respective areas- mainly the "wavy" portion from the back of Arceus' head being split into multiple segments, the 6 limbs being seperated from the torso, and the "sigil ring" floats, disconnected from the body. The head appears to have a "crown" of sorts, bearing a strong resemblance to the crescent shape on Giratina's, the face itself visually being Arceus'. They also have the same striped patterns Giratina has on their neck. The body has 6 "legs", spiny and spire-like. The sigil "ring" on the torso seems to be a fusion of Arceus' and Giratina's "crescent" crown. They also bear wings very similar to that of Giratina's, made of a void-like substance, having 3 red spires as "fingers". They can change the shape of the wings at their will, and can use it as extra limbs if need be.

The seals are visible as crystal bands corresponding to each of the two (diamond and pearl), placed upon the neck of Mirror Arceus.

## Personality

Mirror Arceus is cruel and sadistic, and has detached most empathy and care from themself as to "make themself stronger". As such, Mirror Arceus feels little to no sympathy for their actions. The sole thing they do care about, however, is the Mirror Distortion World, as it became a home of sorts for them. If anything were to happen to it, it would enrage them greatly. Mirror Arceus also shows to be intelligent and rather wise, and incredibly honest. While they will often rely on telling part of the truth to get their way, if they ever make a promise, they are sure to keep it. They don't take betrayal lightly, and often have high expectations of their allies.

## Abilities

Mirror Arceus has the combined abilities of Arceus and Giratina, thus having access to both movesets, as well as Arceus' ability to change types with Plates. Along with this, they have the ability to distort reality to their will, as well as being able to fly (despite having wings, they often use a sort of telekinetic, divine power to fly). They can also empower those they see fit of such with a dark, impure power, often corrupting of the mind. They also can use telepathy to communicate through statues of themself and their sigil.

Unfortunately, Mirror Dialga and Palkia's seals hinder many of these abilities, most notably the ability to distort reality. As such, they are limited in their capabilities.

## Durability

Even while bearing the seals, it is still the combined might of Arceus and Giratina. They will not go down easy. They will fight. It will be painful. They care little about injuries so long as they win.

This, however, doesn't mean there isn't a way to defeat them. Due to their nature and association with chaos and the unholy, anything that counters such is a weakness of theirs. Anything that goes against their typing will also do the trick.

## Trivia

* Mirror Arceus' personality and goal is somewhat inspired by Narinder/The One Who Waits from Cult of the Lamb.
	+ One may see Mirror Bluebird as the Lamb of sorts, and to an extent, this may be true. However, Mirror Arceus holds no intention on sacrificing their greatest resource, holding some respect for how far Mirror Bluebird has come.
* Mirror Arceus has some awareness that there are beings beyond himself (the Authors). However, they speak not of it, knowing it is forbidden knowledge that even they shan't tamper with.