Hisui

The land of **Hisui,** (Hisuian: 'land of gift') unlike in the games, is not Sinnoh 300 years before the events of Red, Green, and Blue. Rather, it is a ancient realm founded three thousand years before modern times, in a far-past iteration of Sinnoh. It is inhabited by the Hisuian race, the descendants of the One With The Mission. It is the setting of the first part of Legends of Arceus.

## Design concept and variations from the games

Hisui is no longer modeled after colonial-era Hokkadio in the Legends Canon. Now, it is inspired by Mosiac-era Israel, the fictional LOTR kingdom of Arnor, with Japanese architectural design.

## History

The Elder Days ended with much strife. Kyogre and Groudon had radically changed the form of the world, and many lives had been lost in the destruction of the Kalosi Rumhoth empire. The Hisuians were one of two clans that had fought against the Mbelekoro in the Elder Days, and Dialga and Palkia were moved to give them a gift of their choosing.

The first High Elder of Hisui, the One With The Mission, asked for both peace and long life. This wish was granted, and Hisui was reared from the waters, and its clime and lay was fair and fertile, and the lives of the Hisuians exceeded three hundred years. The One With The Mission befriended several *elohim* in Pokémon form, built many strongholds in Hisui and neighboring Johto and Kanto, and founded Jubilife Town.

There was peace for a long while, with Arceus sending prophets to give His revealed law to the Hisuians. A schism eventually originated between the members of two clans, the Clan of Adamant and the Clan of Irradiant, regarding whether Time or Space was more valued to Arceus than the other. There was a war known as the Kin-strife, and the two clans were pacified, and the blasphemous teachings of the more radical members of each were quelled.

In the year 504 AF, the Fell Winter came. The northern territory of the Alabaster Icelands was deserted and remaned Dor-na-Daecheras, the Land of Everlasting Cold, Snowpoint Temple lay empty, and wicked things were seen wandering the ice-wastes. A people known as the Calathrim began their raids to western Hisui, and the Crimson Mirelands became diseased and defiled. Such signs were taken as warnings concerning the darkening of Hisui, and their imminent decline.

In response, the Guild of Science was formed, the Ginko Guild was established, and the Rangers of Hisui first wandered over the wide lands of the Alpha Continent. Colonial expansion of Hisuian territory did not make up for the devastating losses suffered, and the Crimson Mirelands and the wastes surrounding it were deserted due to the peril of the growing Enamourus cult.

And so Hisui waned in power, and their territory was diminished, and their bloodlines failed. The Dark Lord moved to the Ered Engrin and established his fastness there, and dark things invaded the borders of the weakening kingdom. Jubilife Town's splendor was lessened, and the lifespan of the Hisuians was shortened.

Adaman was the lord of the Clan of Adamant in 964 AF, and he was fey and dangerous. The northern borders of Hisui were secured in his early life, and trade with the Johtorim was established. The decline was stiffened, and the Mbelekoro bided his time for his schemes to come to fruition. For there were many of Hisuian blood who were allied with the Evil Djinn, and they went about doing his bidding and sowing discord among the hearts of others.

in 1002 AF, Rei Berlitz and his companions undertook the Quest of the Golden Company, and the Enamorus cult was destroyed, and the domain of Marcus in the north was quenched by the ruin of Mount Coronet. But the Plates had been sundered from Arceus, and the Mbelekoro was not dead nor deterred from his wiles.

It was eight months since the quest when the ships of Logaria encountered the Hisuians, and the second Quest of the Golden Company had come to readiness. And the Mbelekoro was chained, and the Dark Land floundered, and Hisui traded with Logaria, and the whole of the land was filled with new strength and bliss. The whole of Hisui was conquered by High Elder Cyllene, and the northern territories thawed in the new summer of the world.

Yet it was not to last. Logaria became enamored with the long life of the Hisuians, and as they grew in power they grew in pride, and they shunned the worship of Arceus, and turned to the Dark. And Logaria became as tyrannical and mighty as Old Kalos, yet Hisui was not conquered, nor ever was.

In 506 YS, Logaria was destroyed in the convulsions of the Earth caused by Regigigas, and the south kingdom was ended, and the Hisuians were grieved. And the Calamthrim invaded, and the War of Unnumbered Tears was fought and lost, so that Hisui waned so greatly that it never recovered its former strength.

And it then came to pass that Hisui was darkened, for it had mixed its blood and the land was much changed over the ages, until it became known as Sinnoh, and the great strongholds of the Old Hisuians crumbled into the hills, leaving only grass-covered barrows upon the fields. The bloodlines of Hisui still exist through the vessels of House Berlitz and Cynthia's family, but the Hisuian nation is considered to be defunct.

### Hope of renewal

Although Hisui has faded and Logaria is no more, a hope still remains of a new dawn. For it was said by Arceus; "I will keep you any restore you, and restore your land to thee, and I will gather you once again. Kings will be your sons, and queens your daughters, and you will be freed from your oppressors, and your riches will return to you. I am ARCS your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty God of Hisui."

The Hisuian nation may yet be reformed. A push for ancestral sovereignty is growing in some Sinnoian political circles, and only time may tell whether the nation of Hisui will be restored in this age or the End Times.

## Culture & Society

The Hisuian Kingdom was mostly comprised of individual fiefs spanning from the area south of the Black Wastes to the shores of Prelude Beach. The fiefs were ruled by a individual Elder, either male or female, subservient to the High Elder in Jubilife Town. Since the Hisuian 'government' was theocratic in structure, the Elders were members of the Arcean Priesthood, conducting ceremonies and rituals to honor Arceus and the various legendary and mythical *elohim.*

The Hisuians had a somewhat-strong standing armies of able-bodied men and Pokémon, used to respond to invasions or attack hostile neighbors. Their strategies were completely susceptible to the advice of the Urim and Thummim, two divination stones permitted to be used by Arceus, leading to the unpredictable nature of Hisuian attacks.

The Hisuians used silver coins called *drachma,* the name surviving to the modern Pokémon era. Homosexuality was highly prohibited within the society, under the penalty of death. The Hisuians had no central government, so enforcement of any law was the responsibility of individual cities or family members of the bereaved.

## Language

The Hisuian language, or Hiazufut, (Hisuian) is a combination of Sindarian, Quenyan, and Telerian elvish, with influences from Ancient Hebrew and a Pacific Islander language called Filopa. Due to the unique characteristics of the Logarian language, some differences exist between to two, although they are functionally the same. All names in the series are meant to be in Hisuian, to develop the language further and create a sense of immersion.

## People & Pokémon

The people of Hisui were unlike any other race of Earth, with the exception of the mighty Logarians. Due to the blessing upon the Hisuian race, the Hisuians age to the age of three hundred, in full health and vigor until the very end of their days. They also did not suffer severe or common sickness, and commanded Pokémon with such mastery and skill that it was not believed to be wholly natural.

The Hisuians married late and had few children, a reason for their slow growth. A single Hisuian warrior was said to be worth ten men of any other race, although they could not stand a fight against a Pokémon unless in great numbers. Although never quarrelsome or warlike, the Hisuians were fierce when aroused to wrath, and the warriors of the Clan of Irradiant under Iridia were said to be berserkers, able to cut through rank after rank of foes before perishing at the last, their Pokémon slain and sword shattered.

There was a Johtoian and Alolan strain to the Hisuian race, although this did not diminish their life when it was introduced. Iscan became the lord of the Brotherhood of the Faladain, a group of Alolan outcasts that had been found by the Rangers on the dangerous eastern coasts of Hisui. The Johtorim were also strengthed by the craft and lore of Hisui, making them able to resist the evil Kantorim in the west.

The Pokémon of Hisui were also more numerous and fair than in the hard wild. They were the blood descendants of the Pokémon of the One With The Mission, making them have part-*elohim* blood. This strain died out over the centuries, although not before it had spawned entirely new species of Pokémon. Perhaps they still lurk in the waste places of the world, waiting until the time is right to make their return.

## Trivia

Hisui is very similar to the Kingdom of Numenor in J.R.R Tolkein's legendarium, who were a mannish race blessed by the Valar to have long life and pace after fighting against Morgoth in the First Age.