Mbelekoro

## The Mbelekoro

### Aliases

The Evil Djinn, the Prime Enemy, the Elder King, the Enemy, the Black Foe of the World, the Great Djinn

### Relatives

Rayquaza (brother in the mind of Arceus) Arceus (creator)

## Appearances

### Debut

Brick Bronze

In the beginning the Mbelekoro (Hisuian: "The Evil Djinn") was the greatest of the Powers. He shares primacy with Rayquaza and the Creation Trio in power, but never enjoyed the same amount of favor from Arceus; for Dialga and Palkia were closer to Arceus in mind, while the Mbelekoro created discord among the *elohim.* He sought mastery and dictatorship over the world, rather then regency of it according to the Plan of Arceus. The Mbelekoro was a smith and a great lord, governing with wisdom. But pride became his master, and he rebelled against those higher than he and oppressed those below. He claimed the world unto himself, and forsook his allegiance to Arceus, rebelled and rallied against his brethren, and corrupted a realm for himself amidst the Earth, and his true name is no longer spoken by the Powers. He is cursed, a fallen *elohim,* he is named the **Black Enemy**, and dreaded as the **Dark Power of the South,** and the first and greatest Dark Lord.

## Appearance

The *hroa* of the Mbelekoro took many forms prior to the Battle of the Temple of Sinnoh. As a Dark Lord he took the form of mighty, titanic warrior, strong-built and broad. Upon his brow was a crown of iron, and the serpent's gaze of his eyes was like the burning of fire and the piercing of ice. Black armor he wore, foul and rusted, and he bore Durthang, the Cudgel of Jigoku. His visage was of absolute hate, a wicked king, cruel and oppressive, who mistreated those below him. He saw the world as his domain, a spirit wasteful and pitiless.

But he could take fair form if the need arose, in the form of Marcus, the Lord of Gifts. The burgundy king carved his domain in the Ered Engrin in the north of Hisui, and was well used to taking upon many other forms. After his defeat at the Temple of Sinnoh, he lost the ability to take on any form that was pleasing to the eye, and the hand of the Mbelekoro was ever after scorched and blackened.

## Personality

The Mbelekoro was truly the incarnation of evil. Even in the beginning he was a prideful and domineering spirit, and the lordship of the Earth was of the least of his desires. In this desire he drove himself through pride and wrath on into evil, and by his actions, the concepts of evil became his active traits. He was a fearsome tyrant, tormenting his subjects as one would a pet.

At the same time he was a skilled lair, able to deceiver, flatter, or charm his enemies with politics or gifts of the hand, yet when his schemes came to fruition, he cast aside those who served no further use to them. In his ancient forms, he could disguise himself as resplendent, majestic, and noble, and in this form he was the Deceiver, for dishonesty originated in him.

Yet as a Dark Lord he lost all semblance of nobility, and his sinful nature became visible to all those around him. He spoke in roars or shouts, lust and greed was ever on his forked tongue. All that he knew was for his own gain, but alone of his divine kind the Mbelekoro knew mortal pain, a punishment caused by his attachment to the physical world from his intrusive dominance, a edge over his enemies that gave him powers like the ability to control the wind in a unnatural fashion.

The Mbelekoro was the source of all arrogance, as he loved nothing more than to challenge those with weaker wills than himself, and grind them to dust. He prided himself on his powers, size and intelligence, and divine skills; which he long held in truth despite his foul heart. However, this power had been dispersed like dust through his evil, and by the time of Legends of Arceus he was little more than a proud giant, sitting upon his Iron Throne drunk with the power he had over others. For he had poured his spirit into the very Earth, and innumerable creatures of darkness, including the foul half-men, and his *elohim-*servants. This petty degradation was to be his downfall, for he was weakened in such a fashion that he might be imprisoned, and did not prepare for foes equal to himself, and their vengeance upon him for his countless sins.

## Servants

* Giratina
* Yveltal
* Darkrai
* Marshadow
* Eternatus
* Thunderous, Tornadus, Enamorus
* Countless other demons of varying strength
* Lucius (The Black Captain)
* Rog (Father of Salamance)
* Gostir (Lord of Tyranitar)
* Malacus (Captain of the Guard of Marcus)
* Jonathan Rowell Cypress
* Emrett

### Armies

* Enamorus cult
* Calathrim
* Nurians
* Half-men
* Kantorim
* Kalosi Rumhoth
* Werewolves
* Enslaved Pokémon
* Dragons
* Ghosts
* Undead
* Assorted monsters and mishappen beasts
* Team Eclipse
* Team Rocket
* Team Galactic
* Team Aqua and Team Magma
* Aether Corporation
* Macro Cosmos
* Neo Team Eclipse
* Many others

### Powers & abilities

The Mbelekoro was initially one of the strongest, if not the strongest, being in Earth. In his prime, he spoiled oceans and ruined mountain ranges. He had a wide breadth of knowledge and understanding of the world, far more than any of his counterparts.

Though tremendously powerful, and able to alter and corrupt the world in many ways, the Mbelekoro could only twist or destroy what already existed. In his desire to take over all of the Earth, he dispersed his essence and power throughout, until the point that the world was irreversibly corrupted, even after his imprisonment. The more of his power he dispersed, the less control he had over it.

Even while greatly weakened, the Mbelekoro could command behemoth armies, summon massive firestorms, huge craters and earthquakes, curse his foes to sorrow and death, (e.g. Logaria) move at a supernatural rate, experience limited prescience, and perform rituals allowing for a gain of power, control the airs and winds, be nearly invulnerable in a incarnate form, etc, etc.

## Plot

### In the Beginning

In the Dawn of Creation the Mbelekoro was called the Great Djinn, for he was mighty. But it came into his heart that he wished to make creations for himself and not of the Original One, and he grew sore and discontent. Arceus rebuked him, saying that anything that he did could only be a twisted rendition of what already was, but the Mbelekoro was not satisfied with his own limited authority.

The Mbelekoro deceived a third of the *elohim* in Deep Heaven once the Earth was made, and their thoughts were put in accordance with the thoughts of Darkness. And there was War in Deep Heaven, and the Great Djinn wrestled with Dialga and Palkia, and he and his demons were cast out to Earth, and then there was strife there.

### The Days of Tumult

And thus began the Days of Tumult. The world was formed, but the two races of the Children of Arceus, Men and Pokémon, had yet to appear within the Circles of the World. Many *elohim* were given authority to shape and guide the world into a place of suitable habitation for the coming of the Children.

But the Mbelekoro was there. Groudon reared mountains, the Mbelekoro ruined them. Kyogre made seas, the Mbelekoro spoiled them. Rayquaza forged the atmosphere, the Mbelekoro blew it away. And all the powers could not stand against the might of Giratina and Yveltal, the most terrible servants of the Mbelekoro.

And then Xerneas, a spirit of great hardihood and power, came down from Deep Heaven, and Yveltal and the Mbelekoro fled at the sound and sight of his laughter and hooves, and they left for the Great Abyss, where the watched in hate, impotent to act.

The world was fashioned, yet it was imperfect. Still Arceus could love it, and the Mbelekoro hated Him evermore for this. Giratina was banished by Dialga and Palkia, and then the Firstborn awoke, Pokémon, and they were taught how to divide their types by the *elohim,* and a great many Pokémon of diverse forms came into being. And they were unspoiled and dwelt in bliss.

### Time in Beulah

Now it came to pass that the Followers, Men, awoke in the fair land of Beulah. Xerneas slept, believing that the danger had passed, and his duty was complete. And the Mbelekoro returned in secret with Yveltal, cloaked in the unlight of destruction, and he infiltrated the camps of Men and Pokémon, and taught them many things.

He instructed them in the arts of the making of weapons and war, and cosmetics and beauty, and taught them fear and pride. He taught them of Good and Evil, and then they were lost. Yveltal devoured the Twin Trees of Life and Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the two fled, and Xerneas could not find them, for they ran faster than the winds.

And then the twin races were cursed. It was now the lot of Men to die, and Pokémon were to be chained by their passions. And Yvetal in secret disowned its master and fled away, and the Mbelekoro went about with his other duties and went to Kalos. Lunala shed her tears over the blackened stumps of the Twin Trees, and Necrozma fashioned the Sun and Moon from the new fruit that grew there, and they were set in the sky, and light was brought to the world.

### Elder Days

And the Race of Men spread far and wide with Pokémon, and one group that called themselves the Kalosi Rumhoth built the Star-tower of Babel under the teachings of the Evil Djinn. But it was broken and the nations were spilt, and the Kalosi Rumhoth began to establish their empire in the Star-land of Kalos.

And the Kalosi Rumhoth rose to such a height under the leadership of the Black Foe that they conquered nearly all of the Earth, and the Great Armament was assembled the remaining free peoples.

Now, the Evil Djinn had set Kyogre and Groudon against each other with lies and deceptive words, and they burned with enmity over the differences between land and sea. And in this the Mbelekoro wove his own demise, for as the Great Armament set out with the blowing of horns and the yelling of slavemasters, the twin *elohim* of the Land and Sea began to battle.

There has never been such a battle upon Earth, and there never shall be until the End Days. The fashion of the Earth and Sea was changed, and the Great Armament was wholly destroyed. The empire was desecrated by the duelings of Xerneas and Yveltal, and the Hisuians in the east and the Logarians in the south would not allow a single Kalosi Rumhoth to live in those lands. And the Elder Days ended.

### The Age of the Twin Kingdoms

The Mbelekoro set a great fortress in the land of Dor Daedeloth in north of Roria, and it became the most evil and defiled place in the world. Logaria was set in perpetual conflict to the Mbelekoro, and the north kingdom of Hisui was mostly ignored by the dark powers.

Many battles and fruitless victories and Pyrrhic defeats occurred between the Logarians and the Black Foe over a millennium, while the north kingdom waned in power. The Dark Lord increased his influence once more, for his enemies were few, and none were so fell and terrible as the Logarians, and even they could merely stem the tide of darkness pouring from Dor Daedeloth.

### Legends of Arceus

The Dark Lord wished to harm Arceus directly, and take a share of His power in a fashion that had never been attempted before. A stronghold was made in the north of Hisui, and a terrible ritual was prepared to tear the Plates from Arceus.

At this time, the Quest of the Golden Company to defeat the Evil Djinn was undertaken, climaxing in the Battle of the Temple of Sinnoh, where Arceus was summoned in incarnate form, and the Plates were torn from Him, yet Marcus failed to absorb the Plates, and he was crushed beneath the ruin of the mountain. Yet he did not perish, and he returned to Dor Daedeloth to continue his terrible schemes.

### Capture and first Downfall

The ships of Logaria brought the Hisuians to Roria, and there the Quest to Forge the Prison Bottle took place. A plot of the Evil Djinn was foiled in Beulah, and he was captured by Dialga and Palkia in the apocalyptic War of Wrath. His kingdom failed, his servants fled and perished. No evidence remained of his rule other than the tales of the Logarians and Hisuians, and a new age of peace came about.

### Escape and consolidation of power

The years crawled on, and Logaria became corrupt and fell because of its own folly. Hisui faded and turned into Sinnoh. The entire world became modernized, and the memory of what came before simply died out for the most part.

Although it was true that the Mbelekoro could never escape the Prison Bottle entirely, a sliver of his essence broke free of his aging cage. Even in his diminished and incredibly weakened state, the Evil Djinn could manipulate world events through the use of his loyal servants and many evil spirits that still adhered to him out of fear.

### The Great Years

The Evil Djinn did not know the location of the Prison Bottle, for spells of exceeding strength shielded it from his eyes. Thus, he was prevented from freeing the greater part of his being, at least directly.

Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, nearly unleashed chaos upon the world with the combination of three *elohim,* Moltress, Zapdos, and Articuno. That scheme was foiled by Red, Green, and Blue, the first Pokedex Holders. Soon after, the rouge Kanto Elite Four were prevented from using the immense power of the *elohim* Lugia, combined with the Badge Energy Amplifier, to destroy all of humanity by the fourth Pokedex Holder, Yellow.

The Evil Djinn saw that another possibility of victory could be attained. Through the use of the GS Ball, the Mbelekoro intended to go back to the moment of his imprisonment and undo the damage that had been done. Pryce, the Mask of Ice, was defeated by Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Pokedex Holders of the Johto region, and the Evil Djinn was not able to return back through the Rift of Time created by a captured Celebi.

The Mbelekoro had hidden his presence from the majority of humanity, and it deemed that somehow, in some way, the Pokedex Holders were destined to oppose him and his plans. From that point on the Pokedex Holders were the targets of the Mbelekoro just as the Mbelekoro was the target of the Pokedex Holders, although they did not know him by name or nature.

Kyogre and Groudon were set to bring ruin upon the Earth, but Ruby and Sapphire, the Pokedex Holders of Hoenn, with the aid of the Red and Blue Orbs and the Wind-lord Rayquaza, managed to avert the crisis. Six months later, Giovanni returned with a plot of his own, without any will of the Mbelekoro within it. In that time, a spiritually minded bureaucrat by the name of Jonathan Rowell Cypress swore allegiance to the Evil Djinn, and began the formation of Team Eclipse.

The five senior Pokedex Holders were turned to stone by Darkrai, much to the Mbelekoro's delight. Jirachi the Giver awoke at the Hoenn Battle Frontier, and a servant of the Evil Djinn known as Guile Hideout almost sunk the entire world under the primeval sea. Due to the valiant actions of the Pokedex Holder Emerald, Guile (secretly Archie) was defeated and the Pokedex Holders freed from their petrification.

In Sinnoh, of old Hisui, the Mbelekoro used Team Galactic to attempt to create a new universe, one where it would rule without the constraints of physical laws. The Lake Guardians were captured, and Dialga and Palkia were made into a mockery as they fought to create the new world. All seemed lost, until the three Sinnoh Pokedex Holders, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, combined Knowledge, Emotion, and Willpower into defeating the Mbelekoro again.

All seemed well, until it was realized that a small gateway had been opened to the Distortion World in the chaos of Dialga and Palkia's fighting. Cyrus, Dialga, and Palkia were captured by Giratina and dragged into the Realm of Antimatter. In that, the Evil Djinn, invisible and crouching nearby, realized that one of his greatest servants still lived, and could be freed and used to his ends.

There was a terrible battle in the Distortion World, but the Two Lords of Space and Time were freed, and Giratina was sealed away again. But in the Distortion World the Mbelekoro espied a terrible ruin: the ruin of the Bronze Portal where it had intended, in the far past, to create a new universe.

Although the Mbelekoro knew of the location of the ruins, the Bronze Brick was missing from the portal frame due to Rei Berlitz's ancient valor. The Evil Djinn attempted to absorb the Plates once more, yet the plot only ended in Arceus becoming whole again in its incarnate form.

Ghetsis was foiled in Unova, and two years of scheming and plotting passed, mostly concerned with the growth of Team Eclipse. Colress and Ghetsis were defeated again by the Four Unovan Pokedex Holders.

In Kalos, the Mbelekoro was confident, for his power was still very strong there, more so than in any other region. Using his slave Lysandere to attempt to reactivate the Ultimate Weapon of Old Kalos, he was stopped not once but twice from activating it, by the children of Vanivale Town. In a terrible storm of wrath the Mbelekoro allowed Team Eclipse to reveal itself, but not to act upon their ultimate purpose.

The Ultra Beasts were prevented from destroying all that was by Sun and Moon, and the light of the heavenly stars was not quenched by Necrozma. After this, the Prison Bottle was discovered, and the Bronze Brick as well. And now the greatest scheme of the Evil Djinn came to fruition...

### Brick Bronze

The Mbelekoro now took full control over Team Eclipse through his puppet, Cypress. The first half of his plot was to free his remaining essence from the Prison Bottle, which was done by Cypress at the Battle of Anthien City.

It would have taken another century for the Mbelekoro to have recovered his full stature, but that was not wholly necessary. After a failed attempt at increasing his strength with the capture of Yveltal, the Mbelekoro came upon the knowledge to make a great rift to the Distortion World, to create a new world through the means of indwelling Hoopa.

At the Rorian League Tournament, the Mbelekoro attacked with all the armies of Team Eclipse, and the second Battle of the Distortion World began. Rayquaza and Kyurem were there, including the Legendary Beasts and Birds, and many other countless heroes and Pokémon. The Mbelekoro fully revealed himself to his enemies, and then retreated inside the Demon's Tomb to begin the ritual.

### Battle of the Demon's Tomb and defeat

Unable to directly steal the Bronze Brick from the Pokedex Holder Bronze, the Mbelekoro used Bronze's captive parents as leverage for the free exchange of the Brick. The portal was repaired, and the Mbelekoro indwelt Hoopa, his unwilling slave, before the eyes of his enemies.

The Pokedex Holder Jake cast Cypress into the next reality, but the Mbelekoro was too strong to be defeated even with the combined attacks of all the Pokedex Holders. All hope was lost, and Jake was sent to another world as the portal grew in power, ready to put all the lands into a Great Darkness.

Bronze ran at the Mbelekoro in a act of supreme bravery, and in that instant it was deemed by Arceus that the time of humanities struggles against the Evil Djinn was over, and that he had been the last of the 'supernatural' enemies that humanity as a whole would have to face.

Arceus intervened, and Dialga, Palkia, and a newly repentant Giratina bound the Mbelekoro. Judgement was cast, and a new Prison Bottle was forged, and the Mbelekoro was locked away once more. Cypress returned, but was destroyed in his own folly as the last remaining catalyst of the Evil Djinn's consciousness. The Battle for Earth was over, and the armies of the Mbelekoro were scattered and leaderless, and a new spring came upon the Earth.

### Legacy and prophesized return

As a result of his dispersing essence into the entire Earth, every bit of matter was tainted with the Mbelekoro-element. Nothing was wholly evil, but nothing of the Earth was without it. The world was marred beyond all healing, unless Arceus Willed it. Eternatus still remained, intent on following its master's legacy and becoming the second Dark Lord.

At the events of Brick Bronze, only Rayquaza and Dialga and Palkia combined could have totally defeated the Evil Djinn in single combat. Even if another escape was attempted, there would be little risk to the free world of a Second Darkness.

But it must be told that the spirit of the Mbelekoro could and would increase according to its relative greatness, and recover a large amount of its lost power, if not all of it. This set the stage for the prophesied Last Battle, Har Meggedon, Ragna Rok, Dagor Dagorath, where the Mbelekoro would return in all his power and glory, and destroy the sun and moon, but would be eventually defeated by Arceus, and the Second Creation of the World would begin.

## Trivia

The Mbelekoro is a applied usage of the Dark Lord trope to Pokémon, heavily inspired by J.R.R Tolkien's Morgoth and Sauron, although differences exist between both and the Mbelekoro.