Arceus

## Arceus アルセウス *Arceus*

**Arceus** is a Mythical Pokémon that appears in the game. It serves as the ultimate non-villain final boss of the game should the player choose to be a Trainer at the beginning.

## Bio

### Appearance

**Arceus** is a white equine Pokémon resembling a qilin or centaur with a gray, vertically-striated underside. The striated pattern has similar recurrences on the underside of its mane, tail, and face. Its four pointed feet are tipped with gold hooves. Its long mane juts away from its head, and its face is gray, with green eyes and red pupils, and a green circular pattern below its eyes. Arceus also has a streak of gold coloration on its head, and ears that point upward. Its neck is fairly long, with two pairs of extrusions to the sides, and a flap-like feature on the neck's underside that is colored white like much of the body. Arceus also has a golden cross-like wheel attached to its body by its round abdomen, which changes color along with its eyes and hooves based on its current type, which depends on the Plate or type-specific Z-Crystal that it wields. The wheel also has four jewels attached to it. The pattern of striated gray of Arceus's underbelly resumes past Arceus's waist. Its limbs have gray undersides and extrusions at the tops of the legs. Arceus's tail is fairly like its mane in terms of shape and coloration.

### Personality

Arceus is shown to care for and safeguard the planet in ancient times and protected it from cataclysms such as meteors, and it would show gratitude and compassion in return to those who treated it with equal kindness. In the game's present, Arceus continues to watch over the Pokéverse, and it wishes for Humans and Pokémon to work together in face of adversity. Even when it is needed, it would only give out hints for how to solve the problem, instead of directly interfering. Arceus does not suffer fools gladly, and it will attack in a violent rampage if betrayed or deceived. It also holds long grudges if betrayed by those it considered friends.

## Skills

According to legend, it shaped the Pokémon universe using its 1,000 arms. Arceus has been referred to as "The Original One" in myths and legends, and is generally considered to be one of the strongest Pokémon. Arceus is thought to have created Sinnoh and Ransei, and possibly the entire Pokémon universe, along with the lake guardians, Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit, as well as Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina (referred to as the creation trio by fans). Because of this, Arceus is thought to be one of the most long-lived of all Pokémon species. It has the power to recreate the creation trio as well, presumably to guard the dimensions when a Trainer has caught one of them. Arceus has been portrayed as having powers such as bringing back things that it once destroyed, making certain things vanish into thin air, halting time, and overturning the very laws of nature. It even has the power to not only calm Dialga and Palkia but also destroy the Red Chain. Arceus can change its type at will in order to adapt to a situation, as seen with its use of Plates (including the Legend Plate) or Z-Crystals. Arceus also has the power to create a piece of itself to exist outside of its home dimension which is just as powerful as the original.

Arceus is shown to be capable of human speech, and it states that Arceus is simply the name humans call it. According to history books, the first ancient inhabitants of the Hisui region, the Celestica, worshiped it, referring to it as "almighty Sinnoh" and "great Sinnoh". Arceus also had the title "might of Sinnoh", with the term Sinnoh later on becoming the name of the region. The Diamond Clan and Pearl Clan also worshiped it, though they mistook Dialga and Palkia, respectively, for Arceus. It is also implied that its physical form, which the player can obtain, is only a piece of its whole being, while its true form is unknown and incomprehensible.

Arceus is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Judgment. It is also able to use the charged up versions of the creation trio's signature moves; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend and Shadow Force, as shown in its boss battle.

## Trivia

*For this character's tropes, see here.*
* Despite being called the master of all Pokémon, NDs are the exception since they were created by the Divinity rather than descending from the dozens of Mew it created. As a result, they are the only Pokémon it isn't able to control or force to obey if it wanted to.
* Arceus cannot be caught by players playing as a Trainer until the Last Story is completed and all the other Pokémon in the National Pokédex have been obtained.
* Unlike its canon counterpart, it is not omnipresent, as the Divinity and the sentient magic take over that role. It is still extremely powerful and can still create Pokémon and humans out of nothing, however.