Eon Duo (HBH)

**Latias** (Japanese: **ラティアス** *Latias*) and **Latios** (Japanese: **ラティオス** *Latios*) are twin Dragon/Psychic Legendary Pokémon who befriended Magna prior to his arrival at the Battle Frontier.

## **Latias**

 * Real Form
* Human Form

### **History**

#### **Battle Frontier**

Latias is first seen with Latios, where they transport Magna to the Hoenn region's Battle Frontier. Upon landing, Magna thanks the two for their help and waves goodbye.

After his conquest of the Battle Factory, Magna calls Latias and Latios down to help him investigate the Sceptile he took from there. With their help, Magna comes to the conclusion that the Sceptile is not a rental Pokémon and someone must have planted it in the Battle Factory. The conversation is interrupted by the appearance of Tucker and Brandon, forcing Latias and Latios to leave. After Magna conquers the Battle Pike, he meets with Latias, who appears disguised as a maid. Latias introduces herself to Magna's friend, Todd Snap, and tells him about Magna's ability to pacify Pokémon that have gone out of control. Latias assists Magna in finding more smuggled Pokémon and pacifying them before they go berserk and attack innocent people.

As Magna challenges the Battle Pyramid, the Frontier Brains discover that one of their allies was attacked and several rental Pokémon were taken from the Battle Factory. Fearing that they may blame Magna after taking Sceptile from the Battle Factory, Todd heads to the Battle Pyramid to warn Magna. As he runs over, he bumps into Latias, who appears in the guise of a member of the press. Using her and Latios's Sight Sharing ability, Latias shows Todd a scene of Magna battling at the top of the Battle Pyramid from Latios's perspective. After Magna conquers the Battle Pyramid, he is confronted by the Frontier Brains, who ask him about the Sceptile he took. Magna explains that he isn't the one who stole the rental Pokémon, and that his mission at the Battle Frontier is to find the Mythical Pokémon Jirachi. The Frontier Brains find this reveal suspicious, but decide to trust Magna and follow him to Artisan Cave, where Jirachi currently resides. Magna leads the Frontier Brains by sea with Latias and Latios helping him move over the water.

During Magna's challenge of the Battle Dome, Todd looks over the various photos he took of Magna. He shuffles the pictures, but accidentally cuts his finger in the process. After calling the front desk for some disinfectant, Latias appears, disguised as a nurse with a first aid kit. Latias reveals to Todd that Magna asked her to help investigate the armored man, Guile Hideout. When Guile manages to capture Jirachi and attacks innocents with the stolen rental Pokémon, Latias takes Todd to go investigate and meets with Latios. They head to the Battle Palace, where they meet with Spenser, who begins revealing Guile Hideout's secrets. With their sight sharing, Latias and Latios relay this information to Magna, forcing Guile to reveal his true identity: Team Aqua's leader, Archie.

Guile uses Jirachi to create a gigantic fake Kyogre made of seawater to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Latias and Latios assist during the battle by taking innocents to safety while Magna and the other Pokédex holders battle Guile, while also using Safeguard to heal any minor damages that the people may have suffered. Latias also assists by using Hometown Soil from Faraway Island to free all the rental Pokémon from Guile's control. After Guile is defeated, Latias and Latios watch as Magna celebrates Guile's defeat with his new friends. Feeling that Magna now has true companions, Latias and Latios decide to return to their home on Southern Island.

#### **Meteor Threat**

Latias and Latios hear the sound of the Eon Flute being played on Southern Island. Latias initially thinks Magna is the one playing the melody, only to find that it's not. Latias disguises herself as a human and goes down to see the person, who turns out to be Jethro. Jethro asks the two to take him to the Sky Pillar, due to some strange things happening in the Hoenn region. Latios agrees and goes off with Jethro while asking Latias to stay behind. Latias later travels to the Sea Mauville, where she finds Magna and Gwendolyn helping Mr. Stone and Steven power a machine that will help stop a meteoroid that will crash into the planet. She watches as Gwendolyn's Blaziken and Magna's Sceptile are hooked to a machine that begins draining their life energy and relays this information to Latios and Jethro via Sight Sharing. The process horrifies Latias, who closes her eyes, preventing Latios and Jethro from seeing the process being finished.

After Jethro arrives at the Sea Mauville with Latios, he asks Drake to take him to Meteor Falls. As they travel, Latias and Latios help Jethro and Magna get acquainted with Diancie and Hoopa, the two Mythical Pokémon that they had befriended earlier. They are shocked at the appearance of Groudon and Kyogre, who were summoned from their respective places of slumber by Hoopa after it was tricked by Blaise and Amber. Latias and Latios transport Jethro and Magna through the air as they try to stop the two super-ancient Pokémon, but their attempts to stop them are easily shrugged off.

Groudon and Kyogre continue advancing until they reach their destination, where they are transformed into their Primal forms. The now stronger Groudon and Kyogre begin exerting power into the air, making it hard for Latias and Latios to get close. They eventually manage to break through and continue their attempts to stop the super-ancient Pokémon, but are soon blown out of the sky by a combined attack. The culprits who caused Groudon and Kyogre's transformation are revealed to be Maxie and Archie, who gloat over the defeat of their opponents.

### **Personality and Characteristics**

Latias is the younger sibling of the eon duo, but by no regards is any less mature than her older brother, Latios. Like her older brother, Latias holds a strong bond and attachment towards Magna, who they affectionately nicknamed "**Mag**" (Japanese: **マグ** *Magu*). Despite Magna's initial claims of disliking Pokémon, Magna doesn't mind the company of Latias and Latios, and actually feels quite comfortable around them, asking for their assistance during times of need. Like her brother, Latias can speak through telepathy, but only people she chooses can hear her thoughts, such as Magna and, later, Todd Snap.

Unlike her brother, Latias possesses the ability to change her appearance by using her feathers to refract light. By using this ability, Latias can make herself look like a human, allowing her to blend in with her surroundings. By using their Sight Sharing, Latias and Latios can show an image of what they're viewing to anyone. According to Latias herself, she enjoys cosplaying as a human, finding the experience being "heart-warming".

Aside from her playful nature, Latias also possesses quite a sense of humor, using her many disguises for either to help others, or simply for her personal amusement. Latias's sense of humor can also be quite crude and mature, as Latias often teases her brother about breeding with another human whilst under her human form, and further teases him, and herself, by wondering (sometimes aloud) the difference between breeding with a human, and a Pokémon.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

### **History**

#### **Battle Frontier**

Latios is first seen with Latias, where they transport Magna to the Hoenn region's Battle Frontier. Upon landing, Magna thanks the two for their help and waves goodbye.

After his conquest of the Battle Factory, Magna calls Latios and Latias down to help him investigate the Sceptile he took from there. With their help, Magna comes to the conclusion that the Sceptile is not a rental Pokémon and someone must have planted it in the Battle Factory. The conversation is interrupted by the appearance of Tucker and Brandon, forcing Latios and Latias to leave.

As Magna challenges the Battle Pyramid, the Frontier Brains discover that one of their allies was attacked and several rental Pokémon were taken from the Battle Factory. Fearing that they may blame Magna after taking Sceptile from the Battle Factory, Todd Snap heads to the Battle Pyramid to warn Magna. As he runs over, he bumps into Latias, who appears in the guise of a member of the press. Using her and Latios's Sight Sharing ability, Latias shows Todd a scene of Magna battling at the top of the Battle Pyramid from Latios's perspective. After Magna conquers the Battle Pyramid, he is confronted by the Frontier Brains, who ask him about the Sceptile he took. Magna explains that he isn't the one who stole the rental Pokémon, and that his mission at the Battle Frontier is to find the Mythical Pokémon Jirachi. The Frontier Brains find this reveal suspicious, but decide to trust Magna and follow him to Artisan Cave, where Jirachi currently resides. Magna leads the Frontier Brains by sea with Latios and Latias helping him move over the water.

When Guile Hideout attacks the Battle Frontier after capturing Jirachi, Magna is forced to leave his team at the Battle Palace while he tries to confront Guile at the Battle Tower. There, Magna faces Anabel, who was put under Guile's mind control, but is eventually defeated despite having new Pokémon to use in battle. Latios arrives in time to deliver Magna's regular team, which have successfully obtained the Spirits Symbol. After Guile begins flooding the Battle Frontier with his fake Kyogre, Latios and Latias assist during the battle by taking innocents to safety while Magna and the other Pokédex holders battle Guile. Latios also assists by using Hometown Soil from Faraway Island to free all the rental Pokémon from Guile's control. After Guile is defeated, Latios and Latias watch as Magna celebrates Guile's defeat with his new friends. Feeling that Magna now has true companions, Latios and Latias decide to return to their home on Southern Island.

#### **Meteor Threat**

Latios and Latias hear the sound of the Eon Flute being played on Southern Island. Latias initially thinks Magna is the one playing the melody, only to find that it's not. Latias disguises herself as a human and goes down to see the person, who turns out to be Jethro. Jethro asks the two to take him to the Sky Pillar, due to some strange things happening in the Hoenn region. Latios agrees and goes off with Jethro while asking Latias to stay behind. They travel to the Sky Pillar and begin traversing it. Eventually they run into Zinnia, who attacks them under the impression that they are intruders. After Jethro and Latios manage to defeat Zinnia, she reveals that the planet is in danger of being destroyed by a meteoroid.

After Zinnia leaves, Jethro and Latios decide to spend the rest of the night camping inside the Sky Pillar. The next day, they begin heading back to their friends, but are attacked by three Draconids, who demand to know why Jethro was at the Sky Pillar. They battle for some time, but decide against it after realizing that both sides are not enemies. The Draconids tell Jethro about Zinnia's goal, but are forced to leave when pieces of the meteoroid begin falling down. Latios is struck by a falling rock, causing him and Jethro to plummet into the sea. They later awaken inside a cave, where Latios reveals to be the home of Diancie, who found and saved Jethro and Latios from drowning. Latios uses his ability to see through Latias's eyes to check up on Magna, revealing that they are all at Sea Mauville. Latias watches as Gwendolyn's Blaziken and Magna's Sceptile are hooked to a machine that begins draining their life energy and relays this information to Latios and Jethro via Sight Sharing. The process horrifies Latias, who closes her eyes, preventing Latios and Jethro from seeing the process being finished. Shocked at what is going on, Jethro decides to immediately go to his friends to get some answers. With Diancie joining them, Jethro and Latios head to Sea Mauville.

After arriving at the Sea Mauville, Jethro asks Drake to take him to Meteor Falls. As they travel, Latios and Latias help Jethro and Magna get acquainted with Diancie and Hoopa, the two Mythical Pokémon that they had befriended earlier. They are shocked at the appearance of Groudon and Kyogre, who were summoned from their respective places of slumber by Hoopa after it was tricked by Blaise and Amber. Latios and Latias transport Jethro and Magna through the air as they try to stop the two super-ancient Pokémon, but their attempts to stop them are easily shrugged off.

Groudon and Kyogre continue advancing until they reach their destination, where they are transformed into their Primal forms. The now stronger Groudon and Kyogre begin exerting power into the air, making it hard for Latias and Latios to get close. They eventually manage to break through and continue their attempts to stop the super-ancient Pokémon, but are soon blown out of the sky by a combined attack. The culprits who caused Groudon and Kyogre's transformation are revealed to be Maxie and Archie, who gloat over the defeat of their opponents.

### **Personality and Characteristics**

Latios is the older sibling of the eon duo, while also being far more serious than his younger sister, Latias. Like his younger sister, Latios has the ability to speak through telepathy, but only towards human that Latios trusts, such as Magna.

Despite their strong bond and connection, Latios and Latias sometimes bicker with each other, mostly due to Latios's rather over-protectiveness of his sister, becoming riled up about Latias's crude and mature jokes about breeding with humans whilst under her human form (an ability that only Latias possesses), as Latias often teases Latios about it for her own personal amusement.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.