PTC: Red Chain Completed

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This was based on an idea that I'd long considered after playing Pokemon Diamond through the first time. Cyrus, leader of Team Galactic, tortured the Three Spirits Mespirit, Azelf, and Uxie to the point where they created for him a symbol of power: The Red Chain. With this awesome amulet, he could reshape the world as he saw fit. He scaled Mt. Coronet, climbed atop Spear Pillar, and there began an unworldly ritual to summon forth Dialga and Palkia to reshape the world into one where all existence was denied except for him--an emotionless, glorified god of thought--being the center of all. It was a world that only he would find fitting, having sacrificed his pokemon and his own Team Galactic to achieve this.

That's what we come to learn what Cyrus truly wanted. When I first played it, Platinum had never been unlocked yet. So for the most part, we had no knowledge of what Cyrus really wanted. And so, I came up with the idea, being the furry that I am, that he would've made a world of pokemorphs with him as the god of all things. Years later, after talking about this with I had a new idea to mix in with what Cyrus wanted in platinum. A sort of alternate timeline of what could've been.

Cyrus complete the ritual and was free to reshape the universe as he saw fit, but the Red Chain was too much for him, and he became consumed by its own power. Enveloped with the might of oblivion, he was transformed into an eldritch abomination, which our protein-based, primitive minds could only perceive as a shadowy version of himself, smoking with darkness. Not even the logic of Cyrus no longer existed. There was only chaos...and madness!

The Pokemon Trainers who tried to harm him were mere insects, specks of dust in the universe. He -was- the universe now. He knew everything and was everything. They were nothing compared to his power! But their persistence in stopping him began to annoy him. So he lifted out the Red Chain and demonstrated with his power just how insignificant they all were, transforming them into pokemon which was an inner reflection of their deepest fears mixed with the darkest revelations.



(From Left to Right)
Brock-Ditto, in the reflection that he was a lecher as well as a breeder.
May-A Tentacool abberation, in fear of tentacools.
Max-A Shroomish, to show a lack of self-worth.
Ash-Riolu, having never wanted to take responsibility for himself.
Timothy-Regressed to a young poochyena, for fear of inferiority and helpless.
Misty-A lediba, as per her fear of bugs
Peter-An Abra, as in fear of abandoning his friends in need.
Darius-A shiny Electrike, because of a fear of being different mixed with lightning.
Atrus-A rattata, to reflect his materialism and fear of loss.
Dawn-A zigzagoon in reflection of vanity
William-A sentret for fear of neglect.
Pikachu-becoming a pikachu morph because...I don't know why.
Pikachu-becoming a pikachu morph because it's part of Cyrus's master plan. As Ryu puts it, "Think. How well can people live if EVERYONE is morphs. Not just humans, but Pokémon too. Remember, as morbid as it is, some Pokémon ARE used for food."

With them dealt with, Cyrus completed his work, and the world was changed forever into a land of neverending twilight and oblivion.

The lands continuously battled for elemental control, towering mountains and overgrown forests giving way to tsunamis, glaciers, and storms of every kind, followed by volcanoes and then the cycles repeating themselves. What little that lasted forever in the Primal Lands were the countless Dead Cities--necropolises, temples and monoliths in glory to Cyrus's power, their ancient columns written in alien tongues that praised annihilation and the welcome of emptiness and infinity. Few living things thrived in the Primal Lands, and those that inhabited the Dead Cities were fanatical cult members or nameless creatures beyond the comprehension of mortals.

But, arising from the terrible destruction, the Legendary Pokemon across the regions--Mewtwo, Celebi, The Legendary Birds, Lugia, Giratina and more--banded together and created the Good Lands from the ruins of civilization. There, life as it used to be was slowly reconstructed(Currently, we are at the tech level of feudal japan during the time of trading with western civilizations and the attempted spread of christianity.), though the influence of Cyrus was too strong, never allowing the pokemorphs ever to be human again and each new birth another diminishment of hope.


Many pokemorphs turned to the Creator in hope. Arceus, however, could not undo the power that Cyrus had unleashed while he controlled it. And thus was mankind's hope erased. But there was still hope, for it'd been told since the beginning of the Twilight that a group who'd first stood against Cyrus would have what it took to conquer the Oblivion and restore order to the broken world. And Life would being its ultimate battle with Annihilation!

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Well that's enough of that. Just enjoy the picture now. That's all you came to see here right?

Let me tell you, though, this was a major BITCH to do! The photoshop program kept crashing cause it was THAT huge! O.o It was even harder to coordinate FOUR pages of drawings into a super picture! Four drawings! And now I just hear news I missed two of them. T.T Crap it all... Well, I hope you like it, , , and Zwei!