independent, canon divergent GIRATINA written by cherabby, sideblog to legendwrought multiverse // human & pkmn forms available trigger warnings; this blog will contain regular themes of abuse, death, isolation, and existential horror
GIRATINA, THE RENEGADE
(also known as Cain; the firstborn, the exile, the void, the end of all things)
Once, there was only the original one.
They looked, but saw nothing. They listened, but heard nothing. Because there was yet nothing that existed, except for the Original One. They pondered, for a time, on what this meant. And eventually, they thought:
If I exist, then it is possible to exist. But I did not exist moments ago, so it is also possible to not exist.
From this realization, Giratina, the Firstborn, came to be.
One day, Giratina asked Arceus:
"Honored creator, why must I stay here in your realm? My siblings are free to wander, but I cannot play with them."
Arceus replied, "Because, Giratina, you must not leave. You were my firstborn, created from the void, and the void is your domain."
"But I do not want the void to be my domain. I want to create. Dialga weaves the threads of time together in such beautiful patterns, and Palkia forges the stars and planets in the sky. I wish to create something, too."
"You cannot. It is your nature to destroy, my dear child. If you touch Dialga's weaving, it will unravel. If you enter Palkia's forge, it will go dark. They will not understand that you cannot help it. They will be upset with you. That is why you must stay with me. I understand, and I will keep you safe."
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With Giratina came the first fundamental law of the universe:
All that which exists will someday come to an end.
Arceus feared this, so in the hope of preventing it, they created two more: Dialga, weaver of time, and Palkia, forger of space.
Together, they would spread existence out across eternity, faster than the void could consume it. And Giratina, Firstborn, Harbinger of Entropy, would be kept under the Original One's watchful eye.
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One day, Giratina grew tired of being kept in the away from the rest of the universe, unable to see their siblings or the world they had built. And so Giratina snuck away.
And the world was wonderful!
First, they visited Dialga's weaving room. Their sibling explained to them that this was where they did their work; Arceus had tasked them with creating the fabric of time. Each thread represented a timeline, and it was Dialga's duty to ensure they were all accounted for. Each one began, converged, ended, precisely where it was supposed to.
Giratina thanked them, and went on their way. Once they left, Dialga saw that the ends of their fabric had begun to fray and wear.
Next, they visited Palkia's forge. Their sibling told them how they fulfilled Arceus' tasks; here, they forged stars and planets to fill the infinite cosmos. Every last creation was unique, each with its own quirks and flaws. ("Those," Palkia told them with a wink, "Are what make them special.")
Giratina thanked them, and went on their way. Once they left, Palkia saw that some of their stars had gone dark, and the planets around them withering away.
Finally, Giratina visited the Earth, where so many more of their parent's creations dwelled. But the Earth was so small compared to Dialga's weaving room or Palkia's forge, and it could not support their presence. All around them things began to grow distorted and decayed—and Arceus found them almost immediately.
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Although Giratina's presence might accelerate the march of entropy, it would still continue in their absence. Slowly, surely; such was the law of the universe.
Arceus knew this. But Arceus was still afraid of them. Of its inevitable End.
They could not destroy Giratina, not without unmaking the universe itself.
So instead, they would delay it. With a million billion galaxies and a million billion timeslines to hide behind, and with Giratina kept locked away from all of it.
They would not accept that the fate of all things was to end.
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One day, Arceus said to Giratina:
"You disobeyed me. You left, and look what happened. You destroyed your siblings creations, because that is your nature. You cannot be trusted, and so I must punish you."
Arceus then called upon Dialga and Palkia to assist them. With their powers, they would craft a prison for their sibling - one where time would not flow and cause decay, where space would warp and entrap them.
Giratina begged them for forgiveness. Their siblings were guilty, for they did not want to punish Giratina for the crime of being curious. But they could not disobey Arceus—and so they were forced to scorn their sibling's pleas.When their work was complete, Arceus turned to Giratina, and spoke again:
"I told you that you were not allowed to leave, yet you ignored me. Now you will live in a place where you cannot leave. But, you are still my child, and I know that you are fascinated by the world. I am not cruel, so you will still be able to look upon the world from a distance, where you can do no harm."
With that, Arceus reached out and ripped away a share of Giratina's divine power—their right eye—and with it, formed the Griseous Orb, the key to their imprisonment.
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It is the nature of all things to end. Eventually, over aeons, even the strongest prison will begin to show cracks.
