History TearJerker / PokemonLegendsArceus

* Some of the Old Verses, which deal with the unknown writer dealing with having to survive on their own in Hisui for a thousand years, and the heartbreak of their friends and loved ones, humans and Pokémon alike, leaving.
** One of the verses suggests that the Celestica people, the originals, didn't die out or get wiped out, but rather for whatever reason just... left Hisui, and the narrator couldn't go with them because of their assigned mission from Arceus. It also calls out the Diamond and Pearl Clans for appropriating the name "Celestica" for the sake of their "tragic quarrel."

* After one grueling FetchQuest to find 107 wisps, you finally meet Vessa after having collected them all, and she tells you to meet her in Crimson Mirelands at the Shrouded Ruins at night. Once you meet her there, she tells you that she lied and there was one more wisp left. Hers. After you collected hers, the Odd Keystone disappears and she tells you to don't forget her. Their expression hits home when they can't see her and all they see next is a Spiritomb that spawns in front of you.

** One of the verses suggests that the Celestica people, the originals, didn't die out or get wiped out, but rather for whatever reason just... left Hisui, and the narrator couldn't go with them because of their assigned mission from Arceus.

* If you play as Akari, one celebratory dinner Rei unexpectedly gets somber:

* Imagine being in Giratina's shoes. This Pokémon existed along with Palkia and Dialga. Its power was feared by the Celestica people of Hisui. Then Arceus got involved, and was banished by its creator, resulting in its grudge that it caused a space-time catastrophe along with a man who looked like Cynthia. But another trainer from the future manages to humble it, realizing the world it lives in, and decides to protect the world its trainer left behind. The [[EarnYourHappyEnding one consolation is that it would meet another trainer in the future that looks like its previous, and would battle by their side]].

* The description of Hisuian Zorua on the official website that reveals just ''why'' they're Ghost-types--driven from their homelands by humans who feared their illusions, a population of regular Zorua ''perished'' because they couldn't survive the harsh climate of Hisui and competition with the native Pokémon. Reborn as Ghost-types, [[MisanthropeSupreme they're now driven by malice and spite against humanity and Pokémon on the whole]].

** The official guidebook reveals that before this tragedy, Palina used to swim around the Cobalt Coastlands to explore the area as part of her duties, but after the tragedy that took the former lord, Palina lost the courage to swim and had a dislike for water Pokémon since as she had come to associate water with the tragedy that took the former lord Arcanine away.

** The source of Kamado's paranoia is both disturbing and tragic. His original hometown was wiped out by maddened Pokémon, with very few people surviving the ordeal. Let that sink in. He's getting paranoia and shellshock from the increasingly worsening events surrounding the rifts.

* One of the Pearl Clan Wardens is none other than Ingo, one of the Subway Bosses from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite Pokémon Black and White]].'' Like the player character, he too was transported to Hisui through a spacetime rift, losing most of his memories in the process. As the player interacts with him, however, it becomes clear that he ''does'' have a vague idea of his previous life; he recalls "a man who looked like him" (his twin brother Emmet) and "a Pokémon with mastery over flames" (his signature Pokémon Chandelure), sometimes references trains in his speech, and even strikes his old pose out of habit. Even though he did find camaraderie with his clan and built a new Pokémon team in Hisui, seeing him in his tattered old hat and coat, trying to piece his old life and, above all, ''separated from his brother and his original Pokémon'', is absolutely ''heart wrenching''. In particular he recalls enough about his Chandelure to know it was his partner, a "precious one" in his own words, indicating he perhaps has not been able to establish the same level of bond with his new team, or at least the pain of losing it is still strong within him. In contrast, his recollection of Emmet is more distant, only referring to him as "a man who looked like me," and knowing they used to discuss Pokémon together.

** Apparently even Legendary Pokémon aren't immune to this. Enamorus is a female member of the Forces of Nature and was similarly lost to time, despite the other members appearing in several games through various means. Just what exactly happened to her in the time between ''Legends: Arceus'' and when modern Pokémon games take place?

** What's even worse is the fact that half of Volo's team evolves via ''friendship''. The title of Pokémon ''Wielder'' makes it clear as day that Volo is so sociopathically callous that he sees his Pokémon as nothing more than ''weapons'': and yet his deceptive act of pretending to be kind and friendly was apparently enough to ''fool his Pokémon into thinking he loved them'', to the point that his Togekiss, Lucario, and Roserade evolved for him, not knowing what kind of master they serve.

* Some of the Old Verses, which deal with the unknown writer dealing with having to survive on their own in Hisui for a thousand years, and the heartbreak of their friends and loved ones, humans and Pokémon alike, leaving.

* Imagine being in Giratina's shoes. This Pokémon existed along with Palkia and Dialga. Its power was feared by the Celestica people of Hisui. Then Arceus got involved, and was banished by its creator, resulting in its grudge that it caused a space-time catastrophe along with a man who looked like Cynthia. But another trainer from the future manages to humble it, realizing the world it lives in, and decides to protect the world its trainer left behind. The [[EarnYourHappyEnding one consolation is that it would meet another trainer in the future that looks like its previous, and would battle by their side]].

** What's even worse is the fact that half of Volo's team evolves via ''friendship''. The title of Pokémon ''Wielder'' makes it clear as day that Volo is so sociopathically callous that he sees his Pokémon as nothing more than ''weapons'': and yet his deceptive act of pretending to be kind and friendly was apparently enough to ''fool his Pokémon into thinking he loved them,'' to the point that his Togekiss, Lucario, and Roserade evolved for him, not knowing what kind of master they serve. And one said member of Volo's team that evolves by friendship is none other than ''Lucario'', arguably considered to be the most heroic Pokémon in the series who can judge just how good or evil a human or Pokémon is via Aura who would have outright left Volo the very moment it evolved from it's Riolu stage due to sensing his evil aura. Yet Volo's fake kindness and warmth was able to mask said darkness and fool Lucario long enough until his reveal in TheFinalBattle. In hindsight, Volo trained Lucario for '''evil''', going against Lucario's entire heroic personality.

** What's even worse is the fact that half of Volo's team evolves via ''friendship''. The title of Pokémon ''Wielder'' makes it clear as day that Volo is so sociopathically callous that he sees his Pokémon as nothing more than ''weapons'': and yet his deceptive act of pretending to be kind and friendly was apparently enough to ''fool his Pokémon into thinking he loved them,'' to the point that his Togekiss, Lucario, and Roserade evolved for him, not knowing what kind of master they serve.