BOSS BATTLE! Cyrus

Cyrus is the 27-year old leader of Team Galactic, a Sinnoh-based villainous & downright terroristic organisation that operates under the facade of an energy company. In truth, Cyrus' goal is to use the Legendary Pokémon Palkia and Dialga to completely reset the world and create a new one, where there is no room for emotions and spirit. He keeps his goal secret from all of his subordinates in Team Galactic, seeing them as practically useless idiots down to the last, nothing more than pawns for him to order around.

Cyrus appears as a tall male with light skin, having short spiky hair that is light-blue in color. He has no eyebrows, and his perpetually-furrowed eyes are blue in color. His facial expression is almost always stuck as a cold, contemptuous frown. Cyrus wears a light-gray vest emblezoned with the Team Galactic logo – a stylized and slanted yellow G letter – along with a long-sleeved undershirt and pants, which are both black, as well as white shoes with black soles.

Cyrus is nihilistic, seeing emotions as a weakness and favoring cold logic. Fittingly, he speaks in a detached monotone and almost never raises his voice; approaching every task with ruthless, machine-like efficiency. He is an extreme misanthrope, and sees even his fellow members of Team Galactic as useless fools, good only for getting him closer towards his goals. Even the three Admins — Saturn, Mars and Jupiter — are deliberately being kept in the dark about the full scope of his goals, as he skillfully manipulates and strings them along with his silver tongue. Cyrus is utterly convinced that his way of doing things is the factually correct one, and will never budge from his position. However, despite his claims of having discared emotion, he is prone to letting anger & disbelief shine through whenever he is on the backfoot; in extreme cases, Cyrus may briefly lapse into an unhinged, screaming rant, before just as seamlessly going back to his cool & collected self.

Cyrus' plan involved capturing the three Lake Guardians — Uxie, Azelf and Mesprit — to forge a Red Chain from the gems in their foreheads. The Red Chain would be used to bind the Legendary Pokémon of Mt. Coronet — Palkia and Dialga — to Cyrus' will, so that he could reduce the current world to zero and create his perfect new universe. However, only one authentic Red Chain could be created before you stormed the Team Galactic HQ and freed the Lake Trio; thus forcing Team Galactic to scramble and create the second one artificially. When you confronted Cyrus at the peak of Mt. Coronet, he had already captured Palkia & Dialga and was all set to finish his plan... until a great shadow emerged to intervene — Giratina, the hidden third member of the Mt. Coronet Pokémon, and guardian of the Distortion World. Enraged by Cyrus' hubris, Giratina dragged him into its domain, shattering the Red Chains he had forged, but inadvertently leaving behind a gradually expanding rift between the two dimensions. You were forced to jump into the Distortion World; your goal now is to calm Giratina's wrath, so that it may close the dimensional rupture. However, Cyrus hasn't given up on his goal yet, and has convinced himself that defeating or capturing Giratina will cause the Distortion World to collapse, which in turn will affect the material world. Thus, he stands in your path one last time.

Being the leader of Team Galactic, Cyrus is a frighteningly skillful Pokémon trainer. His team is as follows:

1. Houndoom (Fire/Dark) – a horned, black-furred canine Pokémon with a vaguely skeletal appearance. Its ability is Early Bird, which allows it to wake up near instantly if it's put to sleep. It knows the following moves: Flamethrower — a powerful Fire-type special move. Has a chance to inflict a burn. Dark Pulse — a strong Dark-type special move. Has a chance to cause flinching. Will-O-Wisp — a Fire-type status move that inflicts a burn if it lands. Thunder Fang — an Electric-type physical move, that has a small chance to inflict either flinching or paralysis.
2. Honchkrow (Dark/Flying) — a large and bulky crow-like Pokémon, with a pointy "hat" and "glasses". Its ability is Insomnia, which prevents it from falling asleep entirely. It knows the following moves: Drill Peck — a strong Flying-type physical move. Has a high crit chance. Night Slash — a Dark-type physical move, also with a high crit chance. Heat Wave — a strong, but somewhat inaccurate Fire-type special move. Has a chance to inflict a burn. Psychic — a strong Psychic-type special move. Has a chance to lower the target's Special Defense stat.
3. Crobat (Poison/Flying) — a purple bat-like Pokémon with four sharp-tipped wings. Its ability is Inner Focus, which prevents flinching and also protects Crobat from the effects of abilities like Intimidate. It knows the following moves: Cross Poison — a Poison-type physical move with a high crit ratio and a small chance of poisoning the target. Air Slash — a Flying-type special move that's somewhat inaccurate, but has a chance to make the target flinch. Toxic — a Poison-type status move that badly poisons the target. Confuse Ray — a Ghost-type status move that inflicts confusion.
4. Gyarados (Water/Flying) — a ferocious sea serpent Pokémon with a segmented light-blue body. Its ability is Intimidate, which lowers the opposing Pokémon's Attack whenever Gyarados is switched in. It knows the following moves: Waterfall — a strong Water-type physical move that has a chance to make the target flinch. Ice Fang — an Ice-type physical move that has a chance to either inflict flinching or freezing. Earthquake — a powerful Ground-type physical move. Has no effect on airborne targets. Giga Impact — an extremely powerful Normal-type physical move that forces the user to spend one turn "recharging" after it's been used. 5, Weavile (Dark/Ice) — a bipedal, weasel-like Pokémon with sharp-clawed hands. Its ability is Pressure, which doubles the amount of PP the opposing Pokémon must use per move. Weavile holds a Sitrus Berry, which restores 1/4th of its health one time when it is close to fainting. Weavile knows the following moves: Night Slash — a Dark-type physical move, with a high crit chance. Ice Punch — an Ice-type physical move, with a chance to inflict freezing. X-Scissor — a strong Bug-type physical move. Fake Out — a weak Normal-type physical move that has a guaranteed chance of making the target flinch. However, it can only be used on the first turn immediately after Weavile is switched in, and otherwise fails.

Despite appearances, Cyrus is not your main concern here — Giratina, the Ghost/Dragon guardian of the Distortion World, is. Giratina is a large gray draconic Pokémon with three gold half-rings on each side of its long neck. Its head has a gold crown-like object surrounding it with two large horns pointing sideways. A thick black stripe runs vertically along its front with five red horizontal stripes. In its Altered Forme, it has two large black ghostly wings with three red tips on each that can resemble claws. These wings can change shape as if made of a liquid or gas. Its six legs are thick and have golden claws. Two golden half-circles similar to those on its neck are on each side of each leg, resembling shackles. It has a tail with two band-like markings. While inaide the Distortion World, it takes on its Origin Forme, which takes on a serpentine look. Its legs are reduced to golden-tipped spikes, and four additional golden spikes appear near the edge of its tail. While in Origin Forme, the six gold half-rings can grip objects. The back points of each half-ring have a black ghostly tendril with a red spike at its tip. The horns on its head are now facing the back. The sides of the golden "crown" cover its mouth and separate vertically like an insect's mandible when it opens its mouth. The black vertical stripe is broken into pieces and runs down its body. The Origin Forme is Giratina's true form, and it only takes on the Altered Forme whenever out in the material world. Despite its aggression and sinister appearance, Giratina is simply trying to protect the two worlds against Cyrus' machinations. It can be camed with enough effort. Despite Cyrus' beliefs otherwise, even if Giratina is defeated in a battle or captured in a Poké Ball, it will still have enough passive power to keep the Distortion World running smoothly, thus preventing reality from collapsing.

The Distortion World is a rust-colored landmass, separated into numerous tiny islands that float mid-air, separated by rivers and waterfalls. Trees are spiky and incredibly tall, much like giant kelp. Beneath the floating land, there is a spinning whirlpool of spatial clouds. The world disobeys the normal laws of physics, creating an effect similar to the art of M. C. Escher. Time is said to not flow, and spatial relations are shown to be irregular, allowing you to walk and Surf on walls in any direction. Trees and rocks can simply grow out of the ground and then disappear.