Setting - The World to Date

The year is 2043, ten years after the official end of Orre's shadow project. Back then, this region was one held in shadow and disarray. With the streets filled with hoodlums, rumors of dark Pokemon used in underground fights, and the ills of Team Snagem, an evil team acting as unwitting puppets under The Cipher Corporation, the region was in danger of falling to chaos.

So much happened in that short span: Cipher distributed a new type of Pokemon, 'advanced' Pokemon who could perform feats of strength far beyond comparable species. At first, there was no expected ill as these rare rewards were given to experienced trainers, winners of tournaments in various sanctioned events. But it didn't take long for these Pokemon to show their true nature, a dark air around them as they attacked, violently and indiscriminately.

Around this time rose an unlikely hero, a vigilante who had managed to steal and secure, for himself, Team Snagem's 'Snag Machine'. Through trial after trial, his efforts became legend in certain circles of Orre, exposing Cipher's deep ties to the political leaders of the region. The effort was reorganized, Cipher faced massive charges and sanctions, and in providing evidence and working with the government in full, most operatives of Team Snagem got off with much lesser charges.

All was well... except for those Pokemon left behind, as shadows. The aspect of purification was beyond a fair number of them, and as dangerous as they were, the people's fear eventually ousted them from most cities, ironically back into those desolate labs in which they were altered. A choice few remain in skilled trainers' possession, but for most its been a long and arduous road for their own acceptance, and even survival.

Beyond all that, a new shadow looms on the horizon. And now our story turns to the outskirt city, just a few miles inward of the eastern coast: Garasu.