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Nice video really enjoyed learning about the 3 weirdest pokemon that i can think of. i have a question though has blazing bloom and frigid fall come out yet?
Kyurem - fuses on a DNA and Genetic level, becoming closer to its true form Necrozma - a parasite that attachs itself and takes control of its fusion Calyrex - It mounts it
@@CocoLocoToco a horse girl is a type of girl that’s obsessed with horses and ponies. Like a boy whose obsessed with dinosaurs. You never had those in school?
The end literally was just: "Oh yeah, it's all coming together." After learning about everything Galar has to offer with their origins and stuff, this all really blew my mind and I appreciate gen 8 even more
As someone who has been riding horses since the age of 2, I have to say that Glastrier's concept might also be a cold-blooded horses, a group of horses that house draft horses such as Percherons, Shires, Clydesdales, and Belgians. The icy fetlocks seem to be similar to the feathering on many draft horses that cover most of their hooves Edit: Oh, and I didn’t realize this until recently, but Spectrier does also appear to be based on the Friesian. Perhaps the Old English Black origin was foreshadowing the release of PLA.
@@shadowmarauder6033 No. "cold-blooded" horses refers to their overall temperament. Cold-blooded horses tend to be gentle and more passive than other types of horses. They also tend to be larger and stronger on average, which makes them good for draft work.
@@shadowmarauder6033 None are cold-blooded in the way reptiles are. They’re all mammals who don’t need to soak up external heat for energy. Rather, cold-blooded, warm-blooded, and hot-blooded are terms that refer to the build and temperament of various horse breeds. Cold-blooded horse breeds tend to be larger, heavier, more placid, but also slower to start running and slower to train. Hot-blooded horse breeds are light, agile, sharp-witted, and sometimes angrier than most others. And warm-blooded horse breeds are somewhere between those two extremes.
In swsh defense it did a lot bad stupid stuff (level design and Dexit) but story wise it was on the right track. Then again I’ve never thought much of reddit so who cares about them.
He became pg13 when youtube actively nerfed kids channels, it was explained in an update video which coincidentally or not was a huge turning point in his humor
Well, now you've got me thinking. If Glastrier and Spectrier both have one eye covered, and you bring up division, is this a Tao Trio sort of situation? Like Glastier and Spectrier were once a single Pokémon, like Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem, but over time, as people forgot them and Calyrex's grip began to slip, they divided into two beings, and as Calyrex was seperated from it's Noble Steed, it even began to forget what it looked like. Now, since people are remembering Calyrex, but only one of the horses, the two will never be one again.
I thought the same thing when the DLC first came out. Think if there was an original, it would be an eight-legged horse like the one Odin used. Odin is also known as missing one eye.
@@grunkleg.2934 They were pretty obvious anyway. We had ice age, Stone Age, Bronze Age, then medieval era and modern era with electricity. They seem like an aside to the rest because they’re a continuation from old legendaries.
It's been awhile for a Crown Tundra video, but I do enjoy hearing about Calyrex and Rider forms, I always wonder if its blue aura in Dynamax form is its own power.
Personally I think it’s a power equal and opposite to Eternatus. The lore in the Crown Tundra says that Calyrex arrived wounded and exhausted, near death. There are also dex entries about how it “saved the creatures of a forest from a meteor strike.” Is it possible it saved Pokémon during the Darkest Day and battled Eternatus?
@@halberd-3291 Not just possible, likely. Throughout the Crown Tundra you can find statues telling the story of Calyrex, and one of them says that Calyrex feared an open palm, and what does the true form of Eternatus look like?
@@Druid-T Damn, I missed that one. Another thing is that Eternatus might have first landed in the Max Lair in the Crown Tundra. There are devices like in the power plant beneath Hammerlockr, where it broke out in SwSh’s climax, space-time is warped and broken in the Max Lair, it’s an immense source of Eternatus’ dynamax energy, and it’s rumored there is a “giant wishing star” deep within, which could be a kind of egg for Eternatus. So, if Eternatus originally emerged beneath the Crown Tundra, it would be beneath the highest point, the Crown Shrine, with the giant sacred tree of Calyrex. It’s similar to the serpentine dragon Nidhoggr of Norse myth, who is trapped underground, and gnaws on the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasil. And at Ragnarok, the war between the gods and the giants, Nidhoggr finally emerges. Eternatus is also a serpentine dragon that slumbers underground, beneath the “great tree” of Calyrex. Like Nidhoggr it seems like an entity of pure destruction. It emerges during an apocalyptic battle for the world, the Darkest Day, where the heroes of Galar fought the “giant” dynamax Pokémon it created, like the battle between the gods and giants in Ragnarok. There are even more connections but this all but confirms Calyrex fought Eternatus, especially if he is inspired by Odin like Lockstin suggests. The lore of Galar is honestly incredible.
The crown tundra has so many things to analyse in terms of lore, I think that it would be nice if one day we got a book telling the chronology of each region and they explain thing like this. Because it looks like Eternatus arrives to earth 20 000 years in the past, but the interesting thing is that the darkest day and the creation of the ultimate weapon happened 3000 years before the present, so what if after the ultimate weapon was shot, the energy made Eternatus wake up, this because the regions are very close between them and it is even posible that the war was between Kalos and Galar. After this Calyrex would try to fight eternatus (this is why he has a blue aura opposed to red dinamax aura) but he would loose and end up like we see him at the begining of crown Tundra, so after this the story of the two heros would happen and the rest of the things that we know. Another thing interesting is that it is pmlied that both heroes were born in Postwick, so it would be possible that before loosing, Calyrex gave to the heroes the power of the sword and the shield to beat Eternatus
“Surprised u still haven’t done the calyrex and his steeds lore video u said u would do at some point” I commented this on yesterday’s video I must be frickin psychic or something
But I think there is a lot more to get from the Arthurian legends, the 2 Horses that he can ride, they are Llamrei AND Hengroen, when he rides Glastrier, he could be riding Llamrei, gets an attack called Glacial Spear, which Is based on Rhongomynyad, which was one of the weapons of the good Arthie, it was the Lance that was given by God to him, it was the spear slayer or the cutting spear, the other one comes when he rides Spectrier, who gives It the attack of Astral Barrage, which can be an obscure interpretation of the dagger Carnwennan, which supposedly could shroud His user in the Shadows, bot weapons are used on conjunction, so maybe that is a reference too
I knew Calyrex was deceptively deep, but I hadn’t thought the possibilities could go that far! Also, the one thing I wanted answered going into this video was the blue Dynamax aura unique to Calyrex, but maybe that’ll come later in a Dynamax related video.
Something that I find pretty interesting is the fact that in SwSh the legendaries in the story can only be stopped by other legendaries. Human help is of course still necessary, mainly to restore the power of the "good" legendaries that can help save the day but my point is that I find pretty cool that dynamic/relationship between legendaries and how it ties as well with their connection to humans in the story.
Its mind boggling at just how deep the creators delve into myths and of the allegories behind each design that really gives them further depth rather than just something picked out of the reject bin because there was nothing left, not sure if there will be much change within the Sinnoh remakes but it does make me all the more excited for the legend of Arceus now. As for the reigns of unity, I would have considered that part of the game to have taken inspiration from the golden bridle of Pegasus and Bellerophon, though the Irish myth can also make sense that particular story however, was the first that came to mind when it was mentioned.
Calyrex = King Arthur Glastrier and Spectrier = The steeds Zacian and Zamazenta = The Knights Eternatus = The dragon slaughtered by the knights Regidrago and Regieleki = the differance between the dark ages of dragons with this lore and the modern period of electricity where a new hero reawakens this ancient lore Galar birds and Urshifu = Nothing....they are Muda
How to Train your Dragon reference was highly appreciated with the Grimmsnarl mention. Grimmsnarl is one of my favorite Pokemon, and How To Train Your Dragon is one of my favorite series, so that's a double win from me!
When calyrex and the steeds combine the dynamax energy is blue instead of red the game doesn’t explain it but there must be some lore for it right maybe this video explains it or it’s a separate one
The game itself explains it, Calyrex has a power equal and opposite to Dynamax Energy. Normal Dynamax mons are using Eternatus’ power, which makes them emit the same red glow as Eternatus’ core. In comparison, Calyrex and it’s rider forms use Royal blue power, seemingly purified Dynamax Energy.
@@Aiden-rw3vb hey wait a sec, wasn't Calyrex's showcase of power in the DLC speeding up the growth of a carrot, or rather, making it BIGGER? And on top of that, he had to dance to use his power, much like a certain alolan custom...
the constellation connection was unexpected and totally amazing! I would not have considered a grouping of objects in the night sky like that to be a reference for things, and yet it fits perfectly with that particular grouping of pokemon...
this is what I like from Lockstin videos, he keeps doing his research and presented them in such fashionable way, regardless the topics I love Galar Legendaries even more now
I made a similar comment sometime ago, and seeing all of the mythological connections here only reinforces my theory that Galarian Slowking is based off of Druids/Sorcerers/Shamans, and how modern-day pop-culture perceives them. Calyrex and the Crown Tundra having ties to multiple mythologies helps bring Galarian Slowking, who only became obtainable once the Crown Tundra was released, closer to the mystic and religious side of ancient cultures
This is probably the most well thought out generation of legendaries. Can't wait to see what they think up next. I also recently figured out that Calyrex's quest may or may not be based on Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, who was a British author so good and famous that he was knighted, where a god gets stuck in a tortoise body and has to get a peasant boy to be his prophet.
Man excellent video and I consider most of your videos amazing, but this one is in top tier. I could recognize elements of Cernunos and Arthur from Calyrex however amazing job with the Irish king - Pooka and Oberon ties. I didn’t know about the Pooka. Between that and the Odin I think that’s made me really enjoy the horses. Also as a big SMT fan I’m glad to have seen Kazuma Kaneko’s Kelpie and with the chess reference I’m sure we are getting India in gen 9. That constellation part at the end was mind blowing. Makes me appreciate these games even more.
I think the hero might have actually existed, but been a human that commanded the wolves, or Calyrex, much like the Prince's that were also heroes and the founders of Unova, that caused the One dragon to split into the Tao trio... maybe they were the children or descendants of the human hero or Calyrex, if Calyrex going deeper into the lore that's in the Canalave library that humans and Pokemon used to marry each other.
Ok as a British guy there’s one thing that shocks me and that is, how detailed and how British our Galar Pokemon are. Like it’s shocking how much Game Freak lore, design and inspiration they put into all of our Galar Pokemon and may I be bold and say so far the most inspiration they done for a regions Pokemon. You can say anything you like how good or bad the Sword & Shield games were but there’s no denying that the actual Pokemon were made perfectly for the region (even the people that might not like the Pokemon can’t deny that fact, after all people can still hate perfection which is actually part of the reason why King Arthur got killed because he was too perfect of a king and a lot of people didn’t like that)
I recently got into mythical creatures a lot more than normal, especially British ones (cause yk, it's fun to know heritage and all that) and there are _so many_ horses in British other Viking colonies' folklore. Like the kelpie/nyker you mentioned? That basic motif (spectral/fey horse, likes to drown people) appears literally _all over_ northern Europe, it was so cool seeing them referenced in this video
I thought spectrier could have inspiration from the church Grimm. Mostly being shown as dogs they did have some as farm animals like horses. And spectrier food grows in a graveyard where the Grimm are created. And it’s home looks like a torn down church or cathedral in a way, where the Grimm stay to protect . Just my thoughts
Its based on the Pooka from Irish mythology. Brian Boru, the high king was the only one able to ride the ghost horse. Sounds very much like Calyrex and Spectrier.
I hope we receive a Wales based region soon. Just to see more Wales inspired Pokémon, perhaps a ghost dog Pokémon based off Gelert, maybe a bit of lore behind it with a connection to Trevenant.
Considering Galar already squashes the area wales would be into the icy area, we won't likely be getting a region strictly based on wales. Ever. Sorry.
@@voltrainer while I do not think we will get a full region based on Wales. I'm pretty sure that Galar is great Briton upside down with the crown tundra being analogous to Scotland
If anything, travelling to an Ireland based region would be more likely considering its vastly a more known and relevant country internationally than Wales. No hate, just telling the truth.
@@Stevenbfg is Ireland more relevant and well-known internationally? I’ve never really heard people talk about it. I hear a lot of people talk about Wales though, since I grew up within driving distance of Wales and people would occasionally go to North Wales for a holiday. I would doubt to get a region based off Ireland, else they may get a tad bit of backlash. The IRA may stop them from making an Ireland region for a while longer, though they aren’t still active (as far as I know) GameFreak would probably like to avoid provoking them. They _could_ do another Alola like idea, two different islands for Northern Ireland and Republic Of Ireland. They could go the extra mile and do a third island, for the Isle Of Man. We do already have the Isle Of Armour, which is partially based off Isle Of Man, so that may not happen. There are plenty of smaller islands in the UK they could do, like the Isle Of Wight for example, but it might be difficult to connect them all without just doing a colder climate of Alola.
3:02: personally I think of Oberon from Disney's gargoyles cartoon from the 90's, you know, the one introduced during the Goliath chronical that is the step-father of Zanaises wife, Fox. and coincidentally is also her Fay biological mother's 1st husband that she remarried after she reviewed she was immortal.
David Xanatos.* Fox Renard* whose mother is Titania, wife of Oberon. But, also, the Wyrd Sisters, MacBeth, (Des)Demona, Owen (Puck). Gargoyles is a love letter to Shakespeare's plays. Goliath himself is basically supernatural Othello.
I love how all the SwSh legendaries all connect! I’m just wondering if there could even be a way for the two new regi’s and the galarian legendary birds to fit as well
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6:11 In the case of Fate's version of Francis Drake when using her Golden Wild Hunt Noble Phantasam, a fleet of ghost pirate ships. The deceased souls of the pirates who defeated the Spanish armada under her command. (apparently there is an actual legend of Sir Francis Drake doing a Wild Hunt so that checks out). Drake and her ghost armada might not ride horses but she _is_ the rider class and the riding ability gives the servants the abilty to ride basically anything, like how King Artoria Pendragon could drive a car or motorbike. She preferred motorbikes of course because they're closer to horses lol. (Artoria is usually a saber but her saber form has the riding skill, as do all the of the Knights of the Round as sabers)
i cannot begin to explain how much i like this video. not only does this give me a reason to actually like the legendary steeds but also the way you tie in the other legendaries with the other constellations at the end is just so satisfying.
I love how much depth you put into your research for these videos. It’s really neat how you just wrapped all the legendaries together in one video and it pertained to astrology in the end. I love astrology so it’s cool that it tied in like that. Keep up the awesome work dude!
While it might be a coincidence there is an Irish story that has a king known for great harvests and one year a flock of birds destroys the entire harvest,the King gets all his finest hourses and bravest men (possibly one of the reasons for the swords of justice being in the Crown tundra)and the King sets off after these birds to later be revealed to actually be three giant birds
Just wanted to mention the one white horse painting you used was of a Nixen(Nøkken) diving into water and not a pukka. It's similar to a kelpie, but takes many forms.
@@Otisblunder I guess the biggest difference is that a horse is not the most popular form of the the Nixen. While the kelpie is mainly known as a horse. They do have a lot of similar lore however
Given the subtle sounds at the end of Eternatus’ cry, I think he’d also be classifiable as an Ultra Beast. After all he is a space alien from god only knows where
Listen i may be high as ball rn but that made perfect sense and the best part is that I can watch it again hungover in morning because I know I'm not remembering any of this
"Like the word nightmare" Actually, the term nightmare COMES from this myth. "Oh, you must've glanced a Night Mare" was an old reply to someone having bad dreams, as seeing one would supposedly cause bad dreams. Over time this became known as "having a Nightmare".
...and the PLAYER is orion! the player saves galar, is the best student at the Master Dojo, and stops Glas/SpectRier from destroying a big statue of Calyrex. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER!
It's a bit of a stretch, but another horse and rider inspiration could be the Greek hero Bellerophon, the only man to tame Pegasus. Pegasus was wild and unrideable until Bellerophon fitted him with a bridle he received from Athena. Technically, Pegasus also had a brother, a man named Chrysaor. The two sprang forth from Medusa after Perseus cut off her head. It's not a great fit, but given the ties between the cultures of Britain and Rome, and Rome and Greece, I thought it was worth mentioning
Love Spectrier's design the moment I saw it. I seriously didn't know what they looked like, but I knew I wasn't getting the ice type and I'm so glad I didn't! I'm just so glad to hear the many connections it has to old English and Norse folklore. It might be "the edgy" horse but IT'S MY EDGY HORSE AND YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT FROM ME!!! (Plus I love fast Special Attackers, but Keldeo still tops it for my favorite list though. I love me a good horse, not enough good horse Pokemon.)
Lockstin talks so much about Mythology and stuff, I feel he would love doing something for Fire Emblem Heroes (Since the game so far has been based around Norse Mythology mixed in with some sprinkles of others)
I always thought that the fusion of Calyrex and his steeds made the resulting creation resemble the Knuckelavee. That's why his legs are so hard to see, its a humanoid body and head literally fused to the back of a ghostly horse!
As a former carpenter, watching him "exfoliate" with wood shavings was just too real 😄 excellent video! I've been watching your content for years. Never a disappointment, great job explaining Calyrex👏👍
I thought of this following your recent mythical video, but Calyrex's Massive Crown reminded me very much of sultans, rulers of another kind of dynasty, with their large headwear. Considering horses are believed to have been domesticated in South Asia where sultanates occur, and that sultans are often depicted on horseback (there is even a horse breed called a sultan) with their horses having decorative plaited tails (much like Glastrier) ... I really feel that there is a strong hint at the next region being India and surrounding countries. Combined with Cuphant and Copperajah, Sinistea and Polteageist, and Urshifu referencing Martial Arts from that region... the hint being "redwood" which India has a protected endemic and culturally significant species of redwood tree. I think so.
a lot of ghosts in Indian mythos (especially female ghosts) have a very striking feature about them, they have backward feet. And considering Galar is based on Britain, it makes EVEN MORE SENSE
And with all of that, they came up with Horse But Ghost and Horse With Ice. Honestly, horses might be one of the most surprisingly limited animals for making fantasy creatures. They pretty much all look exactly the same.
I'd like to think both legendary horses came from both types of rapidash and one of the reasons that it is forgotten which was calyrex steed, because nobody could remember if it was the galarian or kantonian rapidash. More than likely the truth is calyrex actually used both horses, who knows there could be a third form combining all 3 of them haha but that's a theory for a different day, it would also make sense for their typing since the fairy/ psychic galarian rapidash when it surcomes to the cold spirit probably lingered on due to its fairy like magic and immense psychic powers to become the ghost type spectrier and the fire on the kantonian rapidash goes out due to the cold and then whatever gas or fluid rapidash uses in its body to create it flames freezes to become ice and become the ice type glastrier. Sorry if this doesn't make much sense haha.
Lockstin's lore videos are the main reason why I haven't done much work on my fakemon legendaries. They have to be complex enough to make Lockstin PROUD!
In the Philippines, there is folklore about the creature named Tikbalang. They said if you managed to pluck three golden hairs on its mane, you can control it and it will serve you until you die. The creature is half man and half horse.
When you mentioned Spectrier's backwards hooves my first thought was of the tradition of putting a dead rider's boots backwards in their horse's stirrups at their funeral.
4:36 >become adventurer seeking the fairy king >finally encounter, promptly ignore >swap to farming and become the main reason the kingdom you reside growing to unbelievable heights eyo fairies, i got some dhiez nyutts for ya
Funny that you should mention Ol' One-Eyed Odin. Along with Sleipnir, he was also known for having a pair of ravens. What's funny about that is those ravens are sometimes(not often, but sometimes)depicted with one white and one black. Coincidence? I think not.
Don't forget that Kubfu and Urshifu could also be Ursa Minor and Ursa Major. And Ursa Major contains the Big Dipper, also called the Drinking Goard, hence the water type option.
The Elder Scrolls has Hircine, a Deadric Prince who serves as the Lord of the Hunt, and his realm is known as The Hunting Grounds where his worshipers participate in great hunts in the afterlife. There is also a ritual among the wood elves in the series known as the Wild Hunt.
I’d actually like to put in that spectrier is more likely a friesian horse. This is due to its black coat, feathering, and famously long and flowing mane and tail. In fact, many friesians manes are braided, which would point to the wavy nature of spectriers mane
I also think that these Pokémon, especially the horses, are based on the Celtic Dúllahan, or a Headless Horseman who rides on a ghastly horse that brings the cold. Of course, Calyrex has a rather large noggin, in contrast to being nogginless, but due to the supposed blindness of the horses matching up with the Dúllahan as well I always took it as a given inspiration for these Pokémon.
Since you talked about chess... Glastrier and spectrier are the knights. Calyrex Is the king. Kubfu Is the pawn (who's not an uber and "promotes" when It reaches the towers/the opposing rooks and becomes Urshifu). Zamazenta Is the rook (behemoth bash looks a whole lot like the movement of the rook). Zacian is the bishop (behemoth blade looks a whole lot like the movement of the bishop). And Eternatus Is the hand of the player(s), which can control both space and time. Now, for the queen. We know of only one place which, just like the crown tundra, mentions a crown of some sort: Mount Coronet, where we meet Arceus that is, just like the queen in chess, the most powerful piece.
The video could have been perfect too, but you didn't add a "It all comes together". Seriously, I'm still rewatching that old theory series like every year, I would love to see something like that again
and then the tiger and bird are also what landorus and tornadus's therian forms are based on, which then connects to the other 2 forces of nature/auspicious beasts (thundurus=dragon, enamorus=turtle) and then there's also the yellow dragon in the middle (kyurem) which then connects to the other two members of the tao trio (reshiram and zekrom) leading to a 13 LEGENDARY ULTIMATE COMBO
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@Lockstin & Gnoggin Is it possible if you can do a video on the galarian legendary birds
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That was the strangest ad I have seen in a while. It was great.
Did you for get to censers some let say water judges but I am not complaining.
Nice video really enjoyed learning about the 3 weirdest pokemon that i can think of. i have a question though has blazing bloom and frigid fall come out yet?
Kyurem - fuses on a DNA and Genetic level, becoming closer to its true form
Necrozma - a parasite that attachs itself and takes control of its fusion
Calyrex - It mounts it
Horse girl
@@saffron584 uhh what
@@CocoLocoToco a horse girl is a type of girl that’s obsessed with horses and ponies. Like a boy whose obsessed with dinosaurs. You never had those in school?
@@DirtyJeans Ahh I just a little confused bout why the person wrote horse girl i didnt realise the comment had calyrex too
@@DirtyJeans wonder what happens when they are still obsessed with horses when they grow up
The end literally was just: "Oh yeah, it's all coming together."
After learning about everything Galar has to offer with their origins and stuff, this all really blew my mind and I appreciate gen 8 even more
The games needed an extra year in the oven it’s a big shame they were rushed to launch
If they only put as much thought into the animations as they did the legandaries
@@nazeersadek6705 I still think with the dlc they manage to be VERY GOOD pokemon games
Story (yeah I know i have my reasons) and charm do wonders
Wait til we reach hisui
@@MM80536 only problem with that is the dlc was planned to be included in the games from the start but were cut and sold for us separately
As someone who has been riding horses since the age of 2, I have to say that Glastrier's concept might also be a cold-blooded horses, a group of horses that house draft horses such as Percherons, Shires, Clydesdales, and Belgians. The icy fetlocks seem to be similar to the feathering on many draft horses that cover most of their hooves
Edit: Oh, and I didn’t realize this until recently, but Spectrier does also appear to be based on the Friesian. Perhaps the Old English Black origin was foreshadowing the release of PLA.
I'm gonna take my steed to the old town road, I'm gonna-
Wait, cold - blooded horses exist?
@@shadowmarauder6033 No. "cold-blooded" horses refers to their overall temperament. Cold-blooded horses tend to be gentle and more passive than other types of horses. They also tend to be larger and stronger on average, which makes them good for draft work.
@@shadowmarauder6033
None are cold-blooded in the way reptiles are. They’re all mammals who don’t need to soak up external heat for energy. Rather, cold-blooded, warm-blooded, and hot-blooded are terms that refer to the build and temperament of various horse breeds. Cold-blooded horse breeds tend to be larger, heavier, more placid, but also slower to start running and slower to train. Hot-blooded horse breeds are light, agile, sharp-witted, and sometimes angrier than most others. And warm-blooded horse breeds are somewhere between those two extremes.
What did all those horse words mean
Lockstin messing around in a workshop was one of the funniest ads I’ve ever seen
Also you should make Calyrex an unofficial mascot
With a noggin that big, how could he not?
Why unofficial?
@@squirtleslowpoke2402 Because we don't want Max(well?) getting jealous? (The little Skull dude) I know Lockstin's phased him out, but I love the guy.
@@KingTaltia also, because copyright can be stupid, if you makes Calyrex official, it could result in a lawsuit.
@@me0101001000 not rlly
Lockstin: *says that SwSh was the best at something*
Pokéredditors: "You weren't supposed to do that!"
In swsh defense it did a lot bad stupid stuff (level design and Dexit) but story wise it was on the right track. Then again I’ve never thought much of reddit so who cares about them.
How it goes? "A broken clock is right twice a day."
I mean ... there's the lore ... and then there's the gameplay it self
@@c-domination I feel like that's been around for a while, but I also want to say your quoting Berdly.
I like Reddit and all, but it’s not the messiah. Feel free to take their advice, but not their demands.
I'm starting to believe that lockstin is less and less family friendly with each manscaped sponsor
Slowly working back to the pg13 days of his channel lol
@@Lunalite That Splatoon video never really left his brain
@@exzyyd392 ???
I think he became a pg13 channel as soon as he began making.... those... thumbnails
He became pg13 when youtube actively nerfed kids channels, it was explained in an update video which coincidentally or not was a huge turning point in his humor
Well, now you've got me thinking. If Glastrier and Spectrier both have one eye covered, and you bring up division, is this a Tao Trio sort of situation? Like Glastier and Spectrier were once a single Pokémon, like Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem, but over time, as people forgot them and Calyrex's grip began to slip, they divided into two beings, and as Calyrex was seperated from it's Noble Steed, it even began to forget what it looked like. Now, since people are remembering Calyrex, but only one of the horses, the two will never be one again.
I thought the same thing when the DLC first came out. Think if there was an original, it would be an eight-legged horse like the one Odin used. Odin is also known as missing one eye.
This actually makes perfect sense considering he mentions only one noble steed yet there are two of them
The madlad just cracked every legendary in a single generation in one video 👏
Eleki and Drago...
@@grunkleg.2934 They were pretty obvious anyway. We had ice age, Stone Age, Bronze Age, then medieval era and modern era with electricity.
They seem like an aside to the rest because they’re a continuation from old legendaries.
@@tomjames9681 sorry Tom we should’ve just asked you instead
"what a massive noggin!" When I first saw that in game I was half convinced Gamefreak actually watch your vids.
they were nice enough to make a mascot just from his catchphrase :)
It's been awhile for a Crown Tundra video, but I do enjoy hearing about Calyrex and Rider forms, I always wonder if its blue aura in Dynamax form is its own power.
Personally I think it’s a power equal and opposite to Eternatus. The lore in the Crown Tundra says that Calyrex arrived wounded and exhausted, near death. There are also dex entries about how it “saved the creatures of a forest from a meteor strike.” Is it possible it saved Pokémon during the Darkest Day and battled Eternatus?
@@halberd-3291 Not just possible, likely. Throughout the Crown Tundra you can find statues telling the story of Calyrex, and one of them says that Calyrex feared an open palm, and what does the true form of Eternatus look like?
@@Druid-T Damn, I missed that one. Another thing is that Eternatus might have first landed in the Max Lair in the Crown Tundra. There are devices like in the power plant beneath Hammerlockr, where it broke out in SwSh’s climax, space-time is warped and broken in the Max Lair, it’s an immense source of Eternatus’ dynamax energy, and it’s rumored there is a “giant wishing star” deep within, which could be a kind of egg for Eternatus. So, if Eternatus originally emerged beneath the Crown Tundra, it would be beneath the highest point, the Crown Shrine, with the giant sacred tree of Calyrex. It’s similar to the serpentine dragon Nidhoggr of Norse myth, who is trapped underground, and gnaws on the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasil. And at Ragnarok, the war between the gods and the giants, Nidhoggr finally emerges. Eternatus is also a serpentine dragon that slumbers underground, beneath the “great tree” of Calyrex. Like Nidhoggr it seems like an entity of pure destruction. It emerges during an apocalyptic battle for the world, the Darkest Day, where the heroes of Galar fought the “giant” dynamax Pokémon it created, like the battle between the gods and giants in Ragnarok. There are even more connections but this all but confirms Calyrex fought Eternatus, especially if he is inspired by Odin like Lockstin suggests.
The lore of Galar is honestly incredible.
The crown tundra has so many things to analyse in terms of lore, I think that it would be nice if one day we got a book telling the chronology of each region and they explain thing like this. Because it looks like Eternatus arrives to earth 20 000 years in the past, but the interesting thing is that the darkest day and the creation of the ultimate weapon happened 3000 years before the present, so what if after the ultimate weapon was shot, the energy made Eternatus wake up, this because the regions are very close between them and it is even posible that the war was between Kalos and Galar. After this Calyrex would try to fight eternatus (this is why he has a blue aura opposed to red dinamax aura) but he would loose and end up like we see him at the begining of crown Tundra, so after this the story of the two heros would happen and the rest of the things that we know. Another thing interesting is that it is pmlied that both heroes were born in Postwick, so it would be possible that before loosing, Calyrex gave to the heroes the power of the sword and the shield to beat Eternatus
Kalos vs. Galar
The French vs. The English
Anglo-French war
“Surprised u still haven’t done the calyrex and his steeds lore video u said u would do at some point”
I commented this on yesterday’s video I must be frickin psychic or something
Must have a MASSIVE noggin.
@@Gnoggin maybe 😅😅😅
just saying, it’s originally called the Mara, not mare
@@Gnoggin Don't you think we should get starters of type
water grass
Grass fire
Fire water
Please please please reply
But I think there is a lot more to get from the Arthurian legends, the 2 Horses that he can ride, they are Llamrei AND Hengroen, when he rides Glastrier, he could be riding Llamrei, gets an attack called Glacial Spear, which Is based on Rhongomynyad, which was one of the weapons of the good Arthie, it was the Lance that was given by God to him, it was the spear slayer or the cutting spear, the other one comes when he rides Spectrier, who gives It the attack of Astral Barrage, which can be an obscure interpretation of the dagger Carnwennan, which supposedly could shroud His user in the Shadows, bot weapons are used on conjunction, so maybe that is a reference too
I'm surprised that Calyrex isn't one of your mascots for this channel just because of that massive gnoggin that it has there
Wait are you *THE* StickMaster500?
Return of the King
Huh. Didn’t know Stick would be here. How’s it do good sir
I knew Calyrex was deceptively deep, but I hadn’t thought the possibilities could go that far! Also, the one thing I wanted answered going into this video was the blue Dynamax aura unique to Calyrex, but maybe that’ll come later in a Dynamax related video.
Something that I find pretty interesting is the fact that in SwSh the legendaries in the story can only be stopped by other legendaries. Human help is of course still necessary, mainly to restore the power of the "good" legendaries that can help save the day but my point is that I find pretty cool that dynamic/relationship between legendaries and how it ties as well with their connection to humans in the story.
Its mind boggling at just how deep the creators delve into myths and of the allegories behind each design that really gives them further depth rather than just something picked out of the reject bin because there was nothing left, not sure if there will be much change within the Sinnoh remakes but it does make me all the more excited for the legend of Arceus now.
As for the reigns of unity, I would have considered that part of the game to have taken inspiration from the golden bridle of Pegasus and Bellerophon, though the Irish myth can also make sense that particular story however, was the first that came to mind when it was mentioned.
The end of this video takes me back to 2016 Lockstin! "It all comes together!" It really ALL came together there at the end. Wow! I love this lore! 😍
WAIT THE END OF POKEMON THING IS FROM 2016!?
damn has it really been five years, only feels like two.
I can see calyrex being based on Arthur himself and the steeds being Arthur’s steeds since calyrex was a benevolent king like arthur
Calyrex = King Arthur
Glastrier and Spectrier = The steeds
Zacian and Zamazenta = The Knights
Eternatus = The dragon slaughtered by the knights
Regidrago and Regieleki = the differance between the dark ages of dragons with this lore and the modern period of electricity where a new hero reawakens this ancient lore
Galar birds and Urshifu = Nothing....they are Muda
yes just like the video said
Gargoyles reference with Oberon
@@milliondollarmistake I typed that before the video got there
@@krookodilegang6192 agree
How to Train your Dragon reference was highly appreciated with the Grimmsnarl mention.
Grimmsnarl is one of my favorite Pokemon, and How To Train Your Dragon is one of my favorite series, so that's a double win from me!
you sound 12
I love how a simple video about one legendary turned into a massive mind explosion of the interconnectedness of all the Galar Legends. Mind blown
When calyrex and the steeds combine the dynamax energy is blue instead of red the game doesn’t explain it but there must be some lore for it right maybe this video explains it or it’s a separate one
The game itself explains it, Calyrex has a power equal and opposite to Dynamax Energy. Normal Dynamax mons are using Eternatus’ power, which makes them emit the same red glow as Eternatus’ core. In comparison, Calyrex and it’s rider forms use Royal blue power, seemingly purified Dynamax Energy.
@@noivernblast3366 It's kinda like the color when Calyrex made the Petal of something using his powers so I agree with this
@@noivernblast3366 must have missed that part my mistake
@@noivernblast3366 makes sense thanks
@@Aiden-rw3vb hey wait a sec, wasn't Calyrex's showcase of power in the DLC speeding up the growth of a carrot, or rather, making it BIGGER? And on top of that, he had to dance to use his power, much like a certain alolan custom...
the constellation connection was unexpected and totally amazing! I would not have considered a grouping of objects in the night sky like that to be a reference for things, and yet it fits perfectly with that particular grouping of pokemon...
this is what I like from Lockstin videos, he keeps doing his research and presented them in such fashionable way, regardless the topics
I love Galar Legendaries even more now
I think the strong start with the lore of the horses expanding to the constellations that match ALL legendaries in SWSH is hilarious and intriguing
I made a similar comment sometime ago, and seeing all of the mythological connections here only reinforces my theory that Galarian Slowking is based off of Druids/Sorcerers/Shamans, and how modern-day pop-culture perceives them. Calyrex and the Crown Tundra having ties to multiple mythologies helps bring Galarian Slowking, who only became obtainable once the Crown Tundra was released, closer to the mystic and religious side of ancient cultures
This is probably the most well thought out generation of legendaries. Can't wait to see what they think up next.
I also recently figured out that Calyrex's quest may or may not be based on Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, who was a British author so good and famous that he was knighted, where a god gets stuck in a tortoise body and has to get a peasant boy to be his prophet.
Man excellent video and I consider most of your videos amazing, but this one is in top tier. I could recognize elements of Cernunos and Arthur from Calyrex however amazing job with the Irish king - Pooka and Oberon ties. I didn’t know about the Pooka. Between that and the Odin I think that’s made me really enjoy the horses. Also as a big SMT fan I’m glad to have seen Kazuma Kaneko’s Kelpie and with the chess reference I’m sure we are getting India in gen 9. That constellation part at the end was mind blowing. Makes me appreciate these games even more.
I love how Pokémon acknowledge and embrace Equine mythology
I think the hero might have actually existed, but been a human that commanded the wolves, or Calyrex, much like the Prince's that were also heroes and the founders of Unova, that caused the One dragon to split into the Tao trio... maybe they were the children or descendants of the human hero or Calyrex, if Calyrex going deeper into the lore that's in the Canalave library that humans and Pokemon used to marry each other.
Ok as a British guy there’s one thing that shocks me and that is, how detailed and how British our Galar Pokemon are.
Like it’s shocking how much Game Freak lore, design and inspiration they put into all of our Galar Pokemon and may I be bold and say so far the most inspiration they done for a regions Pokemon. You can say anything you like how good or bad the Sword & Shield games were but there’s no denying that the actual Pokemon were made perfectly for the region (even the people that might not like the Pokemon can’t deny that fact, after all people can still hate perfection which is actually part of the reason why King Arthur got killed because he was too perfect of a king and a lot of people didn’t like that)
Really good way to wrap up SwSh vids, super thorough and includes all the legends. Well done!
Gotta love how Lockstin turns into Rouxls Kaard, when he speaks those Shakespeares! lol
I recently got into mythical creatures a lot more than normal, especially British ones (cause yk, it's fun to know heritage and all that) and there are _so many_ horses in British other Viking colonies' folklore. Like the kelpie/nyker you mentioned? That basic motif (spectral/fey horse, likes to drown people) appears literally _all over_ northern Europe, it was so cool seeing them referenced in this video
I thought spectrier could have inspiration from the church Grimm. Mostly being shown as dogs they did have some as farm animals like horses. And spectrier food grows in a graveyard where the Grimm are created. And it’s home looks like a torn down church or cathedral in a way, where the Grimm stay to protect . Just my thoughts
Its based on the Pooka from Irish mythology. Brian Boru, the high king was the only one able to ride the ghost horse. Sounds very much like Calyrex and Spectrier.
@@Stevenbfg that’s cool I just thought the Grimm could’ve played a part in the design and why I goes around graveyards.
I hope we receive a Wales based region soon. Just to see more Wales inspired Pokémon, perhaps a ghost dog Pokémon based off Gelert, maybe a bit of lore behind it with a connection to Trevenant.
Considering Galar already squashes the area wales would be into the icy area, we won't likely be getting a region strictly based on wales. Ever. Sorry.
@@voltrainer while I do not think we will get a full region based on Wales. I'm pretty sure that Galar is great Briton upside down with the crown tundra being analogous to Scotland
@@kcpatri it is.
If anything, travelling to an Ireland based region would be more likely considering its vastly a more known and relevant country internationally than Wales. No hate, just telling the truth.
@@Stevenbfg is Ireland more relevant and well-known internationally? I’ve never really heard people talk about it. I hear a lot of people talk about Wales though, since I grew up within driving distance of Wales and people would occasionally go to North Wales for a holiday.
I would doubt to get a region based off Ireland, else they may get a tad bit of backlash. The IRA may stop them from making an Ireland region for a while longer, though they aren’t still active (as far as I know) GameFreak would probably like to avoid provoking them. They _could_ do another Alola like idea, two different islands for Northern Ireland and Republic Of Ireland. They could go the extra mile and do a third island, for the Isle Of Man. We do already have the Isle Of Armour, which is partially based off Isle Of Man, so that may not happen. There are plenty of smaller islands in the UK they could do, like the Isle Of Wight for example, but it might be difficult to connect them all without just doing a colder climate of Alola.
3:02: personally I think of Oberon from Disney's gargoyles cartoon from the 90's, you know, the one introduced during the Goliath chronical that is the step-father of Zanaises wife, Fox. and coincidentally is also her Fay biological mother's 1st husband that she remarried after she reviewed she was immortal.
David Xanatos.*
Fox Renard* whose mother is Titania, wife of Oberon.
But, also, the Wyrd Sisters, MacBeth, (Des)Demona, Owen (Puck). Gargoyles is a love letter to Shakespeare's plays. Goliath himself is basically supernatural Othello.
I must admit, that was the best Manscaped ad I have ever scene.
Finally! I have been struggling to understand this trio and plot of the Crown Tundra!
these videos ALWAYS make me like the Pokémon you talk about SO MUCH MORE!! thank you for making them and I'd love to see more!
I love how all the SwSh legendaries all connect! I’m just wondering if there could even be a way for the two new regi’s and the galarian legendary birds to fit as well
Another amazing video revealing a lot of details and interesting folklore that continues to have me scream at my screen, "Please tell me your going to watch Overly Sarcastic Productions, I know this isn't the first time it's been brought up in your comments! Aaagggggggghhhhhhh!!", prop.
Also genuinely hope you didn't accidently hurt yourself during that sponsorship, safety is import and so are you.
I’ve wiped with sandpaper before and have shaved my armpits with an axe on a hike to keep ticks from getting into the hairs.
I appreciate this sponsor segment 🍻
This was by far the best Manscaping ad I've seen to date.
6:11 In the case of Fate's version of Francis Drake when using her Golden Wild Hunt Noble Phantasam, a fleet of ghost pirate ships. The deceased souls of the pirates who defeated the Spanish armada under her command. (apparently there is an actual legend of Sir Francis Drake doing a Wild Hunt so that checks out). Drake and her ghost armada might not ride horses but she _is_ the rider class and the riding ability gives the servants the abilty to ride basically anything, like how King Artoria Pendragon could drive a car or motorbike. She preferred motorbikes of course because they're closer to horses lol. (Artoria is usually a saber but her saber form has the riding skill, as do all the of the Knights of the Round as sabers)
i cannot begin to explain how much i like this video. not only does this give me a reason to actually like the legendary steeds but also the way you tie in the other legendaries with the other constellations at the end is just so satisfying.
Amazing work as always, Lockstin! I’m always so eager to see your videos about Pokemon lore and your in depth analysis always gets me so excited!!!
I just love how all of the gen 8 legendaries pull from the same constellation group
I love how much depth you put into your research for these videos. It’s really neat how you just wrapped all the legendaries together in one video and it pertained to astrology in the end. I love astrology so it’s cool that it tied in like that. Keep up the awesome work dude!
I had a recent re-obsession with these horses thank you for this video
While it might be a coincidence there is an Irish story that has a king known for great harvests and one year a flock of birds destroys the entire harvest,the King gets all his finest hourses and bravest men (possibly one of the reasons for the swords of justice being in the Crown tundra)and the King sets off after these birds to later be revealed to actually be three giant birds
That’s really cool
Just wanted to mention the one white horse painting you used was of a Nixen(Nøkken) diving into water and not a pukka. It's similar to a kelpie, but takes many forms.
Dont kelpies also shape-shifting? I have lil to no knowledge of myth but thought I heard that somewhere
@@Otisblunder I guess the biggest difference is that a horse is not the most popular form of the the Nixen. While the kelpie is mainly known as a horse. They do have a lot of similar lore however
I love Pokémon lore like this, especially when it can be taken from so many things that I could stand to learn more about.
Given the subtle sounds at the end of Eternatus’ cry, I think he’d also be classifiable as an Ultra Beast. After all he is a space alien from god only knows where
15:50 damn, that subtle front against zamazenta
Gotta love how thorough the research is for these videos
Loved the calyrex and steeds lore so deep
Listen i may be high as ball rn but that made perfect sense and the best part is that I can watch it again hungover in morning because I know I'm not remembering any of this
I love how Lockstin is steppin up his sponsor commercial
“Gamefreak likes making the ghost types extinct animals.”
Damn, guess blimps and humans are extinct.
But blimps are extinct. Well, at least critically endangered. There are only about 500 of them.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
"Like the word nightmare" Actually, the term nightmare COMES from this myth. "Oh, you must've glanced a Night Mare" was an old reply to someone having bad dreams, as seeing one would supposedly cause bad dreams. Over time this became known as "having a Nightmare".
this kind of videos is the MAIN reason why this dude is the best of all poketubers. PERIODT
This is defiantly one of my favorite videos because I love when everything connects too
7:30 i first thought it was a fused shadow kkkkkkkkkkk
...and the PLAYER is orion!
the player saves galar, is the best student at the Master Dojo, and stops Glas/SpectRier from destroying a big statue of Calyrex. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER!
It's a bit of a stretch, but another horse and rider inspiration could be the Greek hero Bellerophon, the only man to tame Pegasus. Pegasus was wild and unrideable until Bellerophon fitted him with a bridle he received from Athena. Technically, Pegasus also had a brother, a man named Chrysaor. The two sprang forth from Medusa after Perseus cut off her head.
It's not a great fit, but given the ties between the cultures of Britain and Rome, and Rome and Greece, I thought it was worth mentioning
Love Spectrier's design the moment I saw it. I seriously didn't know what they looked like, but I knew I wasn't getting the ice type and I'm so glad I didn't! I'm just so glad to hear the many connections it has to old English and Norse folklore. It might be "the edgy" horse but IT'S MY EDGY HORSE AND YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT FROM ME!!! (Plus I love fast Special Attackers, but Keldeo still tops it for my favorite list though. I love me a good horse, not enough good horse Pokemon.)
Lockstin talks so much about Mythology and stuff, I feel he would love doing something for Fire Emblem Heroes (Since the game so far has been based around Norse Mythology mixed in with some sprinkles of others)
13:53 he playing with fire 🔥🔥🔥 with that name and he knew it cuz he kinda stuttered a bit 🤣🤣🤣
I always thought that the fusion of Calyrex and his steeds made the resulting creation resemble the Knuckelavee. That's why his legs are so hard to see, its a humanoid body and head literally fused to the back of a ghostly horse!
Pokemon in 1998- "Is creature. Much battle. Big fight."
Pokemon in 2021- "We'll give you ALL the mythology!!!!"
As a former carpenter, watching him "exfoliate" with wood shavings was just too real 😄 excellent video! I've been watching your content for years. Never a disappointment, great job explaining Calyrex👏👍
I thought of this following your recent mythical video, but Calyrex's Massive Crown reminded me very much of sultans, rulers of another kind of dynasty, with their large headwear. Considering horses are believed to have been domesticated in South Asia where sultanates occur, and that sultans are often depicted on horseback (there is even a horse breed called a sultan) with their horses having decorative plaited tails (much like Glastrier) ... I really feel that there is a strong hint at the next region being India and surrounding countries.
Combined with Cuphant and Copperajah, Sinistea and Polteageist, and Urshifu referencing Martial Arts from that region... the hint being "redwood" which India has a protected endemic and culturally significant species of redwood tree.
I think so.
a lot of ghosts in Indian mythos (especially female ghosts) have a very striking feature about them, they have backward feet. And considering Galar is based on Britain, it makes EVEN MORE SENSE
And with all of that, they came up with Horse But Ghost and Horse With Ice.
Honestly, horses might be one of the most surprisingly limited animals for making fantasy creatures. They pretty much all look exactly the same.
These videos about mythology and folklore with Pokémon ties my love for Pokémon and the growing for Shin Megami Tensei games even tighter!
I'd like to think both legendary horses came from both types of rapidash and one of the reasons that it is forgotten which was calyrex steed, because nobody could remember if it was the galarian or kantonian rapidash. More than likely the truth is calyrex actually used both horses, who knows there could be a third form combining all 3 of them haha but that's a theory for a different day, it would also make sense for their typing since the fairy/ psychic galarian rapidash when it surcomes to the cold spirit probably lingered on due to its fairy like magic and immense psychic powers to become the ghost type spectrier and the fire on the kantonian rapidash goes out due to the cold and then whatever gas or fluid rapidash uses in its body to create it flames freezes to become ice and become the ice type glastrier. Sorry if this doesn't make much sense haha.
I like the idea of the two horses being based of the two forms of Rapidash
That calyrex plushes massive noggin is not gonna last
These two horses are perfect examples of pokemon designs not needing to be cluttered to be deep and complex! Minimalism forever
12:36 I first learned about these when I got into both the Persona and SMT series
Lockstin's lore videos are the main reason why I haven't done much work on my fakemon legendaries. They have to be complex enough to make Lockstin PROUD!
In the Philippines, there is folklore about the creature named Tikbalang. They said if you managed to pluck three golden hairs on its mane, you can control it and it will serve you until you die. The creature is half man and half horse.
Am I the only one that watches his fohawk the whole vid while he is talking. I love it. It bounces. So fun!
When you mentioned Spectrier's backwards hooves my first thought was of the tradition of putting a dead rider's boots backwards in their horse's stirrups at their funeral.
I love it when nurds put their gnoggins to making interesting things! ♥ Also, another link to India. A region bassed in it is hopefully inevitable.
Lockstin: So many mythological inspirations for these steeds!!
Creatures inc/game freak: Haha ice horse and ghost horse go brrrrrrrr and boooooo
4:36
>become adventurer seeking the fairy king
>finally encounter, promptly ignore
>swap to farming and become the main reason the kingdom you reside growing to unbelievable heights
eyo fairies, i got some dhiez nyutts for ya
2:22 LOVE THE HTTYD REFERENCE!
Man, these lores are amazing! I love your videos! I keep learning more and seeing Pokemon in new ways!
Funny that you should mention Ol' One-Eyed Odin. Along with Sleipnir, he was also known for having a pair of ravens. What's funny about that is those ravens are sometimes(not often, but sometimes)depicted with one white and one black. Coincidence? I think not.
Don't forget that Kubfu and Urshifu could also be Ursa Minor and Ursa Major. And Ursa Major contains the Big Dipper, also called the Drinking Goard, hence the water type option.
The Elder Scrolls has Hircine, a Deadric Prince who serves as the Lord of the Hunt, and his realm is known as The Hunting Grounds where his worshipers participate in great hunts in the afterlife. There is also a ritual among the wood elves in the series known as the Wild Hunt.
Some Pokémon may have bad designs on purpose just to relate to real world myths and legends.
I love each one of them.
It's been a long time since I've enjoyed an ad. Well done, 'ol Chap
If it wasn’t for Lockstin I don’t think people would appreciate these new Pokémon designs as much. I would certainly be clueless.
I’d actually like to put in that spectrier is more likely a friesian horse. This is due to its black coat, feathering, and famously long and flowing mane and tail. In fact, many friesians manes are braided, which would point to the wavy nature of spectriers mane
I also think that these Pokémon, especially the horses, are based on the Celtic Dúllahan, or a Headless Horseman who rides on a ghastly horse that brings the cold. Of course, Calyrex has a rather large noggin, in contrast to being nogginless, but due to the supposed blindness of the horses matching up with the Dúllahan as well I always took it as a given inspiration for these Pokémon.
Since you talked about chess...
Glastrier and spectrier are the knights.
Calyrex Is the king.
Kubfu Is the pawn (who's not an uber and "promotes" when It reaches the towers/the opposing rooks and becomes Urshifu).
Zamazenta Is the rook (behemoth bash looks a whole lot like the movement of the rook).
Zacian is the bishop (behemoth blade looks a whole lot like the movement of the bishop).
And Eternatus Is the hand of the player(s), which can control both space and time.
Now, for the queen. We know of only one place which, just like the crown tundra, mentions a crown of some sort: Mount Coronet, where we meet Arceus that is, just like the queen in chess, the most powerful piece.
The video could have been perfect too, but you didn't add a "It all comes together".
Seriously, I'm still rewatching that old theory series like every year, I would love to see something like that again
and then the tiger and bird are also what landorus and tornadus's therian forms are based on, which then connects to the other 2 forces of nature/auspicious beasts (thundurus=dragon, enamorus=turtle) and then there's also the yellow dragon in the middle (kyurem) which then connects to the other two members of the tao trio (reshiram and zekrom) leading to a 13 LEGENDARY ULTIMATE COMBO