Area Zero had fascinated Shalin since the day the battle with Kyurem had unearthed it. A temperate, wild climate beneath sheets of ice and snow on the surface, it was an anomaly that the League could spare few resources to explore, what with the war effort taking priority. The giant, green chasm and the colossal cave system, covered in Terastal crystals larger and more dense than anywhere else in Hoenn, kept the Captain coming back. She had already seen her dreams manifest within the known depths of Area Zero alongside Lutgarde Dijkstra .

This time, though, the manifestation would be of a more serious nature. Not malevolent, but not as whimsical as the Terastal Xerneas from her last journey. Its nature would become known as soon as a gale-force wind blew Shalin off her Iron Leaves, a powerful GUST disrupting the paradox Pokémon's concentration.