Journalism – History

Enough of the frilly, feel good blog posts. I’m miserable, edgy and tired. I’m in the perfect mood for journalism. This site was created to publish a story, one which the mainstream media over at The Vermilion Daily were too scared to publish. One which broke conventional journalist styles.

They say journalism is the art of controlling your environment, but that’s all wrong. I can’t control anything with this keyboard. All this is, is a weapon. A dull, dented and unwieldly cudgel. It’s only got one good swing in it, but if you aim it right, that’s all you need. Aim it right and you can smash the kneecaps of the entire world.

That’s what journalism is. Publishing that which hurts the comfortable and comforts the hurting. Spitting the truth into the faces of those who would rather keep you blind, deaf and mute. And the truth will make you miserable. It will give you the stamina of a rampaging Gyarados, the visions of an Absol, the thoughts of a Beedrill and the gentleness of a hungry Golbat.

But first you must learn it.

The Yamatai

There were people in Kanto before us. This is no longer a debateable fact. The Yamatai were a long-theorized, barely evidenced civilisation. They lived here four thousand years ago, give or take some centuries. They had an empire which spanned the entire region and findings in Johto and Sinnoh imply they were once found there, too.

Seemingly overnight, they were destroyed. Their cities, their temples, their people, all gone with only scant remnants left, buried deep in the most primordial caverns and recesses of the world. So far the only artifacts we know have been documented outside of these buried temples are two ceremonial censers filled with a ritual oil, one found in Mount Moon in 1995 and one in Diglett’s Cave, which is presumed to have been lost in the collapse before it could be properly archived due to the actions of a rogue group of trainers.

Experts have bickered over the last fifteen years or so about the existence and cultural diffusion of these people. Those in favour of the existence of the Yamatai were often painted as romantics, people with their heads in the clouds and dreamers and vice-versa those who refused to entertain the notion were often codified as overly sceptical, set in their ways or just plain stubborn.

As an example of these two opposing viewpoints we have two notable figures in the community of Kanto, two people who have been very outspoken on their beliefs over the Yamatai and their lost history.

Professor Humboldt, the leader of the Pewter City gym and founder of the Explorer’s League, an ardent believer in the Yamatai and has given many speeches throughout universities over the importance of the careful exploration, excavation and chronicling of the relics found in dig sites across Kanto which show signs of belonging to a pre-Kantonian people.

And Tessier, member of the Elite Four and futurist, who had taken several opportunities to make dismissive comments about the findings of the Explorer’s League, their validity and their relevance to the modern day people of Kanto.

It’s not my job to tell you which of them is correct, or if either if them are correct. I’m merely here to provide you with the information, you can find the truth in it for yourself. Below is an extract from a HiGH FREqUENCY, a pirate radio station which broadcasts across the entire Kanto region. The recording is from mid-2016, before we had any substantial evidence of the existence of the Yamatai people.

The Tapestry

About this video, it was posted to the net around a week away and started to gain some traction, it depicted a tapestry with many interconnected scenes and characters. Initially the reception was positive with many commenters and experts weighing in, giving heavy credence to the validity of the footage and what it may mean for the future of archaeology in Kanto and beyond. Despite the destruction of the artifact experts have been hard at work distilling the truth of the matter from rampant speculation. Regardless of validity, this video has set the scientific community aflame with a renewed vigour and the ancient ruins beneath Kanto are once again becoming a common talking point amongst those with an interest in the history of Kanto.

Professor Aubrey Humboldt recently posted his initial findings on the Explorer’s League homepage which I have shamelessly copied and pasted verbatim below

“There has been much ado about this video circulating the internet and upon initial review it does seem to be genuine. For such a video to be a forgery it would be an astounding coincidence as it features several distinct hallmarks of the relics we have catalogued from the Yamatai. The masonry is a perfect match for those found in the Diglett’s Cave site, as is the metallurgy featured in the wall mounted sconces, these are things which have been archived in other sites and not made publicly available. The tapestry itself is quite fascinating, seemingly featuring many interwoven and connected narratives which blur between fact, fiction and metaphor. The loss of such an artifact is undoubtedly a tremendous blow to the scientific community, we do however commend the quick thinking of the trainer which recorded the footage and uploaded it to the web. As is often the case with viral videos such as this many copies were made and recreated in a short span of time and work is being done to track down the original uploader, I would very much like to meet them in person and shake their hand for a job well done. I also have many questions about the location of this find and how it came to be destroyed. Please, reach out to me as soon as you are able.”

What happened to the Yamatai? What caused their destruction? Were they all wiped out or just in sufficient numbers to remove them from the cycles of history? And could it happen again to us?