Rayquaza may be based on the Hebrew legends of Ziz, the unconquerable primal master of the sky. Its counterparts were Behemoth and Leviathan. Rayquaza’s appearance also draws inspiration from other creatures of myth such as the Asian dragon and lindworm. Alternatively, Rayquaza matches the description of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, who was depicted as a flying serpent, and created the boundary between the earth (including the oceans) and the sky. Its trait of being capable of inhabiting the skies, and living there while subsisting on nothing but dew and particles for centuries, also bears aspects of the legendary Chinese xian hermit sages and East Asian dragons.
Rayquaza most likely refers to Raqiya, the Hebrew word for “firmament”. It also may be a combination of ray and quasar. Alternatively, it may be a combination of 烈 retsu (violent or furious), 空 kū (sky), and 座 za (seat or location), which can be taken to mean “one that sits in the ferocious heavens”.
Rayquaza’s mikado organ refers to 帝 mikado (emperor), another name for the Emperor of Japan or 天皇 tennō in Japanese, which can be translated as either “heavenly sovereign” or “king of the heaven/sky”.
No: 384
English Name: Rayquaza
Japanese Name: Rekkuza
Generation: 3
Type: Dragon, Flying
Species: Sky High Pokémon
Abilities: Air Lock
Evolution:-
Rayquaza is a large, green, serpentine creature. It has red-tipped, rudder-like wings on its shoulders and down its body, and similarly patterned fins on the tip of its tail. Yellow ring-like symbols run across the length of Rayquaza’s body and it has an additional yellow ring on top of its head. Rayquaza has two limbs with three-clawed hands, and two long, flat, horn-like structures on its head, with two shorter horns along its jawline. It has small, yellow eyes with black pupils, prominent pink gums, and two discernible fangs in its upper jaw.
As Mega Rayquaza, its body becomes longer and gains more features. Its head becomes longer with the Δ symbol appearing on its forehead. Its eyes now contain yellow pupils and red irises, and black, tree-like markings trail behind its eyes. Its red lips and teeth become gold, and the gold lines connect to those on its lower horns, which take on a broad, triangular shape. At the outer edges of its lower horns are long, golden, glowing tendrils that each extend to a green, fin-like structure; these tendrils have ring patterns that strongly resemble the yellow markings running along the length of Rayquaza’s normal form. Its two upper horns become longer with a gold line running over them in a V shape, and each upper horn has another glowing tendril that ends in a circular shape with a spike. Along the length of its body are golden, glowing orbs placed where its ring patterns used to be. The chin, part of the neck, and parts of its serpentine body are changed to the color black. The fins running along its body are now marked with gold lines; the fins on its tail become entirely yellow and substantially longer. Particles stream from the long tendrils that extend from its jutting jaw; these particles can control the density and humidity of the air, allowing Mega Rayquaza to manipulate the weather. Its green hide sparkles with an emerald-like quality.
Inside Rayquaza’s body lies an organ that contains the same power as a Mega Stone. A Devon Corporation scientist named this organ the mikado organ (Japanese: ミカド器官). By consuming meteoroids as it flies through the stratosphere, the mikado organ will be filled with enough energy to enable Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution.
It is able to soothe the other members of the weather trio, even in their Primal Forms. Rayquaza can live for hundreds of millions of years in the ozone layer, where it feeds on water and other particles. Rayquaza is rarely seen by people; even in flight, its appearance is indistinguishable from that of a meteor. Rayquaza is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Dragon Ascent.
POKEDEX ENTRIES
Pokemon Ruby: Rayquaza lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, never descending to the ground. This Pokémon appears to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere.
Pokemon Sapphire: Rayquaza is said to have lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, above the clouds. Its existence had been completely unknown because it lived so high in the sky.
Pokemon Emerald: A Pokémon that flies endlessly in the ozone layer. It is said it would descend to the ground if Kyogre and Groudon were to fight.
Pokemon FireRed: It has lived for hundreds of millions of years in the ozone layer. Its flying form looks like a meteor.
Pokemon LeafGreen: It has lived for hundreds of millions of years in the ozone layer. Its flying form looks like a meteor.
Pokemon Diamond: It cannot be seen from ground level since it lives far up above the clouds in the ozone layer.
Pokemon Pearl: It cannot be seen from ground level since it lives far up above the clouds in the ozone layer.
Pokemon Platinum: It cannot be seen from ground level since it lives far up above the clouds in the ozone layer.
Pokemon HeartGold: It flies in the ozone layer, way up high in the sky. Until recently, no one had ever seen it.
Pokemon SoulSilver: It flies in the ozone layer, way up high in the sky. Until recently, no one had ever seen it.
Pokemon Black: It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground.
Pokemon White: It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground.
Pokemon Black 2: It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground.
pokemon White 2: It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground.
Pokemon X: It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground.
Pokemon Y: It flies in the ozone layer, way up high in the sky. Until recently, no one had ever seen it.
Pokemon Omega Ruby: Rayquaza is said to have lived for hundreds of millions of years. Legends remain of how it put to rest the clash between Kyogre and Groudon.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: It flies forever through the ozone layer, consuming meteoroids for sustenance. The many meteoroids in its body provide the energy it needs to Mega Evolve.
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