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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Crowned Sword Zacian has the highest base {{stat|Attack}} stat of all {{type|Fairy}} Pokémon and the highest base {{stat|Speed}} stat of all Fairy-type and {{type|Steel}} Pokémon. | * Crowned Sword Zacian has the highest base {{stat|Attack}} stat of all {{type|Fairy}} Pokémon and the highest base {{stat|Speed}} stat of all Fairy-type and {{type|Steel}} Pokémon. | ||
* Despite being a genderless species, Zacian is referred to with the feminine "sister" in its Pokédex entry. | * Despite being a genderless species, Zacian is referred to with the feminine "sister" in its English Pokédex entry; other languages use a neutral word. | ||
* The sprite for Crowned Sword Zacian shows the sword facing inwards, whilst the concept art and the model has it facing outwards. | * The sprite for Crowned Sword Zacian shows the sword facing inwards, whilst the concept art and the model has it facing outwards. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Zacian may be based on the {{wp| | Zacian may be based on the {{wp|Knights of the Round Table}}, pivotal characters in {{wp|Matter of Britain|Arthurian legend}} responsible for ensuring the peace of the {{wp|Great Britain|British}} kingdom, or the {{wp|Lady of the Lake}}, another pivotal character responsible for giving the sword {{wp|Excalibur}} to {{wp|King Arthur}}, known in Welsh folklore for slaying {{wp|Giants (Welsh folklore)|giants}}. The relationship between Zacian and Zamazenta may reference the relationship between King Arthur and his sister {{wp|Morgan le Fay}}. Its wolf-like appearance may be a reference to {{wp|Geri and Freki}} two wolves said to accompany the god {{wp|Odin}} in {{wp|Norse Mythology}}. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||