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'''Arceus''' (Japanese: '''アルセウス''' ''Arceus'') is a major character who appeared in ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]''.

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[[File:Arceus Plates.png|thumb|left|250px|Arceus's Plates]]

Thousands of years in the past, when the world was threatened by a meteor, Arceus summoned all of its power and tackled the massive rock, destroying it. However, in the process Arceus lost the sixteen [[Plate]]s that gave it life and began to die. At this time [[Damos]] discovered the dying Pokémon, then found one of the missing Plates and returned it, giving Arceus strength to pull back the others and thus fully recover. In gratitude for Damos's actions, Arceus detached five of its Plates and formed the [[Jewel of Life]], which it loaned to him in order to make the desolate wasteland of [[Michina Town]] rich and fertile. 

In the ancient past, the group discovered that Damos was controlled by another man, [[Marcus]], who had grown bitter with his belief that returning the Jewel of Life to Arceus would result in Michina Town once again becoming desolate and wished to destroy it to prevent such events, making them realize that the legend of Damos's betrayal was a lie. By manipulating Sheena, Marcus nearly succeeded in killing Arceus and permanently altering the fabric of space-time (nearly destroying Ash and all of the other heroes except Damos in the process). Fortunately, Damos managed to reach the last bit of life in Arceus's heart, giving it enough strength to reabsorb the Jewel of Life from Ash, saving it from certain death. It then revived the heroes, and they returned to the future. Although Arceus was still furious when they returned, the past finally caught up with the present, and it remembered Ash's role in saving its life, thus soothing its rage and, as it later remarked, making it feel part of the world Ash and the others lived in for the "first time".

[[File:Featured Pokémon M12.png|thumb|250px|Arceus and the creation trio]]

Arceus was a trusting Pokémon to any individual who was willing to join forces with it, as demonstrated with [[Damos]]. However, after betraying Arceus when he was hypnotized by [[Marcus]], Arceus changed its way and wanted to work alone. It also expressed hostility towards [[human]]ity due to this, and mercilessly attacked {{mov|Dialga}}, {{mov|Palkia}}, and {{mov|Giratina}} for trying to protect humans.

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:''See also: [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Arceus|List of Pokémon with form differences → Arceus]]''

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|ja=美輪明宏 ''Akihiro Miwa''

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