In their rage and greed, the vast deposit was depleted. It wasn't until the Legendary Pokemon Ho-Oh and its beastly servants descended from the great mountain to placate the combatants and revealed to them the awful truth. The once peaceful Orre was torn apart as the regions grasped for the stones. Towns were destroyed, entire habitats and ecosystems eradicated. The conflict was ferocious, and casualties mounted as the armies clashed. As a result, the humble people of Orre could only watch helplessly as their once peaceful region was shattered by the fires of war.
Those stones would be a massive economic boon to anyone who possessed them, and the virtual non-existence of Orre on the political spectrum meant that almost anyone with the manpower and resources could take them. The relationships between several countries were already stretched to the breaking point, and the discovery of a vast deposit of evolutionary stones was the straw that broke the Camerupt's back. In those days, peace was a fragile thing indeed. That is, of course, before the big discovery.Ī team of geologists embarked on an expedition to the base of Orre's tallest summit, where they made a discovery that would change the region's future forever: a treasure trove of evolutionary stones, some of which had never been seen before! The news rocked the world, and suddenly the small region took center stage as foreign powers moved to possess the mountain's riches.
Quite frankly you only went to Orre to either pay homage to the Mythical Pokemon Celebi, or you wanted to disappear because no one even knew Orre existed. It was nestled quite comfortably in the geopolitical equivalent of nowhere so it had very little presence in the world at large. There were no unique Pokemon species native to the region so researchers had little interest in it. From its first settlement, Orre was never the most prosperous nor the most populated.