Kiboism (Jirachi)

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History: Kiboism is one of the lesser followed religions as many of the monks that partake in the religion are nomadic in nature. It has a few points of major influence such as Hoenn and southern Toro where one of the religion's longer standing temples resides. One of the religion’s most notable figures is Saint Nick Klaus who received Arceus’s blessing to help Kibo make true of everyone’s wishes the night before the Kibo Comet arrives.

Beliefs: Arceus created the world and various legendary Pixelmon, organizing them into trinities to represent each aspect of the world. Among those he created was a trinity of the night. Darkrai: The Avatar of the Night Sky. Cresselia: The Avatar of the Moon. Jirachi: The Avatar of the Stars. The people celebrated and worshiped Cresselia and Jirachi, but the shrines to Darkrai were left bare of offerings. Darkrai grew jealous of the other Avatars in his trinity and spiteful towards mankind. He desired their ruin. Cresselia was too powerful for him to overcome, but Jirachi was small and weak. He tricked Jirachi, imprisoning her on a comet that only returns once every twelve years. Arceus, furious with Darkrai for rebelling against his trinity, banished Darkrai into a shadowy dimension. Arceus then set about trying to right Darkrai’s crimes, only to find that Darkrai had put a curse on Jirachi - if Jirachi was removed from the comet, the Avatar of the Stars would slowly begin to die. To amend for the sins of his creation, Arceus granted Jirachi the power to grant wishes to people. So, once every thirteen years, when the comet does return, people look up on it and make wishes and a festival occurs. A festival of lights also occurs when Kibo is farthest from earth as to guide its way back towards home.

The order of monks worship, revere, and study Jirachi, or Kibo in the ancient language with which their texts are written. The monks collect money in order to pay for their voyages. For the rest of the followers, it is often encouraged in the religion to partake in charity work as to follow Kibo’s doing in granting people’s wishes and dreams.

Place of Worship: There is no one specific spot of worship for Kibo as the monks are very nomadic and rarely stay in one spot for long. Often times the place of worship can easily be the night time sky facing towards the direction of Kibo’s Comet. Another common place of worship for followers are those temples the nomadic monks setup such as the temple in the south of Toro.