Lake guardians

The lake trio is a term used to describe the legendary trio residing in the three lakes of Sinnoh: Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. They are meant to represent knowledge, emotion, and willpower, respectively. They are based off of the Imperial Regalia of Japan: the Yata no Kagami (wisdom), Yasakani no Magatama (benevolence), Kusanagi (valor).

Unlike previous trios, all three of the lake trio are of a single type, the Template:Type2, though like the others, they share an ability: Levitate. According to legend, when Arceus created the universe it created Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, and therefore is believed to be their master. According to one of Azelf's Pokédex entries, all three of them were born from the same egg.

It is interesting to note that each of the members of the lake trio has one of the qualities of the Abrahamic God: Uxie is omniscient, Mesprit is omnipresent, and Azelf is omnipotent. They could also be equated to, respectively, the Greek/Roman deities of Athena/Minerva, Poseidon/Neptune, and Zeus/Jupiter. It should also be noted that parts of their name come from fantasy creatures, pixies, sprites and elves, respectively. The other parts of their names come from pronouns: you (Uxie), me (Mesprit), and us (Azelf).

The members of the lake trio are tied for the lightest legendary Pokémon, and are second for the lightest of all Pokémon (after Gastly and Haunter).

Moveset similarities

Lv.	Uxie  Psychic	Mesprit  Psychic	Azelf  Psychic
Start	Rest
	ConfusionPt
6	Imprison
16	Endure	Protect	Detect
21	ConfusionDP
	SwiftPt
31	Yawn	Lucky Chant	Uproar
36	Future Sight
46	Amnesia	Charm	Nasty Plot
51	Extrasensory
61	Flail	Copycat	Last Resort
66	Natural Gift
76	Memento	Healing Wish	Explosion
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Trivia

• As seen in the pictures below, the two circles in each of the Pokémon's caves are the relative positions of the other two, although the meaning of the shapes of the puddles is unknown. However the shapes do arguably bear resemblances to Giratina, Dialga, and Palkia.

• Lake Uxie.png

  Uxie in Acuity Cavern.

• Lake Mesprit.png

  Mesprit in Verity Cavern.

• Lake Azelf.png

  Azelf in Valor Cavern.

• The lake trio is the only trio whose members are all Template:Type2, and the same type for that matter. However the legendary birds and the dragon trio share their secondary types.
• The lake trio are the first set of legendary Pokémon since the legendary birds to have their names changed for the English language versions of the game - from Yuxie, Emrit, and Agnome to Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.
• The lake trio also helps the player through the Distortion World.
• The lake trio contains the three subtractive colors of yellow (Uxie), magenta (Mesprit) and cyan (Azelf).