I propose that there is a parallel between the legendary wolves (Zacian and Zamazenta) and the brother duo (Hop and Leon).

So what does this mean to the story?

And that was my theory! Out of all of my speculation, this is the most plausible.

I truly think that all of these parallels are intentional and this is the route the game's story is going. I'm dead set on this theory, I'm sticking with it. I know there have been mentions of Marnie possibly being a princess because of a certain leak, and a crown design being shaved into her head but come on. There is so much evidence here it's getting me excited!

Out of all other speculation I've done based on trailers, character designs and leaks I find this theory to be the strongest. Remnants of this theory are about in my other journal entries but I wanted to make it's own entry (which I probably should've done from the start whoops). I'm very confident in this theory! A lot of headcanons have stemmed out from this.Both parties are a duo coloured blue and red (based off the switch joycons funnily enough) and seem to be in opposition to one another at first. Zacian's ability to cut through anything juxtaposed by Zamazenta's ability to block any attack makes them complete opposites, but as we've seen in the trailerJust like Hop is challenging Leon's position as champion, Zacian attacks Zamazenta first. Leon and Zamazenta of course must defend themselves.This doesn't initiate a battle though, and Zacian and Zamazenta have a fairly peaceful meeting in the forest. Unfortunately it is interrupted by ominous gusts of wind and the wolves team up to take down an unknown foe. Many speculate this to be the leaked third legendary Eternatus but I'm not going to discuss that here.We don't know much about Hop and Leon's relationship but it doesn't seem to be a bad one. They seem to be on pretty good terms given the cutscenes we've seen, and especially hints like Leon's tiny picture by Hop's bedside. This seems to mirror Zacian and Zamazenta's relationship, in the sense that they aren't enemies.We know that Leon is the one to endorse both the player and Hop, so he wants to see his brother succeed. We still don't know his feelings on Hop eventually having to challenge him, though. That's an interesting point I hope they expand on in game, especially since in an interview it was mentioned that Leon initially hesitates in endorsing Hop and the player, which I think is odd. I'd expect Leon to jump at the chance in endorsing Hop, he's his lil bro after all.The simularities in their relationships aren't the only things that convince me of a connection, though. Earlier I touched on how they share colour palettes.but there's still similarities in their designs and colour palettes. Their royal purple hair (in itself is a mix of red and blue, huh) and golden eyes are just too striking, sure it looks really cool but there's so much more to it than that. Another detail is how Zacian and Zamazenta's eyes are very similar to Hop and Leon's. They all have golden eyes but with ringed pupils (this detail is only noticeable in Zacian and Zamazenta's Ken Sugimori artwork, not in the animated trailer). Funnily enough, Hop and Leon's eyes on their models look similar to Zacian and Zamazenta's artwork. They have a red/brown tint to them.I always thought it was weird that Hop and Leon had differently designed eyes than the rest of the human cast butoriginally pointed this out butHop and Leon share facial features with the wolves and my mind was blown. While Hop's hair is clearly designed after his namesake, the Hops plant, it also looks like a crown to me. These five points can also be seen on Zacian as his headpiece and ears resemble a crown. This is honestly kinda cute cause while Leon may be wearing a crown Hop is also.ButAgain, Leon has a lot more of a resemblance to Zamazenta. When Zamazenta's shield is completed, the sides resemble Leon's hair quiffs and even the markings on Zamazenta's face look eerily similar to Leon's stupid beard. Just like Zacian, Zamazenta's ears and headpiece form a crown just like Leon's snapback. This reminds me of how Lillie in Sun&Moon was specifically dressed to look like Nihilego by Lusamine. Leon may be doing the same thing with Zamazenta (but willingly, of course. He doesn't force Hop to do the same with Zacian).Another small something that blew my mind was this:The logos share some design similarities with the brothers! Sword has a yellow slash, which I believe is to mimic Zacian's sword. And Shield has a diamond pattern that looks almost identical to Leon's cape. Leon's parallel is pretty solid but Hop's needs further explaining. The positioning of Hop's bag represents his connection to the sword and is in the place of a sheath. But if Hop were to actually get in possession of the sword and need to carry it, I believe he'd just slide it behind his bag, against his back. The sword is quite large, so he'd need to hold it with both hands, even if he is right handed and wouldn't naturally pull a weapon out from behind his back with his left hand (that was a mistake made in my original theory, I can see now that Hop is indeed right handed).Of course if Hop wields the sword, then Leon has to wield the shield. That'd leave Zamazenta like....this: Naked Zamazenta Because of the brother's connection to the legendaries, the first thing that came to my mind wasThink about it, in a region inspired by England, a place with a rich history of royalty (heck, the royal family still exists TODAY and in considerable amounts of power) there has to bementions of a royal family. This leads me to speculate that the sword and shield are objects belonging to the royal family, but for whatever reason are now used by Zacian and Zamazenta. I honestly don't think that the wolves stole the objects, instead I propose that they may be protecting them, possibly until they find recent descendants of the royal family to give them to. This could be to fend off against Eternatus? Who knows.-And we all thought that Leon's dumb outfit wasHe could be the true king of galar and put his own goofy spin on king's clothing. I have my suspicions that despite Zacian and Zamazenta supposedly being unknown to the people of galar, Leon knows of their existence. The sword and shield logo on his shirt is so prominent on his design. Perhaps Leon doesn't know what the sword and shield look like though, and that's why they're just generic designs of a blue sword and red shield. Hop definitely doesn't know though, that information is being held from him by Leon for whatever reason. Maybe this has something to do with Leon hesitating to endorse Hop, maybe he just doesn't want Hop getting involved with the legendaries because he could be hurt.It may be old art, but I just love drawing these two with their weapons pfff:In the climax of the story both Hop and Leon will have to know about Zacian and Zamazenta to wield the sword and shield. Just the possibility that human characters could hold these weapons in a cutscene gets me excited. I hope it happens. Because of there being two wolves and two brothers ideally Hop would hold the sword and Leon the shield. Even if Leon holds both because he's king would be awesome, though.Them riding the wolves would also be cool to see! This is just wishful thinking at this point, but god damn I'd love to see it. The wolves seem to be pretty large, so a human riding one is plausible.