The first half is kinda chaotic, so bare with me please:

I can't believe this is a trilogy now. I'm so proud *sniff*I want to break this part into three sections!, another leak had just been posted and I kinda went off in a tangent. I have calmed down since then (thank god lmao). The second part is my refined theory in which I piece together more information. The third part was updated just today on the 25th! There was something I needed to add on quickly.Of course to understand most of this, please read the first and second parts. I've constructed a story throughout these parts and I am going to add onto it here.Part 1: Pokemon: Sword and Shield Speculation/Theory! Part 2: Updated Sword and Shield Speculation/Theory

This leak was posted on the 5th whereas the latest trailers dropped on the 8th.







I find it suspicious that the leak doesn't mention either Bea or Allister in the list of gyms. They were also right about Leon giving Hop two starters! I believe this could be seen in one of the June trailers or presentations, though. Apart from that everything else is up in the air and hasn't been confirmed or debunked (that is if i've missed anything)



I was right about there being a royal family! However the family doesn't include the characters I was hoping. Leon's character design is the main thing that still urges me to make the connection between him, Rose and the legendaries. Sure, he may be a fraud (something I also figured) and that may work well with his king theme (being that he isn't actually royalty/he's the champion but is a fraud) BUT he still has the sword and shield AND CROWN (in yellow by the way) on his outfit.

I also find it weird that Leon has been made out to be the king of galar, but there is apparently already a queen. Wouldn't Myrtle be annoyed by this? Anyway, If this king theme wasn't a conscious design choice made by Leon then it must have had been Rose's so he must know about the legendaries because Leon has zacian's sword and zamazanta's shield on his jersey. Pokemon apparently no one in galar knows about. Rose has to be related to the evil team.

It's also worth noting that Rose was the one to introduce dynamaxing and gigantamaxing to the gym challenge! There must be a relation between him and Eternatus then (if Eternatus is supposed to be the origin of dynamax and gigantamax). Either Rose is working with Eternatus, he's being manipulated by Eternatus, or he has no idea and has actually made Eternatus really mad by using dynamax and gigantamax in battles.

The theory that someone in black who wears Eternatus' crown, wields Zacian's sword and uses Zamazenta's shield has me too excited to dismiss it yet so until we get official designs of Eternatus, Meteodaina and Marnie I am using it as my headcanon.

In my last theory I suspected that there would be a third member of the Leon/Hop and Zamazenta/Zacian comparison. Someone who is identified with yellow and is like Eternatus. Rose doesn't wear primarily yellow but he is in a black suit. Black (K) is created when you combine cian, magenta and yellow. Unless Narella is represented by yellow then Rose has a good chance of being the true villian, as it were. He doesn't wish to stop Eternatus, but instead use his crown, the sword and shield to become powerful.

It's also worth noting that while Leon's name means yellow (dandelion) and Roses are red, Hop's name...isn't related to blue. At all. It isn't even a flower name, so it throws off his Leon, Hop, Rose trio quite a bit.



Now of course, this was only a leak. Not everything is absolute but I wanted to analyse it and compare it to the theory I already had going. I now want to add on more!







The second part, it is more recent and a lot more refined:

So Rose is the chairman of the gym challenge and champion league. He's the one who's set it all up. He's the one who first endorsed Leon. I've said before that there might be a connection between Leon and Zamazenta and Hop and Zacian because they are identified by red and blue. That means there could be a third member of the royal family who is identified by yellow. But there isn't....so...

Rose is wearing mostly black with red and yellow accents. It's like Hop's outfit- mostly blue with yellow and black accents.

So in short-



Red/Zamazenta/Leon

Blue/Zacian/Hop

Yellow/Eternatus BUT THEN Rose dresses in black because of the CYMK analogy. He wears black because it's cian, yellow and magenta combined. That is all three legendaries combined. He doesn't wear any blue though, but I believe the reason for that is that he is closer to Leon, Zamazenta and Eternatus than he is to Hop and Zacian. It is Zacian, Eternatus and Zamazenta together. This makes him more of a suspect for the true antagonist of the game(s). And team yell is short for team yellow!! This also means that Rose probably knows of Leon's royal lineage and that's why he chose to endorse him. This also means Leon's suspicious logo he wears on his jersey makes more sense if it was designed by Rose because he knows about the legendaries!

It's also worth mentioning that for the longest time I knew there was a connection between the three but the naming convention always confused me. "Roses and Dandelions (Leon's japanese name) are flowers but Hop isn't, what's going on?" But then I realised-

Hop is a flower.



Hops is a flower found in europe used to brew herbal medicine. While it isn't blue like Hop's connection to Zacian would suggest, it is found it Britain just like Roses and Dandelions. This is very interesting and honestly shocked me. It's also worth mentioning Hop's hair also looks like the Hops flower, which is cute.







I am convinced there is a connection between these three in some shape or form. They all have flower names (flowers that can be found in Britain!) and share the same colours on their outfits. Rose is connected to Leon then Leon is connected to Hop. There's something here.



A more recent leak goes into detail about how Leon and Rose are both connected to the evil team. I'm taking this with a particularly big grain of salt because it also contradicts the first leak I've shown (the last gym was described as a Steel gym). It does keep the same idea that the pokemon league is corrupt because of Rose's involvement, though.







The designs of some of the gym leaders also point to this idea that the entire pokemon league is corrupt because I noticed Milo and Nessa also share this "crown" design with Leon and presumably, Eternatus. Maybe they'll be more involved than Bea and Allister?







After every theory update I like combining all the information I've talked about and creating a comprehensive story for the game, so here we go-







My headcanon/basically a fanfic at this point (and i am not ashamed lmao):

And now, something else groundbreaking I have just discovered:

It isn't just Rose, Leon and Hop!!

- Red Rose

- Dandelion

- Hops

- Yarrow (Achillea

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- Sander

- Olive

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- Onion

- Kidney

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- Magnolia

Rose makes connections with Eternatus and uses his dynamax energy and incorporates them into the pokemon league. He learns of both Zacian and Zamazenta from Eternatus and wants to capture them so that he can take over Galar with the power of dynamax and the sword and shield, which hold unstoppable power (the sword as an unstoppable force and the shield as an immovable object). He researches the royal bloodline and discovers the latest descendants to be Leon and Hop.Rose endorses Leon when both he and Hop are very young, Hop probably can't even remember it. Rose does this because he knows of Leon's royal connection to the wolves, but doesn't think that Hop could be connected because he's too young. Rose isn't of royal decent himself so he needs someone else to wield the sword and shield in order to control Galar.He helps Leon progress through the pokemon league by faking his victories. Leon has a big ego and likes the attention he gets from the title "undefeated champion" without realising he is open to blackmail from his own boss. Years later, once Hop is old enough to start his journey, Leon endorses Hop just because he's his brother, but Rose also knows that Hop might come in useful for yet more blackmail for Leon. Leon is forced to work with the evil team, Team Yell, because he is blackmailed by Rose, if he doesn't cooperate Leon's lies will be revealed and everyone will know that he's a fraud.Rose's plan works well, with grunts getting in your way every so often and your first champion battle with Leon being rigged so that it's a forced lose. That is until Hop gets dangerously involved with Team Yell and the legendaries. It sets off Leon's big brother instinct and he starts refusing to work with Team Yell. You and Hop discover how corrupt the pokemon league is and confront Leon about it, only for Rose to reveal himself as the mastermind. He attempts to kill you before you can tell anyone else about his true intentions but that provokes Leon to step in and protect Hop and the player, fully realising that everyone will know he's a fraud if he disobeys.This allows Rose to show of Eternatus' power. Eternatus has the power of all-seeing eyes and can control anyone who wears his crown. He uses this to control Leon and orders him to use the sword and shield to fight, but not before you and Hop force Leon and Rose into a double battle where you win when one of Hop's pokemon aims an attack at Leon and knocking the crown off his head. As a final attempt to get rid of you, Rose gigantamaxes Eternatus. The player, Hop and Leon fight him like you would a raid battle in the wild area.There are exceptions in Oleana, Allister and Bea but that is because their plants grow flowers at certain times of the year.A lot of these include localisations between the English and Japanese names:Of course this could just be tradition as a lot of Pokemon characters are named after flowers but this is so strange!! Everyone has a flower name?Now of course not all of these flowers originate from Europe but it's an interesting discovery nonetheless. Maybe there will be parallels between the flowers' characteristics and the characters' personalities? Something like:Rose is described as being romantic (red roses are a symbol of romance)Leon isn't as innocent as he appears to be (dandelions are considered weeds - not so much flowers)Hop is very clingy and attached to his brother (hops climb up walls and surfaces)Allister cries a lot (because, you know, onions)