

Walking Wake S/ Iron Leaves V and Raging Bolt S/ Iron Crown V would later appear, resembling the sketch, but their connection is unknown. At some point, the team's sketch artist made a drawing inspired by the Paradox Pokémon they had seen, imagining what other species in the crater might look like, which resembled a combined version of the Legendary beasts S/ Swords of Justice V. During the expedition, a member of the team was fatally injured by a Great Tusk S/ Iron Treads V that attacked them, and another survey team member managed to take a photograph of the encountered Paradox Pokémon.

Area Zero would be occupied by scientists researching the Paradox Pokémon and the Terastal phenomenon. A member of the Area Zero expedition team, an author and natural historian named Heath, wrote about these sightings in the Scarlet Book S/ Violet Book V. The first recorded sightings of Paradox Pokémon were documented 200 years ago in Area Zero within the Great Crater of Paldea located in the center of the Paldea region. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
