>>31161287Yeah, people haven't really seemed to pick up on this, but much like the box legends this gen, I'm pretty sure Alolan Muk is based on Alchemy. Nigredo, specifically.
(And I mean it's HA is literally called Power of Alchemy, so...)
I'm not that well-read with alchemy but I know enough. Basically the whole goal of Alchemy is to create a philosopher's stone. The first stage to do that is called Nigredo, which means "the blackening", and it basically represents decomposition and decay. Something black and dead and unhealthy.
Maybe the crystals on Alolan Muk are the beginnings of a philospher's stone. If it doesn't represent Nigredo, then it might just be a reference to transmutation. Either way the alchemy thing is there.
