The Lake Guardians or Lake Trio are a trio of Legendary Pokémon consisting of Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf who are the protectors of the Sinnoh region in the Pokémon anime. Team Galactic wishes to take control of them and use their powers to create a new universe in the Pokémon world. Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars were planning on bonding with them, but the trio bonded with Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock instead. The Team Galactic leader, Cyrus who hired J to capture the lake trio so he would use them to create a whole new world.