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Archeops (Archen) Archeops primafuga Overview Archeops played a major role in establishing a scientific consensus in favor of macroevolution. Early theorists could suggest that life radiated outwards from common ancestors in favor of more specialized forms and provide anecdotal evidence in...

Fairy 6.21: Peer Review Sina 2016 “Sina, Dexio, have a seat.” Dr. Platane always looked young, even for his age. The last three years changed that. Bags droop where there were none before. His hair and attire are haphazard more often than not. His eyes often bore into nothing with a...

Bastiodon (Shieldon) Ambulanscutum montaneises Overview As the predators of the Mesozoic reached record sizes and strengths, their prey were forced to adapt or die out. Some opted for the speed to outrun larger predators or camouflage to avoid confrontations altogether. Others decided to...

Rampardos (Cranidos) Lacertacarpa fractiligno Overview Of all the pokémon species lost to time, the dinosaurs have always commanded the most attention. The first fossils to be revived were invertebrates with modern counterparts. After that research shifted to the reptiles of the Mesozoic...

Armaldo (Anorith) Octoalis armatis Overview Anorith were some of the first apex predators to evolve. Their powerful eyes, strange wings, and sharp claws made them perceptive, mobile, and strong. This was all relative to the Cambrian. By the time of the Devonian anorith were solidly outclassed...

Cradily (Lileep) Quattuor vulgaris Overview Lileep evolved in the Ordovician. Most species were wiped out by the end of the Permian. Those that survived evolved a mobile adult form, cradily. As the dinosaurs ruled the land during the Jurassic, the cradily came to dominate the seas. Cradily...

Fairy 6.20: Hammers and Scalpels Kekoa July 11, 2020 Hatterene greets you when you get back. Odd. You were expecting Golbat or Machoke. Or maybe Cranidos. He keeps weird hours. Not the worst roommate you could’ve been stuck with but it feels like he’s always coming or going at 3 a.m. for no...

Kabutops (Kabuto) Kabutops maximus Overview Kabuto are an ancient lineage dating back to the Cambrian. They were believed to have gone extinct in the late Permian or early Triassic when kabutops tracts disappeared from the fossil record. Kalosian natural historians had written treatises on the...

Omastar (Omanyte) Lapispolypus gastaldi Overview Upwards of a dozen long-extinct species now roam the Earth once more thanks to fossil revival technology. Trainers with the opportunity to train a fossil pokémon should do so with caution. Omastar are similar to modern cephalopods, just with a...

Fairy 6.19: The Royal Pixie Skysong wants you to talk to a tree. Not even a tree on her team. On her mate’s. You barely interact with her pokémon, except when the eevee harasses you. Someday they might leave forever with no warning. You would have no way to stop it. Best not to get attached...

Palossand (Sandygast) Osmonstrum albaharenae Overview Palossand, the nightmare of the beach, are some of the most widely feared ghosts in Alola. They are also some of the most well-mannered ghosts in captivity and a potential starting point for aminovore care. Most true ghosts are passive or...

Fairy 6.18: Island Time Genesis July 16, 2020 It’s almost over. Cuicatl and Lyra completed their eighth trials. Just waiting on the grand trial and then maybe the elite four. Then… you don’t know. Cuicatl doesn’t know. Lyra probably does but isn’t telling. Now there’s a small break before the...

Starmie (Staryu) Quinquennium astrologus Overview There are many pokémon that are widely known to come to Earth from elsewhere, whether that be the moon, the rest of the solar system, the vast outer reaches of space, or another dimension entirely. For millennia, natural philosophers have...

Fairy 6.17: Fairy Tales Pixie It’s nice having someone who’s only here for you. Skysong has her mate and Shirona and her “daughter” and whatever Liar is. You just have some of her attention. Now someone gives you all of theirs. It’s like Kalani. Except Sitrus also doesn’t want to own you or...

Fairy 6.16: Confrontation Kekoa June 27, 2020 “And another thing,” Armoranth says. “We need floral scented candles here. Humans stink and I don’t want to deal with it.” “Why would you want to smell dead flowers? Or be near fire? I don’t want to smell burning corpses.” There was a fire in...

Golisopod (Wimpod) Cataphractis propelitus Overview Golisopod are a fascinating glimpse into deep sea wildlife. They are rare among deep sea species in that they begin their life on land. Wimpod are common scavengers along portions of Alola’s coastlines. With enough support and training they...

Fairy 6.15: Fairies and Dragons Coco You stretch out your long, long body after exiting the ball. It feels a little cramped now when it was close and warm and nurturing before. Mom’s already told you that you’re getting a new ball when you get back to the floating city. There’s a blissey...

Castform Cirrocumulus amenomori Overview Castform were originally made with the intention of predicting the weather. They are nearly incapable of doing so in a useful manner. Instead, they conform to what the weather is currently doing around them. Their creator believed his life’s work had...

Fairy 6.14: The Healing Arts Sitrus The lucario and lycanroc packs on the eastern edge got into another tussle. It feels like they’re always fighting for territory. It’s pointless, too: the boundary line never goes more than a hundred yards in either direction. The lycanroc have the canyon edge...

Goodra (Goomy, Sliggoo) Limaxcataracta titanus Overview Goodra are the second-largest terrestrial mollusk, only behind their close relative L. ferrea. They lack a shell, the traditional defense of mollusks, and instead rely on a mix of slime, caustics, and raw size and strength to deter...