GROUPS
CORVIKNIGHTS
Leader: Barrett Bray
Values: knowledge, competence, trust
The CorviKnights are skilled warriors and trainers who are capable of defending themselves and others. They are the leaders of research, battling, and exploration. To become a knight there are four ranks (Hatchling, Rookie, Squire, and Knight), and trials that must be completed to be promoted.
NINETALES CLAN (aka Winter Wolves)
Leader: Jasper Vanhorne
Values: comfort, beauty, stability (self)
To the east of the Black Woodlands is the Evergreen Grove. A small clan that uses the power of their leader’s Alolan Ninetales for protection. The presence of pine wood and resin keeps the group busy and relatively wealthy.
CRESCENT MOON CLAN (aka Moon Elves)
Leader: Aleph
Values: spirit, certainty, vision
Odd and mysterious folk who are rarely seen. The climb to the peak of their mountain is treacherous, but it's said on nights of the full moon they can be seen dancing in the night sky alongside their starry pokemon.
DRAGONITE CLAN (aka Dragonborn)
Leader: Dragana Markovic
Values: valor, control, bravery
The Dragonite Clan sits on the peak of a mountain overlooking the rest of the region. Thanks to the vantage point, and power of dragon pokemon, they tend to be well informed. Honoring the forms of Dratini and Dragonair, those who live here are skilled with whips.
LAPRAS CLAN (aka Merfolk)
Leader: Ella Undertow
Values: peace, unity, stability (community)
This small clan overlooks the sea to the west. No one matches their knowledge on capturing water type Pokémon, or predicting the weather. Many people from this community find fishing both freeing and thrilling. They provide an ample amount of fish for consumption.
LURANTIS CLAN (aka Dryads)
Leader: Hector Eade
Values: balance, cooperation, mastery
The Lurantis clan is south of the Black Woodland and enjoys a flowery forest and mimics the beauty and ferocity of Lurantis to cut apart foes with curved blades. They also use the flowers that grow here to dye fabrics an assortment of brilliant colors.
RAICHU CLAN (aka Thunderkin)
Leader: Bea Nettles
Values: freedom, spontaneity, positivity
The Raichu Clan are expert archers and excel at riding the waves like their psychic companions. They also use their Alolan Raichu to float on boards above the ground and traverse the land. This group guards the entrance to the Glittering Cave making sure those who enter are well prepared for the dangers. This group has immense knowledge on electric pokemon.
YANMEGA CLAN (aka Leafhoppers)
Leader: Lockerbie Ward
Values: seclusion, patience, silence
The Yanmega clan camouflages amongst trees of the Black Woodland, and use Yanmega for scouting and protection. The clan tends to rely on camouflage, but specializes in wielding staves if threatened, but also for travel. Their expertise is in bug type pokemon.
THIEVES
THE FOXGLOVES
Leader: Midas Hawthorn
Fence: Morganite Hawthorn
Midas and Morganite, Master Thief and Fence, respectively. The two of them have spent much of their lives establishing a system to exert control on the wealthier members of society through blackmail, theft, conning, etc. They believe wealth deserves to be shared more evenly, or at least with those who weren’t lucky enough to be born into it. Their group, The Foxgloves, seeks out promising little thieves and brings them into the guild to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
The twins own a candy shop called “The Gobblin’ Goblins” in Lumiose Village which acts as a front for the guild. Back behind the counters and hidden in a store room is an entrance to the tunnels below Lumiose Village. The tunnels are maintained by the twins’ Sableye and Midas’s Krookodile. The pathways underground shift and change to prevent the hideout from being found, but the bunker itself is largely in the same position.
Here the twins hire folks for jobs to steal gold, materials, jewelry, and any other fineries and riches that come from the advancement of the town. In return Morganite offers sale on rare or even illegal items.
The Foxgloves are into wealth and riches. They will not tolerate nor condone murder. They feel it is too extreme, and puts a target on the guild’s back. Midas will throw anyone under the bus if he finds out. Which could result in prison time, purging knowledge of the thieves guild through psychic influence, and/or flat out theft of your own belongings.
Midas and Morganite suspect Lord Montgomery knows of the presence of the Foxgloves and even the tunnels underneath the village. However as long as their presence doesn’t totally disrupt the goings on of the village, they are actually a beneficial buffer against subterranean Pokémon.
Aside from disagreeing with the village and Pokémon clans over the concept of money and wealth they do agree that ventures into the Demon Lands and Fairy Wilds are not worth the risk.
Possible Roles:
bounty hunters, burglars, con-artists, pickpockets, enforcers/thugs, racketeers, spies, smugglers.
THE CHURCH OF BALANCE
Founders: Sister Cecily, Sister Evelyn, Sister Irina
Leader: N/A
The Church was established even before the village was, and has withstood the brutality of nature all these years. Three sisters sought to make a change in how the world was viewed, and established a church around a young tree on a hill. It started as wooden benches in front of this young plant, but grew to be sturdy stone walls, stained glass windows, and a towering oak that provides for the community.
Sisters Cecily, Evelyn, and Irina worshiped the gods in balance, and that strengthened their bonds. They taught about the rites of Yveltal, Xerneas, and Zygarde, and the blessings they shared, offering comfort to those who needed it. The Church of Balance has been used to bring people together, but since the deaths of the three sisters, some say the church is losing its “balance.”
Xerneas
The life bringer.
Sister Evelyn taught that Xerneas could provide health, vitality, and warmth. It was the spark of life, the will to fight through hardships, a symbol of hope. Most pray to Xerneas for healing, and consider the Pokemon to be benevolent. However a cult has split off from the church believing Xerneas’ gift of life has been stolen and wrongfully given to humans. They preach about the return of the world to nature.
Yveltal
The ending.
Sister Cecily taught that Yveltal was a deity of destruction, endings, and death, but that isn’t a bad thing. Stories, meals, night, and day… all these things come to an end, but that doesn’t mean they are bad. They make way for new things, new beginnings. Yveltal is prayed to, to offer comfort, restful sleep, and peace in death. It is believed Yvetal doesn’t usher in destruction, but safeguards people from it, and if someone perishes, then it was to spare them from pain. Many cults have broken off to worship the legendary as a divine judge. It smites those it deems unworthy, or ushers in death simply to satisfy its hunger. Sister Cecily strongly despised these takes, however.
Zygarde
The harmonic one.
Sister Irina taught of Zygarde and its power over harmony, balance, and order. It represents perfect cycles, and the natural order of life, death, and nature. Many pray to the dragon of order to encourage healthy growth, bountiful crops, and recently for the strength of their pokemon in hopes they evolve. Zygarde’s popularity has recently fallen in favor of the finite gods of Life and Death, especially with the death of Sister Irina.
With no real leaders of the church any longer priests and clerics have had to share the responsibility of keeping the church going without its founders. The priests of each legendary have had some arguments and disagreements about how the church should be run, but it still provides for the community despite the rise in infighting.
Other Gods
While there is worship of other Legendary Pokemon as deities, their worship and legends are significantly reduced in Armonia. Not many tales come through of Mew, or Lugia, but there are some myths that trickle in. While their myths and worship aren't unheard of in Armonia, there aren't any large churches or bodies of worship dedicated to them