#brighid (ceruledge)

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What can I say, I like my references hehe X3 Also congrats to Ceruledge as a whole for winning Pokemon of the Year in Truegreen7's 2024 Pokemon Awards! Well earned, well earned indeed :D

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Ceruledge and other Pokemon concepts © Nintendo/GameFreak Brighid and other Xenoblade Chronicles concepts © Nintendo/Monolith Soft Brighid Guerrero and artwork © PuppyLuver Studios

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[Image Description: Six drawings featuring human interpretations of different Pokemon performing various attacks.

The first image features a human interpretation of Meowscarada, taking the form of a feminine person with tan skin, fluffy pale green hair, and pink eyes. She is wearing a dark green mask with green diamond patterns, a pale green one-piece outfit with long puffed sleeves and puffy short legs, a pink floral collar with green accent, a dark green twin-split cape with lighter green lining, pink gloves with green diamonds on the back of the hands, and dark green tights. She is holding up a hand as a floral bomb is floating in midair above her, with two spotlights flanking her presence. The background is a repeated green and black gradient with a crystalline facet texture.

The second image features a human interpretation of Dachsbun, taking the form of a black woman with reddish-brown hair in pigtails, greyish-brown eyes, and long yellow painted nails. She is wearing light orange scrunchies, an orange sweater with light orange trim, a reddish-brown scarf with yellow fluff on the end, a greyish-brown miniskirt, brown leggings with light orange polka dots, and orange boots. She is holding her hands out, radiating energy with several heart shapes floating outward, and winking at the viewer with a charming smile. The background is a repeated gradient of pinks with a crystalline facet texture.

The third image features a human interpretation of Ceruledge, taking the form of a woman with medium brown skin, short purple hair in a lavender ponytail, and lavender eyes. She is wearing a purple short-sleeved button-up top with blue trim and puffed sleeves, purple wrist guards, a blue bandanna with purple accents, a black undershirt and leggings, blue shorts, a purple belt with a silver buckle, and purple boots with blue soles and toes. She is aggressively swinging around a pair of matching flaming violet swords. The background is a repeated orange and purple gradient with a crystalline facet texture.

The fourth image features a human interpretation of Garganacl, taking the form of a large woman with light skin, white and brown hair in a square-shaped cut, and yellow eyes. She has a small diamond-shaped piercing on her lower lip. She is wearing a black shirt with brown striped sleeves and white diamond pattern, a white puffy layered jacket, and a brown skirt. She is sprinkling magical salt from her hand, imitating the "salt bae" meme, and forming large salt crystals at the bottom right of the image. The background is a repeated tan and brown gradient with a crystalline facet texture.

The fifth image features a human interpretation of Kilowattrel, taking the form of a woman with light skin, shoulder-length black hair, and mint green eyes. She is wearing a yellow and black shirt patterned similar to Kilowattrel’s plumage, grey shorts, and red and white sneakers. She is jumping up and tossing a ball made from electricity above her. The background is a repeated yellow and blue gradient with a crystalline facet texture.

The sixth and final image features a human interpretation of Aqua Breed Tauros, taking the form of a man with light skin, long black hair in a ponytail held with a blue hair band, a black mustache, and black eyes. He is wearing a dark grey cowboy hat with grey accessories resembling elaborate bull horns, a dark grey jacket with black cuffs and collar and blue tear drop accents, a grey shirt, a blue tear drop pendant, and black pants. A grey bullwhip hangs from his belt, its “business end” split into three in a way that resembles three bovine tails curled into a propeller shape. He is charging toward the viewer, a fury in his eyes, and is surrounded by a torrent of water. The background is a repeated maroon and blue gradient with a crystalline facet texture.

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Team Persistence finally get to show off their moves! We've got Rosemary using Flower Trick, Napolitana using Charm, Brighid using Bitter Blade, Salina using Salt Cure, Faraday using Electro Ball, and Edgar using Raging Bull. Not much more to say, I'm missing Splatfest and also there is a puppy here aaaaa snoopyyyyyy

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Meowscarada, Dachsbun, Ceruledge, Garganacl, Kilowattrel, Tauros (any variant), and other Pokemon concepts © Nintendo / GameFreak Rosemary Flores, Napolitana Pantoja, Brighid Guerrero, Salina Morton, Micaela Faraday, Edgar Rivera, and artwork © PuppyLuver Studios

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[Image Description: A woman resembling the Pokemon Ceruledge. She has medium brown skin with short purple hair in a lavender ponytail and lavender eyes. She is wearing a purple short-sleeved button-up top with blue trim and puffed sleeves, purple wrist guards, a blue bandanna with purple accents, a black undershirt and leggings, blue shorts, a purple belt with a silver buckle, and purple boots with blue soles and toes. She is holding two large lavender swords with purple handles and is standing in a fighter's stance. Orange text outlined in violet in the top right of the image reads as follows: "Brighid - Ceruledge - Calm" End ID.]

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More of Team Persistence, and the first who isn't a student at the school! It's kind of a shame that I both couldn't figure out a better fire type and wasn't playing Scarlet, because Ceruledge is literally the only reason I never put a Greavard on my team. I'm not really missing out, of course, as Brighid has been a great asset to the team! She more than lives up to the legacy of her namesake, and if it weren't for every member being great you could absolutely call her the crown jewel of my team hehe.

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Ceruledge and other Pokemon concepts © Nintendo/GameFreak Brighid Guerrero and artwork © PuppyLuver Studios

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And with Edgar being posted, here's ref and bios for all of Team Persistence! :D Idk if I'll add more members to this team after the Hidden Treasures DLC released like I did for Team Aigis when SwShEX happened, more than likely not given they seem to be direct story continuations, but we'll see.

Rosemary - Meowscarada - Mild

A new student to Uva Academy, Rosemary had been trying to get into the prestigious school for a few years now and only just managed to pass the entrance exam. Truth be told, it’s not really something she specifically wanted, mostly just wanting to please her mother and her high expectations. However, as they’ve been gaining more experience outside of their mother’s supervision, they’ve been coming into their own person. Especially when it comes to her gender identity—she’s recently realized that their gender is much more fluid than she’d been led to believe it could be, and he’s taking every advantage of this new self-discovery!

Rosemary’s journey of self-discovery includes taking on several new hobbies, just to try new things and keep their mind occupied. Her recent interest in illusion and trickery has been quite the diversion and wonderfully useful as well, and he still enjoys playing around with their yo-yo from when she was a Floragato. The tricksy magician vibe really feels natural to her at present, of course. The one thing they can’t stand, however, is outright failure at something. Stumbling blocks are okay as long as he can eventually surmount it, but failing just crushes her.

Napolitana - Dachsbun - Naive

A new student to Uva Academy, Napolitana comes off as a bit of a ditz sometimes but she’s actually quite book-smart and knows how to use stat changes to her team’s advantage. However, she lacks the ability to pick up on certain social cues, making it hard for her to pick up on sarcasm or realize when someone is playing a joke at her expense. Thankfully it’s not too big a deal most of the time, and another team member will usually clue her in if there’s something like that she just doesn’t manage to catch herself.

While it does seem a bit on the nose, Napolitana is nonetheless extremely passionate about baking. Breads, pastries, cakes, you name it and she loves to make it, especially when she can make enough to share with loved ones. Her love of baked goods even makes it into her wardrobe, as it’s not uncommon to see her wearing some small accessory that resembles some variety of bread or sweet. Her favorite is her pretzel pin, partly because of some additional sentimental attachment as it was a gift from her late grandmother.

Brighid - Ceruledge - Calm

A woman with a fiery passion for the blade, despite her fairly cool personality. Brighid’s almost constantly practicing with her twin swords, something she had been training to do ever since she was young, long before she’d actually received them. Even though the swords have been given the nickname of “bitter blades” due to the perceived resentment of spirits lost in battle that are claimed to reside within the flaming aura that surrounds them, it is a heaviness that Brighid is willing to shoulder, even if it is just superstition.

Due to her stubborn determination when it comes to putting together and carrying out battle strategies, and how they almost always seem to work out somehow even when it seems that a giant miscalculation has been made, the rest of the team has taken to calling Brighid the “Crown Jewel of Persistence”. Her usually having control of the team’s Terastal Orb certainly doesn’t hurt the nickname.

Salina - Garganacl - Timid

A shy woman from Mesagoza, more often than not in her own mind than interacting with others. She is often assumed to be tougher on the inside than she really is, seemingly incredibly stoic and sturdy when in fact she’s more likely daydreaming and just happens to look physically imposing. Frankly she’s probably more likely to shrink away from serious threats than take them head-on unless she has no other choice. This tendency to avoid conflict also includes emotional conflict, unfortunately.

When Salina is comfortable around people, she’s actually very affectionate with them. Most everyone on the team has experienced one of Salina’s near spine-crushing hugs at one point or other, aside from Brighid, who has specifically stated she’s not terribly fond of hugs and of course Salina has respected that. Maybe someday she’ll be allowed to hug Brighid, but only on her terms.

Faraday - Kilowattrel - Naive

A girl from Levincia who’s a bit of a goofball, Faraday is often running around without a care in the world, or who she may run right into. She claims to run around so much with the intention of building up her latent static electricity, but most don’t really believe her and think she just wanted a more legitimate-sounding excuse to run around like a silly person. Despite her silly shenanigans, she is quite the battler, and has a track record of ending battles within mere minutes barring an encounter with certain weaknesses.

Faraday and Edgar have a little bit of a joking rivalry going on in that whenever he’s cooking, she’s always trying to swipe a bit of what he’s making as soon as his back is turned. Never enough to make it so there’s not enough for everyone else, of course, just enough to be a playful nuisance. Edgar has tried to counter this, and so far the only thing that seems to work is slipping something very bitter into a separate piece and hoping she goes for that by mistake. This strategy has mixed results.

Edgar - Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) - Calm

A rancher living in the outskirts between Artazon and Levincia. Edgar is very good-natured and easy going, somewhat surprising for someone with a Tauros title. It’s very hard to get him worked up about much of anything in an aggressive manner, as he seems to be able to let most issues wash over him without much bother. However, on the occasion where he does get genuinely angry, watch out—he can and will put the hurt on anyone that pushes him to that point, no matter who they might be. Thankfully these moments are few and far between, both for his sake and the sake of those around him.

Edgar is a pretty decent cook, and with his practice in outdoor cooking (or at least in using a miniature grill) has actually managed to get the team partially away from a reliance on picnic sandwiches. At the very least, he’s able to get some of those sandwich ingredients warmed up on the road to make them more flavorful. He does have some issues with Faraday often trying to “sample” before his cooking is done...and sometimes he can’t help himself and also “samples” his work as well. Faraday, of course, always calls him out on this when she catches him.

Meowscarada, Dachsbum, Ceruledge, Garganacl, Kilowattrel, Tauros (any variant), and other Pokemon concepts © Nintendo/GameFreak Rosemary Flores, Napolitana Pantoja, Brighid Guerrero, Salina Morton, Micaela Faraday, Edgar Rivera, and artwork © PuppyLuver Studios