#champion of galar and a champion rank of paldea real??

[bloodsh3d-hare]

okay sv/swsh oc meet Trainer/Champ!Jane

bonus:

[oceandiagonale]

Sooo...recently it has been very heavily implied that Penny's father is Peony, which would make Rose her uncle. Which would make her taking her girlfriend, Spare, to a family party even more awkward than normal for various reasons.

"Spare, this is my Uncle-"

"Rose, Ex-Chairman of the Pokemon League of Gallar."

"...of course you already know who he is. Anyway, please don't attack him. Uncle Rose, this is my girlfriend Spare DelRosa, a champion rank of Paldea and Ex-Hero of Arceus."

"...Ex?"

"Dad is an asshole so I quit. Still waiting on child support for Mom, the bum."

okay, I finally looked up where people were pulling that from and whoops, I should probably play the . team star backstory and mochi madness things sometime huh. 😳

anyways this is incredible tbh, can't believe Spare's not only following the Protagonist tradition of dating a former "villain" but also adding onto that by having one of them be her girlfriend's uncle FKJDSHFKJDS

(also this sent me down a thought rabbithole. Is Rose still allowed to stay in Galar? Did he get a trial even though Interpol/The United Regions Court doesn't have jurisdiction over stopping villains? Who decided his sentence? I'm so sorry I'm derailing this and rambling about Rose but it made me think a lot 😳)

I like the Star Trek concept of "jail" only being used as a last resort for people who are currently a danger to people around them and only as a temporary measure while working out some other supports, since the current prison systems all over the real world suck in unique and horrifying ways. But more importantly, I never ever saw that as a viable sentence for any of the villains anyways -- not even Lysandre, so certainly not Rose.

(................jury's still out on Ghetsis, but he's allowed to just wander around Pasio without much fuss so I guess he's fine too as long as someone's keeping an eye on him.)

More importantly, Gene was there to vouch for Rose's honesty about wanting to make it up to Galar. He definitely got community service, but what KIND? And were Archie and Maxie precedent, or did they even get a trial? None of the villains BEFORE them did, and Rose was the first one AFTER them to let himself be "caught."

When Guz first finds out that Archie and Maxie are undermining Lysandre, he says that Gene was happy that they stepped up to do environmental work, which means that the League was the organization taking responsibility for them, NOT Interpol.

But there's never any mention of paperwork regarding them, so I'm pretty sure Steven was just keeping an eye on them from there on out (especially since he was invited to their wedding later).

By the time Rose does his thing (checks watch) 6 years later, there ARE forms for each kind of incident. I'm pretty sure Gene wrote those himself.

So here's my thought: the League was still the organization that "caught" Rose. They were the ones that pressed criminal charges against him, mainly to set a precedent for future incidents (at Rose's request), and he met the same fate as Rose does in the Pieces AU: working in Hoenn as a scientist with Archie and Maxie's team on their environmental project. (Unfortunately, those two are too busy with Ultra Flare to be there much atm.)

After a while, he's able to go back to Galar to work on the energy crisis (with non-League personnel in the Villain Cleanup Division keeping an eye over his shoulder just in case and generally keeping him away from Leon so as not to distress him).

All that to say, yeah. Canon encounter.

[nyaagolor]

Paldean League Worldbuilding

aka how Geeta is reshaping the poke-economy and making herself the most hated woman ever in the process

I generally try to keep any sort of real world analogues out of my HCs for Pokemon bc I think it's more of a utopian society and doesn't need to operate on the same logic of economics or politics as irl, but swsh and sv seem more grounded in our reality so I've been thinking about them (especially sv) a LOT. Decided I would just dump all my musings and HCs about the paldean league here if only to organize it all. Also disclaimer that I am not an economist and will never pretend to be so it’s more than likely this system would never work irl but it’s pokemon so it’s fine

The Galarian and Paldean Leagues always struck me as relatively recent, at least in terms of their current operation, and mostly spearheaded by a super ambitious head of operations who restructured the entire place as soon as they got there. I'll talk about Galar in another post, but atm Paldea has my brain in a chokehold so this is all about them

My main HC about the Paldean League is that up until extremely recently (20 years ago give or take I'm not doing specific timelines here) the Paldean League was extremely corrupt and poorly run. When the Paldean empire collapsed, the League was formed as a way to try and maintain the status quo and keep power in the hands of those who previously held it. It was, and continued to be for the next few centuries, an oligarchy. No one in the system was elected, and those in lower positions had to be personally selected and approved by their superiors. There were no checks and balances, so the people at the top could and did maintain power indefinitely. By the time we reached 20~ years before the main story, the structure was as follows:

Chairman: The leader of the entire thing. Has absolute power over everyone else in the system. Does all the boring stuff Top Champion: A battler and figurehead for the public. The "face" of the League, but generally not in charge of anything and has no political power. Their battle with up and coming trainers determines whether they get champion rank ^ If ur thinking this is similar to the Galar League, you'd be correct. They were based off the same model for a while Elite Four: Originally called the Council of Four, they act as a council that makes decisions along with the Chairman and test trainers' worthiness. Typically in charge of a handful of gym leaders Gym Leaders: Local political leaders that operate under the Council of Four and ensure things don't get too rowdy on the town level. In charge of testing trainers, protecting the town from wild threats, keeping up appearances, and union busting (they mostly did that last one) Everyone else: Salary workers. They have not yet unionized

The system, ultimately, was corrupt as hell. There was no job security, and the hierarchical nature of the league ensured you had to suck up to and do the dirty work for your boss if you wanted to get paid at all. Unions? Idk her. Corruption and embezzlement was the name of the game, and Paldea was basically flat broke because of it, with infrastructure decades behind neighboring regions and a bevvy of shitty trainers. The champion, unlike other regions, was not decided by who unseated the current champion. It didn't matter how good someone was, they had to be selected by the chairman to be Top Champion, and the Chairman would only select someone who would work with them without question. Paldea was basically the laughingstock of the world because of their complete and utter incompetence in any and all battle tournaments and lack of advancements in literally every sector. Then shit hit the fan and we moved onto the system we see in-game

I'm not sure what the event was (a recession, investigative journalism, doesn't really matter) but the newfound understanding of just HOW corrupt the league was and the resulting scandal made the Chairman resign and shook the very foundation of the League. Luckily or unluckily, a young upstart politician named Geeta was quick to fill that void, and through a few political loopholes and charisma, she managed to secure herself as Chairwoman. She had long since hated the current Paldean system, thinking that it held her beloved region back from greatness. She had always been gunning for higher and higher positions, a dark horse of Paldean politics with undetermined motives, extreme intelligence, and frightening levels of ambition. The Chairman had always had their eye on her, personally keeping her in check, but when they were gone Geeta immediately seized the opportunity to grab as much power as physically possible. Getting the position made her effectively untouchable, and that was the ultimate goal, because her plan for Paldea was about to make her the single most hated woman in the region's history

Geeta, upon gaining a position where they legally could not get rid of her, decided to fire every single person in the upper echelons of the league. Every gym leader, elite four, and the top champion were all fired, and she withdrew Paldea from every battling tournament and public appearance until she could workshop the league into something servicable. It was the boldest move since the dissolving of the Paldean Monarchy and it did NOT make her any friends

Though her ultimate goal was to reform the entire Paldean league, her early changes were only possible because of the old system. She could and did reform the system to her liking without consequence only because of the old hierarchy system already in place. Her ability to hand select her coworkers and fire people indiscriminately was one of the greatest abuses of power Paldea had ever seen, whether for noble reasons or not, and the people she fired tried to smear her as much as they could. Though these radical steps were necessary to undo and reshape the corruption hellscape the League had become, it wasn't exactly a good look for the new chairwoman (not that she cared)

Geeta also combined the top champion position and chairwoman position, which was so shockingly unpopular and suspicious-looking that she effectively cemented her godawful reputation. She saw the top champion as an unnecessary expense and decided to take on the responsibilities herself so she could funnel the top champion salary into public projects. This is part of the reason why she’s so Bad at being champion: she’s doing it to save the league money and only needs to the absolute bare minimum. Most of her job for the first decade was analyzing the current hierarchy, finding trainers to fill positions, and trying to figure out how to fix things so that would be sustainable after she left and wouldn't fall back into old corruption. She took on a job in the academy schoolboard to keep an eye out for younger trainers, put as much money into research and economic opportunities as possible, then got to work shaping the League to her vision

Her main vision for the league was to make as many parts of the system economically self-sustaining as possible, which was vital for her gym leader choices. She picked people who had *enough* skill in battling, but who all had other careers that would generate interest in and revenue for the gym. Paldea didn't have the pure battling talent yet to make a name for itself on any kind of world stage so Geeta was completely unconcerned about the actual battling skill of her picks as long as they were good enough and making cash. In terms of gym challenges, she mandated that they had to be free or extremely cheap and somehow tied to the town itself-- the giant contraptions of other regions were NOT in the budget. She wanted the gym system to be a celebration of the towns they were in and to inspire people to visit in the same way Galar's stadiums did, all in the hopes that gyms wouldn't need money from the league itself

The gyms would maintain a similar system as before, with each town and gym operating like a smaller independent organization. Most day to day operations and decisions like numbers of workers and salaries would be handled by the gyms themselves, but with all details publicly available so interventions could take place if things got fishy. All revenue generated by the gym would stay within the town-- it would be used to pay salaries, do upkeep, etc, and anything left over could be used to make renovations / add more stuff to gym challenges / support local businesses. If the revenue generated wasn't enough to cover upkeep and salary, the league would fill in the rest

The reason the gym buildings Look Like That is because the old league funneled most of the money into the pockets of the higher-ups and very little was allocated for building gyms. Geeta kept the design bc it's cheap, Paldea is broke, and the uniformity of the gyms allows trainers to find it more easily. it's also convenient if there's a turnover of the position-- no need to build a new gym! It's mostly an administrative office anyway, only there for paperwork and to house office staff, and Geeta is under the (correct) impression that most gym leaders prefer having stages at their favorite places instead of a specific building. Only two gym leaders have strong negative opinions about the building itself: Grusha, who can't have an outdoor reception area because of the snow and hates sitting in the lobby all the time, and Brassius, who thinks it's ugly as shit (he's right) and wants to paint a mural on it

The gym system is actually run much better than it was before-- it's still hitting its stride at the time of the game but is shaping up into a system that will work long after Geeta retires. The gym leaders also like how things are run quite a bit-- they just hate Geeta as a person (but that's smth I plan on exploring in another post)

The Elite Four is something Geeta admittedly hasn't put much thought into: her main focus was on redoing the administrative side of the league and ensuring the gyms were generating enough money to function + helping the towns they were in. The Elite Four, in her mind, were an afterthought, especially since she stripped them of their political power and distributed that power amongst regular office staff. She uncoupled politics from battling in the upper spheres of the league, allowing for more concentrated and specialized attention to issues so the Elite Four could just battle

In the new league, the Elite Four isn't a council of politicians, just people who test the strength of trainers looking to be champion-- every current Elite Four member is an employee in another sector working the job for a bonus (except for Poppy-- her parents are accountants and she ended up in the position as a joke that went a liiiiittle too far). In the future, the Elite Four and Top Champion might be dedicated battlers rather than a side hustle, but Paldea doesn't have the talent nor money for that at the moment

In terms of economics, Geeta decided to set an inflation-adjusted salary rate for each position that was viewable by the public and that couldn't be changed without a public vote in the hopes this would limit corruption. She also redid the League Points system— it used to be how employees were paid, but now it’s mostly for trainers, allowing the league to subsidize common trainer goods and make things easier to buy (all employees are paid with regular money). Paldea doesn’t have designated trainer routes like other regions and cash is far easier to mug than digital currency, so trainers are encouraged to use LP as a precaution so they don’t get robbed while in the Paldean wilds. However because the LP system isn’t very popular and NOT secure, Geeta is debating phasing it out

In the new system, gyms operate mostly on their own, so the central administrative stuff (aka everything that happens in the league building by the academy as well as E4 salaries and whatnot) gets their money from returns on investments— mostly from Tera Orbs. Fees from defeating trainers also helps, but Geeta made sure not to tie it to anyone’s salaries so that they wouldn’t thrash trainers for money, as encouraging them is the whole point of the challenge. Side note about Tera Orbs: once the league got the patent, Geeta didn’t think twice about the professors, being far too busy with Everything Else to think about her old business partner. Not keeping an eye on them is one of her greatest regrets

In terms of future plans, Geeta has already implemented checks and balances on every position but her own. When she’s confident in how the League is progressing and is sure the system won’t fall back into corruption, she plans on turning her own position to an elected one. Geeta isn’t stupid, she knows that everyone hates her and will lose her position as soon as she puts proper checks and balances on it, so she’s waiting until she’s confident in the League’s system to let the rest of the league get rid of her. By that point, she hopes that the League will be organized, financially stable, and balanced enough so that it can run smoothly long after she’s gone. Also, the league is likely to enter back into international batting conferences by the end of the decade, since there’s a LOT of up and coming battling talent that can make Paldea proud (and hopefully bring enough positive attention and money back to the region so they can actually make the league profitable)

To me Paldea’s league always felt like it was in a transition period, building itself from the ground up again. We happen to see it right at the middle, just before it’s really up to a properly functioning and self-sustaining entity. I don’t really have a closer for this but if u read all the way here I’m very flattered and apologize for being a lil delusional about this :)

[copperdaisy]

Little 1:30am thinky thoughts about my two main Pokémon OCs and common threads I just picked up on. Ones that I should have noticed a long time ago tbh. Brain just worked a little slow on the uptake, I guess.

Anyway. I'm sure that Araceli needs no introduction, given how often she gets talked about. Student of Naranja Academy who sucks at taking exams but excels at finding shiny Pokémon. But before I made her there was Jules (real name Juliet) that was my 'main' character. I know that I have talked about her in the past but a brief summary of her is that she is a native of Sinnoh who spent a little over a year as the regional Champion before Things Happened™. In fact, Things Happened™ so much that she ended up leaving the region entirely. (Also, her lineage can be traced back to Hisui and the events of Legends Arceus, not that anyone in the modern era knows that, including herself.)

On the surface level she and Araceli have no connection. They have never met. Jules is at least five years older than Araceli and their interests do not overlap. But there are a few common threads.

1: They are both Champion ranked trainers. Granted, the rank is a bit different between Sinnoh and Paldea. Sinnoh only ever has one at a time while Paldea is more loose in its definition of the rank and has no hard caps. Still, at the core of it, both of them are skilled trainers.

2: Both of them have trauma they are learning to deal with. Araceli's comes from the events at the Zero Lab and not knowing whether she or her friends would survive the Paradise Protocol. Jules' comes from being grievously injured during the battle against the challenger that ended her reign as regional Champ. (Okay, and maybe a little bit of the whole Team Galactic ordeal, but that is a secondary concern for her.)

3: Both of them end up in Galar to escape the ghosts haunting them at home for a while. For Araceli it is only for a semester or two as part of the studying abroad program (which takes place before the events of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero dlc). She uses the time away to clear her head. Jules is there a lot longer. She will end up undergoing the Gym Challenge as part of her quest to overcome her fears.

Not sure if Araceli and Jules will cross paths. Originally I wanted them to but now I'm not sure. There is no real reason for them to do so, as they move in different circles even when both of them are in Galar. Maybe they can be easter egg cameos in each other's stories if I ever get around to writing them.

[pkmntrainer-becca]

Thanks for all the information on Naranja. Real helpful; sandwiches aren't huge in Alola, but it'll be cool to see what kind of things you do. Always looking for something to spice stuff up on the road.

As for the clubs, those seem good. I've never done pottery before, but Uranium (Torterra) will probably enjoy doing it with me. Clay from the earth and whatnot.

I hope I do see you around. I'm a pretty easy guy to miss, but I'll try and shout if I see you around.

Just out of curiosity, why are you there anyway?

-Ditto

no problem, thanks for stopping by!

i’ve always wanted to do the gym challenge (not yet because my pokemon are quite far from battle ready!) but it’s no secret how highly publicised it is in galar. the crowds that watch gym battles in paldea are very small once compared to the massive, packed stadiums in the galar league. the one exception i can think of is the dark type gym in spikemuth (but nonetheless the battle is still covered extensively by the media, especially if the challenger has already made it that far). and don’t even get me started about the paparazzi once someone makes it to the finals.

paldea is a lot friendlier in my opinion when it comes to the gym challenge, with it being way more lowkey. one thing i love about it is that, despite there being an elite four and top champion, anyone can reach champion rank. and it’s not nearly as much of a big deal as it is to be champion in galar. sure, you might become a bit of an academy celebrity, but no one will be trying to sponsor you or slander you online. i think one of the main reasons why i wanted to come to paldea is that the battling culture is a lot more my style.

and obviously naranja academy is regarded as one of the greatest in the world, so on top of what i’ve said previously it just felt like a bit of a no brainer to move to paldea. i miss galar, obviously, but i have no regrets coming here and getting an education at naranja.

[championblue-blog-blog]

Introduction!

Hello Rotomblr! After running a battle workshop at Naranja Acadamy, some of the students suggested I make a blog to talk about my battle history and share tips for young trainers. So here we go!

My name is Blue (she/her), I’m 25 years old, I’ve been competing in pokemon battles ever since I was ten. My parents traveled a lot for work so I did lots of moving as a kid. I was born in Johto but moved to Sinnoh when I was young, and everywhere I haven’t lived, I plan to visit soon and take on your gym challenge! I’m currently living in Mesagoza, teaching workshops and summer camps for young aspiring trainers. 

I am a world-wide champion ranked trainer with specific champion status in Sinnoh, Alola, Galar, and Paldea. My pokemon mean the world to me, and I owe all my success to their hard work and passion for winning. My current team I use for teaching battles is:

Chewy the Raichu, and Paldean champion

“Love of My Life” (or Loml) the shiny Flygon, and Galarian champion (yes that is his real nickname haha!)

Pinky the Tinkaton, and Paldean champion

Bahamat the Charizard, and Galarian and Paldean champion

Tree Trunks (or just Trunks) the Torterra, and Sinnohan champion

Typhoon the Gyrados, and Sinnohan, Alolan, AND Paldean champion (she is the GOAT!)

When I’m not teaching, I’m training up a team of future champions! Perhaps I will introduce them soon;) Keep a look out for training updates, battling tips, pokemon care advice, and maybe some stories from my time traveling the world!

[bellafragolina]

aaaaaa okay so!! I have two in the works right now - working names are Morada and Cassia! 

Morada (she/they, early to mid twenties) is a singer from Galar! She's fairly underground, not having been picked up by a label or anything and mostly works as a youtuber/streamer doing covers and such! Buuuut she's also started to recently be hired for local gigs, which she's really excited for :3 She'll cover just about any genre, but tends towards softer songs/love songs and fairly angtsy songs/rock when not doing requests. Her team is geared towards both (Jigglypuff, two Toxtricity, Flygon, Obstagoon, and Altaria), and her pokemon usually participate in the songs one way or another! A lot of her plotline comes from feelings of inadequacy and feeling like she has to pretend to be someone else to be liked - she puts on a character for her performances and has altered her appearance and style some to fit it, and while she's excited to maybe get her bring break soon, she already feels like she's losing herself and is overwhelmed with the knowledge that her followers and fans will never know (and probably wouldn’t like, in her mind) the real her. I'm thinking personality wise, she puts on an extroverted and bubbly front, but really prefers to be more lowkey lol

Cassia (she/her, mid to late twenties) is a grad student working on her PhD in Paldea! She was born in Unova, and plans to become a pokemon professor that focuses on battling. She works primarily with Professor Juniper, but did some of her early PhD work in Kalos with Professor Sycamore and is doing the teaching portion of her PhD work in Paldea! She's taken over some Battle Studies and Biology classes while also doing some research, and is generally enjoying her time there! She also has about three times more pokemon than Morada, as she typically tries to get any she thinks would be good for battling. Juniper keeps most of them for her as they're researching together, but she still have a fair few in her apartment :p She's a fun mix of reasonable and impulsive - it depends on what mood you catch her in tbh lol. Don't have too too much for her plot-wise, but I'm thinking of having her take on the Gym Challenge while in Paldea (bc she HAS to be a Champion-ranked battle professor if she can lmao) and convincing Emmet to come do it with her lmao (bc come on - a Champion-ranked Subway Boss would be SO cool - he simply has to come to Paldea immediately)

I'm also working on a Hisui au for them both! So far, I only have Morada making a little band of pokemon (with a few Accidentally Terrifying band members lmao), partly because she remembers it as her passion and partly to help ease the townfolk's fear of pokemon. I was also thinking it would be a good gutpunch if she gave her stagename when Laventon first asked, only to remember her actual name weeks later as a sort of nod to her identity crisis?? And then for Cassia, all I have is her FREAKING out once she remembers she was training to be a pokemon professor because holy shit!! She was gonna be a professor like Laventon!! He's one of the first professors, made the first pokedex!! That's why she remember his name - it was in her fucking textbooks! And she's here working with him!!! She will be fangirling and all but treating him like a celebrity after lmao ~ Howl 🐺

Hey!!

Ahh I love them both! They both are very well fleshed out characters, with their own trials and tribulations to overcome during their journeys! And not only did you give them journeys, but you’re working on Hisui journeys for them too!! It’s incredible how your mind has made all this!! I’m v v impressed!!!

Morada sounds so fun! A singer is a fun character to work with! I’d love to have her interact with one of my ocs if you ever would like to rp or something of that nature!! Ren would love photographing Morada and her Pokémon while she sings, and Allegra is a music teacher, so she’d love to duet! Otherwise, please keep me updated with how Morada goes through you her journey, and if she’s able to conquer her imposter syndrome!

Cassia is awesome too!! Anyone getting a PhD is awesome in my book because shit is HARD!! And she’s doing it on battling while owning several Pokémon!! That’s so much, but she’s doing it!! Bravo!! If she likes shenanigans, my ocs would gladly join in, again if you wanna do something like that! Otherwise I’m going to 🤝 her because I too would lose it if I met Professor Laventon

They’re both wonderful! I hope you send more as you think of more!

~Renee

[kourabiedes]

Have to share some additional art:

I have been so excited for these designs, y'all don't even know. Especially Penny's. Most adult Pennys I've seen continue her cave gremlin motif but I adore the idea that she got more comfortable being femmy as she grew older.

I also insisted Kieran be taller than his sister, because it was really funny. He doesn't notice at first, either. He's dressed for some adventure because he's going on one. Boy deserves a chance to finally take a League championship! (Psst, it's Galar)

Arven is absolutely ripped, have you seen that pack of his??? I love it.

Alanna and my Robin dovetail in this headcanon, taking care of different parts of the whole storyline. Alanna is the one who fights Titans and gets a Champion rank in Paldea, and therefore she looks like and is a fuckin badass!

Carmine, my girl. She's never going to fully come around to tourists in her town, but she'd rather be the one keeping a real close eye on things if there's no other option. And there really is no other option. The adventurers will come, regardless.

Side note because I loved this, check out how Penny and Arven both echo their ace Pokemon in their designs!

So here are my takes on what some of the ScarVi kiddos will look like as they grow up and go about their careers. Headcanons below, as developed with @kourabiedes in our many ramblings together.

Carmine - I tried the crossed bangs, but she just looked too young with them. I opted for a slightly more mature sideswept bang and an elegantly tied back coiffe for her duties as eventual Caretaker of Mossui Town, and by extension, Kitakami Hall. Koura has a lot more nuanced headcanons for this one, so I'd best let her tell you all about those... Kieran - Like, his sister, I ditched the fuckass bangs. He is pretty, but unlike his sister, he doesn't really know or flaunt it. Over the course of his friendship with Alanna (who is a Galarian native and former Champion Challenge semi-finalist), he has become quite curious of the region and has decided to take on the challenge for himself. He begins his journey at a familiar dojo... Penny - So Koura and I both agree that Penn is very Trans coded. So we leaned hard into it and I went hardcore femme with her adult design. We though for a long time about what she'd do career-wise, and it dawned on me very suddenly that she'd be a perfect fit as the new Director for Naruva Academy. She is very professional and put-together in her business life, but is absolutely still a cave gremlin when she gets home with her vee-vees. We also have some very very specific speculation about her parentage that we'll share, but her design elements will be a hint for the very astute among you. Arven - A chef rarely leaves their hair down when in the kitchen (it is actually against the rules in a professional setting if you don't know lol). Arven has gone for a more practical ponytail, but still keeps his luscious locks. He does gain renown for his efforts in nutrition and cooking, but not in the way that someone like Kofu or Katie does. He is more interested in the health benefits of his meals, and shares some lab space with Alanna when developing and testing new recipes. Alanna - She is my half of the "Juliana" in this situation. Koura and I have kind of split her into two halves; one for my trainer Alanna and one for her trainer, Robin. Alanna is sharp, competitive, put together, and very social. Robin is much more the "gremlin" archetype. She explores every possible ravine, mountain, and cave. She doesn't really do people. Alanna finds and trains Miraidon, who is the central 'raidon in the story, whilst Robin finds a full-strength Koraidon from the get-go. Alanna eventually becomes a professor of what she dubs True Evolution; as in evolution in the way we know it in the real world. Not only that, but how the crater and Terastal energy affects living forms. This latter subject has been a collaborative effort with long time friend and mentor, Briar. Alanna takes after both of her parents pretty equally. Her mother is my Galar trainer, Blair, and Raihan b/c I like him. He's fun. We don't need no Florian. Mostly because we just straight up didn't think about it, oops. Screencaps of Robin and Alanna in our gameplay at BB