#hisui avalugg

[tomorobo-illust]

Is that Lord Avalugg or a regular avalugg? Or an alpha avalugg? I'd just like to know what position Emmet is in here.

Please excuse the ever changing, inconsistent size! I fully intended Emmet's Avalugg to be an Alpha and while big, is still smaller than Lord Avalugg ouo;

[pollo-finster]

A l'occasion du nouvel an chinois et des 3 ans de Pokemon legends arceus, j'ai mis au point un "Zodiaque de Hisui"! Il est basé sur les statuts du temple de sinnoh!

Moi je suis Séracrawl, et vous? ❄️🧊

This is my hisuian zodiac, I'm Avalugg, what about you? ❄️🧊

[tahobitz]

🐢s on Legends Arceus day

[swainathan]

I like the ice table and I'm not afraid to say it

Full print available here!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[haveyouusedthispokemon]

Avalugg can be used on your team in:

Gen 8: Legends: Arceus Gen 9: Scarlet, Violet (transfer only)

Footage courtesy of @goldensunset

[cutekittenlady]

What REALLY happened to the Hisui form pokemon?

So, like, I've noted that a decent portion of the fandom seems to assume ALL the hisuian variants have gone extinct, but when you think about it that's not quite the case.

You have, like, four variations.

Lost evolution. This fits any pokemon that's still in Sinnoh in the present but can no longer evolve. Ursaluna, Kleavor, and Wyrdeer cound here.

Regionally extinct. Variations of pokemon no longer found in Sinnoh in the present, but whose base form still exist elsewhere. Lilligant, Basculegion (depending how you view white striped basculin), Avalugg, and Braviary. Would also count Goodra.

Variation extinction. When the species is both unavailable in present Sinnoh, and it's variation also unavailable elsewhere naturally. (For the sake of consistency the great crater of paldea doesnt count) Zoroark is the main example here.

Implied evolution. This is species of pokemon that have a hisuian variant but are also available in Sinnoh in the modern timeline, giving the implication that these pokemon may have evolved into these later forms due to changes in their enviornments, removal from hisui, etc. This mainly includes voltorb (whose available in sinnoh via the swarm feature), growlithe, and of course sneasel.

These examples also overlap. For instance, while sneasel is still around in Sinnoh, it's evolution into Sneasler appears to be lost with Weavile seemingly taking it's place. So this overlaps both with the implied evolution and lost evolution variations.

Now I'm sure I'm not the only person whose made this observation. But while thinking of the various reasons the hisuian pokemon aren't around anymore, it got me thinking about the nobles, who are all exclusively hisuian pokemon. I, like a lot of other people, was a bit sad they more or less died out.

But then I remembered breeding was a thing.

Considering the nobles could breed with other pokemon not of their species, or that their species would evolve into something else, its fully possible the nobles of Hisui actually still have descendents in Sinnoh.

To give an example, Lady Sneasler's might be a pack of Johtonian Sneasels and Weaviles.

Lord Wyrdeers descendents are likely just Stantler. Same with Ursaring.

Then you have examples like Lady LIlligant. Although Lilligant aren't available in Sinnoh anymore, perhaps her descendent is instead a Roserade or something.

I just think it's a fun thing to think about.

Perhaps the noble blessing has been passed down, even with people seemingly forgetting about it.

((Also for the submas fans. Imagine Ingo coming to Hisui and finding a group of sneasels and weaviles that he somehow realizes are Lady Sneaslers descendents. Just think of the heartwarming nostalgia and bittersweet happiness that could bring.))

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Bergmite & Avalugg

Bergmite (#712)

Vivoborealis parvinix

General Information: Bergmite the Ice Chunk Pokémon, and an ancient species that seems to have had the greatest proliferation during the last several Ice Ages (or Glacial Maximums).

Fully grown Bergmites average at 3’3 feet (1 M) tall and are incredibly heavy for their size, weighing a whopping 220 pounds (20 kg).

A group of Bergmites is called an icicle.

Habitat: Bergmites are found in icy caves of cold climates with a preference for snowy mountains and sometimes caves. They can be found in both the northern and southern hemispheres, and in Ice Age times are extremely common wherever the cold reaches. They are one of the few species that can be found in both aquatic and marine ecosystems. Bergmites can be found farther South every winter than Avaluggs, and in millennia past this became the primary cause of migration and genetic mingling.

They cannot handle hot climates.

Life Cycles: Bergmites are born to clutches of 24-56 eggs in the late fall and early winter of their habitat. These clutches are usually laid in sea caves or icy caves. Upon birth, baby Bergmites are regularly eaten by other aquatic or marine Pokémon, including but limited to: Dewgongs, Primarinas, Cetitans, Cryogonals, and Walreins. Bergmites are, unfortunately, the crunchy candies of the ice-type world.

Bergmites are able to reproduce starting at level 15. They are believed to live for upwards of 15 years in the wild and 25 years in captivity.  

Behavior: They experience habitat and dietary overlap with both Frigibaxes and Cetoddles, which causes conflict. Bergmites are relatively peaceful creatures that live in colonies, but Frigibaxes are known to pick territorial fights with Bergmites to drive out competition for limited resources in cold climates. In turn, Bergmites are themselves territorial against both Frigibaxes and Cetoddles in part because of shared food and, most pressingly, because they evolve into Baxcalibur and Cetitan, and both love to chew on crunchy Bergmites.

Diet: Bergmites eat plankton, snow plankton, algae, and plants. They’ve been known to consume the lifeless corpses of Cryogonals, whom are known to eat them, too.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Bergmites have historically had a passive relationship with humans, existing as ice beasts of the seas and lakes. They are of no economic interest to people, nor can they be eaten, so have withstood the test of humanity’s growth for ages… until recently. Rising ocean temperatures and changing wind patterns caused by Climate Change have been steadily stripping away viable habitat from Bergmites, and each year their range decreases a little further. While it’s unlikely that they will be die out, if Climate Change continues along its abhorrent track of rising temperatures, then their species will absolutely experience a bottleneck effect and will suffer genetically for generations to come.

Classification: Bergmites are in the Kingdom Vivogaia, the broad clade that includes nearly all mineral-based Pokémon with the only exceptions being those who bio-evolved to acquire mineral element traits and Ultra Beasts. In truth, this clade is likely a polyphyletic group, but it serves as a valuable taxonomic function.

Avalugg (#713)

Vivoborealis magnusnix borealis (OG) Vivoborealis magnusnix australis (H)

General Information: Avalugg has a body as hard as steel and made of ice. During the day the cracks in its body deepen, while at night they heal and return to normal. When exposed to high heat, these cracks deepen and deepen and don’t heal as well at night as its supposed to, and in time, the cracks can become so bad that they cause the body to split into pieces, thus killing the Avalugg. They maintain an air of -145 F immediately around their bodies in order to keep themselves healthy and icy.

A group of Avaluggs is called an iceberg.

There are two subspecies of Avalugg, the northern and southern hemisphere variants. The northern subspecies is significantly larger than the southern subspecies, averaging at 6’7 feet (2 M) tall and weighing a whopping 1113 pounds (505 kg), while the southern variant averages at 4’7 feet (1.4 M) and weighing 578 pounds (262 kg). The (OG) variant is a pure ice-type and the (H) variant is an ice/rock type.

(H) Avalugg is known for its ability to shatter rocks with ease and burrowing through snow.

Habitat: Avaluggs are found primarily in cold waters, but can also be found on tundric lands such as the far north or Antarctica. In the Northern Hemisphere, they can be found as far south as the Great Lakes of North America. They are often found in Greenland, Siberia, and Antarctica.

Life Cycles: Before an Avalugg evolves from Bergmite, it will migrate to colder climates. Very few Bergmites will reach this stage of life, but once they do, an Avalugg can live for upwards of 50 years in the wild. They are rarely predated upon by other Pokémon, and most deaths are from disease, environmental, territorial disputes, or vicious rivalries with Baxcaliburs or Cetitans.

Avaluggs come together to mate at the end of Spring, when they have all come together to the higher latitudes. They will participate in headbutting contests against each other, and these friendly contests help each other get to know each other and pick mates for the season. Eggs are laid in the summer in sea caves or icy caves, such as the sea caves of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, and hatch in the Fall.

Behavior: Though Avaluggs exhibit little parental care, they will defend Bergmite icicles from predators if they happen to be nearby. They will also carry Bergmites on their back, who glue themselves to the Avalugg with ice, and are thought to resemble an aircraft carrier. Avaluggs are otherwise peaceful creatures, but Arceus-save you if you threaten Bergmites in their presence.

Diet: Avaluggs eat plants, plankton, snow plankton, fish, and other things that they can scavenge.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Avaluggs have never directly been a concern of humanity, especially since they’ve often been mistaken for icebergs and thus avoided while out at sea, nor do Avaluggs see humans as a threat to themselves or to their Bergmites. But accidents out at sea do happen, especially at night, and Avaluggs have certainly been the unintentional cause of shipwrecks throughout time just as all icebergs have. However, Avaluggs are fundamentally caring creatures and will go out of their way to rescue drowning people and Pokémon.

Classification: The scientific name of Avalugg is Vivoborealis magnusnix, with the subspecies epithet of “borealis” and “australis” representing their respective distributions in either the northern or southern hemisphere.  

Evolution: Avalugg evolves from Bergmite at level 37. The type of Avalugg that Bergmite evolves into is dependent on genetics

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[darkmatter-nebula]

Good morning, my dear fellas! 👋😃

Teeny tiny "Ghostboy in Hisui" AU post ahead:

Arceus, as Allister got hurt by Lord Avalugg:

[traveling-historian]

Ice type!

[elithesia-autem-danguarde]

Pokémon Warden Project

Day 14: Gaeric

Personal Opinion: Gaeric is a bit of a strange character to talk about since he’s another character I have mixed feelings about. I don’t dislike him, but I don’t really love him either. I’d argue that me not having strong feelings towards him makes him one of the less memorable of the wardens, though there’s nothing really wrong with him and I would want to see him done justice. Props for the artistry on chest hair as well.

What was kept: Glalie and Froslass are able to show the varied strengths of their evolutionary line through working with Gaeric, and I have a funny feeling that he probably trains them in strange ways. Then again, who am I to judge when I would probably die after like a day in the environment they live in? Gaeric is the Warden for the Noble Pokémon Hisuian Avalugg, who stands as solid as a mountain to keep the icy lands safe and calm.

Substitutions/Replacements: As mentioned with Arezu before, I really don’t understand the notion of wardens using essentially a mini form of their Noble Pokémon since I feel that kinda dampens their specialty. So I instead went with a collection of Ice and Water type Pokémon that I feel best suit the northern man: Abomasnow, Walrein, Floatzel, and Octillery.

Abomasnow is another strong Ice-type that fits well with Gaeric’s vibe, and it definitely needs more honor than being in the possession of the Miss Fortune Sisters because yikes. Walrein is bulky and strong, as well as serving as a bridge to the other Water-types of the team. Floatzel’s depictions pretty much everywhere show an attitude that seems very similar to Gaeric’s in general, so I thought it fit in relatively well. And Octillery is admittedly a little more out of left field, but I think it still works just enough for me to not have to say too much as to justify its place.

[tomorobo-illust]

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[cagemasterfantasy]

Bergmite the Ice Chunk pokemon a ice type

3ft 3inc

219.4lbs

Ability: Own Tempo or Ice Body Hidden Ability: Sturdy

Egg Group: Monster and Mineral

Highest Base Stat: Defense:85

Lowest Base Stat: Speed:28

Base Stat Total: 304

Lives on mountains blanketed in perennial snow. It freezes water vapor in the air to make the ice helmet that it dons for defense.

At level 37 it evolves into Hisusian Avalugg the Iceberg pokemon a ice and rock type

4ft 7inc

578.5lbs

Ability: Strong Jaw or Ice Body Hidden Ability: Sturdy

Egg Group: Monster and Mineral

Highest Base Stat: Defense:184

Lowest Base Stat: Special Attack:34

Base Stat Total: 514

The armor of ice covering its lower jaw puts steel to shame and can shatter rocks with ease. This Pokemon barrels along steep mountain paths, cleaving through the deep snow.

Hisusian Avalugg is the only pokemon that can learn the move Mountain Gale (The user hurls giant chunks of ice at the target to inflict damage. This also has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.)

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Could I maybe get a Hisuian!Reader who came to Paldea through a space time rift? They remember everything, they still have all their old Pokemon, they like to share stories of their adventures (anything from taking on Volo to "Oh yeah, I caught this alpha garchomp after a half-hour standoff, here's her gigaton ball lol."), they've got little scars here and there from accidentally standing too close to Pokemon attacks or taking fall damage, and they give descendants of their Hisuian Pokemon to their blueberry friends (BBE4, Carmine, and Kieran) during their trades. To make things even more interesting, I wonder what that reader would think about bloodmoon ursaluna, Perrin, and modern Sinnoh - seeing their dear friend Adaman in someone alive today and seeing just how much things have changed over the years

The PLA fixation is real so YESSSIR I finally got around to this one. I separated the headcanons by region and their respective characters

.............

Paldea (Arven, Penny, Nemona)

After finishing your mission in Hisui, you decided to confront Arceus, being satisfied with everything you've done for the Survey Corps and the good people of Jubilife Village.

You fully finished the pokedex, fulfilling Professor Laventon's dreams, and were ready to return home.

After some reluctance, Arceus agreed and ensured you wouldn't lose any of your memories, as you didn't want all your feats in Hisui become lost to history.

It warned you that you'll never get to see Rei/Akari, Professor Laventon, the Wardens...or anyone else ever again.

But you've said your goodbyes and were ready to go back.

One warp through a space-time rift later, you were dropped off in Paldea-

Right where Arven, Penny, and Nemona were discussing whether to call off the search for you or not.

As it turns out, you've been missing for months, not long after the Area Zero adventure, and so it's a rather tearful reunion when they realize the person in the old fashioned clothing was you.

You looked tired, scarred, battle-hardened...and yet you smiled as you joked about being "back from the past".

Since then, easing back into modern life was..trickier than you expected.

You still had the habit of crafting pokeballs and potions as you were taught, rather than spend money buying them in bulk (even though you had boatloads because of your champion status).

You tried getting the trio to follow your directions, but they kept fumbling with the tumblestones and didn't know where to attach the iron chunks that made up the clasps.

When you start talking about feather, wing, leaden, and gigaton pokeballs they stare at you in confusion until you realize "oh shit those are outdated".

Nemona is VERY curious about the gigaton ball, however, and so you show it to her--revealing your Alpha Garchomp branded with the "Former Alpha" mark. She got to keep her height.

"Oh yeah, she was a real feisty one. We had a half-hour standoff on a slippery ice mountain slope but I showed her who's boss haha." You laugh as you share the story of how you encountered and tamed her.

Your fellow champion now thinks you're 10x cooler for actually facing a Pokémon head-on....while poor Arven and Penny are shook(TM) and wondered how you made it back alive.

Especially when they discover your scars are from falling and vicious Pokemon attacks

Introducing your Hisuian starter to your Paldean starter was...a little awkward. One recently became a champion's Pokémon and the other faced Giratina itself.

But they eventually shake hands and become besties, becoming members of your party whenever you wanna battle Arven, Penny, or Nemona again.

You keep accidentally calling out agile/strong style in your commands (ie "Avalugg, make an Agile Avalanche!"), but your Pokémon like to pretend they still know them.

Kitakami (Perrin & Bloodmoon Ursaluna)

Returning to Kitakami felt most familiar..and quite comforting considering how traditional everything is.

Festival of the Masks came back around, and while you didn't get to spend it with Kieran nor Carmine this time...you did wind up spending it with somebody else...

Perrin, who you were drawn to after seeing her Hisuian Growlithe getting into trouble with an Arbok and trying to stand up for itself.

Reminds you of a certain late lord's son..

She expresses her thanks for rescuing her buddy, and mentions how you got there "right on time".

You just look into her eyes and see Adaman: the Diamond Clan leader, the kind man who gave you the celestica flute and came to your aid when you got exiled from the village.

He may be gone now, but time didn't allow him to be forgotten.

Because he lives on in somebody else.

Perrin gets concerned when she sees how emotional you're getting, but you just wipe your eyes and say she just reminds you of an "old friend".

When you show her your other Hisuian Pokémon, she's THRILLED and wants to take all of their pictures, delighted to have proof that these creatures existed.

That leads her to ask how you acquired them, and you start talking about your adventures in the very region she's been studying...including the fact you met her ancestor who used to worship Dialga and had an easygoing attitude like her.

Girl is taking notes fr.

Together you seek out the "Bloodmoon Beast", only to discover that it was an Ursaluna who travelled alllll the way to Kitakami from Hisui, the environment causing it to change appearances and abilities.

You were fascinated, wondering what Lord Ursaluna or Calaba would think of him, and made him a member of your team after quelling his rage.

While going on more casual photoshoots with Perrin, you ask her about what Sinnoh is like now or if anyone there knew about Hisui.

She mentions how the elderly folk talk of it, and how the subway battle system was being run by one conductor due to the other going missing...

You find yourself holding your breath---until she says "oh but apparently he came back like yesterday" and you were SO relieved.

'Ingo made it back home, too. Thank you Arceus.'

She plans to invite you to Sinnoh someday, seeing as you're so curious about what it all looks like now.

BB Academy (BBE4, Carmine, & Kieran)

When you got to study abroad at BB Academy, you...sorta forgot all the beef you had with Kieran until you saw him berating a student out in the terarium.

A year later, you're Paldea's champion AND the one who saved Hisui, but you couldn't exactly tell him the latter.

But now you understood why everyone back then calling you a "hero" made you a little uncomfortable.

Ogerpon (who was worried sick about where you've gone all this time), was SO happy to see you were back and got to meet your Hisuian Lilligant. Two plant gals just vibing together.

You find a Kleavor in the canyon biome and become a bit sentimental, happy to see a descendant of the Lord of the Woods had survived to this very day.

He must've known you were the one who helped his ancestor (albeit not without receiving some scars from flying wood chips), as he bowed and began walking alongside you, loyal to a tee.

Least to say, he became a valuable ally when you finally battled Kieran in the championship.

He sees that you've definitely changed a lot, too. You look tougher and he was concerned about where that scar across your eye came from....

But he's still obsessed with winning, and his attitude when talking about Terapagos afterwards reminds you of...well...Volo.

It's such an extreme comparison, and you hate how your brain immediately jumped to that considering that was a legitimate monster of a man who betrayed you.

Yet it feels like such a similar situation when Kieran pits the turtle against you in the Underdepths, obsessed with power and wanting nothing more than to be recognized as "worthy".

At least he wasn't planning on ending the world, just yours.

After you both reconcile, you spill the beans about where you've gone for the past year, expecting him to laugh or shun you again for keeping such a big secret from him.

Instead..he has this star-eyed look and wanted to know MORE.

So during your next visit to Kitakami, you tell him and Carmine some stories of your Hisuian adventures, showing off Kleavor and your Alpha Garchomp.

Seeing that you still liked to make authentic pokeballs and potions made Kieran appreciate you a lot more. Kitakami used to have a lot of those apricorns, tumblestones, and leeks before everything became mass-produced.

Like him, you really became out-of-touch with today's technology, so while he's learning it, you're re-learning it along with him.

Eventually you tell those same stories to the BB E4, who are all just as shocked, amazed, and bewildered as the twins were.

And when they all came to offer up a trade, you knew what to do:

For Drayton, you gave him a Goomy, insisting that he trains it fully, not wanting to spoil the "surprise".

As lazy as he is, he does so and is stunned when Sliggoo is revealed to be chilling in its own shell, and Goodra had its whole shell on its tail, capable of withdrawing into it anytime

Ngl it makes him wish he had his own shell to withdraw into just to escape situations.

For someone like Kieran who likes old-fashioned stuff, you figured a Hisuian Voltorb would suit him best.

Its appearance reminds you of the olden ways pokeballs were made, and he got the hang of crafting a few himself after a little trial and error!

He gets nervous about it exploding like Kantonian Voltorbs at the slightest touch, but is happy to find out it's super friendly and discharges just to spook humans.

As for Carmine, the sharpness in her golden eyes reminds you of a certain ghost type's...and thus you believed giving her a Hisuian Zorua was ideal. You had a feeling she'd love its evolved form.

When she does evolve it, she's stunned that it has reddish highlights like she does, jokingly asking if this is her in "another life".

Least to say, she loves it indeed.

While you were adamant about giving Amarys your Kleavor, you ended up trading her a Scyther and give her a black augurite afterwards, explaining how it's the secret to its other evolution.

She mentioned deposits of that mineral existing within the canyon biome, but it couldn't actually evolve the surrounding Scyther population due to being simulated.

But thanks to you, she gets to witness that in-action because you held onto an authentic piece of it, and she gives you her thanks.

As for Crispin, well, you believed a Hisuian Growlithe was perfect for him. It was energetic, loyal, and full of fire..just like him.

He got teary-eyed at the story you told of the late Lord Arcanine, his son, how you quelled his frenzy, etc..and feels inspired to train the pup you've given him into something incredible.

One thing Kantonian and Hisuian Arcanines have in common? They love spicy foods.

For Lacey, you trade her a Hisuian-born Petili, encouraging her to use the sun stone right away.

She does and is delighted to see Lilligant as such a graceful dancer..who really packs a punch when it counts!

She'll definitely doll her up and ensure she knew Charm (the only fairy move Hisuian Lilligant could know, alas).

[adobe-outdesign]

Anonymous:

Using the IUCN’s listings for endangered animals, here’s how I think all the Hisuian ‘mons are doing in the modern day. Wyrdeer’s only talked about in past tense and it’s said that Stantler can’t even evolve into it anymore and Hisui-lugg just sucks (from a legit gameplay perspective).

It’s unlikely Wydeer or Avalugg are completely extinct because they’ll likely turn up in a future game, though they’d probably be pretty rare. Enamorous would likely be highly endangered as it has the usual limited numbers of a Legendary.

[alolaveralabs]

Okay..made it to the place in the letter. Looks like someone lives here..kinda quaint honestly.

(The nearby cottage's door opens, and out comes..RORA!!!!!!)

RAYMOND! YOU'RE OKAY!!!!

(They rush up to him and give a very, very tight hug.)

..did you do it? Are Electrode and Avalugg-

Yeah. I quelled their frenzies. And got 2 more plates..

(Raymond grabs Rora's satchel before handing it back to them.)

Here. the last 8 of the plates we've found so far.

..Raymond there's 11 plates here. Look!

Huh...I guess Arceus put it there while I was resting.

Ok. So! I think we're gonna need the other members of the squad on voice call for this. I have a plan, and I've figured out how to get rid of the rift..for good.

(Calling @skyfire-the-pokemon-biologist and @time-travel-trio, aka the other 2 members of the thrown to hisui club!)