#members themselves made up for it 🥰 its so special & personal might be one of my favorite inclusions ever

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[renagaderex]

Entry: Gilandit (He-lan-dit)

(Gila monster + Bandit/ Vigilante)

Poison/Fire

The Desperado Pokémon

Ability: True Grit* (an ability exclusive to Gilandit- Prevents status conditions such as Poison, infatuation, paralysis, etc.)/Corrosion/ Quick Draw(HA)

Special move: Gunk Slinger*- strikes by flinging poison two times. Deals 40 damage each pass and inflicts poison status.

—Evolves from a male Salandit with the ability Oblivious, max friendship and full food status in Pokémon Camping—

Pokédex: this Pokémon stores nutrients from meals in its tail. It utilizes this energy to find food for its posse of Salandit. It is not particularly fond of Salazzle.

It commands a posse of Salandit to find food and attack prey. Once the prey is cornered, Gilandit then finishes the attack. It often steals food from human settlements.

This Pokémon evolved from Salandit who stole extra food from Salazzle. It’s saliva exudes a strong noxious musk that it spits to mark its territory (this musk has been known to overpower the effects of Salazzles pheromones). It is viciously protective of its posse and will relentlessly hunt down offenders.

Using its own toxic smelling saliva, it affixes one of its own scales to each of its members of Salandit as both posse affiliation and as a deterrent to rival gangs of both other Gilandit and Salazzle.

It secretes a highly toxic poison from its claws, which it flings at prey and foes with blinding speed and pinpoint accuracy. It then takes advantage of the quickly disoriented foe and finishes the attack.

Disputes between Gilandit are settled in a test of will and speed where competing Gilandit will stand bipedal and flare up their tails to intimidate the other. When this does not work, both will commence a quick draw where one will try to blind the other with their Gunk Slinger ability and proceed to attack. This practice is often reflected in old western movies.

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When this idea hit me- I had to roll with it. I honestly LOVE Salandit. It’s just so cute.🥰

Personally speaking, I’m not a Salazzle fan for various reasons- though I must say that it’s Pokédex entries got me to thinking: What if a Male Salandit was properly cared for/was able to take care of itself?

So on that thought, I decided to go the fun route and, instead of simply becoming a male Salazzle, a completely new Pokémon was born!

I occasionally tinker with the idea of a fan made region- and always thought of an old west kind of region. Combining that with my what if- Gilandit’s form came naturally.

Based off of old western gunslingers, life was hard and often an “every man for himself” situation. In my Region, life would be rough for a little Salandit, food would be often hard to come by, and giving it all to another Pokémon could be life threatening, so some might take the rogue road and fend for themselves.

((As to why there’s two shiny forms- I ended up liking these two out of the batch and couldn’t decide. And then I remembered Shield and Sword introduced “ultra shinies”, which disappointed me actually. They only have a different shiny animation- in my region some pokemon have two color palettes, one being rarer than the other.))

Thanks to my friend miss-dnl in helping me finalize its design ^^~ 💕

Artwork character name Gilandit and design is a©renagaderexrider