#worldbuilding | the Andiiles and Sisciile

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so here's the map from this post that shows where the Andiiles and Sisciile are geographically;

The largest landmass is the Andiiles and Sisciile - formerly two separate countries that fused into one in the late nineties. The smaller landmass is Medinah, a common stopover between Unova and the Andiiles and Sisciile.

Not quite sure what continent this is on, but lets just say iris is European until I remember what i learned in year 9 geography.

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The Dragonsbone Academy, like the BBA has it's own Junior League supported by the region's actual League. The differences is that it has a full set of eight Junior Gym Leaders scattered about the Campus, all type specialized.

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The Elite Four and Junior League Champion is notably more well known, though. They tend to become incredibly high level battlers - upper 5 gym leader, more likely to get offered a elite Four position, a few even end up becoming Champion in other far off regions - It is quite known that one of the Andiiles and Sisciile's current Elite Four members - Charlotte Bergerlund - was a Junior League Champion during a brief term as a Exchange student before returning home and becoming Denmark's League Champion for a whole three years before quitting for her current position.

It's also produced ten other regional Champions in recent history - Three Kalos Champions, Two Unova Champions, a Sinnoh Champion, and one champion each for Ireland, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, and South Korea.

The current Junior League and Elite Four run as such;

Kasane Omoda (おもだ かさね)

Tiny little scrap of a thirteen year old girl who's been seen to brawl with her Machamp and win. Specializes in Fighting types. Very fiery and energetic, can't sit still in most classes. Has expressed a strong desire to return to Johto to take the gym challenge and "Beat Lance's team into the dust where he belongs".

Rhys Castell

A shy boy who specialises in Steel types. Has a very well trained Corviknight who seems to be his Ace - a Falinks he's names Sockembopem. Seems to be genuinely terrified of most Pokémon that aren't on his team, and is currently in therapy for a anxiety disorder. Is doing much better than he used to - he can battle now - and he's frighteningly efficient when he locks in

Has aspirations to become the Galar Champion.

Enoch Ace

Born into a illegitimate branch of the Ace "Dynasty", Enoch specialized in Dragon types- like near enough everyone in his branch. Is rumoured to have the same condition that gives the Unova Champion - and Ex-Andiiles and Sisciile champion their prodigal talents with dangerous/difficult Pokémon- and is weeks from a official HED diagnosis. Is noted for his dislike of people of the legitimate Ace bloodline. Seems to be developing Imposter Syndrome.

Isana Brennan

Current Eighth gym leader in Nubibus town, and widely accepted to be a very formidable battler despite her lifelong health issues often preventing her from participating in battles/regular school life due to frequent hospital visits. In the care of her auntie Shelagh whilst she studies far away from her home region, as thirteen is definitely far too young to be away from family for extended periods of time

Specialises in fairy types - but her Junior League Elite Four team is noted to include both a Bewear and a Metagross for what she claims is "the monstrous beast tax"

Junior League Champion; Mia Fitzroy

Mia Fitzroy is ... Also a young gym leader, being about fifteen - and is legally blind (retains limited central vision in both eyes) . Is noted to specialise in Water Types normally - but her Junior League Champion team is marginally more balanced despite still favouring water types.

Has shredded literally every battlefield she's ever used, some to the point of needing to be rebuilt wholly.

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Profile: Holdout City

Holdout City is the capital City of the Andiiles and Sisciile, and by far the largest city in the region, having a population numbering roughly 9,748,033 people. Holdout City is considered to be the fashion captital of the region, and has several garment districts, and a frighteningly high concentration of high end fashion stores. They also host Fashion week on a yearly basis, which turns the city into absolute nightmare to navigate quickly.

Holdout City is home to the sixth gym, led by Estelle, one of the region's most successful supermodels to date. She specializes in steel types, and is known for her Ace Pokémon, Bronzong. Estelle is known to be very close friends with the elite four member Delphi, both hailing from the same parts of Anistar City, Kalos.

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Iris lets herself into the Andiiles and Sisciile league building with her own ID, and wanders up to the battlefields, and she lets her mind wander. She's not been here in about two years, does she still know the Elite Four? The staff here? Well, she knows Delphi, Charlotte Bergerlund, Kaguya, but she's not too sure about the other one ... Cassius? She's fairly sure he's new...

She really needs to come home more often. Iris sighs as she steps into the observation box that overlooks the Championship battle field, and nods to the official observant. She doesn't quite remember why they still show up.

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Iris tries to watch with detached indifference as usual, but she finds herself getting invested. Especially so when her sister's Archaludon falls, and the rain subsides. Her sister has lost her title, and her stomach drops.

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i am asking very politely for the whole ace bloodline lore drop 👀 🤲

Back home in the Andiiles and Sisciile, roughly five hundred years ago the Ace's used to be the ruling family, a female preference absolute monarchy, favouring those born with red eyes for their "supposed" empathetic abilities. The family developed a chokehold on information on Dragon types, lasting until they were forced down to a constitutional monarchy about two hundred years ago, and then exactly one hundred years ago, the monarchy was completely removed.

However, within the Andiiles and Sisciile the Ace family still somehow holds both social and political power, to the point of being considered monarchs still by some (It is undecided whether they consider Jocelyn Queen, or pass over her in favour of Eldest daughter Athena for her red eyes). As such, among royalists - and some non royalists, Iris is commonly referred to as the Princess, as if her family were still monarchs she would be second in line - despite her four elder brothers.

This is why Iris has access to her small suite of jewellery, consisting of two tiaras, one coronet, and a few sets of necklaces and earrings. It's also the reason she's quite glad to be in Unova.

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Andiilan clothing is usually pretty lightweight- cotton, linen, and other fabrics like that, to deal with the hot- to mediterranean climate year round.

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Temperatures rarely drop below 10°c in winter, and summers are normally around or above 30°c, so if it's cold out you just layer under your tuniko rather than over it.

Roughly eighty percent of the population still dress in the traditional style full time, and the rest tend to mix and match between Andiilan fashions and the continental fashions based off vibes. Iris does the latter.

This is your typical sinjorino tuniko - young ladies tunic - cut to fall just above the knees, and made out of any natural lightweight fibre, and is always worn with a subjupo - petticoat and/or shorts underneath to give the skirts some volume.

Tuniko always have some sort of pattern embroidered at the hems and neckline- and the deep v-neckline is fully normal for both genders, and the high, inverse u shaped waistline is tightened or loosened with a braided drawstring. It isn't a tuniko without either of those three features. If you're not entirely comfy wearing the normal neckline you wear a stomako - a stomacher, or a v-shaped piece of cloth pinned in the gap to cover it and preserve the neckline.

Shoes are normally very low platforms for daily wear, or slightly higher for occasions, but Iris doesn't really vibe with tegolo shoes most days - they're meant to force a smoother gait - so she's instead depicted in her usual wedge heels.

The neckline and throat is always decorated according to taste, regardless of gender - pendant necklaces are incredibly popular, and are usually stacked up as much as the wearer wants to. Iris is depicted wearing a emerald hundreds of years older than she is with a choker. However, also a must have in Andiilan fashion is the tania - a long strip of cloth worn as a headband, sometimes embroidered. The tails are to be left dangling at the side of the head, and there's a infuriatingly fiddly knot it's got to be tied in - it's meant to look square if you've done it right. It's most often worn by young people, at least this style. There are other shapes and styles for the less delicately inclined.

Additionally - if the vibes require it, you can add a ŝalo - a sort of bolero or shawl for either style or to protect from the breeze. There's no specifics to this, but this one is literally just a wide band of heavier cloth lined with something warm, and just tied around the shoulders.

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Iris prefers to communicate in Andiile over .... literally every other language she knows. Remembering how Galarian works as a language is hard and she doesn't want to be doing that all the time.

She speaks both Northern Andiile (Latin) and South Andiile (Esperanto). Northern Andiile is more formal, the sort of stuff spoken by people of a higher "social status", and is used in official documents and anything that warrants speaking formally. South Andiile is your casual day to day stuff. Iris can figure out whole new horrific insults to call people in this.

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where on earth is the Andiiles and Sisciile

Pulls out a paper world map, and circles something in pink colouring pencil.

"Right here."

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Athena's never been very sure what to make of her baby sister, but she's even less sure now, as she stands in the Unova League's Champion level battleground.

She can feel something off in here. A lingering death knell, tracked in on something-

Athena lifts the carpet covering a raised dias in the centre of the room, and stares. It's somewhere around here. She tastes the air, briefly. Definitely. Very faint, but here. Kneeling, she brushes a hand over one particularly oddly coloured brick, and licks the dust off her palm.

That was a person once.

She goes stiff, grasping for her cane on the floor, and stands.

"BITCH-"

Athena has approximately thirty seconds to react before a stiletto heeled shoe hits her square in the chest- and then the second shoe. That was Iris's voice.

"What the hell are you doing here, Athena?"

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Well, she was going to have to address it eventually. Iris leans forward, and tilts her webcam up to hide her pajama bottoms, and fixes the neckline of her tunic.

"And as a official League Champion yourself - I'm sure you're aware of the new acting champion Elizabeth's reputation- she's failed multiple league challenges, usually quite early on. Do you think she's capable of doing her job?"

Iris just barely internalises a yawn, and prays she remembers all the right tenses in Andiile

"I don't think her struggling with her Gym challenges affects that, honestly-" How hard can she throw her support behind this new Champion? This is the Andiiles and Sisciile, she's someone with significant social power there, and she doesn't want to be making promises her - or her family can't keep "- It's showing some insane grit and determination to not give up after failing-" She brings her hands into view of her camera to count on her fingers "-what, seven league challenges multiple times? And to put her team back together and try again? She's just new, and in her training period."

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Iris's family had a lot of Pokémon just... Free roaming the estate. There's the Haxorus, of course, one of the "hills" Is a very old Torterra with a apple tree Iris used to climb, the Gyrados and Dragonair in the lake and other assorted fish Pokémon that get in via the inlet, a retired LSG Lucario, and a quite frankly absurd number of Torchic and Ducklett being fretted over by her dad's Blaziken.

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send me 👤 and I'll tell you about an npc in my muses life using the template below!

Name: Jocelyn Zenobia Ace

Age: 63 (Appears to be around mid fifties based off visual inspection)

Gender: Cis Female

Pronouns: She/Her

FC: Michelle Greenidge (? I couldn't find a animated one, sincere apologies.)

Connection with my muse:

Jocelyn is Iris's biological mother, and the seventh gym leader and ex- Acting Champion of the Andiiles and Sisciile league, known to be the matriarch of the Ace socialite family- and fallen royal bloodline.

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Profile: Dragonsbone City

The old capital of the Andiiles and Sisciile, and historic seat of the Ace dynasty.

Full of old, well preserved castles, and a bustling cultural hub surrounding The Archive, home to centuries of knowledge, still protected by the remaining Keyholders to this day. On the outskirts of the city lies the historic Dragonsbone College. It has routinely trained up and taught some of the region's greatest scholars and battlers, and is now home to the Dragonsbone Junior League, which functions to elevate the Andiiles and Sisciile's brightest and best young trainers to new levels.

The population leans quite heavily monarchist - a small number even going so far to believe that the monarchy should be restored regardless of the two hundred and fifty years since the last child of the Ace family ruled the region- and said family not actually willing to lean That far into their "descendants of royalty" shtick.

Home to the seventh gym, led by Jocelyn Ace, the headmistress of Dragonsbone College and former Andiiles and Sisciile champion. She appears quite stern, but is known to have a soft spot for grass type Pokémon.

She specializes in Dragon type Pokémon, and is known for her Ace Pokémon, a Haxorus named Amatus.

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Iris's parents got to know each other through their Gym Challenge. Jocelyn finished her challenge first, and became the Andiiles and Sisciile champion after defeating Jahzhara, and Samson adjusted his team to serve as Jocelyn's rival. He did eventually defeat her- so he's able to use the Champion trainer class, but he never actually used ... any of the benefits, as by that point he'd decided to become a stay at home dad.

If you find him in Dragonsbone City he can be battled twice, once with a drastically pared back team, and once more with the full team from his pre-family days.

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Iris's mother holds her at arms length before she leaves. Jocelyn has that look in her eyes that means she's in for more moralizing.

"Iris, daughter. You are all we have left now. Athena is no longer Champion, so my position is unstable. I can only rely on you."

Iris can see that her mother is scared. It shows in the creases of her brows, the worry in her grey eyes-

"We have to keep hold of whatever influence we can, and I hope you can see your way to speaking well of us here amongst your officially recognised peers."

Iris can hear it now. Her eye twitches in irritation.

"You must always remain perfect, daughter. They're always looking for signs of weakness, flaws in your countenance. You must never let them see you cry."

She doesn't even know who they are, and can hardly keep the irritation out of her voice when she speaks.

"Jocelyn. Mother. I'm going back to Unova. Text me when you feel better."