Many centuries ago the legendary pokemon of the world were not as they are today. No, long ago the great beings of the pokemon world lived side by side with mankind, unafraid and trusting of their intentions. Things were simpler back then. There were no evil machines out to catch pokemon and contain them for evil uses, no mechanisms to extract the power of the legendaries, only trust and companionship: the ideal.

In the land of Urael there lived a princess in a great castle. Her parents had left her in charge of her future kingdom so they could travel the world gaining knowledge of their fellow kings and queens of the lands. The princess held no fear for her parents' absence, for she had by her side a legendary companion who would protect her at all costs. As if that wasn't enough, her younger siblings were all about the castle and the royal guard wouldn't have let a joltik slip past them. The princess felt safe. For weeks she went about her duties, knowing full well what was expected of her. With the help of the legendaries that called the castle their home, the kingdom was peaceful and well sustained. All was well... or so it seemed.

One morning the princess saw through her window, a dark shadow seeping over the edge of the horizon. Though far in the distance and hardly noticeable at all, a terrible chill crept down her spine. She summoned a meeting with her brothers and sisters and the kingsguard. This shadow was an ominous sign, they all agreed, and while the king and queen were absent, it was the duty of the princess and those around her to find out the source of darkness and stop it, if need be.



Welcome Lovelies :)

+The Rundown+
We live in a time before pokeballs, before team rocket/plasma/magma/anything else, before pokedexes, before the legendaries became the elusive pokemon we all love to hunt down and catch. Instead, the legendaries help rule the lands with the kings and queens. I will be playing the role of the princess, Zokura. There will be the following slots available:
Siblings (Royal Family)
1.
2.
3.
Kings' Guard
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Now, the siblings are all younger than Zokura, even if by 10 months (busy queen eh?) Don't worry though, Zokura is 26 so we won't be playing children. The siblings may each choose a legendary from the list to have as their "companion" and the kings' guard will choose from a different list. If you really want one that's not on the lists, PM me. The guards are all well trained in whatever talent you choose, be it battling, stealth, stradegy, healing. Just choose one :) The siblings and Zokura will have their own talents of course, be they acrobats, scholars, alchemists, etc (being royalty they were raised to flourish in their talents.) We're going to start off by going out to investigate the dark shadow on the horizon. And that's how the adventure will begin :)

Pokemon "catching":
We won't be "catching" any pokemon, no. Things are much more chivalrous back in these days. You'll battle a pokemon and it will vow its loyalty to you until it has paid its debt or you offer it its leave. Your only permanent pokemon will be your legendary which will have sworn an oath to serve the land by serving you. No pokeballs, no pokedexes, no "sprays" for healing. It'll be a fun time.

List of Legendaries:

Royal Family:
-Suicune (Zokura's companion)
-Raiku
-Entei
-Shaymin
-Latios
-Latias
-Celebi
-Cresselia
-Manaphy

Kings' Guard:
-Articuno
-Moltres
-Zapdos
-Deoxys
-Uxie
-Mespirit
-Azelf
-Jirachi
-Registeel
-Regice
-Regirock
-Phione

The Following Legendaries are not available as they are "Higher Legendaries" and do not have time to stand at the side of a single person to fulfill their duties but might help us along the way:
-Arceus (Self explanatory)
-Ho-oh
-Lugia
-Regigigas
-Palkia
-Dialga
-Giratina
-Mew (Mew is like the castle pet. It's always showing up and doing awesome little things or good deeds then running off to help the townsfolk.)
-Groudon
-Kyogre
-Rayquazza (These three aren't available because the three birds/hounds are: someone needs to watch over the elements.)
-Heatran
-Zygarde
-Yveltal
-Xerneas

Seems interesting. Looking forward to seeing what Pokemon are available for the guards.

I would love to join this as one of the royal siblings. One of the brothers. I was thinking maybe he had one of the legendary dogs. Like Entei or whatever.

I'm Just working on which ones to offer ^.^ Shouldn't be too too long now :)

Didn't expect the guards to get legendaries too ^_^ is it possible for a guard to have a companion that isn't a legendary, namely Haxorus?

If not, I'll call out dibs on Registeel :)

EDIT: And Mewtwo would be out of the question to boot, right? Given he technically wouldn't even exist yet?

Lol yes. That's right. He wouldnt XD A world without mewtwo... I didn't even think of that. But yes, no mewtwo. And you know what? I'd consider allowing pseudo legendaries for the guards. The way it works is that the legendaries see great rulers of man and dedicate themselves to the cause of those rulers if they agree with it. Just because a legendary offers its service to you, doesn't mean you have to have accepted. The royal family of course is expected to have a legendary companion as a sign of peace between man and pokemon. But yes, the legendaries are available to the royal guard as well as they see their great service to their leaders and have respect for their chivalry :)

Psuedo legendaries can include:
Haxorus (Just for you)
Dragonite
Salamance
Hydreigon
Tyranitar
Metagross
Eelektross
Garchomp

Feel free to inquire about any others

I'll get started on a guard immediately. dat Hydreigon Haxorus tho.
(would normally go Hydreigon, but today feels like a Haxorus day)

Lol fair enough ^~^ we might want to wait for more interest before diving into CS's though lol. To make sure this lifts off. So. Let your friends know! :3

So as I said. Dibs on Entei Royal family! I have lways loved Entei.

Lol sounds god. Hopefully we can get at least 2 or 3 more people

Interested in this, either as a guard or a member of the royal family.
What about the Kalos pokemon and legendaries? I'd be interested in playing as a falconer, and the most fitting pokemon for that is Talonflame.

Ooh, I can't believe I forgot kalos. Hmm, I'm not sure if Yveltal, Zygarde, or Xerneas would be considered companions. I think they'd be more Higher legendary seeing as they control such major elements, much like the D/P trio.

It for the guard position id be fine with you having a kalos pokemon :) I'd hope you'd chose a pseudo legendary as the guard is the elite force of the king, expected to keep the company of legends or mear legends ^~^

...seems like a cool idea. But damn, all the legendaries I like can't be used xP
Meh. Suppose I'll go with Celebi or Latias.

Also, would we have more than one pokemon? Or just that one? I can understand, for legendaries if we would just have one. Maybe for Pseudo, two?
just my thoughts anyways.

Carcosa's Talonflame is in the top percentage of Talonflame.
Youngster Joey helped breed it.

EDIT: Seems you've gotten the two more you wanted :)

It would appear so :) well, as long as youngster Joey had a hand in the breeding, it's practically a pseudo.

The way I went about choosing legendaries for the higher legendary list are the ides that would be keeping the balances of nature in line and frankly don't have to time to dapple in the day to day lives of humans. I think the ones I put up for choices are fair and don't allow a huge imbalance in fairness due to size or abilities.

Also, id possibly consider more than one pokemon, but if you choose to do multiple others, then you cannot have a legendary. And I'd want them to make sense, no random team building. And no more than 2 pseudos or three classic. Again, PM me on these and we'll talk about it. This is supposed to be a royal group of folk who were offered service by the most powerful pokemon available to help them in their keeping on the peace of man, not a journey through kanto ;)

I'll get an OOC going

Link to OOC, Ignore my terrible formatting. Apparently none of my coding is working...
http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/29961/posts/ooc?page=1

Oooh! This is amazing!!! xD
I would love to join as a sibling if there are any spots left!!

There is one sibling spot left :) feel free to head on over to the OOC and say hello :)