Welcome to the Empiric Region

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hello love love pokemon and i love empires so just love this au !! ❤️

anyways, wanted to ask the professors if they knew anything about any mysterious legendary deer pokemon seen around rivendell 👀

Hello Ranger Lupine here! Recently in the forests that border Rivendell their have been supposed sightings of a legendary Pokémon like this! Problem is that no one has actually seen this Pokémon so we haven’t been able to get much of an idea on what it is or what it looks like. But we will and have been keeping our eyes out for anymore sightings!

-Ranger Lupine

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So is there stuff like mega evolutions in the empiric region? -☯️

It’s not currently planned but things are always changing behind the scenes so who knows!

~ Professor Maple

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This is Spinda… A Pokémon found in Mezalea… Exclusively…

Yeah no, we have no clue either.

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youve mentioned weird spinda before...

whats up with that im curious

That’s a very good question. You’ll find out soon enough

- O. Cycad

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Professor Wolfsbane here, I was wondering if Glotl can survive outside of water, also, any info on fossils found in your region?

If I remember correctly as long as a Glotl’s gills are kept moist they can absorb oxygen out of the air similar to wooper and mudkip.

Oh yes, the Empiric region actually has three fossil pokemon. As the region’s resident fossil expert I know quite a lot Ankylem, the lightning rod pokemon that likes hitting buttons is revived from the plate fossil.

Mosteryx, the tiny stare pokemon who likes to hide in leaves when it gets dark is revived from the sclerotic ring fossil 

Spectralay, the spook fae pokemon that’s cute and likes stealing cookies through my walls can be revived from the phalange fossil but it has recently been found in the wild very rarely

~ O. Cycad

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(Is it okay to write asks in character, because I absolutely adore this myself, and want to write a few asks "professor to professor" as it were)

In-character asks are perfectly ok and greatly appreciated. I'd love to compare notes with another professor.

-Prof Sequoia

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Finally Ranger Lupine, who is happy to help you on your quest! Just uh... don't set your expectations too high, okay?

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Vipiety looks like it would be a good snuggle pillow for sleeping

I can confirm Vipiety is a good 'mon for snuggling. Very warm like a heated blanket. Maple has one that likes to snooze around the lab and sometimes it looks so comfy that i have to just lay down next to it and take a nap. Next thing I know Wisteria's yelling cause I slept through a deadline and she had to rush one of my assignments. Not the greatest thing to find after a nap, kinda ruined the mood. Still, Vipiety is a 10/10 snuggle pokemon.

-Prof Sequoia

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Is Cycad’s name signed with unknowns?

Oh shoot. Y’know sometimes someone hangs around ruins and fossils too much that one doesn’t remember what the Phoenician alphabet looks like.

- O. Cycad

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The local archeologist Cycad, who is not a doctor, no matter what the professors may tell you.

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And Sequoia, the grass-starter professor, to round out the trio. Keep an eye out for her, she uh... needs it.

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who are the professors based on?

All the professors are based on the admins of the blog. There's currently 5 of us.

-Prof Sequoia

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Oh! Almost forgot, us 3 professors are located at Mangrovia Labs while Ranger Lupine lives near Rivendell and Fossil Expert Cycad lives in Mezalea. We’re scattered everywhere

- Prof Sequoia

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who are the professors based on?

All the professors are based on the admins of the blog. There's currently 5 of us.

-Prof Sequoia

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The water-starter professor Wisteria, the only professor who does her job. Pray for her and her ever-increasing workload.

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Meet Maple, the fire-starter professor. Just as fiery as the pokémon she gives you.

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What made you choose the empires you did for the starters? Like, why The Undergrove over Gilded Helanthia or The Overgrown?

(This isn’t to judge your choices, I love them, I just want more insight into the creative process)

Before any of the starters were made each Empires character was assigned a pokemon type, as each of them is going to be a gym leader. We wanted the starters to match whoever also ended up with that type so that, for example, Pearl didn’t end up with a fungal pokemon.

As everyone assumed, Lizzie was assigned water-type. I don’t think anyone was going to argue anything differently.

Joey was given fire-type for various reasons; the fire temple, overall color scheme, and his relationship with Xornoth being the main influence. It was also the last one we assigned so there were only a few we could chose from.

And Shrub got grass-type. We knew from the beginning that Katherine was going to get the fairy-typing because while she is a plant lady, it was the typing that fit both her aesthetic and story best. Pearl actually got given fighting-type. Shrub got grass-type because of how important her relationship to plants are in her story (we also had many ideas about the starter already).

And then we made the starters from there!

~ Professor Maple

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hi I noticed that for each of the starters the shiny form could be associated with one of the rulers while the regular form could be a different one. ex: pyrattle= mezala and lost empire, hypup= nature wives. so it got me wondering if all of the rulers have/had one of the starters and if so are they split evenly?

Hello Anon!

The shinies for the starters don't represent any other empire. The starters only have the influence of their respective empires.

The Glotl line mostly consists of bright colors that stand out.

The Hypup line goes from a birch type of wood in it's 1st and 3rd stages.

The Pyrattle line stays consistent with it's influence of the quetzal bird.

And to answer your question, no. It unfortunately would not be split evenly.

-Prof. Wisteria