"Every Federation-affiliated organization, from HAPPI to the Expedition Society, carries Dragonite’s Wings as part of their logos, and as well in the design of their badges. Carrying their legacy, it is to remind its members they are to strive to be the driving force of good and justice in the world in everything they do."
Happy Mystery Dungeon Day! I've been working on this little thing ever since Mega Dragonite was revealed. The first thought when I looked at this design was, "hang on maybe there's some lore I can make from this!
There's a full extended blurb in the Read More, I'd love for you to give it a read!
"Before Explorers, before Rescuers, even before the founding of the Federation, the current longest standing institution in the world… There is a famous legend that has been passed through generations of a Dragonite who was kind, brave, and powerful. Every retelling has the same central theme, whenever someone was in need, they were the one who answered the call, exhibiting their selfless and noble nature. It is no surprise that it has become a beloved children’s story, as well. Such a Pokémon told in such legends is regarded with a myriad of titles such as the Winged Guardian, the Unyielding Smile, and the Soaring Dragon of Swift Unrelenting Mercy.
"Some versions of the story say that they were a wandering nomad. Others say they were the leader of a team, though which Pokemon they were companions with are inconsistent and varies wildly depending on who tells the legend. One new version has gained popularity in recent years, claiming they appeared shortly after the time after Mew and the human’s ancient war with Dark Matter, in which the both of them would disappear into the future to the time of its return. The world they left behind was ravaged by the damage of such a conflict, and it is said that this Dragonite’s actions helped repair the wounds, from something as simple as the delivery of supplies, to the most essential as the stopping of opportunistic outlaws from gaining power. Even after a near world-ending event, Pokemon willing to break laws and harm others still existed in a time of a newly gained peace.
"Another version of the story purports that they pioneered the techniques and methods used for traversing mystery dungeons. It claims that they were the first to compile a comprehensive record of the vast variety of items and their effects that appear in such labyrinths, alongside developing strategies on how to use them as the situation demanded. The item lexicons of today have only changed and updated with the times, as such is the ever changing nature of this world. Such knowledge has become so ubiquitous and useful to even the Pokemon most averse to adventuring that it has become taught in schools alongside training dungeons as a required part of the curriculum.
"What makes this a legend is that in all accounts, the Dragonite was described to have massive wings on their head in lieu of their antennae, additional feathers on their arms and legs, and a singular pearl on their tail, somewhat harkening to its pre-evolved stage, Dragonair. It would be easy to assume that they were a Mega Evolution form of the species. Unfortunately, records dating even back to over two centuries ago, in the Late Age of Rescuers in the Air Continent, have shown no such form of a Dragonite existing. The idea that this Dragonite was an in-between transition between the modern Dragonite and Dragonair are considered moot as well for the same reasons. A Dragonite’s consumption of an Empowerment Seed in that era or the use of an Awakening Emera in today’s time show no Mega Evolution form, only presenting the Awakened state with no changes even slightly resembling the winged dragon’s form. A recent effort has been made to confirm their existence by pursuing information from the Celebi of Time Travel Lake living in the Air Continent, the land of origin of the Federation. But such efforts have failed due to the Celebi’s adherence to Temporal Non-Interference, where information concerning worldly matters should not be discussed unless essential and dire.
"Whether such an existence of this Dragonite’s form is true or not, the legend is so famous that it has deep-rooted ties in Pokemon culture in the present. This Dragonite of legend embodied virtues that are believed to be so influential that it would be felt when the Federation was founded, signed into its very Charter. Every Federation-affiliated organization, from HAPPI to the Expedition Society, carries Dragonite’s Wings as part of their logos, and as well in the design of their badges. Carrying their legacy, it is to remind its members they are to strive to be the driving force of good and justice in the world in everything they do. Even if they have goals such as mapping the world, or helping adventurers prosper, they do so in the aim for the benefit of all others. It also reminds the Pokemon they aid that there is always someone willing to help them when they need it, and they need not be afraid of asking for it.”
-- An excerpt from A Comprehensive History of the Pokemon World Federation
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