#95: Strava- This small Pokémon lives a few miles above the ground and hundreds are often seen circling tall mountains at or above the tree line. Its gill-like frills take in air, allowing Strava to fill its body with it and fly higher. It floats with the breeze, unable to control its own movements effectively. As Strava soars through the sky, it opens its mouth wide and filter feeds for small organic airborne particles. (Name from “stratus”, a type of cloud, and “larva”)
#96: Altolotl- Altolotl uses its long tail and webbed hands to propel itself through the air, not dissimilar to how many water-type Pokemon swim. Its sky-blue skin has no scales, fur, or feathers, instead being covered in a thick layer of slime. The color of this skin helps it camouflage, and Altolotl from different parts of Sakew have slightly different skin tones, matching the sky around them; Altolotl from smoggy cities even have gray skin. Though it is completely blind, Altolotl’s gill-like structures serve to detect changes in the surrounding air currents and to take in air. Altolotl live upwards of five miles above the earth’s surface. (Name from “altostratus”, a type of cloud, and “axolotl”)
#97: Cirrulm- Sometimes called the “serpent of the sky”, Cirrulm is a swift and huge Pokemon. Even when it passes by at blistering speeds, onlookers hear less than a faint whistle and feel nothing more than a soft, warm breeze. Colonies of Cirrulm live high up in the atmosphere and tend to be most concentrated near the line where the atmosphere gives way to space. This Pokemon can live thousands of years by maintaining a very low metabolism, but when it dies its tail breaks off and forms a new Cirrulm with all the qualities and memories of the old one. Legend has it that an ancient king of Sakew had such a strong bond with his Cirrulm that he, too, lived thousands of years. (Name from “cirrus”, a type of cloud, and “olm”)
