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Ancient Legends |
| Culture | Pokemon |
| Pokemon have existed on Terra since the ages gone by of humanities most ancient and lost civilizations, and even further back beyond that point. It is difficult then, to understate the effects that these creatures have had on the development of mankind's ideologies, their cultures, and their beliefs. The Church of Arceas, the Cult of VV, and the myth of the Eternal Master are all more modern examples of this influence, but the evidence of the intersection between human belief and the existence of Pokemon extends far further back. To many of these ancient cultures, Rare and powerful Pokemon could very easily be seen as gods and other deities. In fact, even to this day there still exist Pokemon whose existence and capabilities are so rare and poorly understood that some people still proclaim them to be divinity. And truthfully, there does exist a gap between humans and the powers of even some of the more common species of Pokemon. Equally, there exists another gap between those Pokemon whose abilities dwarf even that of the most powerful of Human inventions, and those rare and ancient Pokemon whose existences are writ into human legends. It is not the position of this Codex to definitively upon the Divinity of these Legendary beasts, for that would require comparing these Pokemon against a codified definition of Divinity, an act that this writer does not have the authority to do. |
The Church of Arceus |
| Nominally considered the Primary Religion of Human Space, the church of Arceus is among the three oldest religions to have survived into modern times, and originated in the Sinnoh Region. According to the Book of Shards, the holy book of the Church of Arceus - In the beginning, there was naught but the churning of Chaos Upon the Heart, when all came and all returned rose a Egg Tumbled Down from the Darkness of Chaos, the Egg gave Rise to the Original One Thus from itself the Original One did thrice make its son The First borne Son looked upon the Chaos, in which nothing began and nothing ended. This Displeased the Eldest, who Roared in grief A Grief so powerful that event became ordered, the Past lead to the Present which leads to the Future The Second Borne Son looked upon the Chaos, in which all was folded upon itself evermore. This Displeased the Second Born, who Rent the Chaos in rage. A Rage so mighty that that which is near stayed close, and that which was far stayed away. It was thus that the Youngest So looked upon the creations of it's brothers, and despaired. For while Time flowed forward unto the future, and space expanded unto infinity, that which was chaos was no more. In sorrow the Youngest lashed out at its siblings, Forcing itself upon its siblings creations. The Original One saw the actions of the Youngest, and while it understood its youngest sons sorrow, it could not allow fighting between the three, for upon forcing itself upon the creations of the Eldest and Second Borne, it gave rise to that which was inherently antithetical to the Sibling's creation Thus, with a heavy heart, the Original One used it's thousand arms to separate the brothers, placing each within a realm of their own, from which the shadows of their power could be seen upon that which was once chaos. That is how the Creation Myth ends, with the holy text from there transitioning into a series of Psalms venerating each of the four primary Deities of the Relgion. Arceus, known as the Original One, from which all that exists comesDialga, known as the Eldest Son, who the book states created time Palkia, known as the Second Borne, who the book states created space and Giratina, known as the Youngest Son, who the book states created that which cannot exist in the world, or as modern believers say, antimatter Now, according to the Church, the Book of Shards was written by Arceus itself, the writings having been unearthed on impossibly ancient plates that were scattered across the Sinnoh Region, before being collected and translated by ancient scholars. | 
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The Cult of VV |
| The Cult of VV is a relatively modern religious order, whose existence can only be tracked back roughly three hundred years, and whom deify the relatively common Pokemon known as Eevee. Unfortunately, the Cult of VV is a Mystery Cult, whose practices and decrees are nearly completely unknown. While not proof in and of itself, there have been a number of mysterious incidents involving those who were looking into the Cult, many of whom either disappeared, joined the cult and cut off all ties with previous connections, or died. What little is known, is that the Cult believes that the Pokemon Eevee is very important to discovering the nature of Types, and how Pokemon Moves work. There have even been rare reportings of individuals with connections to the Cult appearing to have the ability to use Pokemon moves, however these reports have not been authenticated. | 
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Naturally, at the very least they make for good images for a codex or two.
So I did some looking and found these Pokemon Space Ship designs, now some are a bit silly but I figured that I'd post them here for everyone to see and our lovely GM to possibly use as a base for human warships.
Well to be fair it's not like every ship a race makes has to follow the same Aesthetic design, I can imagine that there are those who like to change things up a bit even if the underlying ship is the same.
That looks like a mega stone?
And thats a Z-Crystal for a specific species(generic type crystals are single diamonds), but since it doesn't match any of the existing ones I guess its for the Gardevoir line as well.
