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!!! what kind of supernatural beings are there in your world??? id love to know more!!!!

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There are all sorts! Some are much more well known than others. First of all: mages. I wouldn’t say that they would count as ‘supernatural creatures’ since they’re essentially people with magic powers, but they do exist! Mages are a small portion of the population and their magic essentially deals with the soul. I’ll do a longer post on them next week since it would take up way too much space to discuss the magic system of this world in whole here.

Next up – well-known non-human species. There are two that everyone knows about and are well integrated into society. The most prominent would be dragonbloods. I would say maybe about 5% of the population are dragonblood? But don’t quote me on that, it’s not finalized yet haha. Dragonbloods are essentially what they sound like: humans with a touch of dragon blood in them. Their origin is kind of unknown and each clan has their own origin story ranging from being blessed by dragon gods to being descended from them. They look mostly human, but have pointed ears, small fangs, and vertical pupils. They have different internal workings from humans as well; they live longer (130-150 years is typical), have different immune systems, and are more resilient to the elements (aside from the cold, which they are sensitive to). Historically, they have typically been rulers and upper-class citizens, a trend that has continued to the modern day with many Champions being dragonbloods, including Lance Fusube, Wallace Lu, Cynthia Drakonova, and Iris Pendragon. Dragonbloods are considered a subspecies of humans but they don’t really like that. You can think of them as the ‘stuck up fantasy elves’ of this world haha.

And the last ‘well-known’ supernatural species would be the Malachim. These guys are full-on supernatural no where near human in any aspect. Their history is kind of interesting, essentially this race is a remnant of a millennia-old disagreement between two ancient brother-deities. The ancestors of the Malachim were a race created by these two gods and essentially served as aids/intermediaries for them – these gods were big back their day and had so many worshipers they needed helpers to communicate with everyone. Eventually, however, the two brothers had a fight that resulted in two factions – their messengers being split in loyalties between their two masters. The god that won banished his brother and all the messengers who sided with him to the mortal realm as punishment and from those exiled messengers the Malach race came to be. Somewhere between mortal and divine, the modern descendants of those original exiled messengers tend to live in nomadic tribes on the fringes of society, preferring not to interact with ‘mortals’. They are a mono-gender race, appearing physically similar to human males and reproduce asexually through magic (though they can reproduce the ‘traditional’ way with human females, the resulting children are creatively known as ‘half-malachim’). There are probably other species of semi-divine origin similar to them, but these guys are the only extensively known ones.

Of course, there are dozens and dozens of ‘unconfirmed’ beings. Supernatural folk who are only known through legends and scattered reports. They exist, I can confirm that, but to the average person of this AU, they’re closer to cryptids – beings that might be real but also might not. Think of any supernatural creature or being from any folklore around the world, chances are a similar being exists in secret in this world.

Mythology Monday Round One

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So, let’s try this out! Today’s the day I talk about mythology. Feel free to send asks about this stuff as well – it’s the day to do so. 

I guess I’ll start out this section with a general overview of sorts – sort of a sampler of what we’re working with here. As it says in the blog’s description, this is a ‘fantasy fusion AU’, which is a fancy term for ‘I am really just doing what I want and am also a huge mythology nerd.’ This world is the pokémon world, or a pokémon world, somewhere in between the games and the anime if they got thrown in the blender with a high fantasy novel and fast-forwarded to the modern era/near future. Magic exists and is documented and scientifically studied to a certain extent. Gods are real. Supernatural beings walk among humans – some well known and others hidden. Sometimes weird things happen and the only explanation is ‘probably some sort of magical anomaly’. In Kanto and Johto (collectively known as Honshu) people leave daily offerings at the shrines to their city’s deity, usually located at the local Gym, and don’t bat an eye when the gifts mysteriously vanish. Everyone at least knows someone who has met the local god – an aunt from Cerulean who was saved from drowning by a fisherwoman she swore could breath underwater; a cousin from Lavender who was gently led out of the Pokémon Tower after getting lost by an ethereal but kindly woman who seemed simultaneously young and old; a friend who went missing in the Viridian Forest for three weeks, only to come out perfectly healthy and having vague memories of a man in white or a woman in yellow. In Kalos, everyone simply knows to leave a bit of cream out at night for the Neighbors and to not follow strange music or lights in the forest. ‘If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you – most of the time.’ Sometimes you’ll wake to find a ring of Morelull and Shiinotic in your backyard or spy a group of Clefairy dancing around a standing stone under the full moon. Pokémon are generally safe, even those touched by they fey – it’s the figure dancing in the mushroom ring and perched at the top of the carved stone spire you need to be worried about.

This is a fantasy world, a blending of pokémon and urban fantasy, where traditions are sacred and superstition is more than a way to put oneself at ease. Remember to tread carefully, and listen to your pokémon when they seem agitated, they can often see more than you can.