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Puppets of Orsus, Chapter 1, One final Journey

David took the last few steps up the hill and looked around. The view was breathtaking. Before him stretched the vast expanses of Orsus. To his right he could make up the distant shape of one of the great labyrinths, known as the Tower of Temperance. It was one of five Labyrinths in this region and legends said that if one should conquer them all they would be rewarded with they hearts most strong desire.

David knew that these Labyrinths originally came from different regions from all over the word and that they had been moved here by the Prince of Space Asterios. The people that had once called these structures part of their home had followed them her, but apparently their original names had been lost even to them. Now they were only called the labyrinths.

David looked on ahead. In the far distance he could make out the snow covered peaks of Orsus only mountain range. The new settlers called them the peaks of Valor, but David liked the name the name the natives had given them more. Translated it to his language it meant Giant Hills of vibrant Fire, as under the right conditions the peaks would shine under the sun like flames of a thousand colors.

Of course the beauty of the land was not the reason he had undertaken the long journey from his home in Hoenn. He had come here to search for greater challenges and new experiences, but most importantly he had come for Pandora. He reached for her Pokeball and looked at it absentmindedly. 18 years he thought, it had been 18 years since he had first created her. What a journey it had been.

He remembered the day as if it happened only weeks ago. He had just turned 14 and at this point had been trying to learn Soul-Smithing for about four years, but that day he had finally succeeded. The feeling when she took her first breath was indescribable, knowing that he had just given live to a crafted puppet by infusing it with part of his own soul.

David returned to the present and now looked at the ball directly, taking in the details. Every scuff and dent it had collected over the years, the faded color of the rim. It was a simple premier ball, nothing fancy, but still somewhat special. Similar to what he wanted to achieve by becoming a Soul-Smith. Nothing fancy like world renowned Pokemon Champion, or big Corporate Leader, but special in a way these other two weren’t.

He held up the ball. “Well Pandora,” he said, more to himself, “ready for the final part of this journey? It’s about time I completed you huh girl?” He smiled slightly, since the day he had first forged her, he had changed her vessel several times, even changing the Pokemon line she was modeled after, but some part of the process was still eluding him and he knew as long as he didn’t figure that one out he wouldn’t be able to create his masterpiece and Pandora would be bound to him.

He took a deep breath, this was the last step on his journey as a Soul-Smith. Once it was done he had promised himself that he would return home and take up a position in the company. It was about time he settled down and Devon Corp. also still needed an heir. It didn’t look like Steven was about to pick up that mantle anytime soon. And to be honest, after the last almost two decades of adventure, he was looking forward to a more domestic live.

David contemplated letting Pandora out of her ball for a second, but she had told him she wanted to rest and there was really no need to disturb her slumber right now. So he put the ball back on his belt and started hiking deeper into Orsus’s territory.

The landscape changed little compared to what he was used to from home and David started to understand why Orsus was often called inhospitable by many. To him the simplicity had something tranquil about it, but maybe he would change his mind once the weather got warmer, it was still only early spring after all. Orsus probably got pretty hot in the summer.

The land was rather empty too, he didn’t see many signs of human settlement, nor where there many wild Pokemon. He looked around a suddenly noticed a larger group in the distance. They looked like thy where pretty close together and so he decided to check it out. As he got closer he could see the group was made up of mostly ground and rock types with a few fires in between, but there was also another Pokemon in the middle.

Then he realized that the group was attacking the Mon in the middle, they had completely surrounded it and a big Coalossal, likely the leader, in the middle was pinning it down. David didn’t think long, but grabbed his Pokeballs and rushed in to help.

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Welcome back! And don't worried, but I changed the last page to chapter zero, so now this is the first page of Ch.1.

Also I raised Davids age to be 32, because my sister completly overhauled his design and I just thought it fits better now.

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The Ancient Region of Orsus has been the stage of many a Hero’s journey and many trainers before have struggled through loss and celebrated success.

And now a group of young Pokemon a Trainer at the start of their adventure and a veteran looking for a new challenge all are primed to start their journey through this Region. But only some will succeed while others will have to face loss and hard ship. What will they find at the end of the road and will it all have been worth it?

And while all this is happening, dark forces are gathering in Orsus and their goals are more then sinister.

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The Cover is done!!

I'm so happy right now :D

Also the two humans on this Cover where drawn by my sister, (yes the same sister that drew both Dune and Seraphore over on the main blog) so I want to thank her for that.

Now she does have her own blog, but I don't think she post on there like at all. Still here it is: @akumazockt.

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Puppets of Orsus, Ch. 0, Good stories often start in tragedy

Orsus had always been a wild land. Though not to many things called this stretch of Land their home. It is unknown to this day whether the ancient Toa Empire, or the mysterious Orochi people had any lasting connection to Pokemon. The native tribes, like the Wairua, had usually kept their distance before the immigrant caravans arrived from the lands beyond.

These people had come in search of their lost heritage that the mythical Asterios had taken to create the labyrinths. And thus unlike in other places, where the colonists had been power hungry expansionists looking for treasure to bring back home, the immigrants that arrived in Orsus were pilgrims looking for a lost home. And they were content to let the natives keep theirs as long as they found it.

The immigrants did however bring their Pokemon and alongside them their attitude towards these strange and powerful beings. Maybe it were the Pokemon that kept the more power hungry colonists away from Orsus, or maybe it was the fact that besides the Labyrinths, this region didn’t offer much in natural resources, or treasure.

Though at some point in the past some of the immigrants had released some of their Pokemon into the wild of Orsus and despite not being native here and the land being not that hospitable they took hold. Today these Pokemon had formed a bunch of Packs and Herds all across Orsus and one of them, a pack of mostly Eevee and Ninetales lines, mixed with a few regional Mightyena, was home to a young Eevee.

The Eevee stood upon a hill and looked of into the distance. There between the hills was a small settlement of humans and sometimes these strange creatures came out here to try and capture some of the pack members in these strange spheres they had. The Eevee wondered what these things where and what drove the humans to do their strange actions.

An old Arcenine had once told her that humans caught Pokemon to take them along on their journeys. He had told her that humans enjoyed making them battle, but that they were also masters of strategy and that any mon who wanted to get truly strong should count themselves lucky if a human chose them. The Eevee often wondered about that, what would it like to be chosen.

As the Eevee was still caught up in it’s dreams it heard a rustling from the grass. It looked over to see a pride of Pyroar sneaking up on them. The Eevees blood froze and it hurried back down the hill to warn the others. But alas it was to late and as the Eevee reached the bottom of the hill, a fight had already broken out.

The Pyroar had taken the pack by surprise and many had been killed before the fight even began. The Eevee rushed in between the fighters in search for their family. There was movement all around, but suddenly they spied a couple of Pokemon laying motionless on the ground. It stepped closer hesitantly, “Mom, dad?” the little voice called out.

The Eevee shouldn’t get an answer and as it stood horrified atop of the bodies that had once been it’s family, it’s grieving was cut short by a Pyroar attacking out of left field. The Eevee managed to dodge, but a sharp pain shot through its left front leg. As it looked down, there was no leg to be seen and blood seeped out of an open wound.

The Eevee couldn’t move. That Pyroar had just shattered it’s barrier in one hit and then managed to get hold of the Eevees leg in one motion. The Eevee hadn’t even noticed the first hit only when the pain started did their brain catch up with the situation. The Eevee saw that the Pyroar had a leg between it’s jaws, but its brain refused to acknowledge that it was theirs.

The Eevee wobbled backwards, ‘to much blood loss’ it thought. The Pyroar pounced towards it and the Eevee tried to dive out of the way. Instead a wave of heat shot it’s direction and an intense pain flared up on the left side of it’s face. The Eevee collapsed and as the Pyroar loomed over it, it only wished that it may be over quick.

But it shouldn’t see what would happen next, as it lost consciousness from the wounds it had received and drifted of into a world of pain and darkness.

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Not trying to say this is a good story, (that's for you to decide;) ) but think about it. How many stories do you know where they start with things going pretty badly for the characters.

Also sorry for just dissapearing on you. I wanted to do the cover next, but I had art block and couldn't finish it. So I decided to just start writing instead and maybe then the inspiration will come back to me.

Well hope you liked this page and,

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Hoopa (chained)

Hey guys, I'm having a bit of an art block so I didn't manage to finish the Cover for Puppets of Orsus like I had planned to. So instead I made a propper Pokedex entry for Hoopa Chained.

Species: Punished Pokémon Type: Psychic, Steel Height: 0,8m (2'07") Weight: 39 kg (86.0 lbs) Ability: 1. Chains of Hubris

Gender Ratio: genderless Egg Groups: Undiscovered Cycles: 120 (30,584–30,840 steps)

EV yield: 3 Sp. Def. Catch Rate: 3 (0.4% with PokéBall, full HP) Base Friendship: 0 Base Exp.: 300 Growth rate: Slow

Body Type: Head and Arms Footprint: Pokédex entry: The chains on this Pokemons body bind it to this world, preventing its usual tricks and shenanigans. However they also seem to have given it the Steel typing.

Hoopa (chained) is a seperate Pokemon from Normal Hoopa, It can't change into either its confined, nor its unbound from.

Base Stats HP: - 100 Attack: - 60 Defense: - 110 Sp.Atk: - 130 Sp.Def: - 150 Speed: - 20 Total: 570

Damaged normally by: Water 1×, Electric 1×, Fighting 1×, Bug 1× Weak to: Fire 2×, Ground 2×, Ghost 2×, Dark 2× Immune to: Poison 2× Resistant to: Normal 1/2×, Grass 1/2×, Ice 1/2×, Flying 1/2×, Psychic 1/4×, Rock 1/2×, Dragon 1/2×, Steel 1/2×, Fairy 1/2×

Move Set

By Level:

1 – Ally Switch 1 – Confusion 1 – Destiny Bond 6 – Astonish 10 – Trick 15 – Light Screen 19 – Psybeam 25 – Skill Swap 35 – Curse 46 – Iron Head 50 – Trick Room 50 – Wonder Room 55 – Shadow Ball 68 – Nasty Plot 75 – Psychic 85 – Hyperspace Chain

by TM:

01 - Take Down 06 - Scary Face 07 - Protect 16 - Psybeam 18 - Thief 25 - Facade 32 - Swift 36 - Rock Tomb 43 - Fling 47 - Endure 49 - Sunny Day 50 - Rain Dance 51 - Sandstorm 54 - Psyshock 58 - Brick Break 59 - Zen Headbutt 62 - Foul Play 67 - Fire Punch 68 - Thunder Punch 69 - Ice Punch 70 - Sleep Talk 73 - Drain Punch 74 - Reflect 75 - Light Screen 81 - Grass Knot 82 - Thunder Wave 85 - Rest 87 - Taunt 94 - Dark Pulse 98 - Skill Swap 102 - Gunk Shot 103 - Substitute 109 - Trick 114 - Shadow Ball 119 - Energy Ball 120 - Psychic 126 - Thunderbolt 129 - Calm Mind 138 - Psychic Terrain 140 - Nasty Plot 152 - Giga Impact 158 - Focus Blast 161 - Trick Room 163 - Hyper Beam 171 - Tera Blast 178 - Gravity 181 - Knock Off 192 - Focus Punch 199 - Lash Out 203 - Psych Up 217 - Future Sight 218 - Expanding Force 219 - Skitter Smack 221 - Throat Chop 228 - Psychic Noise

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Hyperspace Chain (Move)

An extra dimensional Chain extends from the user to tangle up the target. It can hit Pokemon in other dimensions dragging them back to this world.

Type: Steel Category: Special PP: 10 (max. 16) Power: 90 Accuracy: -

Doesn’t make contact

Affected by Protect

Not affected by Magic Coat

Not affected by Snatch

Not affected by Mirror Move

Affected by King’s Rock

Target: A single adjacent Pokémon.

Effect: The target is hit with a chain of spacial energy. This deals damage and entangles the target dropping their evasion by two stages.

This move can hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of Phantom Force and Shadow Force, and if it does, it also cancels the move for the target.

This move uses the users Special Defense Stat to calculate it’s damage over special attack.

Pokémon that learn this Move:

Hoopa (Chained)

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Chains of Hubris (Ability)

Chains crafted from the essence of Space itself bind this Pokemon to this plane of existence.

While a Pokemon with this ability is on the battlefield, this ability blocks all attempts of switching out using a move, an ability, or Item. This includes moves like Dragon Tail, abilities like Wimp out and items like Eject button. This also effects the ability bearer.

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Puppets of Orsus, the Prolouge, Part 2: Noah

It isn’t clear who the first people in Orsus were. Maybe it was the ancient Toa people, who’s empire is said to have existed for centuries before they one day just disappeared. Or perhaps it was the mysterious Orochi Tribe, who are only known because of huge ancient Idols of some snake god they seemed to have worshiped.

But one thing that is clear is that the Wairua Tribe of the central planes were among the very first to call Orsus their home. And even more so, it is known that the first ever Soul smiths came from this old lineage. In fact the mysterious Creator of Magearna, often credited as the first Soul-Puppet, was a descendant of these People, even though he lived in Alola at the time.

He had been invited by the King of Alola and created his master piece as a gift for the Rulers youngest daughter. The King was quiet impressed by this feed and bestowed upon the him the title of Soul smith. And many have since tried to replicate his astonishing feed.

However there is one big difference between Magearna and all later Soul-Puppets and that is that Magearnas Soul heart was made with the live force of other Pokemon while all other Soul-hearts are made of the Soul-Smiths life force alone. In fact the original method is all but impossible to recreate today and some believe that the gods themselves had interfered to prevent another Magearna from being made.

Despite all this the Wairua People are still important to the region of Orsus and in recent years they’ve even been made responsible for distributing the Starters to new trainers in the region.

The man stood over his forge and steadily worked the material. The fires heat sweltered forth from the fire pits and pearls of sweat shone on the mans forehead. Usually this type of smithing wasn’t involved when creating a Soul-Puppet, but the man had always found himself drawn to Iron as the Material of choice for his creation. Naturally his Puppet was a Steel-type as well.

The heat of the fire drove his motivation, the sparks from the metal being worked, serving as the spark that allowed him to channel his soul into his work ultimately creating the Soul-heart and breathing live into the body he had made. Then again he was not just a Soul-Smith, but a blacksmith as well and he took pride in his work.

He put down the hammer, it was time to work the bellows again, the Iron had cooled to much. He heard the door to his forge slowly open, but he didn’t turn. He could guess who his guest was and so he didn’t worry, he continued to work the bellows to stir up the heat. He heard something falling down behind him. He smiled, his guess had been correct.

Without turning he addressed the visitor. “If you want to watch me work from the table, you could just ask me to lift you.” he stated. Something else fell. He stopped his work and turned to witness a child trying to climb a table next to his anvil. They weren’t very good at climbing however and constantly knocked stuff down. The man chuckled.

He went over and picked up the child and placed them gently on the Table. “Oh Noah,” he smiled, “you should ask for help more often. There is no shame in not being able to do something on your own.” The child looked away, “But the boys from the city said a man shouldn’t need help, it makes them weak.” The man shrugged, “And do you believe them.”

He didn’t like the city folks, they had this habit of forcing gender roles on their children from birth. Such a weird thing to do, in the Wairua Tribe one wasn’t assigned their gender until their coming of age ceremony, but that was after they at least reached 18 years old. Noah was far to young to be forced into a specific role and even among those of age there were plenty of people who never settled.

He put one of his big hands on the chills shoulder. “Noah, please remember, there is no weakness in asking for help, weather you see yourself as a man, a woman, or something else entirely. Humans have always formed groups and relied on each other in the face of Pokemon with overwhelming powers and to deny that is denying our heritage as people.”

The child looked skeptical, “But one day I’ll strike out on my own journey, aren’t I alone then?” The man chuckled, “And what about your Pokemon, wont they be with you?” “I guess.” the child replied. The man continued, “We’ve always been strongest together, whether with other people or alongside Pokemon. Only those that strife to put themselves above others deny this.”

He gave the child a hug, “Now do you want to watch me work? Because I my Iron is cooling down again.” The child nodded enthusiastically and so the man turned and went back to work.

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There are billions and people and billions of experiences, to try to force all of that into two categories is just plain weird.

Yay, I'm back. And with more wisdom, how nice is that. Anyways I hope I'll get more consistant with updates again, but we'll see.

Anyways, with this the prolouge is over and we'll move on to chapter 1 after I made the Cover that is.

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Puppets of Orsus, Prolouge, Part 1: David

What is a soul? Does it even exist? And if so what does it do? These questions have probably moved thinking being for as long as they’ve been around. Across multiple dimensions and in entirely different Universes. Many found their own answers, but perhaps non came as close to the truth as the Soul-Smiths. It’s in their name after all.

If you ask a Soul Smith about their work, they will tell you they will tell you that they draw out part of their soul and forge it with the infinity Energy all around into a new artificial soul to then create a Soul Puppet. Some have asked how the Soul Smith knows that it’s actually a soul their forging, but they’re usually met with the same answer, ‘What else could it be?’ And to that most don’t have an answer.

And the Smiths are right. What else Could it even be. It comes from the body, but it’s not a biological part of it. It can really be measured or contained and it has the power to give inanimate things live. What would you call that if not a soul. And only the Soul Smiths know how to safely extract it, so that it doesn’t just immediately vanish into the ether.

But not just anyone can be a Soul-Smith, only few are born with the talent and even fewer reach the heights where they can create a master piece close to the first soul Puppet, Magearna. But despite this many try and who can say, maybe you will be the next Master smith even though you don’t seem to have any talent. But for now, we will instead observe the journey of two other Soul-Smiths who do have the talent and are already well on their way towards mastery.

Even if one might not have that noticed yet.

A young boy stands in the basement of his fathers workshop. He’s carefully studying a book right in front of him. He barely hears the voice calling out to him from the distance. “David!?” the voice shouts again. The boy looks up, “What is it, Mum?!” he shout back. A woman appears on the stair case. “There you are,” she says softly, “here to give it another try?”

David nods, “I’ve read the book again, to make sure, but I think I get it now. It’s all about this spark. I just have to believe!” he’s exited, after so may months of trying, he might finally succeed. His mom smiles, “Well, I wish you all the luck in the world.” she gently touches his cheek, “Just promise me to be careful and don’t try more then once. You know the stories.”

David nods, of course he knew. A soul smith uses part of their own soul for the forging process, if they overdo it can kill them and has done so in the past. But he couldn’t help it, ever since he found out he had the talent, it was all that occupied his mind. He would succeed and become one of the greatest Soul Smiths known to date. Maybe he could even surpass the first.

It wasn’t like David needed to worry about his legacy. He was already an excellent Trainer and as an heir to the huge and powerful Devon corp. his live path was set up for greatness. He was smart enough to outdo his father in the field of science and good enough at battling to one day supplant his older brother as the reining champion of Hoenn.

But this was different. He could become a greater scientist than his dad, or a greater trainer than his brother, but that would still just make him one of the great talents of the Stone family. But this skill, it was his own. There had never before been a Soul-Smith in the family, he’d be the first and that thought motivated him more than any badge, could.

He turned back to the table, but now he put the book aside. Enough reading, it was time to put what he learned into practice.

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We can learn a lot from books, but mastery comes not from knowledge but experience.

And with that, Puppets of Orsus begins. I hope you'll enjoy this story, as I wanted to write it for some time now.

Can you belive I had this Idea in my head for almost a decade now. It's a lot older then my Idea for Ages of Ruin, though it had nothing to do with Pokemon at first, that development is recent.

Anyways enjoy. And if your looking for a platform where you can find all my stuff in one place.

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Noah

Age: 12 Gender: Non-binary (They/them) Birthplace: Orsus, Soul Shores Village

Background. Noah is one of the native Inhabitants of Orsus, a Member of a tribe that called this place home, long before the Colonists came. Their people were among the first Soul-Simths and some rumor that even the first Smith, creator of Magearna was part of this tribe. The past centuries were hard on their people, but in recent years they were given the responsibility of distributing the first partner Pokemon to new Trainer in the region, a great honor. This year Noah is among the chosen and ready to receive their partner.

Noah is a shy but very emphatic kid. They feel for those around them and are always happy to listen. While often perceived as timid, Noah does have a certain tenacity and once They have a goal in their mind they will pursue it with great determination, even if that sometimes leads to conflict with those around them.

Now Noah is ready to begin their journey, but what will await them outside of their home village and more importantly, who will their first partner be.

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So Noahs full desing isn't done yet so you get the silhouette of only the upper body.

Still, another human? What a concept. And that form the guy who straight up whiped out humans in his first story. :D

Anyways, first page tomorrow, stay tuned. See ya.

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Rey

Age: 1 Nicknames: Tiny (by Blaze and Neville) Gender: Female (she/her) Birthplace: Orsus Type: Normal / Ghost Nature: Timid

Rey was bred by a Trainer for the specific reason of battling, along many siblings. But the Trainer was only ever interested in keeping the best of the bunch and Ray didn’t nearly make the cut. Even for her Level and age she was weak and so her “Trainer” abandoned her in the wild after only about a month. Because of this she is very obedient and has some abandonment issues when she is picked up by David and his Team

Rey is timid and prefers to be on her own. She doesn’t like fighting very much, even though she became quite good at it during her time alone in the wild. Since she still thinks she might have done something wrong for her Trainer to abandon her she is obedient to the point and David has to sometimes be careful not to push to hard. Though funnily enough her personality almost switches when she interacts with other Ghost types.

Now in the hands of a more loving Trainer, will Ray be able to overcome her biases and find a family in her new companions?

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Hey guys, guess what?! Tomorrow I'll finally post the first page of Puppets of Orsus. Are you hyped, because I sure am.

Anyways more teasers (Only one more to go) and this one even has a second mini Teaser in it. A name drop!

How exciting.

Well see you tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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Pandora (Teaser)

Age: 10 Nicknames: Panda (by Flare) Gender: non binary (female presenting) Birthplace: Hoenn Type: Grass/Dark (at first) Nature: Jolly

Pandora is the Soul-Puppet created by David. Over the years he has regularly changed her body, sometimes even changing the species she represented. A Soul-Puppets body isn’t truly theirs until their creator manages to complete them, thus creating their Master piece. David’s been trying for years and he seems to at least have to settled on Meowscarada as the base Pokemon. But can he complete Pandora and thus finally make them into a real Pokemon?

Pandora is a Jolly soul and always up for some fun, she made it her mission to get the ever serious Blaze to smile more. Their bond to David is close even for a Soul Puppet and they can even share thoughts. And despite how it might appear, Pandora is perfectly capable of taking things serious and she always helped the Team as best as she could. But since David works on their body so much, their not always capable of assisting.

Now in Orsus, the day that David manages to complete her seems ever near and Pandora will do her very best to assist her creator in every way possible so that he can reach their goal.

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And the second one for the day. Only two more until at least the main chast has been introduced. Then we'll move on to the Prolouge.

Stay tuned. :D

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Breeze (Teaser)

Age: 7 Gender: female Birthplace: Orsus Plains Type: Water Nature: Hardy

Breeze was born to and raised in a pack of Eevelutions roaming the great Plains of Orsus. The pack was strong, but even they had rivals and one day the pack was ambushed by a pride of Pyroar. They managed to fight them of, but many died included Breezes parents and she herself was left severely disfigured. The Pack left her behind and she was an Outcast ever since. That was until she came across David and his team and joined them on their Journey.

Breeze is a strong soul with an unwavering hope in the future. Life hasn’t been kind to her, but she always faced her battles head on. Though years of being outcast have been eating away at even her iron clad will and she is at times a bit cynical. But even at her lowest she’d never go down without a fight.

Now a part of Davids team, a new chapter of her life awaits and maybe she’ll finally start living again, instead of just surviving.

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I'm not used to having a second blog. I posted this on Deviantart Yesterday, but forgot to post it here as well. Because it doesn't belong on my main blog.

This might take a while. Anyways better late then never, am I right?

Hope you enjoy.

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David Stone (Teaser)

Age: 21 Gender: male Birthplace: Hoenn

David is a son of the rich Stone family and an heir to the powerful Devon corporation. 11 years ago he left his home to go on a Pokemon journey and learn more about this world. He didn’t expect to get a Jotho starter because of an exchange Program but appreciated it nonetheless. Originally he planed to return home with 16 years to work at Devon, but he discovered Soul-Smithing and in the pursuit of this craft his journey continues to this day.

David can be a bit of an air head and once he zones in on a certain goal he tends to forget everything else. He isn’t a bad trainer, but he can be a bit negligent and if it weren’t for Blaze many of his Pokemon would probably despise him. Nevertheless he is good at battling and even challenged Champion Wallace once.

Now he arrives in Orsus, the birth place of Soul-Smithing to fulfill his long term goal. To finally complete his master piece. But new adventures await in this region and old challenges follow from previous years. Together with his starter Blaze and his Soul Puppet Pandora, David is ready for his future. But what will really await him in Orsus.

So guys. I decided that I would do character sheets different for this blog. Instead of fullon stat sheets from now on I'll only give a little teaser.

This way even a new read can go and check out the Characters without getting spoiled. It also means less work for me, as I often forget to update the charakter sheets. I hope you'll like this new format and that you stay tuned for future updates. :D

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Blaze (Teaser)

Age: 11 Gender: male Birthplace: Jotho Type: Fire Nature: Serious

Blaze was originally supposed to be a Starter in Jotho. But due to shenanigans and an exchange programm, he ended up in Hoenn instead. Here he met his Trainer, David Stone and they started their adventure. They've been together since and recently arived in Orsus, since David want's to explore the region were Soul-Smithing originated.

Since David is a bit of an air head Blaze kinda took over as the leader of the Team. He made sure everymon was healthy and fed and also organized Training when David was in one of his Soul-Smithing phases again. But new challanges await our hero in Orsus and some might change his live forever.

Stay tuned for the upcomming story and see Blazes relationship wiht David, find out more about his goals and dreams and learn why he hasn't evolved into a Typhlosion yet.

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Just FIY

New blog for my upcomming Story

hey guys. I made a new blog for my upcomming Story Puppets of Orsus. So check that out, I'll post all future updates over there.

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Obligatory Master Post

This blog is solely dedicated to Puppets of Orsus. If you want to read my other stories, check out my main Blog: @kornstreifs-storys.

Anyways everything regarding Puppets of Orsus you'll find here. Since the story hasn't started yet it's kinda empty for now but that's about to change. :D

Story

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Cast

Main: Blaze, David Stone, Breeze, Pandora, Rey, Noah Side: Antagonists: Asterios

Worldbuilding

Map: Orsus Region

Fakemon: Phy, Hoopa (chained)

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Asterios

Hey Guys Today I’m introducing Asterios, the Hoopa. They’ll be one of the Main Antagonists for my upcoming Story, which now has a Name: The Puppets of Orsus. Now I won’t tell the capacity in which he’ll oppose the hero’s (go read the story for that) but I’ll share some Backstory and reasons for their design. Here you go:

Name: Asterios Species: Hoopa (Chained) Element: Psychic, Steel Status: Wild Gender: Non Binary (they/them) Age: ??? Ability: Chain Bound Level: 100 Attacks: ???, ???, ???, Trick Room Legendary Moves: ??? Nature: Lonely Item: Chains of Hubris

• Lord of the Labyrinths • Punished by Palkia for an unknown crime • More serious than Hoopa of other worlds

Many Millennia ago Palkia tasked one of the Hoopa serving it to create an impenetrable Fortress to protect the Legendary Phy from the influence of the developing Human civilizations. However the legends say that said Hoopa displeased Palkia in some manner as after carrying out it’s task it was kicked out of Palkias realm and bound to earth by cursed chains, forged by the Gods in the dimensional Fire. They could never take these chains of and they sealed away some of the mythicals power. However in an unexpected twist it seems the chains also granted the Hoopa new powers and it settled down in Orsus for not known reasons. Over the following centuries it created the five great Labyrinths and it’s said that to this day it resides in the last one, waiting for any challengers to enter it’s crypt. And from these days one people began calling it Asterious after a monster hidden deep in a Labyrinth from an old legend of another region.

So yeah to all who don’t know. This Hoopa is named after the Minotaur from Greek legend. Do with that information what you will.

Also under the cut is a tiny dex-entry for Chained Hoppa (note that I only wrote down what changes from the Bound form):

Hoopa (Chained)

Type: Psychic, Steel Ability: Chain Bound Height: 0,8m (2’07”) Weight: 39 kg (86.0 lbs.)

Base Stats HP: - 100 Attack: - 60 Defense: - 110 Sp.Atk: - 130 Sp.Def: - 150 Speed: - 20 Total: 570

Damaged normally by: Water 1×, Electric 1×, Fighting 1×, Bug 1× Weak to: Fire 2×, Ground 2×, Ghost 2×, Dark 2× Immune to: Poison 0× Resistant to: Normal 1/2×, Grass 1/2×, Ice 1/2×, Flying 1/2×, Psychic 1/4×, Rock 1/2×, Dragon 1/2×, Steel 1/2×, Fairy 1/2×

Move Set

by Level: 85 – Hyperspace Chain (Info later)