Let's Play! Pokémon Emerald 2.5

May 04, 2012 15:09

By overwhelming majority, the winner for my starter is....




Absol
アブソル Absol
#152

Type: Dark
Species: Disaster Pokémon
Ability: Pressure (R/S)
Height: 3'11 (1.2 m)
Weight: 103.6 lbs (47 kg)
Colour: White
Footprint:

Bodytype:

Catch Rate: 30 (3.9%)
Gender ratio: 50% male, 50% female
Every time Absol appears before people, it is followed by a disaster such as an earthquake or a tidal wave. As a result, it came to be known as the disaster Pokémon. Absol has the ability to foretell the coming of natural disasters. It lives in a harsh, rugged mountain environment. This Pokémon very rarely ventures down from the mountains. It sharply senses even subtle changes in the sky and the land to predict natural disasters. It is a long-lived Pokémon that has a life-span of 100 years. It appears when it senses an impending natural disaster. As a result, it was mistaken as a doom-bringer.

Physiology

Absol is a quadrupedal felid Pokémon. Its dark blue to gray body is covered in white fur, with a ruff around its neck and chest, and a tuft on the top of its head adorned with a single blue-black oval. It has a cat-like face, a scythe-like tail and a sickle-shaped growth on the side of its head. Its body is sleek and feline, making it well suited for its life in the mountains. Its broad, circular feet are equipped with three claws each, and spikes protrude from the heels of its hind legs and the elbows of its anterior legs.

Gender differences
None

Special abilities
Using its horn, Absol is able to predict when a natural disaster will occur and tries to warn people when one is approaching. This often has the unfortunate effect of Absol itself being blamed for the disaster. The sickle that protrudes from an Absol's head is sharp enough to cut clean slices through metal and rock.

Behavior
It sharply senses even subtle changes in the sky and the land to predict natural disasters. Although Absol rarely venture down into areas inhabited by humans, when they do it is to warn people of the impending catastrophe. Absol tend to be quiet and observant Pokémon. They often carry an air of intelligence and serenity about them, though some can become violent and ill-willed if mistreated. Absol can be extremely vicious adversaries in battle and are known to deal attacks with flawless precision.

Habitat

Mountain Pokémon

Absol tend to live in mountainous regions and forests far away from people.

Origin
Absol is most likely based on the Bai Ze of Chinese mythology, also known as the kutabe or hakutaku. It is generally described as a white beast that can take the form of a large mountainous lion, distinguished by having one or two horns on its head. They also are said to sometimes have an extra eye on their head or back. This "eye" could also be the middle symbol that appears on Absol's forehead. Absol's head is modeled after a Taijitu ("yin-yang"). The Bai Ze (kutabe) predicted that a plague would sweep through the Toyama Prefecture of Japan. It is considered to be intelligent, and gifted with the ability to understand human speech. This would also match the fact of Absol's independence, habitat, and body seeing to be reminiscent of a cougar and its independent nature. It may be also be based on the black cat superstition. Absol's humanized face and feline apperance may also be a homage to the sphinx. A less likely theory is that it may be derived from the chamois, a mountain dwelling goat like animal of which local superstition claims that should any hunter harm one, would die within the year.

Name origin
Absol may derive from 物騒 bussō (dangerous), or it may be a combination of Ab (prefix meaning away or departure) and sol (Latin for sun), referring to its Dark-type nature. It may also be a shortening of absolution or absolve, referring to that while Absol foretells disasters, it does not cause them, thereby absolving it of guilt. It may also derive from Absalom, a name which is said to bring bad luck, according to in Jewish tradition.

I didn't like any of your names and/or they didn't apply, so you can find out the name when I do a proper update.

EDIT: All information was compiled from Bulbapedia.

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