Pokémon Guild

The **Pokémon Guild** was a guild that trained Pokémon to work as teams so they could work with humans to achieve world peace.

## Unique Traits/Skills

### Trait(s)

Trained masses of Pokémon to cooperate with each other, had specific rankings for each position, run by humans

### Skill(s)

Cooperation skills, Pokémon training and discipline

## **History**

Brad Hartman founded the Guild to train masses Pokémon all at once so that they, alongside humans, could eliminate the criminal organizations that aimed to use Pokémon as weapons. He proposed that the Guild's ultimate goal was to achieve world peace, and for people and Pokémon to coexist in harmony. However, it was actually his scheme to enslave all Pokémon, whom he viewed as inferior to humans. He founded it at the age of 60, and it existed for 20 years after this. During that timespan, the Guild members, who were originally humans with their Pokémon partners, captured hundreds of wild Pokémon and forced them to join against their will. Over time, the number of Pokémon members increased, and the humans became the ultimate leaders, assigning ranks to the Pokémon and harshly punishing them for breaking rules. Brad was triumphant now that he was starting a campaign to controlling all the Pokémon in the world; however, his happiness of his success was short-lived, as Hotaru, one of the rookies, caught wind of his plans. After finding out she'd snuck into his office and discovered what he'd been hiding, he became fearful that all of his work would be undone should the truth come out. To prevent her from revealing the truth behind the Guild's founding, he sent his partner Ronan to assassinate her. With Hotaru gone, Brad's secret was safe, and he believed killing her would be a lesson for anyone else who tried to expose him. He lied to everyone the next day about what had happened, labeling Hotaru as a traitor to prevent any suspicion.

Everything in the Guild returned to normal for a time after that. Later on, however, Yoru, who was Hotaru's roommate and best friend, also discovered what Brad was hiding and left him a note telling him to give the rookies more freedom or else she would expose him for his actions. Not wanting to be undermined by a Pokémon once again, Brad sent Ronan to assassinate her as well. After Yoru was brutally murdered, he and his partner cooked and ate her severed limbs for food to celebrate their success. They and the rest of the Guild believed that Yoru was gone permanently just like Hotaru. However, they were unaware that Yoru had later been resurrected due to her immensely powerful aura, which granted her immortality. They were also unaware that Dr. Morris had left the Guild in secret to find Yoru, whom he realized was alive, and help give her new limbs to replace the originals.

After a while, the rookies became tired of constantly being pushed around and began rebelling against their superiors. Brad gathered several of his human family and friends and all their Pokémon in an attempt to help the captains and vice captains keep them under control. However, many of the Pokémon superiors were having second thoughts about the Guild and decided to side with the rookies. As a result of this, and the fact that the rookies made of the vast majority of the Guild's Pokémon, Brad's plan failed. While the rebellion was occuring, Yoru, who'd been repaired with new, upgraded robotic limbs, snuck into the building undetected after killing Ronan. She entered Brad's office and killed him as well, causing the Guild's leadership crisis. With the tyrant and his lackey gone, Yoru revealed his plans to everyone afterwards. This revelation overjoyed the rebels, who then proceeded to chase out or kill those who were still loyal to Brad. As a result, the Guild collapsed and ceased to exist.

## **Rank Successions**

### **Leaders**

1. Brad: Being the Guild's founder, he was its only leader. For reasons unknown, he didn't appoint a successor. After his sudden death at the hands of the resurrected Yoru, the Guild began to collapse due to a leadership crisis.

## **Rankings**

Certain Pokémon were given certain positions based on their ability to lead others. There were three rankings as follows:

* Captain: Pokémon with this rank were deemed to be excellent leaders who could remain calm in tough situations. They wore red vests to represent their rank and were also allowed to wear other accessories. They were also given special privileges that no other Guild member had. To become a captain, one had to perform an epic feat, such as capturing a hard-to-beat Pokémon. They could command both vice captains and rookies.
* Vice Captain: Pokémon with this rank were lower than captains, but were still deemed capable of several things, like teaching rookies how to work as a team. They wore green sashes to indicate their rank. They were a little more privileged than rookies, but less so than captains. To become a vice captain, one had to serve in the Guild for over a year.
* Rookie: Pokémon with this rank were the lowest-ranking members of the Guild, as well its vast majority. They wore yellow armbands and were required to submit to both captains and vice captains, following their orders without question. They had very few privileges and were generally mistreated, often being punished very harshly for breaking rules or making mistakes. To be a rookie, one had to serve in the Guild for a year or less.