Skejares

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**Skejares** is a nation on the continent of Eidres composed of several levels of floating islands. The nation is primarily inhabited by Pokemon capable of flight -- flying, dragon, fairies -- due to the difficulty of travel between each section of the country.

## History

### The Beginning

A long time ago the flight Crystals clustered in such volumes that the whole mountain rose above the earth, leaving nothing but a great crater behind. The mountain, now an island, would remain in such a state, floating among the skies. As time went on the first pokemon apeared, bird mon spotted the island, and its lands abundant with resources. As more and more pokemon apeared settlements grew, soon anything that could fly would flock to this mysterious isle. With them the News spread to the fairies, sensing the crystals power they were drawn to it as well, those that could fly carrying the fairy types that could not.

As the Flocks grew the "birds" (flying types and bird like pokemon to be accurate) would unite under the Xatu flock, their psychic gift for seeing the past and future making them a powerfull flock. On the other side the fairy types took refuge in the forests, building their nests. Soon however the flying mountain would catch the attention of another group.

### The Great Dragon Wars

The dragons arrived at what had yet to be Skejares last, quickly sparking conflict. The dragons had long reigned their territories, looking to expand even futher, their great power and semi mythical nature sparking fear amongst the other pokemon. The birds were fighting a losing battle, even united to fight back they still endured devastating raids onto their settlements and towns, few ice types among their numbers. That is until the fairies, who had been watching from the sidelines for some time had a brush to close with the dragons, retaliating soon after, at first to drive them away from their territory, but following the burning of the first home (the biggest forest the fairies resided in at the time) and the disaperance of their Arch fae Xerneas what were small scale skirmishes soared into full blown war.

The first war would last for a 100 years, both dragon and fairies long lifespans prolonging the war for years upon years. The upper hand the dragon helds were quickly lost as the birds and fairies formed an alliance to beat the dragons back, the fairy type being super effective against dragon was previously only a myth, and what were simply rumors were quickly proven true.

The second war was a drawn out on and off affair, it lasted for around 200 years

The Third war was set off after a short period off peace and rebuilding, both sides having retreated to lick their wounds. it lasted for 80 years

The fourth war would be the most deciding one for who would win, breaking out right above the birds new capital. it lasted for 20 years

The Fifth was the shortest and most destructive, it lasted for 8 years before it meet its abrupt end in the events that is only reffered to as "the fall" in modern day.

### The Fall

The Crystal breaks causing the island to come crashing down to earth, causing a massive flood

### Shades And "Post-mortem Feral Syndrome" PFS for short

Not long after the rebuilding starts strange shadow like creatures are being spotted on the outskirts of the wild. Fairy search parties confirm they look stragely like dragons. These are the Shades, they are the bitter renemant off the wars

Post-mortem Feral Syndrome or PFS for short is what the strange phenomena taking root after the fall is called. In which every ghost produced by a death has a 50% chance of turning into a feral state upon manifesting, in this state they will go after any living in their vicinity with mindless focus, they can not be reasoned with and the so far the only way to stop them is trough excorism.

### Reform And Modern Goverment

From [time not yet deiced] Skejares went from a united Flock lead by the rule of Xatu to a democracy that selects its leaders. They are founded on socialist principles, but with an rather unorthodox Method of selecting its leader combining several feats of strenght shows to campaign running. After a prime minister is selected they do not reign alone, keeping the traditions of old several advisors of Xatu is selected to help aith running the country with their ability to see the future. One Xatu for each Level, the one with the strongest psychic abilities being usually the candidate from each clan. There is also the other factions, the prime minister does not lead alone. They will collaberte with the fairy queen and dragon representative.

## Government

They are founded on socialist principles, but with an rather unorthodox Method of selecting its leader combining several feats of strenght shows to campaign running. After a prime minister is selected they do not reign alone, keeping the traditions of old several advisors of Xatu is selected to help aith running the country with their ability to see the future. One Xatu for each Level, the one with the strongest psychic abilities being usually the candidate from each clan. There is also the other factions, the prime minister does not lead alone. They will collaberte with the fairy queen and dragon representative.

### Military

The military is split into four different branches, (fairies not included)

Main Gaurd: The Main guard is lead by the sirfetched Kara, they are the general military and makes up most of the gaurds you will see about. Largely populated by corviknight they are an imposing division whos presence discourages crime and mischeif

The night Watch: Lead by Phan the Deduceye, techically not a part of the goverment The night watch is the old death cult residing in level 3 who has been intregated into the military due to their impressive combat powress and focus on handeling the PFS situasion

The Rescue divison: Lead by captain Brava the Braviary, they are resposible off all rescue missions and citizen safety above all else, residing in level 5 a huge chunk off their work is rescuing tourists and workers lost on the mountain top. A birds keen eyesight lends itself well for these things.

Coast Gaurd: The coast guard is a more minor part of the military is generally not counted as "the big three", but important non the less, largely made up off peliper and other sea birds they monitor all seaside activeties and first in the line should something invade Skejares trough this front. Lead by Xatu Nr.1 despite traditions against such things.

## Culture

Based on birds, emphatis on Music (singing Natural bird behaviour) and dancing. Its also vaugely cyberpunk With an very active fashion scene, all levels

It is tradition for birds to "migrate", while Skejares is "nest" for when all Return all birds get struck habitaully by some kind of wanderlust, ecspecially prelevant during colder Seasons, Vulterria for autum, (asia continent) for Winter and the warmer parts of Eidres for early spring. Seeing as birds have the most covinent Method of travel aka flight and a deeply rooted love for travel Skejares is very informed off the world around them and have had several world maps for centuries now. Birds also invented their Compass early on as birds have an innate sense of navigating from the time migration was a survival tactic.

Visually focused as birds have amazing eyesight and is in fact their most important sense besides hearing.

The fairies are engimatic and Warrior like living in 1-2

Dragons are elusive and live in the wildest regions on Level 4-5

### The Dance off peace

On the new 8th moon every May the fae and the dragons meet at level 3 to partake in an tradition ever since the wars ended and peace was declared. To maintain this promise of peace the two groups will mingle and dance like never before, from sunrise to sunset, to when the moon and stars fade into a new morning will the former enemies dance hand in hand. And with fae and dragon joined togheter in merryment a new promise off peace is made to the new sun.

## Relationships and Feather Bonds

In Skejares a lot of focus is in platonic partnerships, it is seen as the most important connections a bird (bird in this context being the slang for Skejarans regardless of species) can have, in acient times it could mean the differnce between life and death during difficult migration periods, now its a deep bond of two or more (as monogamy isent expected with these relationships) ideviduals that is deeply platonic in nature. They are greatly benefical to a Skejaran as it carries a security of an anchor one will always return to during ones travels and turmoils, beacuse of these calming and soothing effects such bonds have they are strongly encouraged from militaries to research teams. The exchanging of feathers with ones bonds is an important element, its a sort of "offical" marker to the relationship and taken very seriously, traditionally the feather will be painted in the others colours, but in modern day more personal and electic desings have become more common. For Skejarans that are not birds theres a big market for purchasing feathers for this excat purpose. important\*! giving feathers is for platonic relationships only, to give a feather with romantic intent is incredibly inapropriate.

## Mythology

### Legends

Skejarans does not belive in gods, they view their legends as something between forces off nature and real beings that hold powerfull energies in them. But they are not gods, as nobody is above nature

Oh-Ho

The bird trio

Lugia

Jirachi

Xerneas

Diance

Eternatus

Ylvetal

Victiny

Mespirit

## Flight Crystal

Flight Crystal is one of Skejares primary rescources and most important. It is used to power the engines holding the floating cities up, however that is just one of its many uses. Back in the old times this was the very crystal that held the Whole mountain of Skejares suspended above the ground for several Millennium. It is charateristic in that it shines brilliantely in all the rainbow's colour, something that reflects in everything its used in, all armour and weapons made from it will have the same colourfull shine.

It is said to have a mysterious energy to it, it draws those of more mystical types to them, meanwhile elemental types has a different reaction to them, grey types is reported to react mixed, fighting types in particular reports to feeling a sort "soul" in them. It is cited to be what drew the psychic/fighting nomads from Ryukanshi to Skejares.

Its not only found in cystal form either, it gathers inside trees, rocks and even rivers sometimes

Fairy steel and fairy steel allergy

Dust and powders

Crystal sickness and dangers

the Crystals have a certain effect on the local plant life as well

Flight crystal and how it interacts With psychs

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## Topography

The seven layers of Skejares are distinct in enviornment, settlement, and climate. They are numbered in ascending order.

### Level One

The first level is sea level, which is composed of shoreline, beaches, and temperate areas of natural growth. Many different species of plants thrive here.

### Level Two

The second level is thick forestry, and is home to a majority of the Fairy-types in the country. Possibly due to this, it is also the fashion capital of the country.

### Level Three

The third level is serene land of lakes, roughly midway between the second and fourth levels. This is where the topography begins to become steeper and more difficult to navigate on foot. It houses one of Skejares biggest water supplies

### Level Four

This level houses the capital city, which is also the largest city in the country. The Council Hall, the center of the government, is also located here, at the base of a massive tree. This level is extremely mountainous and difficult to travel without flight. The level is also famous for air races.

### Level Five

The final level and also the level at the highest elevation, the fifth level is extremely dangerous, as it is the peak of a mountain. The weather here is extremely cold and inhospitable. Access to this area is restricted and must be granted by the Council. However, this area is noted for abundant Flight Crystal resources.

## Climate

Skejares play host to a vide variety of unique climates, possibly beacuse off its uniqe history and presence off the flight cystal which is known to affect plant life. From the temperate sealevel to the frigid mountain tops.

Skejares is known to be frequently hit by powerfull storms and Hurricanes, the wind ever voletile