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I want to build a realistic and fully functional Pokemon world. [i]Realistic doesn't mean dark and edgy full of violence and sex [/i], I mean actually realistic. 
To set the stage I'll offer a brief of history of this world.
[b]10,000~ years ago[/b] Arceus gave birth to the universe and the higher tier legendary Pokemon to aid in the creation of the earth
[b]8,000~ years ago[/b] humans discovered Unown and developed a written language and created individual tribes across Shinnoh
[b]8,000~ years ago[/b] humans left Shinnoh and spread across the planet, different tribes populated the various regions of the world
[b]5,000~ years ago[/b] apricorns began to be used to capture, train and work with Pokemon

Once Pokemon were able to be captured and used to battle en mass fights between small groups became far more destructive. Eventually each region was dominated by a single people either through war or assimilation. 

[b]2,000 years ago[/b] the modern pokeball was invented
[b]500 years ago[/b] technology and transportation became advanced enough for the regions to make constant contact with eachother. Trade routes were made, wars declared. In the end Johto and Kanto became unified holding the worlds largest standing army while Hoenn with the mightiest navy and Unova with the strongest air force partnered together for protection form domination, Shinnoh remained neutral along with Kalos who held no military.

[i]Each region created its own league and operates under a city-state type of government, a council from each region comes together to make decisions as a whole. Little conflict but tension still exists between the Kanto-Johto and Hoenn-Unova nation states.[/i]

[b]Only 100 years ago[/b] Lord Arcues itself came down and proclaimed its status as God of this world to all its inhabitants. Casting away all doubt of any other creating deities. It asked not to be worshiped and stated it just wanted to watch everyone live the lives it granted them.

Those are the broadstroaks of the history of this world I can go more in detail on anything later

Some details of this universe
[i]*High rung legionaries and god-like, to fight them is to fight a god
*Starter pokemon are very rare, its highly unlikely to begin with one, only the upper upper class get a pokemon from a professor
*The human population is quite low due to recent creation and the resources need to sustain a large pokemon population
*A majority of the population aren't career battlers, farmers, fisherman, craftsman make up a majority
*Supporting a party of six fully evolved battle ready pokemon costs well into the $100,000 annually. only truly skilled trainers can do it
*Most of the regions are untamed due to low human population, cities are humanities strongholds.[/i]
Just to give a slight insight to the tone I'm going for

I want this to be a full on build your own adventure type of thing. I have an over arching story in mind that will affect everyone once it starts picking up but you'll be able to forge your own way. [b][i]My personal character will not be any super special edgy mary sue I can promise that.[/i][/b]

I'd love to have help shaping this RP so I'm open to suggestions

For those who cant remember the name of every town in every region and every Pokemon and how they evolve here is a quick reference http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page

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[b]Religion[/b]
Despite the fact that Arceus revealed itself to the world saying it was the one true god there are many people throughout the world that remain loyal to the region of their land and their fathers

[b]Kanto-Johto [/b] share much in terms of culture and religion is no exception. The oldest written record is a fable dating back to near 8,000 years ago, in it Ho-oh and Lugia were siblings and always in competition with each other, They would race around the world through the sea and in the air t prove who was better. One day the darkness came from the far sea, endangering all Pokemon and humans of the region. Together they fought the darkness for 5 days until finally thwarting it. The created their wards to protect their homelands should they ever fall to the darkness, The birds in Kanto and the beasts in Jhoto. The original copy of the story is kept at the Pewter city museum.
Mew is often seen as a herald of misfortune and mischief in some translations and a sign of wealth and power in others; Celibi is used as a symbol of forgiveness, purity and second chances.

[b]Hoenn[/b] has developed a religion much more violent due to ages of isolation. Tales from before and written records of Hoenns history were passed down for decades before being recorded. Groudon and Kyogre are gods of destruction and creation. Groudon poured out magma that Kyogre cooled to form the world, Groudon shaped the Hoenn region and Kyogre filled the ocean. Their power combined brought humans and pokemon to life, However the duo quickly became jealous of each other wanting to become the sole ruler of the region. At this point in history there are written records of small scale wars between Groudon worshipers and Kyogre worshipers. There is documentation of Rayquaza coming and putting and end to the fighting, in the context of the myth Rayquaza was born from the anger between the two groups in order to bring order and protection to the world, Sky Pillar was built in its honor. Jarachi is often prayed to and thought to have answered the wishes of ancient people and brought Rayquaza to the people rescue
Regigigas Regice Regirock and Registeel are found in every region except Kanto and Johto, the story goes that Regigigas pulled those regions away from Kanto-Johto to prevent them from being dominated by larger groups of people. although not worshiped by any they were worshiped back before written language.
  
[b]Shinnoh[/b] The oldest world religion, they have always worshiped Arceus and the recent revelation of Arceus existence has stirred a zealot group of worshipers that wish to begin a crusade to bring all into the light of Arceus. Dialga Palkia and Giratina are superpowerful beings but are seen as angels to the Lord Arceus along with the legendary pixies.
Darkrai and Cresselia are not worshiped and not seen as god-like just super powerful pokemon that have a profound effect on dreams and nightmares, often used to explain and bad or good dream.
Shaymin is the personification of the beauty of nature and Manaphy the beauty of the sea

[b]Unova[/b] a very secular nation not overtly worshiping any pokemon only respecting the power of the super rare pokemon of their region. There is a well documented story with multiple very similar versons so it is assumed to be true.
Originally, they were a single dragon that helped found the Unova region's nation, but fighting between the two brothers who founded the nation split them into two halves. Despite this, the two Pokémon do not willingly fight each other.

[b]Kalos[/b] Xerneas and Yveltal are respected equally of personifications of life and death. The people of Kalos make offering to Xerneas for long life and to Yveltal to keep death away.


Unova and Kalos being nations without a strong religion have the highest conversion rates to worshiping the newly revealed Arceus