[quote=@Crimson Flame]
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Do it.

I love the concept, and I love when unique things are done with the Pokémon lore. I just feel like the absence of actual Pokémon is a little weird.
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Yeah, that makes sense. So, maybe what we could do is have each Battlemage have a single Pokémon as their familiar (maybe we each have one of Eevee's evolutions), and whatever Aura that Pokémon has, that's the one the battlemage is attuned to first. Then maybe the Gym Leaders and Mentors we meet along the way help us channel other Auras besides our primary one.