Ruin & Casualty: a written account of the Pokewar

by Fudge That

Has it ever occurred to you why the pokemon world is such a matriarchal society. Teenage and middle-aged men are few and far between, with the exception of a few powerful trainers. The following series of reports, interviews and survivor stories tells the tale of the very first, generation killing Pokewar that swept the globe.

1. Prologue

It goes by many names: "The Dark Years", "Pokewar I" as well as more simple names, such as "The Great War". It was the worst time in human and pokemon history, in which large quantities of continents, people and pokemon were completely decimated.

While PokeWar has taken place over the centuries, stretching back to feudal times were trainers would make a link with wild pokemon and battled other warlords for dominance of their territory, The Great War has caused the largest loss of life ever recorded. Professors attribute this to leaps in technology and science which has allowed mankind to wield power over large quantities of pokemon using the advancement of the pokeball, and heal them in virtually seconds.

Not many remember why the regions went to war, economic and socio-political theorists still debate whether it was for land, fossil fuels or for foreign pokemon not native to the region which would bolster their ranks and weapons.

Regardless of the reason to the war the consequences were dire. The male population was destroyed in many regions, particularly Kanto, with post-war time statistics showing only 30% of men pulling surviving the battles that ravaged the region. Only boys, who were too young at the time to be drafted into the army and elderly males remained.

Many blame the regions governments for re-establishing conscription at the time, others fault dropping the conscription age to 16.

Other effects include the passing of the 'The Youth Trainer Initiative'. Spearheaded in Kanto by Agatha, Oak et al., the papers suggested that during peace time the legal age for acquiring a trainer licence should be dropped to 10, to combat the increasing pokemon population and to protect town borders. This strategy outlined in the research papers were implemented across all nations by 1963.

And while still denied wholeheartedly, due to lack of evidence, there has been a link between the rise of organised crime and the Dark Years. Psychologists and Sociologists have written an abundance of studies which outline the possibly rise of groups such as Team Rocket, Team Magma and Team Galactic.

This written account of survivor stories, research papers and interviews is the culmination of 50 years of work by various historians, writers and journalists. Since the 'Indigo Treaty' acknowledged peace across all regions, open lines of communication and access to trainers and immigrants across borders, all information has now been gathered and joint together to make the first completed report of the loss of life across all nations.