Our past has always been riddled with conflict; this is unavoidable for our species. Humankind is naturally war-like and loves to fight with words or with fists. In fact, our urge to fight and kill is so strong, that those emotions passed over to our partners, Pokémon, within only a hundred years of coexistence. Ever since that time, deaths have risen dramatically due to the involvement of these almost mystically powerful beings, and great thought has been put into strategies involving them.
When humans had to fight by themselves, with only rock or badly-forged metals as weapons, they at most managed to kill a tribe that was outnumbered 5 to 1. When the native Pokémon were tamed and used for battle, the circumstances were changed dramatically. For example, if one tribe that specialized in fire-types, then they could easily defeat three or four tribes of grass-types. Of course, this meant that certain members of the tribe had to have at least one or two Pokémon partners that were (if still using the example from before, with a fire tribe and a grass tribe) either grass-water or some other combination that gave the warriors an advantage.
Wherever the tribe was located, the scope of species available for domestication changed. For example, a tribe in Kanto may worship the legendary Moltres, Articuno or Zapdos, but a tribe in Johto would give offerings to Raikou, Suicune and Entei. This meant that the different conflicts caused different strategies to be made over time, strategies that involved particular Pokémon species or a specific type.
One famous aggressive move that was often exploited in the Kanto region was to have a captive Pidgeot fly into the forest and herd a flock of many Pidgeys and Pidgeottos. The flock would then fly to the enemy (either their base, if this was a raid, or to defend the village from attack) and dive continually with scratching beaks or talons until the enemy scattered. Then the Pidgeot would pick off the scattered troops one by one. This was known as 'Feathered Swarm', and this intelligently designed move was often performed in ritual dances to celebrate its success in a particular battle.
In this book, I will discuss the different types of Pokémon, which regions used them and for which reasons, and also how they fought in times nearly forgotten. This will not be a guide on modern battling; this book may contain descriptions of death, mystical rituals and cruelty. Savages were not known for their soft ways towards Pokémon that they disliked or were suspicious of.
Enjoy the book; I look forward to explaining more of the mysteries that surround our ancestor's ways of life.
