Cresselia

Psychic

Female

Goddess of Joyful Dreams. Spirit of the Crescent Moon. A whimsical goddess and ruler of the pleasures of the night.

Description

The temples say that Cresselia resembles a bird formed from moonbows. Her wings are more akin to two aurora arcing from her breast to near the base of her tail. Her head is adorned with a crest resembling a golden crescent moon. Her feathers shimmer with many pearlescent colors. She has no legs for she is not bound by the force of gravity.

Mortals know the Crescent Goddess is near as her song fills their dreams with renewing strength. She is as ephemeral as a dream, and just as hard to touch.

Battle Characteristics

The few reports of Cresselia's fighting prowes suggest that she has monstrous Constitution, Toughness, and Resistance. Her offense and agility would be nothing to sneeze at, but she focuses on endurance. She can heal her allies/servants and blast her foes with Moonblast.

Nightmare attacks, such as Dream Eater, cannot harm her.

Cresselia's blessing is needed to survive even a minute against Darkrai in the Dream World.

Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions

Cresselia hatches from a shimmering egg in the depths of the Dream World, incubated on the surface of the eternal crescent moon forming one of the two hearts of that realm.

Diet

Cresselia sups upon dreams. Sometimes, the shimmering dust that follows her will shroud a dream as she consumes choice pieces of it. Should she devour the connection between the dreamer and their body, they will be lost in the haze of dreams. The magnitude of Cresselia's appetite has never been measured.

Breeding

Cresselia is always female. Sometimes she is wooed by Darkrai as he lavishes affection on the one being that ignores his nightmares. From these unions, mixed clutches of eggs are laid, some shimmering and some pitch black. Some stories hold that she mates with males in the dream world to produce more dream weavers.

Should a Pokémon be found to have a nest with Crescent Wing feathers woven into its structure, with a shimmering dust filling it, Cresselia took the male as her mate that night.

Wild Behavior/Threat Level

Cresselia, when she enters the waking world, tends to be whimsical. Her motivations and reasoning are unpredictable and changeable. She may appear anywhere. A mortal that approaches her must remember that pleasant does not mean safe.

Bonding and Care

Cresselia likes the dreamers, the mortals that freely embrace their hopes and emotions over logic and reasoning.

Human/Pokémon Relations

Humans are an amusement for her. There are confirmed reports of Cresselia observing pre-schools and kindergartens during nap time.

With the Faithful

Lunar Dance is a rite through which Cresselia offers her faithful strength to continue their dreams, even as she leaves them.

Team Compatibility

Avatars of Cresselia are loved by a team, but are a double-edged sword. The dreams she brings can cause addiction and obsession with the dreams.

Duality with Darkrai

Cresselia is one of the Lunar Duo. She has a relationship with Darkrai. Each Cresselia has a counterpart Darkrai. A duality always emerges between them. Kind but not Nice versus Nice but not Kind. Benevolent versus Malevolent. Nurturing versus Tough Love. Capricious Trickster versus Guiding Taskmaster.

Do note that there is no hint which is which. Cresselia could be the nice one, offering pleasant dreams to pursue, or she could create dreams that are impossible but too tantalizing to turn away from.

When both are called to battle some foe threatening their domain, they tend to take specific roles. Cresselia guides dreamers to safety and guards them as Darkrai destroys their foe. Yet, Cresselia can still crater an area with Moonblast attacks while Darkrai removes tainted areas in the Dream.

Warning

Not all pleasant dreams are good. Some lure victims into danger. Some leave the dreamer pursuing a dream and neglecting themselves and those around them.

Legends/Folklore

Lunar Dance performances are done in the temples under the moonlight to ask for strength to pursue dreams.

Cresselia's dreams may not actually be possible, but sometimes they offer insight and hints of opportunities ahead.

Summary

Dreaming goddess, Lunar Queen, and whimsical goddess.