Ducklett
Water/Flying
1 male/1 female
Swanna
Water/Flying
1 male/1 female
A migratory family of aquatic birds.
Description
Ducklett is a smallish bird, reaching knee height at most. It has a rounded body, webbed feet, and a broad beak. Its feathers are various shades of blue and are highly water resistant. Swanna is substantially larger, with the largest specimens able to peck a man's neck. Aside from the blue feathers on the pectoral area, Swanna is all white. It has a long, flexible neck.
Swanna from the eastern flocks have Keen Eyes. Western flocks have specially developed mixes of fast and slow twitch muscles, especially in the pectoral muscle group, that increase endurance and protect against external forces that would reduce their guard against attacks. Oceanic Swanna and Ducklett rarely come to land as the name implies. They have adapted for their aquatic environment to embrace the Hydration and remove poisons and burns and other things with a simple dip under water or into the rain.
Battle Characteristics
Swanna learns no moves beyond Water and Flying naturally, and alternative methods do not add much versatility.
Swanna's Toughness and Resistance are both medium. Constitution is moderate. Both Power and Resistance are almost high enough to be called good. Only Speed is in the good range.
Legends/Folklore
Swanna dance at dusk. The dancer in the center is flock leader. These leaders are too spirited to ever yield to a trainer, so trainers should not bother catching them and save themselves a lot of pecks and smacks.
Ducklett and Swanna have incredible endurance. During migration, they can fly for days without sleep or food, living off of stored fat and water.
Oceanic Ducklett and Swanna flocks have adapted to their non-terrestrial life extensively. Their feathers are among the most hydrophobic surfaces on the planet. They spend their time diving for sea weed and come out completely dry. They occasionally swarm a Dhelmise and tear it apart as a flock, savoring the undead sea weed as a delicacy. They also produce a mucus that hardens and is used in conjunction with feathers and flotsam to make floating raft-nests for their eggs.
Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions
Ducklett fledge at a three months. They evolve at the latest in their mid-thirties. Lifespans reach sixty years.
Diet
Peat moss, kelp, algae, and other aquatic plants. They also sometimes eat mini-crustaceans and other small things in the plants. This is not harmful to them, but they rarely seek it out in particular.
Breeding
Water 1 and Flying Groups. Breeding is annual in the spring after the northward migration. Three eggs at a time are common. Each egg is worth 15,000P.
Wild Behavior/Threat Level
Ducklett is more likely to run away after splashing about to make a water distraction than its evolution. Swanna is territorial and will attack. It can be handled by a trained Pokémon however.
Bonding and Care
Food. They are not the wittiest of Pokémon and will respond to treats.
Human/Pokémon Relations
Impassive. They hardly care about humans one way or another.
With Family
Impassive. Human children are nothing like the hatchlings they raise.
Team Compatibility
Some predators might try to eat them. They in turn might attack some Water/Grass types. They do avoid Dhelmise unless they have a whole flock.
Warning
A surprise Swanna attack when approaching a nest or feeding pond can be dangerous.
Summary
Aquatic birds that roam the world.
A/N: The canon second ability is called Big Pecks and means no defense reduction. How does Big Pecks=cannot be defense dropped? I could understand it if it was Big Pecs, or big pectoral muscles, but it is Pecks, the action. What?
I checked Bulbapedia, and it is a deliberate pun. Still, a pun. Really?
Also, there is a food chain. Gyarados- School Wishiwashi- Wailord- Dhelmise. The Swanna have nothing to do with Gyarados through Wailord, yet still eat the Dhelmise. Shows how crazy food chains can be.