Number: # 024

Type: Psychic

Species: Drowsing

Gender: 50% Male – 50% Female

Japanese Name: Musharna

Description: Musharna are an extremely rare sight. They only evolve when exposed to a Moon Stone, a stone that is almost as rare as Musharna itself. This means that we have very little information on them at all, as we only have a few living specimens living at our Pokémon range. If you own one of these rare Pokémon, you should be very proud of yourself indeed.

Even when it has evolved, dreams remain its one and only source of nutrition. But it doesn't relentlessly pursue them the way it used to as a Munna. This is because it can now store large quantities within itself for later consumption, plus it is now far more efficient at processing dreams and often has much to spare.

It is always curled into a foetal position and gives the illusion that it is always asleep, but do not be fooled. It rests like that to increase its own psychic powers and process dreams. It can also re-watch any dream that it has ever witnessed while in this form. This ability is useful, as it serves the same purpose as a photographic memory. Officer Jenny of Striaton City has a Musharna working at the police station, for the purpose of analysing suspect's dreams for evidence of crimes. The Head of Justice is currently deciding whether to include a Musharna in every police station across Unova.

Amazingly, there have been one or two documented cases of Musharna knowing telepathy, and being able to communicate fluidly with humans using it. The only known Pokémon capable of telepathy are legendaries, powerful Psychics, and Pokémon of great age, wisdom or determination. Apparently any Pokémon can learn to communicate with humans, and there was even a report that a talking Meowth was seen lately in Unova along with two shady people.

They can also swiftly fall asleep and wake up again, or even hover in-between! I have no idea why they would even want to do this, but with such a mysterious Pokémon, we have to leave it up to conjecture…

Personality: Due to their new efficient body, they rarely need to hunt for dreams; as a result, they don't need to spend any time whatsoever trying to preserve themselves. This means they spend nearly all of their time sleeping or idling around. As you can imagine, this results in a very lonely Pokémon. They investigate anything that catches their attention and follow it relentlessly until their curiosity is sated. This includes interesting people, so if you live your life in a special way you may find a Musharna hovering over your shoulder one day observing you.

They seem to be more benevolent than their previous form; as they now actively try to help people and Pokémon, and show clear signs of distress should someone be harmed. They also seem to be much wiser and maternal, sheltering any weak or young Pokémon they find. Regardless of this, they do not like fighting and will flee if an aggressive creature shows up.

Lifespan: No Musharna have ever been witnesses to die of natural causes so far. But even the oldest known Musharna seem to show no signs of age or weariness, so we can assume that they are long lived creatures.

Diet: Musharna still feeds entirely off dreams, but after evolution they have become far more efficient at consuming them, to the point where they often have a reserve amount. They can store this extra amount of dreams within their own mind for later consumption, allowing them to last for long periods of time without searching for food. Since they are kind creatures, they actively search out those who suffer from nightmares, so they can eat them and rid the victim of their misfortune. That sounds like a certain legendary Pokémon…

You must be careful not to feed it any dreams containing nasty or evil intentions, as this makes Musharna suffer and the wickedness stores up, until Musharna can't take anymore and releases it all violently, causing a catastrophic explosion. This was how the Dreamyard was destroyed many years ago, scientists managed to find a Musharna for the first time and planned to use it to create free energy, but their own evil dreams corrupted Musharna and they caused their own deaths.

How To Bond: A wild Musharna becomes extremely lonely after living by itself for so long, and having nothing to do compounds the problem. A Munna that you have evolved via a Moon Stone will fully understand the rarity of being evolved. Regardless of how you obtained it, it will be extremely grateful to you for bringing it to where it is now.

Whether it is out of loneliness or gratitude, Musharna will happily follow you and respect you for as long as you wish. Be warned however, they are gentle, kind creatures that hate violence or cruelty, and will flee at the first sign of either. With these creatures, you need to act friendly and loving all the time to nurture to steadily forming trust between the two of you.

As stated, they are a very curious species. They will be devoted to you, but if someone or something far more interesting appears, they will be inclined to follow that instead of you.

Battling: Musharna are a very docile and passive species, and they certainly do not like fighting; however with patience they can be coaxed into battling for you. The most convincing way is to tell it that battling is a form of sport rather than combat, and that it is something that can be enjoyed by everyone and has various rewards. Give it the chance to witness to easy battles for further sway.

As with all Pokémon evolved from a stone, Musharna cannot learn anymore moves upon evolving, so you better have taught it some good moves before you gave it that Moon Stone!

Statistics-wise, Musharna has high health, defences and special attack. It's attack is pathetically low, but that doesn't matter since Musharna works as a steady wall, taking many hits before it falls. Its high special attack means it can fend off any attackers as well, although unfortunately Musharna is slow as molasses. By the time Musharna would have used its first attack, the enemy wold have gotten in several. Due to this, you should always try to buff up Musharna's defences first, heal itself, and then retaliate. If you try to dish out attacks straight away, you'll find that Musharna just won't survive.

Musharna still relies on debilitating its opponent with status effects to obtain victory, most notably by inducing sleep. This means that you, the trainer, has to come up with clever tactics that allows Musharna to bring out its full potential. This will take a lot of time, patience and training, but if you pull it off Musharna can be a very powerful competitor.

Typing-wise, Dark types are your biggest threat. They have a full immunity to all of the moves that can be possibly learnt, both natural ones and TMs. Having a sweeping Fighting type backed up in reserve is a clever idea for these types, as Musharna simply doesn't stand a chance.

Bug types are extremely common, both in the wild and in official battling. Although they don't sport an immunity like Dark types do, they still have a dominant resistance and their super effective attacks just simply hit too hard for Musharna to handle.

With Fellow Pokémon: They are a kind and caring species, who are very sympathetic towards anyone suffering misfortune. Young Pokémon will be cared for and protected by Musharna once it has come to know them, and it will do everything it can to protect them. Musharna can understand another Pokémon's feelings through psychic powers, so they will try to comfort any of your Pokémon that are suffering on the inside. Most of your team should get along well with Musharna.

However, Musharna will certainly not trust Ghost or Dark types, because it feels very vulnerable and defenceless towards them. This is made even worse if Musharna can sense any evil or bad intentions coming from them. It will take a very long time for Musharna to trust them even slightly, and even then that trust could easily be shattered. It is better to keep Musharna on a separate team from any of those trouble makers.

Warnings: None.

Summary: Musharna is one of the most low-maintenance Pokémon that I know, and can be a real asset if you know how to use it. Outside of battle, they don't really serve a purpose besides being your friend. But since they are easy to befriend and bond with, that is just fine. In battle, they require and intelligent trainer to bring out their inner strength, and do not work well with people who focus on strength.

Next Time… Number 025 Pidove!


A/N: This one was also difficult, as Musharna really is just a larger version of Munna; and as a result I found myself having very little to talk about. Oh well, so long as I reach my 1K quota, and the reader is entertained, it doesn't matter. On an unrelated note, I can't wait to get Pidove out of the way and start on Blitzle!

Fun Facts: There's nothing really different about it in relation to Munna… It's does however resemble a foetus, which somehow ties in with the whole dream motif.