Sigilyph
Psychic/Flying
1 male/1 female
An odd guardian spirit Pokémon.
Description
It has a round body with stripes of yellow, white, and black, along with jagged patterns of black and green. Two false eyes adorn the front of this body. Its head is a cylindrical black structure with a bulge for an eye about half way up its length. Both of its wings and its tail are gold with multi-colored stripes, and all branch out in four distinct branches. Both of its sides have a three-forked limb.
The first variety have a Wondrous power across their Skin, guarding against external influences that would interfere with their capabilities. A second known variety have a Guarding Magic to protect against secondary sources of damage. Some rare examples can Tint their energy through a filtering Lens to deal at least neutral damage to most foes.
Battle Characteristics
Sigilyph has moderate Constitution and moderate-high Toughness and Resistance. It has medium Strength, good Speed, and greater Power. It leans more toward its psychic abilities than its flying ones in a fight.
Legends/Folklore
Sigilyph is a relic of lost civilizations. They patrol along buried paths, guarding buildings that no longer exist. The calamity that claimed their civilizations left the guardians still functioning.
The methods, presumably based in magic, used to first invent Sigilyph have been lost.
Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions
They take six months to get to the stage of being able to guard and patrol. Lifespans measure around twenty to thirty years old.
Diet
Its mouth is almost impossible to observe while it eats whatever it scavenges along its patrol.
Breeding
Flying Group. Breeding is triggered by environmental factors such as living population, pressure from aggressors, and some physic scheduling. Eggs sell for 20,000P.
Wild Behavior/Threat Level
They ignore humans unless the trainer appears to interfere with their patrol route or threatens whatever they are guarding.
Bonding and Care
They must first be bested and convinced that guarding the new trainer is appropriate. After that they start guarding and patrolling.
Human/Pokémon Relations
Sigilyph live to guard.
With Family
No reaction.
Team Compatibility
As long as nothing interferes with their guard patrols, they have few complaints.
Warning
They lash out violently to disruptions to their guard patrols, even innocent or accidental ones from strangers.
Summary
Flying guard thingies.