Blitzle
Electric
1 male/1 female
Zebstrika
Electric
1 male/1 female
Equines that just barely skirt the line between Unrestricted and Restricted.
Description
Blitzle is a small equine, standing at hip height to a human. It has black fur with white stripes, jagged at the ends of the stripes. Its mane and stubby tail are jagged white hair, evoking a lightning bolt. Zebstrika is as tall as a human at the shoulder. Its stripes are jagged lightning patterns. Two bolt like 'horns' adorn its head and its mane extends all the way down its back, with a longer tail ending in a spark.
Most herds possess either of two characteristics. One is a strong pull on the thunderstorms they chase, acting as Lightning Rods and getting stronger from the energy. The other is increased muscle and nerve response time when struck by lightning, resulting in blazing fast herds racing across the land. Some herds, created by humans moving them from their natural habitat, are learning to draw energy from plants as Sap Sippers.
Battle Characteristics
Zebstrika is a physically oriented speedster. It has medium Toughness and Resistance, with moderate Constitution. Its Power is moderate-high. Strength and Speed are both great.
Legends/Folklore
Unlike some herd Pokémon, they have loose ties to their group. Individuals will freely switch to another herd on a whim.
Sap Sipper develops in herds that are living in areas where lightning storms are not frequent, failing to supply the charge they need. The herds to be gradually shifting toward a Grass typing. Researchers like Professor Rowan are excited at the prospect of documenting the divergence of a new variant.
When times are plentiful, they form a mutualistic symbiosis with Boufalant herds, providing a greater strength in numbers advantage against predators.
They have a fairly sophisticated language through charging lightning in their manes and producing light.
Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions
They reach maturity at two years old. Twenty-seven years roaming the storm lands results in evolution, with a maximum lifespan of eighty.
Diet
They mostly eat foliage and fruit.
Breeding
Field Group. They have an average of one foal every two or three years, with heat in early spring. Eggs and Blitzle foals cost 58,000P.
Wild Behavior/Threat Level
As a herd species, they will defend the herd. They may be capricious and ill tempered, but Zebstrika knows the threat of wildfires. It favors environments with high moisture.
Bonding and Care
The safest time to catch one is when one leaves a herd to join another, thus being briefly isolated and unteathered to a new herd. Once caught, they need the security of the herd.
Human/Pokémon Relations
They are wild enough to make taming them a difficult task.
With Family
If gently raised, they can learn to treat humans as a new herd, but the ties of herds are loose and they may not bond strongly.
Team Compatibility
They are a bit skittish around large carnivores.
Warning
Beyond behavior issues? Beware their tendency to draw in lightning.
Summary
Wild equines with a flair for storms.