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Castora is a continent set in a western medieval fantasy world, where sword, sorcery and Pokemon exist hand in hand as means of feudal living. The nation of Dagron was once a very imperialistic kingdom, until the new king Siebold the 5th took his crown and began setting the wrongs of his father right. Fear still runs rampant in the remaining kingdoms, but that has not stopped Siebold from playing a phenomenal peace keeper.

In the years following Dagron’s long and destructive military campaigns, the Pokemon of the region has begun to become more naturally violent. This region, known as Castora is comprised of 7 countries: The old and powerful Dagron Empire; The scorching land of scheming Guild Galad; The frozen lands of Raguraz; The fertile, growing lands of Greensea; The kingdom of Shadow Veil shrouded in darkness and eternal mystery; The southern, tropical paradise of the Zephyr Islands; and the Kingless Marches, ruled by its merchant lords. Wild Pokemon populate everywhere there is a habitat for them to occupy since Pokeballs are a new and rare invention. Only few have been domesticated through patient taming and selective breeding, and those species are Mareep, Miltank, Tauros and Magikarp for their food and other byproducts.

The Kingdoms all have their capitals, save for the Marches, and each answer to a king. Typical of a feudal system, the King has his vassals, who in turn have their own, and so on until we reach landed knights and their serfs. Taxes make their way up the chain in exchange for protection on their way down the chain.

Pokeballs:
Capturing Pokemon is a new concept here in the Kingdoms. In years past, most trainers would use food and medicine to tame Pokemon much like we would do to a dog. However, due to magical research and advancement, along with new smithing technology, the courts around the world have developed the new Pokeball as a means to make the world a safer place without killing the creatures that call the world home.
These Pokeballs cannot be made cheaply, however, as the proper channels for specialists to produce many have not been set up.

Pokemon Centers
They do not exist in the traditional sense in the lands of Castora. In fact, healing has been by Chansey for as long as history can be recalled. They’ve taken to working with humans to create the Chansey Healing Church, a religion where people believe that Chansey gave the world life since they are so keen on saving as many as they can.
Services are offered for free, and each “Church” is run by a Blissey. These services are offered to Pokemon and Human alike.

Religion
The gods have been known to walk amongst humans, both in avatar form or in their actual form. There are two religions in Castora. The one, much less popular was mentioned above in the Pokemon center section. The other is the Faith of Arceus, the Pokemon known as the all creator. Every legendary Pokemon has a place in Arceus’ halls, each group with their own cult followings world wide.
This religion is as old as time itself, as the earliest human and Pokemon saw the finishing steps of creation before Arceus folded back into his own realm. On the day of creation, Arceus created the 21 planes of existence, one for each type of Pokemon (dual type Pokemon being found in both of their respective types lands), a land for the living, a land for the dead, and a realm for the gods.

Here in Castora, you will find heroes and villains from all walks of life, and of every shape, size and species.