Spirit Tribes
Once upon a time in the wild, wild west, there lived people who believed that they were part of nature and that nature was part of them. Every thing, living or not, had a spirit that was to be respected in every day life. When hunting animals for food or other necessary things, the people thanked the spirits for the gifts they allowed the humans to acquire. When chopping down trees to build with or gathering water from a well to drink, the people thanked the spirits as well.
But these humans were not a unified people. There were several tribes that constantly rivaled each other.
The most prominent ones were called the
Mountain Tribe, the
Forest Tribe and the
River Tribe. They each had a mighty chieftain and powerful shamans to sway things in their favor. The names of the tribes originated from where the people used to live a long time ago. Nowadays all of them live in the same kind of area, even though the Mountain Tribe feel more strong when in the mountains, the River Tribe feel more free when near water and the Forest Tribe feel more alive when in the forest.
One day in the spring, where hostilities between the three great tribes had been calm and uncommon for some time, something dreadful happened. Monsters started appearing in the wild, scaring and hurting animals and people alike. The shamans believed it was spirits taking on physical form to punish the tribes for warring against each others. But no matter how much the people prayed and sacrificed, the monsters wouldn't stop appearing.
The chieftains saw this as an opportunity to attack the other tribes, as the monsters had likely decimated them too. When the shamans objected, they were silenced with the argument that if their tribe didn't strike now, the others would strike them first. Needless to say, the chieftains knew their enemies very well after so many years of hostilities.
As soon as three armies of warriors left the three main tribe villages, something even stranger happened. Children in all tribes were approached by small monsters that spoke and claimed to want to help them fight the evil spirits. When the shamans heard of this, they believed that while some spirits wanted to punish the humans, others still wanted to give them a second chance. The shamans were somehow sure that children in the other tribes had been approached by small monsters as well.
They sent the children out on a fateful mission - they must seek out the chosen children from the other tribes and prove that bonds of friendship can be made across tribe borders. They must unite the three tribe armies against the bigger threat that is the mad spirits. Only then would the humans be worth this second chance, and live.
You are one of these children that have been chosen by the kind spirits. You get to choose which of the three tribes you belong to.
Your spirit is a small, unevolved pokémon, but it will be referred to as a spirit. You get to choose what pokémon it will be. It can speak human language. It will be able to evolve after a while. If will have a number of pokémon attacks to defend and attack with.
You will start in your village and set off with other chosen children from your tribe (if there are any) and somehow make up a plan for how to venture through a northern american landscape to find the children from the other tribes.
After that, you have to come up with a plan to unite the three armies that are marching towards a war...
Now and then, there will be evil spirits attacking you. These are also pokémon and most often big and mean ones.