In the year 2033, Pokemon are now rarely kept as pets, or used in competitive challenges.
In this age, Pokemon are used as weapons. Extremely valuable, powerful weapons.
A team of controversial researchers began experimenting on Pokemon a few years ago. This team called themselves "Omega." They believed that they could harness the power of Electric Pokemon, and use it to generate power. And so they tried to do just that.
This dangerous experimentation caused an outcry from the members of the public. But Omega simply ignored the direct instructions that they should cease this cruelty immediately.
When they realised that they had no way of harnessing this power, or storing it, they gave up on that train of thought, and disappeared for a while. Everyone thought they had gone for good.
Omega emerged some years later, and they had discovered that they could use Pokemon in order to get what they wanted. They began to capture Pokemon from the wild, and torture them until they obeyed orders.
It started off on a small scale, they would use Pokemon to rob corner stores, and mug people on the street.
But things got worse.
It didn't take long for them to start staging bank heist's, and murdering influential political figureheads.
This behaviour caused a war to break out.
People began to train their Pokemon to fight. They formed their own group, calling themselves the "Crusaders".
The Crusaders grew rapidly in size, and eventually waged war against Omega.
The war started in Saffron City, But soon it was brutally occurring all across Kanto.
In this war, the Pokemon do not compete in a friendly battle until one of them "throws in the towel". These battles are to the death.
Currently, The Crusaders train new individuals in a huge camp, situated where Indigo Plateau once sat, in the Johto league.
It is unknown where Omega train their new individuals, But some are beginning to suspect it is around the ruins of Cinnibar.
This war is one of the most disastrous ones humanity has ever faced. A lot of lives have been lost, both human, and Pokemon. The body count is astronomical, the bloodshed unthinkable...
How will it end?
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In this roleplay, You will begin you story as a new member of even the Crusaders or Team Omega. This is up to you. (There are two special places on each team, of a higher rank.)
You will start with TWO low-level pokemon, chosen from the list below. During your training, you will have the chance to catch more, before you are thrown into the war, to fight your own battles.
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For more info, click the link at the top. Please come and join! :)
This RP is intended to be like real life, if pokemon were real. Please don't apply if you're uncomfortable with Pikachu bleeding out. >_<