Adventures in Helnith: Assault on the Town of Ash (OoC)

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So as natives to Helnith (and also having no clue as a player), what might our new characters know about this Team Bandra?

Bearing in mind this is what is commonly known by the average person in Helnith and not all of it is necessarily correct:

Spoiler: Team Bandra

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Bandra formed about seven years ago. The typical Bandra uniform is black and purple, and their emblem is a spiky purple ’B’. Their leader is known in most circles as Triple B (“Big Boss Bandra”).

Not counting their leader, there are generally three tiers of Bandra forces:

Grunts - These are the most common. Their uniform is a shirt, hat, black pants and a mask. They are also bottom of the barrel as far as rank and skill level. Their Pokémon usually consist of Rock, Ground, and Fighting Pokemon, and Wispaferyn (Bug/Fire Helnith Pokémon), with a smattering of other species and types, but with a strong tendency towards Pokémon that are common and easy to use. It’s not unheard of for Grunts to have Pokémon outside of those bounds, but in general more unusual Pokémon belong to…

Taskmasters - The war has been going on for seven years, and more people have been leaving Helnith than coming in, with the end result that anyone in Bandra with any degree of skill or experience has been promoted to Taskmaster. Taskmasters tend to be in charge of specific minor missions or set to oversee Grunts. Their uniforms resemble those of the Grunts, but they have a vest in addition to the above.

Officers - The highest tier aside from Triple B. Last count, there were about eight of them. It’s not uncommon for them to not bother with face coverings, since the relevant authorities know who most of them are anyway.

Spoiler: Officer Breakdown

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Altros - lowest-ranked of the Bandra Officers, he was arrested early in the game after his defeat by Dream and the player party. Currently cooling his heels in Steltag Prison.

Hannah - Coordinator. Last spotted meeting with Darrin in Ternai Town but previously spent a lot of time in Keida Village.

Darrin - Former resident of Hiresh Asylum. Killed Elite Four Tethys and is currently in possession of said Elite’s Pokémon - including the Legendary Pokémon Acquegon. Widely considered the most dangerous trainer in Bandra after Triple B. Largely responsible for the lack of actual police in most of Helnith. Recently took over Ternai Town.

Baynor - Driven out of Hillsbreak a few weeks ago along with the Bandra forces under his command, hasn’t been seen since. Assumed to still be at large.

Tenma - Bandra’s resident evil scientist. Last seen during the Bandra conquest of the Shrine of Light, but the Shrine was retaken recently and he wasn’t there. Location unknown.

Kerry - Telepath, and as you would expect specializes in Psychic types. In or around Stardust City at last report.

Noren - Runs Seapoint and the area around it. He took over the settlement in question early in the war by claiming to be a Gym challenger and used the ‘Gym Leaders can’t switch during official matches’ rule to take the Gym Leader out of the equation. Side note: if you do challenge a Gym Leader to an official match, they no longer use that rule.

Ray - Runs the southern part of the region (Coastmarch, Jikero, sometimes as far west as Plainshaven.) The last few months he’s been moving around a lot more; the rumor mill isn’t sure why. He was in charge of Tidepath, but Dream took it back while Ray was occupied elsewhere.

??? - kept his face covered, rumored to have a Moltres. Location unknown. There are a few rumors he had a falling out with Triple B and is out of the picture entirely, but nothing confirmed.

Following up on the above, what exactly might our characters know about the war? I imagine Less has been following it quite closely.

Anything particular you’re curious about? I put some info in the Bandra Officer block above. Beyond that the thing most relevant to you is

Spoiler: Emilia

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Emilia contacted you not long before she disappeared; she was down south, being chased by Bandra Officer Ray.

Also, is there any chance we could start with a higher than default happiness on one of our pokemon?

Absolutely. I don’t usually keep track of it unless it’s relevant (EX: for evolution) but I can add it to Buck’s stats.

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