The Pokénogi

Ancient tales from Hafod long ago

The Pokénogi is a set of stories that have been passed down from ancient times and centers around a set of Hafodian characters from times gone by. These stories are largely lost but fragments remain in the form of stone tablets scattered around the region. People can copy their contents or create impressions onto paper to form scrolls which their Pokémon can hold.

In game, these scrolls would serve the purpose of allowing specific Pokémon to unlock their Ancestral Forms and, so, focus on a particular moment where these ancestral characters act. Potentially, if more scrolls were discovered, other Hafodian Pokémon could unlock their latent ancestral potential but, as of now, there are 18 scrolls, detailed below.

Scroll of Honour

There once was a prince who liked to go hunting in the forests, his pack of loyal Pedigruffs by his side. One day, his Pokémon rushed off ahead of him, in pursuit of something he could not see. Chasing after them, he entered a clearing to find another pack of Pedigruffs but with bright white fur and blood red ears. The prince ordered his pack of dogs to attack.

From out of the bushes, a man walked into the clearing. He angrily explained that he was the king of a nearby kingdom and was angry with the prince for interrupting his hunt. He proposed a deal to settle the score; they would secretly swap places for a year, taking on one another’s appearance, and, disguised as the king, the prince would defeat the mysterious knight who would appear within a year. The prince agreed.

That’s all it says…

Pantionel has embodied the noble prince and has regained the honour of its lost kingdom.

Scroll of Intrigue

The mysterious knight arrived at the river outside the castle walls for the battle, as he had promised he would a year ago. His blade was sharp but he knew he would not have to use it. The king approached. He looked different but was undoubtedly the same man. They squared up to one another, ready to fight.

The king lurched forward first and, with one blow, broke through the knight’s shield. The strike pierced the knight’s armour and went straight through them. The knight motioned for the king to strike once more but he refused, as if he somehow knew about the curse that had been placed on him. The knight smiled wryly under his dark helmet and faded away into the shadows, leaving the king alone and confused.

That’s all it says…

Leeklord has embodied the mysterious knight and now radiates a menacing aura.

Scroll of Swiftness

One day, long ago, the prince spotted a tall hill and decided he would climb it. Looking down at the view, he saw a beautiful woman dressed in gold appear, riding a majestic white Pokémon. He rushed after her but, no matter how fast he ran, she always remained a fixed distance ahead of him.

Saddling his own Pokémon, he found that the faster he raced, the further ahead she became. The woman’s Pokémon effortlessly glided across rivers and fords as the prince’s splashed and struggled. He shouted for her to stop and, to his surprise, she did so immediately, telling him that it would have saved her and her Pokémon a lot of effort if he had only called out sooner. The prince apologised to the great beast beneath her who looked at him with an intense glare.

That’s all it says…

Mwngrit has embodied the noble steed and now dashes ahead effortlessly.

Scroll of Determination

The woman told the prince she was the princess of a nearby kingdom, and explained she had come to find him. In a year’s time, she was to be married to a man she did not love and she needed the prince’s help. She was canny and secretly handed the prince a small enchanted bag, whispering the plan in his ear.

A year later, the wedding party was thrown. The prince approached the groom, asking that a small bag be filled with food from the wedding banquet. However, the groom found that he could not fill the bag, no matter how much he placed inside. Puffing his chest, the groom opened the bag wide but, before he could react, the princess appeared, and, with a calculated blow, knocked the man inside the bewitched bag where he was trapped forever.

That’s all it says…

Glawash has embodied the determined princess and now moves with shocking strategy.

Scroll of Love

That night, a local man was sitting in his stable, keeping watch over his prized Gwynorn. Every year at the same time, as soon as a new Gwynalf was born, it would disappear. So, this year, as he had explained to his wife, the man would keep watch. Around midnight, as soon as the Gwynalf was born, a dark, clawed arm thrust through a window and snatched at the Pokémon. There was a skirmish and the beast fled.

In the settling dust, the man found a baby, wrapped in fine, gold cloth which he and his wife took in as their own. The boy grew exceptionally quickly, old enough to ride a full sized Mwngrit by the time he was four years old. Though they didn’t know where he came from, they loved the boy with their whole hearts.

That’s all it says…

Ruckrawl has embodied the warm couple and now protects others with a fiery heart.

Scroll of Curiosity

The prince was walking absentmindedly when a ghostly white Muddlug appeared ahead of him. He chased the Pokémon all the way to a tall stone tower and, bewitched, went inside. The prince found no sign of the Muddlug, of any life at all in fact. However, there was an ornately carved fountain in the middle of the room with a shining glint of something under the flowing waters.

He walked to the shining thing and saw it was a silvery bowl so dazzling he felt weak at the knees. He reached out to hold it but no sooner had his fingertips touched the bowl, his body stiffened as if he were a statue, his mouth open, wordless. The prince's friends waited all day for him to return but he never did.

That’s all it says…

Mogrumble has embodied the inquisitive prince and now stands, still as a statue, and observes.

Scroll of Leadership

Upon reading the letter, the king of Hafod immediately hatched a plan. He gathered together an army and began to cross the sea to the foreign kingdom, his people in hundreds of boats while he was so tall he could easily wade across. As a forest of masts and this mountain of a man approached from over the sea, the people of the foreign kingdom were terrified, particularly their king.

He sent messenger after messenger to try and dissuade the Hafodian king’s advance until finally he promised to build the king a house big enough to accommodate even a giant of a man like him. The king of Hafod thought for a moment and enjoyed the idea of living amongst one another in peace. Satisfied, the house was built and everyone poured in to celebrate.

That’s all it says…

Aquiliant has embodied the giant king and now leads with its bold and impressive stature.

Scroll of Grace

The beautiful princess was happy to leave her home, for she was in love. And within a year, she gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, the people of this foreign land were distrustful of outsiders and so she was taken from the royal chambers and sentenced to hard labour in the kitchens. Travel between this island and Hafod was forbidden and so she was trapped.

However, everyday, she was visited at her window by a small Goldflit which she would tell tales of the wonderful King of Hafod. One day, she fastened a letter explaining her plight under the pokemon’s wing and sent it on its way, to the courts of her brothers across the sea. She wished she could fly, herself, away through the bars of her cage.

That’s all it says…

Luminell has embodied the beautiful princess and now darts around as gracefully as any bird.

Scroll of Defiance

The princess was introducing her son to her family, happy to be reunited, finally. However, this peace was not to last, for the same meddlesome brother who had spirited away the foreign king’s Pokémon was a restless soul and had moods that were shocking and unpredictable. He grabbed the boy and threw him into a fire, to the horror of everyone, especially the princess.

The fight that ensued was long and terrible as the foreign king kept placing any fallen soldiers into the magic cauldron he had been given and returned them to life. Mortally wounded, the king of Hafod was desperate. So he grabbed his dastardly brother by the throat and threw him into the cauldron too, breaking the magic spell, cracking the cauldron, and ending the battle.

That’s all it says…

Shoctowl has embodied the quarrelsome elder prince and now fights with a reckless aggression.

Scroll of Resilience

The sensitive prince and the maiden were alone then. They searched desperately for the mysterious tower but never found it. They grew despondent in their loneliness. One day they came across a small patch of wheat growing wild. They planted a field near the castle and tended to it everyday. As the wheat germinated and began to grow, so did their spirits. So they waited through the summer until the harvest moon rose.

One grey dawn, the prince set out with a scythe to harvest the first crop of wheat. However, just as he was about to begin, he heard a quiet sound. Then he saw hundreds of small shapes forming a dark wave across the field, devouring the wheat. He rushed and grabbed at the shapes, managing to catch one and take it back to the castle. When he opened his hand, to his and the maiden’s surprise, there was a small Mustrike, shivering in fright.

That’s all it says…

Barbalaz has embodied the sensitive young prince and can now withstand any knockback.

Scroll of Warmth

One day, the two couples went together up a hill to watch the sun setting over their beautiful home. Suddenly, a great crash of thunder came from nowhere and a thick, white mist filled their vision, separating them from one another momentarily. They could only hear each other's confused voices in the blank whiteness.

The prince was terrified but he felt his wife’s warm, comforting hand find his and pull him close to her. Her embrace emboldened him and he was not afraid. Then, the sun pierced through the blanket of fog and revealed the kingdom once more. However, they saw with dread that every single living being had vanished; not a single Gwynorn grazed in the fields and no other people, save themselves, walked the halls of their royal court.

That’s all it says…

Lithowoodo has embodied the kind maiden and now emanates a comforting warmth.

Scroll of Mystery

Suddenly, a man appeared, eyeing the Mustrike in the prince’s hand. He asked the shocked pair to let it go. The man offered them anything they wanted to release the Pokémon, offers of gold and fine clothes but the prince refused resolutely, stating the only thing he really wanted was the strange spell that had been cast upon the land to be lifted.

The strange man sighed and accepted the offer for he was the wizard who had cursed the kingdom. With a swift movement of his hand, the spell was lifted and the Mustrike leapt from the prince into the wizard’s arms. It was not a real Mustrike but the wizard’s wife. There was a clap of thunder and, in an instant, everyone who had disappeared returned. But the wizard and his wife were gone.

That’s all it says…

Grotgrol has embodied the enigmatic wizard and now can disappear and reappear at will.

Scroll of Justice

There was a wizard whose foul temper was soothed only by his maid whom he secretly adored. He also had a sullen nephew who similarly pined with unrequited love for the maid. One day, the nephew tricked his uncle into leaving the tower so he could seduce her. When the lord returned, he was horrified to find his maid sobbing. Despite his nephew’s charm, she had cleverly sensed an inner darkness and hid from him.

With ice in his heart, the wizard took her trembling hand and confessed his love for her, asking her to marry him. He also reassured her that there would be harsh consequences for his nephew. And so, as punishment for his crime, his nephew was transformed into all manner of Pokémon: First, a Faellow, then a Muddlug, and then a Blacaidd.

That’s all it says…

Florifort has embodied the surly wizard and now demonstrates an icy cold sense of justice.

Scroll of Comfort

The wizard did not know how he could ever forgive his nephew for going behind his back. He was resolved to force him to live the rest of his life as a Pokémon in the harsh Hafodian wilderness. But, seeing the pain in her husband’s eyes, the wizard’s wife appealed to him to forgive his nephew. She knew, of course, that the man was deceitful and cunning but, more than anything, she assured him, he was lonely.

His anger softened by his wife’s words, he transformed his nephew back into a human, telling him he had taken his punishment and was forgiven as long as he was sorry. His nephew was, indeed, very sorry and, so, to cure his loneliness, the wizard conjured his nephew a son.

That’s all it says…

Ferrerin has embodied the comforting woman and has accepted its place in our world.

Scroll of Cunning

One day, the boy was fixing a fence outside what turned out to be a spiteful witch’s house. He was hammering away and whistling which awoke the witch from her sleep. Annoyed by the boy’s gleeful antics, the witch cursed the boy so that he would bear no tools save those given to him by her. When his wily father heard about the curse, he came up with a devious plan.

As dawn broke the following morning, the boy and his father rushed to the witch’s house dressed as soldiers. Outside the doors, the father blew on a horn and his son began to shout. Rushing in, the two exclaimed that a skirmish had broken out and that they were sent to protect the witch. With fear in her eyes, she threw the young boy an axe and broke her own spell.

That’s all it says…

Terroglo has embodied the shrewd man and now fills its environment with perilous webs.

Scroll of Vengeance

Furious now, with deep resentment in her heart, the witch cursed the boy so that he would never have a wife of any breed now on this earth. Dismayed for his son, the wizard’s nephew went to his uncle and explained the witch’s curses. The wizard took pity on the boy and attempted to reverse the spells but the witch’s vengeful magic was just too powerful.

So, the wizard had flowers from all over Hafod collected and brought to the court. When that was done, they stood around the pile of petals, the wizard waving his arms and muttering. Suddenly a figure grew out of the petals and took on the form of a woman. The boy held her hands and took her as his wife. The witch watched from afar, vowing this love would not last long.

That’s all it says…

Crocatoma has embodied the devious witch and now dominates with a vengeful wit.

Scroll of Resolution

As punishment for conspiring with the young man’s wife, they brought the knight to the riverbank once more. And there he was placed, balancing precariously as the young man had been when he had been betrayed. Wounded but resolute, the young man then staggered forward, spear in hand, and began to aim.

Suddenly fearful, the knight asked if he may position a stone in between himself and the spear, appealing to the youth’s kind heart. So, the knight chose a large rock and placed it as a shield and stood back, bracing himself. The young man breathed heavily and took aim, releasing the spear with a desperate cry. The spear cracked the rock in two and went straight through, hitting its target dead.

That’s all it says…

Eirate has embodied the miraculous son’s aim and now shoots spears of ice with unwavering accuracy.

Scroll of Corruption

The wizard set out to look for the boy’s wife with a pit in his stomach. She may have been conjured from flowers but had she no heart? When she heard that news of her betrayal had spread, she had fled with her handmaids up the mountains, a perilous journey which only she had survived. She feared exactly this sort of retribution and needed to get far away.

After a few days of searching, the wizard caught up with her and, upon seeing her scared expression, decided to forgive her. But the enchanted woman was distrustful. She feigned gratitude only to lunge at the man, attempting to knock him off the mountain. The wizard waved his hands and turned her into a fearsome ghoul so she would be rightfully feared and avoided wherever she went.

That’s all it says…

Barfleur has embodied the guileful woman of flowers and now corrupts with artful toxins.

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