POKÉDEX ENTRY
IN THE ENDLESS TAIGA OF THE CALA REGION, CHARCADET ADAPTED TO TEMPERATURES SO LOW THEY WOULD SHATTER ORDINARY STONE. ITS CHARCOAL CORE HAS BEEN COMPRESSED INTO HIGH-DENSITY SIBERIAN STEEL, AND THE FLAME ON ITS HEAD HAS TRANSITIONED INTO A PLASMA-BLUE FROST PLUME. IT IS SAID THAT TOUCHING THIS PLUME DOESN'T BURN THE SKIN, BUT CAUSES INSTANT, SEVERE FROSTBITE THAT TURNS THE AFFECTED AREA TO "GLASS."
LEGENDS IN CALA TELL OF ANCIENT WARRIORS WHO FORGED THEIR BLADES FROM THE DISCARDED ARMOR OF THESE POKÉMON. BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN FOUND WANDERING NEAR ABANDONED IRON MINES, LOCALS CALL THEM THE "SENTINELS OF THE SNOW." THEY ARE INCREDIBLY STOIC, OFTEN STANDING PERFECTLY STILL FOR DAYS UNTIL THEY ARE COMPLETELY COVERED IN FROST TO CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES FROM PREDATORS.
COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS
PRIMARY ABILITY: ICE BODY (REGENERATES HP IN SNOW).
HIDDEN ABILITY: HEATPROOF (ITS SPECIALIZED STEEL PLATING ALLOWS IT TO RESIST THE FIRE-TYPE MOVES THAT WOULD NORMALLY MELT IT).
SIGNATURE MOVE: SUB-ZERO STRIKE — A STEEL-TYPE PHYSICAL MOVE THAT HAS A 20% CHANCE TO FREEZE THE TARGET SOLID. POKÉDEX ENTRY
AFTER A CALARIAN CHARCADET PROVES ITS VALOR BY SURVIVING A TREK ACROSS THE FROZEN URALIAN WASTES, IT DONS A SET OF ANCIENT, GOLD-TINTED ARMOR TO EVOLVE INTO MEIEDGE. ITS HEAVY PAULDRONS ARE FILLED WITH COMPRESSED LIQUID NITROGEN, WHICH IT VENTS THROUGH ITS DAGGERS TO FREEZE OPPONENTS FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
IN CALA, MEIEDGE ARE KNOWN AS THE "GOLD-SHIELD SENTRIES." THEY ARE FIERCELY LOYAL AND WILL STAND GUARD OVER A TRAINER OR A MOUNTAIN PASS FOR DECADES WITHOUT MOVING, APPEARING TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A FROZEN STATUE UNTIL AN INTRUDER APPROACHES. THEIR PURPLE BLADES ARE MADE OF A RARE, SUB-ZERO ALLOY THAT NEVER DULLS, EVEN WHEN SLICING THROUGH SOLID GLACIERS.
BATTLE PROWESS
PRIMARY ABILITY: SHARPNESS (BOOSTS THE POWER OF SLICING MOVES).
HIDDEN ABILITY: FILTER (REDUCES DAMAGE FROM SUPER-EFFECTIVE ATTACKS—REPRESENTING ITS MASSIVE ARMOR).
SIGNATURE MOVE: CZAR’S CROSS — THE USER SLASHES IN AN 'X' SHAPE WITH ITS DAGGERS. THIS MOVE IS BOTH STEEL AND ICE-TYPE SIMULTANEOUSLY (SIMILAR TO FLYING PRESS). CALARIAN
