Askos

The Askos region is one of the fan regions created by CharaDreamer55 and is accepted as part of the Pokeverse RP. This is the original and first instalment of the Askosverse, released over the span of late 2019 to early 2020. The Askos region serves as the basis for many other projects which branch off from it, hence the name "The Askosverse". Askos has a prequel story - Fritho - as well as a sequel - Project Unown.  "I’m part of Team Dusk, too...but I can’t help wondering. If Pokemon exist for us Trainers to use in any way, then…"   - Larsa 

Pre-Askos
The story begins not in the present day, but 50 years in the past (approximately 1965). Askos went under the name of Amurg, and was ruled by a monarchy known as the Latimers. Mihai Latimer was the current King of the time, however his son Blake grew jealous, and used the powers of the mythical Determonarch to dump his parents into limbo/the Distortion World, so he would become the ruler. Blake ruled over the Amurg region with an iron fist, and caused the region itself to be covered in a never-ending darkness.

However, approximately 33 years after Blake usurped the throne (1998), three heroes hailing from the faraway Fritho region decided to try and put a stop to his tyranny. These three heroes were Trent Askos, Salem Natsu, and Basil Palm. They were able to use the combined efforts of Venaliz, Emparomy, and Filabub to stop Blake's rampage. The three were hailed as heroes, especially the leader of the group, Trent, who became the new President of the region, and the region changed its name to honour him - Askos. Salem became a Gym Leader as part of the Pokemon League Trent began to set up, whilst Basil headed back home.

When Blake was banished from the Askos Region, he orphaned his only son, Larsa. Larsa's destiny was to become the next ruler of the Askos region, and follow in his father's footsteps. He despised how people would treat people like him, and he was motivated by the idea that he could change this region for the better, and achieve his idea of a "perfect world". He formed Team Dusk out of people who felt a similar way to him, and started to wreak havoc across the region, claming that one day, his ideals would be achieved.

The Main Plot
Fast forward to the year 2015, and we meet the main character of Askos, Coral. She lives with her single mother in a small town known as Surebis, and today is the day she heads out on her Pokemon journey. After selecting her starter Pokemon from the region's Professor, she travels into the city to collect her Pokedex. However on her way there, she bumps into Larsa, and they instantly become rivals. After he's beaten in a Pokemon battle by her, he drops a Sparkling Stone which he had been gifted by his father before he was abandoned, and Coral gives this to Professor Hazel for safekeeping.

One incident that happens before the first gym is that the door is stuck, and Coral has to go into the steelworks to retrieve the spare part. Larsa overhears this conversation, and is able to beat Coral to the prize as she was "too busy looking at all the cool Steel type Pokemon in there". Larsa's attempt to embarrass her fails however, and he heads on his way.

Coral progresses through the region as normal, and collects a few gym badges, before Professor Hazel rigs her up and says that she was able to turn the Sparkling Stone into a Z-Ring. She retrieves this from one of Hazel's "assistants", before heading on her way. However, Coral is stopped by some Team Dusk members who are causing a ruckus in Dubno Town, but she's able to defeat them and continue her journey.

Eventually Coral makes her way into the city containing the third Gym, but she finds out that the city has been over-run by Team Dusk grunts, who have taken hostage of the Gym Leader's Toxicroak. Coral fights her way through waves of grunts, before she comes face to face with one of the admins, Paul. After defeating him, he gives her the Toxicroak, but before she's able to hand it back, she meets up with Larsa, who reveals himself to be part of Team Dusk. Coral then gifts the Toxicroak back to its owner, Elara, before challenging her to a gym battle.

In the next town, Coral finds that even more Team Dusk grunts are causing a ruckus, and she funds one of their admins, Paige, has taken hostage of a man named Professor Spruce. Paige asks him about the location of Determonarch, and he tells her what he knows, before Coral challenges the admin to a fight. However, it's revealed that Paige is an undercover agent for Interpol, and she apologises for threatening Spruce, before Coral goes to fight the next gym.

However on her way towards the western section of Askos, she meets up with Larsa again, and they end up taking a cable car ride together. Coral explains to him that "Pokemon are the ones who give you power, and vice versa. As long as you have Pokemon by your side, you can do anything!" He's finally able to understand Coral a lot more, before they un-board the cable car and battle once more.

In the next town, Coral is met with a celebration which is honouring one of Askos's mythical Pokemon, Filabub, and she learns of how Salem (the gym leader in this town) was one of the people who saved the Amurg region all those years ago. She goes to her gym to learn more, as she learns more about Askos's past, before heading on her way.

After defeating some more gyms and catching some more Pokemon, Coral eventually meets up with more Team Dusk grunts causing trouble, before Larsa interjects and tells them that there's no point in fighting her since her bond with her Pokemon is so strong, showing that Larsa has actually grown to respect Coral a lot recently. He invites her to visit Team Dusk's hideout, before bidding her goodbye. However, it's revealed that this was all a trick to lure Coral out, as Team Dusk takes control over the capital city, and Coral goes to stop them once and for all.

She finds an undercover Paige and Professor Spruce, and Coral discovers that all this time, Larsa was actually the leader of Team Dusk, and she becomes determined to stop him from repeating history. After Paul tells her about Larsa's past in an epic villain origin story flashback, Coral comes face to face with the newly crowned Prince Larsa. He's taken control of Determonarch, however in the nick of time, the two legendaries Emparmony and Duschacla come to her aid. However, the legendaries are easily overwhelmed by Determonarch, before Larsa challenges Coral to one final battle.

Of course, she's able to defeat him, and his spirits are shattered. The legendaries turn on him, ready to teach him a lesson, before Coral begs them to spare Larsa, since she still sees him as her friends despite everything that he's done. Larsa thanks Coral, and says that he'll disband Team Dusk, finally understanding how wrong his father's actions were in the past.

Coral then challenges the Pokemon League, and becomes Askos's new Champion.

Epilogue
Coral gets invited over to President Trent Askos's house for a celebratory dinner, and she accepts. She discovers that Professor Hazel is actually his daughter, before Trent gifts Coral with the item to summon Duschacla once more - the Silver Bell. She brings it to Team Dusk's now abandoned mansion, where she finds Larsa is still there. She summons Duschacla, and Larsa is able to apologise to it, stating that he's going to change for the better thanks to Coral's kindness. After this, Coral captures Duschacla. Larsa then says that he's thinking about starting over his Pokemon journey in some other region, before heading on his way.

Non-Canon Material
I'll admit it right now - Askos is outdated in comparison to later projects such as Fritho. Due to this, there are now some inconsistencies with the plot, and I'd like to take this section to explain what is no longer considered "canon".


 * "This was our old leader’s hometown!" - This was carried over from an earlier version of Askos's story where the people who followed Blake were also called Team Dusk, but this ended up being scrapped in the final video.
 * Story and Characters Part 1 PCS - This contained a reference to someone else's project who I was originally collaborating with, however due to creative differences, I had to cut them off.
 * The narrator - Unlike in Fritho (which is a simulation), the narrator is not a canon character inside of Askos.
 * The gift Filabub - In "reality", Salem only had one Filabub (her own). Coral does not have possession of a Shiny one IC.
 * Pokemon Power - Shut up I know it's stupid xD
 * The gift Alola Starters - These are no longer canon.
 * The gift Unown - Also not canon.