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Character Revamps: Pokémon

Gotta Catch 'Em All  

To practice my creativity and drawing, I'm trying out Character Revamps.  First up, Pokémon. 

Backstory:
Several decades ago, an asteroid struck the Kanto region.  Humanity just barely survived.  Many species of Pokémon did not, going extinct.  Now, society has slowly rebounded and new types of Pokémon exist in across the Posthoc (after the fact) landscape.  Here are some of them.


Modified Starters:
While there are still members of the starter Pokémon lines that have remained unchanged (called heirlooms), the most common variants were bred specifically to help humanity survive.
Posthoc Charmanders and their evolutions remain Fire-type but most of their fire generation capacity is constrained to heating and lighting human settlements. 

Posthoc Bulbasaurs and their evolutions are used to cultivate human crops.  Wheat and tomatoes sprout on the backs of Ivysaurs.

Posthoc Squirtles and their evolutions help filter drinking water.  In the final stage, Blastoise takes on the Poison typing from absorbing toxins from the water supply.


Posthoc Varients:
Like regional variants, there are a variety of Pokémon lineages that remain the same species but have some sort of modification to fit the new environment.
To escape the asteroid blast, some Geodude fled to the water.  Over time, they overcame their weakness to water and adapted an aquatic lifestyle.  Now Posthoc Geodude are mono Water-type and have frog-like attributes.

Continuing an aqueous life, Posthoc Graveler have a hard shell reminiscent of a turtle's and recover the Rock typing along with Water. 

Stony ambush predators of murky watering holes, Posthoc Golem have converged on a crocodilian lifestyle.


Reign of the Ditto:
Given its extreme adaptability, Ditto quickly spread out and filled the niches of many extinct Pokémon species.  Many of the most successful Posthoc species are descendants of Ditto. 
One of the largest extent Pokémon, Drakko is a Normal and Dragon-type and currently the only Dragon-type Pokémon in Kanto.

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