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#126 Magmar

MAGMAR (Magby, Magmortar), #126 (#240, #467), Fire

Magmar is a bipedal, lizard-like Pokemon that is considered "endemic" to heavy industry. The Magmar genus is heavily restricted with controlled populations, possessing few unique species - all of which are found in industrial or highly hazardous environs. The genus is known as environmentally destructive that will, if loosed outside of its industrial setting, drastically alter its surroundings to suit its needs without regard for greater consequences.

Biology:

Magmar physiology and biology varies little amongst species due to the breeding and location control exerted on the genus overall, but all known species exemplify the following traits:

• Reliance on and attraction to high levels of heat, natural or manufactured.

• Presence of a chin-to-belly wattle in both adult males and females, with size and colour ranging by species.

• Presence of non-offensive spines on the back and tail.

• Heavy, protruding brows and distinct tufts of hair on the crown of the head.

• Heavily toothed beak-like mouth.

• Two-cycle respiratory system supporting air purification.

• Ability to travel in both bipedal and quadrupedal stance.

Overall, adult members of the genus are of a moderate build, sporting long torsos, proportionately long arms, short legs, and a sizeable tail.

Members of the Magmar genus begin life as generously sized black, heavy, hard-shelled oval eggs. Magmar eggs often possess an oily quality and have a ringed texture, paired with dim light refraction. After laying, the egg will incubate for 40 - 45 days, and from it a brightly-coloured Magby will hatch over the course of a few minutes. Magby are highly vulnerable and reliant on their parents or handlers for protection and food. For the first four weeks, a Magby will remain as close as possible to its parent, handler, or nest. Upon the fifth week, a Magby will begin to show signs of minor independence, wandering increasing distances away from its parent, handler, or nest, but never beyond sighting distance, for short periods of time. Magby are born with a sizeable internal yolk that they retain and absorb over the first few days of their lives before requiring feeding from parents or handlers. During this time, they are unbalanced as their body weight shifts with the absorption of the yolk. Standard Magby are bald and a bright orange-scarlet in colour when born, with hair, spines, and various coloured spots and speckles fading in over the course of the Pokemon's first three days of life. Some individuals born with pigmentation mutations or errors will exemplify a more magenta colouration upon birth, which will facilitate darker colouration and patterning overall as its develops to adulthood. Those afflicted with Shinyness will be born with a striking golden yellow colouration. Baby Magmar come preequipped with prey drive, and will investigate sights and sounds beyond the nest once confident with their surroundings. Magby possess exemplary heat retention, able to maintain their core heat when removed from ideal conditions for several hours before experiencing temperature drops. However, despite their resilience, they possess a noted aversion to environmental changes, being highly unlikely to enter an area with a temperature difference of -15 deg C or greater in relation to the nest site or imprinted rearing location. Magby avoid water entirely unless greatly dehydrated, otherwise gaining hydration from prey. Mobility-wise, Magby walk on all fours as do lizards, but with a more pronounced bend to the arms to compensate for their extra length. After approximately one month, a Magby will begin to experiment with standing and walking upright, using walls for support. Within another month, the Pokemon will freely switch between both stances.

All Magmar are consumers, being omnivorous with a primarily carnivorous leaning.

Magby's surface temperature of 40 C is maintained against its core temperature of 1,200 C thanks to compact layers of insulating cells that contain the Pokemon's core heat. These cells are organised in multiple sheets that lay over each other in an offset that permits tight formation.

A Magmar's respiratory system is composed of a pair of lungs and two pairs of air sacks, anterior and posterior, lined with gill-like filaments arranged in rack formation. Similar to a bird, a Magmar breathes via a process that involves two respiratory cycles. The first cycle involves bringing air into the first (anterior) pair of the Pokemon's filamented air sacks to filter large granules and toxic particulates from the air upon inhalation. Exhalation moves the partially purified air to the second (posterior) pair of air sacks, where it is strained a second time with a finer arrangement of filaments to capture smaller particles. The second cycle forces the purified air from the posterior air sacks to the lungs for gas exchange as the anterior air sacks refill to begin the cycle again. The lengthy travel of air through the Pokemon's system also permits needed heat transfer, either drawing in needed external heat, or expelling excess core heat. Conversely, this same process can facilitate rapid loss of core heat in cold environs, resulting in dropping organ and muscle efficiency. Magmar breathe via a bellows system as opposed to a diaphragm. The rib cage of a Magmar is not rigid, supported by a series of muscles that originate from a modified sternum and first and second ribs. These muscles facilitate the "opening" and "closing" of the chest via the lifting and lowering of the ribs, creating high and low pressure conditions in the air sacks and lungs to promote breathing. Expansion of the chest results in the anterior air sacks and lungs filling with air from outside and the posterior set of air sacks respectively, while its compression forces air from the first pair of air sacks to the second, and the air of the lungs out through the trachea. For this reason, Magmar are especially vulnerable to constriction of the chest and chest-related injuries and deformities, which can result in suffocation and permanently affected breathing.

Particles filtered by the filaments of the anterior and posterior air sacks are captured by mucus and carried away to be excreted from the body through the skin via pores along with the body's natural oils. For this reason, Magmar can carry with them a smokey or even noxious body odour independent of their environment depending on the quality of air they were recently exposed to.

Ecology:

As an industrial Pokemon, Magmar are a "manufactured" genus, engineered and guided by eugenics to fulfill a specific purpose within a working pipeline. Their high heat resistance, internal air filtration systems, toxin resistance, and intelligence have made them ideal for the performance of basic industrial maintenance and dangerous environmental assessment and exploration related tasks. Magmar are common in smelting and manufacturing operations, where they work in high-heat and potentially toxic conditions in tandem with machinery.

Magmar are used to tend machinery and partially operate / oversee mining operations in dangerous envirions. Like their industrial cousins, Electabuzz and Conkeldurr, they are believed to possess human-like intelligence. Magmar populations are carefully controlled by Silph Co. and are as a genus barred from casual ownership by trainers and collectors. Ownership application outside of retiree caretaker is steep and carefully monitored, with an acceptance rate below 5%. Magmar are known for their incredible heat resistance and reliance on high temperatures to remain healthy and active. The species is notorious for its propensity to drastically alter its environment to suit itself if able, setting fire to vegetation and buildings to raise the ambient temperature to better align with its comforts.

Though carefully restricted as a population, wild specimens of Magmar and its related stages of development are not unheard of. Poor security protocols and subpar treatment of the Pokemon have resulted in escape attempts, with considerable local environmental and collateral damage in the wake of such events being extensively documented. Due to its temperature-related requirements for survival, established populations or even merely second-generation wild Magmar are extremely rare.

Variants:

SPANISH ROOSTER: Brightly coloured Magmar variant exclusive to the New Latin Americas. While still technically industrial, the species is not as needy of special requirements as standard Magmar, nor as restricted in application. Males possess a generous smattering of blues, greens, and yellows, while females are primarily red and black. Males also possess longer spines growing from the pelvic bone downwards. The feet of the Spanish rooster are heavily taloned, and both males and females possess a brassy call. Infighting amongst males is common, with most fights becoming very violent very quickly. As a result, unlike standard Magmar, this variant has a purposefully skewed population arrangement of 75% female to 25% male to reduce instances of violence amongst worker populations. While still highly intelligent, the variant is incredibly aggressive and is prone to lashing out with little provocation. Due to issues of criminal smuggling of the variant out of its industrial setting for unregistered fighting profits, individuals are chemically sterilised from the earliest age possible to keep escapees from establishing an uncontrolled wild or black market population.

SMOKE STACK: Yellow and green speckled variant with numerable skin folds and greater toxicity resistance than the standard species. Smoke stack Magmar are a limited species that developed from a small population of standard Magmar that exemplified greater air filtration efficiency and aerial toxin concentration resistance. Their population is kept extremely small, as individuals are themselves toxic and their application as workers is much more limited than their standard cousins. The toxins the Pokemon filtrates from the air are further excreted through the skin in a thick oil, which is poisonous due to its chemical concentration. The oil accumulates rapidly, as the Pokemon's skin folds prevent it from evaporating efficiently. "Detoxing" a smoke stack to prevent incidental poisoning of handlers and other Pokemon through physical contact involves placing the Pokemon into a steam room to encourage increased sweating, and further washing between the Magmar's skin folds to remove as much contaminated body oils as possible. Smoke stacks are not seen outside of industrial settings unless adopted by a handler or caretaker as a retiree, or loaned out to other sectors for work requiring revelant resistances. The fire of a smoke stack is oily, heavy, and often mixed with contaminants which affect the colour of the flame (the most common being green).

BASALT: Pink-coloured Magmar with a rough, inflexible armour coating the epidermis. Bodily oils secreted from the skin rapidly accrue and harden, blackening to a coal-like colour and texture upon contact with the air, acting as insulation and armour. When the Pokemon moves, the armour splits, revealing raw, pink flesh beneath, which will pool in folds where the cracks widen. Basalt Magmar emit intense heat, which is stifled when the armour is intact. It is unknown whether a basalt Magmar is a unique species, or the result of a congenital defect or over-productive oil glands in standard Magmar.

Training, Care, and Temperament:

Magmar and its stages of development are, like Electabuzz, classified as Industrial Pokemon, and are prohibited from casual ownership under law. Individuals who wish to obtain and train an adult Magmar must attain permissions for owner / trainership via a three-stage application form and pass a compatibility course and screening to assure the applicant has the skills and means required to properly maintain the Pokemon. Those who wish to obtain a Magby, whether recently hatched or yet to be hatched, must fill out a four-stage application form and undergo the same courses and screenings as applicants for adult Magmar, with the addition of presenting an up-to-date Breeder's License and Ethical Breeders Certificate.

Magby under ownership of a trainer or full-time handler will imprint on them very quickly, provided they are present when the Magby's vision begins to sharpen approximately two to three days after hatching. Magby introduced to an owner after coming into contact with other handlers or Pokemon in any significant fashion will show signs of stress until a positive or parental association with the new owner has been established. Magby must be kept in a "hot box", a covered or uncovered heated nest, to allow maintenance of the Pokemon's core temperature. Magby hold a core temperature of approximately 1,200 C, and a surface temperature of 40 C. Ambient nest temperature of 35 - 38 C is recommended for higher levels of comfort for the Pokemon. Inclusion of non-toxic, fire-resistant insulated blankets or similar stuffing is recommended to promote feelings of security and comfort in connection with the hot box. It is recommended that a hot box be approximately twice the size of the Magby itself. Blankets used to soften the nest should also be used in swaddling the Pokemon while outside the hot box, especially in carrying the Magby from location to location, to help further associate safety and comfort with the owner in the same vein as the nest. For its first day of life, a Magby will not require feeding, as it will be living off of the internal yolk provided by its egg. After the yolk has been absorbed entirely, the Pokemon will begin to vocalise, producing a hissing caw, to express need for food. Magby grow quickly and require regular feeding (every two hours for the first week; every three hours for week two; every four hours save eight hours of sleep for week three; a morning, noon, evening schedule can be implemented at week four). Ground meal, heated to 30 C, should be fed to the Pokemon for its first three weeks, and solid food can be implemented into its diet at week four. Prey Pokemon such as Caterpie, Weedle, or pinky Rattata are ideal meal items. Soft fruits such as banana or melon slices are also acceptable, but should only be given as an occasional treat. A Magby will not eat frozen or chilled food.

Once at six weeks of age, Magby that feel threatened will release an acrid smoke to ward away potential threats to their survival. The smoke can stain walls and furniture, and will leave a lingering stink. Smoke is produced and forced up from the stomach, and with it any undigested food will rise up the throat as embers and ashes, which can spark flame upon contact with a surface. Due to the baby Pokemon's small frame, bile may also be brought up with the smoke. As Magby maintains an internal temperature of over 1,000 C, the bile is super-heated, and will ignite any flammable surfaces upon contact. The bile is a bright orange, and congeals to a red-orange gel upon cooling.

Magby can produce a small flame from the mouth in small bursts at the age of two months. These bursts are largely uncontrolled, assumed to be involuntary releases of internal fluids building up in specialised organs (col. "fire lungs") behind the lungs. Fire lungs permit fire-breathing via the forceful release of high-temperature, oxidising chemicals. The chemicals stored in fire lungs are extracts from the food the Pokemon eats and the air it breathes, with the former being the greatest contributor. Once the organs become active after six weeks of life, they quickly fill beyond capacity and require depressurisation, taking the form of spontaneous burps of flame. As the baby grows the regularity of these spontaneous releases will lessen as the organs expand. Owners can aid in the reduction of excessive build up by monitoring the Magby's diet against foods that produce a high chemical extraction yield, or encourage greater fire-breathing behaviour outdoors or in an otherwise safe location to burn excess fluid.

Magby clean themselves via dust bathing, using sand or fine, dry dirt to remove excess oils and moisture. For optimum quality of life, owners are recommended to have an easily accessible indoor or outdoor dust or sand box for the Pokemon to roll in. In the absence of suitable dust or sand, the Pokemon will roll in carpet weave, rugs, furniture, or other surfaces, which can create eventual stains, body sores, and encourage the formation of bad habits. Trainers that cannot implement or otherwise have no access to a dust or sand box of some description are recommended to attempt cleaning their Magby via soft, dry cloths. Owners are heavily advised against using water to clean a Magby unless absolutely required, and in such cases only mild dampness should be used at most.

As infant fire Pokemon, Magby possess a deep aversion to water. To help keep the baby Pokemon hydrated, owners are advised to feed them fresh or otherwise wet food. Contact with water can cause great stress in the Pokemon, resulting in crying and, if the Magby is developed enough, the production of smoke as a threat-response. While general contact with water will not directly harm the Magby, prolonged contact can lower its core temperature, which can be dangerous to its health. Introduction to water takes considerable patience on behalf of the trainer and it is strongly advised that an owner wait until a strong trust bond between themselves and the Pokemon has developed before attempting to familiarise the Magby to water. The sound of running water or rain can stress a Magby. Swaddling and carrying or cuddling the Pokemon will aid in lowering its stress levels. Trainers are heavily advised against using a spray bottle to "train" a Magby, as it will erode the trust bond and result in greatly elevated stress levels for the Pokemon, which can lead to mortality in extreme cases.

Drawn to and requiring heat to survive, Magby will exemplify "cuddling" behaviour with anything that possesses heat, real or generated, pressing themselves against their chosen heat source to absorb as much as possible. Trainers and handlers can use this behaviour to help build and enforce human-to-Pokemon bonding with their charges. However, despite its appeal, owners are cautioned against prolonged "cuddling" with a Magby, as extended exposure to the Pokemon's heat can result in heat exhaustion, fatigue, and burns.

A Magby that has imprinted on or otherwise formed a strong bond with its owner will vocalise at them and follow them about the nest location and beyond. Leading a Magby around a house or home will help it develop confidence and a sense of security within its surroundings. Magby that are comfortable in their environment will display great energy, darting to and fro. When outdoors, trainers are recommended to keep their Pokemon on a fire-resistant lead and harness to prevent the Magby from incidentally escaping or darting into spaces where they cannot be retrieved. Magby prefer dark and confined spaces, and are keen to take advantage of such nooks and crannies to escape anything they may perceive as a threat. This behaviour can be very problematic when outdoors. A frightened Magby can wedge itself into many small, tight spaces, which can not only result in difficulties in retrieval by the owner, but prove to be a health risk via compression on the chest, preventing breathing. Despite its curiosity and willingness to follow its trainer wherever they may go, Magby are shy Pokemon, suspicious of strangers and changes to their environment. They will observe new people and Pokemon from afar for a considerable while before feeling comfortable with coming forward.

Magby show remarkable interest and engagement in the habits and routines of their owners, to the point of anticipation and imitation. They will take pointed interest in handling any objects or repeating general actions perceived to be related to their trainer's routine, including pens, phones, shoes, articles of clothing, workstations, motions made, and paths walked. Once a Magby begins to show signs of taking interest in and repeating actions and behaviours of the owner, it is strongly advised that they become increasingly aware and attentive towards the Pokemon to prevent injury, and to also engage the Pokemon to help foster continued bonding and encourage a complementing routine on behalf of the baby. Establishment of routine and the execution of tasks is considered "programmed into" or "part" of Magmar psychology, and the proper engagement of these impulses is considered a part of good quality of life for the Pokemon. The desire to engage and repeat can be easily used by trainers to encourage battle training and exercise. Lack of routine or task engagement can become a source of stress for the Pokemon as it ages, leading to anxiety, depression, and the formation of potentially destructive repetitive actions or habits.

Magby will begin to transition from an infant to a juvenile at approximately 5 months of age. A wattle will begin to form on the chest and neck, spines along the back will lengthen, and the baby's colouration will darken to form the foundation of adult patterning. As a juvenile Magmar, the young Pokemon will show signs of increased appetite, irritability, and boredom. Increased irritation in Magby developing to Magmar is attributed to "growing pains" overall. As development into Magmar proceeds, a Magby's skeletal structure will expand and shift, adult teeth will grow in under the baby set, hormone levels will change, and the cellular layers that insulate the Pokemon's core heat will be stretched and shifted out of position and experience internal micro or even macroscopic tears, resulting in heat loss. During this time, the trust bond and patience between owner and Pokemon will be tested, and the potential of the developing Magmar to lash out against its trainer out of frustration towards its environment will be greatly increased. Due to the potential of higher levels of heat loss, it is during this time that there is a greater risk of the Pokemon purposely starting a fire in its environment in an effort to keep its core temperature stable. To curtail this, owners are heavily advised to invest in a larger hot box or approved space heaters to provide a suitable environment for the Pokemon to retreat to for comfort. It is at this stage that Magmar develop their characteristic "heat aura"; however, at this time it is not a controllable phenomenon, being largely a side-effect of micro or macroscopic tears in their internal layers of cellular insulation. It is not until the age of two, when the Pokemon's rate of growth has slowed, that the aura becomes an actively controlled ability. An ambient temperature of approximately 50 C is considered acceptable for the Pokemon's nest during this time. Owners are warned to be constantly aware of the threat of heat stroke and other related injuries while with their Pokemon, as the uncontrolled nature of a developing Magmar's heat aura can result in temperatures that rapidly exceed levels of human tolerance, reaching temperatures of 60 or 70 C or higher depending on the extent of cellular insulation compromisation.

Adult Magmar seen outside of an industrial setting are generally "retirees" unfit to further perform their tasks, adopted out by handlers and care centres specially licensed to provide aftercare to industrial grade Pokemon.

Breeder's Market, Cultural Value, and Impact:

The Magmar genus overall does not have a presence in the general breeder's market, whether for trainership or companionship. Legally, a Magmar or any of its developmental stages can only be attained through a multi-stage application form and considerable background certification of the applicant. Generally, access to this species is limited to those already employed or otherwise involved with the industrial sector or possesses ties with Silph Co.'s industrial corporate arms, with the individuals attained being more often than not of the retiree Magmar population. However, healthy, young Magmar, or to-be-hatched Magby can become available outside of the industrial sector as work companions to employees of the institutes of law enforcement, fire response, and the sciences with proper justification.

Magmar are valued as a "working" Pokemon, restricted to industrial or otherwise high-risk employment to aid the human and machine workforce or be assigned tasks unsuited for human or mechanical operation. For this reason, the genus is largely recognised as a "power tool" as opposed to a companion or symbol of status. The standard species is also valued as an educational Pokemon, serving as a prime example of specialisation and acute need requirements for Pokemon performance and care. Both Magmar and Electabuzz and their handlers are regular visitors to post-secondary institutions as trade-skill ambassadors.

The Pokemon is, however, still considered a symbol of status or power, provided it was not raised in an industrial setting. In casual Pokemon collector and consumer culture, Magmar under employment are often seen as "dirty" or undesireable for their exposure and upbringing in the heavy industry sector, which is often seen as unnatural. Conversely, Magmar that are hatched and raised by hand by collectors or non-industry trainers are seen as "natural" despite an upbringing outside of the industrial setting for which it is engineered to participate and thrive in is fundamentally unnatural for the genus. This lack of admission and understanding as to the nature of the Pokemon's history can lead to lowered quality of life for the Pokemon despite the best intentions on behalf of its owners. Due to this, the further attainment of the post-maturation stage of Magmar, Magmortar, is extremely difficult in casual ownership and its maintenance is further nigh impossible. Triggering a Magmar's development into Magmortar is a definitive statement of wealth and connections for trainers and collectors, as the Pokemon requires a comparatively industrial or volcanic environment in order to survive. The flaunting of a Magmortar in the League, while seen as an impressive show of skill and resources by collectors and League fans, is considered abuse by industrial Pokemon handlers, with motions having been made in recent years by the Industrial Pokemon Handlers and Caretakers Association (IPHCA) to ban both Magmortar and Electivire from League participation and acceptance.

Due to its affinity for, reliance on, and ability to manipulate heat, the Magmar genus is often associated with the mythical depiction of the salamander.

League Battling:

Due to their classification as industrial Pokemon and lack of general accessibility as non-working companions, Magmar, its developmental stages and variant species, are rare contenders for prestige in the League. However, those that have been accepted into the League as trainer or gym leader companions have shown an aptitude for battle flow and showmanship. Favouring routine and clear instruction, Magmar have difficulties with improvising in combat, with all but the most battle experienced proving to be reactionary fighters when not provided with instruction or a battle plan.

In fire Pokemon showmanship, standard Magmar can produce and sustain a bright, hot flame of considerable size with impeccable control. Smoke stack Magmar produce a shorter, heavier, but more colourful flame which, due to its oily nature, produces sparking and a longer-lasting fire after application. Magmar overall are top performers in the fire division of the League.

Pit Battling:

While the combatitive power of Magmar and Magmortar is highly desirable for pit battling for both the Pokemon's showmanship and legitimate lethality as an opponent, the cost and long term investment required to properly raise and maintain a member of such a specialised and heavily restricted genus is extremely prohibitive. Its lack of presence in the breeder's market makes it all the more difficult to exploit as a fighter, as even attaining the Pokemon through the black market is both unlikely and incredibly risky for the would-be trainer. The underground egg market is spiked with false, police tracked eggs, and is rife with scamming via miscategorised, misrepresented, or invalid Pokemon eggs being marketed as Magmar ovi. The only "guaranteed" method of attaining ownership of a Magmar is, much like Electabuzz, to gain caretakership of a retiree, or to steal a baby from a known registered caretaker or industrial breeder. There is no established underground breeder's market for the Pokemon, as attaining fertile specimens of either standard Magmar or the rare variant species is incredibly difficult. Adults are neutered or spayed before being integrated into the Silph Co. workforce and further becoming retirees, and attainment of a Magby requires considerable possession laundering and registration records fabrication, the cost of which is largely eclipsed by the risks and investments involved with industrial fire-proofing of the trainer residence, procurement of industrial heaters, and potential liability risks - the former two of which can easily spark suspicion of attentive supplier entities. In essence, the illegal possession of Magmar or Magby with intent to breed for black market profit is largely impossible to maintain in terms of secrecy for any but the most remarkably financially and politically endowed in first-world economies.

As a bloodsport fighter, Magmar is a favoured contender for its passive area temperature effects and elemental command, making it a heavyweight for winnings in same-size match-ups and select one-on-mob events. A well-trained Magmar can fight very aggressively with minimal loss of core heat, maintaining both ideal internal body temperatures and an admirable area of effect for most battles before requiring retrieval. However, pit fighting Magmar with such dicipline are a noted rarity in underground battling arenas, as most adults procured possess either physical or psychological disabilities or disorders that impede in-depth training or ability. Adults with PTSD are the most common in the ring, as physically or psychologically traumatic industrial accidents are the leading causes for prime-age Magmar to be retired from employment and further listed for caretakership (and further placed at risk of being stolen). Mental and physical degradation of these Pokemon in the underground scene is quite rapid due to a lack of accessible means of care for Magmar outside of an industrial or sanctioned care setting, leading to inability or refusal to follow orders, erratic battle performance, and increasing probability of the Pokemon turning on the owner. Lack of proper heating and poor quality of life aggravates any disabilities or disorders a retiree Magmar may possess upon procurement.

Indoctrination of the bloodsport lifestyle into an adult Magmar is difficult due to the Pokemon's baseline intelligence, which permits higher moralistic reasoning on par with human children. Superseding a retiree Magmar's original training of cooperation over conflict takes considerable investment on behalf of the new owner. A "reward" system revolving around heat in exchange for a "good fight" is generally considered the most effective method of indoctrination of an adult, provided the Pokemon has no means to escape or otherwise retaliate against its trainer. A Magmar's ignorance of the wider world is paramount to the success and maintenance of such indoctrination, as a Magmar can be convinced and trained to fight with intent to maim or kill for entertainment if made to believe it cannot survive without its trainer or the sport it is made to participate in. Thanks to its intelligence, a Magmar can be taught to understand the concept of monetary value and exchange, and, if made to correlate healthy living for itself with winnings in the ring, will accept the lifestyle with a pronounced greater success rate and fight with greater spirit and intent to impress.

Prevelance of Magmortar in the underground scene is largely nonexistent, as Magmortar's maintenance requirements for basic living are steeper than those of Magmar by a considerable margin. Lack of proper heating to keep the Pokemon's core temperature stable will lead to swift health degradation and eventual death of the Pokemon.

Notables and Histories:

HELLBLAZER: Notorious pit battling standard Magmar known for setting opponents ablaze in The Cage. An industrial retiree that suffered from PTSD, which resulted in frequent violent outbursts. Was captured and later euthanised after the sacking of the first manifestation of The Cage when integration with other retirees under aftercare was proven highly dangerous to both caretakers and other Pokemon.

SALMAN: A standard Magmar under the ownership of Kanto's gym leader, Blain. Blain's affinity for fire Pokemon and dedication to the awareness of their health, abilities, and needs put him on the radar for Silph Co., who gifted him a Magmar for his contributions to the company's Pokemon safety and handling programs. Salman was raised in Blain's volcanic gym and is his most skilled companion. Like all of Blain's Pokemon, Salman is exceptionally trained, being an accomplished combatant and showman.