The Jangmo-o Line

Jangmo-o
The Scaly Pokémon
Type: Dragon
Official Registration #: 782
Entry: A small, dragon-like pokémon native to the rocky canyons of Alola’s Poni Island. Although they look fierce, jangmo-o are actually highly timid pokémon around anything but other jangmo-o. As a result, they reside deep within Poni Islands’ cave and canyon system, in rugged terrain that’s very difficult for most humans and pokémon to traverse. There, they train against each other, bashing into one another with their rock-hard crests in order to harden their hides into steel-like armor … which of course is perhaps not the most advantageous thing they could do to preserve their reclusive lifestyle, seeing as the sound of one jangmo-o bashing itself against another jangmo-o produces a loud clang that resonates throughout their native cave system and thus alerts any possible outsider to their nests’ specific locations, but who is the author to judge?

Hakamo-o
The Scaly Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Fighting
Official Registration #: 783
Entry: The evolved form of jangmo-o, by battle experience. As this pokémon grows, it sheds its scales. Through this process, each hakamo-o develops a coat of scales that grows harder and sharper with each subsequent shedding. On a hakamo-o, these scales are invaluable and become integrated in their owner’s vicious, physical techniques. Their sharp edges can serve as weapons in a pinch and can inflict lacerations upon the slightest touch, especially as hakamo-o grows older or nears evolution. Off of a hakamo-o, however, they’re either great for slicing vegetables or a fantastically easy way to earn yourself a visit to one of Alola’s many lovely emergency medical facilities, depending on whether or not you were able to spot these shed scales before stepping on them.

Kommo-o
The Scaly Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Fighting
Official Registration #: 784
Entry: The evolved form of Hakamo-o, by battle experience. In order to intimidate any enemy it spots, kommo-o vigorously jingles the metallic scales on its tail. The author assures you that when facing a five-foot tall, 173-pound dragon that can either maul you with its claws, throw you, or slice you in half with the aforementioned tail, this jingling is a lot more intimidating than it sounds.