Solgaleo and Lunala

Solgaleo
The Sunne Pokémon
Type: Psychic/Steel
Official Registration #: 791
Entry: The evolved form of cosmoem, by battle experience. According to Alolan legend, this legendary beast came from another world and devoured the sun, then shone the sun’s light from its body before … departing to another world, apparently. Which would take the sun with it, yet not only does the sun still exist, but also, Alola is well-known as being an incredibly sunny region. Also, this pokémon, despite the fact that it radiates light and heat, is not a fire-type at all, and this world is often a fantastic, wonderful place where some things defy any sort of explanation whatsoever.

Lunala
The Moone Pokémon
Type: Psychic/Ghost
Official Registration #: 792
Entry: The evolved form of cosmoem, by battle experience. According to Alolan legend, this legendary beast came from another world and devoured the light of the moon. Which, if one thinks about it for any length of time, makes a little less sense than devouring the light of the sun, but honestly, the author has given up trying to make sense of legendary pokémon at this point.

Cosmog and Cosmoem

Cosmog
The Nebula Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 789
Entry: This strange, nebula-like pokémon possesses a body made entirely of gas, and as such, it’s said to be physically frail. On the other hand, it also possesses incredible powers, such as the ability to open portals to strange and wondrous dimensions. It is either because of its composition or this ability to teleport that causes it to be highly difficult to capture, but either way, it is strongly recommended that you do not put it in a bag.

Cosmoem
The Protostar Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 790
Entry: The evolved form of cosmog, by battle experience. After enduring incredible hardship, cosmog undergo the process of evolution, whereby its entire body mass becomes highly compressed. In truth, its nebulous body is really the very core of the black sphere at its center, while the rest of its appearance is really added matter that forms a solid cocoon. Consequently, the resulting cosmoem is extremely dense. Needless to say, it’s also not recommended that you put this pokémon in a bag, but in cosmoem’s case, it’s less because of its ability to escape (which it no longer has) and more because when the author says that this pokémon is extremely dense, he really means it weighs well over 2200 pounds.

Oricorio

Oricorio
The Dancing Pokémon
Type: Electric/Flying or Fire/Flying or Psychic/Flying or Ghost/Flying
Official Registration #: 741
Entry: A honeycreeper-like pokémon native to the tropical region of Alola. Four different varieties exist, each native to a separate island of the Alolan archipelago. From what scientists can gather, these form differences are caused by the presence of four distinct species of flowers, which are found separately on each island. When an oricorio sips the nectar of a differently colored flower, it undergoes a form change into the type of oricorio native to the flower’s home island, thus gaining differently colored feathers and a different elemental affinity. In addition to the physical change, each oricorio learns a different dance, which it instantly incorporates into its fighting techniques. These dances are shockingly similar to human dance styles, leading many to speculate on how oricorio could have learned modern cheerleading, the flamenco dancing of a region nowhere near Alola, sacred Alolan folk dances, or the first half of the Gin no Mai, which even the author wasn’t able to learn from his own mother.

Chingling and Chimecho

Chingling
The Bell Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 433
Entry: Inside this jingle bell pokémon’s mouth is a metallic, uvula-like organ that creates a ringing sound whenever chingling moves or intentionally agitates it during battle. The sound it makes sounds adorable and festive, and consequently, humans have adopted it as an iconic feature of their holiday season. Putting it another way, chingling cries are often just as much associated with Christmas as gingerbread cookies and peppermint canes. Unfortunately, what many humans fail to realize is that these cries are actually meant to drive threats away, as they’re often accompanied by high-frequency notes that they are virtually incapable of hearing … but that their pokémon partners can. Long story short, the author strongly advises adopting live chingling and agitating them into emitting their adorable, bell-like cries for an “authentic experience,” as there are at least thirty-nine cases of people doing this a year, all of which end in tragedy and tears. The author is looking at you in particular, people of Unova.

Chimecho
The Wind Chime Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 358
Entry: The evolved form of chingling, at night and as a result of a heightened level of happiness. This adorable, wind chime-like pokémon seeks out strong branches or eaves to hang from in high winds. It communicates using only seven different tones in various patterns, almost all of which are pleasant to hear. However, there is a certain pattern that produces ultrasonic waves that will knock even a full-grown man flying, and long story short, chimecho do not take song requests, so it’s wise to not even try.

Kalos Legendaries, Part II

Hoopa
The Mischief Pokémon
Type: Psychic/Ghost
Official Registration #: 720
Entry: This legendary, djinn-like pokémon is known for being unfathomably powerful in its true form, but even in its “bound” state, it possesses incredible abilities. Namely, using its mystical gold ring, it has the ability to connect its present location with a mysterious, secret location. Using this power, it frequently gathers the things it likes to store it in said location, thus building up a collection of incredible treasures. Given all of this information—including its affinity for collecting things, its ability to transport objects across space and time, and its incredible amounts of power in its unbound state—this pokémon may be considered basically the author if the author had a “pokésona,” as the internet calls them.

You wish, Bill. —LH

Sinnoh Legendaries, Part IV

Uxie
The Knowledge Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 480
Entry: According to Sinnohan lore, Uxie is the legendary guardian of Lake Acuity, the pixie of knowledge, and the being who gifted humanity with the ability to think. The latter is its main legacy; most stories regarding Uxie talk about how it flew across the land and how those humans it passed suddenly gained the ability to solve problems and improve their lives, independent of their pokémon companions. Of course, while it’s true that humanity as a whole has shown rich amounts of aptitude to do just this, whether or not Uxie had accidentally missed a few individuals here or there is still a matter of debate.

Mesprit
The Emotion Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 481
Entry: According to Sinnohan lore, Mesprit is the legendary guardian of Lake Verity, the pixie of emotion, and the being who gifted humanity with the ability to feel. As it flew across the region, it taught the humans it encountered how to feel hope, love, sadness, joy, pain, and sorrow—all the things that are necessary for understanding the gift of life. Humans, in turn, promptly used its newfound gifts to create schadenfreude, politics, and war. Because you just can’t give humanity nice, noble things, apparently.

Azelf
The Willpower Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 482
Entry: According to Sinnohan lore, Azelf is the legendary guardian of Lake Valor, the pixie of willpower, and the being who gifted humanity with the determination and strength to go through life. Some argue that Azelf was the most important pixie of all, as with knowledge and emotion but without determination, humanity would see no point in using their gifts of intelligence and compassion to make the world a better place. Just remember that, readers—it was not simply Uxie and Mesprit who came to us but Azelf as well, and as such, no matter what happens or what we think of ourselves or even what others think of us, we have Azelf’s gift of strength inside us all.

(And you thought the author was about to end this entry with something far more dismal, didn’t you?)

Hoenn Legendaries: Part V

Deoxys
The DNA Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 386
Entry: This incredibly powerful pokémon originated from a free-floating virus in space that mutated as a result of exposure to cosmic rays. It has the ability to shoot lasers from the crystalline organ in its chest and shapeshift into one of three more powerful forms, in addition to potent psychokinetic abilities. This may sound like a concept fresh from a questionable science-fiction movie, but the author assures you this a thing that exists.

Hoenn Legendaries, Part III

Latias
The Eon Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Psychic
Official Registration #: 380
Entry: One of the legendary dragon guardians of the Soul Dew, an item of mystic power. Unlike most other legendaries, it’s known that latias live in small herds with multiple other latias and latios. Each latias is highly sensitive to human emotions, can understand human speech, communicates telepathically, and possesses coats of reflective down that can alter their appearance or render them invisible. Needless to say, these abilities in combination have caused much romantic confusion in the human race since the latias have first discovered us, and there is, indeed, an internet subculture dedicated to this exact breed of confusion.

Latios
The Eon Pokémon
Type: Dragon/Psychic
Official Registration #: 381
Entry: One of the legendary dragon guardians of the Soul Dew, an item of mystic power. Unlike most other legendaries, it’s known that latios live in small herds with multiple other latias and latios. These highly intelligent pokémon are capable of flying at mach speeds and telepathically coercing subjects into seeing whatever they see in their minds. Often born alongside a sister latias, latios are generally pacifist in nature … except when their twins “interact” with rather seedy-looking humans, at which point, they often use their considerable abilities to eliminate the perceived threat. Which, honestly, makes latios a pokémon the author can sympathize with greatly.

When Psychic types “talk” to humans, do they have their own voices and accents or do they just sound like that little voicr in you hear

It depends on their level of mastery over telepathy, actually. Younger, less powerful pokémon tend to sound exactly as they do when speaking aloud. That is to say, an abra’s words will sound like an abra’s barks do to your ears.

As they get older or more powerful, however, they gain the ability to replicate different voices, and thus, they sound however they feel like sounding. Some of the most powerful pokémon, I’m told, tend to use deeper voices, occasionally with accents seen as being “high class” to humans, all in an effort to instill an appropriate level of respect. For another example, my own kadabra most often reminds me of my grandfather’s voice: bass, smooth, and with an accent much like my own. Amanita’s munna, conversely, often “speaks” with a high-pitched, feminine voice, even though the munna is actually male.

In general, though, psychic pokémon make an effort to avoid using your voice when it speaks. This is for two reasons. First and foremost, using your voice increases the risk that you mistake what they have to say for your own inner thoughts, leading you to inadvertently ignore them. Second, it doesn’t exactly do wonders for one’s emotional stability, no.

Cresselia

Cresselia
The Lunar Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 488
Entry: According to Sinnohan myth, Cresselia is the lady of the crescent moon and of dreams, as well as a companion to Darkrai. As such, her mere presence can induce blissful dreams in even the most morbid creatures, and her feathers alone, known colloquially as Lunar Wings, are highly valued for their ability to induce peaceful sleep. The latter may explain why the most common souvenir in the Sinnoh region are “authentic” Lunar Wings (actually chatot feathers dyed and curled) … which, the author supposes, do bring pleasant dreams—to Sinnohan merchants.