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GALARIAN TORKOAL (FIRE/POISON):

IT IS SAID THE FIRST GALARIAN TORKOAL WAS TRANSFORMED BY A WITCH IN NEED OF BOTH A CAULDRON AND A FLAME TO LIGHT IT. IT IS EQUALLY RUMORED THE WITCH WAS A GALARIAN SLOWKING, AND EVEN THAT THE TORKOAL WAS PUNISHED FOR INTRUDING UPON THE SORCERER’S LAIR. OF COURSE, A MORE GROUNDED BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESIS EXISTS— THAT TORKOAL, HAVING MIGRATED TO GALAR AND STRANDED BY CHANGES IN CLIMATE OR LANDMASS, WERE FORCED TO ADAPT RAPIDLY TO A DIFFERENT DIET. THEIR BODIES BECAME CRUCIBLES IN WHICH TO BREAK DOWN HARMFUL COMPOUNDS, BOTH FOR DIGESTION AND SELF-DEFENSE, THE FLAME WITHIN THEIR SHELL REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS. OF COURSE, THIS DOES FAIL TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SYMBOL ON TORKOAL’S HEAD AND THE FORMATION OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE HANDLES ON ITS SHELL.

THESE TORKOAL CAN CONSUME ALMOST ANYTHING, AS LONG IT CAN BE MELTED OR BURNED BY THEIR FIRE. THEIR BODIES ABSORB NEEDED NUTRIENTS, AND THE REMAINDER BECOMES INCREDIBLY CAUSTIC AND VOLATILE. THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF EVERY TORKOAL IS DIFFERENT, AND RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES THEY GO TO GREAT PAINS TO MAINTAIN IT TO THEIR LIKING, TRAVELING FAR FOR A SPECIFIC FRUIT, BARK OF TREE, ORE, OR OTHER SUBSTANCE TO ADD TO THEIR BREW. GALARIAN TORKOAL EMIT FIRE FROM UNDERNEATH THEIR SHELL, AND SEEMINGLY INCREASE ITS HEAT AND SIZE USING THE SIGIL ON THEIR HEAD. WHEN INERT OR LUKEWARM, TORKOAL HAS A CALM DEMEANOR, SOMETIMES APPEARING EVEN COMATOSE, BUT TURNING ITS FIRE ALL THE WAY UP MAKES IT EQUALLY VOLATILE, PRONE TO VIOLENT ERUPTION BOTH IN ANGER AND JOY. TO ATTACK, IT USES FLAME, NOXIOUS SMOKE, AND, IF THE ENEMY IS PARTICULARLY UNFORTUNATE, THE POISON ITSELF, WHICH IT TIPS OUT OF ITS CAULDRON BY PULLING ON THE HANDLES TO STAND UP.