#zubamon

Disclaimer: Previous partners I picked for Céline, Diamant, and Ivy still stand. It's fairly common to have multiple digimon partners. I'm just giving them another one

For the Firenese siblings, I paired Alfred with Pulsemon and Céline with Loogamon. Pulsemon was an easy choice because he is a digimon born from exercise data. Pulse refers to the beating of their heart and his evolution changes based on the type of exercise performed by his partner. Loogamon is a magical wolf with great latent magic that requires great focus to master. So we have two digimon who rely on physical growth and emotional growth which matches Alfred and Céline respectively

These choices are also fun because Pulsemon has Céline's yellow and greens and Loogamon has Alfred's blue so they each have a partner with their sibling's colors

The Brodian princes quite easily get Ludomon and Zubamon. Both digimon are from a group known as the Legend-Arms. Ludomon represents shields and is famed as the perfect defense. Zubamon represents swords and is known as the perfect offense. Diamant get Ludomon because he favors peace and diplomacy and is more defense-oriented. Despite his timid nature, Alcryst is more prone for aggression than Diamant so Zubamon represents his hidden edge and battle prowess

The Elusian princesses were hard to choose, but I ultimately settled on Pomumon and Floramon. Pomumon's a cute little fruit dragon which works for Ivy as a wyvern rider. Its mega, Hydramon, is a very dangerous poisonous digimon that can easily pollute areas outside of its swamp so I imagine it as a gift from her mother that she's taught to be good. There are no pegasus mega-level digimon, so I picked Griffomon as the next best option for Hortensia. Their lore describes them as a natural guardian who safeguards secrets which is very fitting

Griffomon doesn't have a consistent rookie form, so I went with Floramon because she is a plant/reptile hybrid like Pomumon and was used as a Griffomon rookie in one of the Digimon TCG booster packs

After careful consideration, I gave the Solm sibbies Coronamon and Lunamon. Timerra gets Coronamon because she can be considered to be the light of Solm. As princess, she makes it her life's goal to bring joy and happiness to others, effectively representing the sun itself. In a similar way, Fogado can be compared to the moon in the sense that he chooses to reflect Timerra's light. He's fine with not shining on his own and is happy to support her goals and desires

Another bonus for Fogado is that Dianamon is noted to have a two-faced personality. Like the moon, there is a light and dark side. Fogado is friendly and casual, but he has a cutthroat side. Perfect partners here

Fellow Digimon fans have most likely noticed by now. All digimon partners above have jogress forms

Pulsemon and Loogamon become FenriLoogamon: Takemikazuchi. They are an uncommon type of fusion where one digimon becomes a weapon to augment the other rather than form a new digimon. Notably, it is Alfred's Kazuchimon that augments Céline's FenriLoogamon

Ludomon and Zubamon become RagnaLordmon, a legendary hero who was originally formed to defeat an ancient evil that rose from the darkness. It's said that the consciousness of each of the component are active at the same time so RagnaLordmon is most effective when Diamant and Alcryst are on equal footing

Hydramon and Griffomon become Cernumon. Cernumon is a holy beast that protects ancient forests. One of their abilities is the power to restore decayed wastelands and turn them into lush woodlands again. This is perfect because Ivy and Hortensia need to restore Elusia. Bonus for Ivy is that her partner goes from a digimon that pours poison into the world to one that breathes life into it

That leaves Coronamon and Luna who become GraceNovamon. A powerful being made of starlight which I adore because Timerra and Fogado literally have stars in their eyes. This is a digimon that embodies the entire night sky with the galaxy within their cape which is a nice visual representation of Solm's virtue of freedom in my opinion

No. 96 - Ludomon ---------------------------------

"Sir, we have a problem"

"What now"

"They've deployed the Shield Weasel, Sir"

"Shit"