ultra beasts my beloved

litwick

this stage uses the power of friendship best due to how slow and weak they are. usually one will be sent out as a bait while others will start appearing to drain the victim's life force and gaslight them into thinking the first one can be trusted.

they know they're cute. if they notice the victim finds litwick cute, they'll act playful. this might not always work in case they know litwick can be deceptively cute but it will not hurt for trying it.

they don't leave their territory much due to how slow they are but if it's gotten too dangerous they can migrate. they'd rather not since it tires them.

despite their tendency to manipulate, they're still very open to learn and experience things so they're the easiest to catch and raise of this line. they're not reccommended for new trainers but some adore the line so much they go for it anyway. as long as they're trained well, they can be trusted with a loyal companion with temper like most fire types. they can even be taught to drain life force from more desireable things such as live prey or taking small sips instead of the whole thing.

lampent

when a litwick evolves, they'll be joyous as they get more durable armour for their flame and capability to float. they often go more independent and start hunting on their own. they'll still be kind to their line though.

some will stay with their group with a "i'm stronger now, my help won't go to waste" mindset. litwicks appreciate this since now there's someone that can carry them around and be extra firepower if things go dire.

the entire line can feel when someone is dying. it's just that litwick is too slow and chandelure is too impatient for such so lampent got the reputation. to it, dying things are easy snacks yum.

lampent is the most tolerant to water since their flame is sealed off but they still don't like it. water might leak to the danger zone so they wanna be safe.

most hospitals and nursing homes keep water types if lampent is around to shoo them away and let the spirit pass to afterlife instead of being lamp fuel. water types are prefered because of their demeanor but anything that's strong against them works.

chandelure

this species took a while to be discovered, people even assuming it doesn't go further from lampent due to their stone evolution. because of this most of the population has a trainer and most have been raised as a litwick. they're fiercely loyal and some can be overly protective if not raised right.

it's told that the first one belonged to a duchess that fancied dusk stone jewelry, he managed to get his arms on that one night and caused quite the ruckus since no one expected him to be this strong.

wild ones are rare but they're seen as threats and those around one's territory are told to leave it alone since it'll want the soul energy before anything else. the responsibility of taking care of 5 flames, one being particularly big, its past experiences as having to struggle for their prey and the huge power boost makes them not merciful.

the newly found hypnosis is the most cost effective way to keep prey calm but they can attack or corner those if necessary. it's not as good as a malamar's but some can get close with enough practice. it's because of this, the trained ones are worse at it. if one falls for it, they're far gone.