Ch3rryBlossom28
Ice Queen
This will be set in the medieval world. Owning and controlling pokemon significantly changed society. Status would be determined based upon what pokemon you had, or if you had one at all, and how powerful it is compared to other pokemon. Further, protection from those who would do you harm, in a world where not only you needed to worry about normal weapons like swords and bows, but pokemon with unimaginable power.
People from all social statuses can have pokemon. Royalty have the most powerful and rare pokemon (starters and things like eevees or gyarados) Dukes, counts, clergymen, and barons hold less powerful but still rarer pokemon. It varies among the Knights. Depending on how good you were depending on how strong of a pokemon you had, but none were stronger than the royalty.The knights do all have access to equus type pokemon like ponytails and rapidashes. Commoners can have up to uncommon but primary have common pokemon like pidgey, zigzagoon or poochyena. Those in the Church or other religious groups tend to have more psychic type pokemon. These social statuses are maintained by breeding these pokemon with others of the same species at the same social status as your own (usually with those you intend to marry your children into). It is possible to breed into higher status but very rarely does it happen.
Legendary pokemon are considered like deities among men. Those who manage to bond with one are considered a King/Queen and are able to conquer many continents. For instance the ruler of the Mongolian Empire had a legendary as his bonded pokemon.Just like in real life, not everyone follows the established order. Bandits, mercenaries, and other lawbreakers do manage to get a hold pokemon that are above their rank and use them for their own gain.
There is currently a war going on in the North. The kingdom has been forced to recruit more than average. Those who were spiritually bonded to a pokemon were chosen for they tended to fight better. They even had to stoop as low as to get help from a mercenary group that had grown large over the years. This mercenary group was called Sentinels. They had access to a whole range of pokemon that normally those of their rank would not have. The Queen requested that they fight for her in this war in exchange for pardoning and money.
There is fear that the ruler of the Kingdom in the North was bonded to a legendary, for they had not had such a fierce enemy in decades.