Marion was always a character I've viewed as a mascot during my works. Just as much as a mascot level of C3 The Minun, and even close to Dark The Sneasel level in mascots. ESPECIALLY a mascot when it comes to TwitchPlaysPokemon. However I always left ya guys in the dark when it came to where did this girl came from? What does she do? Is she just a cute little pet? More importantly, what's her importance in TwitchPlaysPokemon or Ask-TwitchPKMN. By that I mean her origins. Her lore. A concept that I had in planning & developing since 2015 now that I just dropped. Luckily for you, you're not the only one in the dark. I've been very quite and secretive to the TwitchPlaysPokemon community about it for a long time too. So much to it got to a point where she sadly faded in obscurity like the rest of our PC'd mons in the run. So thinking over the direction of how the Ask-TwitchPKMN series been recently, I figured it's time to just wing it with this one, take off the gloves, put on the L O R E glasses, and finally get down to it.Who is Marion, and what is she about?Lil' Monsters (GBC)Lil'Monsters for Gameboy Color was one of those Pokemon knockoff games you can tell from the rip. You learn about mystical creatures who are born off gems, and start your journey off with one of your choice. (Like starter Pokemon) Marion is one of those starters being the Kick/Stun gem. The game itself doesn't really have too much story. Once you get it, you just feed it, explore places, win Colosseum battles, and battle your rival, who's the brother of your mentor. That's really about it. You collect new gems by spawning monsters from your old gems to fight with. Then when your monster dies, you can switch to a new gem in it's place. It's a pretty neat game to play for a knock off.Baby Marion (PioxysTPP)The Marion you see in PioxysTPP is a non-canon variant of Marion. I just have her there for fun, and treat her like a little pet. There's nothing really more to add to that. Not really an origin story either. I'll get to that where you read the TwitchPlaysPokemon & Ask-TwitchPKMN variants of Marion. For now we can say this is Marion from her very very early days. Just it's really non-canon to the actual TPP & ATP variant. She just there to look cute and give ya cuddles.Young Marion (TwitchPlaysPokemon)Also her Ask-TwitchPKMN Series 1 appearance. Before anything, I gave her a proper revamp that suits the original box art of her:So where to begin? In TwitchPlaysPokemon, Marion had a rough start with us. Her happiness was always around 2%, we often try to take her to the top with us but failed, and we always try to wake her up when she sleeps. It was often speculated that Marion didn't really trust us, and her favorite food is oranges since that was the only food we basically gave her to eat. Despite this, the voices didn't really try anything harsh on Marion. They were just trying to win her love. To be fair, all of the host Pokemon been concern about the voices, I'd expect it to be the same for Marion. It is because Marion was born from a gem, it's rumored that her or her monster kind are actually descendants of Pokemon fossils. Though there were no proof to be found as of yet. Sadly Marion met an unfortunate end one day, as the voices & her was up against Hebo. A monster the voices hated, and unknown if it was aware of their presence or not. Regardless, it tragically slain Marion & her gem to disappearance, and Hebo took over as the new "pet host" of the voices.Marion (Ask-TwitchPKMN)Now you know the base of the community interpretation of her, and what we've done in the game. Here's where it's about time I take my spin on things. Tracing after Marion's "Death", there's questions either she laid dormant for millions of years to a Pokemon only age. Or if was in fact transported to another dimension after Hebo done away with her. She remained hidden in the deep forest of Route 101, until a child Pokemon discovered the Stun/Kick gem. Upon obtaining the item, the mysterious gem started to emerge in a glow, and brought back Marion in full Reincarnation. Due to this however, Marion awoken with Amnesia. Unaware of what happened in her past life, and found herself afraid of the new world she lived in. Thankfully, the little Pokemon reached out to her, and offer her to be his friend. That friend of course is Z. F MT The Marill. The very young, happy go lucky son of M4 The Azumarill, and C3 The Minun. The cop/war heroes of the Hoenn region. Since then, Young Marion made brief appearances in Ask-TwitchPKMN Main Series saga, Non-canon specials, and even grown up, and somewhat living with Z. F MT in Ask-TwitchPKMN series 2.In Series 2, Marion is best friends with not only C3 & M4's child, but Solareon The Flareon's son Flaredoof. The 3 grew up together, and they all share a vibe you would only see in Kingdom Hearts. (that's the best way I can describe it) Her natural hobby growing up in the M4 home is fighting. If it's not that, it's usually satisfying her orange addiction, or at rare times pull pranks on Z & Flare. One mysterious day, Z and his friends encountered The Voices for the first time, after over a decade later from the events of the Kalos Arc. While Flaredoof didn't really believe it was them, and Z was excited to the max to finally meet them, Marion felt an old familiar feeling that she doesn't trust the voices. However she don't know why, or can't remember either. With good advice from Z, Marion put her insecurities aside, and grown to enjoy the voices company. Well as long as they were able to stay that is.Marion's Abandoned Role/Lore In Ask-TwitchPKMNThe abandoned "Prism/Sun & Moon Arc" was meant to focus on Marion later on in Series 2's life span. (if I was able to ever get that started) The story line involved Z, Flare, Feereon, Solareon, and M4 all working together to discover Marion's hidden past, and why was she given another chance in the world of Pokemon. Meanwhile after all that, the world was experiencing a glitch-tastrophe, somewhat destroying every region it can get it's hand on. Eventually, the glitches will lead them to Alola & Naijo. It is there Lord Amber also makes a brief return, and tells Marion and the gang the story of a prophecy of a new Pantheon. A Pantheon that will rightfully take a spot that only fits the main circle of the usual 3. Helix, The God Of Anarchy. Freedom and Chaos to his worlds that worships his ways. Dome, The God Of Democracy. Though it is a slower and voteful way, Unity and Order surrounds his world's way of life. Amber, The God Of Balance. While Anarchy & Democracy has control of the universe, it is he who makes sure the universe is in balance, and neither of the 2 would be corrupted within their own power control. Then at last.... She who is destined to control "Military". A way of life that combines both Anarchy & Democracy with Chaos & Unity. Together, the 3 along side Amber protect the universe from another Crisis like all those decades ago. Marion is that next Pantheon in line to be called the Military Mode goddess.Pharaphix The Goddess Of Military Mode (concept)To kick this off, lets get this out of the way. Pharaphix is Marion final form/evolution when she takes on the job of becoming a full fledge Pantheon. Her name and design came from a bunch of egyptian & greek culture themes. One being the prounciation of the name. Pharoh + Sphinx = Pharaphinx (Fara-finx). Design was based off many ideas such as Cleopatra (though the full on design was scrapped to go with something simplier), a Sphinx, a griffin, and obviously Marion. Beerus from Dragonball Super was also where I got the idea to make Marion's evolution theme egyptain. As for typing, I always saw Marion as a Fairy/Fighting type oddly. However if we're going by Fossil Rules, Marion or at least Pharaphinx is a Rock/Fighting type Pokemon. Also yes, Pokemon. I class Pharaphinx as a fakemon. She was reborn into the Pokemon world. So why not. Pharaphix is a pokemon that can fight in both 2 legs for punch & kick attacks, and 4 legs on anything else. This may affect her fighting styles in battle. Picture it as the Stance Change with Aegislash. 2 legs is a bit slower and stronger, while 4 legs is more faster and defensive. In Ask-TwitchPKMN, of course she has the ability to access Input Override. An ability only Pantheons can use, and was shown once during AIIIAAB Trilogy with Lord Dome.In Ask-TwitchPKMN, after agreeing to the conditions of the offer (or other means), Marion takes on the evolution to her true form. However due to poor decisions, and a possible turn against the gang, Marion became corrupted by the glitch & her own power. Leaving the gang to put an end to a beloved friend, and defeat her. It was a fierce fight, but eventually, the gang managed to merge victorious.Marion The Meowstic (Concept)Before I say anything, I think is the one who originated this concept of her having a Pokemon form. So inspiration idea of Meowstic Marion came from her. The picture is right here if anyone's wondering:After defeating Pharaphinx, the young Pantheon was fading to a light. indicating that her time is finally about to come again. Instead of being turned into a gem, Z made a compromise to the pantheon gods. With that compromise, Lord Amber made a suggestion and decision. Marion can still keep her title the day she is old & wise enough to be ready to take the job again. until that time comes, she is forced to live her life in her mortal form to prevent another catastrophe like that again. (Mortal Form: Pantheon gods randomized to mortal pokemon. Helix = Qwilfish, Dome = Ariados, Amber= Charizard) With that, they either continue to either take on the glitch, or they already did that and the story concludes from there.I won't give full details yet about the abandoned arc for certain reasons. However when it comes to Marion, this is everything that had planned for her. If I ever decide to follow up on series 2 after series 1, this story line may still take place. Maybe. Only there's no Glitch Bird Phanceros. I was too long on the ball for that one, and the TPP lore story concluded so well, that I can't make a Ask-TwitchPKMN variant story of it. That's 1 or 2 years of story plotting down the toilet, but I'm also glad I can finally talk about the old obscure mascot of my works.Enjoy~NOTE: I'll post up separate cutout versions of these variants on Tumblr eventually. So keep an eye out for that if ya interested.I also might edit this to fix some things up, or make things more better explained.