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Scionut: The etymology is logical, but it seems silly to me. (I think of 'coconut', or otherwise envision something cute with that name. If Sicorn/Sciorn were a cute little coconut, it would fit, but it is not.)

.....I meant, pronouncing Sicorn not as 'Sick-corn' but as 'See-corn'. I like the name if it prounced as the latter, just not as the former. It seems to fare better than Sciorn, anyway. Since I admit that I will probably be picky at even reasonable names, it seems Sicorn, Sycaskit and Shadoak. (incidentally, I tried pronouncing both Sicorn and Sciorn. Maybe it is just my voice, but neither pronounciation feels as right as it does when I merely imagine saying it in my "mental voice". (hmm, I was thinking about adding an 'e' to the two 'orn' names, as to make 'corn' yes obvious---being 'corne'. Unless 'corne' actually means something I do not know about or if you differ.....)

That, and surely Sciorne brings to mind "scorn". Not that it is particularly scorn-related, but it seems that the name having affiliation with an deprecating emotion is better than connations of illness.

Incidentally....

How is 'scion' even pronounced? I encounter many obscure or not-commonly-used words in literature rather than speaking roles, so I sometimes pronounce it oddly because that it is how my "mental voice" read it when I encountered it whilst reading. (I pronounce "scion" as rhyming with Zeon, but instead of a Z having 'sci', pronounced as "skii".)

I do not want to emphasize "scorn" too much, Sciorn(e) revolves around conning, a petty manipulation instead of being distasteful and disdainful, as scorn would be. Besides, "Scorne" itself sounds too grand for what is essnetially a sneaky little acorn. Pronouning it "Seon" sounds....non-Pokémonish, so I am disparaged at the lack of creativity of online dictionaries.

Skiorne is an oddly-spelled name, but I trust your judgement with the S- and K-alliterations. It would make the "proper" pronounciation of the name clearer, too. It's Skiorne, Sycaskit and Shadoak, then.

You are indeed "too late", but I can tell you have a knack for giving names regardless. Your skill with a thesaurus should come in handy in helping people who do not supply names for their suggestions (such as myself...)

(EDIT: removed redundancy....handy handiness...)

Mostly it is because Connut reminds me of "coconut" and the name Connor, and Swindleaf is actually an excellent name but I have already decided on Sycaskit. Besides, they con more than they swindle, so it's not important enough in the names. Shadoak does not actually con, scam or swindle; they "hoard" trees (imagined as oaks, in particular) to themselves with their sheer strength, so no other Pokémon can use the resource. If they wanted to forcibly take food from other Pokémon, they are now strong enough and intimidating enough to smaller Pokémon as not to need a clever talk or act like Skiorne, or sneaky and quick mannerisms like Sycaskit (although they are still fast). I imagine that either they take down an unwiling 'provider' with ease in a swipe (Haymaker) and then raid their food, "running off" by climbing trees, or particularly for weaker Pokémon, merely show their intimidating presence and take the food without any sort of fight.

(EDIT: removed redundancy....is there any other kind of imagination besides the mental kind?)  

(I realized I did not include Grapple and Demolisher in Shadoak's move list a few pages back. Could those be added?)

Amazing how streamlined the "detailed thought" comes....while I am drawing them, their information automatically comes to me. Having no plans beforehand, a draw a rounded shape...and it goes down. The curving lines going downward become the shape of an acorn. I draw its "hair", and go down again on the other side to draw the back....an "urban newsboy" hat with "hair" is formed...that is how I know they are good ideas. They easily inspire their own information. Just a little rant about the manner I draw them.