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01. NAME Malte (mal-te)
The a is pronounced like the one in apple, while the e is identical to the ones in enemy.
02. SCIENTIFIC NAME Legatus Aequoreus
03. CLASSIFICATION the Errand Pokmon

04. ELEMENTAL TYPING Water/Wind
05. HEIGHT 27"
WEIGHT 4.8 lbs
06. ABILITIES Speed Boost, Run Away
07. EGG GROUP Humanshape
08. GENDER RATIO 65% Male 35% Female
Centuries ago, Malte were widely preferred to be male as many important figures, even royalty, used them as messengers. Because the male specimen sports a longer, flowing crest on its head, which gave it a greater air of majesty, people who used them to carry out errands or communicate letters would prefer to have a male Malte. This lead to the indiscriminate abandonment of female Malte by their human owners in some cities. While today the species as a whole has considerably recovered from this gender imbalance, it will still take several decades for it to return to its original 50/50 ratio.
09. POKDEX DATA
Often seen running down the shores
of coastal towns, MALTE is highly
popular among small communities as
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a messenger. Thanks to its light weight,
it can sprint across water and jump for
long distances by riding wind currents.


10. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Malte is a generally humanoid Pokmon, with a streamlined, bipedal body and two extremities at the side of the torso in the same fashion as human arms. Its head is a pointy snout on the front, but extends backwards into several, triangle-like fringes at the side of its head that contribute to its windy aspect. Its eyes are relatively small and completely black in color, with reflective corneas that often create a white shiny speck on the surface. From its forehead extends a widening, long crest or fringe that moves backwards, and approximately ten centimeters from the back of its head curves down and inwards, ending with a curl. This extension is longer on male specimens.
Its small, ovaled body is designed for speed as two fringes extend from its shoulders as well, thinning and ultimately becoming sharp points at the end. When Malte stands still, these long extensions flop behind it, making it appear like a cape and giving it a regal appearance that attracted many humans to it. Its thin, yet able legs, as long as its torso, end in small stubs without any suggestion of a foot or paw. While this may seem detrimental to its movement, Malte has a considerable sense of balance, the same which permits it to run confidently across ropes or rooftops in the midst of its carrying out of errands, and makes it a lightfooted Pokmon.
Maltes two arms are generally not used by it--it usually carries its parcels with its mouth--, and they actually seem underdeveloped compared to the rest of its body, loosely trailing behind it as it runs. They consist of thin extremities like its legs. When Malte stands still, one can see that the arms hang halfway down its legs, before ending in inward curls in a similar fashion to the extension on its head.
Maltes body is covered in tiny structures that are somewhat of a hybrid between feathers and fur designed for entirely aerodynamic purposes, very close together to the point where the naked eye can usually not identify a single strand from the coat. The fur is of a sky blue color on almost the entire body of the Pokmon. However, the tips of its shoulder extensions and the ends of its head extension and arms (where they curl inward), along with a triangular shape that goes from its navel to halfway up its torso, are a soft, yellow color.
The rare, shiny Malte specimen has a mainly silver coat instead of blue, and its usually yellow sections are a dark cobalt blue.
11. NATURAL HABITAT Studies demonstrate that Malte was always a very spread-out species. A gale (a group of ten or more Malte) lived on a number of small, usually rocky islands relatively close to each other, with no more than three specimens per isle, and constantly visitied each other by simply running across the waters or riding powerful wind currents. This way of living demonstrates their independence and skill at survival as individual Pokmon.
However, Malte are also very social, and soon approached and began to live in small coastal cities or towns that were constructed close to their home islands. There they rapidly gained the reputation of errand-carriers or messengers for their human trainers. Malte became popular pets, who would gladly carry a message or parcel for their human owners, or bring groceries from the market, and they are still used for this today thanks to their extraordinary speed and friendly disposition. It is not uncommon to see more than a dozen Malte out and about at the same time with some kind of letter or package in their mouths.
This movement towards human establishments has also caused a severe decrease in the number of Malte inhabiting their original islands as well. Due to the sudden disappearance of the species from their niche, many other organisms that depended on this Pokmons position in the islands food chain perished. Today, many of the rocky cays that groups of Malte used to inhabit are barren and relatively lifeless, as almost the entire species has moved into a human settlement or its surroundings.
KANTO
In Kanto, Malte are especially popular in Cerulean and Cinnabar, where trainers use them to battle nearby aquatic Pokmon as well as, traditionally, deliver letters. The Sevii islands have a considerable number of Malte as well, and one or two are often seen running down the shoreline. They can be found wild on the waters surrounding these establishments, or in vegetation-heavy areas on the communities themselves.
JOHTO
In Johto, Malte are almost impossible to find as they do not seem to have began to populate this region yet. While reports of Malte sightings on places such as the Lake of Rage and Blackthorn City are becoming more common, the number of specimens on the region remains negligible.
HOENN
Hoenns Malte can be generally found on or around the many islands on the southeast of the region, such as Pacifidlog, Mossdeep, Sootopolis and Ever Grande. This area is also one of the few places when Malte can still be observed inhabiting their original small island homes, as the many rocky specks of land between these larger human establishments have convinced some specimens to remain there instead of live on one of the cities themselves. Malte are considerably common here, especially during the day, often running on the water surface and right by traveling ships, confusing and dazing many tourists.
BOMBUR
The Bombur regions population of Malte is generally concentrated on Vintage Lake, where they are especially common, often dashing across the waters and even venturing to the outskirts of the Pokmon gym known to exist on the center of the body of water.
Bomburs Malte were believed to exist only in Vintage Lake until recently, where teams of marine Pokmon researchers began to lead explorations to the unnamed islands to the west and southwest of the landmass. There, they believe to have found small communities of Malte still living in their original, human-free habitats, much like in certain sectors of Hoenn. While it is most probable that Malte do exist in these areas, an estimate of the number of them living there is still not obtainable.
12. DIET
Malte has a considerably unique diet--the only thing that its body needs to continue functioning is air, which its pores absorb as it runs at full speed against currents during its daily activities. However, air is not specifically what they need. While male Malte feed on exclusively nitrogen particles in the air, female Malte receive nourishment from hydrogen particles only. A fascinating aspect of this is that, when Malte rests, its pores release gas that the other gender consumes, in roughly equal amounts to what it eats every day. Thus, male Malte consume nitrogen and expel hydrogen, while female Malte consume hydrogren and expel nitrogen.
Due to the gender imbalance of Malte, their feeding habits have caused a slight change in percentages of gases in the atmosphere around the human settlements where they are most common. However, the differences are minimal and have never caused any serious repercussions to the environment.
13. STATS
The following are the base stats for Malte.
HP (Vitality) - 50
ATK (Attack) - 35
DEF (Defense) - 40
SP ATK (Special Attack) - 60
SP DEF (Special Defense) - 30
SPD (Speed) - 75
14. BEHAVIOR
As already stated, Malte is a very social and friendly Pokmon in general, and has no problem in living with humans or other species. Because of this, it is often favored by Pokmon trainers and generally liked.
This Pokmon is also useful and hard-working, as it always carries out what its trainer has instructed it to do. While this often builds beneficial relationships between the trainer and his/her Malte, there have been reports of the abuse of this Pokmons disposition in order to force it to overwork, or commit destructive acts as it often follows orders without questions.
Malte is also, however, generally hesitant to try anything new or risky. Because its body is built around speed and not power or resistance, its first impulse will be to escape any kind of dangerous situation, which is why it requires special amounts of patience and teaching if a trainer wishes to battle with it effectively. If this first impulse is mastered and controlled, Malte can become a highly valuable Pokmon, using its blindingly fast footwork, combinated with status-affecting moves, to tire the foe and use mainly Special attacks.
15. OFFSPRING
Malte used to live in spread-out communities, and even today it is rare for a family to have more than one Malte as its pet, which is why it has always been important for the species to attract each other, even from far away.
This is achieved as a side-effect from the Pokmons diet. Male Malte expel the gas that females feed on, and similarly female Malte expel the gas that males consume. Thus, the Pokmon is able to detect large concentrations of nitrogen or hydrogen, respective to its gender, and instinctively move towards it, with feeding as its first necessity. Of course, the inevitable result will be the encounter of a male and female Malte, always.
Usually two Malte that have established a relationship retire to a small, uninhabited island or part of the landmass that they live in, where they will usually not be seen or heard of for several weeks. After this ritual period is over, the couple will return with one egg, as Malte can always lay one egg at a time only.
Maltes egg is a soft, aqua green in color, while the bottom is a faded sea blue. It is camouflaged excellently in both water and vegetation, which is necessary when Malte can only have one offspring at a time. While the egg is considered a delicious source of nourishment among many Flying-Type Pokmon, its remote location and convenient color scale usually let it survive until it hatches, exactly seven months after being laid.
A baby Malte is always cared for by the parent of opposite gender to the child--if a female is born, the father will take upon the responsibility of raising her. The other parent is free to leave at any time, and usually does so one or two weeks after the birth of the Malte. The function of this is similar to the method used for the couple to meet in the first place--the parent will expel what the child nourishes on, and thus will be able to feed the child properly. Malte usually reproduce with between three and nine other specimens in their lifetime. There have been some rare cases observed where a couple of Malte remained together until the child was fully grown, and even until its evolution.
16. MOVE LIST
-- TACKLE
-- GROWL
07 QUICK ATTACK
12 BREEZE
17 WATER GUN
24 SONIC WIND
30 SKITTER
36 OPEN SPACE
42 HYDROGEN GUN
48 SPINDRIFT
56 HAUNTED WIND
73 AUTUMN WIND

Well, that was a lot of work. >>;;

Ohh, I won? Awesome. ^^ Thanks a lot, ShinE, ninjamatt. Writing that article was rather fun.

And, since you asked for it, I guess I can write another Encyclopedia entry for Maltes evolution. Expect it to be up by tonight at the earliest and Wednesday at the latest--it all depends on homework.