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...and Rising Dawn
> A corrupt and fascist Pokemon league, basically. Believe in the superiority of their own region and Pokemon and aspire to gain enough power to take over other regions. The player and the Pokemon professor are actually part of a covert resistance faction. In the later portions of the game, it's revealed that the Rising Dawn's leadership are all ex-Team Rocket admins, who fled from Kanto and Johto.
> Grunts are simple bigots who constantly spew their ideology. There's a large group of professional, Nazi-like soldiers, but most encounters are with the group's militia, who are based off of bikers.
> Leadership is all ex-Team Rocket admins, who head is a decrepit Archer. They actually tend to be pretty sad, and are often reminiscing about the "good old days" when they weren't burdened with administering a government.
> Grunts use a variety of the region's Pokemon, with a propensity towards those with high Attack / Special Attack stats. The leaders use almost exclusively Kanto Pokemon.
