>>54335858Its Japanese name is literally Laudbon (Bon short for bones, as in skeleton, the same motif that Alolan Marowak has) and it is designed around a Calavara, a decorative skull for the Day of the Dead. The Pokémon is in many ways similar to Hisuian Typhlosion, who can communicate with and pacify souls sending them to the afterlife but through its songs.
>Skeledirge’s gentle singing soothes the souls of all that hear it. It burns its enemies to a crisp with flames of over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit.Alolan Decidueye is a shadow manipulator as evidenced by both of its signature moves. Shadows have always been tied to the Ghost type and trapping is a common motif for Ghosts.
Jellicent was retyped for game balance plus the whole sinking people and Pokémon to their deaths and absorbing life energy is akin to what some Ghosts do.
> The fate of the ships and crew that wander into Jellicent's habitat: all sunken, all lost, all vanished. Sensu Oricorio channels souls and spirits to curse its enemies.> It summons the dead with its dreamy dancing. From their malice, it draws power with which to curse its enemies. 
