>>58687917continuing this line of thinking
Institutions/ Caretakers of Sacred Sites
>Sprout Tower MonksThey're respected but seen as weak. Secretly they look out for the Ruins of Alph and are actually the strongest group in Johto (maybe MC is from this faction and MC in unkowingly trying to unify the traditionalists against Neo Team Rocket/ the futurists)
>Ilex Forest Shrine GuardiansCaretakers of the Celebi shrine, weird anomalies started happening when the sacred site started getting messed with. Slowpoke Well became a cave to seal some Legendary that didn't belong?
>Goldenrod CityWhere the futurists are based. They're not evil, just a member of theirs is. The Radio Tower was built on the ruins of an important site, perhaps hauntings/ shenanigans happen here. The monks that protected the Burnt Tower moved down here and hatched their plot which evolved into the futurist movement because humanity was irredeemable.
>Ecruteak CityKimono sisters, the order of monks guarding the towers are here. Beef with the Burnt Tower monks happened a while ago, it's the cultural center of Johto.
>Olivine City RanchersThey have special techniques for making the finest beef (think highly graded Wagyu Beef) but don't want it exported since they don't think the methods work with scale.
>Cianwood Sea PeopleDescendants of the people of ancient Sootopolis (maybe the other way around). They watch out for the Whirl Islands, very water based. Tourism exploded here when the new Safari Zone popped up, bringing unwanted attention to the Whirl Islands...
