Saura

Saura is Owen Edmundson's Aurorus, and the sixth Pokemon he caught on his initial journey, as well as the fifth he revived from a fossil and the last of the original Jura6.

Appearance

In her mon form, Saura resembles a regular Aurorus, albiet one with a nigh-constant look of drowsiness on her face. Her eyes are often seen either closed or half-open, and she is sometimes seen carrying a Poke Doll to sleep with as though it's a stuffed animal.

In her human form as an Amaura (prospective name Destiny Bell; seen below), Saura appears as an approximately 10-year-old Black Galarian (see Trivia) girl, and aside from Stipax is the youngest and shortest member of the Jura6. She has long, mainly blue hair with pink at the tips, and wears a blue short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and blue shoes with white socks. Befitting her nature, she is often seen wearing a comfy blue, pink, and yellow blanket around her neck similarly to a cape that she sleeps in. Like her mon form, she has a nigh-constant look of drowsiness on her face, and is frequently seen with her eyes shut.

Personality and characteristics

The youngest member of the Jura6 and the newest fossilmon to be caught by Owen, Saura is nothing if not a constant narcoleptic-- at least, on the surface. Most, if not all of her time on-screen is spent sleeping, as well as much of her time offscreen. In fact, in the original Jura6 conversation on Hasslemon, Saura was the only one to not be introduced, as she was too busy sleeping in her PokeBall. She is known to sleep through battles, through important conversations (such as the arrival of Team Lightning), and the like without a care in the world, and only awakens if she feels rested enough or if she feels as though it is absolutely necessary to do so (or if something startles her, which is what happened at the Devon Corp presentation shortly after Team Lightning made their presence known). While on the surface this makes her seem like nothing more than a lazy bum, in actuality she is the most kindhearted and sane members of the entire team alongside Chasmo-- a trait that she did keep from her time back when she was initially alive. Whenever she is awake, she is always willing to do things such as give sage advice to a team member or comfort Teryx whenever he is panicking about something. In fact, the first time we see her awake, it's so that she can comfort Teryx about what he thinks is a cruel experiment about to happen by matter-of-factly pointing out that it's in fact just a stage. Saura is also among the most relaxed team members, not letting battles faze her all that much and generally being a relatively chill-natured individual. She is also very much well aware of the futility of life, and while her constant sleeping seems like laziness, it's actually the exact opposite: it's her working as hard as she can to catch up on all the sleep she missed while she was alive (see "Background" for more on this). As a result, when she is awake, Saura reveals herself to be a fairly hard worker... albeit one who seems to have no stresses whatsoever.

Due to her constant sleep patterns, Saura often daydreams as well, and most of her daydreams that she ends up having are absolutely bizarre. She will often tell other members of the team about a crazy daydream she had upon waking up from one of her many, many naps, and while she's not as ditzy or silly as Crina is, Saura can still sometimes have her head in the clouds as a result. Ironically enough, Crina herself often gets annoyed by Saura's constant napping and daydreaming, and will sometimes call her daydreams too bizarre even for her, but she and the rest of the team still respect Saura as a thoughtful and kindhearted individual. That doesn't mean that Saura isn't prone to annoyance, though-- it just takes a long time for her fuse to go off, making her among the more patient members of the Jura6 alongside Stipax and Chasmo. Additionally, Saura has kept her main two interests from back when she was initially alive-- writing and painting, but due to her newly-enduced narcolepsy she never truly finds time to do those things anymore, as she never feels fully rested enough due to her deep regrets about the circumstances surrounding her death. As a result of her being the youngest member of the Jura6, Saura is also slightly naive, albiet she doesn't show it as much as the second-youngest member of the team, Stipax. She often doesn't fully comprehend what's happening in front of her, and firmly believes that sleeping so much is a good thing due to the circumstances surrounding her death. She also is the weakest member of the group in terms of general battle prowess, as she doesn't really like conflict that much and only battles if she deems it to be necessary. Despite this, however, and in true Saura fashion, she doesn't let this get to her at all, as she knows Rest, which she uses to fully heal her HP and put her to sleep whenever she's in a pinch, and Snore, which due to her Ability Refrigerate is now an Ice-type move and can be used while she's asleep in order to attack the opponent and catch them completely off-guard. If she's not dozing off due to Rest or her desire to catch up on all the sleep she missed while alive, though, her main strategy is to use Powder Snow and Icy Wind to deliver as much Ice type damage as she possibly can.

Background

Prior to her revival and capture by Owen, Saura was quite the opposite of what she would later on become-- at least, in terms of her sleep habits. She lived a quiet and peaceful life with her Aurorus parents, and enjoyed watching the Northern Lights with them (naturally) as well as meditating near the lake near her home. She also enjoyed painting and writing, and was very often seen doing so in her spare time. Unfortunately, she did it almost all the time, since she loved it so much. Her parents urged her to get some sleep, but every time she tried to, she found that her mind was too caught up in her thoughts to focus on sleeping. As a result, she was chronically sleep-deprived, and often would stumble around her home in a tired stupor while claiming to her parents that she was fine. She continued to write and do art, but her chronic insomnia ended up leading directly to her early death, as she ended up catching an illness as a result of her lowered immune system. Her parents tried everything they could to help make her feel better. They gave her potions, read her stories, and the like, but eventually her illness caught up to her. She died from it, surrounded by her parents, stuffed toys, and thousands of artworks, on April 3rd, and her last words were her expressing her regret to her parents that she stayed awake so much. Her parents promptly buried her in the ground on that same day.

More than 65 million years later, her Sail Fossil was found and revived by Owen on March 18th, 2021, and the first thing she wanted to do upon her revival was make up for the mistake that led to her death. Unfortunately, though, she ended up going in the complete opposite direction that she had gone in when she was alive the first time. Rather than spend all of her days painting and writing like she had in the past, she instead decided to catch up on all the sleep that she had missed while she was alive-- by sleeping day and night, and even during battles. Her constant insomnia from her past turned into constant narcolepsy, leading to her Hasslemon handle (drowsyBorealis (DB)) and her typing quirk. She learned Rest and Snore so as to help her recharge herself, and only awoke on extremely rare occasions or whenever she deemed it necessary, such as after using Rest or at the start of a battle. Despite that, however, she proved herself to be very kind and wise, like she had been prior to her revival, and forged a friendship with Stipax so great that she would resort to cuddling him like a teddy bear at night. While other mons such as Crina got a bit annoyed by her constant narcolepsy, the rest of the team found it a bit charming and cute, especially Stipax, and it was part of the factor that led to Owen ultimately capturing her.

Details

• Met: Pewter City Museum
• Birthday: March 18th (revival day); January 13th (initial birthday prior to death)
• Ability: Refrigerate
• Favorite Move: Rest
• Nature: Docile
• Characteristic: Likes to relax
• Likes: Sleeping, resting, daydreaming, relaxing, giving her friends advice, talking about her crazy dreams, soft fluffy toys, cuddling with Stipax, battling, seeing the Northern Lights, painting, writing
• Dislikes: Anyone waking her up from her naps (purposefully), fighting (unless during battles or when absolutely necessary), anyone hurting her friends or Trainer, anyone hurting Stipax, most Fighting or Fire type Pokemon, getting reminded about her past
• Ball: Poke
• Nickname origin: From "-saurus", a common ending used for dinosaurs, and the English name Sara
• Evolves in: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12971269370A74820100&page=23228#comment-580699
• Hasslemon typing quirk: All instancezzzzzz of t[=]e letter H are replaced wit[=] a sleeping mask t[=]ingy and wordzzzzzzzz t[=]at end in a z sound are replaced wit[=] multiple Zs to represent snoring also t[=]ere izzzzzz no punctuation period

A prospective fullbody Saura gijinka, as done by Goldenheart388.

Known Moves

• : Powder Snow, Icy Wind, Mist, Aurora Beam, Round (due to Refrigerate), Snore (due to Refrigerate)
• : Ancient Power
• : Rest

Trivia

• Saura's name is derived from the common -saurus ending prominent in most dinosaur names, as well as the term "sauropod". It could also be a corrupted version of the English name Sara.
• According to Goldenheart388, Saura's Hasslemon handle is drowsyBorealis (DB). The "drowsy" part references Saura's constant drowsiness and sleep patterns, while the "borealis" half is a reference to the Aurora Borealis (AKA the Northern Lights) that Amaura and Aurorus are partially based on.
• According to Goldenheart388, Saura's English character theme is "Fireflies" by Owl City, which is meant to be a musical representation of her sleep habits and especially her dreams while sleeping. Her Japanese character theme, meanwhile, was initially "Small world" by BUMP OF CHICKEN, but was later on changed to "Sudachi no Uta", the opening theme to Wonder Egg Priority. The Japanese character theme was specifically changed to that song due to it sounding akin to a lullaby that can put you to sleep. Her English headcanon voice, meanwhile, is Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter films.
• Saura is the only member of the Jura6, and the first member of Owen's team in general, to have an Owl City song as her English character theme.
• Saura's human name, "Destiny Bell", shares its initials with that of her Hasslemon handle drowsyBorealis, with both of them abbreviating to DB. This pattern applies to every member of the Jura6.
• Saura's revival day, March 18th, doubles as National Sleep Day for 2022; her actual birthday, January 13th, is the day of the release of Wonder Egg Priority in Japan. The former is also around the time that the Northern Lights can be seen.
• Saura was the first Pokemon in WAAPT to evolve via the pottery wheel method onscreen.