GRAVELGAL, the Rock-Solid Pokégirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Rock
Frequency: Common
Diet: some human foods, Pokéchow, rocks & pebbles with high mineral content
Role: mining
Libido: Low initially, but can be higher with a tough Tamer
Strong Vs: Bug, Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, Rock
Weak Vs: Fighting, Ground, Plant, Steel, Water
Attacks: Harden, Takedown, Stone Punch, Seismic Smash, Quake, Stone Spray, Rock Slide, Tackle
Enhancements: High Density and Toughness (x10), Earth Affinity, Mineral Finding, Enhanced Strength (x8),
Evolves: Galem (battle stress)
Evolves From: Geogal (normal)
    Geogal is one of those types that doesn’t change a whole when it evolves. When she becomes Gravelgal with enough battle experience, she becomes tougher and stronger, gaining access to a few more techniques. She also loses all of the pink tint of her normal skin, becoming completely covered in the camouflage-like patterns of tan, brown, and/or gray. In this way, her type is easily identifiable by sight alone.
    The most notable change after their skin color, is that she becomes a bit larger. While Geogals top out at about 5'5" Gravelgal can gain anywhere from 3-8 inches in height, though Gravelgals above 5'10" are quite unusual. Gravelgal is also even weaker against water depending on the mineral concentrations of her body, unsurprisingly she doesn't swim very well. Her increased mass also leads to a general reduction in speed though Gravelgal can move quickly in short bursts when she needs to.
    One of the more potent techniques she gains is Stone Spray, in which she fires off different size pieces of her hardened skin. This can be shot off in a concentrated spray, or in all directions at once. However, this uses up her internal mineral supply at a much quicker rate, and when it is depleted, her skin reverts to it’s normal state, leaving her without her greatest advantage. While this also reduces the mass of her body making a depleted Stone Spray Gravelgal a little bit more nimble, the speed increase is slight, on the low end of average at best. Because they are more dependant on their skin, Gravelgals usually fight naked, as clothing merely hinders them--but as their skins are quite tough even "soft" a Gravelgal does not worry about getting cut outside of battle.
    A Gravelgal's primary use is in mining. While they have a general Earth Affinity, most Gravelgals also are able to have a vague sense of where concentrations of minerals are when those minerals are present in enough quantities in their bodies. While this usually manifests as shards, or more conventional minerals like those in the sulfate and silicate families, in theory if you feed a Gravelgal enough evolutionary stones they would be able to find an area where the same stones are located. However the imprecise nature of the ability, combined with the value of the stones makes such a use wasteful. They can however, prove useful to mining companies in a dowser-type capacity.
    Because of their experience mining, most Gravelgals also learn the Rock Slide move fairly quickly as they learn to judge which rocks are likely to come loose with enough force. While in certain areas this is used as an avalanche against a Gravelgal's enemies, a Gravelgal can also "slide" over the falling rocks to achieve fairly high speeds in limited situations. Feral Gravelgal usually do not have this move unless they were once domesticated as it requires an energy and precision they often lack--something that like Geogal, Gravelgal does not have, being just as rock-like in her feral mode as her more base form.
    Like Geogal before her, Gravelgal generally has a lower-level libido but a tough tamer (meaning physical endurance as opposed to attitude) can often bring out Gravelgal's more earthy instincts especially after her skin is softened after depleting Stone Spray. This comes into play when encountering feral Gravelgals who often use the move as a defense mechanism triggered by proximity. A Tamer will use this behavior to exhaust and weaken the Gravelgal making them more easy to tame and dominate though care should be taken due to their great strength and density regardless.
    During the War, Gravelgals lacking the power of later evolutions were used mainly in mining, or defensive and tactical roles. They were often deployed in groups at key points on the battlefield to create obstacles for enemy infantry most likely as battlefield obstructions (boulders) forcing enemy forces to go around them and straight into the teeth of a Pokégirl onslaught. With their tough skin, and ability to stand still even shooting at them didn't give them away. After enemy forces had been defeated or demoralized, the Gravelgals would move in from the flanks cutting off escape themselves or by creating more rugged terrain.
    While less common than Thresholding into a Geogal, Thresholding into a Gravelgal is not considered unusual, especially in towns located near large mineral deposits such as those found in mountains or quarries. While only a few of these girls ever ate dirt while growing up, prevailing theory indicates that the minerals are ingested via their presence in the local water supply. Most threshold girls who do become Gravelgals initially show a marked preference for hanging around areas with large amounts of exposed gravel, sand and rocks, claiming it makes them feel peaceful and they often experience a reduction in the intensity of emotional responses becoming naturally stoic.