Editing Trinity:Creature Mementos (section)

=Background=
Mementos began originally as normal, wild animals, native to the plains of [[Trinity:Sarteri | Sarteri]]. However, when the halflings were under attack by [[Trinity:Prophet_Moth | prophet moths]], they needed to arm their children with something less prone to friendly-fire than firearms. As such, a training method was developed, and the reins of wild animals were put into childrens' hands.

Time passed, and the children moved on from attempting to tame and teach these creatures - but not all did. Rather than take up the call of the gunslinger, some of the halflings devised breeding methods, as well as more advanced training techniques. They improved upon the gnomish methods, and clarified the creatures' connections to the [[Trinity:The_Forces#Blue | Blue]].

Within several decades, the creatures were no longer recognizable as natives to the region. Instead, they had been turned into a classification of animal known as ''mementos''.

==Today==
In the modern world, these creatures are raised in Sarteri and Chaliraz on small ranches, where one or two halflings tend to them, continuing to breed the same creatures their people have been breeding for centuries. It is tradition for those who take up the path of the trainer to be gifted with one of these creatures, as they are unusually powerful and fierce for their size - such is the power of selective breeding.

Since the fall of the Ronkan Empire, some of the ranches in southern Sarteri became abandoned, and the ''mementos'' bred there managed to either die or free themselves; as such, it is not uncommon to hear local rumors in Sarteri of some massive ''memento'' or other terrorizing the countryside. While some of these lost species have been recovered, local rumors are often simply hearsay - though it is unknown exactly how many ''memento'' species are lost to the wilds of Sarteri.

In addition to these, there are those ''mementos'' that are trapped in the Blue - their owners having died either violently or in seclusion, whose meme crystals lie who knows where. These lost creatures are not entirely aware, but are trapped in the stasis that is the world memory. It is thought that, should an opportunity present itself, these creatures may be capable of forcing their way out of the Blue, should someone untrained attempt to access the memories of the world in the manner of an akashic.

Not all trainers come across their ''mementos'' honestly. It is not even necessarily a requirement for a trainer that they use a ''memento''.

==Breeding==
In the early years of the trainer profession, many different creatures were used in breeding and cross-breeding to achieve the desired results. As such, while not all of the ''memento'' species can interbreed, there are several distinct groups of ''mementos'' that can breed together. The results are not often desireable; however, there are several commonly-used species that were the result of unusual pairings.

Oftentimes, young trainers are advised to avoid breeding altogether, as knowing how to breed ''mementos'' requires years of intense, personal experience with the ''mementos'', as well as a (in modern times) firm grounding in genetics. However, some teachers encourage experimentation.