Team Cipher (Remnants)
Once the masters of Orre, now a fractured insurgency obsessed with the forbidden science of the heart.
Following the twin collapses of the Realgam and Citadark operations, Team Cipher lost its grip on Orre's political and social institutions. They are no longer a shadow government; they are a ghost. Driven into the vast, lawless expanses of the desert, the remaining "Cipher Peons" and scientists operate in extreme secrecy, often clashing with one another over dwindling resources.
Cellular Insurgency
Cipher has fractured into independent cells. With no central command, each cell follows its own radical interpretation of Shadow tech.
Black Market Circulation
Trading refined Shadow technology and "unpurifiable" specimens to other criminal syndicates for funding.
The Ghost of Citadark
Rumors persist of rogue scientists returning to the ruins of Citadark Isle to recover lost data and the legendary XD-001 blueprints.
Sub-Zero Lab Remnants
Operating in the frozen wastes of Orre, hidden bunkers continue to experiment on the emotional suppression of Pokémon.
Though mass production has ceased, Shadow Pokémon remain the ultimate threat in the Orre region. These biological weapons are the result of Cipher's horrific heart-closing experiments. Because the technology is now decentralized, new strains of "Shadow Aura" are beginning to emerge.
Access Shadow Pokémon DatabaseWithout Grand Master Greevil to unite them, Cipher has become more unpredictable. Some cells act as mercenaries, while others function like a doomsday cult, believing that only a "Shadow World" can survive the harshness of the Orre desert.
Cipher Peon Remnants
Former low-level grunts who have turned to desert banditry, often utilizing "Legacy Shadow Pokémon" that escaped purification.
Arvin & The New Guard
A younger generation of scientists obsessed with the "perfection" of the Shadow process, seeking to remove the Hyper Mode weakness.