Tarmendoa

Tarmendoa is the final evolution to the second starter choice in the Kaskade Region, Therpal, and is the direct evolution to Aspfault. It adorns the Fire and Ground typing and its design resembles an orange and red snake, a red lava lamp, and a race track.

Tarmendoa's design is based on a mix of the Western Ground Snake and the Rubber Boa, along with an orange lava lamp and pieces of rubber and tires.

Tarmendoa's name comes from a mix of the words "Tar" (a substance used to make roads), "Boa" (a group of species of snakes), "Ment" (the material used to fix cracks in a road), and "Tarmac" (a more durable substance used to make roads).

Tarmendoa's signature move is called "Thermal Vortex", this move has Tarmendoa spin its body towards the foe, creating a spinning and scorching blast of air that hits multiple enemies. It also clears any weather conditions that are wet or cold, if there are none, it begins a drought.

Tarmendoa's ability has been tweaked slightly compared to its pre-evolutions, where it is now called "Fully Hydrophobic". Rather than just being immune to rain and snow it now also halves the damage done by water-type moves, making them do 2x damage instead of 4x damage.