Aspfault

Aspfault is the second-stage evolution to the starter Pokemon Therpal, from the Kaskade Region. It adorns the typing of Fire/Ground and it's design features a red snake-like head, an orange lava-lamp like body, and an exhaust pipe for a tail.

It is based on the colloquial term in the Pacific Northwest, "Road Snakes" a name for the black lines you'll see on roads that are used to fill in cracks that may appear.

Aspfault's name is a mix of the words "Asp" (a species of snake) and "Fault" (a word for giant cracks in the ground) mixed together to sound like the word "Asphalt" (the material most roads are made out of)

It's said this Pokemon spends most of it's time deep underground absorbing geothermal heat, and when it surfaces, the speed and force of it's tunneling can cause large faults in the ground. It's exhaust pipe tail can also allow it to move even faster while tunneling.

Just like it's pre evolution, Therpal, this Pokemon's ability is "Hydrophobic" which protects it from the effects of rain and snow. At Lv? Aspfault evolves from Therpal, and at Lv? it evolves into Tarmendoa