Aether Foundation

Aether Foundation エーテル財団 Aether Foundation

Artwork of Aether Foundation employees from Pokémon Sun and Moon

Leader Lusamine Region Alola Admins Wicke, Faba Major targets Ultra Space Base locations Aether Paradise

The Aether Foundation (Japanese: エーテル財団 Aether Foundation) is an organization based in the Alola region whose goal is to cure hurt Pokémon. The organization shelters Pokémon to keep them safe from threats like Team Skull. Their headquarters is Aether Paradise, an artificial island they constructed. Although a benevolent organization at first, during the course of the games they reveal themselves as the true villainous team of the Alola region.

Leadership

The Aether Foundation's president is Lusamine, who wants to share her love with all of the rescued Pokémon. She is assisted by Faba, the Aether Foundation's second-in-command and Aether Foundation branch chief, and Wicke, the assistant branch chief of Aether Paradise.

The foundation also employs other people, who go out into the field to protect and rescue Pokémon in trouble.

Research

The foundation is conducting research on Ultra Beasts, and has given each of them a code name, such as UB-01 and UB-02 Absorption or Beauty. They are also aware of the existence of the rare and unusual Cosmog and are conducting research on it. One of the professors in Aether Foundation was the one who named the Nebula Pokémon Cosmog. At some point they also worked on genetical experiments, using several DNA samples from Pokémon of different Types, in order to create Type: Null (named Type: Full at the time) whose purpose was to battle the Ultra Beasts. Upon several tries they were unable to perfect the RKS System and the Type: Full samples became more and more uncontrollable, so the project was ultimately scrapped, the samples put on cryogenic suspension and renamed "Type: Null".

Base

Aether Paradise is a privately owned artificial island that was built in the middle of the Alola region by the Aether Foundation. The foundation uses it both as a sanctuary and a research facility.

Trivia

• Aether Foundation is the first villainous team in the core series to lack the word 'Team' in its name.
• Aether Foundation is the only villainous team to reform.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 以太基金會 Yíhtaai Gēigāmwúi Mandarin 以太基金會 / 以太基金会 Yǐtài Jījīnhuì French Fondation Æther German Æther Foundation Hungarian Aether Alapítvány Italian Fondazione Æther Korean 에테르재단 Aether Jaedan Polish Fundacja Aether Portuguese Fundação Aether Russian Фонд Этер Fond Eter Spanish Fundación Æther