In addition to
Team Skull, there is also yet another organization found in
Alola: the Aether Foundation. Their goal was to provide a place of refuge for Pokemon from Team Skull's antics, at least that's the perception they try give within the
Beginning. As the storyline unfolds, it becomes clear that Aether has been working with Team Skull the entire
Time. This is mainly in part to
Lusamine, the President of Aether, and her obsession with
Ultra Beasts and wanting to be with them and their so-called beauty.
Aether Foundation Encounters
Encounter 1 - Game Intro: You first get a glimpse of Aether in the intro to the game, where
Lillie is seen running from employees after having taken
Cosmog. The cut-scene ends with Cosmog creating a portal for it and Lillie to escape.
Encounter 2 -
Diglett Tunnel: The first real encounter your player will have with Aether is in Diglett Tunnel. They will merely tell you how
Team Skull has been riling up Pokemon, and that they often interfere with Pokemon and their trainers as well.
Encounter 3 -
Memorial Hill: The next
Time you find Aether will be in Memorial Hill, where one of their Admins are arguing with a
Team Skull member to prevent them from taking Slowpoke's Tail. You will end up battling Team Skull, and after defeating them, Aether will suggest you to go to the
Hano Grand Resort Hotel to
Talk to their Admin further.
Encounter 4 -
Hano Grand Resort: Once your reach the hotel, the Aether Admin will introduce himself as
Faba. He will then invite you to come to
Aether Paradise with
Hau, a special island the Aether Foundation built in the middle of
Alola.
Encounter 5 -
Aether Paradise: After arriving to Aether Paradise, you will be given a tour by Wicke, ultimately ending by you finding and meeting the President of Aether,
Lusamine. Lusamine seems to be all about protecting Pokemon from
Team Skull, having built this island for Pokemon to escape their evil ways, but she also quickly seems hung up on what she feels is true beauty. But as you are speaking with her, an Ultra Beast appears through a wormhole,
Nihilego (Level 27), and it is you to you to defeat it and send it back to
Ultra Space. After battling it, Lusamine will have a weird look come upon her face, admitting she needs the help of a Pokemon that was stolen from her to find the
Ultra Beasts.
Encounter 6 -
Return To Aether Paradise: You will again be forced into going to
Aether Paradise when you find out that
Team Skull has kidnapped
Lillie and
Cosmog and has brought them here, of all places. You will have to make your way through the numerous swarm of Aether Employees, including
Faba himself, to find her and Cosmog, but with the help of
Gladion and
Hau at your side. (Wicke will also assist you with her knowledge and
Care.) Faba is a Psychic Type Trainer, having a Level 39 Slowbro, Level 39 Bruxish and Level 40 Hypno.
Eventually you will find
Lillie, being held by both
Guzma and
Lusamine. It is here you find that
Team Skull and Aether have been working with each other, at least Lusamine revealed she needed help with retrieving
Cosmog. Lusamine will eventually use Cosmog's power to summon the Ultra Beast you defeated earlier, after not caring if it could Cosmog and verbally chastising her children, creating a large wormhole in the process. Cosmog will then turn into a
New form, one that doesn't move nor seems to have any motion at all.
You will then have to face
Lusamine in a
Battle. She has a Level 41 Clefable, Level 41 Lilligant, Level 41 Mismagius, Level 41 Milotic and Level 41 Bewear. After defeating her, the wormhole will being to close. The Ultra Beast will return to
Ultra Space, as well as both Lusamine and
Guzma. You will then be placed with the responsibility of finding them and saving Lusamine.
Ecounter 7 -
Ultra Space: After evolving Cosmoem into the Cover Legend, it will take you to Ultra Space. You will then travel through Ultra Space to find
Lusamine, when
Lillie will finally reveal her true feelings about her mother to the very woman herself. Lusamine will still be mainly obsessed with the
Ultra Beasts, not caring for much of Lillie has to say. She will then release
Nihilego from a Beast Ball, before mysteriously merging into one with it. You will then
Battle her again as this hybrid Pokemon thing. She will have a Level 50 Cleefable, Level 50 Lilligant, Level 50 Mismagius, Level 50 Milotic and Level 50 Bewear. All of Lusamine's Pokémon have got
Stat boosts in various
Stats: Clefable in Sp. Def, Mismagius in
Speed, Lilligant in Special Attack, Milotic in Attack, Bewear in Defense.
After defeating her, the Ultra Beast and her
Body will separate from each other.
Lusamine will then pass out, but not before stating how beautiful
Lillie now appears to her with the Madness of the
Ultra Beasts, as
Guzma would say, now being removed. She becomes very weak, and Lillie ultimately takes her mother to Bill in Kanto at the end of the main storyline.
Encounter 8 -
Aether Paradise: After defeating and ultimately saving
Lusamine from herself, you can
Return To Aether Paradise to receive a number of apologies from current employees.
Gladion will even give you a Type: Null, and
Faba will
Battle you again with a Level 61 Slowbro, Levl 61 Bruxish, Level 61
Alolan Raichu, Level 61 Alakazam and Level 61 Hypno. You will even visit Wicke at Aether Paradise during the
Ultra Beasts Storyline.
Encounter 9 - Pokemon League
Rematch: You will encounter
Faba at the Pokemon League during one of your rematches, being one of the numerous trainers looking to
Battle the
Champion. His team remains the same from the last encounter: Level 61 Slowbro, Levl 61 Bruxish, Level 61
Alolan Raichu, Level 61 Alakazam and Level 61 Hypno.