The season is SPRING. The cold has finally receeded, and leaves are beginning to sprout from trees. Pokemon are coming out of hibernation and poking their heads out into the world again.
The Cyrene Armada was once the scourge of the seas, but they've been replaced by a real scourge. They are, quite understandably, a bit dismayed. As a pirate fleet, they were marauders along the Ramoth Sea and even beyond. Once predator, they've not become prey. They've scattered now, evading the scourge to their best ability, but they lose another ship and another crew every day. Their days are numbered, and Cyrene is dead.