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Ryker | Drake
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Trainer Type: Colosseum Master
Starter Pokemon: Larviatar
Hometown: Pyrite Town, Orre
Character Trivia:
-Intense is the best way to describe him like. He usually comes off as impatient and aloof and he’s pretty intimidating to the average person.
-Highly perceptive, almost nothing gets past him. Even small, minute details others would overlook. Nah, not him, he notices. Can often tell when people are lying to him, too.
-A strategic thinker and also intelligent, which is probably what makes him good at battles.
-Cares deeply for his community and friends.
-Someone you can count on to be calm and ready in a crisis. He’s a great leader overall and not too shabby at public speaking, either.
-Good at compromises, which is how he keeps the peace between the average citizens and the criminals.
-He’s the colosseum master in Pyrite Town, and is highly respected for his strength and wisdom even outside in other parts of the region.
-Don’t get on his bad side, but watch out; he's tempermental.
-Was formerly a member of Team Snagem as a teenager after falling in with a rougher crowd. He poached Pokémon for a while, but left when he realized how wrong it was.
-Actually really wants to leave Orre and travel to a region with a proper league to challenge. But, he feels like he can’t go since so many people in Pyrite Town are counting on him.
-The pressure’s honestly too much sometimes but he just keeps everything bottled up and to himself.
-Actually really loves the desert.
-Hates tourists and visitors from other regions. It just irks him so much how they come in out of nowhere, especially if they act like they’re experts on Orre or something. Hates when they show up at his colosseum like they have some right to compete. Tourists are a no from him.
-He lives with his grandmother, a respected fortune teller, who raised him. He’s never met either of his parents and couldn’t honestly care less.
-The Pokemon he raises are one that are good with sand and deserts since he likes that environment so much. Unlike a lot of trainers, he prefers scales to floof.
History: Ryker grew up in Pyrite Town, raised by his grandmother. He was very poor when he was young, and sometimes they couldn't even afford food. They lived off a lot of charity, because Ryker's grandmother is very popular in the city. As a young teen, Ryker fell in with some rough characters, and even eventually ended up with Team Snagem. He spent a year or two stealing and selling Pokemon to make money to take care of himself and his grandmother, but eventually came to the conclusion that what he was doing wasn’t right. By that point he realized he had some talent with Pokemon battles, so he saved up some money to ante up a colosseum entry fee in Pyrite. Surprisingly, he won the grand prize for the first tournament he ever entered. Realizing he could make money like this, Ryker left Snagem quietly, and not necessarily on bad terms. He spent the next couple of years battling through multiple colosseums, and was even invited to compete in Phenac City, where he won. He has numerous colosseum awards, and eventually defeated Pyrite Town's previous master, meaning that now Ryker gets to lord over the colosseum. He's also competed at the Orre Castle and won his share of battles. As such, he's highly respected among the masters and across the whole region. Present day, he spends his time trying to bring in money to Pyrite Town while also running the colosseum. He's also about to have to do damage control what with the whole PR disaster in the Orre region.
Reason for Coming to Orre: Ryker lives in the region, and plans to investigate what’s going on.
Pokemon Team:
Mega Tyranitar
Name: Drax
Gender: Male
Ability: Unnerve
Nature: Adamant
Moveset: Dragon Dance, Stone Edge, Ice Punch, Fire Punch
Personality: Angry, angry, angry. You know how some people say dogs will imitate the personalities of their owners? You'd be hard pressed to find a trainer and pokemon as similar as Ryker and Drax are. Sharpened by life in a harsh region and hardened by battle, Drax is what the popular media pictures in a Tyranitar; powerful, aggressive, and devastating. Most people have the notion that the only thing keeping this apex predator in check is its trainer. Drax is 10000% loyal to Ryker, though this isn't the relationship between a master and pokemon by any means. Both take the term 'partner' very close to heart. Drax has full trust in his trainer's judgement, just as Ryker has full trust in his Tyranitar's. It's not unusual to see the Tyranitar 'disobey' a command from Ryker if it judges his call as the wrong move. And Ryker seems to have no issue with this, whatsoever. Just as calculated as his trainer with the power conferred upon the dominant pokemon in it's environment, Drax is not a 'mon you want to tangle with.
Flygon
Name: ??
Gender: Female
Ability: ??
Nature: ??
Moveset: ??
Sandaconda
Name: Yoshi
Gender: Male
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Impish
Moveset: Iron Defense, Earthquake, Body Press, Stealth Rock
Skarmory
Name: Icarus
Gender: Male
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Lax
Moveset: Autotomize, Brave Bird, Spikes, Tailwind
Lairon
Name: Del
Gender: Male
Ability: Heavy Metal
Nature: Relaxed
Moveset: Heavy Slam, Iron Defense, Iron Head, Stone Edge
Sandshrew
Name: Spike
Gender: Male
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Quirky
Moveset: Brick Break, Poison Jab, Hone Claws, X-Scissor
Keegan | Cross
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Trainer Type: You Average Kinda Good at Battles Thug Friend
Starter Pokemon: Cubone
Hometown: Pyrite Town, Orre
Character Trivia:
-The fun friend. He has a laidback personality and is humorous. Spends most of his time making bad puns and cheesy jokes.
-Probably wants to set fire to things.
-He’s comically afraid of all the things that he shouldn’t be and afraid of none of the things he should be.
-Seems dopey, but he grew up in Pyrite Town so you know he’s seen some stuff.
-Only has a few Pokemon and that suits him just fine.
-A decent battler. Not the weakest person around town but no where near as strong as some other people. Like, have you seen Ryker?
-Loves Ryker because Ryker buys him the good food.
-Will fight for his friends and will cut someone if you threaten them.
-Hangs out with some sketch, low-level thugs sometimes but never did anything too bad. Think Team Skull-level of villainy.
-Wants to solve a mystery until he actually realizes the kind of legwork it takes to solve a mystery.
-His dad is in jail and his mom dipped out with his little sister when he was a teenager so he’s an orphan, so sad.
-Always hungry
-Scared of Ghost types and Bug types and also Dark types depending on the Pokemon. He’s basically a Psychic type with none of the smarts.
-Everything is a joke until it stops being funny. His coping mechanism is not to take anything too seriously.
-Flirty, but if the girl expresses disinterest or discomfort, he backs off right away.
-Basically just a giant Stoutland in a human’s body.
History: “It's really not that interesting. Just the usual growing up poor, parents never around, joined a gang, made some friends. I mean, I saved money for a whole year to buy this Pokemon egg that they told me would hatch into a Charmander, so then I'd have a Charizard which would've been sick. Apparently the guy wasn't reputable though, because when the egg finally hatched, it was a Hoothoot. Fun times, fun times."
Reason for Coming to Orre: He’s local, but he wants to solve the mystery taking over the region now!
Pokemon Team:
Marowak
Name: Honey
Gender: Male
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Serious
Moveset: Swords Dance, Iron Defense, Bonemerang, Thunder Punch
Hoothoot
Name: Gylfie
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naïve
Moveset: Nasty Plot, Extrasensory, Shadow Ball, Magic Coat
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