Emilia is a rival-coded SwSh-based original character. Her gym side alongside her "protagonist", Aki, takes place two or three years before the in-game events of SwSh.
Emi’s journey starts in the late summer, when she departs Stow-on-Side with her Clefairy. This is assuming the Gym Challenge season goes from late August to late May. Her gym challenge takes place two to three years before the events of SwSh.
By the time the Champion Cup rolls around, Emi has celebrated a birthday. Following her loss at the finals and the confrontation with her father, she hops on the first train leaving Wyndon without care of destination. She ends up in Couriway, Kalos.
Emi spends a few months of soul-searching in Kalos. When she ends up in Laverre, gym leader Valerie recognizes her lost soul and takes her under her wing. After some training, Emi becomes a gym trainer at the Laverre Gym. This is the point where she begins to specialize in Fairy-type pokémon.
After about a year and a half’s time under Valerie’s tutelage, Emi feels herself grow more confident. Her strength as a trainer blooms to its full potential and it becomes harder for her to hold back during gym battles. Valerie decides she has no more to teach her so Emi makes the bold decision to return to Galar with her mentor’s blessing.
Emi returns to Galar in the early fall, a few months after the SwSh protagonist defeats Leon and becomes the Champion. Hearing that gym leader Opal is searching for a replacement, she makes her way to Ballonlea and confronts the legendary gym leader to prove her own worth. NOTE: This timeline follows the idea that Bede did NOT want to become the Ballonlea gym leader. Any interactions with Bede muses will require some plotting.
Present day, she is the official Ballonlea gym leader. All interactions take place after this point.
