HERO OF TRUTH, TOUKO MUTO (ćŚč¤ăăŚăł, muto touko)
a passionate girl born to kantonian parents, touko was known in nuvema town for her brutal honesty, only outmatched in hard hits by those delivered by her fists. at the age of fourteen, she received tepig from professor juniper, and began her journey as a pokĂŠmon trainer. gym leaders spoke highly of her battle prowess, and word of her strength inevitably reached the king himself.Â
touko met nassim for the first time when she was coming back from a fiery victory against cress at the striaton city gym. nassim challenged her to a battle, but only so he could hear the heart of her tepig. the first interaction ended with touko attempting to punch him in the face, calling him suspicious and demanding actual answers to why heâd challenged her out of the blue. the two wouldnât meet again for another few months.Â
over a two year period, touko traveled the kingdom of Unova, winning badges with her trusty partner, emboar, and getting into plenty of fights. most of her fights were with supposed members of the plasma templar, an order of holy knights led by the king, ghetsis harmonia. hating the behavior of these ânew recruitsâ, touko decided to essentially stage a coup against the monarchy.Â
she was granted the light stone and for a time, was able to travel with the guidance of the god of truth, reshiram, even if the god was dormant. she learned that her initial assumptions of the ânew recruitsâ was right, but the truth of those people did not reflect the greater truth.Â
after winning against the unovan elites, touko went to seek advice from the champion, alder, but found that instead she would be able to confront the person she had believed she needed to overthrow. although, first, she had to face down nassim, who turned out to be nassim harmonia, the crown prince, and her counterpart hero. she won her battle with nassim, only to learn that her next fight was against the king himself.Â
her battle with ghetsis harmonia was much more than between pokemon; she learned quickly that the kingâs pokemon were just as divine as the man himself, and instead, ended up giving him a thorough thrashing with her fists. as in, she literally beat him into submission before telling him that reshiram had told her that he was fighting for a lie, and that his ideal was not what would really come to be.Â
touko avoided exile or worse due to the fact that she had gained the support of unovaâs gym leaders, and even the sages, who convinced ghetsis to commune with the gods rather than act out of emotion. needless to say, ghetsis chose to trust the word of the god of truth, and touko got what she wanted â ghetsis put an end to the so-called liberation.Â
later, she would learn that the people she battled were not part of the plasma templar, and many had gone into hiding, or had been executed by the king.Â
touko departed on a journey outside of unova, deciding that she would travel at the side of her counterpart hero, because truth and ideals were meant to exist not as enemies, but as allies. Â
for as much as touko hated what ghetsis did, she learned from reshiramâs teachings, and does hold a deep respect for the man who then worked to restore the kingdom to its glory. twice. here and there, she pays visits to her mother and her best friends.Â















