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@panicked-nights​

Attina was on her way to Hammerlocke. A few friends were along with her, and her sister too. She was feeling really confident now! With two gym wins under her belt and Astrid thiiiiiis close to evolving. It wouldn’t be long now, probably before she got to the next stop on her journey: Hammerlocke and the Fighting/Fire Type Gym there. 

She wasn’t worried, though! Her Water Types were excellent against Ground types, and she’d just beaten the Grass Gym, which was one of her weaknesses!

She was exploring the road. Astrid at her side. They were walking down the road when a bush started wiggling.

“Squirtle?” Astrid said, tugging on her skirt.

“Yeah, let’s go check it out.” 

They stepped off the path and--found a very fluffy Eevee tail swishing back and forth, as it struggled in a bush. 

“Oh! You poor thing! Here, let’s get out out of there. Astrid, do you think you can pull those branches back?” 

The two of them got to work, though it took a bit of finagling to free the Eevee.

“You’re not alone, are you? Where is your owner?” she asked, stroking the Eevee’s ear. 

This was not the Swyn City on the brochures, the posters, all those glitzy billboards advertising a vibrant hub of pokeculture, diversity, and higher education (due to PokePride Uni). 

No-- right now, Hades slunk through the east side, where the alleys narrowed and tents were set up so that in a moment’s notice, the vendors could snatch their things and run.

Yes, here there were rare fossils-- expensive gems and boosters-- coveted evo-stones and knock-off badges. He passed one tent selling the Dark badge and snorted. Umbreon scoffed lightly in disgust. 

They weren’t here for any of those items though.

No-- the Acherons were here for a giratina. 

“They said they’d be near the Moon stones. Keep your guard up,” Hades murmured softly to his wife. There was no telling the various types of people who came to a place like this... the Acherons included. 

Character Name: Terra Nakajima Town/City: Phenac City, Orre Region Job: Pokémon School Teacher / Black Belt Starter Pokemon: Eevee Pokemon Team: Eevee, Rhyhorn, Lapras, Meganium, Xatu, Umbreon (Shiny!) Biography (200 words):

Born and raised in the oasis Phenac City, right in the middle of the deserted region of Orre, Terra grew up with Pokémon from a very young age. His parents were school teachers at the city’s famous Pokémon School, which doubled as a natural sanctuary for recovering Shadow Pokémon that lacked a trainer due to having been recovered from the nefarious Cipher Co.

Eventually, he befriended one of the recovering Eevees, who became his closest friend, and slowly started to get more involved in the school, teaching the children in the city about Pokémon and how to correctly establish lasting, respectful relationships with them.

As part of his job, Terra acted as a Pokémon Battle Coach for many years, helping others develop their battle skills and their bonds with their Pokémon friends. When he was old enough to do so, he decided to embark on a journey to take on a Pokémon League - This journey took him to the Galar region thanks to a family friend who resided there.

Character Name: Haley Long

Town/City:  Opelucid City, Unova

Job: Pokemon Trainer, League Challenger

Starter Pokemon: Mienfoo (now a Meinshao)

Pokemon Team: Granbull, Dragonair, Espeon, Noibat, Meinshao, Pangoro

Granbull (Abscissa) - The X to Haley’s Y. It takes the two of them to locate a place and keep her on the right track with the correct coordinates. She’s had Abscissa since she was a little tiny Snubbull sniffing around and getting into trouble. Always able to alert Haley of something, she’s keeping Haley’s nose clean and her own pressed to the ground.

Dragonair (天龙 Tian Long) - Sky’s the limit. Tian Long was a smaller dragon then Haley first came across him. (He was still a massive Dratini though).  He was evasive and dipped in and out of a nearby lake. It took Jiao Kuai’s quick abilities to finally wear him out enough to have him trust her. He know envelops the entirety of her camp whenever they have to settle down and makes sure the mood is comfortable.

Espeon (Eileen) - C’mon Eileen. True to her catlike nature, she’s always a little more aloof. You never quite know what she’s thinking. Which is definitely not fair given the fact that she’s the psychic one.

Noibat (Nano) - Disappears in less than a millisecond. Mischievous and smallest member of the bunch, Nano is always on the hunt for a berry or two and sometimes it can get her into a little bit of trouble. When she’s out and about she flies up alongside Haley’s ear and comes to roost on her shoulder whenever the wind picks up too much.

Meinshao (脚快 Jiao Kuai) - Swift of foot, quick of mind. Jiao Kuai was Haley’s first pokemon. Named fast feet for her swift footed moves and combos, she is Haley’s favorite to use when she needs to whittle down an opponent’s reserve energy. 

Pangoro (Pythagoras/ Py, Thag, Ras, Rassy,) - Don’t need A, B, or C to make this equation work. From the young days of Pythagoras being a glaringly cute Pancham, he’s always been very protective of Haley. It was cute when he was 2 ft tall, but now that he towers over her at 6′11 he can really scare a person away if they’re giving her too much trouble. Deep down, he’s a big ole teddy bear though. 

Biography (200 words):

Haley Long wants to be the very best! That no one ever was!

Well--except for her big brother, Jake. He was Pokemon Champion in 2016. But she’s now younger than he was when he became champion. She blew through badges easily, studying the moves of the gym leaders and calculating tactically with her team on the perfect moment to strike.

Haley has daily meditation sessions with her team. Focus is the name of the game. All of their minds must be sharp if they’re going to win this thing.

Oh, and she didn’t do all of this alone. She actually managed to make some friends along the way. 

After she’d defeated the gyms in Unova, she made her way to Galar to start an entirely new journey. At the first gym she faced, she ran into Spinelli and though they were both competitors they formed a bond of camaraderie and friendly competition and struck out alongside each other, pushing each other to be the very best.

On their journey, they picked up another friend for their group. The Cove Gym’s youngest Triton sister, Ariel, told them that she wanted to travel and see Galar before she settled in with her sisters at the gym. And so the gang was formed.

Haley and Spinelli often times spar and battle each other. Something Haley likes the most to keep her and her pokemon’s reflexes sharp and quick on long journeys to the next badge. Ariel acts as referree and the voice of reason when things get a little too competitive between the two of them.

Character Name: Barrel Adamson

Town/City: Spikemuth

Job: Team Rocket Grunt/a kid

Pokemon Team: Meowth (Harvey), Alolan Meowth (Jessica), Galarian Meowth (Kevin), Magikarp (David) 

Badges Won (optional): the literal first one and that was a pity badge

Biography:

Barrel loves two things in this world: his siblings and his Pokemon.

Spikemuth was not the best place to grow up in, so when Lock and Shock told him they knew how to get out of the dump they were living in, Barrel followed. He doesn’t know what they do most of the time, but they sneak around into dark places a lot and take Pokemon away. Barrel likes to think they are saving the Pokemon. He thinks all Pokemon should find good homes.

Barrel didn’t have a starter, per say, but a lost Meowth he found wandering the alleys of Spikemuth. That was the first Meowth of his collection. The next one, an Aloan Meowth, was abandoned by its trainers, who were vacationing. The final one, a Galarian Meowth, he found while on the road with his siblings.

He loves his three Meowths a lot and wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world. The last Pokemon he has is the only one he’s battled and caught traditionally: a Magikarp! He’s very proud of it. His siblings tease him, but one day it will be a strong, powerful Gyrados.

Character Name: Megara Creon Town/City: Motosoke, Spikemuth, presently Circhester Job: Gym Challenger for The Hollow Gym Starter Pokemon: Poochyena, now Mightyena Pokemon Companions/Team: Mightyena, Gengar, Noivern, Zoroark, Grimmsnarl, Obstagoon Badges Won: Some of Galar Biography (200 words):

Megara Creon’s life was in many places in the Galar region. She grew up in a working class family in Motosoke. Fairly normal as can be. When she was young she wanted to be a Pokemon Master and be the Champion! 

But she fell into the charms of a few people who led her down a much darker path than intended. People she thought were her friends were really just using her powerful battling skills to get away with all kinds of things for the likes of Team Rocket. 

When Meg found out she went somewhere she was sure no one would find her, a place where people went to disappear. Spikemuth. Spikemuth was dark but it let her hone her darker skills with her dark type pokemon and train her ghost types as well. Once she worked through a few things emotionally, she knew Spikemuth wasn’t where she belonged either so she packed her bags and traveled until she landed in Circhester, collecting new Pokemon along the way.

Character Name: Arista Triton Town/City: Hullsburry, Galar Job: Gym Challenger/Poke Flutist  Starter Pokemon: Oshawott, Now Samurott Pokemon Team: Marill (Marimba), Dewgong (Gong), Samurott (Riff), Vaporeon (Harmony), Floatzel (Forte), Mantine (Maestro) Badges Won: Some of Galar’s but she never really felt the need to go beyond the first few  Biography (200 words):

You’ve been challenged by Triton Sister Arista! 

For as long as she could remember, she watched her older sister Attina train to be the next greatest Pokemon Champion! She admired her incredibly so but that wasn’t really the route she wanted to take. She still trained though, she owed it to her new partners and friends she made along the way.

Arista really just wanted to play her poke flutes. She has one of every color and every type to heal any pokemon of their status conditions. Healing with the power of song, wasn’t that just wonderful? She’d just lay out in the tall grass surrounding the town, playing her little flutes and letting all the little Pokemon come up to her and say hi. She really did meet so many lovely ones. But she didn’t want to catch them. She’d taken enough with her six. She’d let them be free and be her friends to come back and play later.

A heart so true / Our courage will pull us through…

Character Name: Mei Qin Town/City: Postwick, Galar // Pallet Town, Kanto Job: Retired Police Officer Starter Pokemon: Frozone the Feraligatr Pokemon Team: Machamp (Zephyr), Poliwrath (Splashdown), Hitmonchan (Vyod), Niidoking (Mr. Incredible), Emboar (Brick) Badges Won: n/a Biography: Bob had never fussed around with dreams of being a Trainer. From the start, he knew he wanted to be an Officer. Growing up, he’d seen plenty of people use Pokemon to their advantage, abuse them, catch ones that were in protected areas, or steal from others. It had always made him spitting mad.

So, he applied for the police academy and gained his Totodile, Frozone. The two of them mad a great team and as he moved up the ranks, he was rewarded with more well-trained Pokemon. Bob went further, though, treating his Pokemon like companions instead of simply another tool for work. 

It was at his job that he met his wife. Together, they took down several criminals together and grew a family.