Post by Xatch on Apr 1, 2008 15:21:05 GMT 10
-----TRAINER TEMPLATE-----
Name: Jacen Zidar
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Pokemorph (Seviper)
Hometown: Windswept Heights
Sexual Preference: Bisexual
Allegiance: Team Pravus
Personality:
Jacen is made to be a leader. This much is completely obvious from the second one meets him. Everything from his posture to his tone of voice commands respect, and even though he might not be very physically imposing, he can be extremely frightening when riled up – which happens very rarely, and always for a good reason. Few to none question his authority, and those who do almost always live to regret it later. He is just a natural leader, and always has been. Not that he doesn’t deserve it, mind you. Jacen earns every bit of respect he gets, although those who are placed under his authority might not get the chance to see it until they have to rely on him for something.
Despite this natural leadership ability, Jacen tends to work best alone. Why, you ask? It’s because he is a complete and utter perfectionist. He doesn’t settle for anything less than 110% out of everyone he works with, and this includes himself. Jacen believes that no one should ever be idle. Unless one is sleeping or eating, there must be something better they could be doing than sitting around and chatting. Unlike some people who hold similar thoughts, Jacen actually follows his own advice. Unless he is in his bedroom at home, his private room at the headquarters, or in the dining hall, he can be found doing something either physically or mentally stimulating. He makes sure he instills the same drive in his pokemon as well, and though he usually keeps one or two with him at all times, when he isn’t out in the field the others can usually be found in the training areas or the library (for all of them have been taught to read just as easily as Jacen himself can).
Jacen can be extremely harsh on people and pokemon. He does not tolerate failure, and will not listen to explanations, calling them excuses. In his mind, the complaint that “circumstances were out of my control” doesn’t hold any water, because if you have prepared yourself well enough circumstanced will always remain in your control, and it is only through lack of effort or incompetence that this control can be lost. In any case, he has no sympathy for people who fail in their duties. He has been known to demote Generals in Team Pravus all the way back to mere Grunts, and has set a few of his pokemon free after they failed to serve him the way he feels they should. The least someone can expect from him is a harsh reprimand, which will probably leave said person’s (or pokemon’s) ego deflated for at least several hours. This gives many the impression that he has quite a hot temper, but he really is a very patient person in most situations. It is only when he is dealing with others who do not meet his high standards that he becomes irritable and snappish.
Now, given this attitude he has, one might think that his pokemon would serve him reluctantly or be happy when he lets them go free. However, his pokemon are loyal to him unto death. He demands respect from them and gives respect in return when it is due. He is fair when it is deserved, and acts as a strict disciplinarian when it is needed. He does not baby his pokemon as some others do, and treats them like the intelligent creatures they are. He expects his pokemon to be able to think independently, and to be able to give themselves orders and work as a team when he isn’t around. This freedom that he gives them combined with his constant leadership makes them into very loyal creatures who would rather die than leave his side permanently.
One would think that, based on all this, Jacen is a very serious person to be around; someone who isn’t very fun to hang out with. The opposite is true, actually. Jacen is both intelligent and charismatic, having a great sense of people. He throws fantastic parties at his house back in Starbright City (where he currently owns a fairly large home), and is quite well-known there. He is an excellent conversationalist, and a bit of a flirt as well, when the timing is right. He has class, style, and flair, and is sure to be the center of the party if he wants to be (which, interestingly enough, he usually doesn’t).
Hobbies:
Listening to music (predominantly classical and the like), and playing music (he plays piano, clarinet, violin, and a variety of simple wooden reed instruments). Also magic tricks.
Physical Appearance:
Jacen has a very distinctive appearance. It’s not difficult at all to pick him out in a crowd. Of course, his natural charisma helps in this way as well. It is hard for him to remain unnoticed, generally speaking. However, he doesn’t like sneaking around for the most part, and likes to make his presence known. He likes to take charge, something which he has never found very difficult.
Jacen is of average height, standing about 5’ 9” tall, but he has a lithe build. He has some muscle on his body, but not too much. He has a fast metabolism, and has never really bothered to exercise. He can stay lean (if not in fantastic shape) just by eating bad food sparingly – which he already does. His skin is lightly tanned from spending time out in the sun, but it’s hard to tell. Overall, he doesn’t make a very imposing figure, to say the least. His ability to seize leadership of a group makes up for his less than intimidating appearance, however. There are some physical features, however, that make him very noticeable indeed.
Jacen’s thick hair is jet black and completely straight. He wears it down to his shoulders, but never ties it back. The odd thing about it, however, is the purple and gold streak that runs through it. Both of these streaks of color originate from a spot on the side of his head right around his temple, and thus the streaks are often pulled back behind his ear. The royal purple and rich golden color trail all the way through his hair, right to the tips. One would think he died his hair that way, but that is actually how it grows naturally, believe it or not. His eyebrows are equally odd. They are thin, and accentuate his expressions perfectly. The odd thing is, however, that the hair is actually a very dark purple, with the ends closest to the corner of his eyes turning to the same rich gold color that can be found in his hair. This allows for much more subtle expressions than many other people could manage (and still have them be noticed, anyway), and Jacen takes full advantage of this.
His facial features are quite distinctive as well. He has naturally rather severe features, but not at all unpleasant. Indeed, he is actually quite handsome (one of the blessings of having parents who go for looks, not brains). There are a couple things about him, however, that might make some people hesitant to talk to him at first (at least until he spoke first, using that oh-so-pleasant tone of voice). His eyes are a bright yellow color, with vertical pupils not unlike those of a cat or snake. Few people will actually stare him in the eye for more than a moment or two, and even fewer will actually continue to look him in the eye while talking to him. Also, upon opening his mouth to speak or smile, one will notice a very distinctive feature of his: Jacen has a pair of fangs where his eye teeth would normally be. These are narrower than usual, and form sharp points at the tips. They fit seamlessly with his lower teeth, but go down nearly to the lower set of gums. It doesn’t affect his speech at all, but the dark red color of those particular teeth can be a bit of a surprise to anyone who happens to notice.
Jacen dresses rather differently from most people. He likes to wear clothing that makes him look distinguished, and is not above buying rich brands simply for the sake of owning them (at least, around the people who would notice). He has a sense of style that few can match, and has a love of formal clothing. Thus, when he is at a party or has no intention of venturing outside any time soon, he usually wears formal pants, shined shoes, and a silk shirt under a dark blazer. When out and about, he exchanges this ensemble for more practical wear, usually involving jeans of some sort. As typical as they are, there is a reason so many people wear them. They’re durable, tear-resistant, and fairly warm as well. Regardless of what exactly he’s wearing, Jacen always carries with him a cane made out of some sort of black metal. The head of the cane is shaped like the legendary pokemon Articuno’s head, but beyond that the cane has no distinguishing marks. Unlike some people, who walk with a cane to make themselves look more distinguished, Jacen actually needs his. His ability to lead others and become the central authority figure in any given group is made even more remarkable when one notes that he can’t walk more than a few steps without the cane, and can’t run at all regardless. Technically, he should be in a wheelchair, but he is far too stubborn for that. If anyone asks him about his “disability,” he simply says that he was in an accident as a child.
---Pokemon, Items, & History---
Pokemon:
Nickname: Crag
Species: Golem (male)
Level: 76
Appearance:
Personality: Crag is fairly quiet, but is undoubtedly powerful. He doesn’t mind avoiding battle, and in fact very much enjoys simply exploring new areas. He has been with Jacen since he was only ten years old, and the two are completely inseperable. He enjoys listening to music, much like Jacen does, and absolutely loves going out in the snow and rolling down hills.
Item: Hard Stone – boosts rock-type attacks
Ability: Rock Head (prevents recoil damage)
Attacks:
Double-Edge (recoil damage negated)
Rollout (lasts 5 turns, gaining intensity)
Magnitude (random strength)
Stone Edge (high critical hit ratio)
Giga Impact (user cannot attack next turn)
Fire Blast (may cause a burn)
Focus Punch (damage depends on loyalty)
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Nickname: Thor
Species: Typhlosion (shiny; male)
Level: 78
Appearance:
Personality: Thor has an extremely fiery personality. He is hot-tempered and passionate, having very little patience for the most part. He listens to Jacen, of course, but with any other trainer would be nearly impossible to manage. He loves to fight, and cannot stand not being physically active for more than an hour or so. When he isn’t eating or sleeping, Thor can usually be found somewhere in the training areas of Team Pravus headquarters.
Item: Razor Claw – raises critical hit chance
Ability: Blaze (when health is low, fire’s power increases)
Attacks:
Eruption (causes more damage depending on user’s health)
Swift (never misses)
Flamethrower (may inflict a burn)
Sunny Day (boosts fire-type moves)
Shadow Claw (high critical hit ratio)
Focus Blast (may lower foe’s SP Defence)
Solarbeam (absorbs light one turn, then releases it next turn)
Protect (evades one attack, but may fail if used repeatedly)
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Nickname: Hermes
Species: Pidgeot (male)
Level: 77
Appearance:
Personality: Hermes is a very dignified pokemon. He is obsessed with speed, and loves flying up in the air as high as possible before going into an all-out dive. He is a little jealous of Artemis due to her extreme speed, but the two get along well nonetheless. Hermes is protective of Jacen, but is more sociable than some of his other pokemon.
Item: Wide Lens – raises accuracy
Ability: Keen Eye – accuracy cannot be lowered
Attacks:
Roost (restores half of max health)
Air Slash (may cause flinching)
Wing Attack
Aerial Ace (unavoidable)
Fly (flies up on first turn, strikes next turn)
Steel Wing
Defog (reduces foe’s evasiveness)
Double Team (creates copies to increase evasiveness)
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Nickname: Gabriel
Species: Magneton (male)
Level: 67
Appearance:
Personality: Gabriel is a bit odd. He acts almost robotic at times, and seeks out things such as electrical outlets and battles involving electric-type pokemon. He loves thunderstorms, and will cause them as often as possible when he can find another magneton or two. He enjoys setting off electric attacks, and if not being given direct orders by Jacen will use those almost exclusively.
Item: Magnet – raises effectiveness of electric attacks
Ability: Magnet Pull – Traps steel-type pokemon
Attacks:
Thunder Wave (paralyzes the enemy)
Lock-On (ensures that next move hits)
Magnet Bomb (cannot miss)
Discharge (may cause paralysis)
Zap Cannon (powerful and always causes paralysis, but inaccurate)
Thunder (may cause paralysis)
Charge Beam (good chance of raising user’s special attack)
Flash (reduces enemy’s accuracy)
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Nickname: Goliath
Species: Walrein (male)
Level: 70
Appearance:
Personality: Goliath is by far the most playful of Jacen’s pokemon. He doesn’t seem to know his own strength at times when around humans, especially when he’s swimming with them. When he is allowed out of his pokeball, there are three places that he can usually be found besides the battle arena: the food court, any nearby body of water, or the library (where he lets Team Pravus members lean on him while reading, and encourages them to read aloud). He loves kids as well, and will talk to them much more readily than most other people.
Item: Icy Rock – prolongs effect of Hail
Ability: Ice Body – health is restored when it is hailing
Attacks:
Hail (summons a storm that strikes every turn)
Blizzard (hits the enemy with an ice-storm that may cause freezing)
Surf (creates a huge wave to crash down on an opponent)
Body Slam (full-body attack that may paralyze enemy)
Crunch (may lower defence)
Hyper Beam (user must recharge after use)
Brine (power doubles if enemy’s health is less than half)
Earthquake (cannot hit flying enemies)
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Nickname: Kairee
Species: Xatu (female)
Level: 66
Appearance:
Personality: Kairee is scathingly sarcastic, having a comeback for just about anything and everything. However, she is quite social despite this, and knows when to hold her tongue so as to avoid having everyone else leave her company. Kairee adores mind games and magic tricks, and takes great pleasure in trying to figure out a puzzle that she finds or how Jacen does some of his card tricks and the like. She is also a great fan of the game “Scrabble,” which she and Goliath play on a regular basis (although he has a hard time handling the pieces).
Item: Metronome – increases effectiveness of repeated attacks
Ability: Early Bird – sleep conditions last half as long
Attacks:
Me First (strikes first using foe’s attack at extra power)
Ominous Wind (may raise all stats)
Confuse Ray (confuses the foe)
Psychic (may lower special defence)
Giga Drain (steals half damage inflicted)
Light Screen (lowers special attack damage)
Future Sight (strike’s two turns later with extra power)
Miracle Eye (removes dark-type’s psychic immunity/resets evasiveness)
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Nickname: Artemis
Species: Garchomp (female)
Level: 65
Appearance:
Personality: Artemis always seems like she has better things to do than spend time with others. What does she do while she’s alone? Well, no one really knows. Jacen can call her to him at any time, of course, but even he doesn’t really know where she goes or what she does. Artemis tends to wander off when not in her pokeball. She’ll always check back, but she might wander off for hours if allowed to. She has a bit of a temper, and a thirst for revenge. She will hold a grudge for ages if she is ever defeated in battle, and demands a rematch as soon as possible.
Ability: Sand Veil – raises evasion during a sandstorm
Attacks:
Dragon Rush (may cause enemy to flinch)
Dragon Claw
Slash (high critical hit ratio)
Take Down (powerful, but user takes recoil damage)
Dig (digs on first turn and strikes on second)
Flamethrower (may burn enemy)
Rock Smash (may lower defence)
Iron Tail (may lower defence)
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Nickname: Oliver
Species: Phanpy (male)
Level: 7
Appearance:
Personality: Oliver is extremely friendly and playful, and is one of the few pokemon or people that Jacen doesn’t insist on constant training. Oliver doesn’t like battling, and is never required to. He rarely goes into his pokeball, but instead is allowed to freely roam the Team Pravus headquarters, or stay in Jacen’s house if he prefers. He likes exploring and traveling, however, and occasionally can be seen trotting along by Jacen’s side when he is traveling. The phanpy is very energetic, but a bit clumsy, and tends to trip over his own feet a lot.
Ability: Pickup – may find items when traveling
Attacks:
Odor Sleuth (ignores opponent’s heightened evasiveness)
Tackle
Growl (reduces enemy’s attack)
Defence Curl (raises defence)
Flail (deals more damage when health is low)
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Nickname: Diego
Species: Houndour
Level: 11
Appearance:
Personality: Diego is protective of anything he declares his, including his home and his trainer, not to mention his mate. He has a lot of energy, and tends to get frustrated when he can’t get it out on a regular basis. He hates being inside a pokeball, and often refuses when offered a chance to rest even if he’s been injured. He loves to chew on things, and although he’s finally been weaned out of chewing on furniture and other things, Jacen has to replace the heavy-duty chew toys he buys for him every couple of weeks. Diego loves to battle, but has an easily-bruised ego and hates to lose.
Ability: Flash Fire – when hit by a fire move, fire attack’s power is raised
Attacks:
Leer (lowers enemy’s defence)
Ember (may cause a burn)
Howl (raises user’s attack)
Smog (may poison)
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Nickname: Gwen
Species: Houndour (female)
Level: 14
Appearance:
Personality: Gwen, like Diego, is very protective of those she cares for. She doesn’t care as much about owned things, but guards the house because she is expected to by her trainer, whom she greatly respects. She is calmer than Diego, acting as the voice of reason for the hot-headed hound. She does have a lot of energy as well though, and needs a good deal of exercise just like Diego. She also loves to hunt, and will chase down wild pokemon if she gets the chance (although she won’t kill them).
Ability: Flash Fire – when hit by a fire move, fire attack’s power rises
Attacks:
Leer (lowers enemy’s defence)
Ember (may cause a burn)
Howl (raises user’s attack)
Smog (may cause poison)
Roar (frightens an enemy into fleeing)
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Nickname: Mortimer
Species: Wailmer (male)
Level: 28
Appearance:
Personality: Mortimer isn’t the sharpest tack in the box. He can’t really put together complex ideas, and he isn’t on the same intellectual level as Jacen’s other pokemon for the most part. Still, he lives to please, and will perform tricks just to get a bit of attention. He doesn’t particularly enjoy battling, but will if it is what his trainer wants him to do, and he isn’t half bad at it either.
Ability: Water Veil – cannot be burned
Attacks:
Water Gun
Rollout (deals increasing damage over 5 turns)
Whirlpool (traps and hurts enemy for 2-5 turns)
Water Pulse (may cause confusion)
Rest (sleeps for 2 turns to restore health)
Astonish (may shock enemy into flinching)
Mist (stops ability reduction)
Waterfall
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Nickname: Ariadne
Species: Ariados (female)
Level: 24
Appearance:
Personality: Ariadne enjoys scaring people. A lot. She used to drop down from holes in the ceiling to scare members of Team Pravus when she was a spinarak not so very long ago, but now she prefers to drop down from the ceiling behind them and scurry past them, brushing up against their legs as she goes by. It’s enough to make many people scream, or at least startle them quite a lot. Other than this pastime, she enjoys setting traps for other pokemon. She never kills (for the food that she gets from Jacen is much better than any raw kill), but she still finds endless amusement in approaching struggling pokemon and toying with them for a while before setting them free. In battle, she likes to stay out of sight as much as possible, spinning webs to catch the pokemon she is fighting and attacking from ambush.
Ability: Insomnia – cannot fall asleep in battle
Attacks:
Shadow Sneak (always attacks first)
Night Shade (deals damage according to user’s level)
Leech Life (steals half damage inflicted as health)
Scary Face (greatly reduces enemy’s speed)
Toxic (Poisons enemy; gets worse as time passes)
Fury Swipes (strikes 2-5 times)
Poison Sting (may poison)
String Shot (lowers enemy’s speed)
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Nickname: Kazi
Species: Cloyster (female)
Level: 33
Appearance:
Personality: Kazi loves a good joke. She has a great sense of humor, and has countless numbers of jokes stored in her memory. She likes pulling pranks, but not of the same kind that Ariadne does. She has been known to freeze doors shut behind people, hide in restrooms and freeze the tap water until it builds up and shoots out, drenching whomever was unlucky enough to be in front of the sink, and create patches of water or ice on the floor so that people fall. Kazi has a high-pitched, cackling laugh that one can hear from very far away. She likes battling, but doesn’t like to take a hit. If she is hit, she gets very angry and will strike back, sometimes without listening to her trainer.
Ability: Shell Armor – enemy cannot critical hit
Attacks:
Supersonic (may confuse enemy)
Aurora Beam (may lower attack)
Ice Shard (always hits first)
Clamp (traps and hurts enemy for 2-5 turns)
Protect (ignores one attack, but may fail if used repeatedly)
Ice Beam (may freeze enemy)
Payback (deals double damage if user is hit first)
Avalanche (damage doubles if user is hit first)
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Nickname: Kale
Species: Rattata (female)
Level: 17
Appearance:
Personality: Kale is extremely energetic. She is always running around, and hates being inside her pokeball. Unfortunately, she’s been inside for a long time. Jacen caught her and then put her in the computer system barely a week later (about six months ago), and she hasn’t been out since. She’ll probably be furious if Jacen ever decides to remove her, but not for too long. He’s good about exhausting his pokemon with training.
Ability: Guts – attack rises when under a status condition
Attacks:
Tackle
Tail Whip (lowers enemy’s defence)
Quick Attack (always attacks first)
Focus Energy (raises chance of critical hit)
Bite (may cause flinching)
Pursuit (more damage on an enemy switching out)
Hyper Fang (may cause flinching)
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Nickname: Hatshepsut
Species: Persian (female)
Level: 32
Appearance:
Personality: A very regal pokemon, Hatshepsut has a very large ego and maintains a constant air of dignity. She believes battle to be above her for the most part, but will fight if Jacen asks her to. He is the only person she will take orders from, and anyone else will feel her claws or teeth if they demand something out of her. She adores riddles, but prefers telling them to figuring them out herself with others around. She prefers to tease others as they try to figure out her riddles rather than open herself up to it.
Ability: Limber – cannot be paralyzed
Attacks:
Bite (may cause flinching)
Fake Out (first turn, first-strike move that always causes flinching)
Fury Swipes (strikes 2-5 times)
Screech (greatly lowers enemy’s defence)
Faint Attack (always hits)
Power Gem
Growl (lowers enemy’s defence)
Scratch
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Nickname: None.
Species: Stantler (male)
Level: 9
Appearance:
Personality: Stantler loves to run, but dislikes battle. If threatened, he’s more likely to run away than fight. Actually, Jacen met him in battle when he was running away from another trainer. He captured the already-injured stantler, but disliked its fear of battle. Now he’s just waiting for someone to offer him a trade for it.
Ability: Frisk – reveals enemy’s held item
Attacks:
Tackle
Leer (lowers enemy’s defence)
Astonish (may cause flinching)
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Nickname: Pyro
Species: Growlithe (male)
Level: 25
Appearance:
Personality: Pyro loves battle. He is extremely brave, and will rush into combat simply for the sake of battle. He isn’t stupid, but he does prefer attacking over any of the other moves he might be required to learn by Jacen. Jacen used to use him as a second fire-type in his party, but that didn’t last too long. Jacen still trains him every now and then though, and lets him loose every now and again when he’s at his home.
Ability: Intimidate – lowers opponent’s attack
Attacks:
Bite (may cause flinching)
Roar (causes enemy to flee)
Ember (may cause a burn)
Leer (lowers enemy’s defence)
Odor Sleuth (negates enemy’s evasiveness)
Helping Hand (raises power of recipient’s moves)
Flame Wheel (may cause a burn)
Reversal (deals more damage when user has low health)
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Nickname: Rambo
Species: Machop (male)
Level: 27
Appearance:
Personality: Rambo loves to read. He’ll sit and read for hours, no matter what the book, magazine, or newspaper might be about. He also loves crossword puzzles, and will cut them out of any newspaper he can find to complete them later. That said, he also likes battling to a certain extent, even if only for the sport of it. He will obey Jacen, but also likes to fight without being given orders.
Ability: Guts – attack rises when having a status problem
Attacks:
Low Kick (deals more damage on heavy foes)
Leer (lowers enemy’s defence)
Focus Energy (raises critical hit ratio)
Karate Chop (high critical hit ratio)
Foresight (negates enemy’s evasion increase)
Seismic Toss (deals damage equal to user’s level)
Revenge (deals more damage if hit by enemy first)
Vital Throw (never misses)
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Nickname: Talla
Species: Flaafy (female)
Level: 22
Appearance:
Personality: Talla has a very innocent and naïve personality, for the most part. She may act a bit childish at times, being very fond of soft blankets ad teddy bears, not to mention lullabyes and human child’s toys. She has a tendency to get into everything as well, climbing on everything and getting into odd places like suitcases and amid stacks of towels. Surprisingly, she doesn’t mind battling, and is in fact fairly good at it. However, she never carries a grudge on another pokemon.
Ability: Static – 30% chance of paralyzing an enemy who touches her with a physical attack
Attacks:
Tackle
Growl (reduces enemy’s attack)
Thundershock (may paralyze enemy)
Thunder Wave (paralyzes enemy)
Cotton Spore (greatly reduces enemy’s speed)
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Nickname: Diablo
Species: Tauros (male)
Level: 20
Appearance:
Personality: Diablo has an excess of both anger and energy. He will attack anything and everything on sight if Jacen doesn’t command him differently, and even then he is hesitant to obey. Jacen hasn’t worked with him very often. He actually received the taurus from a friend as a trade for a wooper, the taurus being much more powerful but also being a huge problem to his previous trainer. He could be extremely powerful, but Jacen hasn’t wanted to bother training him just yet.
Ability: Intimidate – reduces enemy’s attack
Attacks:
Tackle
Tail Whip (reduces enemy’s defence)
Rage (raises attack every time it hits)
Horn Attack
Scary Face (greatly reduces enemy’s speed)
Pursuit (deals greater damage on an enemy switching out)
Rest (user sleeps 2 turns to restore health)
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Nickname: Justus
Species: Horsea (male)
Level: 13
Appearance:
Personality: Justus is named very well. He is courageous and loyal to the end, being very protective to his trainer. He has a deep-seated sense of justice (thus his name), and doesn’t like the idea of fighting dirty or lying or stealing. Jacen traded a bellsprout for the little horsea, but hasn’t really gotten around to trainng him yet.
Ability: Sniper – critical hits are three times as effective as normal attacks
Attacks:
Bubble (may lower enemy’s speed)
Smokescreen (lower’s enemy’s accuracy)
Leer (lower’s enemy’s defence)
Water Gun
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Nickname: None.
Species: Shellos (female)
Level: 5
Appearance:
Personality: Shellos is a very shy and quiet pokemon, not liking to fight or get into any kind of confrontation. She hasn’t had much experience in fighting either, really. All she has ever had was a brief fight with Thor before she was captured, and since then Jacen hasn’t really known what to do with her. He isn’t familiar with her type of pokemon, but plans on taking her out sometime soon and training her, if only to see what she’s capable of.
Ability: Storm Drain – water moves are drawn to her
Attacks:
Mud-Slap (reduces enemy’s accuracy)
Mud Sport (reduces electricity’s effectiveness)
Harden (raises defence)
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Nickname: Rampage
Species: Sandslash (male)
Level: 27
Appearance:
Personality: Rampage likes sharpening his claws on anything and everything he can get in range of. He is highly disciplined, however, and is not about to go about shredding all the furniture in any given area. He will battle if he is asked to, but generally he prefers other tests of ability, such as obstacle courses. He periodically races Crag down hills and mountains in rolling races.
Ability: Sand Veil – raises evasion during a sandstorm
Attacks:
Crush Claw (may lower defence)
Rollout (lasts 5 turns, gaining attack each time)
Fury Swipes (strikes 2-5 times)
Swift (never misses)
Sand-Attack (reduces enemy’s accuracy)
Rapid Spin
Poison Sting (may poison enemy)
Defence Curl (raises defence)
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Nickname: None.
Species: Turtwig
Level: 1
Appearance:
Personality: Turtwig is a very young pokemon, and the newest addition to Jacen’s “collection.” He came from a friend of Jacen’s, who gave the little pokemon’s egg to him as a birthday gift, and it just recently hatched. As yet, it is little more than a tiny baby, showing little personality yet. Jacen plans to begin training it sometime soon, however.
Ability: Overgrow – when health is low, grass attacks rise in power
Attacks:
Tackle
Withdraw (raises defence)
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Items:
Antidote x2
Full Heal x1
Hyper Potion x3
Max Revive x1
Revive x2
Paralyze Heal x1
Icy Rock x1 (equipped to Goliath)
Metronome x1 (equipped to Kairee)
Magnet x1 (equipped to Gabriel)
Hard Stone x1 (equipped to Crag)
Razor Claw x1 (equipped to Thor)
Wide Lens x1 (equipped to Hermes)
Pokeball x4
Great Ball x5
Ultra Ball x1
Net Ball x3
History:
Jacen was born in the Windswept Heights, as the second of three siblings. He had an older brother named Tiege, and a twin sister who was named Alliya (or just Ally, for short). Tiege was two years older than he and Ally, and Jacen was born about ten minutes before his identical twin sister. The three siblings were inseperable after the age of seven or so, once they were all on roughly the same intellectual level. Jacen was born with working legs, and in fact was one of the fastest runners and climbers in the gang of children the three tended to hang out with. The three would climb up and down the cliffs, going even to places that most of the adults wouldn’t dare travel, and with good reason. They explored the more dangerous caverns, and even set up a fort in one of them, in which they played games of pretend, acting as pokemon hunters in a world before trainers had come along. It was a wonderful life, all in all. There was little to worry about except the next test in school or getting found out after stealing something out of the sweets shop down the street from their house.
Jacen’s mother was a pokemon trainer who had retired after completing the gym leader challenge. She had no desire to defeat the Elite and become the best trainer in the land (although there’s a good chance she could have done it if she really wanted to). Jacen’s father, meanwhile, was a pokemon breeder and owner of a day-care center. Jacen grew up around pokemon of every type, from huge charizards to tiny skiplooms to temperamental taurus. He loved them all, and he wanted a pokemon for himself. His pleading became more frequent once Tiege got his own pokemon at age ten. It was something of a family tradition, really. On the child’s tenth birthday, they would be given a single pokemon from their mother’s collection and sent out to capture one of their own. Tiege got lucky, and managed to find and capture a tropius for his own. Tiege named the pokemon Forge, and it proved to be a great help when they needed to get to (or off of) ledges that were too difficult to climb near. Once Forge had learned both Vine Whip and Fly, there was almost nowhere the trio couldn’t go.
When Jacen was ten years old, he and Ally were allowed to go out and get their own pokemon. They decided to stay together and try to get a pair of pokemon into a team battle, knowing that way they’d have a much better chance of catching both. It didn’t take too long to find a pair of pokemon. The two they found were already friends: a phanpy and a geodude. Working together, Jacen and Ally were able to defeat the two wild pokemon fairly easily with the help of the pokemon they’d brought along, and headed home with their newly-caught pokemon. Jacen began training his geodude (which he named Crag) immediately. It grew quickly, and evolved in a matter of months (it had been fairly powerful from the beginning). Ally had no interest in battling, and used her phanpy as a pet. The three children and their pokemon continued to explore the cliffs, not caring at all about the warnings of their elders. None of their other friends had ever gotten seriously hurt. Why should they? However, their luck wouldn’t last.
Tiege and Jacen used to battle Forge and Crag fairly often, and the two pokemon were often at the Pokemon Center in town. The trio and Ally’s phanpy (Oliver) would go out to the cliffs anyway during these times, although they would usually stay a little closer to the safe areas than when they had the powerful pokemon with them. However, even this precaution didn’t help them stay completely safe. One day, the day after a sizeable storm blew through the area, the trio decided to go exploring again. Forge and Crag were in the Pokemon Center, which was nothing unusual by now. The rocks were slippery, but the three didn’t particularly mind. They stayed to the driest and safest ledges; the ones which sloped inland instead of out over the rocky shore below. However, they weren’t prepared for the threat of wild pokemon (which were rarely ever found out here). Ally and Jacen were climbing close to one another, while Tiege had dropped behind a little bit. They weren’t actually on the cliffs, but in a cavern. It was dimly lit – only the lantern that Oliver held with his trunk gave the cave any illumination whatsoever. Thus, both Ally and Jacen were caught by surprise when a colony of zubat suddenly flew out, screeching and calling to one another as they went. What pursued them was what the trio really should have been worried about. An angry lairon had been awakened by the zubat, and was stampeding straight towards them. Jacen and Ally darted behind a group of stalagmites, hoping that they would block the lairon from hitting them as it charged, ramming its forehead into the rock. Well, the pokemon didn’t hit them, but the ensuing cave-in did.
Jacen and Ally were both showered by falling rocks, many of which were sizeable. Jacen tried to run out of the rockfall, but was hit by the lairon’s next charge as he showed himself through the gathering dust. Jacen scarcely remembers the event now. All he recalls is a sharp pain in his lower back where the pokemon rammed into him, flipping over into the air, and then hitting his head on a rock before passing out.
Jacen awoke about five hours later in a hospital. He and Ally had been rushed there as soon as Tiege had returned to town to get help. Ally wasn’t in the same room, but that wasn’t what Jacen noticed immediately. What he noticed was that he didn’t have any feeling at all from the waist down, starting at the spot he’d been hit. The doctor explained to him that the lairon’s charge had broken his spine, and he would probably be paralyzed for the rest of his life. There was physical therapy he could take that might help him get some mobility back, but it probably wouldn’t help much. Jacen had been 16 at the time, and just preparing to leave the town to go on the same gym leader challenge that his mother had. He was crushed by the idea that he might never be able to leave his own house again without a wheelchair. Of course, in the city of cliffs, it also meant that the wheelchair couldn’t leave the house, which put Jacen in the position of never being able to leave the house at all unless someone carried him. This was a huge blow to him, as independent as he was.
It wasn’t until almost three days later that he found out Ally had been killed in the cave-in.
For two years, Jacen did very little with his life besides falling deeply into his music. It was also during this period that he got involved in magic tricks, and has become a master of sleight of hand since then. Nowadays, he always carries a deck of cards and a few coins with him for just that purpose – practicing or simply showing off. In any case, during this time he also lost a lot of the confidence he had once had in himself. His family moved to Phelac City, which had roads that Jacen could navigate in his wheelchair. Still, he rarely went outside, and had no interest in socializing despite his loneliness. He still had Crag and Tiege, of course, but the pokemon scarcely ever left his pokeball except to help around the house a little bit, and Jacen didn’t like to let his brother see him like he was. All of them were miserable. Until, for Jacen’s 18th birthday, he received a gift from his father: a newly-bred cyndaquil, one who had never seen people and had never been socialized. The little pokemon had quite a fiery personality, however, and upon first exiting its pokeball decided to attack Crag despite the graveller’s great size. The fire did little damage, but the cyndaquil didn’t relent until it was utterly bereft of energy. The display prompted Jacen to get back into battling, at least for a while. Once he got back into it, he didn’t want to go back to being a recluse.
The next pokemon Jacen received was a pidgey, who served as a constant companion to him, as well as a means of getting around once it had evolved into pigeot. By now, Crag was a golem, and the little cyndaquil that Jacen had named Thor was on the brink of evolving into a typhlosion. However, it wasn’t until he was nearly 20 that Jacen really got back into battling. There was a excellent reason for this, but one he doesn’t share with most people.
By this time, Jacen had gotten a limited amount of mobility back in his legs, although he couldn’t do much besides stand up and sit back down again. Still, it prompted him to brush off his old idea of taking the gym leader challenge, and he went to challenge Damien with his three pokemon. On the way, he met up with a very strange-looking man who claimed to be a part of something called Team Pravus. He challenged Jacen to a battle, threatening to take him to the headquarters if he lost and turn him into some sort of genetics guinea pig. Jacen defeated the man in short order, but instead of simply going on his way, he asked to be taken to the headquarters. There he met with a group of the scientists who explained the idea of a “pokemorph” to him. More importantly, they explained to him that their experimenting might just give him the ability to walk again. After that, Jacen was sold. The fact that he was told it was potentially reversible helped too, of course.
He phoned his family to explain things to them, but the conversation didn’t go too well. His father greatly disapproved of the genetic tampering, and his mother was concerned at best, having heard some terrible things about Team Pravus. Tiege was a bit sullen, but only because Jacen seemed to be leaving for good. He had become used to taking care of his paraplegic little brother, and didn’t like the idea of having to finally deal with his own problems caused by the death of his sister. Jacen didn’t talk to them for months, and by the time he finally did again, the “transformation” was complete. The next time he visited home, he was able to walk through the front door. He’d already quite literally tossed his wheelchair off a cliff, and his family was completely amazed at what they saw – both in the sense of his new mobility and his appearance. Jacen had been born with almost platinum blonde hair and had deep brown eyes. The difference was almost painfully obvious, but his family could see how much happier he was now, and so they didn’t complain.
This new independence prompted Jacen to gain much of his old personality back, along with a distinctive, mature authoritativeness that had not been there before. He began collecting pokemon again, and developed quite a team. Although these original three are still with him, that doesn’t mean that his newer pokemon are any less close or dear to him.
Over the years, Jacen has moved quickly through the ranks in Team Pravus thanks to his leadership abilities, the respect he not only earns, but demands from both his superiors and those under him alike, and his skill with training and battling pokemon. His promotion to Commander is a bit of a mystery to many in Team Pravus headquarters, for it was supposedly arranged by Mion herself after Jacen did her a great favor of some sort, but what exactly that was remains a mystery to everyone but Jacen and Mion.
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