Author's Note: "Arceus help me!" You might be thinking now. "Do I really have to read all this before I can begin the story?" Worry not. The appendix isn't going anywhere and can be read at any time preferred. See it not as a requirement, but rather a companion on your journey through the World of Pokemon, providing history and lore, relations and new characters that together help build this world of magic and wonders, dreams and adventures. The appendix is an encyclopedia for the hasty and a world to explore for those with more time. Use it as you like. The Pokemon World will engulf you all the same.
Be aware though, that the appendix may, and probably will be updated several times during the next years as the story progresses. May it be I'll need to make some adjustments on families, change some levels and form curve classes, I don't know... but don't consider the appendix finished before the very last chapter of this story is posted. There are always some adjustments to be made.
There are also a hell lot of things in here that are still under construction, though none of these things are vital to the plot as of yet.
Finally, I'd like to give my thanks to Writer Under Training, aka Dracoflarex for inspiring this fic with his own Road to be a Pokemon Master in the first place, and allowing me to borrow a few of his ideas.
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APPENDIX
So you've decided to have a closer look at the appendix, aye? Let's get straight down to it then! An old saying goes that "Millennium Island is where dreams and adventures begin," and so we will start there. The famous island where the Pokemon World Tournament is kicked off once every ten years, inspiring thousands of youngsters every year to go out on their own journey. Surely there's no better place to begin but there.
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On the Pokemon World Tournament and Millennium Island: Our story takes place in 2050 A.A (After Aaron), the year of the 11th International Pokemon League Association (IPLA) World Tournament. The Pokemon World Tournament, as it's more commonly referred as, is open for anyone who is a certified pokemon trainer, regardless of achievements, experience or age. The only requirement is that you've caught at least six pokemon, but other than that, everyone is free to participate. However, because of the low requirements there is usually a humongous amount of trainers participating in the tournament, so to make logistics and such easier the tournament is divided into three stages:
- Stage 1: IPLA World Tournament. Consists of one group stage and five to six knockout rounds, depending on the amount of participants.
- Stage 2: IPLA Advanced World Tournament. Consists of one group stage and five knockout rounds. Gym leaders, frontier brains and Elite Fours enter the tournament at this stage.
- Stage 3: IPLA Champions League. Consists of one group stage and four knockout rounds. Champions enter the tournament at this stage.
The Pokemon World Tournament has a long and rich history that spans all the way back to 1950, when the first World Tournament was arranged as a sports event promoting peace and solidarity after a war that had threatened to lay the entire Pokemon World in ruins. The tournament was originally hosted by an elected country (Johto in 1950, Hoenn in 1960, Kanto in 1970, Sinnoh in 1980 and Kalos in 1990) until the turn of the new millennium, when the decision was made that the tournament was to be arranged on Auburn Island instead, a huge volcanic island located some sixty kilometres off the southeastern coast of Kanto.
With huge amounts of money invested into the project, the Pokemon Association began the construction of their new pokemon battling paradise. More than fifty stadiums were built (later increased to an amount of more than a hundred stadiums) and when the 2000 Pokemon World Tournament was arranged, Auburn Island had received a complete makeover. To honor a new millennium of peace and harmony, Auburn Island was renamed Millennium Island. On the northern coast of the island, the medium-large city of Walter's Bay was transformed into a buzzing metropolitan and renamed Millennium City, and less than a kilometer south of the city center, looming over Millennium City from atop the Hill of Masters, Millennium Stadium was built, an enormous stadium with the capacity to host more than 400000 spectators, one of the greatest constructions ever built by man.
The fantastic Pokemon Masters: The champion of the Pokemon World Tournament is honored with the title of Pokemon Master, the without doubt grandest title in the pokemon battling world. Though the title holds only symbolic value, the alluring promise of eternal fame inspires thousands of ten-year-olds every year to pick up a bag and a pokeball, and venture into the wide world in search of companions to help them walk the road to be a Pokemon Master. To see their names written up there among the stars, that's what they all dream of, and there's nothing in the whole world that guarantees that better than the Pokemon Master title. Nothing at all.
Ten Pokemon Masters have been crowned so far. They were all fantastic trainers, the best of their generation, and all changed the pokemon battling sport in one way or another. They left a legacy, each taking their turn pioneering the sport towards uncharted territory, and conquering it. There has never been so many different battle styles, so many advanced tactics and so many complex yet effective attack combinations as there are today, and it was all because of the Pokemon Masters ingenuity and will to find new ways of winning a pokemon battle. The Pokemon Masters helped build what we define as pokemon battling today, and their names will surely be written in the stars forever.
List of Pokemon Masters:
Added: Year title was won, nationality, losing finalist.
1950: DIAMOND BAUER - dead (1923 - 2005) - Sinnoh
. . . . . RICHARD PALLET - dead (1926 - ?) - Kanto
1960: ARTHUR NEVILLE ISHI STONE - dead (1935 - 2022) - Hoenn
. . . . . MARCUS ADZIIL BLACKTHORN - dead (1931 - 2007) - Johto
1970: SILVER SATOSHI ATHENA - 107 - Johto
. . . . . MACH SAFFRONS - dead (1946 - 1997) - Kanto
1980: LUNICK TIERFREUND - 97 - Fiore
. . . . . MIGUEL DE PUMELO - dead (1947 - 2023) - Orange Islands
1990: RUBY GARDNER - dead (1966 - 2049) - Hoenn
. . . . . ATSUSHI DURO - dead (1964 - 2049) - Kanto
2000: CHARLES GOODSHOW - 73 - Johto
. . . . . XAVIER GĀBENA - 79 - Kalos
2010: BERTHA TERESA BODEN - 71 - Sinnoh
. . . . . CHARLES GOODSHOW - 73 - Johto
2020: MICHAEL VASILIJ - 60 - Orre
. . . . . KRÜGER GERHARDT - 55 - Sinnoh
2030: RALPH "VLADIMIR THE ATTACKER" VARDY - 71 - Hoenn
. . . . . WHITE HILLS - 42 - Unova
2040: CYNTHIA SHIRONA - 31 - Sinnoh
. . . . . TUCKER FRED MERCURY - 45 - Hoenn
Millennium City: With time, Millennium City has grown to become a hub for ambitious pokemon trainers, coordinators, breeders, doctors and everything even slightly related to pokemon. The IPLA headquarters are located here. Same is the successful pokemon trainer agency The Millennium Society, the prestigious University of Pokemon and Aura Technologies (UPAT), the great twenty-storey Millennium City Pokemon Center ran by the world renowned Doctor Matilda Joy, the highly regarded Millennium Gym, a myriad of Don George Battle Clubs and dojos, and for those gentle souls devoted to the Faith of Arceus a visit to the grand St. Rin's Cathedral would be top priority, the foreign building famed as the second largest in the world, only bested by the ancient Primus Peregrinus Cathedral in Hearthome City.
The Millennium Stadium Complex: Though Millennium Stadium looms supreme on top of the Hill of Masters, the hill is also ringed by ten other stadiums on two levels: five on the upper level and five on the lower. Each of these ten stadiums are named after a Pokemon Master and designed to mirror the unique personality and characteristics they possessed in their glory days. On the upper level the Diamond Stadium, the Devon Globe, the Silver Colosseum, the Tierfreund Pokehome and Ruby's Garden stand proud in the hillside, while on the lower level the Goodshow Theater, the Boden Arena, Orion's Theater, the Stadium of Love and the Shirona Academy Stadium ring the Hill of Masters at the foot of the grand hill.
But these are just eleven of the more than a hundred stadiums making up the enormous complex. The rest of the facility is spread across the island, divided into ten different regions, or 'Sides'. These Sides are called the following:
- Indigo Side, named after the Indigo Conference taking place at Indigo Plateau in KANTO every year,
- Silver Side, named after the Silver Conference taking place in Silver Town in JOHTO every year,
- Ever Grande Side, named after the Ever Grande Conference taking place in Ever Grande City in HOENN every year,
- Lily of the Valley Side, named after the Lily of the Valley Conference taking place on Lily of the Valley Island in SINNOH every year,
- Vertress Side, named after the Vertress Conference taking place in Vertress City in UNOVA every year,
- Lumiose Side, named after the capital of KALOS,
- Blumenfall Side, named after the Blumenfall Conference taking place in Blumenfall Halls in FIORE every year,
- Amalia Side, named after the Amalia Conference taking place on Amalia's Scene in ALMIA every year,
- Battlemount Side, named after the Battlemount Conference taking place on Mount Battle in ORRE every year,
- Soria Moria Side, named after the Soria Moria Conference taking place in Soria Moria in ARCTICA every year,
Each Side, much like Millennium City itself, contain a main stadium ringed by all between four to ten smaller stadiums. In addition, each of these Sides are provided with a multitude of battle nets for practice purposes. These practice grounds also serve as battlefields for minor matchups.
The Friend Areas: A ranch facility is also provided for storing pokemon. These facilities are popularly called Friend Areas, and the largest of them, the MC Ranch Area, is located west of Millennium City and covers a full four hundred acres of land. In addition, each Side is provided with a smaller Friend Area of their own, the areas of these usually ranging from fifty to two hundred acres.
The Friend Areas are managed and supervised by a massive team of pokemon doctors, doctor students, Nurse Joys, pokemon rangers and pokemon breeders. The doctors are there to make sure all participating pokemon are well and healthy, fulfilling the requirements for a proper pokemon (that is, having at least 75% pokéblood in it. A hybrid pokemon born of an animal and a pokemon is not allowed) and not being under influence of any illegal drugs. All members of the ranch team are under strict confidentiality and would face harsh penalties should it be known they've leaked information about a participator's pokemon. A pokemon doctor may even have his license temporarily withdrawn.
The flourishing Sides: As the sport of pokemon battling grew more and more popular throughout the new millennium, towns and cities sprung up around all the Sides, the main stadiums serving as the centerpoints. Thousands of trainers, coordinators, breeders etc. moved to Millennium Island to groom their passion, and as the prices of real estate in Millennium City skyrocketed the Sides became cheaper alternatives for those on a tight budget. The populations of each Side rose like an armaldo's experience growth, and today Indigo Side, the largest of the Sides boasts a permanent population rivaling Viridian City!
The Train System: But despite the Sides recent growth, Millennium City is still the main hub for everything related to pokemon, and so thousands of tight budgeted trainers, coordinators and UPAT students have to commute to and fro Millennium City every day. To compensate for a more and more strained infrastructure, the construction of a train system meant to connect all the Sides with Millennium City was commenced in 2012. Eventually finished in 2018, the network of high-speed rails today connect the entire island, a ride from Millennium City in the north to Indigo Side in the south taking no more than half an hour.
During the PWT the Train System is constantly under heavy strain due to the flood of trainers and spectators coming to enjoy the mega event. This year the IPLA has therefore hired the two Subway Masters of Unova, Emmet Niart and Ingo Evitomocol to supervise the system and help deal with the nightmarish logistics.
The T-Dex: The T-Dex, or the Trainer Dexter, is a handy device provided by the League to all participants. The various functions include providing the matchups of every trainer in the tournament, a map showing the location of the various stadiums, a GPS locator and all data related to the trainers taken from their previous Pokemon League records. The data is updated as new information about the trainers is revealed during the World Tournament, this to optimize conditions for planning and strategizing.
Food Stalls and Other Such Facilities: The spots are sold on auction. Spots are usually ranked by the closeness to the stadiums and various other factors. The food stalls around the Hill of Masters are usually sold at unimaginably high prices, but the bidders will quickly make up for the expenses when the floodgates open after a thrilling match, and four hundred thousand hungry spectators pour out of Millennium Stadium, all looking for a quick bite.
Hotels: Much like the food stalls, the areas are sold well beforehand by auction. However, these are permanent facilities built and owned by the bidding company timelessly until they sell it back to the League. The IPLA's rules don't allow directly selling to a third party. All trainers are guaranteed residence at a reduced price, common spectators coming in second line. However, this only applies for as long as the trainer is in the World Tournament. The moment a trainer is knocked out he'll be treated as no more than a spectator, and if on a tight budget that month he might just have to book an early flight home.
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List of characters
Note: Notice that some of the names listed below are the same as the protagonists in the Pokemon Adventures manga. These characters are really more like their game counterparts. For example, Diamond Bauer = Lucas, Ruby Gardner = Brendan etc. The names are simply there to avoid confusion with two characters having the same name (Sapphire and May instead of May and May, Platinum and Dawn instead of Dawn and Dawn, etc), and in addition it makes it easier to recognize them.
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Main characters with families
As any fanfiction on Pokémon, there are a few things I as an author customize for the sake of reality. It would take one year for Ash to travel a region (including the filler stuff like Battle frontier) so Ash has aged by five years by the end of the Unova League. In addition, he trained and traveled the world for three years, so the age assumptions are as follows:
The Ketchums:
ASH SATOSHI KETCHUM - 18 - a traveling pokemon trainer and aspiring Pokemon Master, member of the Orange League Hall of Fame and conqueror of the Kanto Battle Frontier, completed the Goodshow Challenge in Kalos, finished inside Top 4 of the 2046 Lily of the Valley Conference and Top 2 of the 2049 Lumiose Conference,
his mother, DELIA KETCHUM - 39 - a former travelling pokemon trainer, owner of the Palletian restaurant Pallet House,
his father, (Unknown name and age) - an uncertified traveling pokemon trainer according to Delia Ketchum,
his aunt, ELIZABETH KETCHUM - dead (2009 - 2030) - Delia's older sister, died in a car accident,
his grandmother, AMANDINE KETCHUM - dead (1981 - 2030) - Delia's mother, only child, died in a car accident,
his grandfather, JACK BLACKFORD - 70 - Delia's father, an uncertified traveling pokemon trainer,
his great-grandmother, LISANNA KETCHUM - dead (1950 - 2037) - Amandine's mother and second oldest child of four, founded Pallet House together with Indigo Oak in her older days, died of natural causes,
his great-grandfather, ARSÉNE BLAISE LAPOINTE - dead (1947 - 2028) - Amandine's father, Kalósi of origin, died of natural causes,
his great-grandaunt, MARGARET KETCHUM - dead (1942 - 1976) - Lisanna's older sister, kidnapped and later murdered by Team Rocket for unknown reasons,
his great-granduncle, JOHANNES KETCHUM - dead (1951 - 2034) - Lisanna's younger brother, died of natural causes,
his great-granduncle, WILLIAM KETCHUM - dead (1954 - 2036) - Lisanna's second youngest brother, died of natural causes,
his great-granduncle, SAFARI KETCHUM - dead (1955 - 2032) - Lisanna's youngest brother, spent most of his adult life in the South Atlasi country of Inkululeko, had one son with a local beauty, died of natural causes,
his great-great-grandfather, AARON KETCHUM - dead (1924 - 2017) - Lisanna's father and oldest child of three, received several medals of honor for splendid service during the War, died of natural causes,
his great-great-grandmother, MAGGY KETCHUM - dead (1923 - 2015) - Lisanna's mother, a Hoennese whore from Rustboro born with no other name but "Maggy", died of natural causes,
his great-great-granduncle, REDWIN KETCHUM - dead (1926 - 1943) - Aeron's younger brother, champion of the 1937 Indigo Conference and member of the Orange League Hall of Fame, died in Fiore during the War,
his great-great-grandaunt, AMALIA KETCHUM - dead (1927 - 1941) - Aeron's younger sister, died in combat during the Third Battle of Palford (Palford was the old name of Pallet Town),
his great-great-great-grandfather, THOMAS KETCHUM - dead (1902 - 1940) - Aeron's father and second oldest child of four, a highly skilled doctor, died in combat during the Attack on Fort Wilderlands,
his great-great-great-grandmother, LANA BLACKBURN - dead (1906 - 1941) - Thomas Ketchum's wife, died in combat during the Third Battle of Palford,
his great-great-great-granduncle, HARWIN KETCHUM - dead (1900 - 1917) - Thomas' older brother, died in combat during the Silver War,
his great-great-great-granduncle, ALBIN KETCHUM - dead (1904 - 1944) - Thomas' younger brother, wounded in combat during the Cerulean Landings, later died from the infections,
his great-great-great-grandaunt, GILLY KETCHUM - dead (1906 - 1913) - Thomas' younger sister, died of haunter's kiss (a disease) as a child,
his great-great-great-great-grandfather, THEOBALD KETCHUM - dead (1878 - 1916) - Thomas' father and second oldest child of five, participated in the Faraway Gold Rush but never struck it gold, inherited the Ketchum farm in Palford after his older brother died, died himself in combat during the Silver War,
his great-great-great-great-grandmother, JEANETTE GLADSTONE - dead (1882 - 1934) - Theobald's wife, died of grimer's disease,
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His "second family" (squad of pokemon): [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Note: I feel somewhat uncomfortable using the level system here, as it just vaguely portrays a pokemon's level of skill and amount of training. Some pokemon learn new moves easier then others. Some pokemon can grow physically strong with little to no training, while others need to be trained by Elite Four Bruno for several years before achieving any results. Some pokemon are smarter, more cunning, bolder, braver, calmer and more confident than others, regardless of species, abilities, natures or levels.
On Form Cycles: Form cycles is a world mechanic exclusive to this fic, and has been invented to answer one of the most irritating and irrational questions in Pokemon: how could Pikachu go from defeating a latios to losing to a rookie's snivy less than a month later? Well, the answer is form cycles, and to give you a better explanation of how this mechanic works we will make a quick visit to the world of sports.
If you've paid just a bit of attention to any kind of sport in the past you'll probably have heard of terms such as "top form", "on form", "off form", "lack of form", "dip in form", etc. A footballer can light up the stadium with stunning goals and dribbling when he's in top form, but then his body gets tired from performing at such a high level, and hard as he tries to maintain his scoring record he's bound to have a dip in form. He will score fewer goals for a while, but then things will start clicking for him again and he will return to top form, scoring goals like a machine yet again.
Now, for humans, what kind of form you're in depends on a multitude of physical and psychological factors, such as how much training you've been doing recently, how tired your body is, your level of confidence, etc. For pokemon however, form is way simpler to predict, and it's all because of one important factor: their aura.
Pokemon are creatures of aura. Aura is the reason why they manage to do the fantastic things they do, like spiting fire and producing thunderbolts with their cheeks, and it's also the reason why they manage to take these attacks without suffering life-threatening injuries.
A pokemon's soul is always filled with a certain amount of aura, but that amount is never constant. The pokemon's aura constantly interacts with the nature around it, and when a pokemon fires an attack or is struck by one it will lose aura to the surroundings. The pokemon's aura will be at a low level after this, and it will be unable to neither fire nor take any large attacks without falling in danger of suffering heavy injuries. The pokemon will need rest and food, especially aura-rich berries, and with those two ingredients the pokemon will slowly absorb aura from its surroundings and reach a safe amount of aura again. The pokemon will be at full health.
Now, this is all just short term variations in aura. The pokemon battles and loses aura, then eats berries and absorbs the lost aura again. However, years of research into pokemon has revealed that most pokemon's aura also vary on a long term. Through a certain period of time the pokemon will go from top form, when it at full health is strutting with aura and can go up against pokemon far superior its level, to bottom form, when it despite being at full health will struggle to defeat pokemon normally an easy match for it.
And so we've reached the case of the latios and the snivy. Pikachu was in top form during the 2046 Lily of the Valley Conference and thus able to do the incredible feat of slaying a latios. However, a month later Pikachu had suffered a significant dip in form and was quickly plummeting towards bottom form, which eventually led to that embarrassing defeat against Trip's snivy at the first day in Unova. It was all because of Pikachu's form cycle.
And there we have it, form cycles, the official term in the Pokemon World for these kinds of long term aureal variations. Some also call them aura cycles or aura waves, but it's 'form cycles' that is the term most popularly used.
And that's the basics of it, but things only grow more complicated when you take into consideration that there exists over twenty different kinds of form cycles. An A class pokemon for example, goes through a whole form cycle in ten weeks, while a K class pokemon's cycle only lasts for four weeks. A B class pokemon will also experience a considerably larger gap between top and bottom form than a G class pokemon, meaning that while the G class pokemon performs at more or less the same level throughout the cycle, the B class pokemon will be significant weaker when at bottom form and significant stronger when at top form. The most extreme case of this is EX class pokemon, who can go from being poop-shit terrible at bottom form to reach almost legendary strength at top form.
It should also be noted that though form cycles happen largely independent of factors such as how much training the pokemon has been doing recently, how tired its body or its level of confidence, that doesn't mean they don't matter at all. A fit, rested and confident pokemon will manage to maintain top form for several days longer than a lazy, tired and insecure one.
I could go on and on about all the different classes of form cycles, but I'm guessing you've gotten the point. This will all be elaborated on further as the fic moves along, and will grow to play a major part once the World Tournament gets underway.
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[NAME] - [Gender] - [Age] - [Level] - [Form Cycle] - [Ability]
PIKACHU - Male - 11 - Level 70 - EX class - Static and Lightning Rod - Ash's best friend, and everyone else's too. When Ash catches a new pokemon, Pikachu is always their first friend, and he will go out of his way to help them settle into he family. Described by Ash as a perfect teammate and a terrible captain. One of the few pokemon in the world that follows the EX class form cycle, and perhaps the only one that has a dual ability in addition to that.
VENUSAUR - Male - 14 - Level 63 - A class - Chlorophyll - Still young for a venusaur, but showing maturity and wisdom far beyond his years. Smaller than normal, though very agile and extremely fast because of that. Hates Heracross.
CHARIZARD (mega Y) - Level 69 - Male - 10 - K class - Blaze (never been seen activated) - Bold, loyal and proud, yet always laughing and yeasting and making cruel jokes that scare some of the more timid pokemon. Has a mate in Charicific Valley called Charla.
BLASTOISE (mega) - Male - 11 - Level 62 - B class - Torrent - Usually acting cool and relaxed, though may be hotheaded at times. Getting along with all of his teammates, therefore seen as a somewhat natural leader next to Pikachu.
BUTTERFREE - Male - 9 - Level 54 - G class - Compound Eyes - Mated with a pink butterfree and fathered several caterpie, reunited with Ash the summer of 2049.
PIDGEOT (mega) - Male - 10 - Level 62 - F class - Keen Eye - Loyal and very disciplined. Guarded a flock of pidgey and pidgeotto in Western Viridian Forest for several years before reuniting with Ash.
PRIMEAPE - Male - 10 - Level 66 - E class - Anger Point - A P1 champion. The years with Anthony didn't change much. He's still mischievous, extremely violent, very short fused and prone to an explosive rage. Incurred Professor Oak's wrath after knocking over the Oak Lab's windmill once.
MUK - Male - 12 - Level 57 - D class - Poison Touch - An extremely jolly and affectionate pokemon who loves hugging and muking over whoever comes too close. In the recent years discovered by Professor Oak that this antic was in fact due to Muk almost constantly being horny (gross, I know), explaining why most of Ash's other pokemon stay far away from him. Still shares a close bond with Kingler and Tauros though, and to a certain extent the mischievous foursome of Gengar, Crawdaunt, Scrafty and Glalie. No one knows exactly how Muk obtained the dream world-ability of Poison Touch, though a possible former trainer might be the explanation. His ability forced Professor Oak to always keep a flask of antidote nearby.
GENGAR - Male - 8 - Level 64 - K class - Levitate - Adopted a more serious and hardworking nature during the years with Sabrina, which helped him gain tons of experience and master both Hypnosis, Dream Eater and Psychic to perfection. Was traded back to Ash against a newly caught magikarp after Sabrina had run tired of her not-so-funny-anymore playmate, who "ate much but entertained little, trained hard but battled horribly, and was not a psychic-type either." Things changed however, when Haunter was traded back his first trainer. Evolution brought that spark of mischievousness back that made Sabrina laugh and poor Ash curse. Might be Sabrina had wanted the ghost-type back then, but the trade had been made, and ever since Gengar stayed with his first trainer, tormenting Ash with pranks and japes, and forming a mischievous foursome together with Crawdaunt, Scrafty, and eventually Glalie. An average and undisciplined battler at his own, but an absolute nightmare to face in double and triple battles when paired up with his wicked friends.
KINGLER - Male - 10 - Level 62 - A class - Shell Armor - Modest and quiet thanks to his years spent with Professor Oak at the corral. Grew to become fast friends with Muk and Tauros during the time those three were the only of Ash's pokemon at the corral (save his twenty-nine other tauros). Likewise enjoys a jolly friendship with his fellow crab-pokemon Crawdaunt, and to a certain extent his mischievous friends. Loves to boast about the time he "pinched a hole in that green-haired pipsqueak's dream of Indigo victory" so many years ago, the Pincer Pokemon still remaining as the only of Ash's pokemon to have single-handedly defeated three pokemon in a league conference battle. A master at wielding his great pincer due to both his and Ash's relentless efforts. Can use it both for close defense and heavy attacks, speedy blocks and quick counters, and wields the massive pincer like a boy wields a scissor.
TAUROS - Male
LAPRAS - Female
DITTO - Genderless
SNORLAX - Male
MEGANIUM - Female
TYPHLOSION - Male
FERALIGATR - Male
NOCTOWL - Male - 68 - Level 60 - the wise old owl of the family, often found perching on Torterra's tree, holding some form of deep conversation with the tranquil grass 'mon; age has crippled his attack and defense somewhat, and his wings are not what they used to be, but his special stats are as strong as never before, and his brilliant Reflect can be a lifesaver to make up for his fragile defense; believes in a cunning battle style centered around his Hypnosis, and brings a whole new dimension to Ash's squad depth and variety of different options,
HERACROSS - Male
DONPHAN - Female
TYRANITAR - Male
SCEPTILE - Male - 12 - Level 71 - T class - Overgrow - usually cool and collected, but not without his moments of strangeness, "a master of small-time moves" in Ash's words, believes in winning a battle by patience and a barrage of reliable moves like Bullet Seed and Leaf Blade, rather than finishing off the opponent with one glorious Hyper Beam,
SWELLOW - Female
TORKOAL - Male - 11 - Level 59 - R class - White Smoke - a pokemon of strong emotional output, a romantic and an artist at heart, prefers watching soap operas to pokemon battles, but will often be forced by Sceptile and Emboar to join them in World Tournament marathons regardless, goes along well with Brock,
TRAPINCH - Male
CRAWDAUNT - Male
GLALIE (mega) - Female - 10 - Level 63 - F class - Inner focus - forged a mischievous foursome with Gengar, Crawdaunt and Scrafty, loves freezing her teammates with a healthy Ice Beam, often mocked by some of the other pokemon for evolving into a big and brawly glalie rather than a petite and pretty froslass,
LATIAS - Female
TORTERRA - Male
INFERNAPE - Male
STARAPTOR - Male
FLOATZEL - Male
GARCHOMP (mega) - Male
LUCARIO (mega) - Male
GLISCOR - Female
SERPERIOR - Female
EMBOAR - Male
SAMUROTT - Male
UNFEZANT - Female
GIGALITH - Male
SEISMITOAD - Male
LEAVANNY - Male
KROOKODILE - Male
SCRAFTY - Male
GRENINJA - Male
TALONFLAME - Male
HAWLUCHA - Male
GOODRA - Female
NOIVERN - Female
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The Oaks:
GARY OAK - 18 - a former pokemon trainer and aspiring pokemon professor, formerly in a relationship with Misty Waterflower,
his older sister, DAISY OAK - 22 - a Top Coordinator and champion of the 2047 Kanto Grand Festival, now works as an apprentice under famous pokemon groomer Suzy Clyne in her saloon in Celadon City,
his father, RONALD OAK - 47 - oldest child of two, lives in Pallet Town, famous for graduating the Celadon University with all A's, works as a nanophysicsist for Silph Co., an expert on the field of aura and the relationship between the mystical energy and quantum physics, helped develop the first ever master ball, spent some time in Rota during his studies,
his mother, LIZBETH OAK - 46 - middle child of three, Ronald's wife, lives in Pallet Town, graduated from the Celadon University, works as a building engineer, played a mayor part in the planing and construction of the New Horizon Bridge: a massive construction spanning across the Sunny Strait and linking together Sunnytown on the Viridian Peninsula and Safari Town on the Fuchsian Peninsula,
his grandfather, SAMUEL OAK - 66 - Ronald's father and second youngest child of three, divorced, a famous pokemon professor specialized on relationships between humans and pokemon, a former pokemon trainer, champion of the 1999 Indigo Conference and a member of the Kanto-Johto Elite Four between 1999 and 2003, made it all the way to the quarterfinals of the 2000 Pokemon World Tournament, studied pokemon psychology at the Millennium University, built the research lab in Pallet Town after finishing his studies, sold the Viridian Gym in 2011 to afford the expensive project,
his grandmother, MARGARET SWANNA - 68 - Ronald's mother and former wife of Samuel Oak, divorced, a retired biologist, lives in Celadon City,
his granduncle, BENJAMIN OAK - 69 - Samuel's older brother, former mayor of Pallet Town and currently a member of the Parliament of Kanto representing the Kantonian Conservative Party, lives in Saffron City,
his granduncle, HOWARD OAK - 65 - Samuel's younger brother, Post Master of Pallet Town and a hobby breeder specialized at the pidgey-family, renowned for breeding the best and most endurable pidgey, pidgeotto and pidgeot in the whole of Kanto,
his cousin twice removed, SAMSON OAK - 71 - Samuel's cousin, lives in Alola, a pokemon professor specialized in regional variations,
his great-grandmother, INDIGO OAK - dead (1954 - 2030) - Samuel's mother and second youngest child of three, "named in honor of an old friend and his achievements" according to Blue, a travelling pokemon trainer in her younger days (Top 4 in the Silver Conference was her best achievement), leader of the Viridian Gym between 1984 and 2010, agreed to sell the Viridian Gym in order to fund her son Samuel's new project (reasoned that the decision was made in order to boost Pallet Town's prestige and put it on the map. This was especially vital after the little town had suffered a great depopulation due to urbanization), founded Pallet House together with Lisanna Ketchum in her later years, died of natural causes,
his great-grandfather, GERION OAK - dead (1950 - 2031) - took his wife's name because of her father's great fame, a farmer, worked hard and expanded the Oaks' land areas for a cheap price due to the depopulation, helped his son Samuel build his new laboratory and corral on the great land areas, died of natural causes,
his great-great-grandfather, BLUE OAK - dead (1926 - 2008) - Indigo's father and middle child of three, leader of the Viridian Gym between 1950 and 1984, winner of the 1938 Silver Conference and a member of the Kanto-Johto Elite Four during the periods 1938 - 1940 and 1945 - 1950 (there was no Elite Four in Kanto and Johto during the War 1940 - 1945), finished inside the Top 16 of the 1950 Pokemon World Tournament, revealed on his deathbed to have been a close friend of the enigmatic 1950 World Tournament finalist Richard Pallet, died of natural causes,
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The Waterflowers:
MISTY WATERFLOWER - 20 - leader of the Cerulean Gym, formerly in a relationship with Gary Oak,
her oldest sister, DAISY WATERFLOWER - 25 - a famous water ballet dancer and part of the Sensational Sisters, studying business management in Viridian City, in a relationship with Tracy Sketchit,
her second oldest sister, VIOLET WATERFLOWER - 23 - a famous water ballet dancer and part of the Sensational Sisters, works as a model for the Saffron-based fashion magazine Style, in a relationship with Jotheen elite four William Houdini,
her third oldest sister, LILY WATERFLOWER - 22 - a famous water ballet dancer and part of the Sensational Sisters, works as a model for the Celadon-based fashion magazine Mode,
her father, ERIC WATERFLOWER - 51 - former leader of the Cerulean Gym, now works as an expedition guide for explorers who want visit the highly dangerous Cerulean Cave, his job brings him away from Cerulean City for weeks at a time,
her mother, OLIVIA WATERFLOWER - 48 - works together with her husband as an expedition guide for exploration of the Cerulean Cave, highly more experienced than Eric, can name several impressive feats to her name such as crossing the Wilson Glacier in northwestern Faraway Mountains on foot; visiting the ruins of Holon Town; exploring the thick jungles of South America; ascended the Old Colossus, a mountain located deep within the Atlasí mountain range of The Colossus Mountains which with its 12187 meters stands as the highest mountain in the Pokemon World; crossed the Shallow Strait between Almia and Kalos by foot, etc...
her great-grandfather, NELSON "OLD SALT" WATERFLOWER - dead (1929 - 2027) - Eric's grandfather, enjoys the title as Kanto's longest serving gym leader in history with his years as leader of the Cerulean Gym between 1941 and 2011, was a member and important figure in the UFMWU (United Fishermen and Maritime Worker's Union) from 1947 until his death, today enjoys legendary status in the Cerulean City and has a statue of himself in rusty iron standing vigil down at Nelson Dock,
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The Harrisons:
BROCK HARRISON - 23 - an aspiring pokemon doctor, apprenticed under Nurse Hillary Joy of the great Goldenrod City Pokemon Center for the past three years, now aiming to enter the Millennium City University (UPAT) to complete his master's degree, former leader of the Pewter Gym,
his half-brother, FORREST HARRISON - 18 - only child of Lola Harrison and Yaya Serey Bony (Lola's 2nd husband and an immigrant from Groudon's Hell, left before Forrest was born), current leader of the Pewter Gym, renowned for bringing stability back to the gym and purging it of its former somewhat corrupt reputation, an impressive achievement considering his young age,
his siblings, SUZIE and TIMMY - both 12 (twins) -, BILLY and TILLY - both 10 (twins) -, all four fathered by Flint,
his other half-siblings, SALVADORE - 17 -, YOLANDA - 16 -, TOMMY - 15 -, CINDY - 14 -, fathered by Lola's 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th husband,
his father, FLINT HARRISON - 43 - youngest child of three, 1st and 7th husband of Lola Harrison, former leader of the Pewter Gym through two spells, changed the gym from normal to rock-type in his first, works as a kindergarten teacher,
his mother, LOLA HARRISON - 41 - youngest child of two, aspiring author, painter, sculptor, water ballet dancer, decorator, poet, art connoisseur, astrologer, juggler, yodeler etc... former leader of the Pewter Gym for a very short spell,
his grandfather, ITALE OBIANG TOMI - 74 - Flint's father and middle child of five, married to Cleffa Hughes, came to Kanto as a refugee after a series of bloody conflicts arose in his homeland, Groudon's Hell, a barren and red mountain plateau located in southern Atlas filled with sleeping and active volcanoes, Groudon pits and deep fissures, and with rainfall less than once a year, mostly inhabited by rock-, ground- and fire-type pokemon, and a tribal-like people whom Itale traces his origins from,
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The Maples:
MAY MAPLE - 18 - a Top Coordinator and champion of the 2047 Hoenn Grand Festival, finished inside Top 4 of the 2048 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair (a Master Rank contest organized on varying locations once every year which only Top Coordinators are allowed to enter, the champion is crowned Contest Idol Spectacular), failed to qualify from the Performance Round of the 2049 World Fair, formerly in a relationship with Drew Wallach Hayden,
her younger brother, MAX MAPLE - 13 - a traveling pokemon trainer and aspiring Pokemon Master, finished inside Top 2 of the 2048 Ever Grande Conference, champion of the 2050 Lily of the Valley Conference,
her father, NORMAN MAPLE - 47 - oldest child of two, leader of the Petalburg Gym, originally from Olivine City in Johto,
her mother, CAROLINE BIRCH - 48 - second youngest child of four, a computer engineer working for the Devon Corporation,
her uncles, CHAD and CARLTON BIRCH - both 50 (twins) - Caroline's two older brothers, wildlife experts and famous for starring in the television series 'The World of Pokemon' which ran between 2023 and 2041, now run a Pokemon Day Care near Mauville City, famously led the 'Walk for friends'-demonstrations in 2031 to ensure the survival of the Guyanese rainforest and its various species of pokemon, including the legendary colony of mew rumored to be inhabiting the area,
her uncle, COLEMAN BIRCH - 47 - Caroline's younger brother, a pokemon professor specialized in Pokemon habitats and distribution, lives in Littleroot Town, married to Linnéa Wingullsrock with two kids,
her grandmother, SAPPHIRE BIRCH - 81 - Caroline's mother and youngest child of two, a pokemon trainer in her younger days, champion of the 1983 Silver Conference and the 1985 Ever Grande Conference, served in the Hoenn Elite Four the periods 1985 - 1987 and 1990 - 2001, Champion between 1987 and 1990, finished inside Top 8 of the 1990 Pokemon World Tournament, was knocked out in the quarterfinals by her rival and friend Ruby Gardner, who would then go on to become a Pokemon Master, never managed to reach the Champions League of the 2000 World Tournament, retired soon after,
her grandfather, WALLY AINSWORTH - 80 - Sapphire's husband and only child, a pokemon trainer in his younger days, winner of the 1986 Ever Grande Conference, served in the Hoenn Elite Four for five successive years, managed to reach the final group stage of the 1990 Pokemon World Tournament,
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The Stengers:
DAWN SONJA STENGER - 17 - a traveling pokemon trainer and aspiring Pokemon Master, finished inside Top 2 of the 2050 Kalos Conference, a former coordinator, received an invitation from the famous pokemon stylist Paris Monette to apprentice under her sometime in the future,
her mother, JOHANNA STENGER - 40 - oldest child of two, a Top Coordinator and champion of the 2028 Hoenn Grand Festival, now works as a private teacher for young aspiring coordinators,
her father, EGON HILDEBRAND - dead (2007 - 2037) - a former tattoo artist, committed suicide after a lengthy dispute with Johanna,
her uncle, EMIL STENGER - 38 - Johanna's younger brother, a pokemon trainer in his younger years, but could never reach a league conference and gave up after three years, now works as a firefighter in Jubilife City, in a relationship with Georg Heinz,
her grandmother, HILDA STENGER - dead (1980 - 2046) - born Hilda Berlitz, Johanna's mother and oldest child of three, a pokemon trainer in her younger days (Top 4 in 1993 Lily of the Valley Conference was her best achievement), brain damaged and handicapped after being exposed to a rampaging bronzong's full power Extrasensory as a teenager, spent most of her adult life in a wheelchair, worked as an accountant, died of cancer,
her grandfather, MATHIS STENGER - 72 - Hilda's husband, a retired firefighter, lives in Jubilife City,
her great-grandfather, SEVERIN BERLITZ - dead (1953 - 2041) - Hilda's father and second oldest child of four, died of natural causes,
her great-grandaunt, HELENE BERLITZ - dead (1951 - 1972) - Severin's older sister, died of allergic reactions from exposure to massive amounts of Stun Spore after being attacked by a band of oddish,
her great-great-grandfather, MORITZ BERLITZ - dead (1927 - 2010) - Severin's father and middle child of three, named after the Sinni fascist führer Moritz Reitner, known as "the Penniless Berlitz" after the family fortune was claimed as compensation for their war crimes, died of natural causes,
her great-great-grandaunt, PLATINUM BERLITZ - dead (1925 - 1943) - Moritz's older sister, a pokemon trainer in her younger days, champion of the 1938 Lily of the Valley Conference, served as a soldier in a Sinni occupation force in Fiore during the War despite her father's disapproval, shot and killed in a military base outside of Ringtown for unknown reasons,
her great-great-great-grandfather, VALENTIN BERLITZ - dead (1899 - 1945) - Moritz's father and oldest child of three, known as "the last Berlitz" and "the Berlitz who lost the name", befriended Moritz Reitner at a young age, funded the young fascist leader's brutal election campaigns and helped him rise to power, one of Reitner's chief advisers during the War, executed in 1945 for his war crimes after Sinnoh surrendered to the Allied Forces,
her great-great-great-grandmother, FRIDA BERLITZ - dead (1903 - 1991) - Valentin's wife, a commoner from Arctica who held neither great fame nor fortune, it remains a mystery to this very day why Valentin chose to marry such a lowly girl, died of natural causes,
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Iris and the fierce blood of the Village of Dragons:
IRIS YÁZHÍ NAʼASHǪ́'IITSOH (native unovian for "Iris the Little Dragon") - 18 - a traveling pokemon trainer and aspiring Dragon Master, a dragontongue, favored by Drayden to eventually succeed him as leader of the Opelucid Gym,
her mother, (Unknown name and age) - left Iris at the Elder's doorstep as a babe with a note saying "I can't bring her with me where I'm going, and if the cops finds her they'll send her to an orphanage. Please take care of her! Her name is Iris."
her father, (Unknown name and age) - nothing is know about Iris' father,
her fast friend, SHANNON HODÉEZYÉEL NAʼASHǪ́'IITSOH ("Shannon the Peaceful Dragon") - 19 - a pokemon breeder, journeyed Unova, Doragon and Ribārando for three years before returning to the Village of Dragons,
the village elder, MIRIAM ZAAD NAʼASHǪ́'IITSOH ("Miriam Dragon Tongue") - 91 - a Dragon Master, born Miriam Ruffletfield in Opelucid City, took her new name and moved to the Village of Dragons after discovering she was a dragontongue,
the elder's two great grandsons, MARK and FELIX, usually mixed up by Miriam and called "Felix and Mark" instead of "Mark and Felix",
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Notable men of draconic blood:
DRAYDEN MACALISTER - 67 - born Drayden Tse-nill Jádí Naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh Nizhóní ("Drayden the Proud dragon of sharp axes"), took his wife's surname for practical reasons, a Dragon Master and leader of the Opelucid gym, president of the Opelucid Academy, champion of the 2001 Vertress Conference, served in the Unova Elite Four between 2001 and 2004, participated in the Pokemon World Tournament five times, but never managed to reach the Champion's League,
ALDER HASTIIN ARMSTRONG - 58 - Champion of Unova from 2042 to 2046, and from 2047 to present, champion of the 2029 Vertress Conference, semi finalist of the 2040 Pokemon World Tournament, has dragon blood through his mother whom hailed from the village,
his grandson, BENGA "FLAMEHEART" ARMSTRONG - 17 - famed for being the youngest ever Dragon Master, a title he earned in 2049, champion of the 2048 Vertress Conference, hailed for his abilities to control brutal and mean pokemon far beyond his experience,
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Friends and rivals, old and new
TRACEY SKETCHIT - 22 - a pokemon watcher and assistant of Professor Samuel Oak, in a relationship with Daisy Waterflower,
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The Tripletts:
CILAN TRIPLETT - 23 - an A-class connoisseur and officially a leader of the Striaton Gym (though rarely present),
his triplet brother, CHILI TRIPLETT - 23 - a leader of the Striaton Gym,
his triplet brother, CRESS TRIPLETT- 23 - a leader of the Striaton Gym, dates the famous model and gym leader Elesa Crawford,
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The good folk of Pallet Town:
LEAF GREEN RHYOSTONES - 18 - a former pokemon trainer, retired after failing to qualify for neither the Indigo nor Silver Conference, a student of the old and prestigious Pallet Boarding School and on her final year, helps her father run the Oak Corral when Professor Oak and Tracy are both away,
her brother, ETHAN RHYOSTONES - 9 - an aspiring pokemon trainer,
her sister, LILY RHYOSTONES - 7 - can talk to wailord,
her father, ROGER RHYOSTONES - 40 - helps Delia run the Pallet House, runs the Oak Corral when the Prof and Tracy are both away, an old friend of Delia, moved to Pallet Town about the same time as Ash was born,
her mother, MIRANDA RHYOSTONES - 39 - a building engineer and colleague of Lizbeth Oak, worked for many years on the project of planning and constructing the New Horizon Bridge,
her great-great-grandmother, GREEN BEECOMBER - dead (1926 - 1998) - a woman of great feats and dirty cunning, the only female to serve in the Hoennese air force during the War, shot down numerous Sinni bombers and killed five Sinni combat garchomp to earn the name "the Green Beedrill", a master of disguise, reached the Round of 64 of the 1950 Pokemon World Tournament, served in the Kantonian MI6 after the War, her feats and missions classified, rumored to have seduced and stolen the seed of many a great man, most famously a Kalósi prince that was exiled in Hoenn during the War,
ROBERT ROBERTSON - 10 -, ANTHONY "ANDY" STOKES - 9 -, MATTHEW "MATT" STOKES - 9 -, OLIVER CARSON - 9 - all friends and classmates of Ethan,
JANE GLOOMGARDEN - 19 - a friend and classmate of Leaf,
the legendary trainer, RICHARD PALLET - dead (1926 - ?) - finalist of the 1950 Pokemon World Tournament but lost the title to Diamond Bauer, disappeared soon after and was never seen again, a Kantonian legend shrouded in mystery, hailed from Palford Town, inspired the townfolk to change the name of the little town to Pallet Town in his honor,
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The burning hearts of the Fire Village:
MAYA CAAN GROPIUS - 21 - a fearsome huntress and a capable fire-type trainer,
her younger brother, Unknown name - 18 (if alive) - kidnapped by his uncle on his third birthday, never seen or heard from again,
her father, ABRAHAM GROPIUS - 47 - youngest child of three, chief of the Fire Village, was chosen by the villagers to succeed his father after his death in 2043,
her mother, WALDA CAAN GROPIUS - 49 - "chief of the kitchens", fat and goodhearted,
her uncle, Unknown name and age, kidnapped Maya's brother on his third birthday, never seen or heard from again,
her cousin, LIZA GROPIUS ODDISHFIELD - 27 - caretaker of the Charicific Valley, born in Vermilion City as youngest child of two, a travelling pokemon trainer in her youth, remains in contact with her relatives in the Green Fiery Vale through pidgey mailing,
her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, WALTER GROPIUS - dead (1880 - 1965) - discovered the Green Fiery Vale and founded the Fire Village during the Faraway Gold Rush, Sinni of origin, hailed from a town in the foothills of Stark Mountain, captured Heatran, brought the Map of Hidden Gems to the Green Fiery Vale,
the village mascot, HEATRAN - male - ca. 170 - Flame Body - captured at Stark Mountain and brought to the Green Fiery Vale by Walter Gropius, passed down from village chief to village chief (a title which has at all times been held by a Gropius) for six generations,
the village doctor, MATHEUS FILICRAZIO - 54 - the village's local doctor, said to have healing hands, owns an audino and an Alolan ninetales,
THEOBALD "TALON" FILIUSAARON - 20 - a hunter and messenger, quick at feet, courage of a torchic,
DALIA THADDAEUS - 19 - skilled with her mouth,
ADINA FILIADAMOS - 22 - another fire villager,
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The Schärners:
PAUL SCHÄRNER - 19 - a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four, Champion of Sinnoh for two months before Cynthia reclaimed her title, conqueror of the Kanto and the Sinnoh Battle Frontiers, completed the Goodshow Challenge in both Johto and Sinnoh, champion of the 2048 Silver Conference and the 2049 Lily of the Valley Conference, defeated Lance and the Kanto-Johto Elite Four in 2049 but refused the Champion's position, aiming instead to claim the title in his home region, Sinnoh,
his oldest brother, LUDWIG SCHÄRNER - deceased (2024 - 2042) - went to the Jubilife City University for a short time, committed suicide for unknown reasons,
his second oldest brother, REGGIE SCHÄRNER - 23 - a pokemon breeder living in Veilstone City, a former pokemon trainer without any major glories, in a relationship with Maylene Hilda Stoppelkamp,
his younger sister, SANDRA FORESTER - 13 - a travelling pokemon trainer, moved with her mother to Hoenn after Ludwig's death,
his father, BRANDON SCHÄRNER - 47 - divorced, a famous archaeologist and a Brain of the Kanto Battle Frontier, champion of the 2021 Ever Grande Conference, famous for being in possession of three legendary golems, discovered the grave of the last king of Pokelantis Unshō Pokemasuta, contributed enormously in the struggle to decrypt regi code, the ancient braille alphabet used by the Pokelantic Empire before the Doom and the War of Aura, lives in Kanto,
his mother, SAVANNAH FORESTER - 46 - divorced, works at a nursing home in Rubello Town, hobby coordinator and a member of the cheerleader group M.F.P. (Mothers For Pokemon), formerly married to Brandon Schärner, demanded a divorce a year after Sandra was born, moved to Hoenn after Ludwig's death,
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TRIP LEDGER - 17 - a member of the Kalos Elite Four, champion of the 2049 Kalos Conference, member of the Orange league Hall of Fame, fast friends with Volkner and Clemont,
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TYSON RODGERS - 23 - a member of the Hoenn Elite Four, champion of the 2045 Ever Grande Conference, failed to break into the Hoenn Elite Four on his first try, spent two years training at Millennium Island after that and rechallenged the Hoenn Elite Four in the autumn of 2047, this time managing to get a foot inside the exclusive party at the cost of an ageing Drake, two years later defeated Sidney to improve on his position,
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The Leclairs:
SERENA LECLAIR - 19 - youngest child of two, a travelling pokemon trainer and aspiring Pokemon Master, former pokemon performer and at one point Kalos Queen, champion of the 2050 Lumiose Conference,
her older sister, SABINA LECLAIR - 23 - a former travelling pokemon trainer and professional rhyhorn racer, champion of the 2044 Santalune Grand Prix and the 2047 Lumiose Grand Prix, lives in Vinterheim (the capital of Arctica, located at the heart of the endless tundras of the vast northern country), makes her living as a mightyena sleigh racer, delivering post to the isolated settlements surrounding the capital during the harsh winter, when several roads are closed and snow storms can catch anyone unaware, betrothed to Axel Birkebeiner,
her mother, GRACE LECLAIR - 50 - youngest child of two, champion of the 2013 Santalune Grand Prix, 2014 Shalour Grand Prix, 2016 Lumiose Grand Prix, 2017 Fuchsia Grand Prix, 2017 Goldenrod Grand Prix, 2018 Viridian Grand Prix, 2018 Tour of Pallet and several minor competitions way beyond counting, remembered among Kalósi rhyhorn racers as one of the pioneers of the sport, works as a geotechnologist, lives in Vaniville Town with her husband,
her father, PAUL LECLAIR - 47 - formerly Paul Gābena, only child, a computer engineer,
her grandmother, YVONNE GĀBENA - 78 - Paul's mother, a sky trainer in her younger days,
her grandfather, XAVIER GĀBENA - 79 - Paul's father, born Xavier Deschamps, a pokemon trainer prodigy as a child, champion of the 1998 Ever Grande Conference, served in the Hoenn Elite Four during the periods 1997-1999 and 2005-2008, Champion of Hoenn during the period 1999-2005, made it all the way to the final of the 2000 World Tournament before finally losing to Charles Goodshow, the furthest a Kalósi has ever made it in a PWT, heavily inspired by Ruby Gardner, and said to have been the greatest pokemon trainer Kalos has ever seen,
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The Lagranges:
CLEMONT LAGRANGE - 20 - leader of the Sunyshore Gym, a talented inventor, played a major role during the Crisis of Kalos, in a relationship with Astrid Edvardsen,
his younger sister, BONNIE LAGRANGE - 12 - a travelling pokemon trainer, played a major role during the Crisis of Kalos, finished inside Top 16 of the 2050 Indigo Conference,
his father, MEYER LAGRANGE - 44 - former leader of the Lumiose Gym, stepped down when his son came of age, a brilliant engineer running his very own workshop, Sinni of origin, oldest child of two,
his mother, NYMPHALI LAGRANGE - 46 - youngest child of two, chef at the Lumiósi resturant Sushi High Roller, visited six of the nine Nugget Nations in her younger days, holds a master degree in Pokelantic history,
his greatest ever invention, CLEMBOT - 2 - a robot invented by Clemont to act as leader of the Lumiose Gym in his stead, got its memory erased during the Crisis of Kalos, but quickly learnt the trade of gym leading again, stepped up to full time leadership after Clemont was offered the Sunnyshore gym leader position by Volkner,
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The Haydens:
DREW WALLACH HAYDEN - 19 - a pokemon coordinator, formerly in a relationship with May Maple, currently "travelling the world somewhere" according to her,
his older sister, ROSE HAYDEN - 21 - a travelling pokemon trainer, champion of the 2048 Amalia Conference,
his father, FRANK HAYDEN - dead (2005 - 2050) - a construction worker, died on the construction site two months prior to the events of our tale,
his mother, AYALA FILIARCUS HAYDEN - 43 - an aura engineer, diagnosed with lung cancer,
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The brave dreamers:
MORRISON MORISBAK MORRIS - 19 - a travelling pokemon trainer, conqueror of the Kanto Battle Frontier, finished inside Top 2 of the 2050 Lily of the Valley Conference,
BARRY ADLER - 18 - a travelling pokemon trainer, finished inside Top 2 of the 2048 Silver Conference,
CAMERON JAMES - 17 - a travelling pokemon trainer, finished inside Top 4 of the 2047 Vertres Conference and inside Top 2 of the 2049 Indigo Conference,
STEPHAN WARNER - 20 - a travelling pokemon trainer, finished inside Top 4 of the 2049 Indigo Conference and Top 2 of the 2050 Ever Grande Conference,
RITCHIE FERGUSON - 19 - a travelling pokemon trainer, finished inside Top 2 of the 2048 Lumiose Conference and Top 2 of the 2049 Lily of the Valley Conference, was handed the chance to challenge the Kalos Elite Four after Alain passed up on the offer, played a major role during the Crisis of Kalos, member of the Orange League Hall of Fame,
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The diamond generation:
KENNEDY "KENNY" SCHUHMACHER - 18 - a Top Coordinator, champion of the 2050 Almia Grand Festival,
ZOEY ACKERMANN - 20 - a Contest Idol Spectacular, champion of the 2046 Sinnoh Grand Festival and the 2049 Hoenn Grand Festival, champion of the 2050 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair,
URSULA CRAMER - 18 - a Top Coordinator, champion of the 2049 Johto Grand Festival, failed to qualify from the Performance Stage of the 2050 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair,
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Other folk of lesser and greater decree:
Millennium Society:
The Millennium Society of Pokemon Trainers, as the full name goes, is a pokemon trainer agency based in Millennium City focusing on guiding tomorrow's stars towards their ultimate goal. Founded in 2004 by a group of talented pokemon trainer scouts, the Society set themselves a goal that before they reached their thousandth millennial, the Society would've produced at least one Pokemon Master. The so far 793 millennials have all failed to live up to this goal, though they've been close on several occasions, most notably through Charles Goodshow's final loss to Bertha Boden in 2010 (Goodshow was signed by the Millennium Society in 2004. Therefore his 2000-win doesn't count), Hilda Johnson's loss to Vladimir the Attacker in 2030 and Tucker Fred Mercury's loss to Cynthia Shirona in 2040. The Society's logo is the Millennium Comet piercing a dark blue sky with Jirachi beneath, her true eye closed until the day she finds her first Pokemon Master.
Trainers under contract with the Millennium Society are popularly called millennials, and they mostly live in Society-owned villas and mansions in and around Millennium City, as this is where the majority of the Society's facilities can be found. The Society runs a multitude of pokemon fitness centers, dojos, super training facilities, battlefields of all kinds, their very own stadium with a capacity of 30000 called the BT Globe, and even a library cramped with all the pokemon training knowledge in the world. In addition the Society has contracts with Don George regarding his popular battle clubs, contracts with several day cares, breeding centers, TM shops, move tutors, move reminders, pokemon connoisseurs and pokemon training experts from all over the world. The Society is also a major sponsor of the University of Pokemon and Aura Technologies Millennium City (UPAT) and has first rights on handpicking students from the prestigious university and hiring professors whenever needed to aid millennials.
The minimum wage of a millennial is about twenty million pokedollars a year (translates to roughly 150000 British pounds in today's market), but several bonuses can be added on that through excellent performances in various competitions, most notably the annual Millennium Conference.
Twenty-six years ago the Society's shareholders decided to create their own league conference with an Elite Four and Champion in hopes of contesting the Pokemon League's monopoly and attract new promising trainers. Annually the Society rents the entire Hill of Masters with all its grand stadiums to arrange the Millennium Conference, and all 143 millennials currently under contract are obliged to participate. The conference is seen as a sort of mini World Tournament due to the location and it being arranged every summer (excepts the summers of the actual World Tournament), and has grown to become a major event in the pokemon battling world, easily contesting the Pokemon League conferences in terms of revenue.
The winner of the conference is allowed to challenge the Jirachi's Four and then finally the Millennium Champion, a title which has grown in prestige during the past decades. The current Millennium Champion, the sand devil of Unova Jason Valentine earns astronomical two billion pokedollars a year, enough money to buy yourself two decent mansions in Millennium City.
The Society has earned a somewhat dishonest reputation after it was revealed they were involved in heavy lobbying to try and influence the Pokemon League Association into granting their own Jirachi's Four and Millennium Champion direct qualification into the Pokemon Advanced Tournament, as Elite Fours, gym leaders and to a certain degree frontier brains have been enjoying for decades.
SCOTT WALTON - 57 - Unova - an Unovian pokemon trainer agent and scout focusing on finding promising young trainers through his Kanto Battle Frontier; a former Millennial and a major shareholder in the Millennium Society (9.9 %), giving him a seat at the Society's board of directors; in addition runs his own private agency and has several promising and already established elite trainers under contract, including seven frontier brains and one Elite Four (and Ash Ketchum),
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CONWAY KLEIN WAGNER - 18 - a millennial, only child, lived in Sinnoh til he was eight before moving to Millennium City, finished inside Top 2 of the 2047 Vertress Conference, conqueror of the Sinnoh Battle Frontier, spent a year in Poketopia, defeating three Colosseums and incredibly besting Colosseum Master and PWT-finalist Krüger Gerhardt in an epic battle of such strange and unusual tactics that even Krüger was taken aback, dubbed "a mad genius and the greatest Annoyer in the world" by Krüger in the post-match interview, signed by the Millennium Society shortly after, finished inside Top 8 of the 2049 Millennium Conference, one of few trainers in the world to own a porygon-z,
his mother, GRETCHEN WAGNER - 46 - a millennial and member of the Jirachi's Four, see the Millennium League for further information,
his father, ALBERT KLEIN - 45 - a professor at UPAT,
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HARRISON REED - 23 - Hoenn - a millennial, conqueror of the Kanto Battle Frontier, champion of the 2047 Vertress Conference, signed by the Millennium Society after failing to break into the Unova Elite Four, failed to qualify from the group stage of the 2048 Millennium Conference, but made up for that with a terrific Top 4 finish in 2049,
KATIE SOUTHWOOD - 22 - Hoenn - an Ace Trainer and a millennial, boasts a Top 2 finish in the 2047 Lily of the Valley Conference as her best ever league achievement, conqueror of the Sinnoh Battle Frontier, singed by the Millennium Society in the autumn of 2047, failed to qualify from the group stage of the 2048 Millennium Conference, finished inside Top 16 of the 2049 Conference,
SAWYER ZIGZAGUT - 16 - Hoenn - a millennial, finished inside Top 4 of the 2048 Kalos Conference, conqueror of the Kanto Battle Frontier, signed by the Millennium Society the autumn of 2048 on the recommendation of Scott Walton, finished inside Top 16 of the 2049 Millennium Conference,
CODY MARSHALL - 26 - Hoenn - a millennial, champion of the 2043 Ever Grande Conference, spent five years in Poketopia slowly climbing the ranks to become Master of Poketopia (similar to being conqueror of a battle frontier), signed by the Millennium Society the summer of 2046 and officially became a millennial the autumn of 2048, finished inside Top 16 of the 2049 Millennium Conference,
Some notable millennials:
The Kálosi AYMERIC GRIEZMANN - 31 -, the marvel of Sinnoh RITA HUMMELS - 28 - and her stern brother TURTWILL HUMMELS - 26 -, the dragon tamer of Laverre City REMO GARDE - 29 -, the mirage of Fable Coast GILIARD TEIXEIRA - 35 -, Unovians KELLY FERROSEEDS - 23 - and CAROLINE GOLETT - 24 -, the Pokemon Master's granddaughter MILLY GOODSHOW - 21 -, the Lyonitt JOSEP FLORES FLORES - 28 -, the daughter of Arctica ASTRID EDVARDSEN - 23 -, and some hundred-something more...
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The Millennium League
JON DICKSON - 28 - Kanto - a millennial and member of the Jirachi's Four, champion of the 2044 Silver Conference, signed by the Millennium Society after he failed to break into the Kanto-Johto Elite Four, failed to qualify from the group stage of the 2045 Millennium Conference, but improved with two consecutive Top 16-finishes throughout 2046 and 2047 before finally wining the Millennium Conference in 2048, defeated Giliard Teixeira and Rita Hummels in the autumn of 2048 to break into the Jirachi's Four, but failed to advance further,
ALAIN BATTISTON - 23 - Kalos - called the Master of Mega Evolution, a millennial and member of the Jirachi's Four, champion of the 2048 Lumiose Conference, but refused the chance to challenge the Kalos Elite Four, spent six months travelling Kalos and Lyon searching for new mega stones and exploring their secrets, signed for the Millennium Society in the autumn of 2048, champion of the 2049 Millennium Conference, broke into the Jirachi's Four in the autumn of 2049, defeating Rita Hummels and Jon Dickson before falling short against Gretchen Wagner,
GRETCHEN WAGNER - 46 - Sinnoh - called Mad Gretchen, a millennial and member of the Jirachi's Four, signed for the Millennium Society in 2035 and moved to Millennium City in 2040, champion of the 2042 Millennium Conference, famed for her strange and rare strategies that have even thrown Champions of guard, the inventor of F.E.A.R,
CASSANDRA GREEN - 34 - Hoenn - called the silver-haired beauty, a millennial and member of the Jirachi's Four, signed for the Millennium Society in 2039 and championed the 2043 Millennium Conference after three tries, Millennium Champion between 2045 and 2047,
JASON KROOKOLANDS - 30 - Unova - called the Sand Devil of Unova, the currently serving Millennium Champion, member of the Unova Elite Four between 2043 and 2046, Champion of Unova for six months before signing for the Millennium Society at the promise of higher salary, champion of the 2047 Millennium Conference, defeated the entire Jirachi's Four in one try to steal the Millennium Champion title away from Casandra Green,
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The Seamen and the Gardners:
LISIA SEAMAN GARDNER - 17 - a Contest Idol Spectacular, champion of the 2046 Johto Grand Festival, champion of the 2048 and the 2049 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair, finished runner-up to Zoey Ackermann in the 2050 World Fair,
her mother, BEATRICE SEAMAN - 45 - oldest child of two, a pokemon trainer in her younger days though failed to win any major glories, worked as Ruby Gardner's secretary at the Ruby's Pokemon Fashion Company for fifteen years before finally being offered the reins herself after Ruby retired, CEO of the Ruby's Pokemon Fashion Company for five years, resigned her position one year ago to become a full time manager for her spectacular daughter,
her father, LORRY GARDNER - 49 - youngest child of two, a pokemon trainer in his younger days, champion of the 2022 Ever Grande Conference, served as a member of the Hoenn Elite Four between 2022 and 2024, a teacher at the Gardner Technical Pokemon Battling School for twenty-five years, resigned in 2049 to become the current CEO of the Ruby's Pokemon Fashion Company,
her artistic uncle, WALLACE MILOBELLUS SEAMAN - 40 - Beatrice's younger brother, a member of the Hoenn Elite Four, a Contest Idol Spectacular, apprenticed at the Sootopolis Gym under Juan in his youth, champion of the 2028 Sinnoh Grand Festival, champion of the 2032, 2033, 2034 and 2036 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair, leader of the Sootopolis Gym between 2036 and 2042, champion of the 2043 Ever Grande Conference, defeated the entire Elite Four and stole the Hoenn Champion title away from Steven, Champion of Hoenn between 2043 and 2046, lost the Champion title to Steven in the 2046, together with Steven called 'the Aristocrats of Hoenn', also called 'The eternal bachelor',
her legendary grandfather, RUBY GARDNER - dead (1966 - 2049) - Lorry's father, Pokemon Master of the 1990 Pokemon World Tournament, champion of the 1981 and the 1985 Hoenn Grand Festival, champion of 1984 Sinnoh Grand festival, champion of the 1986, 1987, 2002 and 2007 Master Rank Coordinators World Fair, served in the Hoenn Elite Four between 1988 and 1990, Champion of Hoenn between 1990 and 1999, founded Ruby's Pokemon Fashion Company and the Gardner Technical Pokemon Battling School,filled in as leader of the Sootopolis Gym on several occasions, legendary for revolutionizing the pokemon battling world with his battle style revolving around technique and strategy rather than brute strength and physical prowess, invented Combination Attacks,
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The Goodshows:
CHARLES GOODSHOW - 75 - Pokemon Master of the 2000 Pokemon World Tournament, the current President of the Pokemon League, youngest child of four, grew up on a travelling circus where his mother worked as a dragon tamer and his father was a clown, began his journey in 1990, famed for being the only Pokemon Master never to have been an Elite Four or a Champion as such a static and dutiful position would've 'bored him', invented the Goodshow Challenge and completed it in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova, a millennial between 2004 and 2010, unbeaten in all competitions between 2005 and 2010, made a vow in 2008 to retire should he ever lose a match again, finished runner-up to Bertha Boden in the 2010 Pokemon World Tournament and thus retired soon after, rumored to have suffered from alcoholism for a time after that, married childhood friend Gina Franklin in 2012 and had one child with her, leader of the Goldenrod Gym between 2014 and 2035, honored his vow and never participated in any World Tournaments during that time, retired for good from the pokemon battling circuits in 2035 and joined the Pokemon League Torch Committee instead, leader of the Torch Committee between 2035 and 2043, elected President of the Pokemon League in 2043,
his granddaughter, MILLY GOODSHOW - 21 - a millennial, signed for the Millennium Society in 2047, finished inside Top 32 of the 2048 Millennium Conference and Top 4 of the 2049 Millennium Conference,
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TOBIAS AMADEUS WOLFF ZIMMERMANN - 29 - a Myth Trainer, conqueror of the Kanto and Sinnoh Battle Frontiers, Master of Poketopia, completed the Goodshow Challenge in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos,
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CLARKE WATKINS - 82 - called Veteran Clarke, champion of the 1987 Ever Grande Conference, served in the Hoenn Elite Four between 1987 and 2031, famous for holding the record as longest ever continuously serving Elite Four, retired from all pokemon battling in 2031, made his comeback four months later saying that retirement 'bored him', has lived, trained and taught in Millennium City ever since, said to have been the one who taught Bertha how to observe, one of the oldest participants in this year's World Tournament, yet still among the favorites to make it to the Champions League and beyond,
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The Order of Guardians
SIR RILEY ARCUS OF RUSTBORO - 27 - an Aura Guardian and the freshest member of the Order of Guardians, born Riley Beyer in Hearthome City, changed his name to Riley Arcus after receiving his guardianhood in 2048 as is the tradition of all Aura Guardians, serves at the Rustboro Palace under the royal family of Hoenn,
SIR ALRIK ARCUS OF ROTA - 87 - an Aura Guardian and a member of the Order of Guardians, born Alrik Borenstein in Lilypad Town in Sinnoh, received his guardianhood in 1994, serves at the Cameran Palace under the royal family of Kanto, has been suffering from Alzheimer for eight years and is slowly buckling under to illness,
SIR ROSWALD ARCUS OF ARROWROOT - 38 - an Aura Guardian and a member of the Order of Guardians, born Roswald Klinkbury in Castelia City, received his guardianhood in 2039, serves at the Arrowroot Castle under the royal family of Sinnoh,
DAME HENRIETTE ARCUS OF FALL CITY - 52 - an Aura Guardian and a member of the Order of Guardians, born Henriette Sphealstad in Sphealstad, a town at the shores the Bay of Walrein in Arctica, received her guardianhood in 2032, serves at the Red Leaves Garden in Fall City under the royal family of Fiore,
DAME ASHARA ARCUS OF GOLDENROD - 41 - an Aura Guardian and a member of the Order of Guardians, born Ashara Emathafeni Omkhulu in the South Atlasi country of Inkululeko, received her guardianhood in 2040, serves at the Goldenrod Palace under the royal family of Johto,
SIR MARTIN ARCUS OF PARFUM - 71 - an Aura Guardian and a member of the Order of Guardians, born Martin Diglettamer in Vermillion City, received his guardianhood in 2006, serves at the Parfum Palace under the royal family of Kalos,
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Villains and thieves such as they are
Team Rocket:
JESSICA "JESSIE" ROSSITER - 35 - a Team Rocket grunt who spent years stalking Ash Ketchum and made attempts beyond counting to capture his EX class pikachu,
JAMES RONALD GOLDFIELDS - 34 - a Team Rocket grunt who spent years stalking Ash Ketchum and made attempts beyond counting to capture his EX class pikachu, hails from the rich Goldfields family that made their fortunes during the Faraway Gold Rush 150 years ago,
MEOWTH - male - 15 - a talking meowth, most pokemon professors are baffled,
GIOVANNI - 40s - the current head of the crime organization Team Rocket, believed to be perhaps the 7th or the 8th Giovanni since the founding of the organization sometime in the 70s (it's become a tradition within Team Rocket for the head of the organization to bear the name 'Giovanni'. The origins of this tradition remains a mystery, though most probably Giovanni was simply the name of the first Team Rocket boss), true identity is unknown, has topped the KIS's (Kanto Intelligence Service) Most Wanted list for the past twenty-seven years,
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HUNTER J - dead (? - 2046) - a former infamous Pokemon Hunter, drowned in Lake Valor after her airship was struck and sank by two Future Sights, body was never recovered, true identity unknown, presumed to have been from Hoenn as was evident in her dialect,
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Gym leaders
Added: Gym + type + nationality representing
Kanto
Pewter Gym (rock): Forrest Harrison - 18 - Kanto
Cerulean Gym (water): Misty Waterflower - 20 - Kanto
Vermilion Gym (Electric): Lt. Maxwell Surge - 41 - Kanto
Celadon Gym (Grass): Erika Jensen - 35 - Kanto
Fuchsia Gym (Poison): Janine Smith Levitt - 16 - Kanto
Saffron Gym (Psychic): Sabrina Lumos Cayce - 30 - Kanto
Cinnabar Gym (Fire): Blaine Donaldson - 64 - Kanto
Viridian Gym (Ice): Lorelei Prima di Floe - 37 - Sevii Islands
Millennium Gym (fighting): Syrio Marbella - 44 - Kanto
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Johto
Violet Gym (Flying): Falkner Pidgeot Wingmaster - 29 - Johto
Azelea Gym (Bug): Bugsy Forrester - 24 - Johto
Goldenrod Gym (Normal): Witney Eastwood - 27 - Johto
Ecruteak Gym (Ghost): Mortimer "Morty" Christie - 28 - Johto
Cianwood Gym (Fighting): Chuck Francis Wood - 44 - Johto
Olivine Gym (Steel): Jasmine Steele - 27 - Johto
Mahogany Gym (Ice): Pryce Victor Cruz - 67 - Johto
Blackthorn Gym (Dragon): Clarinette "Clair" Naashnish Blackthorn - 41 - Johto
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Hoenn
Rustboro Gym (Rock): Roxanne Hilton - 26 - Hoenn
Dewford Gym (Fighting): Brawly Richardson - 30 - Kanto
Mauville Gym (Electric): Charlie Wattson - 60 - Hoenn
Lavaridge Gym (Fire): Flannery Moore - 24 - Hoenn
Petalburg Gym (Normal): Norman Maple - 44 - Hoenn (Originally from Olivine City in Johto)
Fortree Gym (Flying): Winona Byrd - 39 - Hoenn
Mossdeep Gym (Psychic): Tate / Liza Ramsey - 22 / 22 - Hoenn
Sootopolis Gym (Water): Juan Rodriguez - 51 - Hoenn (Originally from the Orange Islands)
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Sinnoh
Oreburgh Gym (Rock): Roark Bergmann - 28 - Sinnoh
Eterna Gym (Grass): Gardenia Förstner - 27 - Sinnoh
Veilstone Gym (Fighting): Maylene Hilda Stoppelkamp - 22 - Sinnoh
Pastoria Gym (Water): Crasher Wake - 37 - Sinnoh
Hearthrome Gym (Ghost): Fantina Courtemanche - 44 - Kalos
Canalave Gym (Steel): Byron Bergmann - 54 - Sinnoh
Snowpoint Gym (Ice): Candice Frida Protz - 21 - Sinnoh
Sunyshore Gym (Electric): Clemont Lagrange - 20 - Kalos
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Unova
Striaton Gym (Grass / Fire / Water): Cilan / Chili / Cress Triplett - 23 / 23 / 23 - Unova
Aspertia Gym (Normal): Cheren Haberkorn - 22 - Unova
Castelia Gym (Bug): Burgh Jonathan Lennon - 31 - Unova
Nimbasa Gym (Electric): Elesa Crawford - 27 - Unova
Driftveil Gym (Ground): Clayton "Clay" Rockefeller - 56 - Unova
Mistralton Gym (Flying): Skyla Lizbeth Wright - 26 - Unova
Icirrus Gym (Ice): Brycen Wayne - 40 - Unova
Opelucid Gym (Dragon): Drayden MacAlister - 67 - Unova
Virbank Gym (Poison): Roxanne "Roxie" Homika Hudson - 26 - Unova
Humilau Gym (Water): Marlon Javier Pastore - 29 - Orange Islands
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Kalos
Santalune Gym (Bug): Viola Dubois - 31 - Kalos
Cyllage Gym (Rock): Grant Lino Desrochers - 29 - Kalos
Shalour Gym (Fighting): Korrina de Tour - 23 - Kalos
Coumarine Gym (Grass): Amaro Ramos - 74 - Kalos (born on the Orange Islands)
Lumiose Gym (Electric): Clembot - 2 - a robot of no specific nationality
Laverre Gym (Fairy): Valerie James Labelle - 27 - Kalos (born in Johto)
Anistar Gym (Psychic): Olympia Plamondon - 46 - Kalos
Snowbelle Gym (Ice): Wulfric Stormkappe - 60 - Arctica
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Remark: As you may have noticed, Unova and Kanto have been listed with more than eight gyms. There's nothing wrong here. Remember that Gary had gotten ten badges back in Ash's first journey? Well, Kanto has in fact a total of fifteen official gyms! The other six not mentioned above are located in Commerce City, Seafoam Islands, Silver Town, Crimson City, Gardenia Town and Mulberry City respectively, and as with the Millennium Gym they were never visited by Ash. When it comes to the total amount of gyms in one country, the only limitation goes that there can be only one gym for each type, so seeing as there exists twenty known pokemon types that would make it a total limit of twenty gyms. We won't see much to the gym leaders of these other gyms, but they exist and are participating in the Pokemon World Tournament just like all the other gym leaders we already know about.
PS: it's not set in stone that a gym has to be mono-type. Viridian Gym between 1950 and 1984 is an example of that, when the gym was run by former Champion of Kanto and Johto and multi-typist Blue Oak.
Amount of gyms by country:
Kanto: 15
Johto: 15
Hoenn: 13
Sinnoh: 18
Unova: 16
Kalos: 9
Orange Islands: 4 + 1 Champion (Drake)
Sevii Islands: 0
Orre: 6 (No Elite Four or Champion)
Fiore: 8 (No Elite Four or Champion)
Almia: 8 (No Elite Four or Champion)
Arctica: 8 (No Elite Four or Champion)
Lyon: 5 (No league conference)
Caledonia: 1 (No league conference)
Fable Coast: 3 (No league conference)
Ribarando: 4 (No league conference)
Guyana: 5 (No league conference)
China: No gyms, but holds a competition every year to crown the 'Champion of China',
The Nugget Empire: No gyms, but holds a competition every year to crown the Pokemasutā, an old Pokelantic title meaning 'the Master of Pokemon',
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Frontier Brains
Added: Nationality representing
Kanto
Anabel Charlie - 21 - Kanto
Brandon Schärner - 47 - Hoenn
Spencer Tierfreund - 75 - Fiore
Lucy Fortuna Cork - 25 - Hoenn
Noland Jack Mason - 32 - Kanto
Greta Ringmeister - 28 - Sinnoh
Tucker Fred Mercury - 45 - Hoenn
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Sinnoh
Palmer Manuel Adler - 46 - Sinnoh
Thorton Distmar - 24 - Sinnoh
Dahlia Gonzalez - 32 - Orange Islands
Darach Perenus - 36 - Sinnoh
Argenta Moda - 52 - Sevii Islands
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Elite Four + Champion
Added: Nationality representing + type
Kanto and Johto:
Molly Hale (normal) - 16 - Johto
Koga Smith Levitt (Poison) - 41 - Kanto
William "Will" Houdini (Psychic) - 22 - Johto
Karen Haruka Yamauchi (dark) - 29 - Johto
Lance Naabaahii Blackthorn (dragon) - 40 - Johto
Former Elite Fours:
Lorelei Prima di Floe (ice) - 37 - Sevii Islands - the current leader of the Viridian Gym, wants to gain experience as a gym leader so that she can establish a network of pokemon gyms at the Sevii Islands one day,
Agatha Christie (ghost) - 66 - Kanto - retired, currently holds a seat at the Kanto Pokemon Association's board of directors, greatly admired by Gary for her efforts to try and clean up the mess that is the Indigo League, despises Professor Oak,
Bruno Wes Balboa (Fighting) - 45 - Kanto - knocked out by Molly Hale in 2049, a defeat that sent shock waves throughout the Pokemon World. The match was by some sports journalists described as the 'final death of Kantonian battle tradition' as Bruno was the last Elite Four to practice the old muscle-centered and technique-neglecting battle styles of Kanto, has been training with Marshall atop Mount Silver ever since and plans to make a strong comeback in the Pokemon World Tournament,
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Hoenn
Sidney Franklin Shawcross (dark) - 24 - Hoenn
Tyson Rodgers (normal) - 23 - Hoenn
Phoebe Veronica Sánchez (ghost) - 29 - Hoenn
Wallace Milobellus Seaman (water) - 41 - Hoenn
Steven Ishi Stone (steel) - 38 - Hoenn
Former Elite Fours:
Drake Saylor Sherman (dragon) - 67 - Hoenn - retired, sails around the pokearth in his schooner with his crew and dragon pokemon,
Ingrid 'Glacia' Vinterbro (ice) - 58 - Arctica - knocked out of the Elite Four by Steven in 2046, currently serves as the leader of the Valdersund Gym in Arctica,
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Sinnoh
Aaron Westfalen (bug) - 23 - Sinnoh
Lucian Buch Kappel (psychic) - 39 - Sinnoh
Flint Garmin von Brandt (fire) - 30 - Sinnoh
Paul Schärner (ground) - 20 - Sinnoh
Cynthia Shirona (various) - 32 - Sinnoh
Former Elite Four:
Bertha Teresa Boden (ground) - 67 - Sinnoh - retired, knocked out in 2049 by her former apprentice Paul Schärner, holds a seat at the Sinnoh Pokemon Association's board of directors, fast friends with Charles Goodshow and Agatha Christie,
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Unova
Shauntal Mary Jones (ghost) - 33 - Unova
Grimsley Murkrowe Vanderbilt (dark) - 35 - Unova
Volkner Strom Lichtenberg (Electric) - 30 - Sinnoh
Caitlin Amalia Kron (psychic) - 21 - Almia
Alder Hastiin Armstrong (various) - 49 - Unova
Former Elite Four:
Marshall Davies (fighting) - 32 - Unova - knocked out by Volkner in 2049, has been training with Bruno atop Mount Silver ever since and plans to make a strong comeback in the Pokemon World Tournament,
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Kalos
Henrik Wikstrom (steel) - 42 - Arctica
Malva Roux Boucher (fire) - 29 - Kalos
Trip Ledger (grass) - 17 - Unova
Siebold Arnault (water) - 33 - Kalos
Diantha Bellerose (various) - 45 - Kalos
Former Elite Four:
Drasna Blumenthal Cornett (dragon) - 55 - Kalos - knocked out by Trip Ledger in 2049,
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The World of Pokemon
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
As strange and wondrous as the Pokemon World might seem, in this world too the pokearth is mapped into more than a hundred different countries, great and small, scattered across four continents to form a fellowship of civilizations very much mirroring our own world. Some countries are richer than others. Some more advanced. They trade and war and make peace. They grow and collapse and recover. They globalize and cooperate to create grand sports events. The Pokemon World is a hundred-headed exeggutor trying move forward, and slowly it does. Ever, ever so slowly.
Below follows the list of every country in the Pokemon World (excluding the few ministates like the Lucario Kingdom, St. Aaron, Rapurshima etc.).
Countries and continents:
A person from Iride is called an Iridon, and we say he is of Iridish origin,
Countries in Iride:
- Mainland Iride:
- * + ¤ A person from Kanto is called a Kantonian, and we say he is of Kantonian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Johto is called a Johteen, and we say he is of Jotheen origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Sinnoh is called a Sinniman, and we say he is of Sinni origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Fiore is called a Fiórik, and we say he is of Fiórish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Almia is called an Almian, and we say he is of Almian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Orre is called an Orreon, and we say he is of Orreon origin,
- Island states and archipelagos in the Silver and Safra Sea:
- * + ¤ A person from Hoenn is called a Hoennite,and we say he is of Hoennese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Oblivia is called an Oblivian, and we say he is of Oblivian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from the Orange Islands is called an Orángi'i, and we say he is of Orángi origin,
- * + ¤ A person from the Sevii Islands is called a Seviian, and we say he is of Seviian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from the Tri Coli Great Islands is called a Greatman, and we say he is of Greatorigin,
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A person from Atlas is called an Atlan, and we say he is of Atlasi origin,
Countries in Atlas:
- Atlas north and west of the Colossus Mountains
- * + ¤ A person from Arctica is called an Arctican, and we say he is of Arctican origin,
- * The Kalósi peninsula:
- * + ¤ A person from Kalos is called a Kalósi, and we say he is of Kalósi origin,
- Central Atlas:
- * West Bank States (nations west of the great river Milotic)
- * + South of Kalos:
- * + ¤ A person from Lyon is called a Lyonite, and we say he is of Lyonese origin,
- * + Orion's Home:
- * + ¤ A person from Dulcita is called a Dulcit, and we say he is of Dulcitan origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Zorro is called a Zorroman, and we say he is of Zorrich origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Orrbrata is called a Brat, and we say he is of Bratskiy origin,
- * + The Old Guard:
- * + ¤ A person from Rodina is called a Rodinian, and we say he is of Rodinian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Columbia is called a Columbian, and we say he is of Columbian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Pannotia is called a Pannotian, and we say he is of Pannotian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Gondwana is called a Gondwanian, and we say he is of Gondwanian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Pangaea is called a Pangaeian, and we say he is of Pangaeian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Laur is called a Laurishman, and we say he is of Laurish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Vaalbara is called a Vaalbarian, and we say he is of Vaalbarian origin,
- * + The Three Daughters of Atlas
- * + ¤ A person from Calypso is called a Paicalypso, and we say he is of Calypseon origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Dione is called a Paidione, and we say he is of Dionese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Meara is called a Paimaera, and we say he is of Maerishorigin,
- * East Bank States (nations east of the great river Milotic, called the Gyarados by most East Bankers)
- * + The Nugget Empire:
- * + ¤ A person from Kasai is called a Kasai'i, and we say he is of Kasaish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Mizu is called a Mizuú, and we say he is of Mizuun origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Kaminari is called a Kaminar, and we say he is of Kaminarish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Ha is called a Haan, and we say he is of Hana origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Taiyō is called a Taiyeen, and we say he is of Taiyonese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Hikari is called a Hikarese, and we say he is of Hikarese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Yūgure is called a Yūgor, and we say he is of Yūgure origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Yoake is called aYoakiin, and we say he is of Yoakiin origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Tsuki is called a Tsukese, and we say he is of Tsukish origin,
- * + The Great Rayqaza and the Titanic Hoopa:
- * + ¤ A person from Lu Long is called a Long yi, and we say he is of Long origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Shambhala is called a Shambhalambha, and we say he is of Shambhalese origin,
- * + Other nations in the mystical East:
- * + ¤ A person from Nhamong is called a Mongese, and we say he is of Mongese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Jagala is called a Jagalian, and we say he is of Jagalian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Tsobneeg is called a Neegh, and we say he is of Neegish origin,
- * South Bank State (country on the south bank of the Sea of Flying Wailord):
- * + ¤ A person from Chūkan is called a Chūkanese, and we say he is of Chūkanese origin,
- Southern Atlas:
- * + ¤ A person from Ur is called an Urman, and we say he is of Urish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Inkululeko is called a Lekman, and we say he is of Inkululekish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Kenorland is called a Kenór, and we say he is of Kenorish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Groudon's Hell is called a Groudonman, and we say he is of Groudeon origin,
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A person from Acra is called an Acranman, and we say he is of Acran origin,
Countries in Acra:
- Western Acra:
- * + ¤ A person from Alttabadia is called a Badian, and we say he is of Badianorigin,
- The Far East:
- * + ¤ A person from Ardbasharia is called a Basharian, and we say he is of Basharian origin,
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A person from Atanor is called a Norkara, and we say he is of Norish origin,
Countries in Atanor:
- North Atanor:
- * Mainland:
- * + ¤ A person from Unova is called an Unovian, and we say he is of Unovian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Doragon is called a Doragiin, and we say he is of Doragese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Thirteen is called a Thirteena, and we say he is of Thirteenic origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Caledonia is called an Caledonian, and we say he is of Caledonian origin,
- * In the Kingdra Sea:
- * + ¤ A person from the Decolore Islands is called a Decoloreon, and we say he is of Decoloreon origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Voodoo is called a Vodóo, and we say he is of Vodoó origin,
- * In the Sapphire Ocean:
- * + ¤ A person from Alola is called an Alo'aii, and we say he is of Alolan origin,
- South Atanor:
- * + ¤ A person from Ribarando is called a ribarián, and we say he is of Ribárian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Guyana is called a Guyanese, and we say he is of Guyanese origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Fable Coast is called a Fableman, and we say he is of Fablish origin,
- * + ¤ A person from Ardjadida is called a Jadidi, and we say he is of Jadeen origin,
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A person from the lost continent of Ransei would've been called a Ransei'i, and we would say he was of Ranseian origin,
- * + ¤ A person from the ancient empire of Pokelantis would have been called a pokelantian, and we would've said he was of Pokelantic origin,
Religions:
A faithful man of Arceism is called an Arceist, and we say he is an Arceistic man,
A faithful man of Orion's Love is called an Orionsbrother, and we say he is a brother of Orion,
A faithful man of Basharia is called an Albashar, and we say he is a Basharian man,
A faithful man of Khvaab is called a Salipara, and we say he is a Supana man,
A faithful man of Ghafar is called a Ghafarian, and we say he is a Ghafarian man,
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