Path of a Gym Leader OOC

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You set out to become the Gym Leader of your dreams.
Which type do you choose?



-Pokemon type requests-

Grass @greenzor
Fire @LoveandHate91
Water @Mini
Bug @FrozenDreams
Normal @greenzor
Poison @Howaitotaiga
Electric @Luelle
Ground
Ice @Elusive Thorns
Fairy @o0peachie0o
Dark @Elusive Thorns
Steel
Fighting @LoveandHate91
Psychic @Rads
Rock @Soverign
Ghost @o0peachie0o
Dragon @FrozenDreams
Flying



Leoluna Region

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Known to the citizens as "the cities afloat", Leoluna is a region upon ocean shoals. Leoluna hosts a plethora of Pokemon from all of the known regions in the Pokemon world. Although heavily dominated by water, every known type of Pokemon can be found around and within Leoluna. The warm region consists of sea caves, hot sands beaches, deep ice caverns, and lone isles to explore within the water along with other terrain on the outer mainland. At the center of Leoluna is a battle forest where upcoming Gym Leaders can compete to see who will be chosen as the rightful Gym leaders of the region. Lunavelle, Soleora, Keukelo, Azura, and Lustereen make up the five notable places in Leoluna.



-In-training Gym Leader sheet-

Name
Age
Hometown
Personality
Bio
Typing Specialty
Starter Pokemon

Characters
Harmony
Leo
Fleur
Vince

Albert
Aqri
Wolf
Pendragon
Arsenia
Natasha
Leon
Castella
Rio
Anubis
Professor Rylund





*Progressive Updates to the OOC*
 
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Name
Harmony

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Age
Thirteen

Hometown
Lunavelle

Personality
Harmony came into the world as a social Butterfree. Her mother would laugh retelling the times baby Harmony would endlessly bumble on unintelligible words before she could even properly speak. She easily made friends her whole life without even trying very hard, because she never wasted any time or energy worrying if others would like her. She just went with the flow and added onto the other kids creativity while always finding something exciting to do.

As an empath, she’s able to connect well with the feelings of others and share their sentiments. However, if ever down, she almost always bounces right back up with her lively attitude and flirty personality. She’s the first to lead the way to an exciting new pursuit and the last to fall asleep with wide eyed wonder. Despite her bubbly nature, Harmony can often times fall prey to worry when it comes to the safety of her friends or Pokemon. This results in her behaving as the mother of her friends at times which could become unwanted. She even can lose her patience with rude people who don’t consider the feelings of other people and Pokemon. Overall she strives to be a helpful and kind human being at all times.



Bio
Harmony was born in Lunavelle, and later was raised by her mother in Lustereen City within Leoluna. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother the leading Professor Styla of the Leoluna region. Her mother retired early and one of Harmony's hugest crushes, one of the youngest known Professors, took her place. Harmony never knew much about her father, but her mother would tell her that she was more like him than her. While her mother was interested in analytical research, Harmony was more interested in the wonder of electricity and its endless capabilities. She loved thunderstorms, because she was always in awe of the different patterns that the lightning would flash across the sky.

The only connection to her father was her father's Boltund who was the family guard dog that watched over Harmony . After taking a year away to decide what she truly wanted to do, Harmony learned that her father once ran an electric gym in a far away region. Upon the discovery, Harmony felt like her purpose had been ignited and she knew that she wanted to open a gym in his honor. She would get her very own Pokemon to travel with and set out on a path to become a Gym Leader. Boltund was reluctant to let her go alone, but she promised to come back for him when she opened the gym.

Before she departed, her mother gave her a Pokemon egg from the laboratory said to contain her father’s first Pokemon inside. She left what kind of egg it was to be a surprise for Harmony for when it would hatch. She cautiously packed up the egg with her other belongings and said her loving goodbyes. Harmony made one last stop at the family’s Vivillon garden which hosted the evolution of Vivillon every spring. Beside the glittering Goldeen pond, she found a bowl of food that she had left there for a stray Pokemon. The Eevee sprang out of the flower buds and shyly met Harmony’s careful caress. Harmony had spent nearly a week trying to make the stray Eevee at ease around her. The Eevee she sometimes called Eev for short, finally warmed up to Harmony and took her up on her offer to become friends. Eev decided to travel with Harmony and help look after the mysterious egg.

Typing Specialty
Electric

Starter Pokemon
Eevee “Eev”

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Timid initially, the clumsy Eev warms up quickly to others with the help of Harmony’s encouragement. When comfortable, it amuses Eev to brush up against people’s clothing with its fur to generate static electricity and playfully surprise them with a light shock.



Harmony's egg
(Pokemon unknown)

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Name: Galaxy Burdeni
Age:

Thirteen
Hometown:
Azura

Personality: She is a sweet young girl who used to be filled with curiosity and a certain wildness. She is now a shy girl who always has a book. She is intelligent and very loyal to her closest friends. She can be emotional at times. Sometimes when yelled at, she bites her lower lip and closes her eyes and rocks ever so slightly as if holding back tears that are threatening to spill out, which of course, she is. Or other times she gets yelled at she just glares at the person, holding back anger instead of tears.

Bio:

Galaxy was raised in Azura under clear night skies. She has dark purple eyes with white specks, hence her name. She had often been energetic and always asking questions to new people but when her parents died she became a quiet, more thoughtful girl. When people asked her where she would rather be right now, her only reply would be, "With my parents." People would stare at her strangely until she told them that they were dead. She was often heard sobbing quietly in her room after she thought everyone went to bed. After her parents died she got shuttled between homes and families. She often wished she were anywhere but here or dead. Her only reminder of her parents who had died was an gold chain locket. This gold locket was always on or near her. She would never let it out of her sight. Soon she got tired of going between houses. She packed her bags with all her belongings and went to the Administrator of the Orphanage she was in. She told her flat out that she had decided that she would go to Leoluna and see if she could fulfill her dream of becoming a Gym Leader and maybe becoming more of who she used to be with the help of the right people.

Typing Specialty
Dragon

Starter Pokemon:

Dratini "Tini"
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Tini is a adventurous pokemon. Tini is quite the opposite of Galaxy but they get along perfect with Tini keeping Galaxy in line and helping her get over her shyness and actually talk to people. Tini often runs around Galaxy's feet and they both cause mischief when nobody's looking. When Galaxy's around Tini, she is visibly more relaxed and open.
 
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Name: Leon

Age: 16

Hometown: DewFord Town

Personality:
Kind, Strong willed, protective of those he wants to care for, loyal

Bio:
Leon may look intimidating but from the beginning he has always been a caring soul. With the mindset to do right he always wanted to help people. Ever since he met Pokemon of the sea and other kinds he was fascinated. He was involved with a serious cave in by his home where he endured near a day under the ruble. In that time he had met a strange Pokemon. Meeting an Aron who was a strange color but it helped him survive the event. Though it wasn't without cost. His left leg was badly injured so it requires him to walk with a cane for the rest of his life. But the Aron kept by his side through his recovery and even until he was able to walk once again. Now traveling to a new region to explore he sees this journey as a chance to explore himself and grow in a new way.

Typing Specialty: Rock


Starter Pokemon:
Brass is protective of Leon and often is a support to his injury.
Sometimes overprotective if the individuals are unknown to her.
Her color is an oddity to Leon and is one way she is unique to him.
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Name:
Altair
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Age:
13

Hometown:
Castelia City

Personality:
Altair is, odd, to put it simply. He is mischievous and eccentric, preferring his own methods of doing things most of the time and is a master of ignoring other people's advice. This often makes him come off as a little arrogant, which isn't entirely untrue as he often dismisses other people and attempts to take everything on alone. Although it could be justified as despite being seemingly unpredictable and irresponsible, he actually plans much of his actions carefully and has a highly analytical mindset. Almost constantly he boasts a haughty and slightly menacing smile, even in defeat he holds that demeanor and denounces all his mistakes as simply bad luck or miscalculations, but will secretly polish his abilities when no one is watching.

Bio:
Born in the alleyways of Castelia City Altair was never one of much high status, his family was neglectful of him and was absorbed in matters such as gambling or money battles. He made a life of petty crime along with his mother, a Kalos immigrant's Pokemon, Klefki, stealing keys or breaking into high apartments. There wasn't an end to this life insight for the boy, until he met a certain trainer who was a regular customer when it came to alleyway gambling, who he thought would be an easy target for pick-pocketing. The result was that Altair being demolished by the trainer's Pokemon despite having type advantages but was left with a comment that stated he had potentials as a Pokemon trainer. It was said that the man was a famous trainer in Unova despite his gambling issues. This was when he took up Pokemon battling as opposed to just getting by through any means possible.

His parents and he moved to a new region soon, despite being young at the time Altair knew it was likely to escape from whatever debt they had built up. Soon after that their marriage broke apart, his mother wanted to take her Pokemon, Klefki back to Kalos with her, though the Pokemon itself refused. Altair was left in a new region alone with both of his parents returning to their respective homes, but he felt that he was fine as long as he had his Pokemon with him.

Typing Specialty:
Steel


Starter Pokemon:
Klefki (Nickname: Psion)
Calm and careful, Psion is always on the look for any danger or suspicious activities even when not battling, he is Altair's partner in crime for years and is very nimble. It seems to have rubbed off of it's former and current trainers arrogance, it likes to furiously shake its keys towards other Pokemon, especially dragon types. Skilled at stealing keys and pick-pocketing others, likes to play pranks on strangers even when his trainer didn't instruct it.













Captured Pokemon:
Dhelmise (Nickname: Möbius)
Möbius is an unusual Dhelmise that possesses and anchor much larger than the standard. It is theorized by Altair that it is a collective mass of spirits instead of a singular one due to the size of its sunken vessel. It is a bit reclusive and lonely, but quite adamant to pursue the legendary Pokemon Plundrift, the one who sank its ship. Despite being in a fit of rage when first encountered, it is actually more melancholy than anything else after being captured.












Piplup (Nickname: Axel)
A Piplup that Altair & his Pokemon saved from being eaten by Sharpedo, it is somewhat timid and airheaded, which often causes it to struggle to keep up with the rest of the team. Altair initially didn't want to bring it along due to that reason, but its determination to get stronger seems to have gotten through, it tries it's best.














Egg
A 4ft7in egg.
 
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Basic

Name: Natalie Ann Hope

Nickname: Nat

Age: 13

Hometown: Lunavelle



Personality
Bubbly and energetic would best describe Nat. She loves making friends and will often talk to strangers, even though she's told not to. Nat likes to look on the brighter side of life and often tries her hardest to make other happy and laugh. If she were to be any emotion, Nat would be the essence of joy. She almost loves laughing almost as much as she loves making people laugh. It's the simple things in life that matter to her most. She doesn't dwell on the past, instead she looks to the future.

Nat does have her bad points, like everyone. While as joyful as she is Nate has quite the temper when it comes to those who mess with her friends or family. She'll tear you down with her quick wit and silver tongue. Though she only ever is mean when it warranted. Nat just doesn't like conflict or much violence so rather than fight lots of Pokémon, Nat wants to heal and help injured Pokémon. In order for that to happen though she knows she needs to grow more of a back bone. Being a pushover will get her nowhere.



Bio

Growing up Natalie lived with a sliver spoon in her mouth. Coming from a wealth, well respected family Natalie had a lot to live up to. Being the youngest of 3 didn't help either. Always in the shadows of her siblings Nat never really got to stand out. Even now she's still out shinned by her older brothers. That's not saying the siblings don't get along. In fact Nat and her brothers loved each other and will often watch each others backs. Her brother would often get over protective of her if any boys try to come close or talk to her. It didn't stop her from trying to have a boyfriend, even though she still has yet to have one.

While Natalie did fight for attention from her parents her mother ended up forcing her into playing the violin and piano, a trait most women in the high community should have, or that's what her mother told her. Though it wasn't all bad. Nat did come to love playing the instruments her parents had her play. Although she did wish for more to life. Often Natalie would be found outside in the garden talking to the wild Pokémon that happened across her while she was practicing on her violin.

Around her 11th birthday Natalie had decided what she wanted to do with her life. It was on a walk through the gardens one day when she heard a cry from the bushes. After investigating the cry Nat found a wounded Flabébé laying in the grass. It took a week of tending to and caring for the small Pokémon before Nat was able to let it go. Only problem was the Pokémon didn't want to leave. So, after many attempts and a talk with her parents later Nat kept the Flabébé and nicknamed her Pea. It was after that week that Nat knew she wanted to help heal Pokémon.

A year went by with the small Pokémon and after watching Pokémon battle on TV Natalie decided she wanted to give it a try. In the gardens one day however when using Pea to battle wild Pokémon Natalie came to the realization that this was something she would love to do. Battling Pokémon in sparring matches and then healing them if anything got rough. But Pea wasn't much of a fighter and while it took a long time to even start a battle Nat had fun each time.

Now at 13, Natalie is leaving home with a second dream. To be a gym leader.



Pokémon

Typing Specialty: Fairy

Starter Pokémon: Flabébé (nicknamed Pea) - Pea is rather shy, often hiding behind Natalie when "battling". Because of this Pea isn't a very good fighting other Pokémon and Nat mainly keeps her as a friend. Pea, however, does know tackle, vine whip, and fairy wind but only uses them when in extreme peril i.e. someone scares her or Natalie's in danger. That being said Pea is a wonderful companion who clung to Nat as soon as she saw her. It a rather mother daughter relationship with the two. Nat being nurturing towards Pea and the latter being childish and affectionate.

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Name
Mélanie LaRue

Age
Sixteen years old

Hometown
Camphrier Town, Kalos Region

Personality
Mélanie is an idealist at heart. Deep down she truly believes there is good in everything and everyone, though over the last years that belief has been tested. Repeatedly. Keeping her usual calm, open-minded approach to difficult situations has been challenging and it shows. Constant stress quickly led to chronic insomnia and dependencies on nicotine and caffeine to counter the fatigue. One disagreeable comment given at a bad moment is all it takes to tick her off lately. Though, in case of an overreaction, she will always apologize after cooling her temper. Despite the ongoing internal struggle, she works hard to keep her dream alive. Believing that working with Pokémon will ultimately be the cure to her ailments.

Bio
Mélanie grew up in a single-parent household and has been helping her mother out from a young age. It was either that or get evicted, though it certainly did her no good either way. As is to be expected when exerting adult-level stress on a child. She managed to pull through with a weekly dose of therapy. Luckily, things have gotten better in the last couple of months thanks to their steadily improving financial situation. It allowed for Mélanie to quit her soul-rending job as a housekeeper at Shabboneau Castle. However, this didn’t mean she was going to stop financially supporting her mother. She was just going to do it differently. A different occupation in a faraway region. Having set her sights on becoming a Gym Leader of Leoluna. Hoping a job like that will allow her to provide for her mother. That way, she too can quit that god-awful housekeeping job.

Typing Specialty
Psychic

Starter Pokémon
Munna, Dream Eater Pokémon

Nickname(s): Bubble Gum, Gummy

Gummy is a certified therapy Pokémon assigned to Mélanie by Dr. Daniela Monet, her therapist, to assist in curing her chronic insomnia. Specialized in reducing stress during waking hours and assisting in attaining restful sleep by eating harmful dreams should they arise. Due to Pokémon tending to form meaningful bonds with their trainers, Gummy is exclusively assigned to Mélanie and will not be taken out of her custody under any circumstances.

EDIT: Sentence restructuring and grammatical wizardry​
 
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Oh my goodness 😅 My sheet is severely lacking in comparison to some of you guys’. I’ve been lazy with the character sheets lately.. I’m impressed. Nice job! I think I might polish mine up soon (: I’m also going to raise Harmony’s age, I initially put eleven because most trainers start around the age of ten.
 
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There's literal kindergarten kids running around with Pokemon in a lot of games so I call that rule BS.

Also are we limited to four moves etc like the games mechanics or is it going to be anime mechanics?
 
Good question. Do we want to have four main moves for battling that can be switched out with other moves interchangeably? I think it would be fine for them to learn as many moves as they want for other useful purposes aside for just battling.
 
I personally feel a middle of the road approach works best. Have no limit on the moves a Pokemon can know simultaneously, but have a select few the Pokemon has more experience with.
 
Working on a sheet now, gonna go with a primary girl to be my leader and then her sister will help her, kind of like how Clemont and Bonnie were. So her sister will be helping her during her training too :P

And while I prefer the limit (purely out of being used to it), I can imagine not having a limit on the number of moves but have the more used moves be more effective due to experience (Before thinking of any other factors such as types and etc that will affect the move's effectiveness).
It could interesting too, yeah.
 
That sounds kind of like the new mechanic from Mystery Dungeon DX.

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Ashley Crona

Nickname
Ashe

Age
15

Hometown
Fallarbor Town - Hoenn Region

Personality
Energetic and easily excitable. Ashley doesn't tend to think before rushing into things. Says things without thinking and can come off brash or rude. Doesn't have a sense of fear, and this tends to lead her into dangerous situations. Has a hard time fitting in, but she'll never stop trying to make more friends.

Bio
Ashley grew up in the Hoenn region with her father. Her hometown, Fallarbor, was seated right next to volcanic mountains, and ash would fall like soft rain daily. You could find the small girl playing in the grass in the mornings, covered in soot and ash. Somedays, Ashley would explore the caverns that reside a ways outside of town. Wild pokemon never scared her, in fact, sometimes she would catch small pokemon with her bare hands. Her father would have to stop her from going after larger catches, like sevipers and skarmorys. Most of the townsfolks talked down about her and her father because of this behavior. Calling her wild or feral. Her father told her to ignore it but it eventually got to her.

One day she ran off to the caverns, determined to never come back. It was there that she met her partner pokemon. A zubat with an injured wing. She found it on the ground, and forgot about running away. She had a new goal in mind, rescuing this poor pokemon and nursing it back to health. She carried it back to Fallarbor and took it to the pokemon center where the zubat was taken in. It's wing had been broken, and it would be a while until the zubat would be ready to leave the center. Ashley visited the pokemon everyday, and eventually it was healthy enough to be release. But the zubat didn't return to it's home, it decided to stay with Ashley. Thus she had made a bond that would never be broken.

Eventually Ashley and her father decided to move away from Fallarbor, and Hoenn in general. They boarded a ship for new lands and set out for the region of Leoluna.
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Typing Specialty
Poison

Starter Pokemon
Zubat - A somewhat smaller than average zubat that would do anything to protect Ashley.
 
I’m looking forward to getting started 😊 I’ve added more information to Harmony’s character sheet. Everyone’s accepted so far!
 

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Name
Tommy

Age
17
Hometown
Pewter City (kanto region)
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Personality
Tommy is a down to earth kid who always seems to find a brighter side in everything. Like any skilled fisherman, Tommy is known to be really patient and never really let's anything bother him, except anything or anyone that has to do with cerulean city for some unknown reason that he doesn't like to talk about.

Bio
Tommy is originally from Pewter city and left town at 15 in order to find a job to help his older brother support the other seven of his siblings. Tommy had worked at a local fish market under a magikarp salesmen before landing a job on a cruise ship that traveled around the diffrent regions. After telling his family about the his new job, It was his older brother who had convinced him to stop worrying about them and to start focusing on fulfilling his dream of becoming an official gym leader.

Typing Specialty
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specializes in Water type pokemon

Starter Pokemon
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Extra

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A magikarp that was given to Tommy from his old boss as a gift. Flap has been known to pop out of his pokeball and flop around from time to time.

 
Will there be a set posting order, or is it more 'freeform'? I'm asking because I'm from Europe and timezones are usually a poor match. I'd hate to slow down the story because I'm, y'know, asleep.
 
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"Sorry, I must've drifted into my thoughts again."

Name
Tori Tobu

Age
17

Hometown
Keukelo


Personality
When initially meeting Tori, one would think she is a bit of an airhead. She has a tendency of appearing to be lost in thought, or her head is in the clouds. While she had the appearance and feel of such a person, she is aware of what goes on around her and actually does her best to know what was said and done.

When you get to know her better, Tori will show her more caring and soft nature. She holds a belief that if one doesn't view their pokemon as their allies or friends, then they will never accomplish what those with stronger bonds will.

Bio
Born in Kevkelo, Tori started living life under her rather strict parents watch, who from the get go had high expecation from their daughter. They wanted to gain fame, to become known in the world, and since Tori appeared to have some connection to the pokemon she met, they saw a high potential in her. Tori, whoever, only wished to become friends and form strong connections with the pokemon she found. Her parents gave her some freedom as a child to learn about pokemon more, but kept insisting she eventually take up the mantle of a trainer and challenge the local league.


At the age of 5, Tori became an older sister to Neri. She immediately started becoming protective of her younger sibling, hoping her parents won't place the same expectations that she was placed under. And to both her happiness and slight jealousy, Neri never came into the focus of their parents. Neri was always viewed as the 'potential replacement' should anything happen to Tori. When Neri started to show signs of hating Tori due to this, Tori started to do her best to show affection and care to her sister, to let her know that there was someone who did appreciate her. After a while, it worked, and Neri became closer to Tori than ever before.

Eventually, Neri decided to suggest Tori a way to both please their parents, and to allow Tori to be a trainer in her own way: Becoming a gym leader. While initially skeptical of the idea, Neri kept bringing up the fact that the gym would allow her to decide for herself how to be a trainer, without their parents being able to tell her how to manage it, and at the same time give them the bit of fame they so desire. It had taken some time, but she ended up agreeing to try it out, and set out to become a gym leader for their home region of Leoluna.

Typing Specialty
Flying


Starter Pokemon
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Rookidee (Nicknamed Dee)
Dee is a bit of a shy bird, and will normally stick to Tori's side.
He will try and do his best in battles, but his priority will always be to make sure Tori is fine.

Extra:
Her sister Neri (Age 12)
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Tommy and Tori are accepted (:
As for posting expectations, in my experience I’ve noticed that posting order most often causes a hang up in posting at some point or another. Freeform will be best, I’m glad you asked @Hecatty :)
 
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I'm glad you answered @Luelle! ^^ I'd hate to be the metaphorical 'ball and chain' to this story, so freeform is definitely a relief~
 
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