Veritas Island Home of the Battle Spire, has sent out their invitations!
RP Thread Here
About: What is there for trainers after the Elite 4 and the Champions? The Battle Frontier? Battle Tower? Battle Tree? There is only one place you can hope to go, Veritas Island. For those lucky enough and accomplished enough Veritas Island will extend an invitation to the worthy trainer. On the island trainers are granted the ability to challenge and ascend the brutal Battle Spire, where every opponent is tougher and stronger than the last, every trainer on the island having proven themselves before to some of the best. Do you have what it takes to battle in an environment where a single region Champion title only gets you a chance of an invitation? Do you have what it takes to defeat the Battle Spire’s Battlemasters? Or are you going to try to aim for the top, for a title and position where no League Champions and Frontier Masters have achieved? Will you ascend and become a Spire Master?
Where is Veritas Island? A hidden paradise island surrounded by mists and fog, locatable only by those who have already been there. A special invitation is required to get onto a Sky Boat located in Olivine City, Johto
What is Veritas Island? Veritas Island is a paradise for people and Pokémon alike, there is a singular large city on the island where the Battle Spire is located along with the resort area, and various other entertainment, shopping, and dining districts. Outside of the city there are glorious beaches, vast and deep forests, snow topped mountains and caves, and rolling grassy hills. But be weary, the wild Pokémon that reside on Veritas Island range from common to very rare and are much stronger than any of their counter parts found elsewhere in the world.
What is the Battle Spire? The battle spire is the premier battle location for invited trainers, a paradise for those who seek to battle the strongest trainers and Pokémon in the world, trainers that have gone above and beyond with their Pokémon to levels above the Elite Four and Frontier Masters, and some, even above the League Champions. Only the top of the top will stand a chance battling at the spire to ascend its levels, earning glory, and prestige. As a trainer ascends so does the difficulty of the battles, trainers do not register for the Battle spire but are chosen, a bare minimum to even be considered to receive an invitation to Veritas Island to participate in the Battle Spire requires a single registration into any region’s Hall of Fame, excluding Alola due to the league there being newly established. Though they do have scouts at Veritas Island and the Battle Spire looking for potential members to fill their league.
The Battle Spire is also a popular place for highly ranked Pokémon Battle teams to recruit from, in addition to specialty law enforcement agencies, unique investigators, and various other premier Pokémon battle establishments.
Trainers are welcome to come and go to Veritas Island once they make it there. The Battle Spire itself is only open twice a year in 3 month intervals to participants, one period in the summer and once in the winter.
When enough Glory and Prestige is earned by a trainer, they will be able to challenge some of the top Battle Spire trainers known as Battlemasters, or, if enough Prestige is earned, a Spire Master. There is only a very small handful of Spire Masters, and to beat one is no easy feat.
Rules:
Standard Rules Apply
Standard Pokécharms Rules Apply
Relationships and Dating are Fine, Keep it SFW, (If you gotta change the page when someone looks at your screen... probably not appropriate.)
RP Specific Rules:
Pokémon teams must have minimum of 5 active battling Pokémon (6 is recommended for a team)
You are allowed up to 6 additional Pokémon to swap around with, since this is not a League but a Challenge, you are not restricted to a registered 6, just be prepared to write about all of them. Any more and your bonds with the Pokémon will not be strong enough to compete at this level.
Please have Pokémon that are fully evolved, none fully evolved Pokémon better have a damn good reason to be competing at this level or else its just going to be ground to paste, unless its a non battling partner type.
Due to the nature of the RP, Pokémon's movepools will be much larger and moves will have different effects, for example tail whip does do damage (depending on the Pokémon's tail, weight, size, relative strength, etc.), growl will do nothing since trying to scare a veteran discipline trained Pokémon and reducing its attack is absurd, Screech will not lower defenses, but can cause temporary disorientation and/or incapacitation. Get creative with this stuff, and keep it reasonable.
No Legendaries
Mega-Evolution OK (Strong yes, but it can only take you so far....)
Z Moves allowed, single use per battle, Z-Ring required, appropriate Z-Crystals required, held by the Pokémon using the ability
Have fun.
Put code-word: LESGO somewhere in your bio post if you've read the rules.
Other misc. info:
Spire itself resembles the Lakhta Tower in Russia
A building in the main plaza that resembles the Sagrada Familia basilica, is the primary place for people to go to have meet ups, watch matches, hangout, and is also has the third highest concentration of Battle Spire staff outside the Battle Spire and the resort area.
Characters:RP Thread Here
About: What is there for trainers after the Elite 4 and the Champions? The Battle Frontier? Battle Tower? Battle Tree? There is only one place you can hope to go, Veritas Island. For those lucky enough and accomplished enough Veritas Island will extend an invitation to the worthy trainer. On the island trainers are granted the ability to challenge and ascend the brutal Battle Spire, where every opponent is tougher and stronger than the last, every trainer on the island having proven themselves before to some of the best. Do you have what it takes to battle in an environment where a single region Champion title only gets you a chance of an invitation? Do you have what it takes to defeat the Battle Spire’s Battlemasters? Or are you going to try to aim for the top, for a title and position where no League Champions and Frontier Masters have achieved? Will you ascend and become a Spire Master?
Where is Veritas Island? A hidden paradise island surrounded by mists and fog, locatable only by those who have already been there. A special invitation is required to get onto a Sky Boat located in Olivine City, Johto
What is Veritas Island? Veritas Island is a paradise for people and Pokémon alike, there is a singular large city on the island where the Battle Spire is located along with the resort area, and various other entertainment, shopping, and dining districts. Outside of the city there are glorious beaches, vast and deep forests, snow topped mountains and caves, and rolling grassy hills. But be weary, the wild Pokémon that reside on Veritas Island range from common to very rare and are much stronger than any of their counter parts found elsewhere in the world.
What is the Battle Spire? The battle spire is the premier battle location for invited trainers, a paradise for those who seek to battle the strongest trainers and Pokémon in the world, trainers that have gone above and beyond with their Pokémon to levels above the Elite Four and Frontier Masters, and some, even above the League Champions. Only the top of the top will stand a chance battling at the spire to ascend its levels, earning glory, and prestige. As a trainer ascends so does the difficulty of the battles, trainers do not register for the Battle spire but are chosen, a bare minimum to even be considered to receive an invitation to Veritas Island to participate in the Battle Spire requires a single registration into any region’s Hall of Fame, excluding Alola due to the league there being newly established. Though they do have scouts at Veritas Island and the Battle Spire looking for potential members to fill their league.
The Battle Spire is also a popular place for highly ranked Pokémon Battle teams to recruit from, in addition to specialty law enforcement agencies, unique investigators, and various other premier Pokémon battle establishments.
Trainers are welcome to come and go to Veritas Island once they make it there. The Battle Spire itself is only open twice a year in 3 month intervals to participants, one period in the summer and once in the winter.
When enough Glory and Prestige is earned by a trainer, they will be able to challenge some of the top Battle Spire trainers known as Battlemasters, or, if enough Prestige is earned, a Spire Master. There is only a very small handful of Spire Masters, and to beat one is no easy feat.
What is Glory, and what is Prestige? Glory and Prestige is the point based currency used within the Battle Spire. Glory points are earned from any victory against any registered trainer. Once enough Glory points are earned, a trainer will gain the ability to challenge a Battlemaster. Beating a Battlemaster will award one Prestige point. 5 Prestige points are needed to challenge a Spire Master. Battling a Spire Master will automatically use 5 Prestige Points, a trainer may bank up Prestige points if they wish as the only way to lose them is to spend them challenging the Spire Masters. (More details will be given once players reach the point of the RP where this is introduced)
What is a Battlemaster? How do I become one? Battlemasters are exceptional trainers within the Battle Spire, and technically part of the Battle Spire staff. They are often times very veteran members within the Spire. They act as gate keepers for trainers, beating a Battlemaster can be seen as a benchmark within the Battle Spire. The Glory points required to challenge a Battlemaster also varies, the stronger the Battlemaster the more Glory points required, but they are worth more Prestige points when beaten, the toughest can award up to 5 at a time, but even then, the power of the most Veteran Battlemaster still falls short to the Spire Masters. Battlemasters also function as mentors, assisting trainers with advice and feedback to help them improve for those who eventually wants to challenge a Spire Master.
To become a Battlemaster a trainer must be a consistent trainer that is invited back to Veritas Island to participate in the Battle Spire regularly, if not every time (roughly a 2-3 time re-invite tenure within the Battle Spire). Show exceptional skill in battle, be consistent in wins and losses, utilizing cutting edge strategies, and demonstrate a passion for battle win or lose. Giving sound advice and constructive criticism when asked. A strong bond and trust between trainer and Pokémon is also required. (i.e. trusting a Pokémon to act on its own sometimes such as when the trainer is unable to react quickly enough to the opponents moves and able to adapt and work with their Pokémon in a flowing rapid adaptive style.) (More info upon request.)
To become a Battlemaster a trainer must be a consistent trainer that is invited back to Veritas Island to participate in the Battle Spire regularly, if not every time (roughly a 2-3 time re-invite tenure within the Battle Spire). Show exceptional skill in battle, be consistent in wins and losses, utilizing cutting edge strategies, and demonstrate a passion for battle win or lose. Giving sound advice and constructive criticism when asked. A strong bond and trust between trainer and Pokémon is also required. (i.e. trusting a Pokémon to act on its own sometimes such as when the trainer is unable to react quickly enough to the opponents moves and able to adapt and work with their Pokémon in a flowing rapid adaptive style.) (More info upon request.)
What is a Spire Master? How do I become one? Spire Masters are the pinnacle of Pokémon trainers, regarded as the best in the world near unanimously by any who have met or seen them in battle. There are only a small handful of them, and surprisingly, not every one of them is super famous or known across multiple regions, some of them preferring anonymity. Even if they are renowned to be known publicly, the extent of public knowledge on them is limited to their accomplishments in the official Leagues by those who do not dive deeper into their backgrounds.
Each Spire Master has their own unique style of commanding their Pokémon in battle, from singing to keywords in their speech that their Pokémon know, while to the opponent they seem to have little relevance to the battle, concealing information from the opponent is a major key to victory. As a result they rarely call out moves or instructions for them to follow, but rather being a source of information and an adviser for their battling Pokémon. Battling at their level is less of whose Pokémon is stronger, type advantage, or even Mega-Evolves, but instead, it’s an intense strategic mind game where the smallest of slip-ups from either trainer or Pokémon can drastically swing the match. It is a place where the bond and trust between Pokémon and trainer is truly stress tested. Mega-Evolves are strong without a doubt, but a strategic and precise strike at the proper time will still easily take one down.
Keep in mind: Spire Masters are seen as THE pinnacle of all trainers and as such they take every battle VERY seriously, as much as we love to "anime-fy" stuff by having trainers and Pokémon "hold back," play games against the opponent, or have the "Now it's time to get serious...." moments with their opponent, this is not a thing for them. The Spire Masters and their Pokémon are ruthless and brutal, every battle, they will go all out against their opponent/challenger.
To become a Spire Master a trainer must defeat all the current Spire Masters at least once, to join in their ranks and earn the title of “Spire Master.” A trainer can take as long as they wish to challenge the Spire Masters, and once they manage to defeat one of them, they are allowed to challenge the other Spire Masters as many times as they want without recollecting Prestige points. (More info upon request.)
Keep in mind: Spire Masters are seen as THE pinnacle of all trainers and as such they take every battle VERY seriously, as much as we love to "anime-fy" stuff by having trainers and Pokémon "hold back," play games against the opponent, or have the "Now it's time to get serious...." moments with their opponent, this is not a thing for them. The Spire Masters and their Pokémon are ruthless and brutal, every battle, they will go all out against their opponent/challenger.
To become a Spire Master a trainer must defeat all the current Spire Masters at least once, to join in their ranks and earn the title of “Spire Master.” A trainer can take as long as they wish to challenge the Spire Masters, and once they manage to defeat one of them, they are allowed to challenge the other Spire Masters as many times as they want without recollecting Prestige points. (More info upon request.)
Rules:
Standard Rules Apply
Standard Pokécharms Rules Apply
Relationships and Dating are Fine, Keep it SFW, (If you gotta change the page when someone looks at your screen... probably not appropriate.)
RP Specific Rules:
Pokémon teams must have minimum of 5 active battling Pokémon (6 is recommended for a team)
You are allowed up to 6 additional Pokémon to swap around with, since this is not a League but a Challenge, you are not restricted to a registered 6, just be prepared to write about all of them. Any more and your bonds with the Pokémon will not be strong enough to compete at this level.
Please have Pokémon that are fully evolved, none fully evolved Pokémon better have a damn good reason to be competing at this level or else its just going to be ground to paste, unless its a non battling partner type.
Due to the nature of the RP, Pokémon's movepools will be much larger and moves will have different effects, for example tail whip does do damage (depending on the Pokémon's tail, weight, size, relative strength, etc.), growl will do nothing since trying to scare a veteran discipline trained Pokémon and reducing its attack is absurd, Screech will not lower defenses, but can cause temporary disorientation and/or incapacitation. Get creative with this stuff, and keep it reasonable.
No Legendaries
Mega-Evolution OK (Strong yes, but it can only take you so far....)
Z Moves allowed, single use per battle, Z-Ring required, appropriate Z-Crystals required, held by the Pokémon using the ability
Have fun.
Put code-word: LESGO somewhere in your bio post if you've read the rules.
Other misc. info:
Spire itself resembles the Lakhta Tower in Russia
A building in the main plaza that resembles the Sagrada Familia basilica, is the primary place for people to go to have meet ups, watch matches, hangout, and is also has the third highest concentration of Battle Spire staff outside the Battle Spire and the resort area.
Each person is allowed up to 3 characters
There are open positions for Spire Masters and Battlemasters if anyone is interested in playing one of their characters in those roles. (Spire Master slots are limited.)
NOTE: Spire Masters won't have that big of an active role in the RP due to their position, and their interaction with the rest of the RPers will function more as an opponent, mentor, or friend. They are like celebrities on the island. I would recommend at least having 1 character that is a trainer challenging the spire.
Position (Required) (Participant, Battlemaster, Spire Master):
Name:
Title(s) (Optional):
Age (16+ recommended, remember a minimum of 1 League victory is required or equivalent):
Gender:
Height:
Hair Color:
Build:
Eye color:
Birthplace:
First Pokémon (Optional):
Occupation (Optional):
Affiliations (Optional) (Required if going for Spire Master):
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Clothing/ Accessories/ Appearance:
Badges (Required):
Achievements: (Required):
Personality (Required):
Battle Style (optional) (Recommended if going for Battlemaster) (Required if going for Spire Master):
Background (Required):
One of my characters, I might have more to fill in space if there is not enough people.
Name:
Title(s) (Optional):
Age (16+ recommended, remember a minimum of 1 League victory is required or equivalent):
Gender:
Height:
Hair Color:
Build:
Eye color:
Birthplace:
First Pokémon (Optional):
Occupation (Optional):
Affiliations (Optional) (Required if going for Spire Master):
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Clothing/ Accessories/ Appearance:
Badges (Required):
Achievements: (Required):
Personality (Required):
Battle Style (optional) (Recommended if going for Battlemaster) (Required if going for Spire Master):
Background (Required):
Name:
Species:
Gender:
Personality:
Ability:
Held Item:
History (Optional) (Recommended if going for Battlemaster) (Required if going for Spire Master):
Species:
Gender:
Personality:
Ability:
Held Item:
History (Optional) (Recommended if going for Battlemaster) (Required if going for Spire Master):
One of my characters, I might have more to fill in space if there is not enough people.
Position: Spire Master
Name: Celeste Masters
Title(s): The Empress, Spire Master
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Height: 5’6 (~167.64 cm)
Weight: 117 lbs.
Hair Color: Platinum blonde, single violet streak
Build: Hourglass-like, slightly curvy and athletic but leaning towards the slimmer side
Eye color: Deep purple
Birthplace: Cyllage City, Kalos
First Pokémon: Eevee (now a Sylveon) / Riolu (now a Lucario)
Current location: Veritas Island
Occupation: Professional Pokémon Trainer, Pokémon Behaviorist
Affiliations: The Battle Spire, Elite Four (all regions), Battle Frontier (all available regions)
Likes: Pokémon, making Poké Puffs, high level competitive battling, traveling, meeting new people, testing unique battle strategies, team bonding exercises, exploring the world
Dislikes: Thieves of any kind, mistreating Pokémon and calling it ‘tough love’ unnecessary crowds, paparazzi
Fears: Disappointing her Team
Clothing/ Accessories/ Appearance: Typically seen in a shorter white tube top with a violet Pokéball design on the lower left side and a vertical black stripe down the front right side. Occasionally seen with a dark purple cropped zip up hoodie with an oversized hood and a yellow Pokéball pattern on the back, a silver necklace with Sylvia’s Pokéball attached to it, she also has a specialized wristbands on each of her wrists that holds her on hand Pokémon (three on left and two on right). She wears a pair of three finger gloves that cover her thumb, index and middle fingers. She wears dark purple loose waist baggy cargo pants, a black belt with a Pokéball design buckle, and a pair of thick-padded black and white skate shoes. She also has a white messenger bag with a black Pokéball design on it that she keeps her other belongings in. Her long unkempt hair hangs a bit past her waist and swept backward from her forehead leaving only a few strands hanging down her face. She wears a Z-Bracelet on her upper left arm and a Mega Keystone set in an elaborate setting embedded on an armband that she wears on her upper right arm. Lucas, her Lucario, has the same on his right upper-arm as well.
Badges: Indigo League, Johto League, Hoenn League, Sinnoh League, Unova League, Kalos League
Other achievements: 1 of 6 Spire Masters the Battle Spire. Defeated Champion Diantha in Kalos and Champion Cynthia in Sinoh
Personality:
Very intelligent, methodical, and analytical, Celeste has always been more interested in Pokémon than people, making her seem standoffish to other people. In reality she holds no resentment towards people there’s just not much to talk about in her opinion. She could easily establish deep friendships and bonds with Pokémon, treating them as an extension of her family. As a result, once she became a trainer the Pokémon she would train would be closely bonded with her and with other members of the team, giving their full trust to one another and spurring each other on in battle, becoming more like family. She’s kind, generous, compassionate, often times empathetic. Her true passion shows when she’s training and even more so when battling, she gives her all into every battle, her passion, drive, and will for high level competitive battling knows no peer, her Pokémon share in her mindset and passions both on and off the battlefield, celebrating every victory and learning from every loss.
Her true passion shows when she’s training and even more so when battling, she gives her all into every battle, her passion, drive, and will for high level competitive battling knows no peer, her Pokémon share in her mindset and passions both on and off the battlefield, celebrating every victory and learning from every defeat. She has an aura of confidence and command about her that translates onto her Pokémon.
Battle Style:
Celeste uses very few verbal commands to order her Pokémon around during battle. She trusts them that they know the best ability and actions to take during a heated moment and situation. However, when Celeste does give an order, her Pokémon will obey and not hesitate to change their course of action to what she ordered. Often times Celeste's orders is already the action of her active battling Pokémon, executing them slightly before or as the order is given. Her Pokémon knows what she wants and Celeste knows how each of her Pokémon prefers to battle. Her team functions as a well-oiled machine, each Pokémon knows their exact role and their teammates as well. Their trust in one-another is complete and absolute.
Unlike other trainers, Celeste has all of her Pokémon out at the start of a battle, they watch, learn, and cheer their teammates on from the side of the arena. This has been her signature style since she started her adventure, Celeste believes that this builds strong team-bonds, and also acts a good time for the rest of her team to learn about their opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. This style of battling has been adopted by other Spire Masters and some Battlemasters as well. The element of concealing their own Pokémon from their opponents holds little to no value at the highest level of competition. Instead opting to value knowledge and team relationship more, after all to them, a Pokémon's power cannot be judged by what they are until they are in the battle arena.
Background:
Originally born on her family’s estate near Cyllage City in the Kalos Region. Her family was very wealthy, but lacked companionship. Not because her parents were neglectful or bad people, just their jobs kept them away from home most of the time. Her father was a renowned on-the-field- Pokémon researcher, and her mother was a famous Pokémon breeder, known to have breed the Pokémon of Elite Four champions and master coordinators alike As a result she was mostly raised by her grandfather who lived on the family estate. From a young age, Celeste was able to form deep and meaningful friendships and bonds with all kinds Pokémon. Her grandfather attributed this due to her lack of interaction with other children and people, she treats the Pokémon she meets as if they were people, individuals, and befriends them as such.
Her grandfather, a former Ace Trainer and Veteran Competitive Battler, saw massive potential in the young girl due to her ability to form strong bonds with Pokémon, and began teaching her the basis and basics of Pokémon battling. Celeste took the lessons and knowledge in stride. On her tenth birthday she wanted to set out on her Pokémon journey with her best friend/ Pokémon at the time, a wild Riolu she had been friends with ever since she met him in the small forest on their family estate, but much to her disappointment, her parents told her no, for now, and instead her mother gave her a Pokémon egg and told her to take care of it, raise it, and once she understands the full responsibility of having Pokémon, then she will be allowed to go on her quest.
The egg eventually hatched into an Eevee. Celeste named her Sylvia since she had planned on evolving it into a Sylveon, her favorite Eeveeloution. After months with Sylvia, playing, bonding, and having practice battles with her grandfather to train, the day finally came when she would prove to her parents that she is now ready to start on her journey. It was the week of her eleventh birthday when they returned home for their visit, something that she was used to for as long as she could remember.
Celeste showed her parents the progress she had made with Sylvia, her parents were beyond impressed and agreed to let her go on her journey. It was their gift to her, in addition once she got the ok to go, her best friend Riolu challenged her and Eevee on the spot to a battle. With her parent’s blessing and her grandfather watching with interest. The battle begun right in the middle of Celeste’s birthday celebration.
The battle was harder than anything Celeste had ever encountered, Sylvia was at a type disadvantage and Riolu was no slouch, showing off his speed, precision, and determination. When the battle had ended, Sylvia stood victorious, standing by sheer will power alone. After the battle Celeste’s grandfather handed her a Pokéball. She looked at Riolu and he nodded back, he was the first Pokémon she would capture.
From that point on, Celeste began her goal of becoming one of the greatest Pokémon trainers of all time, someone that even League Champions will admire and respect. She would study hard in-between battling, training, and traveling, looking for powerful Pokémon and where to find them. Carefully constructing her team Pokémon one at a time making sure each member of the team fits with the rest.
It took her 6 years to assemble her team, travelling across 7 different regions, spending roughly a year in each training, looking for her desired Pokémon, and challenging the gyms in each region along with any other battling establishments such as the Battle Frontier and Battle Tower whenever available. But she always stayed away from the Elite Four, she heard stories about their skills and power from her grandfather’s stories, and from then on she always wanted to be a champion and she had made it a goal to herself that once she is ready, she will challenge them in succession starting with the Kalos League, and once she acquired every badge from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos would she started her challenge of the Elite Fours across the many regions.
She started with her home region of Kalos, defeating Diantha after several attempts, always failing at her Mega-Gardevoir. After a brief break in which she reconsidered her strategies and mindset, Celeste finally managed to overcome Diantha despite having a Mega stone herself, but at the cost of sacrificing one of her prior Pokémon to weaken it. This was a strategy that deeply went against her morals and was one of the few times where her victory felt hollow and undeserving despite being one of her greatest accomplishments. Despite this she did earn Diantha’s favor and the two became decent acquaintances and friends. After this battle Celeste returned home to do some soul searching of her own.
Currently, she spends her time leisurely exploring the Alola Region, experiencing the island trials, and challenging the island Kahunas, while she gears to continue her challenge of the other champions.
Name: Celeste Masters
Title(s): The Empress, Spire Master
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Height: 5’6 (~167.64 cm)
Weight: 117 lbs.
Hair Color: Platinum blonde, single violet streak
Build: Hourglass-like, slightly curvy and athletic but leaning towards the slimmer side
Eye color: Deep purple
Birthplace: Cyllage City, Kalos
First Pokémon: Eevee (now a Sylveon) / Riolu (now a Lucario)
Current location: Veritas Island
Occupation: Professional Pokémon Trainer, Pokémon Behaviorist
Affiliations: The Battle Spire, Elite Four (all regions), Battle Frontier (all available regions)
Likes: Pokémon, making Poké Puffs, high level competitive battling, traveling, meeting new people, testing unique battle strategies, team bonding exercises, exploring the world
Dislikes: Thieves of any kind, mistreating Pokémon and calling it ‘tough love’ unnecessary crowds, paparazzi
Fears: Disappointing her Team
Clothing/ Accessories/ Appearance: Typically seen in a shorter white tube top with a violet Pokéball design on the lower left side and a vertical black stripe down the front right side. Occasionally seen with a dark purple cropped zip up hoodie with an oversized hood and a yellow Pokéball pattern on the back, a silver necklace with Sylvia’s Pokéball attached to it, she also has a specialized wristbands on each of her wrists that holds her on hand Pokémon (three on left and two on right). She wears a pair of three finger gloves that cover her thumb, index and middle fingers. She wears dark purple loose waist baggy cargo pants, a black belt with a Pokéball design buckle, and a pair of thick-padded black and white skate shoes. She also has a white messenger bag with a black Pokéball design on it that she keeps her other belongings in. Her long unkempt hair hangs a bit past her waist and swept backward from her forehead leaving only a few strands hanging down her face. She wears a Z-Bracelet on her upper left arm and a Mega Keystone set in an elaborate setting embedded on an armband that she wears on her upper right arm. Lucas, her Lucario, has the same on his right upper-arm as well.
Badges: Indigo League, Johto League, Hoenn League, Sinnoh League, Unova League, Kalos League
Other achievements: 1 of 6 Spire Masters the Battle Spire. Defeated Champion Diantha in Kalos and Champion Cynthia in Sinoh
Personality:
Very intelligent, methodical, and analytical, Celeste has always been more interested in Pokémon than people, making her seem standoffish to other people. In reality she holds no resentment towards people there’s just not much to talk about in her opinion. She could easily establish deep friendships and bonds with Pokémon, treating them as an extension of her family. As a result, once she became a trainer the Pokémon she would train would be closely bonded with her and with other members of the team, giving their full trust to one another and spurring each other on in battle, becoming more like family. She’s kind, generous, compassionate, often times empathetic. Her true passion shows when she’s training and even more so when battling, she gives her all into every battle, her passion, drive, and will for high level competitive battling knows no peer, her Pokémon share in her mindset and passions both on and off the battlefield, celebrating every victory and learning from every loss.
Her true passion shows when she’s training and even more so when battling, she gives her all into every battle, her passion, drive, and will for high level competitive battling knows no peer, her Pokémon share in her mindset and passions both on and off the battlefield, celebrating every victory and learning from every defeat. She has an aura of confidence and command about her that translates onto her Pokémon.
Battle Style:
Celeste uses very few verbal commands to order her Pokémon around during battle. She trusts them that they know the best ability and actions to take during a heated moment and situation. However, when Celeste does give an order, her Pokémon will obey and not hesitate to change their course of action to what she ordered. Often times Celeste's orders is already the action of her active battling Pokémon, executing them slightly before or as the order is given. Her Pokémon knows what she wants and Celeste knows how each of her Pokémon prefers to battle. Her team functions as a well-oiled machine, each Pokémon knows their exact role and their teammates as well. Their trust in one-another is complete and absolute.
Unlike other trainers, Celeste has all of her Pokémon out at the start of a battle, they watch, learn, and cheer their teammates on from the side of the arena. This has been her signature style since she started her adventure, Celeste believes that this builds strong team-bonds, and also acts a good time for the rest of her team to learn about their opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. This style of battling has been adopted by other Spire Masters and some Battlemasters as well. The element of concealing their own Pokémon from their opponents holds little to no value at the highest level of competition. Instead opting to value knowledge and team relationship more, after all to them, a Pokémon's power cannot be judged by what they are until they are in the battle arena.
Background:
Originally born on her family’s estate near Cyllage City in the Kalos Region. Her family was very wealthy, but lacked companionship. Not because her parents were neglectful or bad people, just their jobs kept them away from home most of the time. Her father was a renowned on-the-field- Pokémon researcher, and her mother was a famous Pokémon breeder, known to have breed the Pokémon of Elite Four champions and master coordinators alike As a result she was mostly raised by her grandfather who lived on the family estate. From a young age, Celeste was able to form deep and meaningful friendships and bonds with all kinds Pokémon. Her grandfather attributed this due to her lack of interaction with other children and people, she treats the Pokémon she meets as if they were people, individuals, and befriends them as such.
Her grandfather, a former Ace Trainer and Veteran Competitive Battler, saw massive potential in the young girl due to her ability to form strong bonds with Pokémon, and began teaching her the basis and basics of Pokémon battling. Celeste took the lessons and knowledge in stride. On her tenth birthday she wanted to set out on her Pokémon journey with her best friend/ Pokémon at the time, a wild Riolu she had been friends with ever since she met him in the small forest on their family estate, but much to her disappointment, her parents told her no, for now, and instead her mother gave her a Pokémon egg and told her to take care of it, raise it, and once she understands the full responsibility of having Pokémon, then she will be allowed to go on her quest.
The egg eventually hatched into an Eevee. Celeste named her Sylvia since she had planned on evolving it into a Sylveon, her favorite Eeveeloution. After months with Sylvia, playing, bonding, and having practice battles with her grandfather to train, the day finally came when she would prove to her parents that she is now ready to start on her journey. It was the week of her eleventh birthday when they returned home for their visit, something that she was used to for as long as she could remember.
Celeste showed her parents the progress she had made with Sylvia, her parents were beyond impressed and agreed to let her go on her journey. It was their gift to her, in addition once she got the ok to go, her best friend Riolu challenged her and Eevee on the spot to a battle. With her parent’s blessing and her grandfather watching with interest. The battle begun right in the middle of Celeste’s birthday celebration.
The battle was harder than anything Celeste had ever encountered, Sylvia was at a type disadvantage and Riolu was no slouch, showing off his speed, precision, and determination. When the battle had ended, Sylvia stood victorious, standing by sheer will power alone. After the battle Celeste’s grandfather handed her a Pokéball. She looked at Riolu and he nodded back, he was the first Pokémon she would capture.
From that point on, Celeste began her goal of becoming one of the greatest Pokémon trainers of all time, someone that even League Champions will admire and respect. She would study hard in-between battling, training, and traveling, looking for powerful Pokémon and where to find them. Carefully constructing her team Pokémon one at a time making sure each member of the team fits with the rest.
It took her 6 years to assemble her team, travelling across 7 different regions, spending roughly a year in each training, looking for her desired Pokémon, and challenging the gyms in each region along with any other battling establishments such as the Battle Frontier and Battle Tower whenever available. But she always stayed away from the Elite Four, she heard stories about their skills and power from her grandfather’s stories, and from then on she always wanted to be a champion and she had made it a goal to herself that once she is ready, she will challenge them in succession starting with the Kalos League, and once she acquired every badge from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos would she started her challenge of the Elite Fours across the many regions.
She started with her home region of Kalos, defeating Diantha after several attempts, always failing at her Mega-Gardevoir. After a brief break in which she reconsidered her strategies and mindset, Celeste finally managed to overcome Diantha despite having a Mega stone herself, but at the cost of sacrificing one of her prior Pokémon to weaken it. This was a strategy that deeply went against her morals and was one of the few times where her victory felt hollow and undeserving despite being one of her greatest accomplishments. Despite this she did earn Diantha’s favor and the two became decent acquaintances and friends. After this battle Celeste returned home to do some soul searching of her own.
Currently, she spends her time leisurely exploring the Alola Region, experiencing the island trials, and challenging the island Kahunas, while she gears to continue her challenge of the other champions.
Name: Kayo
Species: Alolan Ninetales
Gender: Female
Personality: Timid, shy, but elegant, usually reserved but will go to great lengths to protect her teammates, usually as the team’s opening Pokémon her will is indomitable
Ability: Snow Warning
Held Item: Light Clay
History: More often than not Kayo fearlessly leads her team into battle with pride and confidence. She primarily acts as the defensive setup and support for the rest of the team utilizing her special ability, Snow Warning, along with Aurora Veil.
First encountered in the Alola region as an Alolan Vulpix that was causing trouble for Tapu Village. Unable to properly control her Snow Warning ability, the hail was causing damage to the small village. Celeste caught news of this as she adventured through the area and decided to investigate. The confrontation was fierce once Celeste managed to properly challenge the Vulpix in battle. After a brief but intense battle the little Vulpix was defeated by Tempris. After the battle Celeste persuaded the little Vulpix to join the team, promising her that they will teach her how to control her ability, train her to become strong, become part of the family, and explore the world, to which the Vulpix happily accepted and became a vital part of Celeste’s team.
The Vulpix worked extremely hard and made amazing progress, mastering her Snow Warning ability within a few months all the while learning and mastering a plethora of other moves. She was motivated after her battle with Tempris, dazzled and entranced by Tempris’s beautiful display of fire.
After seeing the power of the rest of her teammates, she was determined to become just as strong as them. Just about six months after joining Celeste’s team, Vulpix had shown interest to want to evolve into a Alolan Ninetales, to which Celeste agreed and after passing a final battle test against an opponent of her choosing from the team, battling Tempris since she was her primary inspiration and idol, Celeste gave her, her Ice Stone and evolved into Alolan Ninetales.
Despite being accepted by the rest of the team as a full-fledged member of the family, Kayo still sometimes has a hard time finding her place among the team, at times feeling like she is holding them back, but in reality, she’s just as strong and tough. Celeste, Sylvia, and Lucas have been trying to build her confidence as of late and she has seen massive improvements.
Name: Sylvia
Species: Sylveon
Gender: Female
Personality: Bold, motherly, and caring, fearless and willing to sacrifice herself for the team, hates to disappoint
Ability: Pixilate
Held Item: Leftovers
History: History: Technically Celeste’s first Pokémon. Sylvia started as an Eevee egg given to Celeste by her parents at the age of 10 instead of letting her start her journey with her best friend, a wild Riolu she befriended on her family’s estate named Lucas, her parent’s reason for this, is for her to learn about the responsibilities of having her own Pokémon.
Ever since Eevee first hatched she had been extremely confident and bold, confronting Pokémon several times larger than herself or being outnumbered, when push comes to shove. This lead to Eevee becoming a very competent battler, which complemented Celeste’s natural talent for training and battling Pokémon, most likely inherited from her mother. Shortly after setting out on their journey Eevee evolved into Sylveon due to Celeste’s hobby of making high quality Poké Puffs and Eevee being more than a willing participant in assisting and taste testing.
Being the one of the oldest on the team, the perfect role model, and her general displays of care, compassion and sacrifices, Sylvia is seen as the motherly caregiver on the team loved, cherished by all others, the number one cheerleader for everyone, and the undisputed leader of the team.
Sylvia plays a vast array of roles on Celeste’s team. Primarily Sylvia fills the healing and status support. But, Sylvia is far from just being a support, when the situation calls for it, Sylvia utilizes a large move set of powerful fairy moves. Her ability Pixilate, also further enhances her offensive move pool turning Normal type attacks into Fairy type attacks. She is a fierce battler and inspires the rest of the team to greatness whenever she battles.
Name: Sycorax
Species: Gliscor
Gender: Male
Personality: Jolly, somewhat intimidating in appearance, and dislikes conflict within the team, but is a huge softie and loves to hug and cuddle
Ability: Poison Heal
Held Item: Poison Orb
History: Sycorax was an unexpected addition to the team. Celeste initially met the Gliscor as a Gligar when she was venturing through Johto looking for a Skarmory. The little Gligar followed Celeste when he spotted her battling a trainer in the mountainous woods near Blackthron City, a popular training area for up-and-coming trainers. He was enamored by the battle, seeing how Celeste and her Lucario dominated the battle, effortlessly dictating the momentum and flow. Becoming a great Pokémon with a great trainer and being respected and loved by others was something that the Gligar had always dreamed of. But among his family and group Gligar was always more of a meek Pokémon and tended to be too much of a softie.
After a while Gligar finally mustered up the courage to confront Celeste directly. She seemed disinterested in him but he was determined to prove to her that he was good enough. He refused to back down when she tried to circumvent him, constantly getting in her way, that day, Gligar had made up his mind and he was either going to prove himself or get beaten into the ground trying. He had failed to get Celeste to battle him throughout the day until it was sunset while Celeste and the rest of her team was setting up camp, Gligar was nearby watching, almost completely hopeless., then to his surprise, Sylvia approached him and offered him food. He hadn’t noticed that he was completely famished. As the evening settled in, Celeste finally approached the Gligar complementing him on his determination, and that if he really wanted to battle, she will humor him, she even allowed him to pick his own opponent. Gligar was completely intimidated by Celeste’s team of Pokémon. After sizing each one of them up, he decided to challenge Sylvia, who happily obliged.
Celeste was surprised by the cleverness and resourcefulness of the little flying scorpion managing to land several good hits on Sylvia before being overpowered by her. Celeste decided to give the Gligar a chance, and he happily accepted.
The training he was put through was harder than anything he could have predicted, pushing him far past his known limits. The rest of Celeste’s party were always around to cheer him on and encouraged him while they endured their own training. After months on end, Gligar had become a very stable member of the team becoming a very powerful physical attacker as well as offering some support. Gligar was finally offered a Razor Claw to evolve one night eight months later which he took with excitement.
As a Gliscor, Sycorax, plays a key role on the team, as a very tough Pokémon able to take hits, recover, and hit back just as hard if not harder most of the time. Being a great follow up to Kayo, Sycorax sets up entry hazards for the team as well as clearing them. He now has a solid position on Celeste’s team and they rely on him just as he on them.
Name: Tempris
Species: Volcarona (Shiny)
Gender: Female
Personality: Timid, fearless, and powerful, fiercely loyal and never holds back in battle, a spectacle of fire and domination
Ability: Flame Body
Held Item: Bugininum Z
History: Celeste discovered the, would be, Tempris deep in the Desert Resort while adventuring through the Unova region. Within its deepest parts Celeste discovered an odd egg buried in heated ashes and sand near an altar. She assumed it probably belonged to the ancient Pokémon Volcarona that she heard rumors about from the locals that Volcarona lived in the depths of Relic Castle, but Volcarona was nowhere to be found. Celeste assumed that it was out looking for food or patrolling, so she decided to camp nearby within the Relic Castle, hoping it would return soon so she can challenge it in a battle.
Two days pass and Volcarona did not return and the heated embers and ash the egg was buried in had to be kept hot by Celeste who was also running low and supplies. She had to leave if she wanted to make it back to a city safely with what supplies she has left. A hard decision was made and Celeste capsuled the egg into an incubator she had brought along, was the same one that Sylvia as an Eevee was hatched from.
After several weeks the egg finally hatched into a beautiful female shiny Larvesta to Celeste’s delight, she named her Tempris who would eventually evolve into a massive Volcarona. Tempris easily secured her spot on the team and fits in perfectly well with the others. Tempris battles with speed, power, and grace far beyond her peers. She primarily utilizes overwhelmingly powerful special attacks that often leave opponents dazed and intimidated by the intensity and ferocity.
Name: Lucas
Species: Lucario
Gender: Male
Personality: Jolly, supportive, brave, and thrives in battle, strategic and precise, battles for the joy of battling, funny joker of the team, likes having a good time with teammates when not battling, and is the second biggest cheerleader on the team
Ability: Justified
Held Item: Lucarionite (Approved by Stellar)
History:
Lucas shares an extremely strong bond with Celeste along with Sylvia, the three of them being inseparable since their journey began so long ago. Having pretty much grown up with her as a Riolu from a very young age. He was her first friend and the very first Pokémon that Celeste captured. He challenged her to battle at her eleventh birthday celebration once she got the OK to be a trainer.
As a Riolu, Lucas was already quite the formidable Pokémon, excelling in speed and power, easily beating Sylvia as an Eevee during mock battles as well as making quick work of various other trainer’s Pokémon. When they encountered Gym Leader Korrina in Shalour City that was when Celeste and her team got her first taste of defeat, losing at the end when Celeste’s Riolu faced off against Korrina’s Lucario. Celeste becoming more determined and focused than ever re-challenged Korrina after a month of intense training. Once again the battle came down to Riolu against Lucario. The battle was much closer than before. Korrina noting that Celeste’s Riolu was truly something special, being able to keep up with her Lucario, but before the battle could conclude. Lucas evolved before he could be struck down. Lucas’s counter attacks were blindingly quick, strong, and more precise than they have ever been. Korrina’s Lucario although extremely tough could not keep up with the renewed vigor of Lucas, in addition to being whittled down previously. Korrina commended Celeste on her victory and congratulated on Lucas’s evolution.
Lucas has been the cornerstone of physical offense on Celeste’s team, often her ace in battles. Lucas prides himself in his speed and precision, often taking down foes with just a few key attacks at the perfect time. Though Lucas prefers physical combat, he can also utilize a wide array of powerful ranged special attacks to catch his opponent off-guard.
After Celeste had earned her first champion title in Kalos she returned home to rest. A few days after she returned home, Korrina contacted her and asked her if they could meet. To which Celeste agreed, remembering her battle against her Lucario and Lucas evolving from their winning battle, it was something she could never forget.
The two trainers greeted each other like old friends. Korrina congratulated Celeste on her victory against Diantha. Clearly impressed, Korrina challenged Celeste to a special 1v1 battle, Lucario vs. Lucario. Celeste was never one to pass a battle and either was Lucas.
Celeste noticed that Korrina and her Lucario carried a mega keystone and a mega stone. She was not exactly intimidated by the items having recently defeated Diantha and her Mega Gardevoir, but that was with support from the rest of the team and even then it was a struggle, Celeste was not too sure about how Lucas would fair against a Mega in a 1v1 situation. Her concern was noticed by Sylvia and Lucas. Lucas assured her that things will be fine.
As predicted, Korrina Mega-evolved her Lucario at the start of the match. Utilizing their prior knowledge from battling Korrina in the past, Lucas started in a defensive stance and used Protect. Their predictions had been accurate, Lucas negated the Mega-Lucario’s Bone Rush. Lucas then Bullet Punched the Mega, and used Extreemspeed to get away.
Korrina’s Lucario followed suit, coming out of the Extremespeed with a Power-Up Punch. He managed to hit Lucas before he was able to Protect. Withstanding the Power-Up Punch, Lucas used Counter, but Korrina’s Lucario had used protect to negate the damage. Korrina and her Lucario had gotten much stronger than Celeste had anticipated. The battle between the two Lucarios raged on, the speed of the two were awe-inspiring to look watch. They utilized Extreemspeed as basic movement most of the time as well as momentum for delivering devastating Sky Uppercuts, High Jump Kicks, Bone Rushes, Meteor Mashes, and various other physical attacks.
Lucas was having the time of his life, perfectly synched with Celeste, executing orders fractions of seconds before they were give. Lucas knows what Celeste wants and Celeste knows how Lucas likes to battle. Despite gradually taking more and more damage from the Mega-Lucario, Lucas was holding on. Lucas was fast but the Mega just had the slight edge in speed over him still, but what he lacked in speed, Lucas made up for in precision high damaging strikes, but this was a losing battle at the rate they were trading blows. Due to Mega-Lucario being super powered up, Lucas’s endurance was faltering much quicker, damage wise they had received roughly equal amounts, but Mega-Lucario was just more durable with his power up, while Lucas was using Drain Punch to keep up.
Eventually the battle was lost. Lucas was defeated in a final all-or-nothing trade, with Lucas using Close Combat and Mega-Lucario retaliating with Bone Rush. After the brief and extremely intense skirmish, Lucas collapsed, but he had a joyous expression on his face. Celeste knew that the opportunity for another Pokémon to push Lucas that much comes rarely outside of Champion and Elite Four battles.
After the battle and after the two Lucario’s had rested up, Korrina commended Celeste on a fantastic battle and gifted her a Lucarionite. Korrina stating that she had been right to keep an eye on her and that Celeste, Lucas, and the rest of Celeste’s team was only going to go accomplish even bigger things. Celeste graciously accepted despite not having a Mega Keystone at the time, seeing the item more as a token of accomplishment and as a milestone.
Name: Aegis
Species: Aegislash (Shiny)
Gender: Male
Personality: Quiet
Ability: Stance Change
Held Item: Weakness Policy
History:
Upon Celeste’s return home after her victory over Diantha, her grandfather asked her to humor him in an exhibition match. Having never actually battled her grandfather before she gladly accepted. Her grandfather’s team was indeed formidable but one by one they fell. Kayo taking out two Pokémon before being defeated, Sylvia taking down three before she succumbed to the damage. None of his Pokémon were new to her, having played with them when Celeste was a child, but among her grandfather’s Pokémon, there was one that she was anticipating to battle above all others. It was her grandfather’s first captured Pokémon and his, now, oldest partner, a shiny Aegislash named Aegis.
When Aegis hit the field her grandfather’s entire disposition changed. There was a passion in his eyes that was not there with his other Pokémon, a nostalgia that brought a tear to his eye. For the first time in a long time, Celeste was anxious about this particular Pokémon. She had battled Aegislashs before, but for some reason her grandfather’s Aegislash seemed different.
Celeste sent Sycorax in hoping he is able to scout of what she was up against and perhaps weaken Aegis, and for type advantage. Aegis stood its ground, blocking just about every offensive ability that Celeste tried on it with King’s Shield, and counter attacking with devastating efficiency. And with every failed attempt Sycorax grew weaker and weaker, until a swift and powerful Scared Sword knocked out the flying scorpion.
Celeste’s grandfather and his Aegislash were extremely patient, the timing of Aegis’s Stance Change was unlike any other Aegislash Celeste had ever battled it was completely perfect. To Tempris’s dismay Lucas stepped into the ring to face Aegis. Celeste’s grandfather smiled at the Lucario, remembering how he was as a Riolu.
After observing the battle between Aegis and Sycorax, Lucas kept his distance, firing off Aura Spheres, Flash Cannons, and Focus Blasts. The Aegislash weaved and dodged the Flash Cannons and Focus Blasts with ease, and negated the Aura Spheres with King’s Shield. Lucas was doing his best to keep on the move. Aegis would frequently fade in and out between dodges and King’s Shield, reappearing close for counter attacks. Lucas dodged Aegis’s counter attacks but never struck back, he was waiting for the perfect opportunity. After what seemed like close to twenty minutes of an intense cat and mouse game Lucas caught the perfect moment. Aegis had blocked an Aura Sphere with King’s Shield and Lucas purposefully delayed his follow up action feigning it as exhaustion. As Aegis disappeared and reappeared by Lucas in sword form ready to cut down Lucas with Sacred Sword, Lucas retaliated with Close Combat out speeding Aegislash. It was the most brutal Close Combat that Lucas had ever executed. Right after, Lucas used Dark Pulse and sent Aegis rocketing away.
The badly injured Aegislash was still not out yet after it had slammed into a nearby rock formation, creating a small impact crater. Lucas was revving to continue, finally gaining the momentum of the battle, but Celeste’s grandfather ended the battle. He knew that he had lost, seeing the fire and vigor still within Lucas along with Celeste still having a fully healthy Pokémon on bench. Aegis had sustained heavy damage from the perfectly times counter attacks, and it would have taken near perfect counter play from that point on for Aegis to even have a slim chance of winning, and with the damage fatigue Aegis had taken, that was impossible.
After the battle Celeste was approached by her grandfather. He handed her two things that she never expected to get from him. One was a Pokéball that contained Aegis, and the other was a small sealed white decorative box. He explained to Celeste that the idea to battle her in the first place came from Aegis after watching her compete on TV when she battled against Cynthia for her fourth champion title. The battle was more of a show for Aegis to show off his abilities to Celeste. She gratefully accepted the two gifts from her grandfather with great pride and excitement that reminded him of when she first caught Riolu over a decade ago.
Inside the small decorative white box Celeste discovered it contained a Mega Keystone. When questioned, her grandfather explained to her that it was a family heirloom that had been passed down for generations from his father. Since Celeste’s mother and none of Celeste’s aunts and uncles were good enough trainers that would have benefited from the Mega Keystone, he never passed it to any of them. According her grandfather, he had used it in his earlier years when he was an Ace Trainer and had a Blaziken, his starter Pokémon. Celeste remembered the Blaziken, it had been one of her good friends before it passed from old age.
Species: Alolan Ninetales
Gender: Female
Personality: Timid, shy, but elegant, usually reserved but will go to great lengths to protect her teammates, usually as the team’s opening Pokémon her will is indomitable
Ability: Snow Warning
Held Item: Light Clay
History: More often than not Kayo fearlessly leads her team into battle with pride and confidence. She primarily acts as the defensive setup and support for the rest of the team utilizing her special ability, Snow Warning, along with Aurora Veil.
First encountered in the Alola region as an Alolan Vulpix that was causing trouble for Tapu Village. Unable to properly control her Snow Warning ability, the hail was causing damage to the small village. Celeste caught news of this as she adventured through the area and decided to investigate. The confrontation was fierce once Celeste managed to properly challenge the Vulpix in battle. After a brief but intense battle the little Vulpix was defeated by Tempris. After the battle Celeste persuaded the little Vulpix to join the team, promising her that they will teach her how to control her ability, train her to become strong, become part of the family, and explore the world, to which the Vulpix happily accepted and became a vital part of Celeste’s team.
The Vulpix worked extremely hard and made amazing progress, mastering her Snow Warning ability within a few months all the while learning and mastering a plethora of other moves. She was motivated after her battle with Tempris, dazzled and entranced by Tempris’s beautiful display of fire.
After seeing the power of the rest of her teammates, she was determined to become just as strong as them. Just about six months after joining Celeste’s team, Vulpix had shown interest to want to evolve into a Alolan Ninetales, to which Celeste agreed and after passing a final battle test against an opponent of her choosing from the team, battling Tempris since she was her primary inspiration and idol, Celeste gave her, her Ice Stone and evolved into Alolan Ninetales.
Despite being accepted by the rest of the team as a full-fledged member of the family, Kayo still sometimes has a hard time finding her place among the team, at times feeling like she is holding them back, but in reality, she’s just as strong and tough. Celeste, Sylvia, and Lucas have been trying to build her confidence as of late and she has seen massive improvements.
Name: Sylvia
Species: Sylveon
Gender: Female
Personality: Bold, motherly, and caring, fearless and willing to sacrifice herself for the team, hates to disappoint
Ability: Pixilate
Held Item: Leftovers
History: History: Technically Celeste’s first Pokémon. Sylvia started as an Eevee egg given to Celeste by her parents at the age of 10 instead of letting her start her journey with her best friend, a wild Riolu she befriended on her family’s estate named Lucas, her parent’s reason for this, is for her to learn about the responsibilities of having her own Pokémon.
Ever since Eevee first hatched she had been extremely confident and bold, confronting Pokémon several times larger than herself or being outnumbered, when push comes to shove. This lead to Eevee becoming a very competent battler, which complemented Celeste’s natural talent for training and battling Pokémon, most likely inherited from her mother. Shortly after setting out on their journey Eevee evolved into Sylveon due to Celeste’s hobby of making high quality Poké Puffs and Eevee being more than a willing participant in assisting and taste testing.
Being the one of the oldest on the team, the perfect role model, and her general displays of care, compassion and sacrifices, Sylvia is seen as the motherly caregiver on the team loved, cherished by all others, the number one cheerleader for everyone, and the undisputed leader of the team.
Sylvia plays a vast array of roles on Celeste’s team. Primarily Sylvia fills the healing and status support. But, Sylvia is far from just being a support, when the situation calls for it, Sylvia utilizes a large move set of powerful fairy moves. Her ability Pixilate, also further enhances her offensive move pool turning Normal type attacks into Fairy type attacks. She is a fierce battler and inspires the rest of the team to greatness whenever she battles.
Name: Sycorax
Species: Gliscor
Gender: Male
Personality: Jolly, somewhat intimidating in appearance, and dislikes conflict within the team, but is a huge softie and loves to hug and cuddle
Ability: Poison Heal
Held Item: Poison Orb
History: Sycorax was an unexpected addition to the team. Celeste initially met the Gliscor as a Gligar when she was venturing through Johto looking for a Skarmory. The little Gligar followed Celeste when he spotted her battling a trainer in the mountainous woods near Blackthron City, a popular training area for up-and-coming trainers. He was enamored by the battle, seeing how Celeste and her Lucario dominated the battle, effortlessly dictating the momentum and flow. Becoming a great Pokémon with a great trainer and being respected and loved by others was something that the Gligar had always dreamed of. But among his family and group Gligar was always more of a meek Pokémon and tended to be too much of a softie.
After a while Gligar finally mustered up the courage to confront Celeste directly. She seemed disinterested in him but he was determined to prove to her that he was good enough. He refused to back down when she tried to circumvent him, constantly getting in her way, that day, Gligar had made up his mind and he was either going to prove himself or get beaten into the ground trying. He had failed to get Celeste to battle him throughout the day until it was sunset while Celeste and the rest of her team was setting up camp, Gligar was nearby watching, almost completely hopeless., then to his surprise, Sylvia approached him and offered him food. He hadn’t noticed that he was completely famished. As the evening settled in, Celeste finally approached the Gligar complementing him on his determination, and that if he really wanted to battle, she will humor him, she even allowed him to pick his own opponent. Gligar was completely intimidated by Celeste’s team of Pokémon. After sizing each one of them up, he decided to challenge Sylvia, who happily obliged.
Celeste was surprised by the cleverness and resourcefulness of the little flying scorpion managing to land several good hits on Sylvia before being overpowered by her. Celeste decided to give the Gligar a chance, and he happily accepted.
The training he was put through was harder than anything he could have predicted, pushing him far past his known limits. The rest of Celeste’s party were always around to cheer him on and encouraged him while they endured their own training. After months on end, Gligar had become a very stable member of the team becoming a very powerful physical attacker as well as offering some support. Gligar was finally offered a Razor Claw to evolve one night eight months later which he took with excitement.
As a Gliscor, Sycorax, plays a key role on the team, as a very tough Pokémon able to take hits, recover, and hit back just as hard if not harder most of the time. Being a great follow up to Kayo, Sycorax sets up entry hazards for the team as well as clearing them. He now has a solid position on Celeste’s team and they rely on him just as he on them.
Name: Tempris
Species: Volcarona (Shiny)
Gender: Female
Personality: Timid, fearless, and powerful, fiercely loyal and never holds back in battle, a spectacle of fire and domination
Ability: Flame Body
Held Item: Bugininum Z
History: Celeste discovered the, would be, Tempris deep in the Desert Resort while adventuring through the Unova region. Within its deepest parts Celeste discovered an odd egg buried in heated ashes and sand near an altar. She assumed it probably belonged to the ancient Pokémon Volcarona that she heard rumors about from the locals that Volcarona lived in the depths of Relic Castle, but Volcarona was nowhere to be found. Celeste assumed that it was out looking for food or patrolling, so she decided to camp nearby within the Relic Castle, hoping it would return soon so she can challenge it in a battle.
Two days pass and Volcarona did not return and the heated embers and ash the egg was buried in had to be kept hot by Celeste who was also running low and supplies. She had to leave if she wanted to make it back to a city safely with what supplies she has left. A hard decision was made and Celeste capsuled the egg into an incubator she had brought along, was the same one that Sylvia as an Eevee was hatched from.
After several weeks the egg finally hatched into a beautiful female shiny Larvesta to Celeste’s delight, she named her Tempris who would eventually evolve into a massive Volcarona. Tempris easily secured her spot on the team and fits in perfectly well with the others. Tempris battles with speed, power, and grace far beyond her peers. She primarily utilizes overwhelmingly powerful special attacks that often leave opponents dazed and intimidated by the intensity and ferocity.
Name: Lucas
Species: Lucario
Gender: Male
Personality: Jolly, supportive, brave, and thrives in battle, strategic and precise, battles for the joy of battling, funny joker of the team, likes having a good time with teammates when not battling, and is the second biggest cheerleader on the team
Ability: Justified
Held Item: Lucarionite (Approved by Stellar)
History:
Lucas shares an extremely strong bond with Celeste along with Sylvia, the three of them being inseparable since their journey began so long ago. Having pretty much grown up with her as a Riolu from a very young age. He was her first friend and the very first Pokémon that Celeste captured. He challenged her to battle at her eleventh birthday celebration once she got the OK to be a trainer.
As a Riolu, Lucas was already quite the formidable Pokémon, excelling in speed and power, easily beating Sylvia as an Eevee during mock battles as well as making quick work of various other trainer’s Pokémon. When they encountered Gym Leader Korrina in Shalour City that was when Celeste and her team got her first taste of defeat, losing at the end when Celeste’s Riolu faced off against Korrina’s Lucario. Celeste becoming more determined and focused than ever re-challenged Korrina after a month of intense training. Once again the battle came down to Riolu against Lucario. The battle was much closer than before. Korrina noting that Celeste’s Riolu was truly something special, being able to keep up with her Lucario, but before the battle could conclude. Lucas evolved before he could be struck down. Lucas’s counter attacks were blindingly quick, strong, and more precise than they have ever been. Korrina’s Lucario although extremely tough could not keep up with the renewed vigor of Lucas, in addition to being whittled down previously. Korrina commended Celeste on her victory and congratulated on Lucas’s evolution.
Lucas has been the cornerstone of physical offense on Celeste’s team, often her ace in battles. Lucas prides himself in his speed and precision, often taking down foes with just a few key attacks at the perfect time. Though Lucas prefers physical combat, he can also utilize a wide array of powerful ranged special attacks to catch his opponent off-guard.
After Celeste had earned her first champion title in Kalos she returned home to rest. A few days after she returned home, Korrina contacted her and asked her if they could meet. To which Celeste agreed, remembering her battle against her Lucario and Lucas evolving from their winning battle, it was something she could never forget.
The two trainers greeted each other like old friends. Korrina congratulated Celeste on her victory against Diantha. Clearly impressed, Korrina challenged Celeste to a special 1v1 battle, Lucario vs. Lucario. Celeste was never one to pass a battle and either was Lucas.
Celeste noticed that Korrina and her Lucario carried a mega keystone and a mega stone. She was not exactly intimidated by the items having recently defeated Diantha and her Mega Gardevoir, but that was with support from the rest of the team and even then it was a struggle, Celeste was not too sure about how Lucas would fair against a Mega in a 1v1 situation. Her concern was noticed by Sylvia and Lucas. Lucas assured her that things will be fine.
As predicted, Korrina Mega-evolved her Lucario at the start of the match. Utilizing their prior knowledge from battling Korrina in the past, Lucas started in a defensive stance and used Protect. Their predictions had been accurate, Lucas negated the Mega-Lucario’s Bone Rush. Lucas then Bullet Punched the Mega, and used Extreemspeed to get away.
Korrina’s Lucario followed suit, coming out of the Extremespeed with a Power-Up Punch. He managed to hit Lucas before he was able to Protect. Withstanding the Power-Up Punch, Lucas used Counter, but Korrina’s Lucario had used protect to negate the damage. Korrina and her Lucario had gotten much stronger than Celeste had anticipated. The battle between the two Lucarios raged on, the speed of the two were awe-inspiring to look watch. They utilized Extreemspeed as basic movement most of the time as well as momentum for delivering devastating Sky Uppercuts, High Jump Kicks, Bone Rushes, Meteor Mashes, and various other physical attacks.
Lucas was having the time of his life, perfectly synched with Celeste, executing orders fractions of seconds before they were give. Lucas knows what Celeste wants and Celeste knows how Lucas likes to battle. Despite gradually taking more and more damage from the Mega-Lucario, Lucas was holding on. Lucas was fast but the Mega just had the slight edge in speed over him still, but what he lacked in speed, Lucas made up for in precision high damaging strikes, but this was a losing battle at the rate they were trading blows. Due to Mega-Lucario being super powered up, Lucas’s endurance was faltering much quicker, damage wise they had received roughly equal amounts, but Mega-Lucario was just more durable with his power up, while Lucas was using Drain Punch to keep up.
Eventually the battle was lost. Lucas was defeated in a final all-or-nothing trade, with Lucas using Close Combat and Mega-Lucario retaliating with Bone Rush. After the brief and extremely intense skirmish, Lucas collapsed, but he had a joyous expression on his face. Celeste knew that the opportunity for another Pokémon to push Lucas that much comes rarely outside of Champion and Elite Four battles.
After the battle and after the two Lucario’s had rested up, Korrina commended Celeste on a fantastic battle and gifted her a Lucarionite. Korrina stating that she had been right to keep an eye on her and that Celeste, Lucas, and the rest of Celeste’s team was only going to go accomplish even bigger things. Celeste graciously accepted despite not having a Mega Keystone at the time, seeing the item more as a token of accomplishment and as a milestone.
Name: Aegis
Species: Aegislash (Shiny)
Gender: Male
Personality: Quiet
Ability: Stance Change
Held Item: Weakness Policy
History:
Upon Celeste’s return home after her victory over Diantha, her grandfather asked her to humor him in an exhibition match. Having never actually battled her grandfather before she gladly accepted. Her grandfather’s team was indeed formidable but one by one they fell. Kayo taking out two Pokémon before being defeated, Sylvia taking down three before she succumbed to the damage. None of his Pokémon were new to her, having played with them when Celeste was a child, but among her grandfather’s Pokémon, there was one that she was anticipating to battle above all others. It was her grandfather’s first captured Pokémon and his, now, oldest partner, a shiny Aegislash named Aegis.
When Aegis hit the field her grandfather’s entire disposition changed. There was a passion in his eyes that was not there with his other Pokémon, a nostalgia that brought a tear to his eye. For the first time in a long time, Celeste was anxious about this particular Pokémon. She had battled Aegislashs before, but for some reason her grandfather’s Aegislash seemed different.
Celeste sent Sycorax in hoping he is able to scout of what she was up against and perhaps weaken Aegis, and for type advantage. Aegis stood its ground, blocking just about every offensive ability that Celeste tried on it with King’s Shield, and counter attacking with devastating efficiency. And with every failed attempt Sycorax grew weaker and weaker, until a swift and powerful Scared Sword knocked out the flying scorpion.
Celeste’s grandfather and his Aegislash were extremely patient, the timing of Aegis’s Stance Change was unlike any other Aegislash Celeste had ever battled it was completely perfect. To Tempris’s dismay Lucas stepped into the ring to face Aegis. Celeste’s grandfather smiled at the Lucario, remembering how he was as a Riolu.
After observing the battle between Aegis and Sycorax, Lucas kept his distance, firing off Aura Spheres, Flash Cannons, and Focus Blasts. The Aegislash weaved and dodged the Flash Cannons and Focus Blasts with ease, and negated the Aura Spheres with King’s Shield. Lucas was doing his best to keep on the move. Aegis would frequently fade in and out between dodges and King’s Shield, reappearing close for counter attacks. Lucas dodged Aegis’s counter attacks but never struck back, he was waiting for the perfect opportunity. After what seemed like close to twenty minutes of an intense cat and mouse game Lucas caught the perfect moment. Aegis had blocked an Aura Sphere with King’s Shield and Lucas purposefully delayed his follow up action feigning it as exhaustion. As Aegis disappeared and reappeared by Lucas in sword form ready to cut down Lucas with Sacred Sword, Lucas retaliated with Close Combat out speeding Aegislash. It was the most brutal Close Combat that Lucas had ever executed. Right after, Lucas used Dark Pulse and sent Aegis rocketing away.
The badly injured Aegislash was still not out yet after it had slammed into a nearby rock formation, creating a small impact crater. Lucas was revving to continue, finally gaining the momentum of the battle, but Celeste’s grandfather ended the battle. He knew that he had lost, seeing the fire and vigor still within Lucas along with Celeste still having a fully healthy Pokémon on bench. Aegis had sustained heavy damage from the perfectly times counter attacks, and it would have taken near perfect counter play from that point on for Aegis to even have a slim chance of winning, and with the damage fatigue Aegis had taken, that was impossible.
After the battle Celeste was approached by her grandfather. He handed her two things that she never expected to get from him. One was a Pokéball that contained Aegis, and the other was a small sealed white decorative box. He explained to Celeste that the idea to battle her in the first place came from Aegis after watching her compete on TV when she battled against Cynthia for her fourth champion title. The battle was more of a show for Aegis to show off his abilities to Celeste. She gratefully accepted the two gifts from her grandfather with great pride and excitement that reminded him of when she first caught Riolu over a decade ago.
Inside the small decorative white box Celeste discovered it contained a Mega Keystone. When questioned, her grandfather explained to her that it was a family heirloom that had been passed down for generations from his father. Since Celeste’s mother and none of Celeste’s aunts and uncles were good enough trainers that would have benefited from the Mega Keystone, he never passed it to any of them. According her grandfather, he had used it in his earlier years when he was an Ace Trainer and had a Blaziken, his starter Pokémon. Celeste remembered the Blaziken, it had been one of her good friends before it passed from old age.
1. Talia Verdance Silverstone [EeviumZ]
2. Lucane Chimrouge [ThatJustin'sASPy!]
3. Xandra Chimrogue [ThatJustin'sASpy!]
4. Edward 'Ed' Thistle [The Wanderer]
5. Akabane Yuwa [soxterluna]
6. Hyoga Sato [Frontier Master]
7. Michael Fortum [itsgarrett_31]
8. Max Hansen [ThanosCar_The_Inevitable]
9. Kari Rebane [Foxex]
10. Lorenne Hemsworth [Condor]
11. Robin Deux [Captain Cardboard]
12. Jasmine Silverwood [FantasyApprentice]
13. Loki Primus [XanthousXatu]
14. Bailey Thornbury [Pinch]
15. Sophia Silver [FunnyCat117]
16. Ozona Reverie [Alternate_Mystery]
17. Evelyn "Eva" Terra [Merciless Medic]
18. Ace Greenheart [Eeveeon S]
19. Neon Barry [Captain Pokémon]
20. Winston Carlsmith [SharpShotInteleon]
21. Amara Kees [Jade_Eevee53]
22. Ben [Gamingfan]
23. Sasha Yamoto [BegalBitez]
24.
25.
Etc...
2. Lucane Chimrouge [ThatJustin'sASPy!]
3. Xandra Chimrogue [ThatJustin'sASpy!]
4. Edward 'Ed' Thistle [The Wanderer]
5. Akabane Yuwa [soxterluna]
6. Hyoga Sato [Frontier Master]
7. Michael Fortum [itsgarrett_31]
8. Max Hansen [ThanosCar_The_Inevitable]
9. Kari Rebane [Foxex]
10. Lorenne Hemsworth [Condor]
11. Robin Deux [Captain Cardboard]
12. Jasmine Silverwood [FantasyApprentice]
13. Loki Primus [XanthousXatu]
14. Bailey Thornbury [Pinch]
15. Sophia Silver [FunnyCat117]
16. Ozona Reverie [Alternate_Mystery]
17. Evelyn "Eva" Terra [Merciless Medic]
18. Ace Greenheart [Eeveeon S]
19. Neon Barry [Captain Pokémon]
20. Winston Carlsmith [SharpShotInteleon]
21. Amara Kees [Jade_Eevee53]
22. Ben [Gamingfan]
23. Sasha Yamoto [BegalBitez]
24.
25.
Etc...
1. Luna Soxter [soxterluna]
2. Shadara "Shade" Arcafiwhed Darastrix [Merciless Medic]
3. Emily Jane Wilder [Frontier Master]
4. Ethan Wright [PocketMonsterHunter]
5. Dayena Lunelle [Alternate_Mystery]
6. [TBD]
etc....
2. Shadara "Shade" Arcafiwhed Darastrix [Merciless Medic]
3. Emily Jane Wilder [Frontier Master]
4. Ethan Wright [PocketMonsterHunter]
5. Dayena Lunelle [Alternate_Mystery]
6. [TBD]
etc....
1. Celeste Masters [Foxex]
2. Alexander James Xavier VII [Frontier Master]
3. Ceres Aeons [Foxex]
4. Frankie/Zenith [The Legendary Trainer]
5. Sheila [Merciless Medic]
6. Auri Li [WildFlower]
2. Alexander James Xavier VII [Frontier Master]
3. Ceres Aeons [Foxex]
4. Frankie/Zenith [The Legendary Trainer]
5. Sheila [Merciless Medic]
6. Auri Li [WildFlower]
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