Welcome to Era, a once-prestigious kingdom, and now a mere shadow of its former glory. Rebel forces have dethroned the monarchy, aiming now to bring down the nobility. Ambitious Nobles meanwhile vie for power, though others simply wish to keep what they have. Others are Loyalists, believing some former-royalty could end this anarchy. Then there those who see a prime opportunity, and others who don't care at all. Some form Gangs, fighting for personal gain or unique causes, while others are more interested in the resurfacing of Shadow Pokemon. And naturally, there are those who just want to ignore everything and live their personal lives. There are no clear lines in Era.
Where in this chaos do you fall?
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Affiliations
NOBLES
REBELS
GANGS
LOYALISTS
OTHER
NEUTRAL
30
30
11
16
18
46
25
21
07
18
08
46
Totals
TOTAL MALES
TOTAL FEMALES
CHARACTER TOTAL
123
118
241
Again, there are no clear lines in Era. As such, many characters have more than one affiliation.
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Name:Jacob Stone | Age: 45 | Gender: Male | Player:Dare
Jacob was destined to lead his family's buisness with high hopes of wealth and glory... which were cut short by the unexpected pregnancy of his then-girlfriend. While "there" for his son until the boy grew up, Jacob largely turned away from responsibility and instead focused on his new job... with the Rebels. Today, he is extremely high within their ranks.
Name:Sofia Brooke | Age: 13| Gender: Female | Player:Elayne
Though technically a teenager, Sofia acts notably younger, retaining an eternal childlike innocence. She never runs out of energy, and loooves to talk to everyone, though the recent bombings have humbled her a bit. When her best friend Harvey ran away from home, Sofia decided an adventure with him sounded fun, and has been on the road ever since.
T H R E A D
Homeward Bound -------------------
While on the way to visit her brother, Justice lets her Togekiss take a break in the Tanglethorne Jungle and is greeted on ground-level by Seles and her Ditto, Duke, who has taken the form of a human. They introduce themselves and, as the conversation continues, Justice tells the woman where she's going, which prompts Seles to mention that she, like Justice's brother, is also a knight!
As the weather starts to pick up in an uncharacteristic snowstorm, the group looks for cover and finds a small hut in which they can take shelter and set up camp. Seles tries to make it more comfortable by releasing her Arcanine, which causes long-supressed memories from Justice's childhood to start coming back. While she is able to quell them at first, they prove too much and the girl eventually breaks down from her fear of fire and Fire-types. As she hallucinates that the hut has caught fire, Seles, Duke, and the other Pokemon present all try to calm her, to no avail.
Eventually, it occurs to one that if they can just find the Togekiss's Pokeball and release her, perhaps she will be able to calm the poor girl. After a brief search, they are able to find it and the Togekiss successfully comforts her trainer. After some time of letting Justice calm and offering as much comfort as she can manage, Seles mentions that she wants to meet someone as well: her cousin, who was once captain of the royal knights. The difference is she has no idea where he is and is searching for him rather than just going to visit as Justice is. Eventually, the storm dies down and they start to head out again, ready (they can only hope) to face whatever is in store.
(See link at the top for greater detail of the above and more plot thereafter! Thanks to Tere for this detailed desc and various smaller help with these spotlights.)
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Garcian's Pokemon « Thread Started on Aug 15, 2011, 5:10pm »
Name: Lexus Species: Volcarona Gender: Female Ability: Flame Body Personality: Lexus was the one companion that Gaston snuck onto Garcian's team at the last minute. Her name is apt; she is meant as a protector to the young man, and is also intended to guide him. Originally, she was bred by some shady-looking caretakers of exotic Pokemon, and, by order of Gaston upon her purchase, had been gradually taught the Human language to serve as a proper partner. Though it seems that she had only recently met her trainer, she essentially acts as a guardian and a motherly figure for him. Consistently she will reprimand him for whatever poor decisions he makes, and will comfort him whenever his spirits are low. In spite of whatever he may say to attempt to insult her for simply being a Bug type, she seems to show no signs of being offended and seems more entertained by these attempts.
Ever since Lexus's evolution, she seems to be touting much more wisdom than she did in her simple Larvesta form. Her actions are even more motherly and caring, and while Garci still continues to do as he wishes, Lexus now keeps an even more watchful eye over him. She seems to be much more willing to keep him safe, and rather than act as a somewhat snappy companion, she acts as a guardian.
Name: Bellator Species: Shiny Pawniard Gender: Male Ability: Defiant Personality: Bellator, in nature and in combat itself, is one cantankerous Pawniard. He seems insistent that he lives for combat, and he wouldn't be particularly wrong. Everyone, to some capacity, seems to be a target to him. Though he will not approach them to fight all of the time, he always seems to be prepared for a brawl should they turn on him. Even then, when he finds a valuable opponent, he won't hesitate to fight right after his challenge. Upon looking at a sort of mutual opponent shared by his trainer or Pokemon, he also will attack at a moment's notice. For his evolutionary line, being allegedly related to knights, he at least seems to keep a sort of honor about fighting, aware of manners, or chivalry. (He likely only practices the former.) He seems slightly disobedient, and given the name of his ability, somewhat defiant against his master, Garcian. That aside, he follows him because of his obligations as a Pokemon and the fact that obeying him will allow him to find more fights. Battles: 2
Name: Miles Edgeworth Species: Piplup Gender: Male Ability: Torrent Personality: Some call him the "Demon Prosecutor", an infamous prosecutor who would do anything to win a case. Some say that he even went as far as falsifying evidence to put the defendant in jail. He takes pride in his work, stubborn enough to ensure that he is right, and condescending enough to innocent new lawyers to ensure that their careers are forever marked with his victory. He is also quite the perfectionist, and in failure, he often meets a sharp decline in disposition. Furthermore, he is deeply afraid of earthquakes due to some sort of incident in the past. All of these qualities would be normally exhibited, had Edgeworth even been a human. No, this prosecutor is in fact, a Piplup, who, while showing respect to his master Garcian, secretly believes himself to be far, far better than he is. Usually, in public, Miles is quiet, but when brought to prosecute for a trial, he is quite the force to be reckoned with. In social occasions, he is shown as occasionally awkward or even anxious among other people. He will attempt to avoid attention, and has been shown to glare at others that are simply looking at him - a tendency he was born into doing. (Again, had he been a human.) Garcian picked up this Pokemon and named him after some court-based game he played once before, called 'Phonics Wrong' or something.
Name: Thanos Species: Klinklang Gender: Male Ability: Plus Personality: Very docile and logical in most situations, this Klinklang is actually very old (which somewhat accounts for his larger size in correspondence with other Klinklangs) and apparently came over on a shipment from Unova where he originally grew up. He's quite analytical and would actually greatly enjoy a talk about philosophy or literature if anyone that could speak pokemon could actually understand these concepts or be aware of them. He likes watching birds and bird pokemon along with the sea and will often tell stories about both subjects. Battles: 1
Name: Tomas Species: Albino Minun Gender: Male Ability: Minus Personality: This Minun's personality shifts considerably depending on whom he is talking to. To the Plusle whom he was captured with, he is a loving, kind, caring 'big brother' who would defend his 'little sister' no matter what. He would do anything to please her and bring a smile to her face in some way even if it was destruction to him or possibly to others around him. Towards his trainer and the Pikachu who serves as his 'caretaker' he is rather respectful but can be a bit defiant at times especially when prodded to do so by his sister. Towards his friends, he's outgoing, playful, and always up for a challenge, rarely showing fear in any circumstance due to his belief that he shouldn't show any because he's a 'man'. Towards those he dislikes or those whom he feels are below him in some form or fashion, he's horribly inconceivably cruel willing to electrocute the being in question until it has fainted. Overall, he's still very much a child and prone to taking chances and making mistakes, acting recklessly, etc. He will hopefully grow in time depending on how he is raised.
Name: Linn Species: Plusle Gender: Female Ability: Plus Personality: A bit quieter than her 'big brother' Minun, this Plusle can be outgoing and playful when around those she is comfortable with. She can be a bit pushy at times, and her spontaneous implausible tend to get her into trouble at times, yet her heart innocence is extremely pure and rather rare, truly. She'd never harm anyone or anything intentionally. Even when asked to battle, she will often apologize to her opponent for fighting them in the first place. She would much rather play and have fun all day rather than do anything else. She's a tad sensitive and defensive when it comes to her tail region as of late given that she was crushed a bit by a Klinklang, yet this should probably heal and leave no horribly adverse effects.
Name: Lightburst Species: Pikachu Gender: Female Ability: Lightningrod Personality: A very mothering type despite the fact that she's no truly that old, this Pikachu wants what is best for everyone and tries her very hardest to take care of those that are in need. On the top of her list seems to be children whether they be young pokemon or young humans. She sees them as innocent and therefore she believes they must be shielded and protected at all costs. That being said though she's an adult, she's still playful and spunky at times often taking up challenges that are posed to her. She likes to be around other electrical pokemon in general but seems to have a horrible knack for breaking lights when she releases her electricity. Battles: 0.5
Name: Aeolus Species: Albino Eevee Gender: Male Ability: Anticipation Personality: This Eevee is far from brave. He'd be more satisfied with running away from his problems and stress rather than confront it all. Because of this, he's actually rather good at running and can avoid a lot of attacks, yet one hit is generally enough to cause him to faint. Even if he evolves, it will take a good long while before he actually has any sort of attack and defense, and that being said, he doesn't even like to battle and would rather make one quick hit and flee rather than have a full scale battle. He's a bit of a cry baby at times especially when in pain and prone to breaking down into fits of tears that he doesn't even bother to try and hold back on. Oddly, he doesn't aspire to be anything he already isn't and is perfectly fine with himself. Battles: 0.5
Name: Oceanus Gender: Male Species:Wailmer Type: Water Ability: Water Veil Personality: This Wailmer was happily donated to the shelter, his previous owner not having enough food to satisfy the Poke'mon's constant need to feed. Oceanus didn't mind; someone would adopt him soon, and feed him and love him... until then, he remained at peace, staring at the walls of the shelter, eagerly anticipating his next meal. Food. That was all he could think about. That, and who his next trainer would be. He was so excited, such a species as him would surly be adopted soon...
...And so he waited. And he waited. And waited. But that was okay; Oceanus was content to stare at the walls all day long, humming a tune of sorts while he counted down the seconds until his next meal. Such puny meals they had started to become... he always wanted more... more... his bowels always churned like the endless seas themselves, craving, yearning, wanting... more.
Then the food became very minimal. Oceanus didn't mind though. He would sit and stare at that wall all day long, without a care in the world. Any staff that came by to clean or inspect him were usually ignored as he sat and hummed his song; unless they had food, he wasn't interested. Yet... with his food supply becoming so little as of late... they looked so...tasty... and they didn't feed him enough! It wasn't his fault! She had just looked so good and wanted a bite or two or three-
Even now as Oceanus was finally adopted, his hunger has become insatiable. He wants to eat now... now... and to eat EVERYTHING. His mind thinks of food, and that pretty little wall he used to stare at all day long... anyone who gets too close is at risk of being eaten themselves. There could even be some Garci on the menu...
Name: Persephone Species: Diglett Gender: Female Ability: Arena Trap Personality: Shy and squirmy, this little mole tends to hide herself underground and only peek out of her hole when meeting new people. Once she gets to know someone, however, she's fairly personable. She loves to listen, but even when she's warmed up to someone, she isn't much of a talker.
Battling is not her forte but she will at least try the majority of the time. However, against MUCH larger opponents, she tends to start to cry and goes into hiding. Of course, this can be bad if her opponent uses Earthquake.
Name: ( YET TO BE NAMED ) Species: Wailmer Gender: Female Ability: Oblivious Personality: Quiet, shy, and reclusive, this Wailmer doesn't like to draw attention to herself and believes herself unworthy of any sort of attention to begin with. She's easily perturbed and prone to crying when stressed or confused, though even in this, she cries quietly in fear that she'll make some sort of large scene. She doesn't believe that she will have any sort of love in her life and therefore actively keeps others at arms reach in order to keep herself from getting hurt.
Name: ( YET TO BE NAMED ) Species: Diglett Gender: Female Ability: Arena trap Personality: A bit of an narcissist and quite a sadist when others won't recognize her obvious beauty, this Diglett believes herself to be a fashion queen if not goddess. She loves to flirt and can get really skanky at times often drawing males close and then quickly scampering off as though nothing had happened. She absolutely hates battle and sees it as something a male would do and actually quite below her.
Name: ( YET TO BE NAMED ) Species: Diglett Gender: Female Ability: Arena Trap Personality: A daydreamer and slight airhead, this Diglett prefers a reality of sugar plums and faeries rather than what is usually around her. She's very whimsical and quite artistic when she chooses to be, but anything that constitutes physical workout is not something she likes.
Name: Manfred Species: Shiny Magcargo Gender: Male Ability: Flame Body Personality: Because he was picked on quite a bit as a young Pokemon for being a "girly man" due to his coloring, this poor Fire-type grew up rather ashamed of his appearance and was going on the path to being a recluse for the rest of his life. From that point, the story gets a little... weird.
He claims that he met a Pokemon that he describes as "looking something like a mix between a fox and rabbit with bright blue eyes and wings on his butt". Anyway, long story relatively short, {name} had gone out to gather some food from the area and had gotten assaulted by bigger bullies from the area. Just when he felt he was about to lose all hope, he remembers a bright flash. When he recovered from being blinded, he found his bullies defeated and this unknown Pokemon grinning at him.
After a fairly simple talk about how he shouldn't let bullies have their way, the creature held up his fingers in the shape of a V, winked, and flew off. Apparently, he never figured out the name of his mysterious hero but to this day hopes desperately to meet him and thank him for all he did for {name}. The talk gave him the confidence he needed to work hard and evolve. Let's just say there aren't many bullies near his home any more.
He tends to be sort of a knight-in-shining-armor type of man and will happily defend anyone from being teased, physically bullied, or anything of the sort. Despite his built-up confidence, he is a tad shy; particularly around females, but he can quickly get over it with some reassurance in any given situation. He actually enjoys battles, but will either go very easy or outright refuse to battle anything that is smaller than him or that is timid. He equates such behavior to bullying and gets very upset if forced to hurt someone like that.
Name: ( YET TO BE GIVEN ) Species: Shiny Wailmer Gender: Female Ability: Water Veil Personality: This Wailmer talks like a valley girl and is very much a prep in all cases of the word. She is extremely 'blonde' and has extreme stupid moments often acting gullible and ditsy. Boys are the only thing on her mind, and if she can't get with a cute guy, she'll kill him..... quite literally..... you want to know how? ...... by EATING him. Yes, some may call it a fat move, but she believes it is effective enough to run life in such a way.
Name: Kalypso Species: Duglord Gender: Female Type: Water/Ground Ability: Arena Trap Personality: Somber, morose, and very depressive, this hybrid believes that hybrids are far below purebred standards and that she is the lowest of the low in comparison with all. She's prone to silently weeping most hours of the day refusing to give any sort of explanation as to why she is in so much mental pain. It takes a good deal of encouragement to get her to do anything, and when she fails, it only makes her that much more depressed.
Evolving into a Duglord really didn't do too much for her self-esteem.
Name: ( YET TO BE GIVEN ) Species: Melanistic Wailmer Gender: Female Ability: Oblivious Personality: Classy, social, and outgoing, this Wailmer loves to charm boys as well as make herself the center of attention. She's rather loud and can be obnoxious towards those she finds below her, yet overall, she is generally nice towards most.
Name: Nyx Species: Froslass Gender: Female Ability: Cursed Body Personality: This Froslass is a very graceful and noble pokemon. She demands high respect from everyone she meets. If anyone does anything to dampen that respect, she will fall into a fit of rage and stop at no end to get pay back. You must be calm and respectful to this pokemon at all times or else. She has very little respect for her trainer and believes she above them and the other pokemon.
Name: Dionysus Species: Dusknoir Gender: Male Ability: Pressure Personality: This Dusknoir believes he is the hottest cat around. He loves disco, for whatever reason, and he thinks he can bust a move on the dance floor any day of the week because, of course, he's just that good. He relishes partying and tends to get upset when others look down on him for it. He also seems to like pranks and laughs when people are afraid or suffering. When in battle, he will often unleash disco moves on his opponents rather than attacking them even if his trainer says to do something else. It's all him, baby, it's all him.
Name: Xenia Species: Red Toxicroak Gender: Female Ability: Poison Touch Personality: A bit cruel but not unreasonable, this Toxicroak is a hard worker and believes that everyone should do their fare share of the work no matter the instance. She despises those that think they are better than her and can get out of working, and such people will often get attacked without warning. Though she may not appear it at first glance, this Toxicroak is actually very very girly. She loves pink, flowers, rainbows, and ponies, and anyone who dares say they aren't cool is asking to get beat up!
Name: Zenith Species: Porygon-Z Gender: Male Ability: Adaptability Personality: After his evolution, Zenith experienced a drastic change. The effects incurred by evolving into a Porygon2 had been enough to begin with - the ability to at least attempt spatial manipulation, a bolstering of AI and the slow, careful development of emotions. However, with the installment of the Dubious Disc, he started to act much, much more erratically. It is absolutely true that he retains one asset of his previous personality - spewing out code as he speaks. However, it seems that he has taken a penchant to speaking in almost virus-ridden dialogue. Frequently, he experiences moodswings, and is more often than not, very confused by them. It seems he doesn't seem to know how he wants to conduct himself in front of others, almost to the point where his personality is just variable.
He seems also to have picked up a new, strange property. He shifts in and out, either by teleporting very quickly from one place to another within limited range and moving back to his original position, or simply disappearing into nothing for a split second before reappearing. His inconsistent, highly displacing movement, however, doesn't seem to hinder him in battle, as he often manages to land or take hits.
Name: Harmonia Species: Spring Metagross Gender: Female Ability: Clear Body Personality: Stoic and logical, this Metagross believes that everything can be taken apart and assessed better in this way. She rarely lets her emotions get the better of her and instead reserves herself to an almost monotone voice. She's very cold and calculating at times, wishing to use or challenge people depending on how strong they happen to be both physically and mentally. She won't admit it straight off but she adores puzzles and complicated codes that she can figure out. People are somewhat interesting if there is more to them than just the surface, but otherwise she finds them boring and not worth her time. When specifically asked to. she will act as a sort of teacher and will give out most information that she has to give unless she chooses to challenge someone for her own fun.
Name: Ammon Species: Cryogonal Gender: Male Ability: Levitate Personality: Whimsical, lighthearted, and witty, this ice type is very easy to get along with. He's very easy going and never one to fight unless there's already a fight going. He loves music, dance, and anything in that category. Being outgoing, he will often break into song and dance to his own singing... which actually isn't half bad. He likes to play games especially with children who he finds 'brilliant' by design.
NOTE TO SELF: Add the following Pokemon. Swinub (M) Spring Karrablast (preferably green, male, still need to sprite.)