NAME: Stephen Specter
AGE: 18
GENDER: Male
HOMETOWN: Grew up in Verdanturf Town.

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 He most frequently wears a T-shirt and slacks, and sometimes sunglasses. He likes for his pokemon to outshine everything around them with their sheen, so his mild attire reflects this. His clothes are earth tones and faded pastel colors, which creates good contrast with his pokemon. The style he dresses in is similar to surfers, which he picked up from time spent in Sootopolis City.

 Stephen was born with an untame look, but his nature quickly developed into quite the opposite. He combs his hair back into shape throughout the day, because otherwise it would sneakily form into tangles. This is a personal battle of his, and he knows that he must prove his dominance, or else his hair will revert to its primal ways.

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 Stephen is incredibly obsessive-compulsive. He often plays catch with his grooming instrument, the Fiber Brush. This, and he often examines the pokemon of passerby a little too closely. Once he noticed a Togepi following its trainer, and knelt in front of it, staring intensely into its eyes for several moments. This understandably upset the Togepi, which started bawling. It was an embarassing experience, but Stephen had to do it. At times of meeting new pokemon, he had to observe their potential. In fact, this was how he had first met all of his current pokemon party, and each of them had had their own unique reaction to his invasive style of greeting.

 Interacting with people, Stephen comes off as amiable. It's easy to tell when he's got something else on his mind, however. Alot of conversations with him end abruptly as he walks off to a task; something that perhaps peeves others. For the most part, though, he can toss the ball of conversation around for quite awhile; he has an incredible attention span when it comes to meaningful talk. He seemingly can't afford small talk, however, and is easily frustrated with peoples negative traits if he hangs around long enough to recognize them. He is very blunt, not with the intention to hurt people, though.

 The part of Stephen that led him to becoming a groomer, is definitely his wild side. When he goes about his trade he works like a man possessed; he is renown as one of the fastest groomers alive. Once, he was presented with a family of 16 Furfrou, with the request that he style all of them within a week. It took him 7 hours, and onlookers described his work as that of an ingenious madman. The Furfrou and their owner were astounded with his work, and payed his fee doubled for the quality and punctuality of the job.[/hider]
 

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 Stephen enjoyed playing with the pokemon living in Verdanturf from a very young age. They were as much his friends as the kids at his school. When he was old enough to battle, he learned something more about pokemon; that each individual is filled with potential, and that the ones who can bring out that hidden power are the Pokemon Masters. At first, he thought he would try to become a member of the Frontier Brains, in his homeland of Hoenn. This dream was trumped, however, when he participated in his first official Contest.

 His Eevee, which was his first captured pokemon, was A-grade contest material. He borrowed some grooming tools from his dad, and after some preparation entered Eevee into the contest. The results were massive; Eevee was overwhelmingly the judges favorite. So much so, that one trainer got particularly jealous.

 The trainer said to Stephen; “Your Eevee may be good at getting attention, but if it can't battle then it's hardly as good of a pokemon as mine!” At this, Stephen had to challenge the trainer to a battle. It was Eevee versus Klang, a matchup clearly not in Stephens' favor. The trainer, having more experience than Stephen, easily predicted his moves and won the fight. On that day, Stephen knew he would have to master two aspects of pokemon training to fulfill his dream. This goal has led him to join the Starlight Festival, and he intends to win a great many honors for his pokemon there.[/hider]

POKEMON PARTY
Abel the Male Glaceon
Dirk the Male Magmortar
Dejan the Girl Hydreigon
Norville the Male Ludicolo
Muppy the Girl Flaaffy
Freja the Girl Aegislash