[@Fox of Spades] Hey just wanted to run this by you, because its a little out there and it be better to get permission right away then to finish it and be denied. 

Would it be alright if one of my pokemon could speak english? The character I'm writing is a bit of an odd ball, and he spent most his life talking to pokemon instead of humans. So he's basically like a 'pokemon whisperer' and can understand some of the pokemon's language and he also tries to teach them how to speak. Was just curious.

As for general knowledge. Thanks to my friends, I'm pretty familiar with all generations of pokemon but I can keep my team limited to mostly older generations if it helps. Good to know, about the battle rules. Was going to ask if someone else didn't.