"Welcome new trainers, to Orre Battle Academy. I am your headmaster, Steven Stone, former champion of the Hoenn region. I founded this school after being inspired by the large number of talented trainers out there. And let me be frank, the Gym Leaders aren't always the strongest challenge now are they? Every one of you here has potential to be a great Gym Leader one day, or perhaps even, a few of you, Elite Four members. But of course, you wouldn't be Pokemon Trainers if you didn't all aspire to be the Champion now would you? I wish you all luck on your journey. From here, you may take the first step, all of you have shown considerable promise. Now please report to your first classes."

Founded two years ago in the wild desert region of Orre, the battle academy provides education to potential Gym Leaders and Elite Four members of the Pokemon World. Trainers scouted from every region arrive with full scholarship to participate in a well designed training program crafted by Elite Four members and even past League Champions.

The school offers dozens of functions to aspiring trainers, in addition to classes on all manner of battle theory and applicable knowledge, there are fully functional simulators provided by the Devon Corporation, a mock gym, where trainers may take on the role of Gym Leaders and be challenged by fellow students, or take place in battle tournaments. In addition to a fully featured natural preserve covering almost a hundred square miles, with all manner of environments. And of course, a Pokemon Center in every building, and a Pokemart rivaling the regional department stores in size.

All is not ideal however, Orre is certainly the most lawless region, and many years after being disbanded twice over, Cipher has returned, making this school, with perhaps thousands of unwitting trainers, their main target to spread their new Shadow Pokemon.





All accepted characters can be found here

RULES:

1. Students begin with four Pokemon, who should "age wise" be no more than level thirty. Teachers have no limits.

2. Battle realistically, you don't have to count damage and calculate stats, just be fair to things like type matchups and context.

3. Respect me and any CoGM I appoint in terms of decision making.

4. Please for the love of god try to post semi-frequently.

5. Have Fun.

Just wondering, if this is a school for future gym leaders and Elite Four members, are characters' pokemon expected to stick to a single type?

Disregard this post

Tachi said
Just wondering, if this is a school for future gym leaders and Elite Four members, are characters' pokemon expected to stick to a single type?

No. That will be addressed later.

I shall endeavour to create a character who only has Eevee evolutions, once I can find or procure a suitable appearance for such a trainer.

Have fun with that.

Also, something to note for everybody. Remember that, just by being here, your character is on one level or another, some sort of ace. Don't be afraid to put something crazy in their history, like beating a gym leader with just one Pokemon with a type disadvantage.

I'll have my character up in the morning.

I'm going to be favoring two specific types at the start with my initial Pokemon.

Name: Maxwell "Max" Hudson
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Appearance: Max is a tall and lean young man standing at 5'10". He lives an active lifestyle, and has a toned, physically fit body to show for it. He has a fair complexion, and his face is free of blemishes and facial hair. His blonde hair appears to be longer on the top than it is on the sides. His hair seems to go in many different directions. It looks messy, but he likes it that way, claiming that it adds character to his look. He has a round, boyish face with wide eyes that are a deep shade of blue.

Max is physically fit, and has an athletic toned, physique, that he developed from all the travelling he's done, and he enjoys showing it off. His taste in clothes is pretty simple. You would never know he comes from a rich family if you looked at his clothing choices. His favorite outfit consists of a blue form fitting tank top, and a purple cotton hoodie over it if it's cold enough. On the bottom, he wears a pair of blue jeans held up by a black belt with a metal buckle, and simple grey sneakers on his feet.



Region of Origin: Johto
City of Origin: Blackthorn City

History: Max Hudson was born and raised in Blackthorn City where he has spent most of his life. His father was a Dragon Trainer, as was just about everyone else in the city. He was a strict man, and had high expectations for his son. He had a low tolerance for failure, and Max was disciplined harshly when the expectations were not met. His father had always wanted his boy to follow in his footsteps, and become a Dragon Trainer. From the moment Max could walk and talk, he pushed that dream onto him. He was trained to become a Dragon Tamer, just like the other boys. His mother didn't agree on what her husband was doing. She felt Max should be allowed to decide for himself what he wants to do with his life, but the man wouldn't have any of it. Max hated Dragon Training. He wouldn't mind owning a Dratini or something if it weren't forced onto him. Max preferred cute Pokemon like Clefairy and Togepi. Regardless, he stayed with it in order to please his strict father. He also didn't agree with his father's ideas about how a man should act, but he kept his mouth shut, but resentment slowly started to build. 

Growing up, Max always had an interest in art. He was often doodling in his school notes when he should have been paying attention in class. While he excelled in art classes, he wasn't good in Math, and was average everywhere else. His mother encouraged his artistic talents, but his father chastised them. Claiming that art was for sissies. Naturally, Max was always closer to his mother than he was with his father.

At the age of ten, Max's father gave his son a Gible for his tenth birthday. A rarity in Johto, no one else had one, everyone usually got a Dratini as their starter. Max hated the thing. It was disobedient and unruly. After a few days of owning it, he wound up trading it away to some other kid for an Eevee behind his father's back. Of course, his dad eventually found out about this, and he was livid. An argument ensued that ended with Max running away from home. He was going to prove to his father that he could do well using the kind of Pokemon he liked. He would challenge the Gyms of the region, starting with Blackthorn Gym. He knew he would have to do a lot of training before he was ready to take on Clair. During his travels, he and his traded Eevee bonded quickly. He also caught a Marill and a Clefairy, and he got an free egg from the Day Care center that hatched into a Togepi.

And then something strange happened. The day before he was about to fight Clair, his Eevee suddenly evolved. Not into an Espeon, but into some pink thing with bows. He had never seen this Pokemon before, but he still thought it was the most adorable Pokemon he had ever seen! He used this new Pokemon, which called herself Sylveon, in his match against the Gym Leader. He won with surprising ease. All of his Pokemon were immune to her Dragon type attacks. Clair accused him of cheating, and refused to give him the badge. Which pissed the boy off greatly.

At some point, he met a Pokemon researcher who heard about his battle with Clair. He told him all about the recently discovered Fairy type, and that all his Pokemon belonged to this type. Max was excited to hear about this. Cute Pokemon that were able to defeat monstrous Dragons? Yes please! From that day on, his ultimate goal was to become the best Fairy Trainer ever, and spite his father.

He went on to get four of the Johto Gym Badges using nothing but Fairy type Pokemon. Including the the Rising Badge he rightfully deserved, and the Minneral Badge. (Which was a difficult battle, and the reason why his Togetic knows Flamethrower.) After beating Jasmine, an official looking man gave him a full scholarship to the Pokemon Trainer's Academy. He happily accepted thinking it would be a good opportunity to meet people, and become a better Pokemon Trainer.

Personality: Max is a cheerful, optimistic guy who doesn't like to be bogged down with unpleasant thoughts. He enjoys laughing and making jokes with others, even in inappropriate situations. He is easygoing and friendly, which makes it easy for him to befriend people. He is really good at understanding other people's emotions, and is an emotional guy himself. He is not embarrassed to show his feelings. He cries when he is sad, and is openly affectionate towards those he cares for. He is driven more by his emotions than logic, and tends to act impulsively as a result. He does not think about how his actions affect others until it is too late, and winds up feeling bad about it afterwards if something goes wrong. 

Max is very sensitive, and is willing to be a shoulder to cry on, and give you some words of encouragement when you are down. It is very easy to get him to like you, and once he is your friend he will remain your friend for life. He will keep your secrets a secret, and will do what he thinks is best for you. When something bothers him, he will keep that to himself for fear of hurting someone's feelings. For him, hurt feelings hurt worse than a hurt body. If there's one thing Max can't stand, it's being forced to do something he doesn't like. Trying to control him is the fastest way to get him upset. When he gets upset, he will lash out.

Max is a creative individual. His favorite pastime is drawing and painting, and he often be found dooding in a sketch book when he has free time. In addition to his creative pursuits, he enjoys Video Games, Anime, and other things that most would consider geeky. He also has an affinity for cute things. Max doesn't care for sports all that much, after being forced to participate in them for so long. After spending years being scared of his father, and finally getting out of that situation, he has had enough of being concerned what other people thought about him. He is going to be himself, and if you don't like it, that's your problem not his.

Battle Theme: Happy
Etc:

Pokemon

Species: Sylveon
Nickname: Cinderella
Appearance:
Personality: Cinderella is a cool, calm, and collected Pokemon. She does not get upset easily, and she is cool and calculating at all times. She does not allow bad things to bring her down. She is not cold and hearltless though, and she has grown to care for the other Pokemon. Despite technically being the youngest, she is considered the team mom by the other Pokemon.
Notable Moves: Wish, Heal Bell, Protect, Hyper Voice

Species: Clefairy
Nickname: Aurora
Appearance:
Personality: Aurora is a diva, and expects to be the center of attention at all the times, and she gets upset when she isn't. Max takes very good care of her, which has made her a spoiled and prissy Clefairy. She is a proud and confident Pokemon. She hates being dirty, and gets upset when the slightest amount of dirt touches her beautiful fur. While she acts calm and graceful, she is rather vicious in battle.
Notable Moves: Calm Mind, Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Ball, Sing

Species: Togetic
Nickname: Belle
Appearance:
Personality: : Belle is a hyperactive and silly Pokemon, and is the youngest of the group. She is often bouncing off the walls and always seems to happy about everything. Except for Cinderella, the other Pokemon find her constant cheeriness annoying, but she doesn't seem to care. She is considered the annoying younger sister by everyone else.

Notable Moves: Nasty Plot, Dazzling Gleam, Flamethrower, Roost

Species: Marill
Nickname: Ariel
Appearance:
Personality: Ariel is very boastful, and walks with chest puffed out in order to look intimidating. Ariel is serious when it comes to battles and she’s very competitive. She hates to lose, and will refuse to admit defeat even when he's not in any condition to battle. He refuses to accept any kind of help from humans and at times, even other Pokemon. Which means Andre usually has to force feed him Potions when he's hurt.

Notable Moves: Belly Drum, Aqua Jet, Bulldoze, Waterfall

^ Um... I'm kind of doing Eevees. As in, just Eevee and its evolutions. Having Sylveon as your first pokemon is kind of... overlapping, I guess?

Raineh Daze said
^ Um... I'm kind of doing Eevees. As in, Eevee and its evolutions. Having Sylveon as your first pokemon is kind of... overlapping, I guess?

There are plenty of Eevees in the world. :P

Crimson Flame said
There are plenty of Eevees in the world. :P

Every Pokemon is unique after all.

Draconilian said
Every Pokemon is unique after all.

Still seems rude to take an evolution of a specific pokemon when someone's said they're doing that pokemon and its evolutions. : (

Raineh Daze said
Still seems rude to take an evolution of a specific pokemon when someone's said they're doing that pokemon and its evolutions. : (

Just because your character is using Eeveelutions means no one else can? That seems rude to me. :/

If having repeats bothers you, you have seven other Eeveelutions to work with, use them.

Can we not do this again please? >>

That's... Not rude, though. There's only a small number of Eeveelutions to work with, which makes it a lot more difficult for her character to stand out if other people are using them.

There's plenty of other fairies to choose from, too. Wouldn't it be better to just use one of them instead?

Crimson Flame said
Just because your character is using Eeveelutions means no one else can? That seems rude to me. :/If having repeats bothers you, you have seven other Eeveelutions to work with, use them.Can we not do this again please? >>

It's one pokemon per type. That's... not a terrible restriction, out of all those available (there's more fairy types than Eeveelutions). I have a grand pool of nine total (counting Eevee), so if everyone else starts using them, that hugely restricts my options before there's major overlap.

If this has happened before, perhaps that's an indication to not do the exact same thing twice?

I'm keeping Sylveon and I'm not changing. Sorry.

...I couldn't put up with this the first time, so I guess I'm out. Hope it goes well for everyone else, though.

Rin said
...I couldn't put up with this the first time, so I guess I'm out. Hope it goes well for everyone else, though.

not at this rate.

Draconilian said
not at this rate.

Well... last time something like this happened, the entire thread died, so I wouldn't expect that it would, to be honest. :/

If it does I'll just reset it.