Lo Town is a town almost equidistant between 3 of the major cities in Kanto (Saffron, Celadon and Cerulean); sitting snugly close to the foot of Mount Moon. The town is your typical Pokemon town with a Pokemon Center, Mart and Police Station, oh and of course

The Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary is ingrained in the history of Lo Town beginning when the richest family in the town built Croup Manor. Business thrived however their money was frittered away as they attempted to create their own route into Mount Moon to pull trade from Pewter City through Lo Town. Sadly, despite huge investment, no reward and with their money gone the family was forced to abandon the manor with debts unpaid and many people making dark threats of what would happen if they dared to return.

Croup Manor fell into disrepair but then the Pokemon came. First in a trickle then in a flood, wild pokemon and abandoned Pokemon came to inhabit the house and play in the wild grass. It seemed to happen overnight, the overgrown grass was trimmed, the crumbling walls were rebuilt thick and strong, the windows bright and sparkling. Croup Manor was returned to its former glory and maintained entirely by Pokemon.

Firstly people came just to visit this novelty and the Pokemon assented as gracious hosts happy to allow people into their home. Then the trainers came hearing rumours of the strength of the Pokemon residing in Croup Manor and everything changed. With only the weakest Pokemon, unwanted and rejected, left to tend its walls the house crumbled again into disuse and disrepair once more, the Pokemon within dejected and downtrodden.

In Lo Town, a meeting of town elders agreed that something must be done. Croup Manor was subsequently renamed and registered as The Official Pokemon Sanctuary making it illegal for Pokemon to be caught in its grounds with one exception. Each year on the first day of summer, it would open its door as a place for young trainers to be guided through catching their first Pokemon before starting their own Pokemon journey.

I want to keep the RP moving at a good pace with all the characters regardless of location moving along at a similar rate. The last thing I want to do is get bogged down in a battle against Trainer Jimbo on Route Something or other or push you up against a gym leader when your Pokemon are still low level making it unrealistic for you to win. Added as it makes sense for us to go in a different order with gym leaders based on where we are starting I’m going to move away from the traditional Pokemon level system.

We will keep a track of progression using the move set to give us a rough idea of what level the Pokemon is for battles against each other however level will be less important than strategy in this rp. I will use a mixture of dice rolls and my own noodle to progress you and your Pokemon through the RP.

We will use the character sheet section to keep track of (please keep it updated as best you can):
Items collected/ bought
PokeDollars (please note I intend to make these a little harder to come by than in the games)
Pokemon Caught
Battle team current status (highest known move (we will not do the whole 4 moves only thing) and health including status ie asleep)

Interactions will be split into key and quick interactions.

Key interactions-
Occur in major places real/ fictional- I’m fairly certain it will be clear but please ask if unsure) we will write together across a couple of posts with results based on strategy

These include gym battles, battle with other rpers and interactions in key places.

Quick interactions-
Will occur when travelling or if you choose to head out specifically to catch/ train your pokemon) I’ll give you basic details including outcome etc but you can choose how you write it.
I
f you’re struggling with that I’ll certainly add more details to your update. Essentially I will tailor quick interactions to suit you as we move through the RP (you want the freedom to make up your own characters and npc’s I’m very much of the opinion two heads are better than one and if you create a gem of a character we should include him in the RP/ if you need a little inspiration- it’s what I’m here for!)

Notes
-We will only be using the first 251 Pokemon at this time ( there will not be Alolan variants in the wild)
-We will not be including z moves or mega evolution at this time.
(both these points my change as time goes on)

Personality-
Ambition-
(what drives your character to start a Pokemon journey?)

Hero-
(make yourself up a quick hero- who do you model yourself on- trainer/ breeder or gym leader? doesn't need to be massive but it's just to give us an idea of what type of trainer you want to be... you never know one or two of them may pop up)

Parent's appearance-
Parent’s backstory-
(this can also include a little bit of your story but at 12 I don't expect you to have done all that much and definitely not without your parents)

Pokemon they will use to help you catch your first Pokemon-
(name, species and your relationship with that Pokemon. In case my subtle hints haven't been enough the Sanctuary Ceremony for initiating new trainers is based around family ties. You're off in to the world, leaving your parents behind, how better to remind you of that family bond than for them to guide you through you first Pokemon catch using one of their own Pokemon to start your Pokemon journey (plus it's not like kids have much spare cash lying around).)

Gender
Ability
Personality
Backstory- how did he get to the sanctuary?

Name: Lisette Richelieu
Age: 16
Gender: Female

Appearance:
Standing at five foot five, Lisette is a bit taller than average for girls her age. Her frame is a bit on the smaller side, making her not exactly the most intimidating person in the room physically. However, her body is overall athletic in shape with fit, tone muscles making it obvious she takes at least some care of her physical health. As far as her physical looks go, she has a fairly pale complexion from days spent indoors either skipping school and or shirking work with her little gang and getting up to no good. Her hair is a light pink color, and she has similarly colored eyes.

As for clothing, she doesn't exactly dress in the most modest of clothing. In fact, she prefers flashier, somewhat more revealing garments. A blue zip-up light jacket with a hood is what she is seen wearing most of the time and black gloves. The jacket itself is well, fairly flashy in nature, and she only typically zips up the top portion of it leaving her midriff showing. As for pants, she can be seen wearing black jeans and boots that come up to her heels.

Really, she dresses in a fairly 'rebellious teenager' fashion and doesn't really mind being the center of attention. She is always seen wearing headphones around her neck.

Hometown:
Saffron
Pokedollars:
1000
Items:

Personality:
In some ways Lisette is incredibly mature for her age, and in others, so incredibly childish and rebellious. On the more mature side, she is incredibly confident and levelheaded in tense situations. She hardly ever lets her emotions ever seriously get the best of her - not enough to actually cloud her judgement in dangerous situations, at least. As well, she is an incredibly hard worker on goals she sets for herself, always going above and beyond to accomplish them. She's not shy in the least, and it's difficult to fluster her.

On the less mature side of things - she's well, not exactly a pleasant person to be around. She's not one to talk through her problems, rather preferring brute force to do so. Quick to anger and to express said anger with a punch to the gut, she's definitely not afraid to tell anyone what exactly she thinks of them, even if its not exactly a nice thing. Her little patience for people in general, especially 'idiots' or those that don't use their brain doesn't help her image either. As well, its very difficult to get her to back down from a fight - in fact, she likes fights. Be they fistfights with another person or a pokemon battle. Nothing entertains her more.

Really, to most people upon first impressions she'll come of as not only cold, confident, and a little on the antagonistic side, and entirely unpleasant. Still manages to maintain a somewhat playful tone regardless of whatever she says, though.

Of course, that said she is far from a bad person. While she's a bit on the unpleasant side to those who don't know her, in truth she's a much friendlier person than people give her credit for, especially to her friends. Lisette has a soft spot for both kids and small pokemon alike. In fact, one time she gave her lunch to a stray meowth that looked like it hadn't eaten in awhile. Really, despite her snark and jackassery, she has the heart of someone who will always, no matter what, do the right thing and protect her friends even at cost to herself. She just doesn't like to talk things out, preferring to solve problems and dispute with actions than diplomacy, and while she's not afraid to play a little dirty in a fight if it gets her on top against less than reputable people, in an official match she would never consider the thought.

As for leisure, she likes hanging out and generally doing fuck all with her friends. Playing video games, getting into trouble by vandalizing a sign, getting into fights, etc...yeah, her hobbies are a bit on the less morally correct side. Likes Techno and electronic music.

Ambition:
Honestly? She doesn't know herself. Wanderlust and a thirst for adventure, perhaps? She's honestly glad to be able to get away from both her family and Saffron, though she is sad to leave her little group of delinquents behind. It might not have been perfect, but they always felt more like family than her actual family.

They never judged her for her hobbies, and they always supported each other and even went so far as to beat up bullies who were picking on others. A lot of the younger kids looked up to them, really. Likes being called 'Big Sis'. She always liked putting on a show in front of the kiddos. Her ego and a desire to look cool was a huge motivator for a lot of her shenanigans, really. Especially for some of the less fortunate kids.

Heh, maybe she could come back to saffron the bloody champion of the league. Now that'd, be freakin' amazing.

Hero:
Perhaps a bit cliche, but her hero and role model, if she had to pick one, would be her older brother Raynard. He's two years older than her, and already went on to be a pokemon trainer and travel through Kanto. He hasn't been home in awhile, and started when he himself was sixteen and she was fourteen. He's visited occasionally while he was traveling through Kanto, but recently he left for Hoenn and hasn't been back yet. She always thought her older brother was the coolest.

He was a lot nicer to her than her older sister, Yvette, ever was in her opinion.

Not that she'd ever mention it to anyone. Ever. Like at all. Nope.

Sisters appearance:
Dark circles under her eyes, a slightly disheveled appearance and always smells strongly of coffee. Yvette Richelieu cares little for her appearance. A workaholic through and through, all twenty years of her life have been focused on one thing, and one thing only - the sciences, all of them. She can typically be seen wearing a labcoat even in public, with somewhat mismatching attire. She herself isn't very excitable, and doesn't particularly like hanging out with other people, being an introvert. She has long black hair and tends to be a bit of a grump, since she spends more time working than sleeping.

Sisters backstory:
The Richelieu's siblings history are all rather interconnected - it would be impossible to tell the history of one without the other in some fashion, though I will summarize to the best of my ability though its far more complicated than it will be written here.

Yvette was the first child, with Raynard being the second, and Lisette the third. Yvette being the first and oldest, was often left in charge of her siblings while her parents were away at their jobs in Saffron. Their dad was a businessman working for Silph, and her mom a teacher at a local pokemon school - neither of whom were trainers.

The three grew up fairly close, with Yvette always trying to be the mature and caring older sister, with Raynard being the mild-mannered, somewhat lackadaisical middle child, and Lisette being...well, a problem child from the start. Always making a mess of things, shirking chores in favor of playing, or otherwise getting into trouble - always trying to sneak a cookie from the cookie jar, so to speak.

When she was fourteen things took a turn for the worst though. She fell into a...well, the wrong crowd of people, really, and for two years she was - a very rebellious and angry little teenager. Her and her friends became quite well known over Saffron for causing mischief quite a bit. Got caught by the police more than once for breaking and entering, vandalism, petty theft, fighting, and chewed out by her parents more often then not. Only got worse when Raynard left, and her trail of delinquency has only gotten worse since then - her most recent act

So, using some connections with Lo-Town, her sister decided to do something to try and help her sister. As a researcher, even an assistant, she at least had some pull with various important people. Without asking permission, of course. A small city by the name of Lo-Town was going to be letting new trainers catch pokemon and go on their own little journey. Lisette of course, was furious that Yvette had signed her up for such a thing, but there was going to be no butts about it. Her parents agreed and it was either that or she would be kicked out of the house.

After spending the night bullying a punching bag in her room, she finally decided that perhaps she could have some fun with it. It'd get her away from both her parents and sister. So after leaving her little band of delinquents to fend for themselves, saying she'd come back soon.

So she left with Yvette being her designated guardian, much to Lisette's own chagrin.

Pokemon they will use to help you catch your first Pokemon:
Crobat:
Lisette and Crobat actually have a rather friendly relationship. The mischievous nature of the pokemon has brought her no end of enjoyment, much to Yvette's chagrin. Lisette was left to look after the Zubat a lot when they were younger and Yvette couldn't bring him out for work and didn't want him to be cooped up in a pokeball all day. The two often find no end of enjoyment in messing with Yvette.

That said, Crobat himself doesn't really like the distance between the two of them and is troubled by the two of their own usual hostile attitudes toward each other.

Nickname: Zip
Species:
Elekid
Health:
100%
No Status Abnormalities.
Highest level move:
Thunder Shock

Gender:
Male
Ability:
Static: Opponent has a 30% chance of being paralyzed upon physical attack
Personality:
Lively, energetic, and a fairly kind pokemon. Elekid is almost the exact opposite to Lisette. He enjoys a good petting on the head, and overall likes to go around meeting new people. Always full of energy, and looking for ways to rid himself of it. In a battle, he displays the same amount of excitement, always giving 100% in battle.

Backstory:
Elekid is a young pokemon, and only been around for a short while. He never really knew either of his parent pokemon, and as far as he remembers has always been in the sanctuary. He spent most of his time zipping from place to place in there playing hero and playing with the other pokemon. He took a particular liking to a small group of Pichu's, and eventually him and the group became fast friends and they like to think of him as an older brother.

He mostly harasses the new trainers attempting to capture one of the Pichu.