[quote=@dimitri]
[@Balthazar007] ah right! i might redact my character then because his backstory won't work with that and i'm a little thin on ideas. maybe i'll join at some other time though, good luck with this bc it seems neat!
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I don't see why that has to effect his backstory. The Ghastly could have been a tag along companion for a long time. Once he gets his first PokeBall however, he can catch it and officially start training it. 

We all had to build our Pokemon up from level 1. It's not that hard.