Hey! Is this RP still open by any chance?

Awesome, I'll get one up later today!

Just to double check though, we are allowed to use 1st Stage evolutions for Gen 1 Pokemon that got introduced in Gen 2, correct?

@deathbringer this might sound like a silly question, buuuuuut we are getting different gym leaders this time around, right? And their typing won't be the same as the original gym leaders before them? Aye or nay?

Alright, done. Lemme know if anything needs to be changed.

Arthur Raeburn [+]

Name- Arthur Raeburn
Age- 16
Gender- Male

Hometown- Celadon City

Appearance-
Arthur stands at 6"3', with unkempt ash blonde hair. He has a slim, yet slightly muscled frame. His eyes are yellow, almost golden in appearance.

On normal days, he wears a gray V-neck T-shirt, underneath a dark-gray jacket with a white fluffy collar he bought himself, that has small gold marks on the shoulders. He matches his jacket with a matching set of black sweatpants that has two thin yellow stripes running down the outer sides of his legs. He finishes the set, with a pair of black shoes that have yellow laces. On his back, for his journey, he carries a large green backpack taken as a last-minute preparation, taken only minutes before he and his dad left for the Pokemon Sanctuary.

Personality- Arthur was born with a fighting spirit, as his father says. But most of the time, he's just a normal teenager; He's got a good level of reserve most of the time, even to the point of being kind of shy. But once there's a tense conflict, it melts like ice in a volcano, giving way to a fired up and determinator attitude.
Arthur loves Fighting type pokemon, ever since he was a baby. He also loves seeing fights in general, though lacks any interest of studying techniques or battle strategies. He has a firm belief that fights are just conflicts between two people, where victory goes to the strongest.
He likes being more around his family than friends, his dad being a movie-producer and his mother working at a flower shop.

Ambition- Arthur's a young man with strong ambitions. He wants to travel the world, collecting an array of explosive Fighting-Type Pokemon along the way. Once he's done with that epic journey, he'd like to come home and challenge his own father's team of Pokemon with his own. If he's successful there, he'd go on to challenge the Elite Four, and fight to become Pokemon Champion.

But beyond that, Arthur doesn't know much of what he'd want to do. He's absolved to figure out the rest of his life later.

Hero- Arthur has had two great impacts on him as a kid; The first being his dad Andrew Raeburn, an ex-trainer who excelled in Fighting Type Pokemon that eventually retired on his journey through the Indigo League, after deciding to settle down and start a family and getting a job as a movie producer. Arthur grew up with his dad's party of powerful Fighting Type Pokemon. Every weekend, Arthur and his dad would watch fights on TV, which gave him an interest in battling that his father encouraged. The other influence on him being Bruno, of the Elite Four, who he actually had the privilege of meeting in person when he was 12 years old. His own dad couldn't have been prouder once Arthur declared he wanted to go on his own journey afterwards.

Items [+]

Pokedollars-1000
Items-none

Starter Pokemon: Scrapper

Nickname:
Scrapper
Species:
Tyrogue
Health:
100%
Highest level move:
Tackle
Gender-
Male
Ability-
Guts
Personality- Scrapper is too competitive for their own good. Even pitted against much larger foes, he insists on fighting them with every tooth and nail in his body. He even tries to pick fights with humans, with limited success, considering he only reaches the average person's knee. He's a wild and tenacious Pokemon, never giving up even after being pushed to the point of exhaustion.
This could bode poorly for Scrapper, unless Arthur can train him and have him ditch that mindset. The only reason Tyrogue's lasted this long is he spent a majority of his life in the Pokemon Sanctuary. If he were to ever encounter a particularly dangerous foe, he might not know to fold his cards and fight again another day.

Backstory- Tyrogue was born in the Sanctuary. As an egg, he was rolled around and lost in a corner. Once he was finally born, he had no idea which Pokemon were his parents. With no one to guide him as an infant, he was on his own. He got bullied by larger Pokemon, resulting in his own insecurity, believing everyone was a danger to him.

He was eventually caught by Arthur's dad in a curbstomp battle.

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Andrew Raeburn [+]

Parent's appearance- Andrew is a clean shaven man, with black, almost even blue, hair. They have a strong muscled build, and usually wear a white tank top and gray sweats.

Parent’s backstory- Andrew Raeburn was born in Lavender Town. After meeting a Machop at the age of 18, he set off on the Pokemon League challenge. He collected as many as 3 Pokemon Badges, before realizing that his tunnel vision for Fighting Type Pokemon had put him at a severe disadvantage once he was forced to fight someone who his favorite type had little advantage against. He didn't have the bravery to return home empty handed, making a fool of himself, so he threw in the towel and settled down in Celadon City. He married and had a son, who he was overjoyed grew to love Fighting Pokemon as much as he did. He just hopes his son can understand not to make the same mistake he did, and branch out in party balance.

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Name- Rampart
Species- Machamp
Relationship- First Pokemon Collected
Information-
Rampart is Andrew's first, and arguably strongest, pokemon. He's a huge ham, especially when it comes to feats of strength--Some of which he performs without being asked... Or Permitted. Andrew found Rampart when he was 18, exploring through the Rock Tunnel. The Pokemon tried to ambush Andrew, when a wild Zubat attacked. Andrew saved the outmatched Machop by throwing a rock at the Zubat, which sent the bat Pokemon tumbling to the ground. Rampart was thankful, and followed Andrew home. Since then, he and And Andrew recruited several more Pokemon on their path through the Pokemon League, until reaching the Celadon City Gym, which they tried multiple times, yet could never beat.

@tenma tendo and @savo

Got a good start going on here. Any eta's on your posts?