Name: Joshua Tamashii
Age: 19
Appearance:
Minus the sword, obviously
Trainer Class: Ace Trainer/Gym Leader-in-training
Personality: Joshua can best be described as a lone-wolf or an anti-hero type of person. He is rude, cold, sarcastic, and slightly short-tempered when first meeting people, and that's if he even bothers to respond to you in the first place. He seems to enjoy his personal space (which apparently has a rather big radius) and would rather be alone with his Pokemon then with another human being, even if said human is just trying to be friendly.
This, however, is just an image he projects. Inside he's actually a bit of a softy, willing to talk with others and more then willing to give them a hand. He is downright loyal to those he considers friends and is always willing to put aside his own goals to help them, even if his current goal is something he has pursued for a very long time. He truly desires to have friends, but he just has a hard time communicating his feeling with others. With a little effort, you just might find one of the best friends you've ever had in him.
In battle Joshua is adaptable and ruthless, aiming for his opponents weaknesses and only using offensive moves, with little concern for defense and status-buffing moves. He aims to take his opponent down as quickly as possible. In his mind the best defense is a good offense, and his battling style reflects this.
Backstory: Joshua was born in Ecruteak Town in the Johto Region. His early childhood was very uneventful, only consisting of school, chores, playing with his older siblings, and whatever kids did at that age and time. When he finally reached the age of ten he set out on his pokemon journey, choosing Cyndaquil as his starter. Struggling at first, as most first-time trainers do, he eventually found his stride, and his battling style, and began winning badges from the Johto gym-leaders. The journey took Joshua a total of five years to complete, with him taking his time and not pushing himself too hard. While he managed to make it to the League, Joshua ultimately did not win but began the journey home with his head held high nonetheless.
On his way home, while traveling through Illex forest at night, Joshua received a glimpse of a pokemon he had never seen before. Completely black, vaguely humanoid, and with what appeared to be smoke with a single blue eye for a head, the pokemon attacked Joshua, who called out his best companions. Despite their best efforts, Joshua and his pokemon ultimately lost to the mysterious foe, but damaged it enough that it fled away, flying between the trees of the forest.
When Joshua finally made it back to Ecruteak Town, he threw himself into researching and finding out what pokemon had defeated him so easily. It didn't take him long to find out it was Darkrai, the legendary Dark-type pokemon of the Lunar Duo. Up until now, Joshua hadn't encountered many Dark-type pokemon and those he had didn't interest him at the time. How he found himself fascinated with them and studying them. Due to this he studied the regions of Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos, to find out what dark-types were there and their strengths and weaknesses.
This facination lead to Joshua eventually realizing he had a goal that didn't involve him being champion: he now wanted to open a gym that focused on dark-type pokemon, something he saw lacking in the other regions. When word reached his ears of a new region that didn't seem to have a league, or gym leaders. Seeing an oppurtunity, Joshua left the region and took the first flight to the new Saro region, where he would start anew and prove himself worthy of being a gym leader.
Favorite Pokemon Type: Dark-type pokemon or those that can evolve into Dark-types.
My favorite color... Black or blue. Not really sure which.
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