Name:
Don Giovanni, Viridian City Gym Leader and head of Team Rocket
Age: Presumed middle-aged
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Awww yeeeaaahh Godfather StyleCanon, AU, or OC?: Canon
Universe of Origin: Pokemon Universe; Kanto region of course
Personality: Giovanni is manipulative, power-hungry, violent, apathetic, charismatic, and very cunning. He prefers to rule everything from the shadows and let his pawns--Team Rocket--do his bidding. He displays some sociopathic tendencies, but not enough to be judged without a doubt a sociopath. He views everything as tools; people and pokemon. He is only interested in willing pawns and strong pokemon. All others are useless.
Abilities/Weapons: Giovanni is a very skilled pokemon trainer. He was good enough to be named Viridian Gym Leader--a Ground-type gym--with a full team around level 55, and his Persian at level 60. (The levels range from 1-100, with the strongest trainers--the "Elite Four"--at levels 55-70, depending on the game.) He specializes in Ground types, but he also has two Normal-types and a Water-type.
Giovanni's team: Species - Sex - Level - Type(s) - Ability and Description
Move1 - Move2 - Move3 - Move4 Nidoking - Male - Level 58 - Poison/Ground - Poison Point
Physical Contact, especially on Nidoking's horns, has a chance to poison the target.Brick Break - Earthquake - Megahorn - Poison Jab
Nidoqueen - Female - Level 57 - Poison/Ground - Poison Point
Physical contact, especially on Nidoqueen's facial horn, has a chance to poison the target Superpower - Thunderbolt - Earth Power - Crunch
Persian - Male - Level 60 - Normal - Limber
Persian is unable to be paralyzed.Pay Day - Slash - Dig - Shadow Ball
Kangaskhan - Female - Level 50 - Normal - Scrappy
Usually Normal-type moves cannot hit Ghost-types. Scrappy removes that weakness.Mega Punch - Comet Punch - Outrage - Dizzy Punch
This Kangaskhan will never Mega Evolve.Rhydon - Male - Level 54 - Ground/Rock - Rock Head
Some moves can cause recoil damage, such as Take Down. Rock Head prevents that. Take Down - Hammer Arm - Earthquake - Stone Edge
Kingler - Female - Level 56 - Water - Hyper Cutter
Kingler's attack damage is prevented from being reduced. However, moves such as Power Swap (swapping attack stats) still workCrabhammer - Surf - X-Scizzor - Vice Grip
Backstory: No one knows how Giovanni got into the crime business. However, it is established that he built Team Rocket and is the absolute leader. Under his rule, Team Rocket built an empire in Kanto, with small bases in Johto and the Sevii Islands. It's unknown if he first became Gym Leader or Team Rocket leader. He ordered his pawns to take over the Silph Co headquarters--a company that monopolizes on Pokemon goods--run a casino (possibly to launder goods) and steal/capture rare pokemon. Along the way, he also gathered a lot of money, probably from selling goods and pokemon on the black market. Red beat him repeatedly and he went into exile, either to better himself, or out of shame. His Team Rocket pawns escaped to their base in Johto and attempted to find him, once going so far as to take over a radio station and broadcast directly to him on all channels. It's unknown if his pokemon are stolen or legitimately captured, but it is known that he favors his Persian, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen, as in every game and every fight except for one, he has all three.
He managed to find a portal out of the Pokemon World, thanks to a bumbling TR grunt. He sealed off the portal immediately and flew down himself. A grunt was sent through with some surveillance equipment. He brought back data on the other side, and thankfully made it out alive. Giovanni then went through himself with his best team of pokemon, thousands of dollars, and an emergency distress beacon in case he was defeated. (Not that he could ever be defeated...No, he's too amazing for that. *sarcasm*) He found Yggdrasil. The people there taught him about the multiverse. Seeing a perfect place to search for strong creatures and much profit, he went off by himself. Soon he stumbled upon the Shadow Eternity, who were looking to buy some strong pokemon. He quickly joined with plans to take over.
Faction: Shadow Eternity
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