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Age: 33
Height: ~6'3" (~190.5 cm)
Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto Region
Species: Pokémon Hybrid (Articuno)
One man, originally born in the quiet town of Johto. A human, originally naïve to the greater scope of the world. He originally lived as any other person would, except he’d have the benefits what few would. He was an apprentice of a Pokémon gym, with skills that continued to grow over the years, albeit at the expense of forcefully parting ways with a family that would have preferred his exploits go towards other, more lucrative, careers. Under the guidance of Pryce, the Mahogany Gym Leader, he was bound to succeed the veteran leader once his retirement came, acquiring a honed discipline and various Pokémon battling tactics that could rival many gym leaders and even the Elites. However, such a goal would soon be derailed by a being, near-deity, of massive proportions by the name of Celcius kidnapped him and brought him into its service. Unknown to Blizzard at the time, he would be rescued by a Ninetales hybrid, one that he would feel eternally indebted to. However, by the time the shackles of servitude was severed with the being, damage was already done. Blizzard had been forcefully controlled against his will and when he was back to senses, he found out how it was done. Who was once a man was now what many would see as an abomination. A hybrid of human and the Legendary Pokémon, Articuno. Under Celcius, Blizzard would have laid to waste large portions of the two adjoining regions with various Pokémon of the Ice influence to bury many people and lands under thick snows and ice. Although not his fault, Blizzard had an insatiable urge to grieve for it was his hands still were the ones that lead the assault to not just ice his home, but many, leaving him lacking the will to fight any longer in Pokémon battles and just shut himself away from the world. His despair was leading the newfound hybrid to lose his apprenticeship and what remained of his future.
It wasn’t until an ambitious woman by the name of Freth that arrived in Mahogany that managed to pull Blizzard from his torment, although it wasn’t her intentions. She was after Celcius, to control it, for she and her entourage to become a power like no other. Blizzard, knowing nothing good to come of such a desire, found his will to fight and clashed with the woman and her crew. The two would clash throughout the regions, a constant back and forth battle. In the constant clashes, Blizzard would gain strength, learning that he could control his new found hybrid powers, learning staples such as Ice Beam and Agility, then later on, learning how to amass the wintery might of Sheer Cold. For that matter, he also gained new, yet unlikely, allies throughout his travels, acquiring Pokémon such as a proud, fiery Typhlosion, a hyper-active Porygon-Z, a bubbly Gardevoir and her brother, a knightly Gallade just to name a few. After several months of encounters with each other, Blizzard won, but only because Celcius revealed itself once again and subsequently intervened. Celcius would lay claim to Freth, and as with Blizzard, made her into its pawn. Blizzard would eventually neutralize the threat of Celcius and, at the same time, managed to save Freth from Celcius, and by extension herself, in the process. However, Blizzard didn’t get out unscathed. Such a daunting feat nearly killed the hybrid, but it wasn’t anything that time, albeit a lot of it, couldn’t mend. Peace would return for the hybrid, and his life eventually was brought back on track, allowing him to continue his apprentice duties, even alongside his new friends. In a weird twist of fate, even Freth, with wounded pride and nowhere to go, came back to him, not as an enemy, but as a means to make amends, one step at a time. It eventually lead up to the two hybrids actually starting to get feelings for each other over time.
Peace would remain with the hybrid for some time, though things would change once more when Blizzard met what appeared to be an orphaned Vulpix hybrid that would be running in the woods nearby, fleeing from Sneasel and Weavile for stealing their meal and a rescue had to be made. Before the two of them could get to know each other better, however, the two found themselves in worse straights. He would soon find himself entangled in a mass conspiracy that was generally hidden from the public. The Pokemon Rangers: though not inherently evil, were bound to keep things hidden that threatened their ever increasing power throughout the regions. One that would make he, Freth, and the Vulpix hybrid flee Mahogany Town only to end up encountering Miles, a wizened Ninetales hybrid, and subsequently, thrown headlong into a battle against the Pokemon Rangers along with many strangers from various origins, also finding themselves needing to stand up against the Ranger threat. Eventually, the unlikely team-up of these people finally brought the Ranger Leader and his subordinates down, but doing so may have caused worse problems than initially thought. With no Rangers causing the next thing to what arguably could be authoritarian rule due to their overly-restrictive protection policies and covert operations, enemies found it the perfect opportunity to take their chances and make their move, leaving Blizzard once again to make a stand to make sure his home stays protected. Along the way, Blizzard has made new friends, some becoming as close as family such as the young Electrike hybrid, Tristen…and just as many enemies along the way who sought to rend peace asunder for their own gain.
To best describe this Articuno Hybrid within the ranks of Snagem, one would say he would be the “Jack-of-all-trades”. He excels in Pokémon battling due to the bountiful experience he achieved between his time at the Mahogany Gym and the many fights he found himself under Snagem’s banner and is arguably the hardest Pokémon hybrid to bring down in a straight brawl. Furthermore, the hybrid has been known to be rather cunning, very calculating in every move he makes due to his mindset of “in the heat of the moment, every move could very well be his last”. The culmination of his strength, speed, will, and ingenuity would be one of the reasons why Blizzard is often used in the front lines, a proverbial spearhead that every leader of Snagem thus far has used to drive a wedge in many an adversary. This isn’t to suggest that this hybrid is infallible, however. Train as he might to further improve himself or his entourage of Pokémon, all too often he finds there is always someone better in some regard, either by enemy or within the Snagem group, codifying his “Jack-of-all-trades” status. Certain aspects about him could very well be alleviated, if not mitigated, if it weren’t for his stubbornness bred from either gym discipline, pride, or just regular bad habit, such as his adamancy towards Mega Evolution, reluctance in performing mere flight using his own two wings for any extended length of time, or in social circles his severe lack of initial trust of people he hasn’t met before, justified or not and despite not meaning any harm to anyone, which hurts him more often than it tends to help him. They are flaws that he is aware of, but he feels he can’t get in any position to get above them.
Hybrid Attacks:
Just as any Pokémon can, a Pokémon Hybrid can call upon the power that resides within them. Granted, as flashy and powerful they seem to be, a Hybrid can only bring forth only a fraction of what the actual Pokémon could very well bring upon a battlefield. Regardless, it doesn’t stop anyone, let alone Blizzard, from trying to come close.
Ice Beam: The standard staple to most Ice types repertoires. Blizzard is able to fire Ice Beam attacks from the palm of his hands, rapid fire, or bring both hands together for one massive frigid blast. Despite being told at least once discharging an Ice Beam attack properly like an actual Articuno would be more effective, that is to say from the beak, Blizzard finds firing from the hands more versatile, accurate, and…finds himself not feeling like him choking from doing it his way.
Blizzard: Not to be confused with the actual person. The attack is unleashed from the hybrids wings and can be guided to be a heavily damaging proximity (AoE) attack or a focused attack directly in front of him with pretty decent range.
Mind Reader / Sheer Cold: Abilities used in combination and most often used as a finishing move by Blizzard. Mind Reader, true to its name sake, carefully tracks the movements of his target as he charges his destructive Sheer Cold, a dense, large, chilling energy ball that can cause wide spread icy collateral damage. In combination, Blizzard’s Sheer Cold attack tends to be more accurate and wieldy than the true Pokémon’s attack counterpart, at the expense of undergoing a somewhat lengthy charging time compared to an actual Articuno’s. Furthermore, while a Sheer Cold in the hands of a hybrid could still cause chilling devastation outright, true to its name sake, the possibility of it drops in the hands of a hybrid, let alone Blizzard, opting him to use it just for the sake of massive damage instead of handing instant defeats, due to the power differences of himself and the actual legendary bird.
Extrasensory: An unusual attack discovered to be able to be performed by Blizzard. Rare has been reports that actual Articuno are able to use psychic abilities such as this, but one thing that were common in those reports that their situations, whatever they may be, were not normal. Blizzard’s Extrasensory attack is generally not powerful enough to cause any sort of extensive and/or lasting damage and generally is short ranged. Many, including himself, has equated the burst of Psychic power as a mental taser, opting to use the attack to stun and disorient foes for a quick opening.
Aerial Ace: By all rights, Blizzard prefers to fight on the ground more than he does in the air, despite being an avian-based hybrid. It’s not to suggest he is completely defenseless however. Aerial Ace is a rapid attack, where he quickly rushes after his opponent with great speed, outright pummels his opponents in a near-frenzy of punches and kicks in the air, then send them plummeting back down to earth with a strong blow. More often than not, Blizzard will strike foes hard enough to send them up into the air just long enough to pummel them with Aerial Ace, only to send them back to the ground. Either way, Blizzard’s Aerial Ace highlights as an example of variation of a hybrid’s attack and the actual Pokémon’s attack.
Ancientpower: Ancientpower has been known to vary from Pokémon to Pokémon as to how they are performed, but the ending effect tends to potentially having the benefit of powering a Pokémon up after use. Blizzard would not get any such perk for one, and two, it’s perhaps one of his more dangerous attacks to use. With this attack, Blizzard will be able to conjure up a few pillars of ice, usually around the target he wants and squeeze said target within said ice. A tell is a wave of the arms, followed that up by an arm’s thrust forward and a clinch of his fist to bring about detonation of the ice pillars with whatever target unfortunate enough to be caught in the mighty blast and icy shard-like shrapnel. This comes at the price of only being able to use it on solid surfaces, usually the ground or nearby walls, and with how the pillars are formed and due to the type of attack Ancientpower actually is, has been known to cause Blizzard immense, potentially crippling, pain from either repeated use (usually 3 uses back-to-back), or focusing it to become a considerably larger attack, unlike the rest of Blizzard’s arsenal.
Mist: True to actual Pokémon attacks, Mist does as advertised and will prevent any debilitating effects, such as speed loss or attack power loss, from being brought about to anyone within it, let alone to him. However, usually Blizzard doesn’t find himself in situations where that would actually matter and when it usually does, it’s usually against the more potent effects from attacks such as Thunder Wave that he’s caught under which then Mist would not matter. As such, Blizzard opts to use Mist more for cover, a screen to either make his escape, gain the upper hand on an opponent, or just out right hide, depending on the situation.
Agility: A simple case of a burst of speed. However, unlike actual Pokémon who can go long periods of time reaching speeds double, perhaps even triple, of what they would normally, most hybrids, Blizzard especially, can only use Agility in extremely short bursts. Blizzard has been known to go fast enough to not be tracked even some trained hybrid and Pokémons’ eyes. However, extended use at those speeds have been known to just as quickly tire Blizzard out. Blizzard usually relegates Agility as a means to dodge and subsequently achieve a less disadvantageous position against whoever he is fighting.
Reflect: Rarely ever a time Blizzard ends up finding to call upon Reflect for any sort of defense. It would be because of that, at this time, it’s Blizzard’s weakest skill. Right at the moment, the barrier he manages to conjure is usually only enough to weaken, if not stop, one blow before the barrier outright shatters like glass in his hands, and most of the fault for that falls on him for it for not having the skill to keep it up for any extended length of time. Because of how he fights, he opts more to outright dodge or just take the blow if he knows if he can shrug the damage, and more often than not, Reflect tends to be forgotten about.
Pokemon Line-up:
Like every person in Snagem, Blizzard has a wide array of Pokemon that he calls upon, a fair number of them his closest allies even before Snagem’s formation.
Weavile
Gender: Male
Ability: Pressure
Notes: Blizzard’s Weavile is perhaps the de facto captain of Blizzard’s entire Pokémon line-up by virtue of it not only being the most trained, but the first Pokémon that Blizzard obtained in his career as a Pokémon Trainer.
Glaceon
Gender: Female
Ability: Snow Cloak
Notes: A Pokémon nearly as veteran as Weavile in Blizzard’s party. Obtained also before Blizzard became a hybrid as an Eevee and eventually evolved into a Glaceon to further solidify his status as the apprentice of the Mahogany Gym.
Typhlosion
Gender: Male
Ability: Blaze
Notes: The first Pokémon Blizzard obtained during his major adventure versus Freth. Obtained as a Cyndaquil, after many battles versus Freth and her entourage over the course of several months, he grew into the proud, hardy Typhlosion. It was an encounter that left Blizzard at odds with his Ice-type bias, but was quickly grown out of in pursuit for a common cause between both him and Typhlosion.
Porygon-Z
Ability: Adaptability
Notes: Another Pokémon that was picked up during Blizzard’s mission to stop Freth. The quirkiest member of Blizzard’s crew with a large plethora of attacks, adopted by the hybrid just on virtue of at the very least, not wanting the digital Pokémon to be deleted for virtue of evolving into a living glitch not by its doing thanks to the off-kilter, experimental nature of the Dubious Disc. It more often than not is a lead off in Pokémon battles for its sheer versatility in almost any situation.
Scizor
Gender: Male
Ability: Swarm
Notes: The more silent, stoic Pokémon of Blizzard’s entourage, also picked up during his several month fight against Freth. Originally obtained as a Scyther, showing promise in his speed and near-surgical precision strikes, recruits the bug Pokémon and eventually down the road evolves it.
Raichu
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Notes: Yet another Pokémon obtained along the way during his adventure before Snagem. However, since then, this Pokémon hasn’t been active and not many know of Blizzard’s ownership of this Pokémon, and it’s unsure as to why. Blizzard hasn’t let on that he had this since before Snagem’s formation nor has he used it in the time since opting to use other Pokémon for any electric-type needs.
Rotom
Ability: Levitate
Notes: Another Pokémon obtained during the aforementioned struggle against Freth. Blizzard has shown that if an electric type needed to be used, this is his go-to. It though has an unfortunate tendency to possess any compatible device without command to do so, usually devices that are in use, like the refrigerator, a habit that he has yet to break on the ghost.
Zangoose
Gender: Male
Ability: Immunity
Notes: Another Pokémon obtained during the adventure before Snagem’s formation. Zangoose, considering its natural repertoire, was trained similarly to Weavile and because of which, in a roundabout way, it harbored a rather bitter rivalry with Weavile. Nowadays, the two Pokémon are more on civil terms and will aid each other when it calls for it. However, Zangoose will every now and then get a mean streak and make the attempt to show superiority.
Gardevoir
Nickname: Telia
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Notes: One of only two Pokemon that are nicknamed. Obtained after the incident with Freth and Celcius, but long before Snagem was formed. Telia was one of two Ralts born of Gardevoir and Gallade parents, a two Pokémon that Blizzard also had which were obtained during the fight against Freth. However, the parents have been mentioned to be retired shortly after child birth and now the children fill the role of the parents in Blizzard’s party.
Gallade
Nickname: Psy
Gender: Male
Ability: Steadfast
Notes: The second Pokémon nicknamed in Blizzard’s party and the twin brother of Telia, the Gardevoir. Unlike his sister, who is more bubbly and generally carefree, Psy tends to be more reserved just like his parents.
Froslass
Gender: Female
Ability: Snow Cloak
Notes: Blizzard’s first ice type Pokémon post fight with Freth and during his recovery period after fighting Celcius. Obtained as a Snorunt, Blizzard trained the Pokémon during his recovery period. Unfortunately for Blizzard, the Pokémon stumbled upon the evolution stone needed to evolve it out of curiosity and accidentally evolved itself. Blizzard, rather annoyed that his Pokémon’s curiosity got the better of her, but figured it could work out in the long term anyhow and rolled with it.
Articuno
Ability: Snow Cloak
Notes: The last Pokémon that Blizzard would obtain before becoming part of Snagem, albeit in this case rather reluctantly. During the recovery period after the Celcius fight, Blizzard found the Articuno in the northern routes north of Mahogany, heading towards the Lake of Rage and found it injured by various angry people who claimed that it ruined their lives as much as Blizzard did. The attacks by the citizens traumatized the bird as bad as they injured it. Blizzard doesn’t use this Pokémon in battle at all and has been trying to get this Legendary Pokémon back on the track to freedom. While some progress has been made over the past few years, the Articuno has an unwavering attachment to Blizzard and doesn’t want to part ways.
Lucario
Gender: Male
Ability: Inner Focus
Notes: One of the first Pokémon Blizzard gets while in service of Team Snagem. Blizzard would have a faithful encounter with this Pokemon as a Riolu and it would quickly fit right in the team. Evolving, however, this Pokemon has gotten prideful, more towards the arrogant side, not to the extent of hindering the team, but enough to get Blizzard’s attention.
Golduck
Gender: Male
Ability: Cloud Nine
Notes: A Pokemon caught during Blizzard’s time with Snagem as is and not as a prior evolution. It would be noted that the most Blizzard would be seen using Golduck was during his tutelage of Aden, during Aden’s gym run in Johto. Blizzard, as much as he wants to bring Golduck into the fray once again, has a hard time finding an occasion where Golduck would be best suited on the dangerous missions the team goes on.
Cubchoo
Gender: Male
Ability: Slush Rush
Evo Points – 6 / 25
Notes: A Pokemon caught also within Blizzard’s time with Snagem and obtained around the time the region of Unova was a place of interest. Since being snagged away from an enemy grunt, Blizzard has attempted to train this bear with…little progress. Cubchoo has been outright been rather cowardly in the face of battle, even at the most low-scale of levels, opting to run instead of fight, a habit that Blizzard is having the hardest time in breaking.
Sigilyph
Ability: Wonder Guard
Notes: Obtained also in Unova and snagged away from an overbearing trainer during a competition. Sigilyph seems to be the highly curious sort, always flying about the headquarters and a stares at various things for what one could seem like an eternity. Like Golduck, Sigilyph tends to fill a really specific niche in Blizzard’s party that super rarely ever shows up, much to Blizzard’s disdain due to him wanting to give all his Pokémon equal opportunity.
Torchic
Gender: Male
Ability: Blaze
Evo Pts: 21/25
Notes: Obtained as an egg as a prize from the Battle Frontier in Hoenn. Not much training has been done upon Torchic, mainly due to Blizzard’s overall busy itinerary in Snagem. That said, Torchic is one of the few Pokémon used to aid Tristen’s Pokémon training, specifically in the boy’s weaker Pokémon, providing needed experience two-fold to both Tristen’s Pokémon and Torchic.
Mudkip
Gender: Female
Ability: Torrent
Notes: Just as with Torchic, it was obtained as an egg as a prize from the Battle Frontier. Originally, Blizzard had intended on getting an egg that was supposed to be a Feebas, but ended up getting Mudkip in a mix-up. Despite that, Blizzard figured getting the Mudkip was fine due to possibly being easier to raise a Mudkip than a fish that would have to stay confined in a tank until it evolved. Like Torchic, Mudkip doesn’t get as much training as anyone else in the party and has as of late been relegated in helping Tristen’s Pokemon battling skills.
Decidueye
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Notes: Blizzard’s first ever grass type. Obtained during a safari excursion on an island just off of Alola and found as a Rowlet. Rowlet would be captured as like any wild Pokémon would be, Cubchoo of all Pokémon contributing to the capture in Blizzard’s desperate attempt to get the tiny bear some confidence. Rowlet would soon evolve into Dartrix during a hellish gauntlet in a labyrinth. It would be a while, namely after the final assault against Ein, where it would finally evolve to the ever vigilant Decidueye.
Vulpix (Alolan Variant)
Gender: Female
Ability: Snow Warning
Notes: Obtained as a prize as an egg from winning the safari excursion that netted him Rowlet. Much to Blizzard’s surprise and confusion, this Vulpix is discovered to be a variant native to the Alola Region, where the Vulpix tend to live high up on mountain tops, under the coldest of conditions and as such, over time adapted to the extreme cold by becoming ice types themselves. Blizzard has yet to start any training on this Pokémon due to it being fresh from the Pokémon egg and it still is trying to get used to the nuances of its surroundings.
Zigzagoon (Galarian Variant)
Gender: Male
Ability: Gluttony
Notes: A pecular Zigzagoon variant found during an excursion to the Galar Wild Area. Figuring that there might be something new and interesting coming from a variant native to the Galar region, just as Vulpix was before, Blizzard decided to take the dive and capture the Pokemon. |
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:47 pm
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Age: 33
Height: 6'0" (~183 cm)
Hometown: Violet City, Johto Region
Species: Pokémon Hybrid (Articuno, Galarian Variant)
Rough starts in life could happen to anyone. There’s no one that knows this better than Freth. Once human, she inherited a criminal group left behind by her father due to his untimely death; assassinated with no leads as to who done it. She had known the criminal element for all her life, as early as her being a few years old and was taken away from her mother who wanted to take Freth and flee the lifestyle her father insisted on running. She learned the trade as she grew and when she took over, the group was at nearly major criminal organization’s, such as Team Rocket or Aqua, call. They were the shadow group that worked for the highest bidder, until the day she decided with this crew’s skills, they could do better than even the established empires of those such as Giovanni. After vast researching, Freth found the perfect answer to making even the organizations bow to her. The Ice Elemental, Celcius.
Such ambitions would be derailed however, almost near immediately, once they encountered an Articuno hybrid that caught on to their plans and soon was hell bent on ruining everything. And ultimately, ruin he did. Freth’s problems finally came at a head, however, when she was captured by Celcius itself and just as Blizzard before her, changed against her will and forced her into servitude. Blizzard would end up ultimately saving Freth due to Celcius’s defeat, but the proverbial scars were permanent. Freth found herself cursing her new form, resembling the hybrid she loathed for the better part of several months. The gang that she once ran cut Freth off once they were exposed. She was left with nothing other than the Pokémon she had at the time. Freth would attempt to assume a new identity for herself, take up more legitimate jobs, namely in the bounty hunting fields, to keep those such as the Rangers off her case, and just to at the very least to put food on the table for her and her Pokémon, but ultimately the thoroughness of the rangers made any sort of job scarce and what jobs there were, the Rangers would tend to find some way to deprive Freth of her bounty through use of bureaucratic red tape. Furthermore, because now she was a hybrid, she couldn’t find any jobs that any human could get easier in fearing of what a hybrid might mean for an establishment, and even then, with a new identity for herself meant no history, leaving many wary. Desperate, Freth would go seek the aid from the one who brought her criminal history to an end.
Blizzard would be reluctant to take her in; having at the time adopting the notion of the state she is in is all her fault and as such deserving of it. True as that may have been, Blizzard would take in the Articuno female, having her to perform, as he put it, community service, starting off with finishing the chores and maintenance that had to be done at the gym. It wasn’t luxurious by any extent, but it got her and her Pokémon a meal, at least. As time went on at the gym, Freth had essentially softened up a bit, as did Blizzard, knowing that Freth was serious of trying to go down some sort of road to redemption. Eventually the two ended up having feelings for each other, ashamed they were both to admit it at first. Freth would essentially become part of the family at the Mahogany Gym. She would find herself putting her history, however, back into use once Snagem was formed to combat the Pokémon Rangers and their regime. With various underworld knowledge, she would be as valuable as an ally just as her significant other, and eventually brought the rangers down as well as subsequent threats the Snagems go on to face.
Freth in general, unlike her love interest, is a fair more assertive in her methods. In Pokémon Battles or getting into fisticuffs herself, she favors assault power over defense, unlike her lover’s more balanced approach. That isn’t to suggest she’s just an outright Amazonian-esque brute. She too tends to have a bit of ingenuity in her approach, bolstered by her years of being in the shadows of the criminal underworld. Furthermore, she is not as reserved in her decision making under pressure as her significant other; more willing to make the harder, darker choices when it comes to it, understanding that certain acts are going to have to be done, despite the high cost. Apart from battle, Freth is a bit more social and outgoing, even pretty caring of others. At times, she does actually fulfill the role of the mother figure to some, more specifically to Tristen, whenever Blizzard is not around for whatever reason. That said, she has been known to be easily slighted at times, making her a bit more feared by others of handing out knuckle sandwiches via Frustration attack. At least up until a twist of fate that had been bestowed upon her.
Hybrid Attacks:
While she has the powers of an Articuno at her disposal, she doesn’t really mix them in her fights all too well or often, preferring to just use ‘good old fisticuffs’ to win her fights, at least ones involving her and another person and not against a Pokemon. That being said, she won’t deny having an attack or two is handy at times.
Ice Beam: Just as any other Ice type, rather they be hybrid or full on Pokémon, Ice Beam attacks are a staple in a move set. Just like her significant other, she can fire them one handed or put both hands together for a bigger icy blast, due to the fact it was how she was taught originally after residing with Blizzard for a time.
Icy Wind: While not the destructive force that is her lover’s Blizzard attack, just like it however can be used in proximity and at range. However, while it doesn’t have massive damage of a Blizzard attack, the chill of it is biting enough to slow down foes to the point of crippling.
Water Pulse: A moved learned by Freth sometime after joining Snagem. Under Miles’s tutelage, she learned how to put the icy prowess of an Articuno to other uses, namely in regards of temperature control. Water Pulse is the result of such prowess, and as such is able to take on a wider variety of enemies should she encounter them and as a bonus, true to Water Pulse’s form, is able to bring about spouts of confusion with the attack.
Frustration: A move that embodies Freth’s overall rage under pressure and an attack Freth is most comfortable with using considering her more “in-your-face” fighting style. At its core, it’s just one simple punch. But it’s a punch that has been known to level most foes by the sheer force of it.
Air Cutter: Freth’s only flying type attack in her repertoire and one rarely used at that. From her wings, she fires a cold wind that has been known to cut fairly deep. However, the attack is only short ranged at best.
Agility: Just like her significant other, she too has Agility to provide an insane burst of speed. However, with her fighting style, she uses it more offensively than defensively and she became rather proficient with it, to the point where she has been known to be faster than even Blizzard and doesn’t tire her out as quickly when used in quick succession.
Pokemon:
Her entourage of Pokemon isn’t as expansive, let alone diverse, like most members in Snagem. The majority of her Pokemon have been around with her since her days in the criminal underworld and have been her closest allies who refuse to betray her. Admittedly, she hasn’t expanded her party since joining Snagem, namely her feeling no need. Just like her own fighting, she bolsters generally heavy hitting, rather destructive Pokémon as opposed to the smaller, quicker, more precise ones.
Mamoswine:
Gender: Male
Ability: Snow Cloak
Notes: One of her closest companions. The massive, burly Ice and Ground type Pokemon has been known to level entire city blocks just to get a mission accomplished. It’s not only a Pokemon that’s been with Freth since her criminal underworld days, but even as far back as her child years.
Walrien:
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Notes: Another close companion of Freth. Another burly ice Pokemon to provide at least some variation in her fights when she needs them. The Walrien, predictably, is used more often in her missions over water instead of land and at those times, it’s a massive threat with crushing icy attacks and near-tidal shifting water abilities.
Glalie:
Gender: Male
Ability: Inner Focus
Notes: While not large and in charge as most of her party, Glalie tends to come in as the all-rounder Pokemon to take care of objectives that Waliren and Mammoswine can’t, if for anything, its ability to hover over near any terrain, or lack thereof. Like the prior two Pokemon, however, it is known for at least a couple of devastating attacks that could put himself at risk such as Explosion or Hyper Beam.
Cloyster
Gender: Male
Ability: Shell Armor
Notes: Freth’s first Pokémon obtained after leaving the criminal organization and undertaking a bounty hunting career. A rather steadfast Pokemon, able to take a considerable amount of punishment, more than the rest of her crew and can dish out just as much in return. However, it’s perhaps the least mobile of the crew.
Alakazam
Gender: Male
Ability: Synchronize
Notes: Freth’s first non-Ice type Pokémon. Left in a predicament of travel, Freth recruited an Abra which she eventually evolved to Kadabra after some training. Despite being trained to fight, it’s not a Pokémon that she doesn’t use in battle often, namely because the Pokémon is her ride out of an area via its Teleport and don’t want to risk being stranded and, to Freth’s admission, doesn’t gel too well with how she tends to approach Pokémon battles. Her Pokemon finally evolved to Alakazam as a reward by Mespirit during endeavors in the Hisui region.
Cryoganal
Ability: Levitate
Notes: Freth’s first Pokemon that she managed to take in while under Snagem’s service, snagged from a grunt during an incident in Unova. While large and looking fairly intimidating for a bloodthirsty snowflake, like a snowflake is abhorrently frail, much to Freth’s disdain. However, Freth has over time learned to adapt Cryoganal into her team, opting to use Cryoganal’s abilities to make decisive strikes instead of hard blitzes like with Mamoswine and Glalie for example. She’s not apt to lead off with this Pokémon in any case.
Absol
Gender: Female
Purified - Formerly Shadow
Ability: Super Luck
Notes: A Pokémon she took in, mostly not out of choice. The Absol was taken from the Hexagon Brothers during a mission to find and disband any project they were working on, let alone disband the band of brothers. She found the brothers were trying, in their own stupid, asinine way of making their own “super Pokemon” by making a Shadow Pokemon not have the weaknesses of a Shadow Pokemon. While sound in theory, the problem was they were using pieces of the purification relic stolen from Agate Village. Unbeknownst of them, they were only undergoing a process of purification and the closer the Absol was to purifying, the more rogue and unstable the Absol was until full purification could happen. The Absol became unhinged and managed to break out of its containment and attacked Freth and the brothers, but fortunately Freth managed to capture the Pokémon, effectively confiscating it from them.
Hitmonchan:
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Notes: A Pokemon she obtained from a contest. Tyrogue, young, and by all means, a total brat. Freth has done some training with Tyrogue, realizing that this Pokemon was an abandoned one at a absurdly young age. While it still has its renegade tendencies, it started to warm up to Freth. At least for the time being. The Tyrogue would eventually evolve into a Hitmonchan during a wide-scale tournament held in the Galar region after combating a absurdly strong Sandshrew owned by a trainer from the Kanto region.
Oshawott:
Gender: Male
Ability: Torrent
Notes: Obtained during a safari contest at an abandoned research facility which squared off against Freth's rebellious Tyrogue. It fought hard against Tyrogue and a couple of Pokeballs that were sent its way until it finally succumbed to the final one Freth was allotted.
Hakamo-o:
Gender: Male
Ability: Bulletproof
Currently Shadow - 21 / 25 pts
Notes: During the final assault against Ein at Realgam Tower, Freth managed to capture this dragon-type Pokemon while the team held the line against an onslaught of Shadow Pokemon ready to overrun the tower by sheer numbers. Granted, at the time, she did it to get the Pokemon off her and her Absol's case, she ended up with it in the end.
Darumaka (Galarian):
Gender: Male
Ability: Inner Focus
Notes: Received as a Pokemon Egg shortly after Ein's defeat. Much to Freth's astonishment, this Darumaka was different than the ones she got to vaguely get familiar with from Unova. The Pokemon actually had ice type characteristics as opposed to fire types and for some reason with a perpetual grimace to its face. Its a rambunctious Pokemon, however, one that Freth will have to try to keep under control.
Cufant
Gender: Male
Ability: Sheer Force
Notes: A pretty rotund steel type with the strength to match. Freth managed to find this Pokemon in the Galar Region during a safari contest in the Galar region. This boisterous pachyderm currently doesn't have Freth in its good graces due to circumstances leading up to directly after the capture.
Grovile
Gender: Male
Ability: Unburden
Currently Shadow
Notes: A Grovile snagged from a trainer during a mission to sabotage underground routes to Mauville City from Trainer Hill. Currently, not much is known about the Pokemon other than that it had been shadowfied, rather passively or forcefully, in the wake of Ein's concocted virus.
Sneasel (Hisuan)
Gender: Female
Ability: Poison Touch
Notes: Found during a safari in the Galar region, much to Freth's shock. Finding a Pokemon out of place on many axis, she would capture this Pokemon as evidence there was more wrong in their world than what was already known. As of this time, not much is known about this variant of Sneasel as a fair bit of information about it was lost in the process of time. |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:09 pm
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Age: 13 (approx.)
Height: 5'0" (~152.5 cm)
Hometown: ???
Species: Pokemon Hybrid, Manetric
A prodigy at all rights that almost never had an opportunity for a future. Found in what was a primitive encampment, home to hybrids that were hell bent in keeping to old, archaic, if not outright draconian ways of conditioning and growing instead of adopting the advancements that were slowly coming up in the world in fear that such things would make one soft. The Electrike hybrid would be kidnapped by this tribe, away from his biological parents, and raised in such torturous conditions for years, almost completely breaking the child, until the faithful day he was rescued by those who he could call a brother and a father. The time he spent with this tribe is a point of his life he would prefer to forget. The physical scars received from that place healed. The emotional ones, however, remain a point of contention and something that he is careful not to tell about.
Since his rescue, the boy would realize that the world is vast, with many opportunities. However, many of these opportunities were not going to be presented without at least some basic know-how of how the world worked, which was something that he lacked severely. Blizzard would train him both in the physical aspects, training him right instead of resorting to what was essentially torture tactics the tribe instigated, in his hybrid abilities and the nuances to Pokémon battling, just as any apprentice to Gym training would do for one in need. Freth would provide the more mental aspects of raising him, trying her hand at homeschooling him, helping the boy learn how to read and write, which then would expand in learning history and math. Tristen would find that he actually favors the more academic learning as opposed to Pokémon battling, realizing after some time with Snagem that there were more to this wide world than just winning a Pokémon battle. That said, Tristen is more than willing to train himself and his Pokémon allies because the world is too big and too good just to allow to be laid to waste by anyone.
What can be said about Tristen for the time being is that he is a kind-hearted boy, trying to keep in mind all of those who are around him. At times, though, it tends to be to someone’s chagrin, and more often than not, Tristen doesn’t seem to realize it. Some has noted that the boy’s innocence knows no bounds. Over the time with Snagem, however, the innocence has been played down a bit once he started to catch on to the nuances of socializing and the whole concept of morality. As such, Tristen ended up having a severe disdain towards anyone he regards as some sort of evil, reminded of what he went through years ago. So much in fact, very recently, the boy nearly outright attempted to kill someone, however justified in this case. However, it wasn’t without feeling guilt for it. Morality he may know of, but he sees it generally in black and white instead of the hundreds of shades of gray, just as children tend to do.
In battles, Tristen’s battling is still in development. The most he knows is the lessons that his father figure teaches him. Pokemon battling basics like having a diverse team, attack, and things of the like. He has yet to find a style to his own, not really finding any favor in any sort of strategy as of yet. Its not helped, however, like a child, falling back to perhaps the strongest Pokémon in his lineup and hope that it is enough. Most of the boy’s Pokémon he obtained out of circumstance instead of an actual battle and capture, and some of the ones that he has obtained are outright powerhouses where very few children his age are able to get a hold of let alone, train and command. As far as he, himself, is concerned, Tristen is still rather inexperienced. While he is able to command electricity, it’s not of any great extent like a trained hybrid could. Funnily enough, however, it was learned eventually that he has the Lightning Rod trait like an actual Electrike does. However, the trait is worth noting that he doesn’t have any control of and comes off as involuntary on his part, though it has been used on more than one occasion to be of a help, especially to his adoptive parents. Furthermore, with the training that Tristen has underwent thus far, it could be argued that he is about as physically strong as an average human adult, which comparatively to another hybrid, not strong at all. The boy can hold his own, and he has taken some crushing blows before, but at the end of the day it’s not hard to overtake him when it comes to it. Tristen ends up more often than not having to rely on wit and his Pokémon instead of force even more often than his two parents just to provide some sort of help in Snagem.
In more social circles, Tristen has eventually learned to be more outgoing, however, he has picked up on more of the quirks of his father figure, which even Blizzard would admit is not to Tristen’s benefit. Tristen is not very good at picking up on sarcasm or just jokes in general as of yet, and it gets rather awkward when more of those “morally gray” topics come up with him around. Apart from that, he’s rather humble in the sense that more often than not, a lot of the things he gets he feels he is undeserving of, which leads to more awkward moments with others. However, Tristen with his child naiveté will pretty much tell what’s on his mind and will show that he can be pretty much be trusted and will help in any way he can, despite his shortcomings. It would be a fact that would be exemplified during the assault at Realgam Tower. Tristen would be called upon to find the Zapdos Heart within the wreckage of a ship which was used as a powerful battering ram. The stone was originally a super-powerful electrical stone that was used for HQ's electrical needs and not many electric type Pokemon, let alone hybrids, were capable of harnessing its power. Tristen despite not having the capacity within himself to weather the torrent of power the stone could provide, managed to unleash the fiercest electrical attack upon a daunting Shadow Pokemon horde threatening to take out him and his allies. It would be an attack that put himself into a coma. However, despite draining the stone of every bit of its power and nearly preventing Tristen from using electricity of any capacity ever again, the stone actually triggered a change within him and after some time, allowed the hybrid to evolve into a Manetric hybrid a good amount of time before he was generally estimated to in his life.
Hybrid attacks:
While not proficient in the kind of attacks he can use yet, he does have a couple of attacks to help get him by. The sky is the limit with the boy.
Spark: One of the attacks was discovered that Tristen knew how to use upon meeting him. The boy frantically discharges electricity from the entirety to his body with virtually no control of how it comes off, which considering the actual attack, is just as well. Tristen has recently gotten control of at the very least the intensity of the attack, able to be able to discharge low voltage to extremely damaging attacks with no consequence to himself.
Thunder Wave: Another attack that Tristen had upon meeting him. It’s a low-powered electrical pulse that can make muscles seize up and instill temporary paralysis. Tristen more often than not uses it as an offensive measure than defensive one, usually using it to give himself an upper hand when he realizes fights were otherwise going nowhere either way.
Flash: The last attack that was discovered Tristen had upon meeting him. Originally, Tristen had no control over this ability, it was either super bright, eye-gouging levels of blinding or nothing at all. Since starting training his hybrid abilities, Tristen has learned to actually control it for more utility means, like lighting up dark caves and not to anyone’s deficit. When he started to learn how to control it, it was discovered that the lighting-bolt like yellow crests in his fur that all Electrike are known for are the areas that actually light up. Upon evolving, the yellow fur on his head, arms, and legs all light up, making for a more luminescent ability.
Thunderbolt: Tristen’s first attack that he’s learned since being with Snagem. Tristen discharges an immense bolt of electricity to strike down his opponent. The bolt of electricity discharged is even more powerful than the strongest Spark attack Tristen can pull off by a very far margin. Originally, as an Electrike hybrid, he was only able to fire off at least two or three massive bolts before he was completely spent. Upon evolving, however, while he is still limited in his capacity, his new form granted him more electricity to be able to use and better capability to use it. Granted, he's still no expert at it, but he was much more capable than he originally was with this attack. Regardless, its an attack he tends to reserve at big openings.
Pokemon:
As mentioned before, a lot of Tristen’s Pokémon are obtained on by circumstance instead of him outright capturing them. That said, regardless if they were caught, snagged, or given, these Pokémon are practically family to him.
Xatu:
Gender: Male
Ability: Synchronize
Notes: Tristen’s first Pokemon in a ironic twist of fate. Growing up the tribe leader was in fact a Xatu hybrid that instilled fear into anyone, even to his subordinates. Tristen found this Pokémon as a Natu and for some odd reason it grew oddly attached to the boy during a peaceful time for him before finding himself back with Snagem, who just recently been taken over by Sub. The Pokémon would eventually evolve into a Xatu after a round of fierce battling at the Battle Frontier.
Castform:
Ability: Forecast
Notes: Tristen’s first Pokemon obtained while in Snagem. A trip to the Weather Institute in Hoenn with Tails, a duo of Castform was given by a scientist to the two young boys after helping with a discovery the scientist were on their way to. The Castform is rather playful by nature, but perhaps the most adaptable in Tristen’s line-up with its various weather changing moves.
Mawile:
Gender: Male
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Notes: Tristen’s first actual capture. Obtained from the Challenger’s Cave in Unova during a contest. The Mawile is a rather brash Pokemon and for the most part is a loner, more often refusing to help his ally Pokemon. Despite its small stature, however, it has shown more often than not to be a bit of a juggernaut.
Espeon:
Gender: Male
Ability: Magic Bounce
Notes: A Christmas gift given to Tristen by Blizzard as an Eevee. This playful Eevee who once had several paths to take personifies Tristen’s own future, with many branching paths before him and full potential not realized as at the time. The potential finally flourished in the heat of battle during a tournament held in Galar where the Eevee evolved into Espeon, dispatching Tristen's opponent's ace Pokemon in such a spectacular fashion.
Zebstrika
Gender: Male
Ability: Motor Drive
Formerly Shadow
Notes: A Pokemon obtained as a prize for completing the Challenger’s Cave contest in Unova as a Pokemon Egg. A trusty Pokemon that stuck with Tristen through thick and thin since its birth. Things turned for the worst between the two once, as a Blitzle, was overcame by the Shadow Virus concocted by Ein. Tristen worked hard and eventually purified his Pokémon. Blitzle eventually evolved into Zebstrika and has shown to be a rather powerful electrical powerhouse in his lineup.
Dragonite
Gender: Male
Ability: Multiscale
Notes: While technically captured, the Dragonite originally was part of the Dragonite Bus system for the Pokémon rangers. It was taken from the Pokémon rangers during a contest on Sevii Islands, effectively hijacking the two rangers who entered the contest means of getting around the island chain. While originally capturing Dragonite to gimp the rangers during the contest, the dragon proved to be rather problematic in keeping under control. With the lack of experience of stronger Pokémon, Tristen actually feared this dragon at first until he stood up to it and came to an accord during a time of crisis. After the crisis, Dragonite actually opted to stay with Tristen instead of going back with the rangers. Dragonite is arguably Tristen’s strongest Pokemon in all respects. However in that power, Tristen falls upon it a little too often to get himself out of any sort of bind. As such, if Dragonite is out and he goes down, Tristen’s chances of making it out of a fight goes down drastically. It’s a habit Blizzard is making it a point to work Tristen out of.
Galvantula:
Gender: Female
Ability: Compound Eyes
Notes: Given to Tristen by Sub…albeit reluctantly on all parts. During an infestation of the headquarters of Joltik and Galvantula, Tristen was used as bait by Sub due to the Galvantula’s insatiable desire for electricity. However, after being questioned by Tristen about the Galvantula’s future and Doc Owl’s irritation at Sub’s handling of the situation led the Snagem leader to hand the bug over to Tristen…the problems with it and all. The Galvantula has been trained over a long period of time to not treat Tristen as an afternoon snack as opposed to a friend.
Weavile
Gender: Female
Ability: Pickpocket
Formerly Shadow
Notes: Snagged during a mission involving a rogue Snagger in the Orre Region. However, this Snag was done out of spite and as a means originally to be a bargaining chip to get his Blitzle back, due to it being snagged by the rogue at the time. It would all work out in the end that Tristen would get his Blitzle back and he ended up getting a new ally. It came to pass that the Weavile at one time was shadowfied itself and was cured by the rogue and it was relied upon to snag other Pokémon in the Orre Region which seemed to have the Shadow Virus symptoms.
Magmar
Gender: Male
Ability: Flame Body
Formerly shadow
Notes: Snagged away from Cipher Admin Zera. Magmar was taken from Zera in a bold move by Tristen to cripple Zera’s advance, despite it was against the orders of his adoptive father. Magmar was successfully snagged, much to Zera’s anger, and eventually over a short period of time was purified just as Tristen did with Blitzle. Magmar would be found to be a rather meek and silent Pokemon unlike how it was as a Shadow Pokemon. The Magmar would prove to be a valuable partner in Tristen’s line up.
Litten
Gender: Male
Ability: Blaze
Evolution Points – 21 / 25
Notes: Captured during a safari contest, though in this case it was a matter of for the feline’s own safety than winning the contest. Magmar, who was still a shadow Pokemon at the time, ended up fiercely attacking the cat and wouldn’t let up, not helped at that point that Magmar was in Hyper Mode and wasn’t responding to Tristen’s commands. Upon capturing it, Tristen found that this…was a typical cat, with lofty interests and wants that tends to change at the drop of a hat. In battle, Litten doesn’t have much to fall upon due to a limited move set that may get remedied upon evolving…whenever that is.
Meinshao
Gender: Male
Ability: Reckless
Notes: Captured during a fateful encounter as a Meinfoo during a safari contest. It is perhaps one of his fastest evolved Pokemon only due to harsh battling during Lysandre's last stand in Black City.
Rampardos
Gender: Male
Ability: Sheer Force
Notes: Obtained by sheer luck as a fossil in a contest; the same one in fact that led to the fateful encounter of Meinfoo. It was eventually brought to life in Snagem's fossil lab as a Cranidos. Like Meinshao, it too evolved rather rapidly due to the harsh battling in Black City.
Electabuzz
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Currently Shadow - 9 / 25 Pts
Notes: Obtained by Tristen during the team's holding the line during the assault on Realgam Tower. Despite looking at overwhelming odds, Tristen managed to capture a Shadow Electabuzz that was giving his Zebstrika such grief.
Gyarados
Gender: Male
Ability: Moxie
Notes: Captured at the Lake of Rage during what was supposed to be a holiday leisurely outing. Between trying to save Sub from drowning in freezing waters and realizing that odd colored "shiny" Pokemon such as this Gyarados, Tristen captured the lake serpent.
Wimpod
Gender: Male
Ability: Wimp Out
Notes: A rather elusive creature that Tristen felt the urge to capture just by means of principal. Upon capture, Tristen would learn this creature was rather cowardly by nature and training it would be severely problematic.
Rookidee
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Notes: A tiny bird caught during a safari at the Crown Tundra. It was captured in a relative 'no choice' scenerio when the Shadow Pokemon Tristen was trying to train at the time, being Electabuzz, started to get out of control. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:58 pm
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