Irene

IRENE
Irene has sort of a double personality, mostly due to her shyness and low self confidence: she's naturally kind, responsible, caring and honest, but when things doesn't go her way she either falls into a moody depressive state, or just becomes enraged, stubborn and impossible to talk with. She is very possessive (both in terms of material items and affections) and can't tolerate anything that interferes between her and her things/beloved people or Pokémon. This makes relationships with other people very difficult, not to mention she finds it easier to have to do with Pokémon rather than humans. She is a very loyal friend despite all of this, and often puts others ahead of her when it comes to importance. She loves drawing Pokémon and actually met her first online friends (who now she keeps in contact with thanks to the PokéNav) thanks to this passion of hers. Irene always wears a Quick Claw as a necklace, a gift from a very close friend of hers who shares her love for extinct and prehistoric Pokémon. She is really interested in myth and legends, but has a very personal view on legendary Pokémon; let's say she could be considered an atheist of the Pokémon world. In fact, she believes in the existence of Pokémon like Arceus, Mew, Lugia... but she considers them Pokémon like all the others, just so powerful or elusive that nobody has ever been able to train them or even approach them. To support her idea, she mentions trainers like Brandon or Palmer who are known to keep "legendary" Pokémon in their teams, or the fact that multiple specimen of certain "legendaries" have apparently been spotted in different regions. Irene doesn't really have a favorite Pokémon or type, even if she has very strong bonds to some of her team members. She has lately discovered a certain affinity to Dark types though.
Biography: Irene's story begins on the island of Altomare, where she lives in a small house with her parents. She doesn't have many friends living there: she loves her city, but she is not a social person and doesn't like going around to meet new people. Despite loving to draw them, she doesn't have any Pokémon of her own, so she spends most of her time on the computer, chatting with people who live far away in other regions. When her family decides to move to Hoenn, Irene is 14; they settle down in a pretty house near Mauville City, where she can finally meet one of her online friends who happens to be in that region training his Pokémon: Gad. He convinces Irene that if she really likes Pokémon so much, she has to get one, not necessarily for fighting... and so she finally gets one, a female Torchic called Uriel. Uriel soon proves to love fights, even though her legs aren't as strong as they're supposed to be for her species, and even if Irene is at the beginning a bit reluctant, she finally decides to become a Pokémon trainer. She still doesn't like the idea of keeping her monsters in Pokéballs though, nor to catch them randomly in the wild, so her first team is slowly built out of Pokémon she meets around and who decide to join her team for different personal reasons. She begins to understand that different people see Pokémon in different ways and train them using different methods, which she doesn't always approve of. One of these people is Kene, a rich boy from Kanto 2 years older than her, who she keeps on randomly meeting and with whom she develops a huge rivalry. During her quest for getting all of the region's Gym Badges, Irene has a few encounters with shady characters that she initially trusts and decides to join and help; she is given the task to keep an eye against such people's supposed enemies: Team Aqua. When the events start getting a bit more suspicious though, she realizes the team she has joined is just as criminal as Team Aqua: and when the situation comes to a head, the best she can do, with the support of her Pokémon, is to help people evacuating Sootopolis when the leaders of both Team Magma and Aqua lose control of the titans they were hoping to tame, Groudon and Kyogre. When the accident is over, Irene can finally obtain all of Hoenn badges: she completes that quest at the age of 18, but she can't really go past Hoenn's Elite Four; the event seriously makes her lose faith in herself and her ability to train Pokémon, and she is almost going to stop being a trainer... Her life gets a new direction when she suddenly receives an invitation for the newly built Battle Frontier on the Ex-Battle Tower Island: Scott is apparently contacting "the best trainers of all Hoenn" but when she gets there she understands that was more of an advertising campaign.. because there are thousands of people there! But, since she has gotten that far, Irene decides to try out the Battle Frontier anyway: she understand that true, there are better trainers around, but she can still prove she's worth something with the help of her six Pokémon. Meeting so many trainers together also changes her mind about catching Pokémon, and among other things she gets to visit the Safari Zone for the first time. She no longer only has six Pokémon, and while rotating teams seems weird at the beginning, she soon understand that it could benefit both her and her Pokémon to get some changes sometimes. Her parents don't like her sending her benched Pokémon home at first, but almost all of them are very helpful so in the end the monsters are a nice addition to the family. In a couple years, Irene gets all of the Battle Frontier symbols, and it's her final encounter with Pyramid King Brandon that opens her eyes to how important it would be to travel to other regions to understand important things in life and make vital experiences. In the meanwhile, Irene has met up again with Kene, and since both of them have done good in the Battle Frontier, they decide to start a journey together in a region that is new to both of them, Sinnoh. Once they get there, though, they discover they can't keep their usual Pokémon due to some new quarantine rule in the region; trainers need to spend a fixed time in Sinnoh before being able to use their old Pokémon. This is a security measure taken by the authorities because of a dangerous criminal group set in the region, Team Galactic. So, Irene and Kene each obtain a starter Pokémon from Prof. Rowan; while they're at his laboratory, a guy around their age called Shiro picks up a starter Pokémon too. They're pretty sure they've already seen him somewhere, but he's a guy of few words, and he leaves the lab without explaining anything. The journey across Sinnoh is hard for both Irene and Kene, who eventually split up again to their own roads, promising each other to meet again, after they get all eight badges, to take on Sinnoh's Elite Four. In the meanwhile Irene develops a very strong bond with her newly caught Pokémon, much similar to the bond she had created with her first six ones. Traveling across Sinnoh, she meets the mysterious Shiro again, and starts thinking there's something fishy about him, but can't really understand what. Weird encounters aside, Irene is able to get all eight badges in less than one year, which makes her finally feel really proud. As promised, she meets again with Kene, and both of them obtain a victory against the Sinnoh Elite Four. Cynthia then gives them permission to have their previous Pokémon back as they have both proven to be trustworthy trainers. After a touching meeting with her old friends, Irene decides to spend some more time in Sinnoh with them, as she loves the region and the Pokémon that can be found there. In the meanwhile, she plans what her next journey might be...
POKéMON in IRENE's team: RUBY AND SAPPHIRE
URIEL Species: Blaziken Gender: Female Bio: Irene's first Pokémon and the one she has the strongest bond with. She got the Pokémon from a man that sold Torchics in a big Pokémon convention; Uriel was the last Torchic left, probably because of some hereditary leg problems that would have never allowed her to rely on kick-related moves, something quite unfitting for a future fighting type... Irene didn't really care for battling, but Uriel did; it was her determination to fight that finally convinced Irene to become a trainer. Uriel is, personality wise, very similar to Irene, except for the fact she is not shy or self conscious... or at least, she can hide her weaknesses pretty well.

JEHIEL Species: Manectric Gender: Male Bio: Jehiel, as an Electrike, belonged to an old, lonely man who lived in Mauville city. When the man died, the Pokémon started wandering alone across the city, with nobody to rely on. Irene found him, starving, and decided to feed him; and since he had nowhere to go, he joined her team. Jehiel is extremely loyal, and extremely strong in battle even if he usually hides it with modesty.

ELEMIAH Species: Pelipper Gender: Male Bio: He was part of a flock of Wingull, and he was the first one to evolve. Other members of the flock stated making fun of how ugly and clumsy he had become, but he never gave importance to them, and instead wanted to teach them the importance of what we are inside rather than of our appearance only... but without success. Elemiah joined Irene's team as he was happy to finally find someone similarly-minded.

MANAKEL Species: Walrein Gender: Female Bio: She is extremely kind and gentle, but becomes a fury when enraged (in a way,this is just like Irene). Manakel holds a grudge against the villains who destroyed the shore she lived on with her family, and is more than happy to join Irene's team to get revenge. After the Aqua/Magma event is over, she decides to stay with Irene with whom she has developed a strong bond of friendship.

AFRIEL Species: Breloom Gender: Male Bio: He is always happy, playful, and loves being around kids and small Pokémon. He is sort of the buffoon of the group, and he relies on funny jokes to cheer up Irene whenever she feels sad.

TABRIS Species: Aggron Gender: Female Bio: She is extremely sweet, caring, and adorable. Too bad she is a HUGE METAL MONSTER with not exactly much brain, so she will probably squeeze anyone she tries to show affection for...
POKéMON in IRENE's team: EMERALD BATTLE FRONTIER
JUNGLER Species: Sceptile Gender: Male Bio: As a Grovyle, Jungler was one of Noland's Pokémon in the Battle Factory. Irene used him in a rental battle, but something went wrong and the Pokémon got badly hurt. Irene went often to the Pokémon center to check how he was doing, and the young Pokémon developed a bond he shouldn't have, since she was not his original trainer. This made Noland worry, because Pokémon in the Battle Factory should not become attached to anyone: so he proposed Irene to trade the Grovyle for another Pokémon she'd catch in the Safari Zone. She accepted, and since she was able to complete the task, he became part of her team. Jungler is an eccentric spirit, who uses berry juices to paint battle signs on his own face, but is deep inside a very sweet and caring creature. He seems to be attracted to Pokémon of his same gender.

CYCLONE Species: Dodrio Gender: Male Bio: One of the monsters Irene caught at the Safari Zone when looking for Pokémon for Noland. She thought a fast runner would have been a nice addition to her team, but she soon discovered that three heads, that even together don't really have a big brain, can sometimes be a bit of an issue. Cyclone is air headed, frivolous, and irresponsible. He can do well in battle but it's quite hard to get him do what he is SUPPOSED to do.

HURRICANE Species: Aerodactyl Gender: Male Bio: Irene received a piece of Old Amber in the mail from someone in Kanto... she still isn't sure on who it was, but the sender seemed to know her love for Fossil Pokémon very well. When revived, Hurricane proved to be the opposite of the ferocious crature Aerodactyls are usually presented as; he is totally unaware of the fact his species is considered extinct, and still acts pretty much as a little kid... but he can deal quite a big damage to the opponents in battle.

TYPHOON Species: Magmar Gender: Male Bio: He probably is the oldest of all of Irene's Pokémon, she got him in a trade when she came back from the Safari Zone with a couple Pokémon she wanted to show Noland in exchange for Jungler - the one Noland didn't want, Irene traded for Typhoon with a passing by trainer. Typhoon is not as agile and fast as he was once, and that's the reason why his original trainer didn't use him in battle much anymore; but he is wise and experienced and Irene realized this would have help all of her Pokémon: Typhoon is sort of a father figure for everyone.

SONJIA Species: Golduck Gender: Female Bio: A silent and timid Pokémon, Sonjia doesn't really like to battle, even if she has a natural skill for it. In this, she is very similar to Jehiel, and Irene often finds herself talking to the Golduck about her inner problems, also because she's the only female Pokémon of her Battle Frontier new team.

BAALETH Species: Lunatone Gender: - Bio: Irene met this Lunatone while training with Sonjia at Meteor Falls; something was disturbing Sonjia's Psychic attack. It was Baaleth trying to communicate, but being it a very young Lunatone, it was just messing up. Irene realized that a Psychic type would have been useful to train and proposed the Lunatone to join her team. Baaleth can understand people's feelings, emotions and thoughts very easily, but is at the same time very lazy and doesn't use its powers as much as it could.
POKéMON in IRENE's team: DIAMOND AND PEARL
ZATHAEL Species: Infernape Gender: Male Bio: Irene didn't want to pick Chimchar at Rowan's laboratory, thinking he was ugly, but she didn't really like the sleepy Turtwig who Kene took anyway, and Shiro was faster in picking Piplup. She then felt sorry for the Chimchar, as she realized she was only judging him for his appearance, and decided to give him a chance. Zathael wasn't really hurt for this, as he was aware he was not cute or cool looking, but his personality is what totally conquered Irene. He is an amazing mix of cute, silly and loyal, and as an Infernape he hasn't changed a single bit.

RAMIEL Species: Luxray Gender: Female Bio: Ramiel hates EVERYTHING. She was born as female, she hates being female, she hate all females, and she hates males because she's not one of them. She tries to pretend she's a male but she is extremely feminine and beautiful in her looks, which angers her even more. She is aware of the fact that being a Luxray she doesn't know many useful moves for battle (specially since she was born without Ice Fang), and this ENRAGES her. Irene thinks it's a miracle all of her team members are still alive because it's not safe to be around Ramiel when she's angry. It's pretty hard to say what the real feelings of the grumpy lioness are

TALIAHAD Species: Floatzel Gender: Male Bio: Taliahad has ninja-like life style and battle style. He is extremely proud of himself, and actually has a good reason to be so. He seems to have a crush on Ramiel, but he tries not to make it too evident for obvious reasons.

ISRAFEL Species: Toxicroak Gender: Female Bio: Irene wanted a Croagunk in her team badly, but when she went to Great Marsh looking for one, she had the worst luck for all day. Having mud all over her legs, cold rain coming from the sky, and not having met a single Croagunk for the whole day, Irene felt extremely disappointed and really sad when she wasted all her safari Balls but one on a Croagunk that didn't want to be caught. She was about to just toss the last Ball to a random Bidoof instead, when she heard a familiar sound coming from behind and she saw a Croagunk calmly looking at her, puffing her cheeks. Irene just threw the ball and Israfel was caught. She now is the most attached Pokémon Irene has... the way she looks at people is sometimes creepy, but Irene finds her adorable. The feeling is mutual, Israfel even seems to have some deeper unrequited feelings though...

ZUPHLAS Species: Abomasnow Gender: Male Bio: Calm and serious, Zuphlas is extremely protective to Irene and other team members, despite his natural weakness to may Pokémon types in battle. It's hard to imagine Zuphlas in a romantic way, but he indeed fell in love with a beautiful Froslass in the past, only to discover that she was only acting sweet to him because she was gentle to everyone, but she already had solid relationship with a Glalie... Even today, when the days are clear and you can see the top of Mt. Coronet, Zuphlas can look at it for hours, thinking about his old life and love there.

RAPHAEL Species: Honchkrow Gender: Male Bio: He was the youngest Murkrow of a flock that was irritating the people of Solaceon Town, as they stole jewelry and eggs for their Honchkrow boss. Not sure on what the people wanted to do with the Pokémon, Irene decided to catch and keep at least one Murkrow. It was her first time dealing with a Dark Pokémon, and it was quite hard at the beginning to get his trust, but then Raphael accepted her as a trainer. When he evolved, the roles pretty much were inverted, and now Irene can't help it but feel a reverential respect for the big bird. Other than mutual respect, there's a strong bond between the two, and Irene is allowed to cuddle Raphael, while other Pokémon are pretty annoyed by him and his bossy attitude.
POKéMON in IRENE's team: PLATINUM
ARMAROS Species: Umbreon Gender: Male Bio: He belonged to Evelyn, a rich woman who lives in Sinnoh and adores Eevees and their evolutions, and want to spread the love for her favorite Pokémon, so she breeds them and sells them to trainers who are interested in having such rare, strong and beautiful Pokémon in their teams. Though, this little Eevee was not interested in living a life with someone only coveting him because "he's a wonderful Eevee evolution". He actually preferred sleeping when trainers come and choose Eevees for their teams, so nobody liked him, including his three siblings. Irene eventually met the lonely Eevee wandering at night and gave him hope that there are some people that don't care about that kind of things... and in the end he decided to join her team. As a creature who loves the night, Armaros became an Umbreon; he has the secret hope in his heart to meet a Cresselia, the beautiful creature of the moon.

SANDALPHON Species: Skuntank Gender: Male Bio: Sandalphon is REALLY self conscious and worried people might dislike him because of his natural odor. For this reason, he tries to keep his body as clean as he can; he also dislikes keeping his tail in the natural position for Skuntanks, because he doesn't want people to think he'll attack them with poisonous gas. As a result he is an adorable to hug big ball of fluff; Irene adores how sweet and soft he can be, even if as a Dark Type he always has a mischievous light in his eyes.

BARAQIEL Species: Manectric ★ Gender: Male Bio: Irene had always loved the black color of a Shiny Manectric, so when she was given a PokéRadar as a rental trial, she immediately tested it around Floaroma City where Electrikes were known to sometimes appear. When she finally find the sparky Electrike, he didn't want to be caught at all. Irene stubbornly insisted, but it took a while to get his trust. Baraqiel doesn't like to be considered different, and at first he is quite annoyed by Irene; but then, he meets up with Jehiel, Irene's first Manectric, from whom he understands that Irene really cares about a Pokémon's personality too. After that, he becomes a loyal fighter and even teachs Jehiel how to use Flamethrower.

ZERUEL Species: Machoke Gender: Male Bio: As a Machop, Zeruel was extremely self conscious because he had a feeling nobody liked fighting type Pokémon because of their often ugly look. To help him understand this was not the case, and that trainers care for their Pokémon for other reasons, Irene decided to have a 6 VS 6 battle against Veilstone's Gym leader Maylene. Seeing the heated battle, Zeruel regained faith in himself. He still doesn't want to evolve to Machamp though, as he wants to give his best in Machoke form.

FERNANDEZ Species: Rotom Gender: - Bio: Fernandez was first caught by Shiro, one of Irene's old time rivals, while breaking havoc around the Old Chateau. He later traded it for Irene's Gible, as he didn't like the Rotom's personality. Fernandez act just exactly like we can expect from a Rotom: mischievous, naughty, and loves to play tricks. He seems to have a strong respect for Irene though, after seeing she suffered a lot from its jokes, he tried to tone them down a lot. Not necessarily succeeding in it...

ZAPHIEL Species: Xatu Gender: Female Bio: As a Natu, she started following Irene's team, creeping her and all her Pokémon out. Irene could never understand the reason for this, but in the end she decided to toss a ball at her, catching the little bird without problems. After evolving, Zaphiel is even more mysterious and silent than before. She can stay immobile for hours, and then whatever she does, it will be overly dramatic. Even the dark type Pokémon in Irene's team fear her when she acts like this.

??? Species: Mothim Gender: Male Bio: When he was a Burmy, his "clothes" of leaves would often fall on the ground generating hilarity in everyone, so he started wearing a scarf instead, that he often still wears even if he has evolved. As a Mothim, he became extremely vain and would always try to attract others with his beauty, but actually such attempts are very pompous and ridiculous. He's pretty useless in battle, as he's not very strong, and this made him a bit of a coward. Irene would often carry him on her shoulder as a mascot though.
POKéMON that were temporary in IRENE's team
ARAEL Species: Swellow Gender: Male Bio: As a Taillow, he was caught by a hunter's illegal trap. Irene freed him, but one of his claws was seriously wounded, and so his feet became mutilated. Better than dying though, so even if the young bird didn't become a full-time member on Irene's team, he kept on following her even after his evolution, hoping to one day be able to repay her. He now has his nest somewhere near Mauville city...

ZIKIEL "ZIKI" Species: Vulpix Gender: Female Bio: She was given to Irene as a partner Pokémon when she was temporarily part of Team Magma. A very sweet yet determined Vulpix, she had a collar that said "Ziki"; Irene kept her for a while before discovering most of Team Magma's Pokémon had actually been stolen to other trainers. Irene was later able to locate Ziki's original trainer, a little kid of Lavaridge Town, and gave her back to him not without many tears of both joy for a reunited family, and sadness because their bond had become quite strong.
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