[centre][hider=Sophia] [color=SpringGreen][b]Name:[/b][/color] Sophia Rhodes [color=SpringGreen][b]Age:[/b][/color] 18 [color=SpringGreen][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Female [color=SpringGreen][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] [img]http://safebooru.org//images/1513/87783d0dc8f9e6d6fef30dc9901162a9.jpeg?1584792[/img] Hitting just about five foot ten, Sophia is a fairly tall woman. Her skin has the very faintest hint of a tan. She has a more slender build. She walks with a bit of a graceful bounce to her step, seemingly radiating joy. That joy even shows in her face. From her everlasting smile to her bright blue eyes, Sophia is just happy. The girl tends to wear her blonde up in a ponytail, usually preferring a simple white scrunchie to keep things together. While she tries to keep herself looking presentable, she tends to gravitate towards safer outfits. Sophia, as of entering New Bark, was wearing a simple beige vest over a white short sleeved blouse with a blue skirt and around her neck was a green bow. [color=SpringGreen][b]Personality:[/b][/color] There’s a bit of a calm that surrounds Sophia Rhodes, one that seems to follow her wherever she goes. While one might not say that she is the most energetic person around, she is wholeheartedly optimistic and quietly enthusiastic. She is proper and polite to a fault, always attempting her best to please everybody, even complete strangers. It is safe to say that she is rather comfortable in social situations. She just likes people in general. To be honest, it would take QUITE a bit to end up on her bad side. There’s a bit of a nurturing side to Sophia. She just wants to see her friends succeed and is willing to do anything to assist them. Sophia, along with being rather social, is actually very intelligent and highly analytical, though being as humble as she is, would likely downplay it to a high degree. While being rather well versed in many subjects, is exceptionally drawn to Pokemon. She is utterly fascinated by them and is quite familiar with most of the major findings collected over few decades. It is that very fascination that lead the young lass to leave her home and embark on an adventure across her homeland. More specifically, it was the increase in Pokemon aggression. It was not out of want for the fortune or fame that she seeks the knowledge, rather, t’was simply a burning passion for knowledge. Ms. Rhodes does not like conflict. Given a chance, she will most likely avoid it or search for another method of solving her problems. She is often taken advantage of for this, but Sophia takes it all in her stride. However, this rather poorly affects the girl’s abilities as a trainer. Logically, she should be able to quickly adapt to and counter a number of strategies. But she cannot seem to bring herself to bring others to danger. If there’s even a risk of a friend getting heart, she likely won’t take it. The well-being of her pokemon take precedent over something like winning anyday. If there is even a slight chance of finding a safer solution, she’ll find it. Due to this, if one were describing Sophia is just three words, they would likely mention kind, humble, and level-headed. She lives up to these for the most part, but well… Sophia is unfortunately a bit of a coward. Bravery wasn’t exactly gifted to her. Many things cause her to panic or lose her cool, including, but not limited to, spiders, heights, drowning, clowns, scarecrows, bugs, large bird pokemon, the dark, being alone, etc. And when she panics, Sophia finds herself unable to really do much. Rather than getting super hysterical, she tends to clam up, latching on to the nearest friendly soul and practically letting them drag her to safety. It’s worked for her thus far so... [color=SpringGreen][b]History:[/b][/color] The young miss Rhodes hails from Blackthorn City, the fourth and last child, along with the only daughter, of the man behind both the largest mining operation Johto has ever seen and a rather ambitious logging operation near Azalea, the former General Arthur Rhodes IV. Growing up, she didn’t want for much, as Mr. Rhodes took great pride in providing for his family. Though he had three sons whom he loved dearly, Sophie took a special place in his heart. Her upbringing included the finest education his money and prestige could find, one that while putting great emphasis on proper etiquette when conducting all facets of daily life, also included a very deep and diverse curriculum of scholarly subjects. Something that was not exactly covered, however, was Pokemon. Arthur held a deep hatred for the creatures. It was his belief that the world would be just as fine if not better without them. Sophia, having no other real basis to judge them on, agreed wholeheartedly. But being the curious lass that she is, she had her questions. And while her father’s answers satisfied her at first, as she grew older, she saw them as nothing more than empty words. So she turned her questions elsewhere. Her tutor. Manami Maki, a priestess of Violet City. The kind elder happily answered the lass’ questions, eventually opening her eyes to the wonders that Pokemon were capable of. She devoured any and all information she could get her hands upon, always wanting more. And eventually, she grew to learn all that Manami could teach her. So she took the next step. She reached out to Professor Elm, via a letter. She sent them week after week, faithfully, until she finally got a response. She was ecstatic. She and professor continued writing for quite some time, her always set on her quest for knowledge, and he more than happy to share his life’s passion with any who would listen. How troubling was it for young Sophia, then, when she learned that not even the renowned Elm could shed any light on the seemingly random shift in Pokemon of the region. When she expressed her frustration, the professor joked back that if she were so curious, then perhaps she should go on a journey for herself, to see if perhaps she could find the answer. She took it to heart, and made perhaps the first impulsive decision of her life. Without her family’s knowledge, Sophia acquired and fulfilled all prerequisites for her trainer’s license. Then, when the day grew near, she left her family home, leaving but a letter explaining her intentions to travel the land. She left out many of the details that might have made her plans TOO obvious, she just wanted to let them know that she would be fine, not give them a step-by-step guide on how to stop her, before fleeing in the night. And despite it being a rather long and at times, terrifying, trip, she’s made it as far as New Bark without being caught, so that’s at least something, right? [color=SpringGreen][b]Quirks/Habits/Other:[/b][/color] Cowardly She is rather soft-spoken While she is in decent enough shape, she’s not particularly athletic Careful and considerate Relatively level-headed under stress Rather poor artistic ability Exceptionally neat handwriting Values cleanliness very highly [color=SpringGreen][b]Inventory:[/b][/color] Extra clothing Holo Caster A simple gray backpack Bedroll Basic camping gear Notebooks Various books on Pokemon An assortment of pens, pencils, and brushes [color=SpringGreen][b]Pokemon:[/b][/color] n/a (Yet! :D) [color=SpringGreen][b]TL;DR:[/b][/color] A kind, caring lass chasing the curious case of chaotic creatures. [/hider] [/centre]