Name: Lilianna Vanderbelt

Age: 16

Appearance:

Personality: Lily is overly talkative to the point that she really dislikes silence. Maybe it's because she's never found someone she's so comfortable to be around that the silence didn't frighten her. Some call her annoying while others love her friendly fun personality. Fiercely loyal and incredibly gentle, she is also a passionate learner and loves to learn things from people rather than going out and learning on her own. It is not as interesting nor as fun. Because she seeks knowledge from others, she learns a lot and has a vast amount of knowledge (though some of it is completely useless) but she's not a fan of allowing people to know how intelligent she is, so she plays the 'dumb blonde' card as much as possible.

Mini Biography: Growing up in Lavender town as nice but having your father as a Mayor wasn't exactly the best experience a child could ask for. Her father was always doing business and her mother found little time for her as she was having affairs with some of the local men in town. While this never hinders her social personality, it did cause intense silence in her household; which would explain her hatred for silence.

Growing up on a farm was fun, despite the fact that she wa often alone. She found her love for helping Pokemon because of it and used her knowledge for them to treat a poor untrusting Ponyta. After many burns and a few kicks to the body, the Ponyta finally allowed Lily to treat her injuries and the two have been close ever since.

Her parents pushed her into becoming a nurse, a human nurse and began distancing her for the other Pokemon around except for the ponyta. But the time she hit sixteen she was very well trained in the art of human medicine but that didn't stop her passion for the creatures! When she turned sixteen she packed up her belongings and announced through the silence that she was leaving to become a Pokemon trainer. Her parents response was nothing more than a matter of "That's nice dear." And she left.

She picked up her starter Pokemon and went through a good amount of gyms, raising and training most of the Pokemon she caught. Her goal was never to catch them all, her goal was to create a team and a family that she loved and they loved her back. Something more than she had at home. Now, three years into her adventure she held a good amount of badges, did odd jobs for people to earn extra money, and battles unsuspecting people who think they can beat the adorable clueless blonde.

Team of 6 she brings to the tourament:
Squirtle – Her starter Pokémon. (close to evolving but not quite there).
Cubone – Her first catch.
Nidorina – Rescued her as a Nidoran Female from drowning and the two have been close ever sense. Lily is really looking forward to Nidorina’s final evolution.
Ponyta – Growing up on a farm you just, well you had a Ponyta and traveling was no different. Ponyta is not only an excellent horse but she is show trained as well.
Jolteon – Her first evolution. Lily received a lot of slack for not leaving it as an Eevee but little do most know, she actually had all the evolve forms including her ‘battle ready’ Eevee.
Gastly – Her most difficult catch. She has a high amount of respect for this Pokémon because he put up quite a battle in order to become party of her team and now that he is she treasures him dearly. (most likely the next to evolve).

Name: Andreas Foster

Age: 17

Appearance: "Everyone will know my name!"

Personality: Intelligent and reserved, Andreas is a good listener but a relatively quiet person. An introvert when younger; catching, training and battling Pokémon brought him out of his shell and taught him people skills. Andreas is most comfortable in silence and while he has a strong exterior is often brought down by his thoughts of inferiority and failure. Kind but firm, Andreas is no pushover as person or a trainer but is fair and understanding. A private bookworm, when alone he enjoys the company of his Pokémon and a good book although doesn't find as much time for it as he'd like. Andreas is ambitious and loyal and even on the road to achieving his own goals often puts others needs before his regardless of consequences.

Short History: A city boy born and raised, Andreas finds solace in the hustle and bustle of city life. Andreas was raised by a single mother during his childhood, his father had left with aspirations of becoming a Pokémon Master and never returned. Andreas doesn't find himself feeling bitter to his Father, instead he prefers to think that there was good reason for his abandonment and perhaps if not lost or dead, his Father achieved his dream and is looking for the family he left behind. Pokémon had always been a fascination of Andreas', his uncle a Pokémon Daycare owner is responsible for Andreas' introduction into the World of Pokémon and taught him much of what he now knows today about the creatures.

A trouble maker in adolescent years, especially around when Puberty hit, Andreas seemed to keep falling in with the wrong crowd. His mother always scolded him for his poor ability at picking friends. Mischief lead to petty crime which in turn could have gone down a much darker path if it wasn't for the six months Andreas spent living with his Uncle after being caught trying to break into a PokéMart with a local youth gang. It was at this point in time that it became clear to Andreas. He wanted more than to live and die in the same city, all his life doing the same stupid things with the same group of losers who at the bottom of his heart, Andreas knew were going nowhere. Like many at his tender age, he began exploring all the different options relating to Pokémon in his future, daycare work seemed honorable and he took a lot of inspiration from his Uncle. At the same time, there was a desire to be the best, catch every type of Pokémon and become a Pokémon Master. It wasn't until his first Gym battle some time later, where Andreas' first badge was earned that he knew he had found his calling. Andreas was to become a Gym Leader and then to further himself even more a League trainer and maybe even someday, one of the Elite Four.

Fighting 6:
Bulbasaur - Starter Pokémon
Abra - Most recent catch, excited for next and final evolution
Graveler - First caught Pokémon to evolve
Poliwag - Possibly his least trusting Pokémon, abandoned by its previous trainer
Pidgey- This was his first catch
Sandslash - Most recent evolution

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