[hider=Rory O'Dowd]
[centre][h1]Rory O'Dowd[/h1]

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[b]Appearance:[/b]
Rory stands at a tall 5'11", making him taller than the average 16 year old. This, however, gives him a good advantage when swimming, as he is able to swim more powerfully. Due to his years of swimming, he has a toned body. Rory has short black hair that doesn't require any styling, he just lets it go how it wants.

Rory usually wears a T-shirt, with a black and red jacket over it if it might rain, or it is cold. In warm weather, he wears shorts with his T-shirt, and wears jeans when it is cold. With these, he wears trainers.

Rory is almost always accompanied by one or more of his pokémon walking with him, out of their pokéball(s).

[b]Age:[/b]
16

[b]Gender:[/b]
Male

[b]Personality:[/b]
At first, Rory can seem a bit introverted, possibly even rudely so, but he is in fact a wallflower. Once you get to know Rory, you'll find out that he's a friendly, sporty guy, who loves swimming, especially with his friends and pokémon. Whilst he usually doesn't go out of his way to make new friends, he'll certainly become friends with people who talk to him first.

[b]Hometown:[/b]
LaRousse City, Hoenn (now living in Highhill Town, Isson)

[b]Background:[/b]
Rory was born to a pokemon trainer father, and a pokemon contest winner mother. Being the middle of three children, however, caused Rory to spend a lot of his time on his own, and he went to the beach a lot, swimming most of the time with water pokemon such as Wailmer, Marill, and Barboach, as well as the occasional ice type pokemon. It was through this that he developed his love of ice and water type pokemon.

At the age of 14, Rory's parents decided that, whilst the hustle and bustle of LaRousse City was nice, they fancied a change, and decided to move to Highhill town, in Issen. It is here that they opened up their Pokemon ranch, where abandoned pokemon are free to live. Along with swimming in the nearby stream, Rory helped out on the ranch, which allowed him to gain knowledge of many pokemon. With his parents retired, and his older brother and younger sister travelling, Professor Kalmia decided that Rory would be a good choice of a trainer to give a pokedex, given his pre-knowledge.

[b]Kind of Pokémon you like:[/b]
Rory loves any water or ice type pokemon, and any other pokemon who are willing to swim with him, though they may not be able to keep up with him!

[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b]
Rory still isn't sure if he would rather battle in gym battles or pokemon contests, but he is sure that he loves pokemon!
Working on the ranch for the past two years has allowed him to make a lot of food for the pokemon, and the occasional human visitor, and he's got quite good cooking skills.
Rory loves to walk with his pokemon outside of his pokeballs.
Given the opportunity to swim, Rory will always take it.

[hider=Inventory]
Items: 1x Potion. You'll obtain more over time.
Pokédollars: 500p. You'll obtain more over time.[/hider][/centre][/hider]

[hider=Spheal]Spheal
Appearance:
[img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/7ca829531e4c980ad376689291aa1d61/tumblr_mlvne3cFbi1r50os1o1_400.gif[/img]
Gender: ♂
Type: [colour=96D9D6]Ice[/colour]/[colour=6390F0]Water[/colour]
Personality: Spheal is much more sociable than his trainer, Rory. He will roll over to and nuzzle almost any trainer that they meet.
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Likes to roll instead of hop wherever he can. 
Level: 5
Moves: [colour=A8A77A]Defence Curl[/colour], [colour=96D9D6]Powder Snow[/colour], [colour=A8A77A]Growl[/colour], [colour=6390F0]Water Gun[/colour], [colour=B6A136]Rollout[/colour]
Ability: Thick fat. Halves damage from ice and fire type moves.
Held Item: None[/hider]