I have decided that my character will no longer be an active Player Character, the 8 max number of player characters will remain the same however. I will instead be playing a series of NPC's with a main NPC that will be most active in the story. For all intents and purposes, he will be "Gym Leader" type character, a middle management type character who doesn't normally participate in most battles and missions, but keeps track and supports trainers, and other PUNC members as needed.