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Gender: Male
Age: 48
Skin: Pale
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 143 lbs
Hair: Purple (white streak)
Eye: Brown and Blue
Hometown: Mossdeep City, Hoenn Region
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(Formal Attire. What he would look like during an Elite Four match.)
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(Casual Attire. What he looks like in public.)
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Born to Leon and Deirdre Aeros in Mossdeep City, Tristan grew up an only child to a teacher and physicist, respectively. The young Tristan wanted for nothing, was generally well-liked but had few real friends. Percival Gutermuth was certainly his closest friend, and the two of them were rarely seen apart.

Percival, son of Mossdeep’s Gym Leader Persephone, was a fierce, yet kind and loyal friend to Tristan. The two were rather skilled in the area of Pokemon and Pokemon battles, seemingly traveling the same path. The catalyst for their path was the Eevee Tristan received from his father’s sister, Sandra, and a Spoink for Percival from his mother.

Overjoyed, they immediately began private lessons with Persephone Gutermuth. These lessons and tutorings intensified over a five year timespan until it was clear that Tristan and Percival would only learn what they needed to by setting out on their own journey - their own adventure.

With just his Eevee, he set himself against his former mentor in an attempt for the Telepath Badge. It was a tough battle for the boy; he only knew what Persephone taught him, after all. He deviated little from his teachings resulting in failure on his first attempt for a Gym Badge. Given that he was unable to “think outside the box”, as it were. It was clear he wasn’t ready for her Badge.

Pouting outside, he was approached by his best friend, Percival. While it seemed that Percival was able to acquire the Telepath Badge, he was unwilling to leave his best friend behind. The two spoke and walked for a time. By evening, Percival promised Tristan that he would speak to his mother for him.

After dinner that night Persephone stopped by the Aeros’ to speak with Tristan. She ended up gifting him a Ralts she had recently captured, figuring he could use such a friend. While Tristan was hesitant, both not wanting to get pity nor special treatment, he graciously accepted the altogether too generous gift.

Spending only several days in intense training, so as to get to know Ralts, Tristan readied for his next attempt at the Telepath badge. With a newfound assuredness, Tristan proved that he was a capable trainer - learning about his new Pokemon so quickly and intimately.

With joy and pride filling his heart, Eevee evolved into Espeon for his Trainer.

It was now time to leave home, explore Hoenn, and prove what he was capable of, if not to anyone but himself. Percival had waited for him, of course, and the two set out together.

They wouldn’t go too far; not at first. The closest Badge they could gain was nearby in Shoal Cave. Having to cross some water, they were in need of something to help him against the strong currents. In managing to capture a Staryu, Tristan was able to gain passage to the Cave for the two of them.

In making their way through he was set upon by a rather gregarious Jynx. In order to truly protect the both of them from her, he battled and caught her; adding a new member to the team. With his three Pokemon, he was able to acquire a Rime badge. Percival, of course, had no trouble gaining it as well with Spoink, Wailmer, Wingull, and Snorunt.

Choosing to head west, the pair make their way to Lilycove, stopping by the Gym at Mt. Pyre. Meeting Percival’s Grandparents, they gifted each of them one Pokemon - Percival gained a Dustox while Tristan received a Beautifly. Before leaving, they both managed to gain the Banshee Badge. Percival’s Spoink, in the meantime, evolved into Grumpig and he caught a Chimecho.

The Fortree City Gym would be their next stop. On their travels, Tristan found an injured Natu, nursing it as they trekked to the Pokestation in Fortree. In a rather tight spot, Tristan’s Ralts evolved into Kirlia. Once Natu had fully recovered, it wanted to stay with Tristan, the young man gaining another member to his team. And with the Cloud Badge, Percival’s Wingull evolved into Pelliper and he caught a Wobbuffet along the way.

The pair would continue their journey, collecting all the region’s Gym Badges. New Mauville for the Watt Badge would be their next goal, followed by Verdanturf for a Method Badge and Fiery path for the Blight Badge. During this time, Tristan’s Natu evolved into Xatu.

Mt. Chimney passed them by with Eruption Badges, then on to the Central Desert For a Paleon Badge. Through the desert, Staryu evolved into Starmie. Route 113’s Shadow Badge, then 114’s Pixie Badge fell into their possession before they made it to Meteor Falls for the Wyvern Badge. Percival also found his Solrock and Lunatone here, and Tristan’s Kirlia evolved into Gardevoir.

From there, the pair went along Route 115 for their Melee Badges, stopped in Rustboro City for a time, then headed into Petalburg Woods for some Chitin Badges. It was here that Tristan traded his Beautifly for a Kadabra, figuring that she would have a much better life with someone dedicated to her own kind, rather than being beaten up again and again on the road.

Finally it was time for the Chloryph Badge at Petalburg City’s Gym, followed by Granite Cave’s Mason Badge and eventually Slateport’s Iron Badge where Percival’s Wailmer evolved into Wailord.

On their way to their final Badge at Pacifidlog, Percival’s Snorunt finally evolved into Glalie. Even after four years of traveling, the pair still had a difficult time obtaining their Bouy Badges, yet were ultimately successful.

Following this, the pair made the trek to Victory Road to defeat the Elite Four and gain entry into the Championship. The trials were grueling, and even with the two of them together, helping each other out, it was still a near-impossible task. Indeed, in order to prove his worth against the Elite Four, his Espeon nearly sacrificed his own life to restore Gardevoir to a state to succeed against the “Stewards” of the Championship. Due to this, Tristan was unable to use Espeon in the tournament and didn’t even make it far enough to face off against his closest friend, landing in 17th place.

The journey had been long and hard, and he had so little to show for it. Percival, for his part, only made it to the top ten, but it was still so much better than Tristan, who had stayed to watch his childhood friend compete. The two would return home to rest, recover, and figure out their next steps.

While it was Percival’s fate to one day run the Gym in Mossdeep, Tristan’s future was not so certain. As Percival trained and studied to fulfill his duties, Tristan set off for the wilds of Hoenn again in search of a Ralts - specifically a male Ralts. He had heard of another evolution and was eager to prove to himself that he was worth everything he had been through.

Finding this Ralts, he decided to join the Rangers as an Investigator. The insight he had gained through so much time with his Pokemon made him a natural at reading people, and so he wanted to capitalize on that.

There was also the bit with Gardevoir’s tendency to blithely read others’ minds, so he was hoping to allow her a more appropriate outlet for the habit. So, at twenty-one years old, a young Tristan Aeros joined the Rangers as an Investigator - somewhat outside the purview of the typical chain of command.

While Major Harry Burque was his commanding officer, he was regularly “employed” by all branches of the Rangers. His Pokemon’s somewhat unique set of skills, many times, proved invaluable to investigations that had stalled or gone cold.

It wasn’t long, after rooting out a drug den harvesting from Gloom and Vileplume, that he was clandestinely approached by Marilda Fairfax. The two would never meet in person, of course, but she compensated him quite well for his work on her behalf. Tristan had no qualms about this dual role so long as he was allowed to prioritize his work with the Rangers, and the requests didn’t go against his better judgement - he was about to become an assassin or steal money for her. No, he would merely gather information, and he wouldn’t bother worrying about how that might play out.

During these four years, his male Ralts would eventually be evolved into a Gallade with a Dawn Stone gifted to him by his “sponsor”, Lady Faifax.

By Twenty-six he decided to try his luck again at the Championship. This time, the Elite Four was not quite so difficult, despite the change in their ranks. Now with a full team, though still not utilizing Espeon, Tristan managed to make it to third place in the contest. Still, it was a more bitter than sweet conclusion to so many years of work.

Wishing for a new challenge again, Trsitan set out to capture a Beldum, having faced a Metagross and been seemingly too impressed with the Pokemon. Focusing on this, putting his job as an Investigator, both public and private, on the back burner, he was able to train Beldum into a Metagross in only two years.

So, then, at thirty years old, he would make his next, and so far final attempt at the Championship. The Elite Four, while not pushovers, were hard-pressed to truly challenge the now-veteran trainer. In an effort to further challenge himself, he restricted himself to Starmie, Jynx, Xatu, Alakazam, Gallade, and Metagross. Truly powerful members of his team in their own rights, to be sure, but his bonds with them were not nearly as total and complete as they were with Gardevoir or Espeon.

Despite his best efforts, he landed in second place, beating out a kid by the name of Mitchell Honnings, and losing against some Forrest Johnson. The battles were tough and well fought, but Tristan seemed ultimately fine with the “first loser” position.

Years would pass and he would move from a Ranger Investigator to an Internal Affairs Inspector, much to the chagrin of more than a few of his fellow colleagues. Still, of course, moonlighting for Marilda when she had use for him.

By thirty-one, Tristan would be invited to join the Elite Four, accepting perhaps too quickly. There, he would hone his skills as a trainer, continuing his Inspector duties, and learning perhaps too much about the dark underbelly of Hoenn as Marilda’s agent.
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