Name: Stephen Nevet
Age: 13
Trainer Class: Bird keeper
Physical Description: Stephen is a reasonably short (150 cm) and rather light mischievous looking young boy sporting an almost literal bird’s nest of brown hair and innocent bright green eyes. His face is somewhat average, neither round nor thin, and his facial features are somewhat small. He typically wears an assortment of shirts and pants, and sometimes jackets, though he normally goes without the jacket as he dislikes sleeves. What really sets him apart from others is his thick bird keeping glove and his Spearow which often sits on his head. He is pretty much never seen without one of the 2, if not both. He normally has a neutral expression and is often lost in thought. But sometimes he breaks out in a mischievous grin, often when he’s about to do something someone told him not to do.
Personality: Outwardly, Stephen seems to be quiet and docile child. He's certainly quiet but he's by no means docile. He talks little but when he does, he is quite blunt. He's also very curious, often to a fault. He's the kind of person who touches things to see what happens. Those close to him see him as quite reckless as he often explores his curiosity without regard for others, but this isn't the case. Stephen has never been alone since the day he was born and he was always surrounded and taken care of by strong pokemon. In the presence of those he trusts he acts recklessly because he feels that they will be able to take care of him should something go wrong. His faith in those he trusts is unshakable but he has trouble trusting those who don't open up to him, those he doesn't know, and is withdrawn around people he doesn't like. He does trust rather easily but isn't exactly stupid and only truly trusts people he really likes. Should he be found anywhere without someone like that around, one would find that he would almost be a different person. To Stephen, friends are like siblings and he easily gets along with people he likes, everyone else is viewed neutrally. As a general rule of thumb, if he's talking to you he's taken a liking to you.
Background: Stephen is the child of a free-flying bird keeper and a quiet pokemon breeder who sought to leave the hustle of Saffron city. They married and moved to the much quieter Pallet town so they could “spread their wings”, so to speak. Because of their love of pokemon, Stephen was raised with pokemon as his siblings. He had a plethora of smaller siblings, a direct result his mother’s zeal in breeding pokemon. He didn’t have many older siblings, however, because they were his father’s pokemon from his own trainer journey. As a young child, Stephen was naturally inquisitive but quiet, a fairly dangerous mix. But Stephen had a minder by his side, his trusty spearow Jim. They were quite a dynamic duo getting into trouble neither could get into without the other. This changed a little bit when Stephen met Wynne. One day, while he was playing with Jim on the outskirts of Pallet town he met a young(er) Wynne who had become lost. After guiding her back home they found that they were neighbors, even if Wynne was only there every summer. They became friends and got into shenanigans together, though it was usually Stephen getting them into shenanigans and Wynne usually scolded him for it. Those were the best times of Stephen's childhood as he had few human friends on account of making little effort to reach out. This situation changed in Stephen's 12th Summer. Wynne had become much colder and had put some distance between them. She obsessed over being more mature, and Stephen wasn't entirely sure why. He still considered her his best human friend, as close to him as an older sister. Her actions confused him but he knew that the Wynne he knew was still present. With Stephen turning 13 he was prompted by his parents to start his pokemon journey. He agreed. However, he wanted to go with Wynne so he opted to get a pokedex from professor oak first and follow her so that they could get into shenanigans like they used to.
Pokémon: Jim the spearow. The result of his parent’s spearow warming up to each other, Jim was born at the same time Stephen was born. They grew up together and Jim likes to think of himself as Stephen’s big brother, even though he’s prone to the same tendencies as Stephen is.
Inventory: 2 Oran berries and a packed lunch. 1 normal pokeball he got for his birthday which he considers lucky. 1000 pokedollars and a bag of basic camping gear, and clothes.
PC Stash: None
