>>26629352Prof. "Samuel" Oak the (planned) former champion (yes, jewgle the hidden final fight)
Gymleader - Hmm, Sabrina? She had troubled relationship to her city of origin in almost every medium to say
E4 - I think Will or Karen, Malva before it was cool
Champion - I'd say either Lance or Green (Oak), that was onix-pected back then, before they started copying every shit post gen3
Did you know they were called "Four Heavenly Knights" in the original? The "E4" I mean. The fifht refering to the master obviously, very popular trope like the 4 angels of the world corners/elements (lead by Metatron-Sandalphon).
That was their early draft planed for anime, but most of this never appeared in that form or even till Hoenn at all.
