>>56049156To give an example, I rolled a 10-year-old from Alola. He has just two Pokemon, an Electric-Type and a Water-Type. I'll choose Alolan Geodude and SWEET FUCKING AKATOSH, there's how many Water-Types in Alola's Dex? Let's limit it to just Ula'Ula, since that's where we find Geodude, and choose a Dewpider he picked up in Malie Garden.
Like most well-adjusted people, he thinks of Pokemon as partners but doesn't go too crazy with it.
He's an experienced Trainer already, having cleared both Sophocles's and Acerola's Trials during his coming-of-age journey. So let's bump those mons up to a Graveler and Araquanid to demonstrate that.
His proudest achievement is thwarting some Pokemon-smugglers that were causing trouble around Malie City--there's no shortage of rare Pokemon between Malie City and Blush Mountain, like Elekid, Mudbray, Turtonator, and Pancham, and our little hero stepped up to defend them.
He's a quirky little guy--he absolutely worships Tapu Bulu, he's never seen without his hat and sunglasses on (to be incognito), and he likes to sneak around wherever he goes. Small wonder then that he managed to break up that poaching op.
It's precisely because he's so sneaky... that the only allies he can trust are his teammates in his quest to get revenge against another Trainer who humiliated him in a one-sided battle. Wherever that Trainer is, he's going to find them and settle the score.
And now I have another art project lined up, just like that.