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A Rock type Gym Leader, but you wouldn't know it to look at him. Most people think the guy's a Ghost type user, he dresses in long, spooky purple robes, talks like the Cryptkeeper, and could plausibly be related to a Hex Maniac somewhere in his family tree. His gym is a huge labyrinthine cave system with gems and fossil chunks scattered around everywhere, and his subordinate Trainers conceal themselves in the walls and floors, popping out to ambush trainers that get distracted by the shiny things, or pretending like they're coming back to life.
It's all a big joke to this gym leader, though. His day job is a professor, specializing in Pokemon fossils and the reanimation thereof, and so the Gym is only open at night. He loves to call himself "The Necromancer", even though all the other Gym Leaders in his region think he's incredibly cringel. He doesn't mind though, acting like a goofy Scooby-Doo villain, lurking in shadows and acting all melodramatic in battle. And his trainers, all of whom are his research team in regular hours, behave like Legends of the Hidden Temple guards, harassing Trainers like a haunted house group.
For the younger, less experienced trainers, his battles are more like Halloween games, asking them science questions in between calling moves. If they get them all right, he'll give them a Nugget, or even a Fossil of their own as a treat if they both beat the Leader and answer the quiz! It's only for the older, more seasoned battlers that this gym leader actually gets a bit genuinely scary in combat, dropping the goofy shtick and showing a remarkably ruthless, cold side to battle.
Rock is a type with huge vulnerabilities, but his Pokemon always seem to be able to tank hits a little too well. And each of his Pokemon have been selected for a diverse set of secondary typings, adding a lot of variety to his gym team.
And his badge is a Tyrantrum skull burning with purple arcane fire, because he's a 12 year old at heart.
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