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>Leader Shiro/Leader Burke
>Shiro is a Japanese name derived from the word for white and is homonyms with the word for castle
>Preferably Shiro would also be the international name, but alternatively there's Burke, which is derived from "burg", meaning fortress in old English- and also sounds like "Burr". As in ice. Yeah it's similar to Burgh, but we have Roxie and Roxanne so...
>Shiro is the modern leader of an ancient, venerated clan of samurai who bonded deeply with the Pokemon of the mountains. He is called the "thorny ice rose", considered a handsome, beautiful man by the Furisode girls in his gym and a wise leader by the Experts in his gym.
>The gym lays within a large, blue Japanese castle. The trainers within are comprised of Experts and Furisode Girls, who all use Ice Pokemon. >The "puzzle" is fairly unpuzzling, but a bit complex-- the snowy courtyard of the castle, where Shiro waits, is closed off, with two sets of samurai armor on either side of the closed sliding doors. Both armors are missing their complimentary sword. The player must traverse the castle's various rooms to find the swords.
>In each room are two trainers, one of which can be walked by and another guarding the sword. The player needn't fight the guard of the sword either, and can instead answer a question relating to the history of the city the castle is in (with all answers able to be gleaned by visiting the city's museum or talking to NPCs). If they get it right, they can take the sword. If they get it wrong, they must "duel" (do battle) with the guard before taking the sword.
>Once all four swords are gathered, the doors will open and the player can challenge Shiro.
>Shiro will help the player against the evil team when they attack his city, and also lead them to an old shrine that pertains to the box legend
>Shiro will also later show up in an after-game dungeon as a buddy trainer, within which the player can find Articuno
Will comment on others in separate post.
