>>55285626>So if Norman became the new gym leader of Petalburg when you move to Hoenn, was there a gym before he arrived? Was the gym always there? Or was it newly built? If not, who was the gym leader before him representing the 5th gym spot?We do not know every elder with notoriety in the game.
Perhaps it used to be a flying or water type gym and old man Briney was the gym leader with a Peliper, Gyarados core.
What is more likely is that Norman and Birch after finishing their studies as pokemon breeders/researchers in Olivine started up local businesses there and earned enough money to kickstart their family businesses.
Norman bought and built up a gym while getting a loicense from the Hoenn league the normal way.
Birch bought the whole town of Littleroot turning it into a pokemon stable, breeder ranch and research lab alongside owning and renting out all the homes.
