Richard Franzen

[Richard and Blaziken]

Name: Richard Franzen

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Description: Richard is about 5 ft. 9 inches in height, and around 220 lbs. He has short, dark brown hair, that unless viewed closely, appears black. His eyes are also dark brown. He wears standard Kanto Trainers clothing; Red hat, red jacket, blue jeans, and a backpack.

Personality: Shy towards those he doesn't know, yet very forward and trustworthy to those he does. Very loyal, especially to his Pokemon. He tends to be a bit too trustworthy, even to those he doesn't know, and at times, even naive.

History: Born and raised in Viridian City. He graduated Viridian City Pokemon beginners school at the age of 10, and his father sent him his first Pokemon to begin his journey. He raised quite a few Pokemon in Kanto, and managed to defeat the eight Gym Leaders of Kanto and Johto, placing in the top 16 in the Pokemon League. A few months later, Richard defeated the eight Gym Leaders of Hoenn, but couldn't take part in the Pokemon League, since he had to make his way to Four Island to see his sick Grandmother...

Friends and Enemies: Ryuga Lamperouge (former ally)

Pokemon on hand:

Blaziken (M)@ Choice Scarf
{Blaze}
Adamant nature
OT: Richard
Blaze Kick, Double Kick, Fire Punch, Flare Blitz, Stone Edge, Sky Uppercut, ThunderPunch, Brave Bird, Earthquake
Blaziken was Richard's first Pokemon. He received it when it was a Torchic, and it's been with him ever since. They trust each other with their lives, and Blaziken knows exactly what to do in battles from constant planning. Blaziken's constant desire for more battles feeds Richard's somewhat competitive nature. He wears a Choice Scarf to make himself faster. It seems to work for him.

Vaporeon (F)@ Leftovers
{Water Absorb}
Bold nature
OT: Richard
Surf, Water Gun, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Substitute, Baton Pass, Acid Armor, Aqua Ring
Vaporeon was received as an Eevee in Vermilion City port, where he found it flailing in the water, and so he rescued it. It had a fear of water after that, but Richard helped it overcome its fear of water, and it starting enjoying the water more and more as it learned to swim. Richard evolved it into a Vaporeon because of this.

Gardevoir (F)@ Leftovers
{Trace}
Modest nature
OT: Richard
Psychic, Calm Mind, Wish, Thunderbolt, Hypnosis, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Grass Knot
Upon arriving in the Hoenn region, Richard quickly found a Ralts, and captured it. However, it didn't warm up to Richard for quite a while. Now as a fully grown Gardevoir, it adores Richard, and would risk her life to save Richard's, and Richard would do the same. Very shy and quiet, she prefers to stay on the sidelines of battle, but if called upon, she will do her job, and do it well. Usually Vaporeon likes to Baton Pass an Acid Armor and a Substitute onto her before she enters battle, allowing her to use Calm Mind a couple times to prepare herself for the fight.

Salamence (M)@ Choice Specs
{Intimidate}
Rash nature
OT: Richard
Dragon Pulse, Flamethrower, Hydro Pump, Draco Meteor, Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Zen Headbutt, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Aerial Ace, Stone Edge, Fly
While exploring Meteor Falls, Richard found a hidden cove with a Salamence, and her baby Bagon. The mother Salamence was fighting off a trainer's Aggron when Richard yelled at the Trainer, and used Blaziken to help the mother Salamence defeat the Trainer's Aggron. The Trainer left, and remarked that he at least caught a Gyarados. The mother was badly injured, and Richard tried to heal her, but her wounds were too grave. He captured, and cared for her baby Bagon, which had the Egg move, Hydro Pump, which Richard later realised probably came from the father Gyarados the attacking trainer had captured prior to Richard's arrival. Salamence still distrusts people, even Richard sometimes.

Magneton@ Leftovers
Thunderbolt, Protect, Toxic, Hidden Power [Grass]
{Magnet Pull}
Calm nature
OT: Richard
Magneton was found as a Magneton in an old, abondoned power plant near Cerulean City in Kanto. It's a very laid back Pokemon, and prefer's not to battle. It has an odd battle style though- it poisons the opponent, and puts up a forcefield to protect itself from damage until the opponent faints from the poison in its system. It also uses Thunderbolt, which is quite powerful, and has discovered its Hidden Power to be of the Grass type.



Richard recieved this Egg from his Grandmother right before she passed away. It hatched into an Elekid in Vermillion City without Richard even knowing it had hatched.

Pokemon at home:

Smeargle (M)@ Focus Sash
{Own Tempo}
Jolly nature
OT: Richard
Spore, Seismic Toss, Destiny Bond, Super Fang, Recover
Smeargle is quite mischievous. Not only does it find great fun in painting people's behind's with its blue tail tip, it also paints other Pokemon- even team members. However, if it gets too hurt in battle, it has learned a lot of moves through watching other Pokemon fight, and its battle style is quite unique. If it finds itself in desperation, and knows it'll faint, it tries to take the foe down with it with Destiny Bond.

Blissey (F)@ Leftovers
{Natural Cure}
Bold nature
OT: Richard
Softboiled, Seismic Toss, Aromatherapy, Thunder Wave, Toxic, Ice Beam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt
Blissey was captured as a Chansey in the Safari Zone. It was a young Chansey, and it had been injured by a Rhyhorn that fought it over some bait that had been thrown by a Trainer. Richard captured it, and took it to thew Pokemon Center immediately. It has grown attached to the other Pokemon, and sort of looks out for them like a mother would. It doesn't enjoy battles, but certainly packs some powerful moves.

Pokemon being cared for by someone else:

Bellossom (F)@ Leftovers
{Chlorophyll}
Timid nature
OT: Richard
Sunny Day, Solarbeam, Synthesis, Hidden Power [Ice], Razor Leaf, Sludge Bomb
Bellossom was found in Ilex Forest. When she saw Richard, she ran, but she tripped over a mushroom, and couldn't get back up. Richard helped her up, and she ran. Richard forgot about her, as he headed to Goldenrod City. However, through his travels, he kept hearing footsteps, but was unable to find the source of the noise. Eventually, he figured it out- Oddish had been following him, and hid herself every time Richard heard her. Richard offered to let her join his team, but she kept refusing. That was, until, Richard's Vaporeon became sick before his Gym Battle with Clair. Oddish asked if she could prove herself, and she did. In the Gym battle, it was Oddish that finished the match by bringing down her last Dragonair with it's Hidden Power.

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[Richard and Blaziken]

Updates:

~Richard received a Pokemon Egg from Grandmother.

~ Richard's grandmother dies.

~ Richard met Ryuga.

~ Team Freeze makes their first appearance on Island Four.

~ Richard meets Tyrone.

~ Ryuga departs from Island Four, and arrives on Island Five to search for Jolteon alone, despite his new friends pleading to go with him.

~ Richard and Tyrone arrive at Island Five in search of Ryuga.

~ Richard and Tyrone find Ryuga, and confront Team Freeze near their base on Five Island, which was once the base of a group names Team Rocket, who have disbanded one year prior to the events taking place.
Posted on: November 17, 2008, 20:32~Richard and Ryuga defeat many members of Team Freeze

~Richard and Ryuga explore the base of Team Freeze, where they find it has been abandoned, with the exception of one member.
Posted on: November 30, 2008, 20:31~Former Team Freeze member, Adelle joins Richard and Ryuga to help defeat Team Freeze.

~Ryuga and Richard part ways, as Richard and Adelle head to Richard's home town, Viridian City.

~Richard and Adelle arrive in the Kanto region, to find that Team Freeze has already made it into an unseasonably cold, frigid environment.

~Richard confronts Adelle's father in his house in Viridian City.
Posted on: December 05, 2008, 13:55~Richard "defeated" Adelle's father in his house.

~Richard let Adelle borrow his Pokemon, Bellossom, and they stormed the former Viridian City Gym, which is now being used as a base of operations for Team Freeze.

~While Adelle was busy fighting off Team Freeze grunts alongside Bellossom, Richard and Salamence destroyed the back wall of the base, and caught the attention of many Grunts, but was confronted once again by Adelle's father.
Posted on: December 08, 2008, 17:42~Richard and Adelle head to Vermillion City

~Team Sandstream make their first appearance, as they try to steal Pokemon from the Pokemon Center

~After defeating Team Sandstream, Adelle informs Richard of their motives.

~Richard is captured by Team Freeze, and held hostage in Team Freeze's Vermillion City Base.

~Adelle meets a fiery end, when the Vermillion City Team Freeze base explodes with her and her mother in it.

~Richard heads to Fuchsia City, when he dreams that Adelle points him in that direction, to continue destroying Team Freeze's bases.
Posted on: December 16, 2008, 02:49~Richard arrives in Fuchsia City, to discover that it is covered in sand.

~Richard meets up with Koga in the Safari Zone, who is battling members of Team Sandstream.

~Richard meets up with Ryuga in Fuchsia City, who helps him defeat two Team Sandstream members.

~Much to Richard's dismay, Ryuga confesses being a part of a criminal organization, not unlike the two teams that Richard has fought against.

~Richard parts ways with Ryuga, embittered from what he's learned, and heads to the Safari Zone to stop Team Sandstream from setting their base up there when he's attacked, and buried alive.
Posted on: January 07, 2009, 02:17~Richard awakens to find that he's been captured by Team Sandstream.

~Richard meets Melissa, who helps him escape from his mud and sand tomb.

~Richard and Melissa battle Hunter in a 2-on-2 Pokemon battle.