Trainer Profile Character Name: Vartio Artel (pronounced: Var-shi-Oh Ahr-tehl) Nickname: Vart; Varsh, Varty; to his chagrain: "Fart-ee-oh" and Dorktio Gender: Male Age: 19 Trainer Class: Researcher
Height: 6'3" Weight: 177 lbs Hair Color & Style: Silvery-white 'natural' hair, despite never brushing Eyes: Jade Green Clothing/Accessories:
Northern/Cooler Climates During travel in cooler areas/seasons, Vartio is fond of wearing a combination of black pants of a tough knit material, a Dark-Blue Gi which goes to the top half of the thighs, and to the wrists. Alongside an open-type Green Flaafy-wool jacket with a number of pockets woven on the inside. His right leg has a red ribbon or bandana. He carries one spare set at all times.
Hotter Weather/climates In hotter seasons/climates, he is fond to wearing a near identical, albeit thinner, copy of his gi, woven of silcoon silk dyed in the same blue colors. The key difference really comes down to the materials as they are woven to the same specification. He wears a pair of black shorts that read the top half of his calves. In these temperatures he wraps the ribbon around his right arm, and doesn't wear the wool jacket. As before, he has one spare set.
Consistent: At all conditions he carries a Tauros hide backpack which contains any necessities such as enough food to travel from town to town. He wears a simply black belt of similar materials with notches for carrying pokeballs, as well as a holster/pouch for his pokedex. He wears his holocaster[around his left wrist at all times except when bathing, in which case it's placed into the bag. At all times of the year he can be seen wearing a set of sturdy boots, also Tauros leather.
General Appearance:
Vartio appears as a generally well kept boy, favoring cool colors for his upper body, and a more 'hot' colors for his lower body. On the surface he is a bit unkempt, but this is more because he lets his hair grow naturally (reaching about neck length) and doesn't brush it. He does shave, giving him a generally youthful appearance.
Facially his chin is rounded out a bit, giving his face a flatter appearance. His nose is fairly average, if a tad on the smaller side, making it less a hindrance when not 'needed.
His body structure is roughly thin, although not annorexic. At current point he is not muscular, but he can be called 'fit' as far as body-fat index is concerned.
His skin's fairly light toned, mostly due to favoring indoors, and is fairly smooth considering. His eyes are a decent sheen, but nothing too bright. He is not 'tall' by any standards, just a bit over 6 feet tall.
When talking, Vartio has a habit of resting his left fist's knuckles against his hip. At that, it is of note he is left handed, although for all purposes he relies on his right hand for less 'dexterous' tasks, leaving his left for writing, drawing, or other tasks that require more dexterity.
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Hometown: Cascadia
Personality: Generous - Vartio has a very heavy habit of helping people. He isn't afraid to give things away, especially if they'd be more helpful to others than himself. He however respects his pokemon's feelings, and wouldn't just simply abandon them. He would gladly share any items he has as long as they didn't risk his bare essentials such as food though.
Inquisitive - Has an extreme personality whenever he obtains clues to his dream of obtaining knowledge about the Legendary Aura Guardians. If he encounters something akin to an ancient tablet, he'd be immediately attempting to decipher it.
Knowledgeable - Having gone through college for the sake of learning about Aura and the Aura Guardians, Vartio has an extended amount of knowledge towards translating ancient languages (including to but not limited to Unown script, Braille, and the sort). He can come off quite talky as a result...
Vartio enjoys anything about aura, including any abnormal or weird abilities. This means he would grow especially curious about psychics, channelers, and the sort. Without a doubt he can be described as an "Auramaniac" as well as a "Researcher" in the field of Aura.
-Hates: Vartio is not very fond of people who senselessly destroy, especially historical relics (this is a berserk button) since it would threaten his quest.
Also has an acute case of Arachnophobia as well as minute hemophobia (this can lead him at times to freak out over things as small as shots or knives, or Scythers!).
Vartio has an insane dislike of aquatic foods, namely due to the horrid smell they produce. He was once noted nearly choking to death in a local marketplace due to the heavy smell of fish.
How his personality traits mix It is of note his Hemophobia is the source of his Arachnophobia: he sincerely fears the fangs and stingers of Arachnid pokemon (and blades of pokemon such as Sneasel and Scyther) more than other Pokemon's fangs.
As far as most pokemon are concerned, he is generally unafraid of them, or even highly interested in them. This creates some conflicts on the surface which don't make sense at first light, such as his specific fear of arachnid teeth/stingers over for example a Beedrill's stinger, or even a Gastly.
Ghost and Psychic pokemon, as well as any pokemon capable of using Aura, all interest him of a great degree, making these his primary catching targets other than any that would support his excavation of ruins. When he encounters any of the three noted groups of Pokemon for the first time, he will often go out of his way to observe their abilities, often even prolonging a fight or even losing it intentionally to understand how the abilities work.
As far as Humans are concerned, he is generally helpful, willing to aide people as long as they are not mean-spirited or evil. He has heard of psychics and channelers, and wishes to observe them as he believes they are not simply just an unknown issue in science, but rather a less concentrated form of Aura that has descended from the ages.
Vartio enjoys company, and will hang out quite easily if need be. He isn't exactly the most fond of battling Pokemon however, although he will if need be. To make up for his lack of ability, he favors strategy over brute force, acknowledging his own weakness in combat. His choice of Gastly between the pokemon his adoptive father had was not because of sheer strength, but in the sheer strategic diversity that was available in the pokemon for example.
History: Vartio was born in Cascadia city, and raised there, although with complications. His mother was left alone with him, his father having died in late year 179 due to a disease, and his mother was growing weaker as it was carrying the young boy. A few hours after giving birth in the hospital, she eventually succumbed to complications from the childbirth, leaving Vartio without family. A friend of his father, however, Arad, offered to take up the boy and raise him as his own.
The boy would be raised around a small number of Pokemon Arad owned of differing types, namely a Gastly, Riolu, Abra, and Sneasel, the Pokemon closest to the concepts of "mind" and "body". While watching them, sometimes their amazing abilities would amaze him. Wanting to learn more, he began to study into the history of Pokemon. And the more he studied, the more he learned about "Aura", the 'lifeforce' of man and Pokemon alike.
While being raised by Arad, he went through all the basic forms of education someone his age would be expected to run through, and was sometimes given a chance to battle his parent (which never really ended up well for Vartio!).
One accident however caused the Sneasel Arad trained to accidentally clip him in the arm, this sight would scar Vartio, causing him to subconsciously fear blood on plentiful levels on fear he'd "die". This extended to most sharp blades as well as needles (hilariously, took about 6 nurses to hold him down once for an injection).
Going through college at a fairly early age (roughly 16) to expertise in the courses about "Aura", he graduated after 3 years (roughly late 18). His obsession with "Aura", however, was not quenched. He returned home to Arad and made an earnest request: to let him have the Gastly which Arad had. He wanted to go out and explore the ruins, and discover the truths about Aura, and whether or not "Aura Guardians" truly existed.
Arad was a bit sad that Vartio was going out into the world, but he acknowledged the young boy's dedication. Giving him the Gastly, he wished the boy luck - not once telling him the truth of his origins (which never bothered him once). And hence Vartio went out in search of the legends of the Aura Guardian.
Inventory
Dians: 704
Items: 5x Ultra Ball 2x Great Ball 1x PokeBall 2x Repel 2x Super Repel 2x Max Repel 4x Red Apricorn 4x Blue Apricorn 3x Black Apricorn 1x Dusk Stone 1x Dawn Stone 2x Rare Candy Sea Incense Blue Scarf 1x Potion 1x Revival Herb 1x Antidote 3x Oran Berry 2x Yache Berry 12x Persim Berry 1x Rawst Berry 5x Kasib Berry 6x Salac Berry 1x Starf Berry 1x Figy Berry 1x Aguav Berry 1x Custap Berry 1x Iapapa Berry
Name: Arad Num Amotak Relationship: Adoptive Father/Grand Uncle Description: 6'4.5" Male in his mid-late 50s. Muscular appearance when wearing tight clothes, which is rarely. Arad's hair comes in dark red, although throughout it, black hair (really extremely dark red hair) exists due to differing levels of eumelanin in those areas of the skull. His most defining features are his blue eyes and the vertically aligned scar over his left eye.
Story
Not much is currently known about Arad, but he seems interested in using Vartio for one reason or another...
Little is currently shown about Oreb, beyond being heavily interested in Vartio's growth. It's heavily implied he holds lingering hatred towards Vartio's father's death as it cost him his core rival, and now seeks to find a replacement in Vartio. Time will only reveal more...
Name: Serenia Venitia Relationship: Highschool 'Friend' Description:Seen here.
Story
Serenia's life has been a bit on the boring end. Her parents travel Godai quite a lot, leaving her with her grandfather (on her mother's side). However, she inherited her grandmother's traits before she passed away, leaving her the definition of a tsundere. She is quick to anger, but hard to show her feelings, resulting in her being excessive. During highschool, she didn't really care for many people, but was quite the social ladybug. Vartio was the one person who stood out to her, seeing as he never actively flirted with her or the like. Like her Grandfather, she believes in Suicune as a Deity - a complete departure from other religions. Serenia met Vartio again not long after high school, and saved his life, resulting in the two becoming friends.
Nickname: Rattata Gender: Female Type: Normal Ability: Guts Height: 0'9" Weight: 5.4 lbs Health: Weak EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (64/74) EXP Gained: 42 Level: 17 Division: D9 Total Stats: 170
Attack: 43 (25%)
Defense: 43
Sp. Attack: 13
Sp. Defense: 20
Speed: 51 (30%)
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
Rattata was born the runt of her litter, and as a result recieved very little love. In fact, her older brother enjoyed beating her and making her feel bad, his girlfriend Pachirisu never helped! While she did eventually become as big as other rattata, she was constantly looked down upon by not only her species, but others, resulting in a scared personality. While she desired someone to truly care about her, and wanted trainers to show such attempts to get close to her, and she'd often misinterpret it as an assault, snapping at them. Eventually the weirdly warm aura that Vartio had calmed her, and she became one of his most loyal pokemon. Of course... she still hates crowds and the sort, and spends most of her time on the back of Vartio's neck and on his shoulders.
When a child, Hauntaur was raised by his mother to be a strong, independant Gastly, however at some point she disappeared from his life, and was raised alongside the young child his trainer, Arad, was raising. That child, Vartio, grew up as Gastaur's best friend, and leading Arad's other child pokemon, Gastaur aimed to make sure Vartio was happy. Finally evolving, Hauntaur now wishes to become Vartio's 'strength'.
Moveset: 1. Hypnosis 1. Lick 5. Spite 8. Mean Look 12. Curse 15. Night Shade 19. Confuse Ray 22. Sucker Punch 25. Shadow Punch
Unique Moves: - - - - Item:
Honedge Caught at Level 6
Nickname: Honaur Gender: Male Type: Ghost/Steel Ability: No Guard Height: 2'07" Weight: 4.4 lbs Health: Low EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (121/136) EXP Gained: 112 Level:22 Division: D8 Total Stats: 242
Attack: 53
Defense: 80 (33%)
Sp. Attack: 15
Sp. Defense: 53
Speed: 41
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Contest Stats
Cool: 8
Beauty: 8
Cute: 0
Smart: 16
Tough: 8
Poffins Used
Level 4 Green Poffin: Oran Berry x4 Level 4 Green Poffin: Oran Berry x4
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
When Vartio got to Honaur, the little thing was still only a couple months old. He never enjoyed his mother, Doublade, is overly strict nature, and constantly snuck out and caused trouble. Honaur and Duskaur were friends back in Clearchime Monastery, and Honaur constantly lost the "Ghost Endurance" competitions against Duskaur. Honaur is overall friendly and playful, if mischievious to a fault. He's also got a monocle, so he's fancy as hell.
Nickname: Gaurlett Gender: None Type: Ghost/Ground Ability: No Guard (H) Height: 3'3" Weight: 202.8 lbs Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (114/121) EXP Gained: 50 Level: 21 Division: D8 Total Stats: 231
Attack: 62 (27%)
Defense: 64
Sp. Attack: 2
Sp. Defense: 58
Speed: 45
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
Gaurlett is a lazy little 'guy', seeing as it views itself in a more manly fashion than feminine. Gaurlett prefers to sleep, and often will require some rousing even after being asleep in a pokeball for days! Gaurlett more or less no longer cares Vartio took it out of it's home since it gets to sleep for extended periods of time now!
Nickname: Hypnaur Gender: Male Type: Psychic Ability: Forewarn Height: 5'3" Weight: 166.7 lbs Health: Above Average EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (184/189) EXP Gained: 120 Level: 25 Division: D5 Total Stats: 350
Attack: 63
Defense: 67
Sp. Attack: 73
Sp. Defense: 91 (26%)
Speed: 56
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
Hypnaur is the first of Vartio's pokemon to have came from another trainer, and the most distinguished of the party. When Hypno was born, he was born from the egg of two very capable pokemon, raised to be great. His trainer's breeding and training strategies were unworldly, enough to bring him to evolve at a very early stage. Seemingly after failing his trainer in a gym battle, he was abandoned in the nearby Eveline temple. There he learned from other wild pokemon and eventually met Vartio. Despite initial distrust, the two have a very strong bond.[/color]
Inkaur is a cute lil baby - at heart. She never really got to grow up, to learn how to be the inkay she was meant to be. But she's still amongst the last pokemon you should underestimate! This cute button still has plenty of potential, and being able to become a big momma Malamar made her one of Vartio's favorite pokemon!
Nickname: Scraggaur Gender: Male Type: Fighting/Dark Ability: Shed Skin Height: 2'0" Weight: 26 lbs Health: Low EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (39/40) EXP Gained: 4 Level: 13 Division: D7 Total Stats: 156
Attack: 35
Defense: 36
Sp. Attack: 20 (13%)
Sp. Defense: 36
Speed: 29 (19%)
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
Scraggy isn't a bad bugger. He's just a bit absent minded. He loves to stare off into the distance, for one reason or another, but if you agitate him too far he turns into a refined war machine. Sadly he's not very experienced in battling, but he makes up for it with decently explosive force!
Duskaur is a prideful if stubborn pokemon. From an early age those around him of the ghost pokemon in Clearchime acted as though he'd always be a flimsy pokemon. They regretted that comment as he became the toughest ghost type to take down outside of the higher level and evolved ghost types. Duskaur doesn't like to lose, especially to Gastaur, a rivalry that pushes both harder and further!
This Yamask has been through little else but suffering in its life. Its been passed on from 'boss' to 'boss' of the area of the Clearchime Monastery it lived in. And each has treated it as little more than a lacky. At one point it was going to be off'd by the Fang Gang leader, Raticate, until a high ranking lacky Wynaut convinced it to take it under it's care. Sadly, Wynaut abused it too! Poor guy's a mute from all the abuse, and will take a long time before he'll be able to talk again...
Solaursis was a lonely member of the Solosis family that lived within the higher floors of the Delphic temple. The poor Pokemon got split off from the rest of it's family at a young age, eventually coming upon the underground spring/lake that it would call home. At some point a few months after birth, it travelled the first few floors of the temple to find it's family, but instead found a certain Hypno whom was injured after being abandoned itself in the temple. The two would become close friends, although it would never be able to find the exit to the temple itself. The Solosis yearned for the light, and when Vartio introduced it to the Temple's exit, it gladly joined him.
Moveset: 1. Tackle 1. Bubble 2. Tail Whip 5. Water Sport 7. Water Gun
Unique Moves: -Supersonic (Egg Move) - - - Item:
Feebas Caught at Level 17
Nickname: Feebas Gender: Male Type: Water Ability: Swift Swim Height: 2'0" Weight: 16.3 lbs Health: Weak EXP Rate: Erratic EXP Gauge: (93/108) EXP Gained: 0 Level: 17 Division: D10 Total Stats: 153
Attack: 37
Defense: 20
Sp. Attack: 14
Sp. Defense: 20
Speed: 62 (41%)
Vitamins Used: None
Personality/History
Feebas only wanted love in his life, but he was treated like the Rudolph of Feebas - and that's saying something. Vartio caught the little guy, not only because of his amazingly shiny fins, but because Vartio needed a reliable test subject in Milotic Evolution!
She wants to be the best, around. Ain't nobody ever gonna keep her down. This little Clauncher trains her hardest to be the best! Vartio was quick to pick her up once learning of her species ability, which is heavily tied into aura!
Moveset: 1. Splash 1. Water Gun 7. Water Sport 9. Vice Grip 12. Bubble 16. Flail
Dugtrio was digging the Delphic Temple since she was a lil one, and being took great pride in being called a mother figure to the entirety of the Delphic Temple. While she has little respect for Vartio, she will do what she has to to avoid being hurt seriously...
Raurtsi was a shy little girl from Eveline Temple, worried about the humans from outside the temple. Often accompanying her friend Natu/Xatu, she found herself under the protection of a stalwart friend who helped her survive ther days in the Temple. Not long after Xatu (Xataur) evolved, she met a human and his Rattata who played with her. While she still is shy and doubts him from time to time, Xatu is with him, so she'll play with the human too!
Xataur was a feeble little Xatu, who tried her best to take care of her friend, almost like a little sister to her, Raurtsi. Xataur trained, and trained, struggling her hardest with her little body to protect Raurtsi, but always knowing she was a gnat before the other Pokemon in Eveline. When she finally evolved, she called the shots against a number of the natives, beginning to flaunt her strength so Raurtsi could feel safe. Alas, that didn't last forever. A human arrived with a pokemon almost as large as her! In their initial scuffle, this Pokemon - seemingly evolved as it was - nearly evolved again, putting the poor girl on the defensive. While she didn't attack the human, Vartio out of fear of retaliation of his Gastly, she remained stubbornly protective of Raurtsi as she began to like the human. Unknowing of what a Pokeball was, Xataur ended up catching herself when she willingly activated the device trying to make sure it wouldn't hurt Raurtsi.
Of course, this bird's still stubborn, and is hesitant to just obey Vartio's orders - for now.
Moveset: 1. Leer 1. Peck 6. Night Shade 9. Teleport 12. Lucky Chant 17. Stored Power 20. Ominous Wind 23. Confuse Ray 25. Air Slash
Duskaur (Duskull) joins (has Kasib Berry) Honaur (Honedge) joins Rattata joins Unown captured -4 Pokeballs Making Friends: 10 AP To Be The Best: 3 AP Nursing: 1 AP
Vartio recieves Sea Incense from Hypno! Solosis joins the party! Hypno joins the party! Unown sent to Pokemon Box. Seeing The Sights: 3 AP Making Friends: 7 AP Nursing: 1 AP TLC: 3 AP
To Be The Best +1 Making Friends +1 Nursing +1 TLC + 3 Technology buff + 3 +1x Potion +2x Yache Berry Uncommon or Lower Roll of Choice! *Due to incident, previous common roll converted to Great Ball x2*
Vartio catches Golett (Gaurlett)! -2 Great Balls Vartio catches Dugtrio! Vartio obtains TM076 Struggle Bug! To be the best: 2 AP Gift Giving: 1 AP Nursing: 2 AP Technology Buff: 3 AP Making Friends: 9 AP Seeing the Sights: 3 AP
- Making Friends: 9 AP - To Be The Best: 2 AP - TLC: 3 AP +Breeder's License -2 Great Balls -1 Ultra Ball -Max Repel Caught Snubaur Caught Zaurua Caught Kricketot (+ persim berry) Found Rawst Berry
Caught Clauncher -2 Ultra Ball Seeing the Sights: 3 AP Making Friends: 4 AP Green Thumb: 8 AP To be the Best: 2 AP TLC: 3 AP Subway Ticket To Cascadia (TAT) (Free)
-2 Greatballs -1 Level Ball +1 Blackglasses +1 Kasib Berry (from Inkay) Seeing the Sights: 3 AP Making Friends: 6 AP Maternal Instincts: 3 AP TLC: 3 AP
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