Valorie Ryder
Characteristics
Basic Info
- Full Name:Valorie Ryder
- Nicknames: "Val"
- Sex: Female
- Species: Ruulan
- Age: Mentally and physically 14. Chronologically 25.
- Height: 4'10''
- Weight: 97 pounds
- Occupation: Pokemon Trainer, Hero
Personality
Valorie is a quirky megalomaniac of a girl with a penchant for beauty and showboating. She isn't a very modest person; she loves when her ego is stroked and puts a lot of weight into things like her appearance and others thoughts' of her. She is also a sore loser. This all stems back to how much weight she puts into the thoughts of others. Valorie is deeply motivated by a desire to earn the respect and admiration of her peers. She pushes herself hard and expects the same of her pokemon, following in the steps of legendary trainers by fighting alongside her pokemon rather than standing back and letting them do all of the work. While Valorie is 25 years old and full of 25 years worth of life experience she has not physically or mentally aged past the age of 14. This presents an odd duality where she is mature emotionally, but immature in most other ways. Valorie has a love-hate relationship with her immortality. On one hand, she's pretty happy with her body and not worrying about age-related health issues including death is a welcome concept. On the other--everything else.
Valorie is a rather affectionate individual, however, she doesn't like to be thought of as such and usually reacts with embarrassment if given affection in public. It also takes her time to warm up to someone before she will consider giving any affection of her own. Although she is quite competitive, this only extends to pokemon battles and beauty. When confronted with the possibility of physical harm to herself Valorie suffers from cowardice and she has a fairly low threshold for pain. She dreams of becoming the most renowned battling trainer in the world and of becoming a dragon master comparable to her idol, Lance.
Backstory
Born and raised in Iccirus City, Unova, Valorie obtained her first pokemon, Charmander, from her father at the tail end of a business trip in Kanto. She obtained her dratini as an egg from a mysterious dragon type specialistic whom did not have the time to raise her himself. She trained hard, but was unable to beat Iccirus City Gym. Distraught, she signed up for the Pokemon Trainer's Academy on Oak Island to better herself studying and training hard during her time there.
A couple of years later, after having left the academy to pursue her dreams, Valorie became involved in a massive 'gang war' between several criminal teams. She became involved with one of these teams, specifically a vigilante group dedicated to thwarting the other team's plans. During this time she succumbed to stealing pokemon from the rival trainers to bolster her numbers. She stole several pokemon, primarily from trainers of less than stellar morality. One fateful evenin Valorie was killed in battle, the cause of which being suffocation in the midst of a raging sandstorm. She was brought back from beyond the brink of death, however, by Cresselia, who she had played a pivotal role in freeing from one of the rival gangs that meant to use her as a weapon. Cresselia used all of her power to bring Valorie back, becoming one with Valorie in the process. This was done not just to save Valorie's life, but to keep her pokemon from going their separate ways. This is the point at which Valorie gained her immortality and other supernatural traits, trapping her at the age at which she died, 14.
After the war had ended Valorie resumed chasing her dreams, however, she was now burdened by the reality that she still wasn't strong enough to achieve them even after everything she had gone through. Valorie chased her dreams for years until she was "technically" an adult. At this point, she had to go through the trouble of getting an adult ID, which was only a problem because she had difficulty convincing anyone she wasn't trying to fake her age. After she became legally recognized as an adult she made the mistake of beginning to drink and developed a drinking problem, compounded by all of her self-loathing on account of her still having yet to achieve anything close to her original dreams. Valorie made the effort to quit drinking cold turkey, however, after her fighting spirit was revitalized.
Magical Talent
Cresselia's Inheritance
Valorie absorbed what remained of Cresselia's soul after the legendary pokemon's death, inheriting a bit of her leftover power. The two souls are now one in the same body, sharing a symbiotic relationship.
- Valorie is incapable of aging, even if forced by magical means.
- A divine force, specifically Cresselia's, protects Valorie's soul from being stolen or harmed.
- Valorie resists killing blows, meaning that she will miraculously manage to survive all but the most immediately fatal of blows.
- Valorie occasionally demonstrates a split personality, the other personality, of course, being Cresselia's.
- Valorie's dreams are often lucid and prophetic, occasionally even being relevant to her life.
- Valorie's eyes glow with the colors of the northern lights shimmering beneath their surfaces. The glow is strong enough to dimly illuminate a couple of feet in front of her face. Anyone staring into Valorie's eyes will experience both a relaxing effect and a healing effect. The relaxing effect encourages a positive state of mind and helps one sleep. The healing effect can slowly heal most wounds and cure even the most persistent of diseases by supercharging the body's natural healing abilities. However, this effect does not work on Valorie herself.
- Anti-Magic has no effect on the above abilities because they are fueled by Valorie's own power, rather than any latent power she could be disconnected from.
Amni's symbiosis
Valorie and Amni the Reuniclus share a powerful neurological bond
- Valorie is capable of communicating through telepathy with Amni and vice versa, even over long distances.
- Valorie is capable of reading Amni's emotions and vice versa, even over long distances. This includes the ability to perceive things like pain and other physical sensations.
- Valorie and Amni can sense each other's life force well enough to always have an idea of where the other is, down to the direction.
Pokemon
Battle Pokemon
- Dragonite ♀ (Power Level ≈ ??? / 100) [Moves = Hurricane, Twister, Dragon Claw, Superpower, Roost, Dragon Dance]
Valorie's dragonite is giant, standing at 12'1'' and being over twice the weight of your average dragonite. It goes almost without saying that this has a significant effect on her abilities in combat. (Consider her effective base stats 100 HP / 165 Attack / 115 Defense / 110 Special Attack / 110 Special Defense / 70 Speed). She's actually a big baby however, viewing Valorie as her mother and being quite clingy. The other pokemon don't have the heart to correct her. She has the ability multiscale. - Haxorus ♀ (Power Level ≈ ??? / 100) [Moves = Outrage, Earthquake, Poison Jab, Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Guillotine]
Haxorus is a hunter who becomes stir crazy when she isn't allowed to roam at least once a day. She refuses to eat normal food and compulsively seeks out challenging prey, particularly other females. She has the ability rivalry. - Charizard ♀ (Power Level ≈ 65 / 100) [Moves = Dragon Claw, Will-O-Wisp, Flare Blitz, Belly Drum, Mimic, Roost]
Charizard is the angsty older sister of Valorie's team, having been starved for attention in favor of Valorie's other pokemon before she fully evolved. She has a fiery temper and is jealous of the attention Valorie's dragonite gets. In spite of this, she is also Valorie's wisest pokemon. Valorie has been attempting to get Charizard to Mega Evolve for years without success. - Rex the Tyrantrum ♂ (Power Level ≈ 65 / 100) [Moves = Crunch, Head Smash, Dragon Tail, Aerial Ace, Hone Claws, Rock Polish]
Rex is a proud, grumpy old timer of a pokemon. Constantly living in the past, he thinks very highly of himself and looks down on pokemon who don't stack up to his impressive 9'2'' feet (2.794 meters) height. He does not like the idea that other pokemon are stronger than him and will frequently antagonize any pokemon that annoys him until they fight him. Rex is not a pokemon who learns his lesson and to that end Valorie has done her best to help him realize his dreams of being the most fearsome pokemon around. Rex is one of the pokemon Valorie stole as mentioned in her backstory. - Flygon ♀ (Power Level ≈ 65 / 100) [Moves = Outrage, Earthquake, U-Turn, Defog, Iron Tail, Earth Power]
Flygon is an approval-seeking pokemon, having a somewhat dog-like disposition towards others. Nowhere is this more apparent than with her tendency to greet Valorie with friendly licks. She is one of Valorie's most loyal pokemon in the sense that she is the least likely to question any order she is given. Flygon has the ability 'sand stream' instead of levitate, meaning she can passively summon sandstorms during battle. Flygon is one of the pokemon Valorie stole as mentioned in her backstory. - Hydreigon ♀ (Power Level ≈ 65 / 100) [Moves = Draco Meteor, Dark Pulse, Tailwind, Earth Power, Flash Cannon, Taunt]
Hydreigon is a voracious monster whose presence can only be described as... intense. She has a tendency to bite anything that isn't Valorie and has a very volatile disposition, so she isn't often let out of her ball around strangers unless her brutal nature is needed. Hydreigon is one of the pokemon Valorie stole as mentioned in her backstory.
Off-Hand Pokemon
- Shu the Yamask ♂ (Power Level ≈ 20 / 100) [Moves = Night Shade, Telekinesis, Destiny Bond, Disable, Heal Block, Protect]
Shu is an odd case of a telepathic yamask. He actually asked Valorie to protect him from having to fight and, in turn, lent her his psychic aid. He is very old, his life before undeath having predated modern society. While he rarely raises a hand to harm another, he occasionally helps others fight with a supporting role. Personality-wise, Shu is a very snarky individual. As a very old pokemon that used to be a human before his death, he often finds himself frustrated by modern culture. - Kiyoko the Zoruark ♂ (Power Level ≈ 55 / 100) [Moves = Detect, Double Team, Aura Sphere, Iron Defense, Night Daze, Snarl]
Kiyoko is a pokemon anomaly, a zoroark filled with power of aura. This is a result of him being the subject of experimentation as a child. He's a rather reclusive pokemon, generally preferring not to be surrounded by others. - Gyarados ♂ (Power Level ≈ 35 / 100) [Moves = Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Surf, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Dive]
Gyarados' personality and quirks remain unrevealed, being a recent catch. - Doublade ♀ (Power Level ≈ 60 / 100) [Moves = Autotomize, Sacred Sword, Shadow Sneak, Swords Dance, Head Smash, Toxic]
Originally caught as a consequence of Valorie foolhardily grabbing her hilt. However, when she did not die and Doublade, as a Honedge, would not let go of her in turn they grew to become partners. - Goodra ♀ (Power Level ≈ 60 / 100) [Moves = Infestation, Sludge Wave, Thunder, Rain Dance, Toxic, Double Team]
Goodra is... not a very smart pokemon. Silly and energetic, she enjoys playing around more than she does battling. - Nathan the Rayquaza ♂ (Power Level ≈ 70 / 100) [Moves = Outrage, Dragon Pulse, Extremespeed, Hyper Beam]
- Evrir the Zoroark ♀ (Power Level ≈ 81 / 100) [Moves = Night Daze, Hidden Power, Flamethrower, Calm Mind]
- Belana the Lugia ♀ (Power Level ≈ 70 / 100) [Moves = Aeroblast, Recover, Psychic, Sky Attack]
- Amni the Reuniclus ♂ (Power Level ≈ 77 / 100) [Moves = Acid Armor, Calm Mind, Psyshock, Focus Blast, Recover, Telekinesis]
Possessions
Satchel Contents
- Spare Clothes
- Various beauty products
- A variety of pokeballs
- Various medicines
- A handful of Technical Machines
- A Xtransceiver
- A half-cape
- A full cape.
- Safety Pins
- Pokedollars, the Ruulan currency
- Snacks and Water
- Headphones and Music Player