History Characters / HardEnough

* PsychichPowers: Knows Psybeam.

* HotBlooded: Just like his early characterization, he's impatient, brass, passionate, and eager to get things done as quickly as he could.

* WoundThatWouldNotHeal: He feels the pain from a burn Blaine had given him during a battle between the two in the past.

* AcheyScars: He feels the pain from a burn Blaine had given him during a battle between the two in the past.

* MakingASplash: If the fact that she's a further evolution of the Rhyhorn family line isn't enough to make peoples' JawDrop, TheReveal that she's also capable of using the move, "Surf", will.

[[folder:Damian]]
!!Damian

An arrogant trainer who "bought" Charmander as his starter Pokémon from Professor Oak's lab.

* TheCameo: He's only mentioned and briefly seen being taunted by Gary in chapter 59.
* CompositeCharacter: In this story, he and Charmander share the roles of the [[TheGhost unseen]] Pallet Town trainer and their Charmander from the anime.
* InSpiteOfANail: He still leaves his Charmander behind due to disappointment at it, leaving it available for Ash to rescue.
* {{Jerkass}}: It says a lot that even ''Gary Oak'' dislikes him.
* PlayingWithFire: His StarterMon is the Fire-type Charmander, who he got through less than honest means.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: According to Gary's narration, he has gotten Charmander as a starter due to bribes.

[[folder:Brawly]]
!!Brawly

A native from the Hoenn region with a love for surfing. He's also an up-and-coming Gym Leader for Dewford City whose currently in Kanto to participate in the battle circuit.

* BareFistedMonk: He's a Fighting-type specialist and an upcoming Gym Leader for Dewford City.
* HonorBeforeReason: While he managed to impress Brock by showing enough knowledge, tactics, and skills of his Pokémon to earn the Boulder Badge despite forfeiting, he still refuses to take the badge along with admitting to not having to use his StarterMon.
* ManOfKryptonite: Zigzagged. He uses Fighting-types, pure (Machamp) and dual (Poliwrath, Medicham, Heracross, and Breloom), and the Water-type Wailord Pokémon in his Gym Battle against [[DishingOutDirt Brock]], but like with Gary's example, it doesn't make the battle easier.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Brawly is a friendly and chill guy overall, but the CurbStompBattle he suffered from Will and the UnsportsmanlikeGloating he received from him is enough for him to show his anger, along with raising a red flag on Brock's radar.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If it wasn't for the mentioning of his bad encounter with Will to Brock, the latter would've been somewhat blindsided to how to deal with his potential encounter with the Psychic specialist.
* SkewedPriorities: Like the anime, he tends to delay Pokémon battles for his love of surfing.

[[folder:Will]]
!!Will

An enigmatic Ace Trainer and Psychic specialist vying for a position on the Indigo Elite Four.

* TruerToTheText: Unlike her [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference first appearance]] in the anime, till re-appearing in her modern game design in ''Journeys'', she resembles her YamatoNadeshiko depiction from the games.

!!Jormungandr (Onix)

An Onix who Brock caught at an early point in his Pokemon journey. It's also used by Brock as a FinalExamBoss for Gym Battles against up-and-coming trainers or is one of his selected Pokémon in Ace Trainer Battles.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: According to Agatha, he once raised a Dragonite and fought the clans of Blackthorn to a standstill and demonstrate the weakness of Dragon-type Pokemon.

TheHero of the story and up-and-coming Pokemon Trainer with big dreams to become the [[ToBeAMaster Pokemon Master]].

* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: When confronted by Brock in chapter 79, who (lightly) dresses him down for his actions beforehand, Ash could only sheepishly rub his hair and weakly respond that when "he put it like that, it sounds like a bad thing".

* TheParalyzer: Knows Stun Spore.

!!Celia

* CripplingOverspecialization: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] to the point of [[DefiedTrope defying]]. As Pewter City's Gym Leader, he specializes in using Rock-Type Pokemon[[note]]Which are known for their natural low-Speed stats, in addition to [[MagicallyIneptFighter Special Attack]][=/=][[WeakToMagic Defense]], but great Physical Attack[=/=]Defense stats in the games. Along with four weaknesses in Type disadvantage.] However, his past battle experience as a Pokemon Trainer and drive to subvert expectations to challenge those who come to his Gym allows Brock to circumvent such weaknesses by playing their strengths; StatusBuff (Defense Curl, Rock Polish, etc), [[TrapMaster Stealth Rock]], StoneWall, learning movesets of different types, TrainingFromHell to overcome the speed problems and Type advantages, heavy doses of {{Combination Attack}}s, [[ConfusionFu out-of-the-box tactics]], [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]], and relentless [[{{Determinator}} determination]].

* AsTheGoodBookSays: He makes a reference to ''Literature/TheBible'' (in his thoughts) by witnessing Titan's Fissure move of splitting the ground akin to Moses PartingTheSea. A very amp description for the natural strength of his [[SemiDivine pseudo-legendary]] starter.

* HeroicBuild: As a result of his constant training consisting of wrestling against his Rock-Type Pokemon, Brock gains a very muscular physique.

* MuggingTheMonster: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Will's "methods" to prepare for his eventual Ace trainer battle against Brock are rather dishonest, but not illegal, he really amps it up by preparing to telepathically interrogate Forrest when the latter got arrested in chapter 103 through a very dubious process, assuming that he wasn't responsible for putting Forrest in that position in the first place. When he unexpectedly sees Brock in the interrogation room, the latter makes it very, ''very'', '''very''', '''''very''''' clear that he crossed a line, especially since it involves his family's well-being, something that not even ''Giovanni'' is willing to stoop to.

Brock's starter Pokemon.

A Rhyperior who is part of Brock's elite line-up against Lance.

* {{Jerkass}}: If you're not Brock or anyone he values, or even someone like Daisy Oak, don't expect Don to be a NiceGuy towards you... ''at best''.

* AmbitionIsEvil: His ambition to become a member of the Indigo EliteFour leads him into committing numerous dishonest, but not illegal, tactics, and later an illegal attempted telepathic interrogation on a Gym Leader-related minor for a relatively minor misdemeanor, with a possibility that he was indirectly responsible for putting him in that position in the first place.

** You can try to insult and degrade Brock and his Gym all you want and, while it might sting a bit to be called out on for being weak, especially for all the hardships he went through, he'll brush them off with ease. If it causes distress to his siblings' image of him, however, you better be prepared for the risks. Just ask [[WorldsBestWarrior Lance]].

** This comes up again in chapter 105, as he wasn't expecting Brock to be quick in coming to Forrest's aid during the interrogation, and ends up in a compromising legal position.

* MuggingTheMonster: While Will's "methods" to prepare for his eventual Ace trainer battle against Brock are rather dishonest, but not illegal, he really amps it up by preparing to telepathically interrogate Forrest when the latter got arrested in chapter 103 through a very dubious process, assuming that he wasn't responsible for putting Forrest in that position in the first place. When he unexpectedly sees Brock in the interrogation room, the latter makes it very, ''very'', '''very''', '''''very''''' clear that he crossed a line.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Heavily implied to be the case when Brock calls him out in chapter 99, as he probably was blindsided by the fact that Brock would've caught wind of his presence beforehand.

* AdaptationExpansion: He's given a bigger role in this fic than in the games, where he simply served as a one-off member of the Elite Four in the Generation II games.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Zigzagged. While he's certainly more antagonistic than his game counterpart, he's more in line with his ''Adventures'' version, where he served as a Team Rocket executive (though here he seemingly works independently of Team Rocket).

* MakingASplash: Surprisingly, the third most common type among Brock's Pokémon after Rock and Ground is Water (Including Shin the Kabutops, Shelly the Omastar, Tide the Lapras, Shrek the Swampert, and Hypnotoad the Poliwrath). Consciously or not, Brock still reflects his mother Lola's preferred typing.