Characters from Pokémon: The Lost Child.
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Main Characters
Piplup/Prinplup/Empoleon
One of the main heroes of the story. A Pokémon who is abandoned at birth and must survive in the wild. He quickly befriends Treecko and the two become friends who travel together.
- Adaptational Badass: Not Empoleon himself but one of his moves Metal Claw. In the fic, it is a very effective move that Empoleon often uses. In the games, it is a very weak move that is almost always replaced very quickly.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Empoleons in the main series are known to be quite prideful and difficult to befriend. In the fic, this Empoleon is a Nice Guy who makes quick friends with Sceptile.
- All-Loving Hero: He tries to see the best in everyone and do the best he can to help, which can sometimes be a detriment.
- Ambiguous Situation: When Slowking tries to look into Prinplup's soul, he has such a bad reaction that he kills himself, but it is not made clear what exactly he saw to have that bad of a reaction and how it relates to Empoleon.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: In Chapter 23, Empoleon expresses his desire to see another Pokémon like him. He does get that, in the form of an evil Empoleon out to murder them.
- Beware the Nice Ones: While Empoleon is normally very nice, when the situation calls for it, he is willing to fight.
- The Big Guy: While not as pronounced as many examples, it is still noticeable. Empoleon is often better at taking on more hits and dealing out raw damage compared to Sceptile. Empoleon is also much bigger and a steel type, which adds to this.
- Bubble Gun: In this case, he uses his mouth to fire bubbles, which causes damage much like in the games.
- Didn't Think This Through: Essentially the whole lesson of Chapter 16. Empoleon goes rushing up to a mountain to take on whoever is up there to prove he can take on The Brotherhood, but has no plan or any idea of what he is doing and ends up beaten very badly as a result.
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: After Aegislash kills Magmar, Empoleon starts hating him, which is the first time it happens with him.
- Hidden Depths: While Empoleon is the Nice Guy, he does show a vengeful side, especially after Aegislash kills Magmar, and he swears retribution on The Brotherhood before being calmed down by Sceptile.
- Humble Hero: He doesn't tend to brag about the good stuff he does and sees it as him just doing what he should do.
- It's Personal: In contrast to how Aegislash feels. When Aegislash kills Magmar, Empoleon swears revenge on The Brotherhood for what they have done.
- Jerkass Realization: In Chapter 16, Empoleon realizes how awful he has been acting and apologizes to Sceptile after being saved by him.
- Nice Guy: He doesn't like fighting and tries to be nice to everyone, even Pokémon who just attacked or stole from him, varies on how effective it is.
- Parental Abandonment: To the point where he doesn't even know his parents.
- Reluctant Warrior: Compared to Sceptile, Empoleon is much less willing to immediately rush into battle most of the time. He is still willing to fight when he needs to.
- Signature Move: Metal Claw is the move that Empoleon uses most often anytime he needs something for physical combat.
- Token Good Teammate: In comparison to Sceptile and Zoroark, Empoleon is much nicer and less willing to use violence.
- Took a Level in Badass:
- Pipulp started pretty weak, but after evolving twice and getting better at team moves with Grovyle/Sceptile, he became much stronger.
- After evolving into Empoleon, he gains a lot more power, taking out Aegislash when he wasn't expecting it and defeating Grovyle when he couldn't before.
- Unskilled, but Strong: At first, he does have some strong levels of power, but due to inexperience, he is not very good with any of his abilities. This does start to change as he gets better, though.
Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile
Another of the main heroes and a Pokémon who is at first on his own due to losing his family, until he meets Piplup and travels with him.
- The Ace: Compared to Empoleon, he is much more skilled and can do well in battle very often.
- Blood Knight: Sceptile really enjoys battling opponents and getting stronger through that.
- Byronic Hero: Sceptile certainly fits. He is very cynical and sarcastic with a pretty awful past of losing his family and has quite a few character flaws. He does still try to do the best he can to both survive and be the best person he can be.
- Classical Anti-Hero: Sceptile is very reluctant to do anything heroic out of pragmatism and self-survival. At heart, he is still a good person who does try to do the best he can.
- The Cynic: He is quickly established as this. He believes that the world is a harsh place where you need to fight for survival, and being nice and helping other Pokémon will get you nowhere. He isn't unjustified in having this view, though.
- Dark and Troubled Past: While currently not super clear, it's heavily suggested that Sceptile had quite an awful childhood, at the very least having lost his entire family for some unknown reason.
- Deadpan Snarker: His primary source of humor.
- Defend Command: When Grovyle learns the move Detect, it becomes one of his most useful moves for protecting against attacks.
- Defrosting Ice King: At first, Sceptile is quite cold towards Empoleon, but he eventually warms up to him and is nicer to him.
- Flat-Earth Atheist: Despite him existing in a world where every single Pokémon has some sort of crazy power, Grovyle is skeptical about the existence of Arceus to the point where he sees no point in trying to learn more.
- Fragile Speedster: Much like his video game counterpart, He demonstrates himself as this during his battle against Magmar. He is very fast and can dodge Magmar's attack well, but can't deal much damage or take any strong hits from him.
- Green Thumb: While he mostly uses his Leaf Blades to attack, he also shows the ability to summon vines and leaves.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He can often act quite cold around Empoleon, but he does show several moments of truly caring about him.
- Older and Wiser: Sceptile is much more experienced with the Pokémon world especially at first so he often teaches Empoleon about stuff related to it.
- Only Sane Man: Downplayed, but still there. While this is often due to his cynicism, compared to Empoleon, Sceptile is much less willing to rush into a potentially dangerous situation and often tries to talk Empoleon down from doing something risky.
- Poor, Predictable Rock: While Sceptile is very effective at what he does, he doesn't have much variety in his moves, mostly relying on Leaf Blade and very little else.
- Pragmatic Hero: Compared to Empoleon, Sceptile is much more concerned about the practical elements of helping someone or doing something dangerous.
- Signature Move: Leaf Blade is the move it uses most often and is really good with it.
- Took a Level in Kindness: He grows nicer as the fic progresses especially towards Empoleon.
- Weak, but Skilled: Sceptile isn't as powerful as Empoleon, but he makes up with his raw agility and skillful moves.
- The Worf Effect: Grovyle is taken down by the newly evolved Empoleon in Chapter 16 to show how much stronger Empoleon has gotten.
The Brotherhood
In General
A mysterious criminal organization with sinister intentions.
- Nebulous Evil Organisation: The Brotherhood is set up like this. An organization that is responsible for a lot of bad stuff that has some sort of secret agenda.
- Only in It for the Money: Most of the members of the Brotherhood who have been seen have money-related goals. It's implied that this is part of the organization as a whole.
The Leader (Unmarked Spoilers)
Darkrai
The leader of the Brotherhood to who Aegislash directly answers to.- Bad Boss:
- His first scene is him killing Magmortar simply for failing him. Darkrai also would later punish Golem for his failure.
- This is subverted with Aegislash, as when Aegislash thinks Darkrai is going to punish him, Darkrai says that he won't. It is unknown exactly why, however.
- Didn't Think This Through: To defeat the heroes, Darkrai causes Dark Empoleon to split the Earth apart. This causes Dark Empoleon to be defeated when it forces Deoxys to get involved.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Possibly, it's implied in Chapter 27 that Darkrai may have some level of care and trust in Aegislash. He states that he trusts Aegislash with his life when he thinks Empoleon is suggesting Aegislash betrayed him. When Darkrai is pleading with his supposed "father" he says that he promised he would spare someone, but it's not made clear who it is.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: He has some sort of major plan that the readers are currently unaware of, though it is implied to be very bad. It is revealed that he is planning on trapping everyone in an eternal nightmare so he can Take Over the World.
- Hidden Villain: For a while it was unknown he is his. Chapter 20 reveals he is a Darkrai.
- Take Over the World: This is Darkrai's ultimate goal, which he plans to do by trapping everyone in an eternal nightmare.
Aegislash
The top assassin of The Brotherhood, who is willing to carry out his orders without question as long as it gets him paid.
- Animate Inanimate Object: Same as in the games, Aegislash is a sentient sword and shield, which he often uses to his advantage in killing his targets.
- Batman Gambit: Aegislash does one of these during his battle with Prinplup and Grovyle in Chapter 15. He creates a substitute from behind Magmar, making them think he is trying to attack from behind, but the decoy distracts them so Aegislash can come in from the front and finish Magmar off.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Aegislash knows full well about his status as an assassin working for an evil organization, but he doesn't care.
- Connected All Along: It is later revealed that Darkrai is Aegislash's father.
- Evil Weapon: Considering he is a sentient sword and is an assassin working for an evil organization, this trope for sure fits.
- Just Following Orders: Aegislash operates on this thinking, only seeing what he does as a job that he was ordered to do by The Brotherhood.
- Nothing Personal: Aegislash outright says this to Magmar. Aegislash destroying Magmar's village and killing his friends and family, and now trying to kill him, was not anything personal, just what he was ordered to do by The Brotherhood.
- Hero Killer: He manages to kill Magmar with little effort. Establishing for sure just how dangerous Aegislash is.
- The Heavy: While he reports directly to his unknown boss, he is the most personally active threat to the heroes.
- Knight of Cerebus: His presence in the story is when things start getting much darker with stuff like actual permanent deaths being introduced.
- Only in It for the Money: Aegislash isn't working as an assassin for The Brotherhood for any reason other than the money it gives him.
- Professional Killer: His main role in The Brotherhood. Acting as their assassin willing to carry out any kills he is given without question.
- Uncertain Doom: The last time we see Aegislash is when Zoroark ties him up in The Brotherhood's base. Later, the same base is blown up and it is left unclear if Aegislash was taken with it. Chapter 32 confirms that he is in fact still alive.
- Took a Level in Kindness: While it is unclear whether he has truly reformed, Aegislash is shown to be a lot friendlier to Empoleon and Sceptile after the Brotherhood is defeated. He is willing to work with them and try to get their help in taking down Arceus, the one who likely destroyed the base.
- Villainous Friendship: Chapter 25 shows that Aegislash gets along very well with a Rapidash in The Brotherhood, is genuinely friendly with him, and takes all of his advice seriously.
- Villain Respect: In a very unusual way. Aegislash does seem genuinely impressed with Empoleon, Sceptile and Zoroark's skills and the wins they pull off in Chapter 20 cause Aegislahs to need to retreat and step up his efforts even further, something which his master, Darkrai, agrees with.
- The Worf Effect: It is taken down rather easily by Dark Empoleon just to show how powerful it is.
Greninja
A Greninja who gives some useful info to Aegislash for unknown reasons. Later revealed to be Zoroark in disguise.
- Ambiguous Gender: Their gender is never specified and is always described using gender-neutral pronouns, further adding to their mystery. This is to disguise the fact she is Zoroark in disguise.
- Ambiguously Evil: While Greninja does give info to The Brotherhood to help with their evil objectives, it is left unclear what exactly their motive is, with even Aegislash questioning why they would give that info up for free. Chapter 25 shows that Greninja is plotting against The Brotherhood in some way, but it is still left ambiguous what exactly their goal is.
- Bait-and-Switch: This happens three times with Greninja in Chapter 25. Aegislash is still suspicious of him, and it looks like he was hacking into The Brotherhood's control panel. Greninja clarifies that they were fixing a security flaw, which Aegislash verifies. Then it is revealed at the very end that Greninja does have some sort of secret agenda and Aegislash has given them what they needed.
- Good All Along: For most of Greninja's appearances, the audience is left unsure of what their goals and morality are. It is revealed that Greninja is Zoroark in disguise who has been working to infiltrate The Brotherhood and take them down from the inside.
- The Rat: Greninja somehow managed to learn the location of Zoroark and tells Aegislash about it, which kicks off the events of Chapter 17. Aegislash is also suspicious of why they would give that info away for free.
Magmortar
The father of Magmar, who is secretly a member of The Brotherhood and runs a massive tournament rigging operation.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While the conspirators' goal was to make money, Magmortar had a secret plan to help his son advance in the tournament or win it. When he tells his son this, he is pretty mad.
- Starter Villain: He is the first major part of The Brotherhood that the heroes face.
- You Have Failed Me: Is on the receiving end of one by his unknown boss.
Cacturne
Another assassin working directly for Aegislash in one of their biggest towns, Greenwood Town.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: When Cacturne tells Zoroark who hired him, Cacturne asks Zoroark to kill him so Aegislash can't kill him, which Zoroark does without hesitation.
- Professional Killer: In much the same way as Aegislash. Though he is far less successful.
Dark Empoleon
A mysterious completely black Empoleon
- Ambiguously Related: In-Universe Aegislash wonders if this Empoleon is related to the more heroic one, with Darkrai himself not even knowing or caring.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Dark Empoleon is under some sort of nightmare-based brainwashing spell which starts wearing of in Chapter 23 before Darkrai puts him right back under it.
- Dark Is Evil: He is described as being a completely black Empoleon and he specifically works for the Brotherhood.
- Dying as Yourself: When Dark Empoleon ends up dying, he is freed from Darkrai's control and thanks the heroes for freeing him.
- Evil Counterpart: Considering he is an evil Empoleon working for the Brotherhood, in contrast to the main heroic Empoleon, so this trope applies.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: How the heroes defeated him in Chapter 23. Using his own power against him to trick him into collapsing a cave on top of himself.
- Mouth of Sauron: When he returns in Chapter 27, he is more talkative, though it is only Darkrai talking through him.
- Silent Antagonist:
- He rarely talks at all. When he does start talking, that tells Darkrai that the brainwashing has been wearing off, suggesting it has something to do with that.
- This is Subverted in Chapter 27, where he talks quite a bit. But even that is stated to only be Darkrai talking through him.
- World's Strongest Man: Due to being the creation of a legendary Pokémon, this Empoleon is very powerful. Having powers no other Empoleon has, like teleportation. He was also easily able to take down Aegislash.
Major Characters
Zorua/Zoroark
An illusion creating Pokémon who often encounters the heroes. Her parents were killed by The Brotherhood in the past and she seeks to take them down.
- Anti-Hero: Zoroark is looking to take down the evil Brotherhood but is willing to resort to measures like torture and murder to accomplish it.
- The Chessmaster: She is revealed to have played everyone, including the heroes and the Brotherhood. She disguised herself as Greninja to infiltrate the Brotherhood and it worked she managed to fool everyone with only Aegislash being suspicious that something was going on.
- The Drifter: She often goes from place to place in her quest to take down The Brotherhood, which means she encounters Empoleon and Sceptile a lot.
- Just in Time: When Empoleon and Sceptile are about to be defeated and killed by Dark Empolen, Zoroark shows up to help them.
- Master of Illusion: She can make illusions of any Pokémon, though she can't copy any powers much like in the games. This is taken to a new level with the revelation that she was the Greninja all along, going deep undercover to infiltrate the Brotherhood.
- Foreshadowing: There are numerous hits throughout the story that Greninja is Zoroark in disguise. The biggest one of these is that Greninja knew where Zoroark was multiple times for seemingly no reason.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Initially Zoroark pretends to know nothing about the Brotherhood to Prinplup and Grovyle. Later on, though, she does reveal her true goal with them.
- Parental Abandonment: In this case though it's due to both of her parents being killed by The Brotherhood.
- Revenge: Zoroark's main goal is to get revenge on The Brotherhood for killing her parents.
- The Trickster: She seems to enjoy messing around with other people with her Establishing Character Moment being scaring Piplup and Treecko by pretending to be a Ursaring.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: Not a view that she has, but Empoleon and Sceptile except her too, which is why they are shocked when she kills a Cacturne without hesitation.
- You Killed My Father: Her parents were killed by The Brotherhood when she was a child which is why she wants to take them down.
Magmar
A member of the first village the heroes visit who the two quickly get along with pretty well.
- Death Seeker: When Magmar is killed by Aegislash, he downright welcomes death, as it means he gets to be free of the pain of his home being destroyed.
- Despair Event Horizon: After Magmar's village is destroyed and his friends and family are killed, he ends up sinking into a horrible state where he is constantly reliving what happened and just running.
- Sacrificial Lion: Magmar is made to be likeable in the two Mystery Episodes and gets along with the two main heroes. When he shows up again in Chapter 15, his village has been destroyed by The Brotherhood, and Aegislash comes to finish Magmar off. Which Aegislash does, which upsets Empoleon very much.
- The Smart Guy: Magmar in his appearances shows himself to be quite smart. Being able to figure out that something was wrong with the Tournament and exposed the corruption.
Watchog (Unmarked Spoilers)
- Always Second Best: While Watchog is decently skilled in his own right, he isn't able to compete with the power and teamwork of Empoleon and Sceptile.
- The Bus Came Back: After disappearing in the story after chapters 3 and 4, Watchog reappeared, his entire gang dead, and a mysterious voice telling him that Empoleon and Sceptile were the ones who killed them, with Watchog seeking vengeance.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Watchog deeply cares about his gang, and after they are all killed and he is tricked into thinking they were killed by Empoleon and Sceptile, he is sent on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Watchog's gang is killed, he is sent on a murderous rampage against Empoleon and Sceptile, whom he believes killed them.
- Unwitting Pawn: Watchog is being manipulated by an as-yet unknown force into believing that Empoleon and Sceptile are the ones who killed his gang. Watchog has no idea he is being misled, though.
Arceus (Unmarked Spoilers)
- Adaptational Villainy: Arceus isn't portrayed as the friendliest Pokémon to humans in most Pokémon media. But in this fanfic, he is depicted as outright tyrannical and malicious.
- God Is Evil: Arceus is the universe's creator and ultimate god. However, he is also a horrible tyrant who mistreated and killed the Pokémon in the world and even mistreated the rest of the gods until he was eventually overthrown.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Arceus is sealed away for most of the series, but either directly or indirectly, he is responsible for nearly everything that happens. Including, but not limited to, the gods' war, the establishment of the Brotherhood, and the creation of the entire universe.
- Signature Move: Just as in the game series, Arceus here really likes using his Judgment move.
Minor Characters
The Patrat Gang
- Arc Villain: The Patrat gang, more specifically the leader, are this for Chapters 3 and 4 being the one actively going after the heroes.
- Evil Is Petty: The gang of Patrats in Chapters 3 and 4 want revenge on the heroes in a way that isn't a rematch for simply beating them in a fight.
Sandslashes
- Bumbling Henchmen Duo: The two Sandslashes in Chapter 9 do manage to kill Shiftry, but then spend their whole screen time arguing with each other and are quickly defeated by Prinplup and Grovyle and murdered by Aegislash as they knew too much.
Tyranitar
- Feral Villain: It doesn't show much personality and is just a raging beast that Prinplup and Grovyle need to take down.
Exploud
- Conspiracy Theorist: Exploud spouts out insane crap about the end of the world, how everyone is out to get him, and that Arceus is behind all of this.
- Talking to Themself: In Chapter 12, the Exploud does this, which is yet another indication of how insane he is.
- You're Insane!: Prinplup and Grovyle rightly call out Exploud for being nuts.
Slowking
- Driven to Suicide: In Chapter 13, Slowking ends up killing himself by blowing his head up after reading Prinplup's heart and his mind getting overwhelmed as a result.
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: What happens to Slowking in Chapter 13. He attempts to read Prinplup's heart but is so overwhelmed by it and in such horrible pain that he ends up killing himself to end it.
Plusle and Minun
- Curb-Stomp Battle: They give quite a bad one to Prinplup and Grovyle due to a better mastery of team moves.
Hippowdon
- Anti-Villain: While he does end up nearly killing Empoleon this is only because Empoleon attacked first and he was trying to defend himself.
Weavile
- Anti-Villain: Weavile's only interest is protecting her children and her home, and she doesn't mean any harm. Though it leads to her setting up a bunch of deadly traps that the heroes encounter.
- The Chessmaster: Weavile was able to cleverly set up a bunch of traps around the mountain so that no Pokémon could ever get to where her children were. It worked for quite a while as Empoleon and Sceptile were the first Pokémon that was able to get past it.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Her only goal is protecting her children.
- Freudian Excuse: When she was a child, the mountain was attacked by a Pokémon with a volcano on his back searching for the diamonds buried in it, and she lost her parents as a result.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: At the end, Empoleon tells Weavile to give the Pokémon who come on her mountain a chance. Weavile lets the two go, but it is left unclear if she accepts, and she says she will consider it.
- Talking the Monster to Death: Not a monster exactly, but Empoleon talks to Weavile, convincing her that they weren't there for the diamond, and as a result, Weavile lets them go.
Sawk
- Defector from Decadence: Sawk left The Brotherhood a while ago due to their methods.
- Faking the Dead: It's implied that Sawk did this as Aegislash thought he was dead until they met back up.
Victreebel (Unmarked Spoilers)
- Didn't Think This Through: Victreebel didn't think through his trap, putting Pokémon in a vine to slowly lower them into a fire and have them burn to death. Empoleon is instantly able to break through this combination and kill Victreebel.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: While Victreebel is a horrible serial killer with no remorse for his actions, he does care a lot about his parents.
- Evil All Along: At first, he appears to be a nice Pokémon who wants to help out. However, later on, it's revealed that he is a vicious serial killer, responsible for the deaths of numerous Pokémon.
- Monstrous Cannibalism: Not explicitly confirmed, but strongly implied by Victreebel serving strange food to Empoleon and Sceptile, and Victreebel later saying he gets food by killing travelling Pokémon.
- Serial Killer: It was eventually revealed that he had killed numerous Pokémon to steal their supplies and survive.
Deoxys
- Adaptational Heroism: In most media, Deoxys is usually depicted as at least somewhat aggressive and bad for humans. In this fic, Deoxys is only shown to be nice and willing to help out when he can. He seems to have some sort of Alien Non-Interference Clause but is compelled not to say anything.
- Alien Non-Interference Clause: Deoxys is, for some reason, compelled to not give away any information about what is going on, which he does not like, but is forced to do so anyway.
- Easy Amnesia: He develops amnesia in his debut chapter simply from falling and hitting the ground and regains the memories pretty easily.
- Multiform Balance: Much like in the games, Deoxys can shift into multiple forms. Each form is specialized in one specific area, either attack, defense or speed.
- Vagueness Is Coming: Deoxys warns Empoleon and Sceptile that there are stakes far beyond them, but he can't say what they are.
Camerupt
- Chekhov's Gun: Weavile in her chapter talks about a Pokémon with a volcano on his back that killed her parents. It turns out to be Camerupt, who is the main villain of Chapter 26.
- Eviler than Thou: Zig-Zagged. He is initially shown as such an evil threat that he can take down Aegislash and forces Aegislash to ally with the heroes to stop them. However, he is taken down rather easily when going up against Aegislash, along with Empoleon and Sceptile.
- Playing with Fire: As a fire-type Pokémon, he has a variety of fire-based attacks.
- Sadist: He openly admits that he enjoyed the thrill of killing the two Weaviles and wants to do it again and again.
- Straw Nihilist: He believes that all life is completely meaningless and seeks to wipe out as much life as he can by blowing up volcano after volcano.
- Taking You with Me: After being defeated and knocked into the volcano, Camerupt blows himself up as a final act of spite, erupting the volcano at the expense of his life.
