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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She's a "bluette".
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--> “Capture?” Entei snorted. “I think not. You may continue your futile efforts if you choose so, but I am spending the War in that necklace, not in a ball. Goodbye, Chaletwo.”
--> “Capture?” Entei snorted. “I think not. You may continue your futile efforts if you choose so, but I am spending the War in that necklace, not in a ball. Goodbye, Chaletwo.”
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen is the most reasonable of the sisters, but while they peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:Subverted with the males. They initially welcome the chance to negotiate with the kids, but underneath the façade of reason they’re actually ‘’worse’’ than their sisters. It’s also deconstructed when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first and aren’t telling him, which is enough to make him and his brothers ditch diplomacy and start a fight.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen is the most reasonable of the sisters, but while they peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:Subverted with the males. They initially welcome the chance to negotiate with the kids, but underneath the façade of reason they’re actually ‘’worse’’ ''worse'' than their sisters. It’s also deconstructed when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first and aren’t telling him, which is enough to make him and his brothers ditch diplomacy and start a fight.]]
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Rewording my previous description of the males. They’re more calculating and methodical, but they’re definitely not more “logical” or “reasonable.”
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen is the most reasonable of the sisters, but while they peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:Averted with the males, who are all relatively calm and logical, but this ends up working against the kids when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, forcing a fight in spite of May's attempt to lie to them.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen is the most reasonable of the sisters, but while they peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:Averted [[spoiler:Subverted with the males, who are all relatively calm and logical, males. They initially welcome the chance to negotiate with the kids, but this ends up working against underneath the kids façade of reason they’re actually ‘’worse’’ than their sisters. It’s also deconstructed when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, forcing a fight in spite of May's attempt first and aren’t telling him, which is enough to lie to them.make him and his brothers ditch diplomacy and start a fight.]]
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* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Preciure is unaffected by type matchups when receiving damage, and Dragoreen is unaffected by them when dealing damage.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Preciure, Venoir, and Dracobalt are almost immediately on board with letting the kids capture them, but show themselves to be ruthless, condescending slimeballs during negotiations.
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** The brothers are colder and more reasonable, while the sisters are more passionate and emotional.
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** The brothers are colder and more reasonable, methodical, while the sisters are more passionate and emotional.
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** The brothers' disdain for the sisters is cool and detached. Conversely, the sisters are constantly fearful and paranoid about their brothers.
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** The brothers' disdain for the sisters is cool detached and detached.ruthless. Conversely, the sisters are constantly fearful and paranoid about their brothers.
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** Both of their leaders try to [[spoiler:stall the kids in hopes of weakening their siblings]], except that Dragoreen [[spoiler:lies to the kids to stall them for five weeks]], while Preciure [[spoiler:outright tries to bargain with the kids in hopes of getting his sisters captured at the last possible second]].
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** Both of their leaders try to [[spoiler:stall the kids in hopes of weakening their siblings]], except that Dragoreen [[spoiler:lies to the kids to stall them for five weeks]], while Preciure [[spoiler:outright tries to bargain with the kids them in hopes of getting his sisters captured at the last possible second]].
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* ForMassiveDamage: Every one of them has a double weakness to Ice.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Concludes that he took Mark for granted after being anchored to May's brain for a few weeks.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Concludes [[spoiler:Concludes that he took Mark for granted after being anchored to May's brain for a few weeks.]]
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* ImmuneToFlinching: Preciure's only slowed down by Outrage disorientation.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation: Dragoreen attacks Mark and then threatens to drop him into the ocean to extract the truth out of him and Chaletwo.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation: Dragoreen attacks Mark and then threatens to drop him into the ocean to extract the truth out of him and Chaletwo.
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* ImmuneToFlinching: Preciure's [[spoiler:Preciure's only slowed down by Outrage disorientation.
disorientation.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation:Dragoreen [[spoiler:Dragoreen attacks Mark and then threatens to drop him into the ocean to extract the truth out of him and Chaletwo. Chaletwo.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation:
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen and Preciure are the most reasonable of their respective groups, but while the sisters peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:This trope ends up working against the kids when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, sabotaging their attempt at diplomacy and forcing a fight.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen and Preciure are is the most reasonable of their respective groups, the sisters, but while the sisters they peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:This trope [[spoiler:Averted with the males, who are all relatively calm and logical, but this ends up working against the kids when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, sabotaging their attempt at diplomacy and forcing a fight.fight in spite of May's attempt to lie to them.]]
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* PsychicLink: With Chaletwo while Mark recovers. She does not handle the lack of privacy well.
* PsychicStatic: She tries this a few times when Chaletwo is anchored to her mind.
* RageBreakingPoint: She completely loses it in chapter 63 and takes her anger and frustration out on a napping Beartic.
* PsychicStatic: She tries this a few times when Chaletwo is anchored to her mind.
* RageBreakingPoint: She completely loses it in chapter 63 and takes her anger and frustration out on a napping Beartic.
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* PsychicLink: With [[spoiler:With Chaletwo while Mark recovers. She does not handle the lack of privacy well.
well.]]
* PsychicStatic:She [[spoiler:She tries this a few times when Chaletwo is anchored to her mind.
mind.]]
* RageBreakingPoint:She [[spoiler:After sharing her head with Chaletwo, she completely loses it in chapter 63 and takes her anger and frustration out on a napping Beartic. Beartic.]]
* PsychicStatic:
* RageBreakingPoint:
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* SwitchingPOV: The third-person limited narration gets passed to her while Mark recovers.
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* SwitchingPOV: The [[spoiler:The third-person limited narration gets passed to her while Mark recovers. recovers.]]
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He blames himself for anything he doesn't fix.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He blames himself for anything he doesn't can't fix.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Alan tries to quit the Quest twice.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Alan [[spoiler:Alan tries to quit the Quest twice. twice.]]
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%% New kinds of Pokémon introduced in the fic get a dedicated section for their species in general on top of individual members.
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%% New legendaries, being unique, can have species examples and character examples under the same entry.
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!!!Only spoilers from the ten most recent chapters will be marked.
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[[folder:Legendary Hunters]]
%% Pokémon characters whose species was introduced in the main series should only have examples that are a key part of their characterization. Things like game data and species information should be kept to a miniumum unless it's a part of who they are.
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%% New kinds of Pokémon introduced in the fic get a dedicated section for their species in general on top of individual members.
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%% New legendaries, being unique, can have species examples and character examples under the same entry.
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The main human character, and the primary focus of the story's third-person narration. Mark ended up becoming a Pokémon trainer a bit later than his friends, due to a combination of his parents' wishes and poor grades in his school's battling class. He eventually manages to pass the subject and, after adopting a lost Charmander, gets his parents' permission to set out on his own.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best at training- the majority of his party was encountered through luck and only a few members were actually fought and captured in the conventional way. Mark is also a shaky battler, to the point where he eventually trusts his Pokémon to make better split-second decisions than he does. Nevertheless, he respects his companions and puts his trust in the good nature of those around him. His favorite Pokémon is Vulpix.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best at training- the majority of his party was encountered through luck and only a few members were actually fought and captured in the conventional way. Mark is also a shaky battler, to the point where he eventually trusts his Pokémon to make better split-second decisions than he does. Nevertheless, he respects his companions and puts his trust in the good nature of those around him. His favorite Pokémon is Vulpix.
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The main human character, and the primary focus of the story's third-person narration. Mark ended up becoming a Pokémon trainer a bit later than his friends, due to a combination of his parents' wishes and poor grades in his school's battling class. He eventually manages to pass the subject and, after adopting a lost Charmander, gets his parents' permission to set out on his own.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best attraining- training; the majority of his party was encountered through luck and only a few members were actually fought and captured in the conventional way. Mark is also a shaky battler, battler to the point where he eventually trusts his Pokémon to make better split-second decisions than he does. Nevertheless, he respects his companions and puts his trust in the good nature of those around him. His favorite
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* BackFromTheDead: Killing Mark and resurrecting him later was a walk in the park for Chaletwo.
* BlatantLies: Mark spins a wildly incredible tale of an evil, power-hungry Chaletwo to convince the citizens of Crater Town to evacuate. Carl immediately picks up on this and never lets him hear the end of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets a brief rebellious streak that he soon tempers into being more assertive and willing to change things he’s uncomfortable with.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Mark is quiet, wimpy, and draws his Pokémon in his spare time. He was also selected by the Ouen League as one of the sixteen best first-time trainers in the region.
* CryForTheDevil: InUniverse. The 'devil' in question isn't exactly in CardCarryingVillain territory, but Mark can't help but feel bad for Taylor Lancaster when he takes a final look at his corpse.
* ExtremeDoormat: His major flaw isVulpix.failing to intervene in events he doesn't like.
* {{Foil}}: To May.
* FreudianTrio: The ego to May's id and Alan's superego.
* {{Geek}}: Go ahead, get him started on legendary Pokémon.
* IdiotHero: If you pointed a Pokédex at Mark, it would probably read his ability as Super Luck.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The gentle, sensitive boy to May's competitive, emotionally challenged girl.
* NiceGuy: Offers his team as much time as they want outside of their balls, keeps an embarrassing secret out of sympathy for Chaletwo, and generally tries to help everyone get along.
* NotAMorningPerson: He rarely wakes up before May or Alan.
* PastimesProvePersonality: The drawings Mark creates tend to reflect his quiet, careful temperament.
* PhraseCatcher: "That's the basic idea, yes."
* PowerOfTrust: In a more realistic way than most. At Sandslash's suggestion, Mark develops the trust he has in his team into a battling style based around letting them make their own decisions.
* PsychicLink: With Chaletwo for most of the quest, something he doesn't mind.
* ScissorsCutsRock: He almost qualifies for the "trickery and strategy" sense of the trope when he and Jolteon nearly beat May and Flygon in spite of the type matchup.
* StressVomit: Hits the poor guy in chapter 53.
* SummonBiggerFish: Famously, when the resident legendary of Crater Town fails to show itself:
-->'''Mark''': Thunderyu, GO!
* WhatTheHellHero: To May, after the above StressVomit.
* WideEyedIdealist: Sets off on his journey believing that the legendaries are wise, benevolent entities dedicated to watching over the world.
* WorthIt: A bit of recklessness on Mark’s part eventually results in a possible lead on the next group of legendaries, but also [[spoiler:gets him severely injured and out of the picture for six weeks]]. He doesn’t regret it at all.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best at
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* BackFromTheDead: Killing Mark and resurrecting him later was a walk in the park for Chaletwo.
* BlatantLies: Mark spins a wildly incredible tale of an evil, power-hungry Chaletwo to convince the citizens of Crater Town to evacuate. Carl immediately picks up on this and never lets him hear the end of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets a brief rebellious streak that he soon tempers into being more assertive and willing to change things he’s uncomfortable with.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Mark is quiet, wimpy, and draws his Pokémon in his spare time. He was also selected by the Ouen League as one of the sixteen best first-time trainers in the region.
* CryForTheDevil: InUniverse. The 'devil' in question isn't exactly in CardCarryingVillain territory, but Mark can't help but feel bad for Taylor Lancaster when he takes a final look at his corpse.
* ExtremeDoormat: His major flaw is
* {{Foil}}: To May.
* FreudianTrio: The ego to May's id and Alan's superego.
* {{Geek}}: Go ahead, get him started on legendary Pokémon.
* IdiotHero: If you pointed a Pokédex at Mark, it would probably read his ability as Super Luck.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The gentle, sensitive boy to May's competitive, emotionally challenged girl.
* NiceGuy: Offers his team as much time as they want outside of their balls, keeps an embarrassing secret out of sympathy for Chaletwo, and generally tries to help everyone get along.
* NotAMorningPerson: He rarely wakes up before May or Alan.
* PastimesProvePersonality: The drawings Mark creates tend to reflect his quiet, careful temperament.
* PhraseCatcher: "That's the basic idea, yes."
* PowerOfTrust: In a more realistic way than most. At Sandslash's suggestion, Mark develops the trust he has in his team into a battling style based around letting them make their own decisions.
* PsychicLink: With Chaletwo for most of the quest, something he doesn't mind.
* ScissorsCutsRock: He almost qualifies for the "trickery and strategy" sense of the trope when he and Jolteon nearly beat May and Flygon in spite of the type matchup.
* StressVomit: Hits the poor guy in chapter 53.
* SummonBiggerFish: Famously, when the resident legendary of Crater Town fails to show itself:
-->'''Mark''': Thunderyu, GO!
* WhatTheHellHero: To May, after the above StressVomit.
* WideEyedIdealist: Sets off on his journey believing that the legendaries are wise, benevolent entities dedicated to watching over the world.
* WorthIt: A bit of recklessness on Mark’s part eventually results in a possible lead on the next group of legendaries, but also [[spoiler:gets him severely injured and out of the picture for six weeks]]. He doesn’t regret it at all.
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The story's secondary human protagonist. Like Mark, she started her journey late, although in her case, it was due to taking two years to study alongside Professor Elm, and as a result, May's training and battling skills are several notches above Mark's, albeit much harsher. Her first Pokémon, like Mark's, was also a stray Fire-type, hers being an oddly dark-colored Vulpix, which she named Spirit.
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles. Her favorite Pokémon is Skarmory.
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles. Her favorite Pokémon is Skarmory.
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The story's secondary human protagonist. Like Mark, she started her journey late, although in her case, it was due to taking two years to study alongside Professor Elm, and as a result, May's training and battling skills are several notches above Mark's, albeit much harsher. Mark's. Her first Pokémon, like Mark's, Pokémon was also a stray Fire-type, hers being an oddly dark-colored Vulpix, which she named Spirit.
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands duringbattle. Thankfully, battle.
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* AbuseMistake: She dismisses her training methods as harmless and primarily associates abuse with beating or starving one's Pokémon.
* AntiHero: Of the GoodIsNotNice kind.
* ArchEnemy: Gladly tells her whole team that Taylor Lancaster needs to die in a fire.
* AuthorAvatar: Downplayed; her Character Ramble points out that shebecomes shares some minor traits and tastes with the author.
* CharacterDevelopment: She's gradually learning to be aware of herneglect later on, mistakes, but still struggles with making things right.
* CrashIntoHello: Happens to her twice. She doesn't care for it.
* CrazyPrepared: Makes a point of teaching her team moves for seemingly every scenario.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue hair, blue eyes.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Two scenes involve May pacing up and down a row of her team members while harshly outlining strategies like a DrillSergeantNasty.
* {{Foil}}: To Mark.
* FreudianTrio: The id to Mark's ego and Alan's superego.
* HairTriggerTemper: Quick to anger and violent toward anything that isn't a person.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: She's very critical of herself and tends to take reassurance or admiration as even more evidence that she screwed up. Look under her example for MyGreatestFailure for the source of a lot of angst inaddition recent chapters.
* MeaningfulName: "Victoria" is a perfect middle name for a trainer who only seeks victory out of a battle.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The competitive, emotionally challenged girl tobeing Mark's gentle, sensitive boy.
* MyGreatestFailure: Releasing Tyranitar to cover up avaluable teammate murder he committed because he didn't know any life outside of making May happy, both depriving her team of its ace and May herself of a good chunk of her confidence.
* NervesOfSteel: Coolly fights the Mew Hunter to a draw in chapter 10 with a team roughly twenty levels behind his.
* NeverMyFault: "I don't beat you or starve you or..."
* OneSteveLimit:
** An interesting case with canon: May shares two of her names with prominent Hoenn characters, but she was created at a time when ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and its anime hadn't yet been localized.
** Downplayed InUniverse with May's middle name, which is the same as the nickname assigned to Alan's Misdreavus. The former rarely appears in thelegendary battles. Her favorite fic, and the latter is usually shortened to Vicky.
* PsychicLink: With Chaletwo while Mark recovers. She does not handle the lack of privacy well.
* PsychicStatic: She tries this a few times when Chaletwo is anchored to her mind.
* RageBreakingPoint: She completely loses it in chapter 63 and takes her anger and frustration out on a napping Beartic.
* RapidFireInterrupting: Mark internally calls May "the worst listener imaginable" while trying to tell her about the Quest.
* TheRival: To Mark. Downplayed after his Pokémon journey takes a backseat to the Quest, but they still butt heads a few times and both train several Pokémon that are seen as counterparts to each other.
* SoProudOfYou: Most of the human characters sincerely express their admiration for May's success in the Ouen League when they meet her.
* SoreLoser: Right up there with Flora, but hers isSkarmory.
almost entirely played for drama.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Asks Chaletwo why he can't just kill the Dragons of Ouen rather than make the kids capture them, arguing that nobody could possibly be attached to them. He doesn't answer.
* SwitchingPOV: The third-person limited narration gets passed to her while Mark recovers.
* TheStrategist: May has undeniable talent for both battle theory and adapting to new elements on the fly.
* TemptingFate: ''Big time.'' Tyranitar took her offhand remark about Taylor deserving to die very seriously.
* TrainingFromHell: Sets high expectations for her team and doesn't care to interact with them outside of battle.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She's a "bluette".
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during
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* AbuseMistake: She dismisses her training methods as harmless and primarily associates abuse with beating or starving one's Pokémon.
* AntiHero: Of the GoodIsNotNice kind.
* ArchEnemy: Gladly tells her whole team that Taylor Lancaster needs to die in a fire.
* AuthorAvatar: Downplayed; her Character Ramble points out that she
* CharacterDevelopment: She's gradually learning to be aware of her
* CrashIntoHello: Happens to her twice. She doesn't care for it.
* CrazyPrepared: Makes a point of teaching her team moves for seemingly every scenario.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue hair, blue eyes.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Two scenes involve May pacing up and down a row of her team members while harshly outlining strategies like a DrillSergeantNasty.
* {{Foil}}: To Mark.
* FreudianTrio: The id to Mark's ego and Alan's superego.
* HairTriggerTemper: Quick to anger and violent toward anything that isn't a person.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: She's very critical of herself and tends to take reassurance or admiration as even more evidence that she screwed up. Look under her example for MyGreatestFailure for the source of a lot of angst in
* MeaningfulName: "Victoria" is a perfect middle name for a trainer who only seeks victory out of a battle.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The competitive, emotionally challenged girl to
* MyGreatestFailure: Releasing Tyranitar to cover up a
* NervesOfSteel: Coolly fights the Mew Hunter to a draw in chapter 10 with a team roughly twenty levels behind his.
* NeverMyFault: "I don't beat you or starve you or..."
* OneSteveLimit:
** An interesting case with canon: May shares two of her names with prominent Hoenn characters, but she was created at a time when ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and its anime hadn't yet been localized.
** Downplayed InUniverse with May's middle name, which is the same as the nickname assigned to Alan's Misdreavus. The former rarely appears in the
* PsychicLink: With Chaletwo while Mark recovers. She does not handle the lack of privacy well.
* PsychicStatic: She tries this a few times when Chaletwo is anchored to her mind.
* RageBreakingPoint: She completely loses it in chapter 63 and takes her anger and frustration out on a napping Beartic.
* RapidFireInterrupting: Mark internally calls May "the worst listener imaginable" while trying to tell her about the Quest.
* TheRival: To Mark. Downplayed after his Pokémon journey takes a backseat to the Quest, but they still butt heads a few times and both train several Pokémon that are seen as counterparts to each other.
* SoProudOfYou: Most of the human characters sincerely express their admiration for May's success in the Ouen League when they meet her.
* SoreLoser: Right up there with Flora, but hers is
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Asks Chaletwo why he can't just kill the Dragons of Ouen rather than make the kids capture them, arguing that nobody could possibly be attached to them. He doesn't answer.
* SwitchingPOV: The third-person limited narration gets passed to her while Mark recovers.
* TheStrategist: May has undeniable talent for both battle theory and adapting to new elements on the fly.
* TemptingFate: ''Big time.'' Tyranitar took her offhand remark about Taylor deserving to die very seriously.
* TrainingFromHell: Sets high expectations for her team and doesn't care to interact with them outside of battle.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She's a "bluette".
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Alan is the oldest main human character in The Quest for the Legends, being three years older than May. He is Ash Ketchum's son, though he hates people pointing out that unlike his father, he was never able to really get into training, having twice given up challenging the Pokémon League. His first Pokémon was a Meowth that he kept as a pet and would later name Pamela, and his starter was a Charmander he named Charlie.
He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he is quite competent in the heat of battle. He tends to treat Pokémon just as he would treat a person (and has nicknamed every Pokémon he trains), and has little respect for those who mistreat them. Alan feels that he is responsible for saving those in need and "fixing" the flaws in people around him, and this drives him to try to help May be a better trainer in his eyes. Alan does not have a favorite Pokémon.
He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he is quite competent in the heat of battle. He tends to treat Pokémon just as he would treat a person (and has nicknamed every Pokémon he trains), and has little respect for those who mistreat them. Alan feels that he is responsible for saving those in need and "fixing" the flaws in people around him, and this drives him to try to help May be a better trainer in his eyes. Alan does not have a favorite Pokémon.
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Alan is the oldest main human character in The Quest for the Legends, being three years older than May. He is Ash Ketchum's son, though he hates people pointing out that unlike his father, he was never able to really get into training, having twice given up challenging the Pokémon League. His first Pokémon was a Meowth that he kept as a pet and would later name Pamela, and his starter was a Charmander he named Charlie.
He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he isquite still competent in the heat of battle. He tends to treat Pokémon just as he would treat a person (and has nicknamed every Pokémon he trains), and has little respect for those who mistreat them. Alan feels that he is responsible for saving those in need and "fixing" the flaws in people around him, and this drives him to try to help May be a better trainer in his eyes. eyes.
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* BeneathNotice: Alan's character bio stresses that he wears clothes that don't attract attention.
* BerserkButton: Saying, implying, or suggesting that he or any cause he's attached to is too incompetent to succeed, even partially.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He blames himself for anything he doesn't fix.
* FreudianTrio: The superego to Mark's ego and May's id.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: He tends to set a high bar for judging his accomplishments.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He's not Ash. He wishes more people would accept it.
* MyGreatestFailure: Two:
** [[spoiler:He failed to meet his own high expectations when he tried to get into Pokémon training and is terrified that his team blames him for it.]]
** He didn't make enough of a difference in May in time to prevent her from screwing up Tyranitar.
* TheNicknamer: He's nicknamed every member of his team.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Alandoes not tries to quit the Quest twice.
* SoapBoxSadie: Alan is the "social justice warrior" variant of this trope.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Much to Mark's frustration, Alan uses these moves in battle to make prediction easier.
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[[folder:Supporting Legendary Pokémon]]
!!Chaletwo
The closest thing to mission control that the kids have, Chaletwo is a perfect copy of Mewtwo save for owning a pair of lethal eyes that once belonged to an extinct legendary named Chalenor. Chaletwo appears once every year outside of Green Town to have afavorite Pokémon.quick peek around the world, but lately his appearances have taken on the purpose of recruiting potential legendary hunters from the crowd through a complex process of killing them on the spot and resurrecting them later.
Despite being billed early on as the world's most powerful legendary, Chaletwo still has very human qualities. His consistent display of selflessness, on top of his belief in fighting fate, led him to take action to prevent the War of the Legends, while his fear of dying for good is what motivates him to keep pressure on the kids. His main fault is an inability to condemn his own decisions, no matter how "young and stupid" he was at the time; additionally, his relationship with Mew is complicated, to say the least.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Concludes that he took Mark for granted after being anchored to May's brain for a few weeks.
* CompleteImmortality: He wryly tells Mark that his flesh would regenerate faster than a chainsaw could tear through it. He can still feel pain, though, and like every other legendary, he loses his immortality during the War.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Chaletwo's a Dark-type who is also leading a quest to save the entire world.
* DeathGlare: Supposedly, he can't turn it off, so his eyes are closed all the time.
* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Defied. Chaletwo's running on fumes at this point thanks to the Destroyer, but willingly exposes himself to the power drain anyway so that he can maintain a psychic link with Mark.
* MissionControl: Physically, he's stuffed into a Poké Ball for just about the entire fic, but gives the kids assistance through a PsychicLink with Mark.
* NoBiologicalSex: Everyone we meet refers to him with male pronouns, though, which he doesn't have a problem with.
* OldShame: InUniverse example. Chaletwo rarely mentions the Dragons of Ouen without getting defensive about creating them in the same breath.
* OneHitKill: The only named Pokémon move we know he has so far is Death Stare.
* OneOfTheKids: He's a thousand years old and has emotional maturity on par with the kids he recruits.
* OnlySaneMan: Aside from perhaps Mark, he's the only one of the heroes who would rather finish the Quest first and deal with May's Tyranitar killing Taylor afterward.
* {{Portmanteau}}: "Chaletwo" is a portmanteau of Chalenor and Mewtwo.
* SirSwearsALot: Seen frequently in his early chapters with and without NarrativeProfanityFilter. He grows out of it.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Has everything except the "Internet" part – he's not physically present, but is aware of what's going on and can provide an important perspective that the kids can't.
!!Molzapart
Molzapart is an odd legendary created by accident. As the story goes, the discovery of the Mist Stone – a mythical artifact said to hold enough power to evolve any Pokémon to a dangerously powerful form – led Mew to assemble the Legendary Birds of Kanto in the Seafoam Islands in hopes that their powers would be enough to destroy it and prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. While they succeeded at accomplishing the latter, they did not foresee that the Stone would absorb their attacks and transform into a sentient legendary with command over the elements that created it; Molzapart was this legendary.
Molzapart shares all of his physical characteristics with the legendary birds partially responsible for his creation, but his crucial place in the plot is entirely thanks to the psychic powers he inherited from Mew. His ability to mass-modify human memory allows the trainers Chaletwo murders to return to society unrecognized, despite the very public nature of the act.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant[=/=]PatchworkKids: He shares an even amount of physical traits with his "parents" Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, but averted in that he shares nothing with Mew appearance-wise.
* TheArtifact: He's deliberately kept out of the spotlight in a lot of the recent chapters according to WordOfGod, and he will be AdaptedOut outright in the IALCOTN revision.
* FakeMemories: Planting them is one of his specialties.
* FireIceLightning: His origin suggests he has all three at his disposal.
* TheGadfly: He's a bit of a jackass whose sense of humor rides on needling Chaletwo.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He's this for seventeen chapters, something Mark and Chaletwo realize when Molzapart's sent out of his ball to link with Alan and he has nothing but questions for them.
* MemoryWipingCrew: He single-handedly made all of Ouen forget Mark's murder.
* NoBiologicalSex: Everyone we meet refers to him with male pronouns, though, which he doesn't have a problem with.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His name is one of Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno.
* PsychicPowers: Inherited from Mew.
!!Rainteicune
Rainteicune, like Molzapart, was created differently from most of the other legendaries. However, while Molzapart was directly created as a result of Pokémon power, Rainteicune was man-made, being the product of an attempted genetic fusion of the Beasts of Johto at the hands of Richard Lancaster. At first glance, Rainteicune's embryo appeared to be stillborn, and Rick unceremoniously disposed of it. However, Rainteicune either wasn't really dead or was somehow revived, and the legendary was later found by Alan Ketchum, who raised him until Molzapart requested his release.
While not directly supporting the kids, his bond with Alan makes him more sympathetic to the heroes than most, and he's the first legendary to be captured through diplomacy and explanation of the War of the Legends.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant[=/=]PatchworkKids: He has an even mix of Suicune's head shape, crest, and ribbons, Raikou's tail and fur color, and Entei's back cloud, muscular build, and "bracelets".
* TheArtifact: For the same reasons as Molzapart, except he's kept offscreen completely.
* TheGhost: Never seen and never speaks.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His name is one of his genetic parents' names.
* UnstableGeneticCode: Downplayed in that while Rainteicune himself is supposedly stable, the power he lent to Molzapart's Devolution Beam caused its target to evolve and devolve involuntarily.
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[[folder:Antagonist Legendary Pokémon – Fic-Exclusive]]
!!The Dragons of Ouen
Thunderyu, Volcaryu, and Polaryu were created by Chaletwo during a rebellious phase where he wanted to prove he was every bit a Creator as Mew. Chaletwo intended to show off his original creations to Mew at some point, but forgot about them, and kept them asleep in three mountains across Ouen after he and Mew were finished rebuilding the world. When the Destroyer's power drain threatens Chaletwo's ability to keep the dragons asleep, he sends Mark, Alan, and May after them, waking them up one at a time so they can be fought and captured.
The dragons' defining trait is their singleminded, murderous hatred for each other, and much of the drama revolving around their arc is that should they be awake at the same time, they would fight to the death and wipe out Ouen as collateral damage in the process. Thunderyu, fought first, is sealed in Thunderclap Cave near Stormy Town; Volcaryu, fought second, is asleep underneath Mount Fever; and Polaryu, fought third, is hidden in Champion Cave.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Polaryu's weak points are the Never-Melt Ice crystals on his body.
* AxCrazy: Each wants nothing other than to kill the other two.
* ChekhovsVolcano: Mount Fever erupts as a result of Volcaryu's influence.
* CainAndAbel: If you count them as siblings.
* ChromaticArrangement: Red for Volcaryu, yellow for Thunderyu, and blue for Polaryu.
* BlowYouAway: Thunderyu learns a few Flying moves by level-up.
* FireIceLightning: Each commands one of the three.
* FragileSpeedster: Thunderyu has the best Speed and level-up coverage of the three, but the worst Defense.
* GemEncrusted: Never-Melt Ice crystals grow on Polaryu's scales, which presumably [[PowerCrystal strengthen his Ice-type attacks]].
* KungShui: All three of their fights involve some percussive redecoration of the surrounding environment.
* LightningBruiser: Polaryu has well-distributed stats that make him a sturdy special sweeper, but he has the worst HP and Attack of the three.
* MightyGlacier: Volcaryu's stats lean him towards being a slow, mixed-attacking tank.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're listed as genderless, but Chaletwo and the kids use male pronouns for them consistently.
* OlympusMons: Their Pokédex entries put their base stat totals at 580, on par with Kanto's legendary birds.
* {{Portmanteau}}: Their names are "thunder", "volcano", and "polar" mashed up with "ryu", meaning "dragon".
* ScissorsCutsRock: Volcaryu can melt incoming Rock-type attacks with Eruption.
* WeatherManipulation:
** Thunderyu summons storms unconsciously, but can call on them more deliberately with his signature move, Thunderstorm. He's responsible for the perpetual showers and lightning over Stormy Town, which vanish after his capture.
** Polaryu is suggested to be the reason why Champion Cave is icy, and also why Never Melt Ice grows so well there. His Pokédex entry states that he brings snowstorms.
!!The Color Dragons
Six dragons that evolved from Lidreki, and took on characteristics and abilities from the environments they lived in. Dragoreen, the Dragon of the Poor; Raudra, the Dragon of Fire; and Puragon, the White Dragon are the three sisters. Preciure, the Dragon of Wealth; Dracobalt, the Dragon of Water; and Venoir, the Black Dragon are the three brothers. The sisters and brothers harbor an intense, hateful rivalry for each other, and as the legend goes, superiority over the other is all they desire.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Dragoreen's entry in ''The Ouen Legends'' states that her special ability lets her attack independently of the target's weaknesses and resistances.
* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]SpearCounterpart: Each Color Dragon has an opposing sibling of the opposite sex.
* ElementalPowers: Fire for Raudra, ice for Puragon, water for Dracobalt, and poison for Venoir. Dragoreen is not stated to have an elemental affinity in ''The Ouen Legends'', but uses electricity often; Preciure demonstrates no elemental preference outside of Dragon moves and generic physical attacks.
* ExactWords: Human legend describes their elemental powers as "special abilities" instead of types, and indeed, all six are strictly Dragon/Flying. WordOfGod states that their abilities give a STAB multiplier to moves of their chosen power, giving them proficiency in those attacks without impacting their defensive characteristics.
* {{Foil}}: Each female has an opposing male counterpart with roughly opposite powers to hers, and vice-versa.
* ForMassiveDamage: Every one of them has a double weakness to Ice.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Preciure's only slowed down by Outrage disorientation.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation: Dragoreen attacks Mark and then threatens to drop him into the ocean to extract the truth out of him and Chaletwo.
* TheJuggernaut: Preciure's entry in ''The Ouen Legends'' states that his scales can repel any attack, and [[spoiler:he's unstoppable as all hell during his fight, taking a few attacks - including a Thunder Wave - with no wear or tear whatsoever]]. He also likes using Outrage ''a lot'', to the point where it's the only named Pokémon move he employs. [[spoiler:[[ExploitedTrope This is turned against him when he targets Robin's Cacturne while locked into Outrage, she orders a Destiny Bond, and the blind rage of the move prevents him from pulling back and avoiding the sacrificial KO.]]]]
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: The brothers and sisters have contrasting attitudes.
** The brothers are colder and more reasonable, while the sisters are more passionate and emotional.
** The sisters are more protective of each other than the brothers are.
** The brothers' disdain for the sisters is cool and detached. Conversely, the sisters are constantly fearful and paranoid about their brothers.
** The sisters' dialogue paints them as defensive characters itching to get the upper hand on their brothers, while the brothers come off as instigators and bullies.
** Both of their leaders try to [[spoiler:stall the kids in hopes of weakening their siblings]], except that Dragoreen [[spoiler:lies to the kids to stall them for five weeks]], while Preciure [[spoiler:outright tries to bargain with the kids in hopes of getting his sisters captured at the last possible second]].
* NoBiologicalSex: Averted, as the Color Dragons have consistent pronouns and are clearly defined as brothers and sisters.
** Also averted with their parents, the female Vaxil and the male Yddri, who were Color Dragons from before the most recent War. Chaletwo states in chapter 59 that Color Dragons are capable of breeding, unlike most legendaries, but that doing so leads to death afterward.
* OlympusMons: They don't have a Pokédex entry, but WordOfGod gives them a base stat total of 600 each, the same as Latios and Latias.
* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen and Preciure are the most reasonable of their respective groups, but while the sisters peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:This trope ends up working against the kids when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, sabotaging their attempt at diplomacy and forcing a fight.]]
* {{Portmanteau}}: Dracobalt, Dragoreen, and Venoir's names are simple portmanteaux compared to their siblings' names.
* TheParanoiac: Each group is very quick to connect anything suspicious or sinister to their opposite-sex siblings.
* TheReveal: Downplayed. Prior to Mark taking a look at his Pokédex, the kids incorrectly assume that except for Dragoreen and Preciure, the dragons' special abilities are actually proper type classifications. Once they realize that their targets are all Dragon/Flying-types, they revamp their entire strategy to go for Ice attacks, no matter how counterintuitive.
* SiblingRivalry: Unlike the [[CainAndAbel Dragons of Ouen]], the Color Dragon sisters and brothers have a pettier, more vindictive rivalry for each other that's not quite as violent.
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[[folder:Antagonist Legendary Pokémon – Main Series]]
!!Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon
Number 245 in the National Pokédex. Suicune, a Beast of Johto, visits northwest Ouen every night to purify the Lake of Purity by dipping a paw into the water. While the resulting clear waters are prized and admired by locals, they also make it difficult for the lake's predators to hunt without being seen. Like Entei, Suicune selected an ordinary Pokémon as a vessel for his power and eventually his soul, this one being a Magikarp that would go on to become Mark's Gyarados.
For Suicune's examples relating to game data or species as a whole, visit their entry [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies here]].
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* TheChooserOfTheOne: Gyarados is his Chosen.
* CounterAttack: Suicune isn't shy about using Mirror Coat.
* DramaticWind: "And with the northern wind, he came."
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: Uses Surf to great effect, and his ability to use an HM move is something Mark and May can't explain.
* HomingProjectile: He can make a stream of Hydro Pump chase its target.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Or rather, immune to knockdowns. Suicune shows very high resistance to being staggered during his fight.
* NatureSpirit: The protector deity of Water-types, who don't take the news of his apparent death well.
* NoBiologicalSex: He's referred to with male pronouns anyway.
* OnlyMostlyDead: According to Entei.
* SoulJar: Creates a soul gem and binds it to Gyarados.
* StatusBuff: He's at a high enough level to know and use Calm Mind, which is shown to have a significant effect on his Aurora Beam.
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks or communicates onscreen except for a single shake of the head.
* WaterSourceTampering: Suicune visits the Lake of Purity every night to remove impurities and dirt from its water, which makes this a nobler example than most until you realize that he does this to make it difficult for Gyarados to hunt and eat.
!!Entei, the Volcano Pokémon
Number 244 in the National Pokédex. Entei, a Beast of Johto, enters the story at the same time as Spirit, when she explains that she was chosen by the legendary. Entei makes a proper appearance later on when Mark and May respond to Leah's psychic distress signal and join her in battling him.
For Entei's examples relating to game data or species as a whole, visit their entry [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies here]].
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* TheChooserOfTheOne: Spirit is his Chosen.
* FamousLastWords:
--> “Capture?” Entei snorted. “I think not. You may continue your futile efforts if you choose so, but I am spending the War in that necklace, not in a ball. Goodbye, Chaletwo.”
* InsultBackfire: Entei gives Mark an amused look after Chaletwo calls him weak, threatens to beat him down, and says he'll be captured whether or not he cooperates. He then reveals to the group that he's known about the War of the Legends roughly as long as Chaletwo, suggesting that he was reacting along the lines of "Is this ''really'' how you're trying to stop the War?"
* LivingForeverIsAwesome[=/=]MortalityEnsues: He tells the kids and their Pokémon that as mortals, they don't understand what it's like for an immortal to learn that they're going to die like everyone else.
* MundaneUtility: Uses a restrained Eruption to help him escape a Spider Web.
* NoBiologicalSex: He's referred to with male pronouns.
* OneHitKO: Starts picking off the kids' Pokémon with Extrasensory before May sends out Spirit and halts the fight.
* OnlyMostlyDead: His soul's still alive and kept in Spirit's necklace.
* SoulJar: Creates a soul gem and binds it to Spirit.
* StatusBuff: By the time Mark and May teleport to the scene of his battle, he's buffed himself considerably with Calm Mind.
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He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he is
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* BeneathNotice: Alan's character bio stresses that he wears clothes that don't attract attention.
* BerserkButton: Saying, implying, or suggesting that he or any cause he's attached to is too incompetent to succeed, even partially.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He blames himself for anything he doesn't fix.
* FreudianTrio: The superego to Mark's ego and May's id.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: He tends to set a high bar for judging his accomplishments.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He's not Ash. He wishes more people would accept it.
* MyGreatestFailure: Two:
** [[spoiler:He failed to meet his own high expectations when he tried to get into Pokémon training and is terrified that his team blames him for it.]]
** He didn't make enough of a difference in May in time to prevent her from screwing up Tyranitar.
* TheNicknamer: He's nicknamed every member of his team.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Alan
* SoapBoxSadie: Alan is the "social justice warrior" variant of this trope.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Much to Mark's frustration, Alan uses these moves in battle to make prediction easier.
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[[folder:Supporting Legendary Pokémon]]
!!Chaletwo
The closest thing to mission control that the kids have, Chaletwo is a perfect copy of Mewtwo save for owning a pair of lethal eyes that once belonged to an extinct legendary named Chalenor. Chaletwo appears once every year outside of Green Town to have a
Despite being billed early on as the world's most powerful legendary, Chaletwo still has very human qualities. His consistent display of selflessness, on top of his belief in fighting fate, led him to take action to prevent the War of the Legends, while his fear of dying for good is what motivates him to keep pressure on the kids. His main fault is an inability to condemn his own decisions, no matter how "young and stupid" he was at the time; additionally, his relationship with Mew is complicated, to say the least.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Concludes that he took Mark for granted after being anchored to May's brain for a few weeks.
* CompleteImmortality: He wryly tells Mark that his flesh would regenerate faster than a chainsaw could tear through it. He can still feel pain, though, and like every other legendary, he loses his immortality during the War.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Chaletwo's a Dark-type who is also leading a quest to save the entire world.
* DeathGlare: Supposedly, he can't turn it off, so his eyes are closed all the time.
* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Defied. Chaletwo's running on fumes at this point thanks to the Destroyer, but willingly exposes himself to the power drain anyway so that he can maintain a psychic link with Mark.
* MissionControl: Physically, he's stuffed into a Poké Ball for just about the entire fic, but gives the kids assistance through a PsychicLink with Mark.
* NoBiologicalSex: Everyone we meet refers to him with male pronouns, though, which he doesn't have a problem with.
* OldShame: InUniverse example. Chaletwo rarely mentions the Dragons of Ouen without getting defensive about creating them in the same breath.
* OneHitKill: The only named Pokémon move we know he has so far is Death Stare.
* OneOfTheKids: He's a thousand years old and has emotional maturity on par with the kids he recruits.
* OnlySaneMan: Aside from perhaps Mark, he's the only one of the heroes who would rather finish the Quest first and deal with May's Tyranitar killing Taylor afterward.
* {{Portmanteau}}: "Chaletwo" is a portmanteau of Chalenor and Mewtwo.
* SirSwearsALot: Seen frequently in his early chapters with and without NarrativeProfanityFilter. He grows out of it.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Has everything except the "Internet" part – he's not physically present, but is aware of what's going on and can provide an important perspective that the kids can't.
!!Molzapart
Molzapart is an odd legendary created by accident. As the story goes, the discovery of the Mist Stone – a mythical artifact said to hold enough power to evolve any Pokémon to a dangerously powerful form – led Mew to assemble the Legendary Birds of Kanto in the Seafoam Islands in hopes that their powers would be enough to destroy it and prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. While they succeeded at accomplishing the latter, they did not foresee that the Stone would absorb their attacks and transform into a sentient legendary with command over the elements that created it; Molzapart was this legendary.
Molzapart shares all of his physical characteristics with the legendary birds partially responsible for his creation, but his crucial place in the plot is entirely thanks to the psychic powers he inherited from Mew. His ability to mass-modify human memory allows the trainers Chaletwo murders to return to society unrecognized, despite the very public nature of the act.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant[=/=]PatchworkKids: He shares an even amount of physical traits with his "parents" Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, but averted in that he shares nothing with Mew appearance-wise.
* TheArtifact: He's deliberately kept out of the spotlight in a lot of the recent chapters according to WordOfGod, and he will be AdaptedOut outright in the IALCOTN revision.
* FakeMemories: Planting them is one of his specialties.
* FireIceLightning: His origin suggests he has all three at his disposal.
* TheGadfly: He's a bit of a jackass whose sense of humor rides on needling Chaletwo.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He's this for seventeen chapters, something Mark and Chaletwo realize when Molzapart's sent out of his ball to link with Alan and he has nothing but questions for them.
* MemoryWipingCrew: He single-handedly made all of Ouen forget Mark's murder.
* NoBiologicalSex: Everyone we meet refers to him with male pronouns, though, which he doesn't have a problem with.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His name is one of Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno.
* PsychicPowers: Inherited from Mew.
!!Rainteicune
Rainteicune, like Molzapart, was created differently from most of the other legendaries. However, while Molzapart was directly created as a result of Pokémon power, Rainteicune was man-made, being the product of an attempted genetic fusion of the Beasts of Johto at the hands of Richard Lancaster. At first glance, Rainteicune's embryo appeared to be stillborn, and Rick unceremoniously disposed of it. However, Rainteicune either wasn't really dead or was somehow revived, and the legendary was later found by Alan Ketchum, who raised him until Molzapart requested his release.
While not directly supporting the kids, his bond with Alan makes him more sympathetic to the heroes than most, and he's the first legendary to be captured through diplomacy and explanation of the War of the Legends.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant[=/=]PatchworkKids: He has an even mix of Suicune's head shape, crest, and ribbons, Raikou's tail and fur color, and Entei's back cloud, muscular build, and "bracelets".
* TheArtifact: For the same reasons as Molzapart, except he's kept offscreen completely.
* TheGhost: Never seen and never speaks.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His name is one of his genetic parents' names.
* UnstableGeneticCode: Downplayed in that while Rainteicune himself is supposedly stable, the power he lent to Molzapart's Devolution Beam caused its target to evolve and devolve involuntarily.
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[[folder:Antagonist Legendary Pokémon – Fic-Exclusive]]
!!The Dragons of Ouen
Thunderyu, Volcaryu, and Polaryu were created by Chaletwo during a rebellious phase where he wanted to prove he was every bit a Creator as Mew. Chaletwo intended to show off his original creations to Mew at some point, but forgot about them, and kept them asleep in three mountains across Ouen after he and Mew were finished rebuilding the world. When the Destroyer's power drain threatens Chaletwo's ability to keep the dragons asleep, he sends Mark, Alan, and May after them, waking them up one at a time so they can be fought and captured.
The dragons' defining trait is their singleminded, murderous hatred for each other, and much of the drama revolving around their arc is that should they be awake at the same time, they would fight to the death and wipe out Ouen as collateral damage in the process. Thunderyu, fought first, is sealed in Thunderclap Cave near Stormy Town; Volcaryu, fought second, is asleep underneath Mount Fever; and Polaryu, fought third, is hidden in Champion Cave.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Polaryu's weak points are the Never-Melt Ice crystals on his body.
* AxCrazy: Each wants nothing other than to kill the other two.
* ChekhovsVolcano: Mount Fever erupts as a result of Volcaryu's influence.
* CainAndAbel: If you count them as siblings.
* ChromaticArrangement: Red for Volcaryu, yellow for Thunderyu, and blue for Polaryu.
* BlowYouAway: Thunderyu learns a few Flying moves by level-up.
* FireIceLightning: Each commands one of the three.
* FragileSpeedster: Thunderyu has the best Speed and level-up coverage of the three, but the worst Defense.
* GemEncrusted: Never-Melt Ice crystals grow on Polaryu's scales, which presumably [[PowerCrystal strengthen his Ice-type attacks]].
* KungShui: All three of their fights involve some percussive redecoration of the surrounding environment.
* LightningBruiser: Polaryu has well-distributed stats that make him a sturdy special sweeper, but he has the worst HP and Attack of the three.
* MightyGlacier: Volcaryu's stats lean him towards being a slow, mixed-attacking tank.
* NoBiologicalSex: They're listed as genderless, but Chaletwo and the kids use male pronouns for them consistently.
* OlympusMons: Their Pokédex entries put their base stat totals at 580, on par with Kanto's legendary birds.
* {{Portmanteau}}: Their names are "thunder", "volcano", and "polar" mashed up with "ryu", meaning "dragon".
* ScissorsCutsRock: Volcaryu can melt incoming Rock-type attacks with Eruption.
* WeatherManipulation:
** Thunderyu summons storms unconsciously, but can call on them more deliberately with his signature move, Thunderstorm. He's responsible for the perpetual showers and lightning over Stormy Town, which vanish after his capture.
** Polaryu is suggested to be the reason why Champion Cave is icy, and also why Never Melt Ice grows so well there. His Pokédex entry states that he brings snowstorms.
!!The Color Dragons
Six dragons that evolved from Lidreki, and took on characteristics and abilities from the environments they lived in. Dragoreen, the Dragon of the Poor; Raudra, the Dragon of Fire; and Puragon, the White Dragon are the three sisters. Preciure, the Dragon of Wealth; Dracobalt, the Dragon of Water; and Venoir, the Black Dragon are the three brothers. The sisters and brothers harbor an intense, hateful rivalry for each other, and as the legend goes, superiority over the other is all they desire.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: Dragoreen's entry in ''The Ouen Legends'' states that her special ability lets her attack independently of the target's weaknesses and resistances.
* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]SpearCounterpart: Each Color Dragon has an opposing sibling of the opposite sex.
* ElementalPowers: Fire for Raudra, ice for Puragon, water for Dracobalt, and poison for Venoir. Dragoreen is not stated to have an elemental affinity in ''The Ouen Legends'', but uses electricity often; Preciure demonstrates no elemental preference outside of Dragon moves and generic physical attacks.
* ExactWords: Human legend describes their elemental powers as "special abilities" instead of types, and indeed, all six are strictly Dragon/Flying. WordOfGod states that their abilities give a STAB multiplier to moves of their chosen power, giving them proficiency in those attacks without impacting their defensive characteristics.
* {{Foil}}: Each female has an opposing male counterpart with roughly opposite powers to hers, and vice-versa.
* ForMassiveDamage: Every one of them has a double weakness to Ice.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Preciure's only slowed down by Outrage disorientation.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique[=/=]HighAltitudeInterrogation: Dragoreen attacks Mark and then threatens to drop him into the ocean to extract the truth out of him and Chaletwo.
* TheJuggernaut: Preciure's entry in ''The Ouen Legends'' states that his scales can repel any attack, and [[spoiler:he's unstoppable as all hell during his fight, taking a few attacks - including a Thunder Wave - with no wear or tear whatsoever]]. He also likes using Outrage ''a lot'', to the point where it's the only named Pokémon move he employs. [[spoiler:[[ExploitedTrope This is turned against him when he targets Robin's Cacturne while locked into Outrage, she orders a Destiny Bond, and the blind rage of the move prevents him from pulling back and avoiding the sacrificial KO.]]]]
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: The brothers and sisters have contrasting attitudes.
** The brothers are colder and more reasonable, while the sisters are more passionate and emotional.
** The sisters are more protective of each other than the brothers are.
** The brothers' disdain for the sisters is cool and detached. Conversely, the sisters are constantly fearful and paranoid about their brothers.
** The sisters' dialogue paints them as defensive characters itching to get the upper hand on their brothers, while the brothers come off as instigators and bullies.
** Both of their leaders try to [[spoiler:stall the kids in hopes of weakening their siblings]], except that Dragoreen [[spoiler:lies to the kids to stall them for five weeks]], while Preciure [[spoiler:outright tries to bargain with the kids in hopes of getting his sisters captured at the last possible second]].
* NoBiologicalSex: Averted, as the Color Dragons have consistent pronouns and are clearly defined as brothers and sisters.
** Also averted with their parents, the female Vaxil and the male Yddri, who were Color Dragons from before the most recent War. Chaletwo states in chapter 59 that Color Dragons are capable of breeding, unlike most legendaries, but that doing so leads to death afterward.
* OlympusMons: They don't have a Pokédex entry, but WordOfGod gives them a base stat total of 600 each, the same as Latios and Latias.
* OnlySaneMan: Zig-zagged. Dragoreen and Preciure are the most reasonable of their respective groups, but while the sisters peacefully surrender, it's only after May appeals to their insane sibling rivalry and Mark's attempts to convince them of the War of the Legends fail. [[spoiler:This trope ends up working against the kids when Preciure correctly deduces that the kids captured his sisters first, sabotaging their attempt at diplomacy and forcing a fight.]]
* {{Portmanteau}}: Dracobalt, Dragoreen, and Venoir's names are simple portmanteaux compared to their siblings' names.
* TheParanoiac: Each group is very quick to connect anything suspicious or sinister to their opposite-sex siblings.
* TheReveal: Downplayed. Prior to Mark taking a look at his Pokédex, the kids incorrectly assume that except for Dragoreen and Preciure, the dragons' special abilities are actually proper type classifications. Once they realize that their targets are all Dragon/Flying-types, they revamp their entire strategy to go for Ice attacks, no matter how counterintuitive.
* SiblingRivalry: Unlike the [[CainAndAbel Dragons of Ouen]], the Color Dragon sisters and brothers have a pettier, more vindictive rivalry for each other that's not quite as violent.
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!!Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon
Number 245 in the National Pokédex. Suicune, a Beast of Johto, visits northwest Ouen every night to purify the Lake of Purity by dipping a paw into the water. While the resulting clear waters are prized and admired by locals, they also make it difficult for the lake's predators to hunt without being seen. Like Entei, Suicune selected an ordinary Pokémon as a vessel for his power and eventually his soul, this one being a Magikarp that would go on to become Mark's Gyarados.
For Suicune's examples relating to game data or species as a whole, visit their entry [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies here]].
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* TheChooserOfTheOne: Gyarados is his Chosen.
* CounterAttack: Suicune isn't shy about using Mirror Coat.
* DramaticWind: "And with the northern wind, he came."
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: Uses Surf to great effect, and his ability to use an HM move is something Mark and May can't explain.
* HomingProjectile: He can make a stream of Hydro Pump chase its target.
* ImmuneToFlinching: Or rather, immune to knockdowns. Suicune shows very high resistance to being staggered during his fight.
* NatureSpirit: The protector deity of Water-types, who don't take the news of his apparent death well.
* NoBiologicalSex: He's referred to with male pronouns anyway.
* OnlyMostlyDead: According to Entei.
* SoulJar: Creates a soul gem and binds it to Gyarados.
* StatusBuff: He's at a high enough level to know and use Calm Mind, which is shown to have a significant effect on his Aurora Beam.
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks or communicates onscreen except for a single shake of the head.
* WaterSourceTampering: Suicune visits the Lake of Purity every night to remove impurities and dirt from its water, which makes this a nobler example than most until you realize that he does this to make it difficult for Gyarados to hunt and eat.
!!Entei, the Volcano Pokémon
Number 244 in the National Pokédex. Entei, a Beast of Johto, enters the story at the same time as Spirit, when she explains that she was chosen by the legendary. Entei makes a proper appearance later on when Mark and May respond to Leah's psychic distress signal and join her in battling him.
For Entei's examples relating to game data or species as a whole, visit their entry [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIFamilies here]].
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* TheChooserOfTheOne: Spirit is his Chosen.
* FamousLastWords:
--> “Capture?” Entei snorted. “I think not. You may continue your futile efforts if you choose so, but I am spending the War in that necklace, not in a ball. Goodbye, Chaletwo.”
* InsultBackfire: Entei gives Mark an amused look after Chaletwo calls him weak, threatens to beat him down, and says he'll be captured whether or not he cooperates. He then reveals to the group that he's known about the War of the Legends roughly as long as Chaletwo, suggesting that he was reacting along the lines of "Is this ''really'' how you're trying to stop the War?"
* LivingForeverIsAwesome[=/=]MortalityEnsues: He tells the kids and their Pokémon that as mortals, they don't understand what it's like for an immortal to learn that they're going to die like everyone else.
* MundaneUtility: Uses a restrained Eruption to help him escape a Spider Web.
* NoBiologicalSex: He's referred to with male pronouns.
* OneHitKO: Starts picking off the kids' Pokémon with Extrasensory before May sends out Spirit and halts the fight.
* OnlyMostlyDead: His soul's still alive and kept in Spirit's necklace.
* SoulJar: Creates a soul gem and binds it to Spirit.
* StatusBuff: By the time Mark and May teleport to the scene of his battle, he's buffed himself considerably with Calm Mind.
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May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles. Her favorite Pokémon is Skarmory.Skarmory.
!!Alan Ketchum
Alan is the oldest main human character in The Quest for the Legends, being three years older than May. He is Ash Ketchum's son, though he hates people pointing out that unlike his father, he was never able to really get into training, having twice given up challenging the Pokémon League. His first Pokémon was a Meowth that he kept as a pet and would later name Pamela, and his starter was a Charmander he named Charlie.
He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he is quite competent in the heat of battle. He tends to treat Pokémon just as he would treat a person (and has nicknamed every Pokémon he trains), and has little respect for those who mistreat them. Alan feels that he is responsible for saving those in need and "fixing" the flaws in people around him, and this drives him to try to help May be a better trainer in his eyes. Alan does not have a favorite Pokémon.
!!Alan Ketchum
Alan is the oldest main human character in The Quest for the Legends, being three years older than May. He is Ash Ketchum's son, though he hates people pointing out that unlike his father, he was never able to really get into training, having twice given up challenging the Pokémon League. His first Pokémon was a Meowth that he kept as a pet and would later name Pamela, and his starter was a Charmander he named Charlie.
He is by far the most vocal of the three main characters about morality and responsibility, and while he gave up training, he is quite competent in the heat of battle. He tends to treat Pokémon just as he would treat a person (and has nicknamed every Pokémon he trains), and has little respect for those who mistreat them. Alan feels that he is responsible for saving those in need and "fixing" the flaws in people around him, and this drives him to try to help May be a better trainer in his eyes. Alan does not have a favorite Pokémon.
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May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles. Her favorite Pokémon is Skarmory.
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!!Mark Greenlet
The main human character, and the primary focus of the story's third-person narration. Mark ended up becoming a Pokémon trainer a bit later than his friends, due to a combination of his parents' wishes and poor grades in his school's battling class. He eventually manages to pass the subject and, after adopting a lost Charmander, gets his parents' permission to set out on his own.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best at training- the majority of his party was encountered through luck and only a few members were actually fought and captured in the conventional way. Mark is also a shaky battler, to the point where he eventually trusts his Pokémon to make better split-second decisions than he does. Nevertheless, he respects his companions and puts his trust in the good nature of those around him. His favorite Pokémon is Vulpix.
!!May Victoria Wallace
The story's secondary human protagonist. Like Mark, she started her journey late, although in her case, it was due to taking two years to study alongside Professor Elm, and as a result, May's training and battling skills are several notches above Mark's, albeit much harsher. Her first Pokémon, like Mark's, was also a stray Fire-type, hers being an oddly dark-colored Vulpix, which she named Spirit.
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles.
The main human character, and the primary focus of the story's third-person narration. Mark ended up becoming a Pokémon trainer a bit later than his friends, due to a combination of his parents' wishes and poor grades in his school's battling class. He eventually manages to pass the subject and, after adopting a lost Charmander, gets his parents' permission to set out on his own.
Mark is very shy and passive, and not the best at training- the majority of his party was encountered through luck and only a few members were actually fought and captured in the conventional way. Mark is also a shaky battler, to the point where he eventually trusts his Pokémon to make better split-second decisions than he does. Nevertheless, he respects his companions and puts his trust in the good nature of those around him. His favorite Pokémon is Vulpix.
!!May Victoria Wallace
The story's secondary human protagonist. Like Mark, she started her journey late, although in her case, it was due to taking two years to study alongside Professor Elm, and as a result, May's training and battling skills are several notches above Mark's, albeit much harsher. Her first Pokémon, like Mark's, was also a stray Fire-type, hers being an oddly dark-colored Vulpix, which she named Spirit.
May is nearly a perfect opposite of Mark; where he is quiet and submissive, she is easily angered and overbearing. She structures her team based on competitive worth and strength, and for the most part, sees her party as subordinates that she rarely interacts with outside of issuing commands during battle. Thankfully, she becomes aware of her neglect later on, in addition to being a valuable teammate in the legendary battles.
