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Ky-Nim's Diamond Nuzlocke
Protagonists
Kynim
- Action Girl: A teenage girl who takes down a criminal organization.
- Happily Married: To Roark in the sequel.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Becomes this to Sinnoh, upon taking up the Champion title.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She's afraid of bugs. This carries over even into adulthood.
Haisi
- Abhorrent Admirer: Downplayed, but he's definitely this to Lucas.
- Camp Gay: Is he ever.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Even without his Camp Gay status, he's a little bit strange.
- Nice Guy: He's a good friend, even if he is a bit...eccentric.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Kynim, though the fact that he's gay means that platonic is kind of the only thing they can be.
- Stalker with a Crush: Towards Lucas.
Lucas
- Abhorrent Admirer: To Kynim.
- Butt-Monkey: Poor guy.
- Nice Guy: If a little creepy.
- Stalker with a Crush: To Kynim.
Notable members of Kynim's Team
Gohan
Kynim's starter, a Chimchar.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: A Fighting-type.
- Nice Guy: Kynim was going to call him "Vegeta" until she discovered he had a "docile" nature.
- Playing with Fire: The Fire-type starter.
Annie
A Roserade, caught as a Budew.
- Bifauxnen: As a female Roserade, she's this.
- Character Death: Dies of old age during the timeskip between the two series.
- Green Thumb: Grass-type.
- Official Couple: Was this with Tyrus before his second death.
- Poisonous Person: Part Poison-type.
- Shrinking Violet: No pun intended; she's a shy flower.
Diana
A Garchomp, caught as a Gible.
- The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest team member, though she evolved very quickly.
- Daddy's Girl: Is very close with Killigan. His death sends her into a rage.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Ground-type.
Maximus
A Honchkrow, caught as a Murkrow.
- Blow You Away: Flying-type.
- The Casanova: He manages to attract pretty much all of Kynim's female Pokemon in his first appearance. In Pokemon Center scenes, he's frequently shown crowded by fawning Chanseys.
- Combat Pragmatist: Dark-type.
- Flight: Kynim's main flyer.
- Latin Lover: Plays up this image.
Killigan
A Quagsire.
- Character Death: Dies battling Flint of the Elite Four.
- Death by Irony: He was the Pokemon of choice in fighting Flint, due to having a double type advantage against Fire-types. One of said Fire-types kills him, though not with a Fire-type move.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Ground-type.
- Making a Splash: Water-type.
- Team Dad: Acts fatherly to the rest of the team and treats Diana like a daughter.
Alex
A Raichu, caught as a Pikachu.
- Character Death: Dies of old age in the timeskip between the two series.
- Nice Guy
- Shock and Awe: Electric-type.
- Shrinking Violet: Not as much as Annie, but it's still there.
Supporting Characters
Cynthia
Team Gaga/Galactic
Cyrus
Ky-Nim's White Nuzlocke
Protagonists
Nina Aarden
- The Ace: Cheren sees her as such. She disagrees.
- The Chosen One: For Zekrom/Zekrias.
- The Lad-ette: Implied in the first ever comic, based on her reaction to Bianca giving her a very girly looking dress for her birthday.
- Ship Tease: With Cheren, Bianca and N!
- Spin-Offspring: She's Kynim and Roark's daughter.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: After the Ghetsis incident, she's left terrified of Hydreigons for a while. Izzy (the Deino she caught) helps her overcome this.
Cheren Joohyuk Han
- Adaptational Nationality: Kinda, since his nationality was never mentioned in the original games; if the surname wasn't enough of a tip off, he's Korean here.
- And Then What?: Like in the games, his main problem is that he's not sure what he'll do with his life when he becomes Champion.
- Childhood Friends: With Bianca and Nina. It's implied that he may be in love with Nina too.
- Nice Guy
Bianca Rosso
- Abusive Parents: Her dad is this to her, mostly emotionally and verbally (it's implied that he saves the physical abuse for her mother). Part of her character arc is overcoming this.
- Dumb Blonde: Subverted epically—Bianca is a bit spacey at first, and clearly doubts herself, but she's much smarter than she appears.
- Nice Girl
- Southern Belle: Portrayed as such, in sort of a Stealth Pun on her Japanese name.
Nathaniel Harmonia
- Adaptational Name Change: Goes from "Natural Harmonia to Nathaniel Harmonia. And we're all grateful to Ky-Nim for changing it.
- Affably Evil: He tries to be this, at least, though he doesn't see himself as evil.
- The Chosen One: For Reshiram/Reshai.
- Freudian Excuse: Has more or less the same one as in canon, though it's taken a bit further here.
- Missing Mom: His mother, Miriam Harmonia, passed away prior to the story's beginning, when he was just a kid.
- Stalker without a Crush: Maybe. It's not clear if he's actually romantically interested in Nina.
Notable members of Nina's Team
Zach
Nina's starter, an Oshawott.
- Badass Adorable: As an Oshawott and then a Dewott.
- The Cutie: As an Oshawott and Dewott, though he grows out of it when he becomes a Samurott.
- Making a Splash: Water-type.
- Nice Guy: Like Gohan before him, he has a Docile nature.
- Official Couple: With Laila.
- Sole Survivor: He and Laila are the only survivors of Ghetsis' massacre.
Mimi
A Swoobat, caught as a Woobat.
- Bat Out of Hell: Averted mostly, but don't get on her bad side.
- Blow You Away: Flying-type.
- Character Death: Accidentally killed by Marshal's Throh during the last Elite Four battle.
- Death by Irony: In an eerie mirror to Killigan's situation above—Mimi is brought in to fight Marshal's team in the Elite Four due to having a double type advantage. She's killed by one of said Pokemon, though again, not with a Fighting-type move.
- Flight: Nina's primary flier.
- Nice Girl: A kind and motherly young lady who loves the rest of her team.
- Official Couple: With Jordan, before his death.
- Psychic Powers: Psychic-type.
Laila
A Lilligant, caught as a Petilil.
- Armless Biped: Played straight as a Petilil, averted as a Lilligant (which is exactly why she wanted Nina to evolve her).
- Dance Battler: Petal Dance is her most powerful attack, and her Own Tempo ability prevents her from getting confused by it.
- Green Thumb: Grass-type.
- Official Couple: With Zach.
- Sole Survivor: She and Zach are the only members of Nina's team to survive Ghetsis' massacre.
- Tsundere: To both Zach and Nina.
Jojo
A Darmanitan, caught as a Darumaka.
- Character Death: Drowned by Ghetsis' Hydreigon in the final battle.
- Genius Bruiser: Not so much "genius" as wise and motherly, but still smart and strong enough to qualify.
- Spicy Latina: Figuratively and literally!
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Rex.
- Playing with Fire: Fire-type.
- Team Mom: She's a laid-back maternal presence who displays saintlike patience with the rest of the team.
Rex/Rey
A Krookodile, caught as a Sandile.
- Character Death: Ghetsis' Hydreigon blasts a hole into his gut with Focus Blast in the final battle.
- Combat Pragmatist: Dark-type.
- Dashing Hispanic: Contrasting with Jojo's Spicy Latina.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Ground-type.
- Increasingly Lethal Enemy: Has the Moxie ability, which ups his attack everytime he knocks out an opponent.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: To be expected from a pragmatic crocodile.
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Just ask Caitlin's team...
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Jojo.
Andy
A Galvantula, caught as a Joltik.
- The Baby of the Bunch: He's only a baby when they first meet him and is still a kid as a Galvantula.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Bug-type. Though he's still small by Galvantula standards.
- Character Death: Incinerated by Ghetsis' Hydreigon during the final battle.
- Friendly Neighborhood Spider: A large spider who's also cute and cuddly.
- The Quiet One: Has the Quiet nature, and only "speaks" in Emoticons.
- Shock and Awe: Electric-type.
The Legendary Dragons
Reshiram (Reshai Harmonia)
- Character Death: Killed by Ghetsis' Hydreigon just before the final battle.
- The Chooser of the One: Chose N to be his champion.
- Fiery Redhead: Back when he was human. Made more literal when he became Reshiram.
- Graceful Loser: After being defeated by Zekrom.
- Playing with Fire: As Reshiram, he's part Fire-type.
- Sibling Rivalry: With Zekrias.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is allying himself with Team Plasma, after all.
Zekrom (Zekrias Harmonia)
- Character Death: Killed by Ghetsis' Hydreigon just before the final battle.
- The Chooser of the One: Chose Nina to be his chosen one.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Has red eyes, though subverted as he's a good guy.
- Sibling Rivalry: With Reshai.
- Shock and Awe: As Zekrom, he's part Electric-type.
Supporting Characters
Alder
Team Plasma and affiliates
Ghetsis Harmonia
- Adaptational Villainy: Up to and including feeding minions who disappoint him to his Hydreigon, ordering the death of a Gym Leader and threatening to kill N if Nina refuses to battle him.
- Big Bad: Of the White Nuzlocke.
- Death by Adaptation: It's left ambiguous, at first, but he was ultimately executed by the Shadow Triad.
- Related in the Adaptation: According to the author, he and Zinzolin are cousins. Additionally, the Shadow Triad calls him "uncle" after executing him.
Anthea and Concordia
The Shadow Triad
Episode Grey
Matt Aquina
- The Hero: Of Episode Grey.
Hugh Joohyun Park
- Adaptational Nationality: Like Cheren, he's Korean here.
- Related in the Adaptation: Here, he's Cheren's cousin.
Colress
- Mr. Exposition: Provides both N and Nina with information.
- Obviously Evil: To the point that his introduction box has a crossed out part lampshading it.