DRAMATIS PERSONAE:


Name: Ash Ketchum

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Hometown: Pallet Town, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Pikachu

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer


Name: Brock

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Hometown: Pewter City, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Onix

Career Path: Former Pewter City Gym Leader, Pokémon Breeder


Name: Misty

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Hometown: Cerulean City, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Unknown

Career Path: Cerulean City Gym Leader


Name: May

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Hometown: Petalburg City, Hoenn region

Starting Pokémon: Torchic

Career Path: Pokémon Coordinator


Name: Max

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Hometown: Petalburg City, Hoenn region

Starting Pokémon: Treeko

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer


Name: Dawn

Age: 12

Gender: Female

Hometown: Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh Region

Starting Pokémon: Piplup

Career Path: Pokémon Coordinator


Name: Jessie

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Hometown: Unknown

Starting Pokémon: Ekans

Career Path: Pokémon Thief, Team Rocket Member, Pokémon Coordinator


Name: James

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Hometown: Unknown

Starting Pokémon: Koffing

Career Path: Pokémon Thief, Team Rocket Member, Pokémon Trainer

Name: Meowth

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

Hometown: Unknown

Starting Pokémon: Not Applicable

Career Path: Pokémon Thief, Pokémon Member of Team Rocket


Name: Kitch Kasumi

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto region

Starting Pokémon: Cyndaquil

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer

Name: Duran Detreo

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Hometown: Cinnabar Island, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Charmander

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer


Name: Elianna Hawkins

Age: 10

Gender: Female

Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto region

Starting Pokémon: Chikorita

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer, Pokémon Coordinator


Name: Lor Kasumi

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto region

Starting Pokémon: Sneasel

Career Path: Mahogany Town Gym Leader


Name: Jax Kasumi

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Hometown: Snowpoint City, Sinnoh region

Starting Pokémon: Chikorita

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer, Pokémon Guardian Commander


Name: Carth Masters

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Hometown: Pastoria City, Sinnoh region

Starting Pokémon: Chimchar

Career Path: Former Sinnoh League Champion, Current Pokémon Master League Champion


Name: Dread Lord Imperious

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Hometown: Unknown

Starting Pokémon: Unknown

Career Path: Evil Pokémon Mastermind, Pokémon Terrorist


Name: Giovanni

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Hometown: Unknown

Starting Pokémon: Unknown

Career Path: Pokémon Thief, Former Viridian City Gym Leader, Team Rocket Leader


Name: Melody

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto region, now residing in Viridian City, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Eevee

Career Path: Pokémon Breeder and former Pokémon Ranger


Name: Ben

Age: 12

Gender: Male

Hometown: Cerulean City, Kanto region

Starting Pokémon: Mudkip

Career Path: WaterPokémon Trainer


Name: Gerald

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Hometown: Mahogany Town, Johto region

Starting Pokémon: Larvitar

Career Path: Pokémon Trainer, Criminal Mastermind


ORGANIZATIONS:


Pokémon Guardians: An organization that was only recently formed, it comprises almost entirely of pokémon trainers and coordinators, all of whom have been trained to solve the most horrific of pokémon-involved crimes, replacing the disbanded Pokémon G-men. No one but Guardian members know the location of their hidden headquarters. This group operates mainly in Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh, and Hoenn, with a much more limited presence in the Termina region.


Team Rocket: A secretive group of pokémon thieves and criminals, they are led by a man named Giovanni. Team Rocket dominates the Kanto and Johto regions, stealing pokémon from trainers and carrying out operations designed to one day give them control of both regions. In addition Team Rocket also has a limited presence in the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions, though there they live in the shadows of Hoenn's Team Aqua and Team Magma and Sinnoh's Team Galactic. No one knows where Giovanni maintains his main headquarters, but in the past Team Rocket has been known to hold minor bases in Saffron City, Viridian City, Goldenrod City, and Mahogany Town, along with other various bases across Kanto and Johto.


Regional Pokémon Leagues: The Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions all have their own regional pokémon championship leaguesthat trainers can compete in by collecting badges from various pokémon gyms across each region. At the top of each region's championship league are a group of Elite Four trainers, who in turn serve directly under a fifth trainer, that region's champion. The four elite trainers, in turn, may regularly challenge their respective champion for that title. In both Kanto and Johto the champion is Lance of the former Pokémon G-men, Steven is currently the champion of the Hoenn region, and in Sinnoh the champion is Cynthia.


The Pokémon Master League: Just recently founded, this is a global league that encompasses the regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, governing trainers from and in these four regions, including the regional leagues from each region. For trainers to qualify to compete in the Master League trainers must first compete and place in the top twenty in their home leagues. Every year the league championships begin as all others, a massive tournament designed to designate a single winner, who may then challenge the league's Elite Four in an effort to gain a title shot against the league Champion, something often seen as a once-in-a-lifetime shot for many aspiring trainers.


The Shadow Guard: An ultra-secretive organization comprising of criminals and terrorists who are both the top and most evil in their respective fields. This group is led by an evil mastermind who is intelligent and destructive. Focusing on total world domination Shadow Guard operatives leave no witnesses behind, human or pokémon, and no one knows just who are members and who aren't and as such are almost impossible to combat. They leave no one alone and have already made quite a name for themselves in the Termina region, cutting at the already battered and beleaguered Pokémon Rangers, putting them fully on the defensive and forcing them to recall all rangers to the Termina region just to protect that area.