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.
