Welcome to Champions Academy, located right outside of Jubilife City! Arguably one of the most prestigious and sought after academies in the world, Champions Academy offers a unique education for students in the Sinnoh Region. The Headmaster of Champions Academy, Headmaster Reynolds, offers a rigorous yet advantageous landscape for students in pursuit of their goals. Below are a list of guidelines and rules established by the Academy.
Any Pokemon that a trainer does not believe they have full control over must be registered with campus safety and should not be released outside of sanctioned events under any circumstances. Under no circumstances will these Pokemon be allowed outside of their pokeballs, until their trainer can successfully prove that they are under complete control and guidance. If this is not the case and a trainer fails to abide by this rule, the punishment will be decided by the Academy council, often leading to temporary suspension and a possible fine. All owned Pokemon are expected to be registered on the official Academy website. Failure to do this will result in that specific Pokemon being labeled unfit to participate in any events.
It is acceptable to capture wild Pokemon on campus. However, any possible damages on campus will result in a fine towards the offending party. An exception to these fines would be if a trainer was simply defending themselves, rather than provoking a wild Pokemon. These newly captured Pokemon should be registered into your party as soon as possible, as stated above. Pokémon not registered with campus officials may be confiscated for a period of up to a week in order to make sure that the Pokemon do not pose a threat to other members of the student body.
At Champions Academy, students are required to live on campus, in either single or double dorms. However, there are some exceptions allowed, whether it is deemed as safety or health concerns justifying the absence of a student living on campus grounds. Students are expected to apply to a dorm of their choosing, a month prior to the official start of the school year.
Pokemon are allowed outside on campus grounds, as well as inside the majority of school buildings. However, please be advised that there are still certain height and weight requirements, which are listed on the official Academy website. Any failure to abide by these requirements will result in a possible removal of privileges' students have, such as the priviledge of a free period, or "study hall".
At the Pokemon Academy, there are several courses a student can take in their four years of attendance, as well as a multitude of different classes. It is not a requirement for students to declare which course they are planning to major in until their junior year, but please note that several of the courses have class requirements that must be met before that. For simplicity, the course that a student majors in can be determined by the color of armband they wear on their uniform.
Battle Course – Red Armbands
The Battle Course is designed for students aspiring to become accomplished trainers, gym leaders, or even shoot for the stars as a Champion of a region. The curricium for Battle course is filled with plenty of battling opportunities, strategy training, and plenty more to prepare aspiring trainers. Please remain cautious, as it is still your responsibility to train and maintain the health of your Pokemon, as well as yourself.
Appeal Course – Blue Armbands
This course is designed for students looking to pursue careers as Pokemon coordinators, performers, designers, and more. This course contains classes pertaining to the facets relating to these subjects, as well as plenty of hands on opportunities. It is the students responsibility to maintain your Pokémon's physical health, as well as future preparations.
Research Course – Yellow Armbands
In the Research Course, students will learn more about Pokemon themselves, as well as the inherent strengths and weaknesses between different species. Students within the Research Course often move on specialized colleges where they learn of the new sciences and technological discoveries going on every day. Students in the Research Course can look forward to fields in Pokemon Archaeology and Science, and possibly even becoming Pokemon Professors themselves.
Students in the research course are expected to intern with an Academy Professor or regional professor for a minimum of 100 hours.
Students wishing to enroll in the Pokemon Archaeology course in their junior and senior years must take either "Ancient Pokemon Civilizations" or "Pokemon Myths and Legends" during their freshmen and sophomore years or participate in a summer internship with Professor Reinhart to prove their knowledge in the area.
Caretaker Course – Green Armbands
Students enrolling in the Caretaker Course will find the experience of working with pokemon to be a rewarding one. The classes will teach students how to determine the level and quality of care a pokemon has received just from their appearance, as well as learning how to better take care of their pokemon. The Caretaker Course is for students who wish to be Pokemon Breeders, Pokemon Doctors, or train pokemon to participate in the Pokeathlon. Please remember that by enrolling in this course, it is required for a student to sign up for volunteer work in the Pokemon Daycare Facility on campus.
NOTE: Students wishing to enroll in the Caretaker Course must complete a minimum of 50 combined hours of volunteer work in the Pokemon Daycare Facility on campus during their freshmen and sophomore years.
NOTE: Students wishing to enroll in the Pokemon Doctor Course must take Professor Lunark's "Pokemon Herbs and Potions" class in their freshmen or sophomore years, and students wishing to be Pokemon Nurses are required to have a pokemon of the Chansey evolution line in their party, must dye their hair pink, and can expect some light plastic surgery in the foreseeable future.
Ranger Course – Orange Armbands
Students enrolling in the Ranger Course are special students wishing to become Pokemon Rangers. To enroll in this course, a student must receive letters of recommendation from three members of the faculty, including their advisor, and must be evaluated by the head of the Ranger Course personally. Students, upon enrollment in the Ranger Course, must agree to carry their pokemon outside of their pokeballs at all times. Upon graduation from the Pokemon Academy, any student in the Ranger Course will receive immediate enrollment in the Pokemon Ranger Academy, while getting to skip two years of the curriculum studied there, and enter as third year students.
NOTE: Due to recent damages, students in the Ranger Course may now only have 1 pokemon with them at all times. Other pokemon are to be left with the on-campus Pokemon Daycare Facility. Furthermore, all previously stated rules about pokemon size will still apply to students in the Ranger Course.
NOTE: While not mandatory, students in the Ranger Course may volunteer as members of campus security for extra credit. Students who do so will receive modified Capture Stylers to help tame rampaging pokemon.
Congratulations on your admission! Your very own pokemon school adventure is now beginning!
Okay all, here's how this is going to work. I'd like you all to fill out this following sheet for OC submissions.
Important rules to note:
I will initially be accepting a maximum of twenty OCs. I might get more, I'll probably get less, but twenty is going to be my starting limit. However, that doesn't mean I won't accept more later, it depends on how large of a scope I want my story to encompass. All the OCs are accepted through PM only, not by review. PM only.
I will only be accepting one OC per trainer INITIALLY. If someone wishes to submit more than one OC at a time, I will go with the first/top profile. This is mainly to ensure that anyone who wants to submit an OC will get the chance to do so, to prevent my twenty character starting limit from being filled by 10-12 people each submitting two OCs. IF by the time I feel like I want to stop accepting OCs and move ahead with the story my twenty character limit has not been met, I may go back around and choose the second character profile from each submission and go off that until I reach my cap, but THIS IS NOT LIKELY. Submit an extra if you like, but I'll probably only really pay attention to the first one.
Also, because of how I use my fanfiction account, I will likely read reviews before PMs. That means that if person #20 PMs me and person #21 posts in a review, I will probably see and accept person #21 first. If this happens, don't blame me, it's just reflex to read reviews first and I want to be fair.
Also, since this is a high school, romance and the like are going to be a fact of life. If you don't want your character to be a part of that, please say so. Otherwise, I may pair them off with someone at my discretion. If you are interested in your character being romantically involved with anyone, please suggest it.
Similarly, trainers may catch wild pokemon, necessitating switches, and their pokemon may evolve. If there are any pokemon in your character's party you DO NOT WISH TO CHANGE OR REMOVE, please specify as such.
Now, onto the character profile.
Name:
Age: 15-18, preferably. No older than 18, as that's a graduating student, younger than 15 needs justification for why they are in high school.
Birthday:
Gender:
Year:
Home Region: Where are you from?
Physical Features: Height, Build, Hair Color, Eye Color? Significant features like prominent brow, big hands? Any scars? Be detailed and specific!
Clothes: As a private school, students wear uniforms. However, when they aren't in class, what would they normally be wearing?
Contest Outfit: (optional, Appeal Course only)
Significant Relationships: Do you have a father, or is he ambiguously gone? Siblings? A boyfriend/girlfriend who isn't a student? A mentor? (Note: no one can be the child of a character from the show or the games, that's too much timeline synching for me, I'm trying to make this take place in an ambiguous continuity outside of canon.)
Skills/Talents: What are you good at, both inside and outside of the battlefield? What are your skills as a trainer?
Hobbies/Interests: What would you be doing when you aren't studying/attending class?
Preferred Course: Battle Course? Appeal Course?
Future Aspirations: What do you want to do after you graduate? Pokemon Master? Coordinator? Catch 'em all?
Learning Skills: Are you someone who gets better at training with practice, or are you more strategy and planning oriented? Are you a visual or auditory learner? What are your best and worst subjects?
Personality: What are your likes and dislikes? What kind of person are you? Do you have any fears? Are you always making people laugh? Are you a loner? A stand-up guy? Can you make friends with new people easily, or are you shy? Be detailed and specific!
Pokemon:
Here are the rules for submitting pokemon. Characters are allowed 10 "points" that they can assign to their party. Stage 1 pokemon are 1 point, stage 2, 2 points, stage 3, 3 points. This is done for balance reasons, and to make it more fun. So for example, a party could have 1 stage 3, 2 stage 2s, and 3 stage 1s. Any variation, as long as it doesn't exceed 10 (you do not need to have a maximum of six pokemon in a party, however)
NO LEGENDARIES. CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH. (While Legendary can sometimes be subjective, the basic rules for it are anything classified as a Legendary, and anything that is banned from any Battle Facility
Only 1 Starter Pokémon. Similar to the anime, Starter Pokémon can be wild pokemon. Trainers may end up capturing another at some point or another, but I will be more likely to have a trainer without one capture one.
No two pokemon from the same evolutionary line.
Only 1 Single Stage/Non-evolving Pokemon (Since they're generally stronger than basic pokemon, this keeps from overpowering the character with 2 stage 3s and 4 single stages)
Shinies. A trainer can have ONE Shiny Pokemon, and it will cost them an additional 3 points from their 10 to balance out their team. Therefore a Shiny stage 1 will cost 4 points, a Shiny stage 2 will cost 5 points, and a Shiny stage 3 will cost 6 points.
Mega Evolution: No one can have Mega Evolution. While it is acceptable to have pokemon capable of Mega Evolution, no one in this story will be capable of Mega Evolution in the beginning. DO NOT REQUEST FOR YOUR CHARACTER OR A POKEMON THEY HAVE TO GET MEGA EVOLUTION. If/When I decide to implement it, then I will choose whichever characters I wish to have Mega Evolution at my discretion, for the sake of story, and I will use any pokemon in the party for Mega Evolution that I wish. Although it is unlikely I would give the same Mega Evolution to two characters, that is not a guarantee and I may in fact give multiple characters the same Mega Evolution as I wish.
You may have no more than 1 of any of the following pokemon in your party, regardless of stage:
Pseudo-Legendaries cost two points extra, regardless of the stage. (Regardless of the stages they are at, you cannot have a party of Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, Metagross, Garchomp, Hydreigon and/or Goodra. Also, if you have a stage 3 pseudo-legendary, I would prefer it to be moody/disobedient [think Ash's Charizard, or overleveled traded pokemon in the games] at the beginning, or else battles become a little one-sided. If not, then I will most likely underuse your character until other characters catch up)
Pikachu Line
Eevee/Eeveelutions
Ralts Line
Riolu Line
Zorua Line
(I can count the number of submit-your-own-OC stories that didn't have a character with one of those pokemon in it on one hand. If you want one, you can't have any of the others or any pseudo-legendaries)
Pokemon/Nickname:
Gender:
Special Moves: TM/HM? Breeding? Tutors? If not, I'll just go with their learned moveset. Also like the anime, NOT LIMITED TO FOUR MOVES.
Personality: What kind of quirks does it have? How does it fight? Does it get along with other pokemon? Super attached to their trainer? Moody/violent?
Now, back to your characters!
Friends: What kind of person would be a good friend for your character? Do they get along with just about anyone? What kind of person could they live in a room with?
Relationships: (optional) What kind of person is your character attracted to? Who would they see themselves getting along well with, and how would they treat someone they were attracted to? Is there anyone that your character COULDN'T be in a relationship with, no matter what? Although I don't want their tastes designed with a specific character in mind, feel free to request your character being paired with someone, but the choice is at my discretion.
Other: Anything else not covered above that you think would be significant for your character, or I should know about.
I'll start with two examples (Will not be used in story)
Name: Blake Harker
Age: 15
Birthday: November 11
Gender: Male
Year: Freshman
Home Region: Kalos
Physical Features: Moderate height, 5'7", and an athletic build. Messy brown hair, brown eyes. Looks a little younger than he is, but can look surprisingly mature at times. Often smiling.
Clothes: When not in uniform, generally comfortable clothes like loose pants/shorts in varying colors from white to gray and black, and gray or black t-shirts. Wears a pair of headphones around his neck that he uses to listen to music.
Significant Relationships: Parents, neither are trainers, both live in Kalos. Has an older brother named Kanone who he sees as a rival.
Skills/Talents: Very good at telling how strong an enemy pokemon is, and knows which pokemon to send out against it, even if it doesn't have a type advantage. Fairly good at strategy, but relies on instinct and trust more. He's also rather athletic, mainly skilled in running.
Hobbies/Interests: Training his pokemon, reading, and playing video games, as well as hanging out with friends.
Preferred Course: Battle Course
Future Aspirations: Wants to become a good pokemon trainer. Not necessarily a Pokemon Master, but at least better than his brother.
Learning Skills: Better at hands-on learning and instruction than bookwork, and is much better at training by practicing with his pokemon. Not very good at classes that require a lot of formulas, but good at classes involving hands-on work and memorization.
Personality: Blake is a relatively nice guy, and will crack jokes in class, but isn't generally one to initiate contact with others. However, he gets along with almost anyone, and can make friends easily, as long as he isn't the one initiating the friendship. He's the kind of person who people like to have around and is always noticeable in a group, but is rarely the one who suggests "let's do this", being more likely to get swept into things by others.
Pokemon:
Pokemon/Nickname: Snivy
Gender: Female
Special Moves: Glare, Pursuit, Iron Tail (In progress), Synthesis, Taunt, Attract
Personality: Moody, does not get along well with others, but can be very sweet sometimes. A tsundere through and through.
Pokemon/Nickname: Boldore
Gender: Male
Special Moves: Heavy Slam, Magnitude, Rock Tomb
Personality: As a Roggenrola, it tackled people it was close to as a sign of friendship. It has continued that tradition, though now with a much bigger body. Full of energy, if it tackles you it either wants to be friends or it wants to battle.
Pokemon/Nickname: Corphish
Gender: Male
Special Moves: Aqua Jet, Metal Claw, Waterfall
Personality: Competitive and enjoys fighting, Corphish challenges any pokemon it comes across to a battle. Easily angered and hates to lose, Corphish trains the hardest out of any of Blake's pokemon.
Pokemon/Nickname: Scizor
Gender: Male
Special Moves: Double Team, Steel Wing, Flash Cannon
Personality: Laid back and relaxed, Scizor is the toughest pokemon on Blake's team, but doesn't like fighting that much; though if used, is a lethal foe. Acts as a mentor to Blake's other pokemon, and keeps them in line if they act out. Very smart and quick on its feet, much like Blake himself.
Pokemon/Nickname: Solosis
Gender: Female
Ability: Magic Guard
Personality: Friendly and affectionate, but a little shy. Doesn't like fighting or getting hurt very much, and is generally kind of afraid of other pokemon, especially dark and ghost types.
Pokemon/Nickname: Salamence
Gender: Female
Special Moves: Dragon Rage, Dragon Rush, Dragon Dance
Personality: Completely disobedient in almost every way. In spite of being Blake's strongest pokemon, it's never used due to being unable to control. While holding some feeling of affection for Blake, it doesn't respect his skill as a trainer, and will refuse to follow his orders. Only fights seriously against other dragon type pokemon.
Friends: Blake gets along well with just about anyone, except people that are just jerks. The kind of people he would get along best with are people who are always doing something and always active, and don't mind inviting Blake to join in.
Relationships: Similar to friends, Blake is attracted to girls who are independent and always doing their own thing. Specifically, girls that are always in the process of doing something, and wind up dragging him along for the ride.