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I was invited by good ol' to become a judge of sorts for an up-and-coming OCT group,
So far it looks highly promising and if any of you lot are interested in entering your first OCT or want something with a more relaxed atmosphere where you'll get second chances at tackling the Elite, this is the place for you
Applications for trainers and co-ordinators are still open!

Name: Haylene 'Hale' Callahan (introduces herself as Hale)
Age: 21
Hometown: Born in LaRousse City, grew up in Alto Mare.
Region traveled: Johto, Sinnoh and Unova.
Current residence; Sagittarius City, Astra.
Distinguishing marks;Liberal scaring of both legs and a missing little finger from her right hand. Has a henna detail of a Leopardas with the Arabic words for 'Strength' and 'courage'; a memento from her time in Unova.

PERSONALITY
An introvert since her days as a trainer, she maintains a precarious balancing act between her old aloof and shy self as well as her more confident, spitfire demeanor. Right off the bat, Hale is not a people's person and has never been since she was ten. She harbors a distaste for crowds, avoiding them if possible and hunkering down in the back if forced into such a situation. The cacophony of a large body of people annoys her greatly and she describes it quite often as the buzzing of a nest killer Beedrills eating away at her thoughts with a spork. Her mind which is normally entrenched in thought at any given point of time rebels againts such intrusions.Highly reserved, intelligent and of dry wit, she has little time for small talk though if one were to strike the right chord with her, she could go on about obscure facts all day long. As expected, her tolerance for stupidity, air-headedness and ignorance in general is close to nil.
The people she calls true friends can be counted on one hand, though this isn't due to some sort of unlikability. She's simply quite picky with people she allows into her heart to trust and finds solitude or companionship of Pokemon to be preferrable to fickle-minded individuals. Her fiercely independent streak doesn't help either, as she believes that she does not need emotional support from others, almost constantly keeping things bottled up.
Hale is almost always suspicious at people approaching her from the get-go--a trait she adopted after having aided her brother on recon missions a year or two back.
Despite all this, once that layer of ice is broken the kinder, gentler and more awkward girl that she was during her younger days will come to surface, tempered by a fearsome, somewhat endearing and blind dog-like loyalty to those closest to her. She isn't afraid to harm certain people very horribly to protect those she loves and is quite casual to the notion of mortality.

Hale tends to spend a lot of time debating options rather than acting on impulse, a quirk that comes from her being almost constantly lost in thought during her free time. Talking to her while she is reading or listening to music might requires about five minutes to gain any sort of response, physically or verbally. She can be somewhat scatter-brained when it comes to planning a detailed course of action and it isn't all that strange to watch her drop her book-smarts and simply Indy her way out of a problem when push comes to shove. She isn't the best strategist around, prefering to rely on natural skills and manipulation of weaknesses. Her humor generally leans towards intelligent or cynical sarcasm.
Her confidence level fluctuates with the situation; she is unsure of herself around people or when faced with something not within her power to solve, but can be arrogant when faced with a problem she knows how to handle.
While she tries her best to keep a cool head, emotions can still get the better of her. Her years as a trainer had given her friendship she never knew she could have, and with that an almost beastly viciousness when it comes to protecting those close to her. Her beserk button covers her family, team and closest friends---woe betide anyone who manages to somehow rile her up by threatening any of the above; she will remind them that she killed her first bastard at ten for hurting her father and she'd be more than willing to do so again without any compunctions, having gotten over her guilt issues a long time ago.

Hale generally prefers the companionship of men to women simply because of her inherent disdain for drama and the fact that she identifies better with them, unless said women are of the somewhat tomboyish or militaristic variety. Her speech with friends outside her formal tone when speaking to strangers or officials is quite crude and peppered with expletives she doesn't bother to hide. She tends to just run with what is in her mind when talking, your feelings be damned.
The sort of people she gets along very well with are those with intelligence and a good head on their shoulders. Wit, humor and a strong moral compass add to the score while vaudevillian tendencies, angst and a controlling demeanor subtracts from it.

Her main weakness is her pride and stubborness, which comes in the form of not accepting help from anyone even in times of need (the one time where she may show naievete or pig-headedness). She can also be a loose cannon and emotionally driven when it comes to making important descisions. Her mind is also focused mainly on here and now, and she finds it hard to see the 'big picture'. The girl is also a bottle fairy and when plastered, tends to lose all inhibitions and sense, grows more violent and gets herself into trouble she has no place being in.
She hates being seen as a 'load' or useless and as such, is constantly striving to keep herself out of a situation where rescue might be needed.
She has had isues with feelings of powerlessness ever since she was a child and often time, that is the easiest way to break her.
Physically speaking, she cannot run for too long a distance without experiencing what feels like a dozen hot pokers shoved up her knees.

While she is rarely patient with people other than close friends, her relationship with Pokemon in decidedly warmer, as the only friend who did not abandon her in her childhood was her beloved Glameow.

She has a soft spot for fathers, having lost hers violently when she was younger, as well as young children who have gone through the same experience; often time she finds herself being something of a 'big sister' to them, which is a social role she actual enjoys.
Her hatred for organized crime has two sides; Her father was murdered by a mob don, yet her father was a brother to the don and himself formerly the head of said mob. Her first boyfriend during her travels was also a renegade Rocket member who keeps in contact with her till today. While she hates members of organized crime, she finds herself unable to stop giving them a second chance due to her relationship with these two men in her life and her stoic belief that a few of them can be redeemed.

Likes: Books, Comics, Music (Rock, Jazz and Classical), Cats, Guns, walking the city at night-time, sleeping in.
Dislikes: Needless drama, Fashion magazines, Sappy love songs, Bugs, Candy, Rain, Mornings, Stupidity in general.
Skills: Writing, Guns, Savate, Playing the bass.
Weaknesses; Anything that involves long-distance running. Dancing. Domestic duties.

HISTORY
Please refer to this app for everything of her past before the events of , because else this section is going to read like a really bad telenovela. Trust me.
Below is a short condensed version of what happened in the next three years.

After the events of the Helios Conference, Hale decided to head back to Alto mare where she took classes at a local college. In this time, her brother Nolan Callahan, a Captain of a small squad in the Alto mare military was involved in a major crossfire with a group of black market Pokemon dealers in Mahogany Town which led to the death of several men under his command and left him in a wheelchair.
Deciding that he was to blame for the carelessness of his crew in trying to evacuate smuggled Pokemon, Nolan was stripped of title and relegated to desk duty until further notice. He was assigned to the far-off nation of Unova where a regional criminal named Geechisu was to have a date in court; A detective from Sinnoh codenamed Looker was adamant that Geechisu still had Team Plasma running active.
His superiors, disregarding his theory as the ramblings of a conspiracy theories decided to placate him by sending in a few reinforcements, including Nolan who was to aid Looker with the investigation.

Determined not to let her brother do this alone, Hale and her close friend Mikoto joined up with a local Lioness program and managed to, alongside her brother serve under Looker's commands.

After travelling through the region's vast routes and deserts to help Looker and his team shut down a renegade splinter cell of Plasma members, Hale returned to Johto with her brother to aid several old mob friends of her father who were being hunted down by a misguided vigilante. In this time, she learnt more about her father's past and was met with her paternal grandmother Rionach Callahan who still spearheaded a mafia group which rivaled the Rockets in Goldenrod City.

When her brother finally managed to master walking once more, Hale decided that it was time for her to take flight once more and after wishing her family goodbye to resume her travels, she ended up following Mikoto's trail to the Astra region. Mikoto, never forgetting their friendship vouched for her to apply as an Elite member and Hale halfway managed to make a fool of herself for quite a while until she finally drew upon her three years of training to kick some ass, take some names and claw her way to the position where she decided to specialize in, unsurprisingly, Fighting-type Pokemon.
Currently she resides in Sagittarius City and still works as an emissary of the Alto Mare Military to Astra, occasionally taking time off from her Elite four duties to send in reports of regional troubles, catch Pokemon for the Callahan Service Pokemon Academy which her mother runs back home and train her own team of Lionesses in Astra.

TRIVIA

~ Speaks with a pronounced Irish brogue.

~ Has a particularly bad memory for names and will nickname everything if possible.

~ The epitome of the Undomestic Goddess. She can't even color code flowers for a vase in the living room.

~ She had a bit of an Electra Complex as a young girl. While this has fettered out over the years, she does still feel subconsciously attracted to men who remind her of her father.

~ She has a strong liking for feline Pokemon of any sort and prefers mammalian-based Pokemon over the rest.

~ Wears a Tara Brooch which is a family heirloom she received from her grandmother as a belt buckle.

~ Thanks to friends Bifronela and Sam, is a bottle fairy. Don't let her near good bock.

POKEMON

SALADIN 'SAL' (Lucario)
Level: 80
Gender: Male
Nature: Brave
Item: Muscle Band
Location Caught: Safari Zone (Illegal Bunker) - Johto
Attacks: [Aura Sphere][Blaze Kick][Earthquake][Dragon Pulse]
Character Basis: Leonardo (TMNT) and Ardeth Bay (The Mummy)
Character Trope: Knight in Shining Armor/The Hero ===> Blind Seer/The Cowl
Voice: Oded Fehr
Gijinka!Form: 32-year old Arabic Warrior
Accesories/Clothes: White vest with red trimming and gold details, white tape around forearms, white and red Keffiyeh worn over shoulders with gold brooch bearing the letter 'Sin' from the Arabic alphabet--his first initial, gold armlets, Muscle Band worn to hold back 'hair'.
Notable Markings: Hair is always worn back, dark mask extends to around the face forming a mutton chop that brackets the mouth, deep scars around eyes and nose bridge, notched right ear, ragged crest of fur on head.
Speech abilty: Yes, via self-learning. Also has telepathic ability.

~ Hale's main heavy-hitter, Saladin has changed quite a bit from his debut in Helios, most noticably the blindness he was burdened with during his time in Unova, where during an attempt to save a brainwashed Artagnan, he was viciously attacked by one of the Gallade's former Fighting Rig friends.
As the damage was too severe for medical treatment, he relinquished leadership of the team to a reluctant Artagnan for several months on which he underwent rigorous training with nomads in Isshu to hone his Aura abilities as something of a sixth sense to replace sight. This led to him gaining some degree of hidden 'sight', which allows him to make out shapes and shadow figure of people and sense their emotions. His hearing and sense of touch have also increased to a level where he can sense movements underfoot to pinpoint an opponent's exact location. For all this however, he is still blind and as such completely at the mercy of Ghost Pokemon should he be assigned in a battle with one.
After regaining the ability to fight once more, he returned to aid his friends during a shootout rival mobs in Goldenrod City.
Despite his animosity with team mate Artagnan, he has stopped blaming the Gallade for what happened to him and continues with his life the best he can. He has also declined Artagnan's offer to hand back the reigns of leadership, preferring to take, ironically, a mentor role for the reckless Gallade who is now only learning the business of actually being top dog.
He has a son with Mikoto's Lucario Miyuki named Dzulfiquar who is training at the Academy back in Alto Mare, and has a sibling-like relationship with Khawla.
In his free time, he enjoys reading Braille books and sparring with Artagnan. The keffiyeh and brooch he wears are a present from the nomads he trained with.

ARTAGNAN 'ART' (Gallade)
Level: 79
Gender: Male
Nature: Impish
Item: Life Orb
Location Caught: Mahogany Town (Rocket Hideout) - Johto
Attacks:[Sword Dance][Close Combat][Psycho Cut][Night Slash]
Character Basis: Raphael (TMNT) and Duke L'orange (MDtAS)
Character Trope: Sarcastic Devotee/The Lancer ===> Knight in Sour Armor/The Hero
Voice: Jeff Bennet (Vocing Duke L'Orange)
Gijinka!Form: 30-year old Brooklyn Soldier
Accesories/Clothes: Black eyepatch covering a red cyberkinetic eye, brown Aviator jacket with tan fur trimming around collar, taped wrists and brown cut-off gloves with gold buckle and detail, cigarette, Life Orb in pouch attached to belt.
Notable Markings: Military facepaint underneath eye(s), notched crest, barcodes on right shoulder, rugged and unshaved chin, light green stripes in 'helmet' seeming to denote older age, 'ears' curved back to look more like horns.
Speech abilty: Yes, via training from Hale. Also has telepathic ability.

~ Once the bad boy of the team, Artagnan has had a sobering experience during his sojourn in Unova, where he thoughtlessly joined an underground battle rig for kicks after tiring of his military regiment duty. It was here that he came into contact with several members of team Plasma who seeing the sort of bloodlust he fought with and the charisma he had, decided to use him as part of their propaganda plan to get at the heart of Pokemon, especially those with a bad history with humans to come over to their side.
Artagnan successfully led a rebellion of Pit Pokemon against their trainers and bookers and joined Team Plasma for a short while, until one incident where in trying to 'liberate' 'oppressed' Pokemon, they murdered an innocent man trying to protect Box Pokemon he had been assigned to manage. Artagnan tried to fight back against them but was quickly brought down by his 'friends' from the Pit as the Plasmas used a Cyberkinetic eye to brainwash him into obeying their orders.
He ended up on their frontlines as their 'monster' and almost ended up killing Desdemona, Hale's Glameow during a showdown where Saladin managed to break through the mental barrier to free him from Plasma's control.
This however led Saladin to be blinded by one of the attackers--something that the Lucario would rage and rant to him about in the months to come until overwhelming guilt took over.
During a sparring session, Saladin lost control of his emotions and Artagnan, deciding not to fight back for the first time in his life was almost killed by the angry Lucario until Desdemona managed to talk sense into him. Ironically and much to Artagnan's horror, it was this moment that the Lucario chose to toss the reigns of leadership right in his face while reiterating that he never wanted to see he Gallade ever again before leaving the day after for Isshu's deserts.
Forced into a leading position he had always wanted all his life but now didn't now what to do with, he began to learn what it took to be Saladin the hard way as the team returned to Johto to intercept a gang war in Goldenrod City. Here, he began to have a new appreciation for all the shit Saladin had to put up with all this while; He dropped his casanova act for a single woman, Melody a Gardevoir belonging to Mikoto whom he had grown close to; He would often jokingly attribute it to no longer having time to chase girls.
During a showdown between the remnants of the Diarmaid mob which was up against several Rockets, he was outnumbered but quickly aided by a returning Saladin who worked alongside him to destroy the opposing ranks.
While he offered to give Saladin back control of the team, he was surprised when told by the one person he had traded blows, both verbal and physical with, that he had finally matured into the role he so desired in his youth, and that Saladin had no intention of taking back something which was obviously doing him good.
In his free time, he enjoys listening to Metallica, collecting knives and having telepathic conversations with his daughter Boudicca and adopted daughter Wednesday (A Gochimiru) who are stationed back in Alto Mare.
He gets along well with Rachelle who is something of his protege and his drinking buddy, Makenna.

KHAWLA (Kojondo)
Level; 78
Gender: Female
Nature: Mild
Item: Expert Belt
Location Caught: Isshu desert (Between Castelia and Raimon City)
Attacks: [Drain Punch][Bounce][Cheer Up][Focus Blast]
Character Basis: Eowyn of Rohan
Character Trope: Lady of War
Voice: Zsazsa Gabor
Gijinka!Form: 30-year old Middle eastern warrior woman.
Accesories/Clothes: Two gold chokers and one gold armband on her left arm, purple training sleevless robes with gold trimming.
Notable Markings: Henna curls under eyes and along nose bridge. Whiskers are pulled back from her cheeks to braids behind her head.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Khawla came into Hale's posession during her trip to Isshu's vast deserts, where in being lost and almost dehydrated, the then-Kojofu who was the much-beloved pet of a tribal leader there led them to the village where they received aid.
Hale tried to talk them into taking a stand against the Plasma uprising, but they were more interested in keeping to themselves. Khawla however had other ideas and managed to urge her owner into helping Looker's cause, which they finally agreed to do, acting as highly-valuable reconnaissance and trackers in an unforgiving land where no other men could step foot in.
She wanted to see the world, but felt torn between going and leaving her owner.
When Saladin returned to her village to train with some of the men there however, her urge to follow him grew stronger; Realizing this, her owner finally permitted her to join the Lucario in his travels to return to Goldenrod after his training was finished.
She aided Hale and her team in the mob showdown in the main city and joined them shortly afterwards, citing her reason as wanting to look out for Saladin's well-being.
Like Saladin, Khawla is an intellectual who enjoys calligraphy and chamber music.
He often reads to her and she is in the process of learning to decipher the roman alphabet with his aid.
Her demeanor is gentle but with a steely resolution, and she doesn't get along well with Makenna whom she sees as needlessly brutish. She tends to be very snide with opponents and often trades witty banter with Artagnan.

MAKENNA (Blaziken)
Level; 76
Gender: Female
Nature: Naughty
Item: Scope lens
Location Caught: Traded with a friend from Sinnoh.
Attacks: [Sky Uppercut][Brave Bird][Fire Punch][Rock Slide]
Character Basis: Shayera Hol
Character Trope: The Ladette
Voice: Pink
Gijinka!Form: 28-year old redheaded Scottish woman.
Accesories/Clothes: Wears bandages across her chest and black training slacks.
Notable Markings: Head feathers tied into a high topknot, strip of white across her beak.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ A violent, impulsive and incorrigible tomboy ever since she hatched from her egg, Makenna status as 'female' is used very loosely and she doesn't mind the confusion on her gender at all. If anything else, she revels in being seen as one of the boys and will balk at any attempt to make her more feminine. Were someone to have the insane notion of putting her in anything resembling a dress or adorned with flowers, that person should have a grave under their name ready.
Makenna was originally owned by one of Hale's friends from Sinnoh---a medic student named Maverick Montague who Makenna was very close to.
It was a sore point for her when she was traded over to Hale's team for Marseilles-a Pidgeot Hale had trained as an Aerial Reconnaissance a few years back--the whole incident made her feel inadequate and so far she has refused to see Maverick during Hale's online conferences with him. As such, she can be ridiculously stubborn, often refusing to follow any of Hale's orders if she isn't in the right mood.
Makenna enjoys sports especially soccer and wrestling, being something of a jock as well as heavy drinking with Artagnan on her off-duty time. She's lesbian and seems to have a thing for Rachelle despite her rough teasing of the Lopunny's overtly feminine nature and past with Artagnan as one of the Gallade's paramours during his lady-chasing days.

RACHELLE (Lopunny)
Level; 76
Gender: Female
Nature: Docile
Item: Silk Scarf
Location Caught:Adopted from Goldenrod City
Attacks: [Sweet Kiss][Jump Kick][Dizzy Punch][Giga Impact]
Character Basis: Trish Stratus
Character Trope: Kick Chick
Voice: Marilyn Monroe
Gijinka!Form: 25-year old blonde.
Accesories/Clothes: Roses on a silk scarf to hold back ears, red Qipao-style leotard with gold trimming and cut-off sleeves.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Rachelle is something of a dreamer, having no owner and no family, and and stepping foot into Goldenrod City during her younger days with the sole purpose of finding a way to earn some fame by participating on Contests. There, she met Artagnan who was at that moment smitten by her country girl charm and sought to get into her pants as quickly as he could; to do this, he explained that he would help her train for those contests. She happily agreed, enjoying his company throughout the Helios Conference where they would often meet to rendezvous. In particular, Rachelle was often jealous of the fact that he had a trainer--something he once regularly complained about.
When the conference ended, Artagnan who had grown very close to her and couldn't lie to her any longer explained the situation. Angry with him for lying to her to get his way, she warned him never to approach her ever again and went her own way, trying to make a living in the city. She assumed this was the last he would ever see of her.
Years later however when she had found some work outside a maid cafe of sort, she found herself attempting to protect a Gochimiru who had been injured in a crossfire between two warring mob gangs. When a wounded Gallade came for the young girl claiming to her her guardian, Rachelle barely recognized him save for the all-too familiar notch in his head crest and the ubiquitous eyepatch.
The both of them took to hiding in the cafe she worked in as several members of a mob scanned the area, and with her skill in battle she picked up to toss out rowdy male patrons, Artagnan and his young charge were able to escape.
Days later, he returned with flowers, and apology for those years back and an proposition; her battle style had awed him and Hale had an open spot on her team; He failed to teach her anything in Contests, but he was more than willing to make up for it by being her mentor in battling.
She debated the decision, but sensing that he was honest with her this time, and absolutely smitten by his daughter Boudicca who he had brought along, she settled their old differences wit a sharp slap and told Bouddica that the girl was going to have a cool big sister.
Since then she has been an invaluable member to Hale's team, using her feminine wiles to bewitch and beguile opponents. When she isn't battling, she is caretaker of the many young Pokemon back at the Callahan Academy.
She has a daughter named Triela with Syamsir--a Zangoose who works as one of the Callahan frontliners. Triela was recently presented to Mikoto as a pet--something Rachelle sees as a blessing as unlike Artagnan ad Saladin, she gets to see her child almost every day.
She does not udnerstand Makenna's animosity and harsh words towards her, preferring to fight them back with the sweetest smile she can muster.

TIBERIUS 'TIBS'(Ursaring)
Level; 78
Gender: Male
Nature: Jolly
Item: Pumice Rock
Location Caught: Ecruteak City - Johto
Attacks: [Hammer Arm][Stone Edge][Shadow Claw][Sword Dance]
Character Basis: Rooster Cogburn (True Grit)
Character Trope: Old Soldier
Voice: Jeff Bridges
Gijinka!Form: 65-year old Western US Marshall
Accesories/Clothes: Dark brown Stetson hat, olive green fringed jacket and gloves with light green trimming/tassles and gold detail, cigar, aluminium canteen (with whiskey) and Pumice Rock stored in jacket pockets.
Notable Markings:
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Old. Very, very old, for lack of a better word. Tiberius, or Sargent Tibs as he is known to his comrades has seen it all: He worked in Lt.Surge's company as a young bear, where he was trained to carry and deliver firearms across the borders. He loved his job and life during the war which he thought gave him a powerful reason for living.
After the war was over though, life came to a standstill for him as he tried to figure out, as a Service Pokemon with no actual trainer, what to do. Not knowing what to do with him either, the company was forced to, at orders of their superior officers to ship him and the rest of the unsued Service Pokemon to a ranch in Johto where they were suppose to 'retire'.
He was very poorly-cared for there and found it insulting to his dignity as a soldier that he would go to something equivalent of an "old folk's home", and alongside a few friends, broke out of the ranch.
They were on the run until the ranch owners got hang of the escape attempt and rounded them up. A travelling trainer however had seen the way the Pokemon were treated with brute force and called out the men who were trying to contain them.
Challenging the men to a battle, this trainer, a mere girl defeated them easily with Pokemon which reminded him of his old military friends and upon the girl using actual military terms to dictate her Pokemon's moves, he grew even more intrigued with her.
After the men had run off, she brought them to a Pokemon center and introduced herself as Hale Callahan.
Through the Riolu she owned, they had a small conversation and he learned that she had a brother who was in the military in Alto mare and that his company were in dire need of good service Pokemon. he explained that his friends were once in the army as well and were looking for somewhere their deeds could still be put to good use.
With Hale and the local police on the case, the ranch was shut down and the Pokemon held there freed.
At his request, Hale managed to 'catch' him and his compatriots, sending them to Alto Mare where her brother was waiting with open arms. Finding a new home at last, he was given a new codename, Tiberius and a new position as head of the local Service Pokemon Training Agency, which the Callahans ran.
He often worked there as a 'mentor' to the younger Pokemon, creating a new generation of partners for soldiers and lawmen who often had no time to rigidly train Pokemon on their own and couldn't go on 'journeys'.
when Gilgamesh was sent back to look after a much younger cadfe of cadets, he decided to be taken by Hale in place, yearning to compete once more under the spotlights or on the field.
Tibs loves peace and quiet, preferring to laze out in grassy fields during sunny days when he's off-duty. he hates technology, computers and things that make young whippersnappers these days lazy. In his day, he had it hard and he never fails to remind EVERYONE of this fact.
He has a form of degenerative Arthritis, but this was remedied by the Pumice Stone Nolan gave to him as a gift, which halved his weight and made him just as fast as he was all those years back. He is very posessive of the stone to an extent where it is jokingly referred to as his pacifier.
Once it is taken away, he has trouble walking as his joints are in constant pain. He is also on pills to fix this---pills which he hates and will often try to down with Whisky, his favorite drink.

Description

I was invited by good ol' to become a judge of sorts for an up-and-coming OCT group,
So far it looks highly promising and if any of you lot are interested in entering your first OCT or want something with a more relaxed atmosphere where you'll get second chances at tackling the Elite, this is the place for you
Applications for trainers and co-ordinators are still open!

Name: Haylene 'Hale' Callahan (introduces herself as Hale)
Age: 21
Hometown: Born in LaRousse City, grew up in Alto Mare.
Region traveled: Johto, Sinnoh and Unova.
Current residence; Sagittarius City, Astra.
Distinguishing marks;Liberal scaring of both legs and a missing little finger from her right hand. Has a henna detail of a Leopardas with the Arabic words for 'Strength' and 'courage'; a memento from her time in Unova.

PERSONALITY
An introvert since her days as a trainer, she maintains a precarious balancing act between her old aloof and shy self as well as her more confident, spitfire demeanor. Right off the bat, Hale is not a people's person and has never been since she was ten. She harbors a distaste for crowds, avoiding them if possible and hunkering down in the back if forced into such a situation. The cacophony of a large body of people annoys her greatly and she describes it quite often as the buzzing of a nest killer Beedrills eating away at her thoughts with a spork. Her mind which is normally entrenched in thought at any given point of time rebels againts such intrusions.Highly reserved, intelligent and of dry wit, she has little time for small talk though if one were to strike the right chord with her, she could go on about obscure facts all day long. As expected, her tolerance for stupidity, air-headedness and ignorance in general is close to nil.
The people she calls true friends can be counted on one hand, though this isn't due to some sort of unlikability. She's simply quite picky with people she allows into her heart to trust and finds solitude or companionship of Pokemon to be preferrable to fickle-minded individuals. Her fiercely independent streak doesn't help either, as she believes that she does not need emotional support from others, almost constantly keeping things bottled up.
Hale is almost always suspicious at people approaching her from the get-go--a trait she adopted after having aided her brother on recon missions a year or two back.
Despite all this, once that layer of ice is broken the kinder, gentler and more awkward girl that she was during her younger days will come to surface, tempered by a fearsome, somewhat endearing and blind dog-like loyalty to those closest to her. She isn't afraid to harm certain people very horribly to protect those she loves and is quite casual to the notion of mortality.

Hale tends to spend a lot of time debating options rather than acting on impulse, a quirk that comes from her being almost constantly lost in thought during her free time. Talking to her while she is reading or listening to music might requires about five minutes to gain any sort of response, physically or verbally. She can be somewhat scatter-brained when it comes to planning a detailed course of action and it isn't all that strange to watch her drop her book-smarts and simply Indy her way out of a problem when push comes to shove. She isn't the best strategist around, prefering to rely on natural skills and manipulation of weaknesses. Her humor generally leans towards intelligent or cynical sarcasm.
Her confidence level fluctuates with the situation; she is unsure of herself around people or when faced with something not within her power to solve, but can be arrogant when faced with a problem she knows how to handle.
While she tries her best to keep a cool head, emotions can still get the better of her. Her years as a trainer had given her friendship she never knew she could have, and with that an almost beastly viciousness when it comes to protecting those close to her. Her beserk button covers her family, team and closest friends---woe betide anyone who manages to somehow rile her up by threatening any of the above; she will remind them that she killed her first bastard at ten for hurting her father and she'd be more than willing to do so again without any compunctions, having gotten over her guilt issues a long time ago.

Hale generally prefers the companionship of men to women simply because of her inherent disdain for drama and the fact that she identifies better with them, unless said women are of the somewhat tomboyish or militaristic variety. Her speech with friends outside her formal tone when speaking to strangers or officials is quite crude and peppered with expletives she doesn't bother to hide. She tends to just run with what is in her mind when talking, your feelings be damned.
The sort of people she gets along very well with are those with intelligence and a good head on their shoulders. Wit, humor and a strong moral compass add to the score while vaudevillian tendencies, angst and a controlling demeanor subtracts from it.

Her main weakness is her pride and stubborness, which comes in the form of not accepting help from anyone even in times of need (the one time where she may show naievete or pig-headedness). She can also be a loose cannon and emotionally driven when it comes to making important descisions. Her mind is also focused mainly on here and now, and she finds it hard to see the 'big picture'. The girl is also a bottle fairy and when plastered, tends to lose all inhibitions and sense, grows more violent and gets herself into trouble she has no place being in.
She hates being seen as a 'load' or useless and as such, is constantly striving to keep herself out of a situation where rescue might be needed.
She has had isues with feelings of powerlessness ever since she was a child and often time, that is the easiest way to break her.
Physically speaking, she cannot run for too long a distance without experiencing what feels like a dozen hot pokers shoved up her knees.

While she is rarely patient with people other than close friends, her relationship with Pokemon in decidedly warmer, as the only friend who did not abandon her in her childhood was her beloved Glameow.

She has a soft spot for fathers, having lost hers violently when she was younger, as well as young children who have gone through the same experience; often time she finds herself being something of a 'big sister' to them, which is a social role she actual enjoys.
Her hatred for organized crime has two sides; Her father was murdered by a mob don, yet her father was a brother to the don and himself formerly the head of said mob. Her first boyfriend during her travels was also a renegade Rocket member who keeps in contact with her till today. While she hates members of organized crime, she finds herself unable to stop giving them a second chance due to her relationship with these two men in her life and her stoic belief that a few of them can be redeemed.

Likes: Books, Comics, Music (Rock, Jazz and Classical), Cats, Guns, walking the city at night-time, sleeping in.
Dislikes: Needless drama, Fashion magazines, Sappy love songs, Bugs, Candy, Rain, Mornings, Stupidity in general.
Skills: Writing, Guns, Savate, Playing the bass.
Weaknesses; Anything that involves long-distance running. Dancing. Domestic duties.

HISTORY
Please refer to this app for everything of her past before the events of , because else this section is going to read like a really bad telenovela. Trust me.
Below is a short condensed version of what happened in the next three years.

After the events of the Helios Conference, Hale decided to head back to Alto mare where she took classes at a local college. In this time, her brother Nolan Callahan, a Captain of a small squad in the Alto mare military was involved in a major crossfire with a group of black market Pokemon dealers in Mahogany Town which led to the death of several men under his command and left him in a wheelchair.
Deciding that he was to blame for the carelessness of his crew in trying to evacuate smuggled Pokemon, Nolan was stripped of title and relegated to desk duty until further notice. He was assigned to the far-off nation of Unova where a regional criminal named Geechisu was to have a date in court; A detective from Sinnoh codenamed Looker was adamant that Geechisu still had Team Plasma running active.
His superiors, disregarding his theory as the ramblings of a conspiracy theories decided to placate him by sending in a few reinforcements, including Nolan who was to aid Looker with the investigation.

Determined not to let her brother do this alone, Hale and her close friend Mikoto joined up with a local Lioness program and managed to, alongside her brother serve under Looker's commands.

After travelling through the region's vast routes and deserts to help Looker and his team shut down a renegade splinter cell of Plasma members, Hale returned to Johto with her brother to aid several old mob friends of her father who were being hunted down by a misguided vigilante. In this time, she learnt more about her father's past and was met with her paternal grandmother Rionach Callahan who still spearheaded a mafia group which rivaled the Rockets in Goldenrod City.

When her brother finally managed to master walking once more, Hale decided that it was time for her to take flight once more and after wishing her family goodbye to resume her travels, she ended up following Mikoto's trail to the Astra region. Mikoto, never forgetting their friendship vouched for her to apply as an Elite member and Hale halfway managed to make a fool of herself for quite a while until she finally drew upon her three years of training to kick some ass, take some names and claw her way to the position where she decided to specialize in, unsurprisingly, Fighting-type Pokemon.
Currently she resides in Sagittarius City and still works as an emissary of the Alto Mare Military to Astra, occasionally taking time off from her Elite four duties to send in reports of regional troubles, catch Pokemon for the Callahan Service Pokemon Academy which her mother runs back home and train her own team of Lionesses in Astra.

TRIVIA

~ Speaks with a pronounced Irish brogue.

~ Has a particularly bad memory for names and will nickname everything if possible.

~ The epitome of the Undomestic Goddess. She can't even color code flowers for a vase in the living room.

~ She had a bit of an Electra Complex as a young girl. While this has fettered out over the years, she does still feel subconsciously attracted to men who remind her of her father.

~ She has a strong liking for feline Pokemon of any sort and prefers mammalian-based Pokemon over the rest.

~ Wears a Tara Brooch which is a family heirloom she received from her grandmother as a belt buckle.

~ Thanks to friends Bifronela and Sam, is a bottle fairy. Don't let her near good bock.

POKEMON

SALADIN 'SAL' (Lucario)
Level: 80
Gender: Male
Nature: Brave
Item: Muscle Band
Location Caught: Safari Zone (Illegal Bunker) - Johto
Attacks: [Aura Sphere][Blaze Kick][Earthquake][Dragon Pulse]
Character Basis: Leonardo (TMNT) and Ardeth Bay (The Mummy)
Character Trope: Knight in Shining Armor/The Hero ===> Blind Seer/The Cowl
Voice: Oded Fehr
Gijinka!Form: 32-year old Arabic Warrior
Accesories/Clothes: White vest with red trimming and gold details, white tape around forearms, white and red Keffiyeh worn over shoulders with gold brooch bearing the letter 'Sin' from the Arabic alphabet--his first initial, gold armlets, Muscle Band worn to hold back 'hair'.
Notable Markings: Hair is always worn back, dark mask extends to around the face forming a mutton chop that brackets the mouth, deep scars around eyes and nose bridge, notched right ear, ragged crest of fur on head.
Speech abilty: Yes, via self-learning. Also has telepathic ability.

~ Hale's main heavy-hitter, Saladin has changed quite a bit from his debut in Helios, most noticably the blindness he was burdened with during his time in Unova, where during an attempt to save a brainwashed Artagnan, he was viciously attacked by one of the Gallade's former Fighting Rig friends.
As the damage was too severe for medical treatment, he relinquished leadership of the team to a reluctant Artagnan for several months on which he underwent rigorous training with nomads in Isshu to hone his Aura abilities as something of a sixth sense to replace sight. This led to him gaining some degree of hidden 'sight', which allows him to make out shapes and shadow figure of people and sense their emotions. His hearing and sense of touch have also increased to a level where he can sense movements underfoot to pinpoint an opponent's exact location. For all this however, he is still blind and as such completely at the mercy of Ghost Pokemon should he be assigned in a battle with one.
After regaining the ability to fight once more, he returned to aid his friends during a shootout rival mobs in Goldenrod City.
Despite his animosity with team mate Artagnan, he has stopped blaming the Gallade for what happened to him and continues with his life the best he can. He has also declined Artagnan's offer to hand back the reigns of leadership, preferring to take, ironically, a mentor role for the reckless Gallade who is now only learning the business of actually being top dog.
He has a son with Mikoto's Lucario Miyuki named Dzulfiquar who is training at the Academy back in Alto Mare, and has a sibling-like relationship with Khawla.
In his free time, he enjoys reading Braille books and sparring with Artagnan. The keffiyeh and brooch he wears are a present from the nomads he trained with.

ARTAGNAN 'ART' (Gallade)
Level: 79
Gender: Male
Nature: Impish
Item: Life Orb
Location Caught: Mahogany Town (Rocket Hideout) - Johto
Attacks:[Sword Dance][Close Combat][Psycho Cut][Night Slash]
Character Basis: Raphael (TMNT) and Duke L'orange (MDtAS)
Character Trope: Sarcastic Devotee/The Lancer ===> Knight in Sour Armor/The Hero
Voice: Jeff Bennet (Vocing Duke L'Orange)
Gijinka!Form: 30-year old Brooklyn Soldier
Accesories/Clothes: Black eyepatch covering a red cyberkinetic eye, brown Aviator jacket with tan fur trimming around collar, taped wrists and brown cut-off gloves with gold buckle and detail, cigarette, Life Orb in pouch attached to belt.
Notable Markings: Military facepaint underneath eye(s), notched crest, barcodes on right shoulder, rugged and unshaved chin, light green stripes in 'helmet' seeming to denote older age, 'ears' curved back to look more like horns.
Speech abilty: Yes, via training from Hale. Also has telepathic ability.

~ Once the bad boy of the team, Artagnan has had a sobering experience during his sojourn in Unova, where he thoughtlessly joined an underground battle rig for kicks after tiring of his military regiment duty. It was here that he came into contact with several members of team Plasma who seeing the sort of bloodlust he fought with and the charisma he had, decided to use him as part of their propaganda plan to get at the heart of Pokemon, especially those with a bad history with humans to come over to their side.
Artagnan successfully led a rebellion of Pit Pokemon against their trainers and bookers and joined Team Plasma for a short while, until one incident where in trying to 'liberate' 'oppressed' Pokemon, they murdered an innocent man trying to protect Box Pokemon he had been assigned to manage. Artagnan tried to fight back against them but was quickly brought down by his 'friends' from the Pit as the Plasmas used a Cyberkinetic eye to brainwash him into obeying their orders.
He ended up on their frontlines as their 'monster' and almost ended up killing Desdemona, Hale's Glameow during a showdown where Saladin managed to break through the mental barrier to free him from Plasma's control.
This however led Saladin to be blinded by one of the attackers--something that the Lucario would rage and rant to him about in the months to come until overwhelming guilt took over.
During a sparring session, Saladin lost control of his emotions and Artagnan, deciding not to fight back for the first time in his life was almost killed by the angry Lucario until Desdemona managed to talk sense into him. Ironically and much to Artagnan's horror, it was this moment that the Lucario chose to toss the reigns of leadership right in his face while reiterating that he never wanted to see he Gallade ever again before leaving the day after for Isshu's deserts.
Forced into a leading position he had always wanted all his life but now didn't now what to do with, he began to learn what it took to be Saladin the hard way as the team returned to Johto to intercept a gang war in Goldenrod City. Here, he began to have a new appreciation for all the shit Saladin had to put up with all this while; He dropped his casanova act for a single woman, Melody a Gardevoir belonging to Mikoto whom he had grown close to; He would often jokingly attribute it to no longer having time to chase girls.
During a showdown between the remnants of the Diarmaid mob which was up against several Rockets, he was outnumbered but quickly aided by a returning Saladin who worked alongside him to destroy the opposing ranks.
While he offered to give Saladin back control of the team, he was surprised when told by the one person he had traded blows, both verbal and physical with, that he had finally matured into the role he so desired in his youth, and that Saladin had no intention of taking back something which was obviously doing him good.
In his free time, he enjoys listening to Metallica, collecting knives and having telepathic conversations with his daughter Boudicca and adopted daughter Wednesday (A Gochimiru) who are stationed back in Alto Mare.
He gets along well with Rachelle who is something of his protege and his drinking buddy, Makenna.

KHAWLA (Kojondo)
Level; 78
Gender: Female
Nature: Mild
Item: Expert Belt
Location Caught: Isshu desert (Between Castelia and Raimon City)
Attacks: [Drain Punch][Bounce][Cheer Up][Focus Blast]
Character Basis: Eowyn of Rohan
Character Trope: Lady of War
Voice: Zsazsa Gabor
Gijinka!Form: 30-year old Middle eastern warrior woman.
Accesories/Clothes: Two gold chokers and one gold armband on her left arm, purple training sleevless robes with gold trimming.
Notable Markings: Henna curls under eyes and along nose bridge. Whiskers are pulled back from her cheeks to braids behind her head.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Khawla came into Hale's posession during her trip to Isshu's vast deserts, where in being lost and almost dehydrated, the then-Kojofu who was the much-beloved pet of a tribal leader there led them to the village where they received aid.
Hale tried to talk them into taking a stand against the Plasma uprising, but they were more interested in keeping to themselves. Khawla however had other ideas and managed to urge her owner into helping Looker's cause, which they finally agreed to do, acting as highly-valuable reconnaissance and trackers in an unforgiving land where no other men could step foot in.
She wanted to see the world, but felt torn between going and leaving her owner.
When Saladin returned to her village to train with some of the men there however, her urge to follow him grew stronger; Realizing this, her owner finally permitted her to join the Lucario in his travels to return to Goldenrod after his training was finished.
She aided Hale and her team in the mob showdown in the main city and joined them shortly afterwards, citing her reason as wanting to look out for Saladin's well-being.
Like Saladin, Khawla is an intellectual who enjoys calligraphy and chamber music.
He often reads to her and she is in the process of learning to decipher the roman alphabet with his aid.
Her demeanor is gentle but with a steely resolution, and she doesn't get along well with Makenna whom she sees as needlessly brutish. She tends to be very snide with opponents and often trades witty banter with Artagnan.

MAKENNA (Blaziken)
Level; 76
Gender: Female
Nature: Naughty
Item: Scope lens
Location Caught: Traded with a friend from Sinnoh.
Attacks: [Sky Uppercut][Brave Bird][Fire Punch][Rock Slide]
Character Basis: Shayera Hol
Character Trope: The Ladette
Voice: Pink
Gijinka!Form: 28-year old redheaded Scottish woman.
Accesories/Clothes: Wears bandages across her chest and black training slacks.
Notable Markings: Head feathers tied into a high topknot, strip of white across her beak.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ A violent, impulsive and incorrigible tomboy ever since she hatched from her egg, Makenna status as 'female' is used very loosely and she doesn't mind the confusion on her gender at all. If anything else, she revels in being seen as one of the boys and will balk at any attempt to make her more feminine. Were someone to have the insane notion of putting her in anything resembling a dress or adorned with flowers, that person should have a grave under their name ready.
Makenna was originally owned by one of Hale's friends from Sinnoh---a medic student named Maverick Montague who Makenna was very close to.
It was a sore point for her when she was traded over to Hale's team for Marseilles-a Pidgeot Hale had trained as an Aerial Reconnaissance a few years back--the whole incident made her feel inadequate and so far she has refused to see Maverick during Hale's online conferences with him. As such, she can be ridiculously stubborn, often refusing to follow any of Hale's orders if she isn't in the right mood.
Makenna enjoys sports especially soccer and wrestling, being something of a jock as well as heavy drinking with Artagnan on her off-duty time. She's lesbian and seems to have a thing for Rachelle despite her rough teasing of the Lopunny's overtly feminine nature and past with Artagnan as one of the Gallade's paramours during his lady-chasing days.

RACHELLE (Lopunny)
Level; 76
Gender: Female
Nature: Docile
Item: Silk Scarf
Location Caught:Adopted from Goldenrod City
Attacks: [Sweet Kiss][Jump Kick][Dizzy Punch][Giga Impact]
Character Basis: Trish Stratus
Character Trope: Kick Chick
Voice: Marilyn Monroe
Gijinka!Form: 25-year old blonde.
Accesories/Clothes: Roses on a silk scarf to hold back ears, red Qipao-style leotard with gold trimming and cut-off sleeves.
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Rachelle is something of a dreamer, having no owner and no family, and and stepping foot into Goldenrod City during her younger days with the sole purpose of finding a way to earn some fame by participating on Contests. There, she met Artagnan who was at that moment smitten by her country girl charm and sought to get into her pants as quickly as he could; to do this, he explained that he would help her train for those contests. She happily agreed, enjoying his company throughout the Helios Conference where they would often meet to rendezvous. In particular, Rachelle was often jealous of the fact that he had a trainer--something he once regularly complained about.
When the conference ended, Artagnan who had grown very close to her and couldn't lie to her any longer explained the situation. Angry with him for lying to her to get his way, she warned him never to approach her ever again and went her own way, trying to make a living in the city. She assumed this was the last he would ever see of her.
Years later however when she had found some work outside a maid cafe of sort, she found herself attempting to protect a Gochimiru who had been injured in a crossfire between two warring mob gangs. When a wounded Gallade came for the young girl claiming to her her guardian, Rachelle barely recognized him save for the all-too familiar notch in his head crest and the ubiquitous eyepatch.
The both of them took to hiding in the cafe she worked in as several members of a mob scanned the area, and with her skill in battle she picked up to toss out rowdy male patrons, Artagnan and his young charge were able to escape.
Days later, he returned with flowers, and apology for those years back and an proposition; her battle style had awed him and Hale had an open spot on her team; He failed to teach her anything in Contests, but he was more than willing to make up for it by being her mentor in battling.
She debated the decision, but sensing that he was honest with her this time, and absolutely smitten by his daughter Boudicca who he had brought along, she settled their old differences wit a sharp slap and told Bouddica that the girl was going to have a cool big sister.
Since then she has been an invaluable member to Hale's team, using her feminine wiles to bewitch and beguile opponents. When she isn't battling, she is caretaker of the many young Pokemon back at the Callahan Academy.
She has a daughter named Triela with Syamsir--a Zangoose who works as one of the Callahan frontliners. Triela was recently presented to Mikoto as a pet--something Rachelle sees as a blessing as unlike Artagnan ad Saladin, she gets to see her child almost every day.
She does not udnerstand Makenna's animosity and harsh words towards her, preferring to fight them back with the sweetest smile she can muster.

TIBERIUS 'TIBS'(Ursaring)
Level; 78
Gender: Male
Nature: Jolly
Item: Pumice Rock
Location Caught: Ecruteak City - Johto
Attacks: [Hammer Arm][Stone Edge][Shadow Claw][Sword Dance]
Character Basis: Rooster Cogburn (True Grit)
Character Trope: Old Soldier
Voice: Jeff Bridges
Gijinka!Form: 65-year old Western US Marshall
Accesories/Clothes: Dark brown Stetson hat, olive green fringed jacket and gloves with light green trimming/tassles and gold detail, cigar, aluminium canteen (with whiskey) and Pumice Rock stored in jacket pockets.
Notable Markings:
Speech abilty: No. Standard Pokemonese.

~ Old. Very, very old, for lack of a better word. Tiberius, or Sargent Tibs as he is known to his comrades has seen it all: He worked in Lt.Surge's company as a young bear, where he was trained to carry and deliver firearms across the borders. He loved his job and life during the war which he thought gave him a powerful reason for living.
After the war was over though, life came to a standstill for him as he tried to figure out, as a Service Pokemon with no actual trainer, what to do. Not knowing what to do with him either, the company was forced to, at orders of their superior officers to ship him and the rest of the unsued Service Pokemon to a ranch in Johto where they were suppose to 'retire'.
He was very poorly-cared for there and found it insulting to his dignity as a soldier that he would go to something equivalent of an "old folk's home", and alongside a few friends, broke out of the ranch.
They were on the run until the ranch owners got hang of the escape attempt and rounded them up. A travelling trainer however had seen the way the Pokemon were treated with brute force and called out the men who were trying to contain them.
Challenging the men to a battle, this trainer, a mere girl defeated them easily with Pokemon which reminded him of his old military friends and upon the girl using actual military terms to dictate her Pokemon's moves, he grew even more intrigued with her.
After the men had run off, she brought them to a Pokemon center and introduced herself as Hale Callahan.
Through the Riolu she owned, they had a small conversation and he learned that she had a brother who was in the military in Alto mare and that his company were in dire need of good service Pokemon. he explained that his friends were once in the army as well and were looking for somewhere their deeds could still be put to good use.
With Hale and the local police on the case, the ranch was shut down and the Pokemon held there freed.
At his request, Hale managed to 'catch' him and his compatriots, sending them to Alto Mare where her brother was waiting with open arms. Finding a new home at last, he was given a new codename, Tiberius and a new position as head of the local Service Pokemon Training Agency, which the Callahans ran.
He often worked there as a 'mentor' to the younger Pokemon, creating a new generation of partners for soldiers and lawmen who often had no time to rigidly train Pokemon on their own and couldn't go on 'journeys'.
when Gilgamesh was sent back to look after a much younger cadfe of cadets, he decided to be taken by Hale in place, yearning to compete once more under the spotlights or on the field.
Tibs loves peace and quiet, preferring to laze out in grassy fields during sunny days when he's off-duty. he hates technology, computers and things that make young whippersnappers these days lazy. In his day, he had it hard and he never fails to remind EVERYONE of this fact.
He has a form of degenerative Arthritis, but this was remedied by the Pumice Stone Nolan gave to him as a gift, which halved his weight and made him just as fast as he was all those years back. He is very posessive of the stone to an extent where it is jokingly referred to as his pacifier.
Once it is taken away, he has trouble walking as his joints are in constant pain. He is also on pills to fix this---pills which he hates and will often try to down with Whisky, his favorite drink.