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PokeVenture!

another OC/pokemon drawing competition tourney thing, only this time it's just pokemon. and because i totally don't draw enough pokemon (olololol) i decided i'd give it a shot. I might not draw for all parts of it, though; i could give writing a shot. anyway, to the actual information...

WARNING - MAJOR TL ; DR AHEAD

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NAME : Frumgaar
means "lead-spear" in ye olde Englishe; Gaar would be an acceptable nickname.
SPECIES : Cranidos
GENDER : Male
AGE : technically really really really old but he's also technically still really young. lolnonsense
NATURE : Quiet
often lost in thought.
SPECIAL INFO : SHINY; wears scratched-up tracking collar; only has 3 horns.
MOVESET :
-Head Smash
-Crunch
-Scary Face
-Thunder Punch
HISTORY :
--Back in the olden days when people tied onions to their belts and ancient dinosaurian Pokemon roamed what I presume to be Earth, there was a herd of Rampardos. Among these Rampardos were born many Cranidos (of course), but one was born a different color from the others. The Rampardos saw this as a sign or omen - even a blessing - and decided that he would be their leader. This Cranidos, of course, was Frumgaar. The herd took a liking to him and began training him to be as strong as possible; they taught him how he should act, how he should fight, and how he should lead. He was incredibly overwhealmed, but not wanting to disappoint the others, he took on the task to the best of his ability. HIS PARENTS WERE SO PROUD~~~!

He had a natural charisma about him (the fact that he sparkles probably had something to do with it) and fell easily into the role of leader-in-training. Frumgaar led a good life, until the unfortunate day of his death. Locked in a battle with a Shieldon, the two were swept away beneath a mudslide, as were the rest of Frumgaar's and the Shieldon's herds. Which brings us to the present.

A group of Rockets returned to Kanto after a raid on a Sinnoian (i dunno, 'from sinnoh') expedition with a huge number of fossils in tow, Skull Fossils and Armor Fossils alike. They went on a reviving spree, planning on using the resulting pokemon for research; however, Frumgaar's unusual coloration caught them off guard. They had to decide what to do with him; would he be a gift to Giovanni? Would he be given to the Rocket member who best proved himself loyal? Would he be a test subject to find how to create more unusually-colored pokemon? The Rockets feuded among themselves for a long while over the subject of what to do with the young Cranidos.

They never put him in a pokeball, and couldn't retain him when he was in the Pewter Museum where he was revived; so, they shipped him to the Celadon Game Corner basement hideout where he was collared with a tracking device and placed in a sturdy cage among other revived fossil pokemon. He spends his days wearing down the cage bars and clawing at his collar, slowly but surely working his way out of his entrapment.

His goal is to learn the fate of his family, escape the Rocket hideout, and find a place for himself in this strange new world.

PERSONALITY :
--Frumgaar is young, intelligent, but his youth makes him somewhat naive, and his intelligence has nearly lead to 'curiosity killed the cranidos' moments. He's very quiet, as his nature states, and despite no longer being trained to be a leader, stays by his teachings. He's chivalrous, bold, stubborn, and thoughtful. Still, he is just a child, and isn't always srs bsns. He likes to play just as much as any child.

If other young pokemon were to treat him as an equal, he wouldn't be sure of how to take it; always being praised and treated as a much more important being means he's caught off guard when others talk casually to him or don't seem to recognize his status.

He uses his training to his advantage and always steps up for the underdog, whether they want him to or not. If someone did the same for him he'd get incredibly flustered. He tries to be intimidating, but that's hard when you're so cute and shiny~~~ If his intimidation tactics fail, he's at a momentary loss, and if found in a sudden attack he'd be thrown off guard. If he realizes he's losing a fight, he gets scared, and he fumbles and fails. He takes losses very personally; the slightest mistake and he feels he's let down his family, alive or not.

Generally, Frumgaar gets along best with other quiet and intelligent pokemon. Bolder and more rambunctious Pokemon make him feel awkward, and he has no tolerance for rudeness. He has a grudge against Team Rocket and Shieldons or Bastiodons. rivals 4 lief and beyond

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Comments: 11

Blue-Uncia [2010-06-18 09:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Looks like our request came through. We got paired together. ^^

I'm going to do what I always do at the beginning of a round, namely spam questions to my partner about their character. If you have any questions about Moche as well, feel free to let me know.


Okay, so...

1) I assume Gaar doesn't know what humans are or how their technology works, but what about more 'modern' Pokemon? Would he recognize a Scizor if he saw one?

2) Has his family/herd also been revived? If so, are they in the Celadon Game Corner too, or are they somewhere totally different?

3) What are his current priorities? Escape? Find family? Find evil-doers and get some pay-back?

4) What is your take on Cranidos diet? They are based on this guy: [link] which is usually treated as a herbivore. However, the pokedex states that Cranidos hunts down prey, making it a carnivore or an omnivore.

5) That colar, does it have symbols on it? I can't make out what they are exactly.

6) About the three horns. Did he have only three from birth, or did he lose one by accident?

7) How does he speak? For some reason I imagine him being very polite, and sounding quite mature most of the time, but then sometimes going back to child-like speech habits like asking a lot of questions. Would that be accurate?

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static-mcawesome In reply to Blue-Uncia [2010-06-18 14:37:17 +0000 UTC]

hooray, question spam! i can totally understand, so i'm more than happy to answer~! a'ight, let's start...

1. he does not know what humans or technology are, you're right. as for pokemon, it's kind of up in the air. he'd recognize it as a pokemon, certainly, but he wouldn't know the species. he might recognize that a scizor was related to a scyther in some way, but he wouldn't be sure how.

2. his herd was revived, but it's likely they were either given to other rockets or being used as research fodder. the only reason Gaar wasn't is because of his shinyness.

3. heh, his priorities are in fact escape, find family, and get payback. in that order.

4. i say he's an herbivore. pachylocephalosaurs are herbivores, all you ever see pokemon eat ingame is berries and, like, lemonade, and the pokedex loves to make up nonsense anyway, so i say it's full of crap. according to the pokedex, i'm taller than a charizard... that just isn't right, i tell you.

5. the collar had a sort of serial number on it, but he's scratched it all up so most of the color is the electronics inside that send off alarms if he gets out of the cage or anything. like how an invisible fence works.

6. only had three from birth. truth be told, i forgot to draw the back horns, so i just left it like that ...

7. you are indeed correct. he tries to be mature and polite whenever he's talking to someone new, especially if he knows nothing about them, but the more comfortable he'd get with them, and if they'd be friendly in return, he'd start loosening up and speaking more casually and less reserved.

i'll have to look over moche's sheet again and see if i have any question spam to send to you in reply! this was actually kind of fun, lol.

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Blue-Uncia In reply to static-mcawesome [2010-06-19 15:53:15 +0000 UTC]

1. Heh, that fits quite well into my theories for the Scyther species, actually. In my interpretation they are a bit of a Spartan species which put a lot of effort into furthering their powers as fighters. However, the Scizor evolution is a relatively new form for them (like maybe 300.000 years old?) and most Scythers see Scizors as individuals who took their obsession for battle too far. Hence the shun-treatment most Scizors receive.

2. I see, so they won't be in the same building then.

4. True. Although some of the PokeDex info is more believable than the stuff you see on tv. XD

5. Ah, I see! That helps a lot.
Though, would you mind if I slightly altered the colar's function in my entry? If it sent alarms blaring right from the get-go, Moche would probably turn-tail and run. I'd like to give it a silent alarm/tracking function so that Moche won't immediately try to remove it.

Speaking of which, does the colar have some sort of mechanism to prevent other Pokemon from removing it? For instance, might it shock Moche if he tried to clip it?

6. That's how my Persian character ended up with Meowth whiskers, actually. XD


Okay, that should do it for now. Also, I assume that he might try to comfort another Pokemon if he saw that they were scared, right? Maybe even to the point that he'd take on a larger Pokemon to protect them?



Feel free to ask away if you have any questions.

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static-mcawesome In reply to Blue-Uncia [2010-06-20 22:25:40 +0000 UTC]

1. I love this. Great take on the species!

2. Nope, all the other rampardos and cranidos would be elsewhere. You're right.

5. Oh totally, go right ahead. It doesn't need to set off klaxon alarms or anything so extreme, lol. It's more for tracking and all that jazz.

No, not really. He himself has scratched it up a lot and damaged it, so it probably wouldn't take a lot of effort to break it off entirely by this point. ...well, it might shock him a little, but only because of the circuts and whatnot inside it breaking. It's probably shocked Frumgaar a few times, lol.


Yes, he takes his leaderly duties to heart and always tries to act his best. He would indeed try to comfort a scared pokemon or help anyone who needed it, as long as he didn't have serious suspicions about them~!

huzzah, i'll get started writin' asap!

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Blue-Uncia In reply to static-mcawesome [2010-06-21 09:27:49 +0000 UTC]

1. Thanks!

5. Okay, that's all I need to know. Thanks for the help.


Good luck on your entry too! ^^

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SplitEnds [2010-04-26 21:07:26 +0000 UTC]

his story and personality has won me over! C:

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Miyukitty [2010-04-24 14:33:12 +0000 UTC]

Aww, such cute expressions! I love the story! And aww, I bet he'll be the only Pokemon my Piccolo isn't afraid of, haha... ;D

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Umbri-girl [2010-04-20 04:55:54 +0000 UTC]

Aww he sounds cute, little sparkly dino leader lost in time~ Especially in such a weird new world I can see him getting into cute messes from his curiosity.

I wonder how he'd react to mine...

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static-mcawesome In reply to Umbri-girl [2010-04-20 16:17:42 +0000 UTC]

Man, the culture shock would be intense, going from the dino ages to current day pokemonland.

i'm pretty sure mine would admire the work ethic of yours and try to help, lol. he wouldn't be as efficient, though.

what do you call this, a sponge? that's weird, what does it do OH GOD SOAP IN MY EYE

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Umbri-girl In reply to static-mcawesome [2010-04-20 23:36:41 +0000 UTC]

omg yes.

Haha but she is a mammoth so not too far off eh?

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littlebabymonster [2010-04-19 21:08:40 +0000 UTC]

you're a very good drawer/writer!!!

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