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If this gets marked as Mature or Sensitive content, know that this is safe for work and that there is nothing mature or sensitive about this Deviation whatsoever. If you cannot view this here on DeviantArt, know that this can be seen on my Twitter and my InkBlot without any issues.Say hello to the co-founder of Team Pride, Max the Typhlosion. Max has had quite the troubling past, to say the least, but he still tries to press forward towards the future, despite his past trauma. After forming Team Pride with Aqua the Snivy and later meeting and befriending Kino the Snivy, his happiness he thought he long since lost has been restored and is doing his best to not only keep his new friends safe, but to keep the beast within him contained. What do I mean by that, you may be wondering? Well, I'm about to get to that as I share with you all his backstory and lore. Keep in mind that Max's lore and backstory contains depictions of disturbing events that may make some readers uncomfortable. If you are easily disturbed by disturbing depictions, including talking about ending one's own life, skip to the Summary and Uniqueness section of Max's information. With that out of the way, let us begin.
Lore and backstory:
Max was a young, naive Cyndaquil who was a part of another guild in another town far away from his future home in Dekumoria. He was considered one of the best, most hard-working Pokemon in his entire guild. Not only that, but he has a heart of gold as he's able to befriend just about everyone he ever met. When he joined his former guild at age 10, he joined an aspiring party who were looking for a new team member to assist them in completing a mission that they were looking to accept. The mission wasn't too taxing and Max's performance was surprisingly impressive considering his age and inexperience. Four years later, a new team member was recruited and he quickly became Max's best friend. This new teammate was a young 12 year old Pikachu named Noah. Noah wasn't anything to write home about, but he did his best to live up to the expectations of his newfound comrades. Despite his struggles, most of his teammates weren't too fond of him or his performances during missions and they considered Noah a complete failure and a waste of space. Max, however, didn't see Noah that way. In fact, on more than one occasion, Noah came in clutch and not only saved Max, but his entire team too. When Max's former team began to fail more missions since recruiting Noah, they considered removing him from the team due to his less than stellar performance during missions, regardless of what they were in nature, but they kept him on the team thanks to Max's constant persistence and insistence of keeping him aboard. Even if they did end in failure, Noah and Max made sure that everyone returned alive. Despite this, everyone except Max blamed Noah for their missions being a failure. Whenever Noah was put down, Max would always try and cheer up Noah and encouraged him to keep trying. Even though these pep talks worked well at first, they eventually fell of def ears as even if a mission was successful, Noah and Max's teammates still put the blame on Noah for their shortcomings. Max, of course, defended Noah whenever that happened. It eventually got to a point where Max was ostracized for hanging out with and befriending Noah, whom they considered a complete, utter failure of a creature.
One year later, Noah, Max, and the rest of his team were given an important S-Rank mission. This mission instructed them to escort an important political Pokemon from one town to another and the only way to get to this town "safely" was to traverse through a mystery dungeon cutting through a mountain. This VIP was a Lucario who needed to be escorted to the biggest city in the entire world. This city is considered to be sacred, holy ground, but the name of this place escapes Max and he cannot recall its name to save his hide. Not many details were given as to who this Lucario was, why he was considered a VIP, and why he needed an escort to this massive city. Max's team leader didn't bother questioning the mission details as they saw a big paycheck upon successfully completing the mission. During this mission, they made their way through the mystery dungeon with little difficulties, that is until they reached the exit. There, they were ambushed by an infamous group of Pokemon who had some serious beef with this Lucario. It was a hard fought battle, but everyone survives with minor injuries. (minor cuts, scrapes, bruises, etc.) The remainder of the mission went off without a hitch and the only remaining Pokemon who got in the way were a minor roadblock, at worst and a nuisance at best. They eventually reach this massive holy city with the VIP Lucario and successfully completed the mission, despite the minor injuries everyone sustained, including the VIP. Once the mission was confirmed to be accomplished, everyone went out to one of the many bars to celebrate the mission's success. However, Noah wasn't invited as they once again pinned the blame on him for the VIP getting injured in the first place. While they were belittling Noah once again, Max charged in between them and defended Noah once more and mentioned that if it wasn't for him, their injuries would've been much worse as everyone except Noah were at a severe type disadvantage against those who ambushed them back in the mystery dungeon. Max's former teammates didn't care for what he or Noah had to say as they were "done" at that point and just walked away, while laughing at the two of them. After Noah and Max were left alone, Noah says to Max while crying a river of tears, "Thank you for saving me again, but I have to ask, why are you always so nice to me? Why do you always defend me, even though everything that goes wrong is always my fault? What is it about me that makes me so special to you? Why? Why me? Why do you care for such a worthless, waste of air failure of a creature like me? What have I done to deserve such kindness from you?" Max then responds to Noah, "Because, you're my best friend, silly! You and I have been through a lot together over this past year! No matter if a mission was a success or ended in failure, I never once blamed you for our shortcomings, not like every single one of those assholes we call teammates, and I never will blame you if something does go wrong! If they insist on continuing to tear you down for every mission's success or failure, I'll continue to build you back up again and again, no matter how many times it takes and if they insist on bringing me down with you, then so be it! So long as I'm with you, nothing else matters! I...I love you, Noah! I love you more than anything in the entire world! Being around you brings me great joy! Your aura is my sunshine when skies are gray! You always bring a smile to my face whenever I'm around you, even more so if you and I are working together on...anything, really! No matter what kind of mission we're doing, or if we're completing some menial task like planting flowers in a garden or doing simple delivery jobs, it fills my heart with great joy and happiness that I get to do these things with you! I'm so happy to have met you and I'm glad that I can consider you to be such a dear friend! You are my entire world, my sunshine, my happiness, my everything! So, thank you! Thank you, Noah, for making my world such a wonderful place to live in! And thank you for being a big part of it!" While Max was pouring his heart and soul into his response to Noah, Noah's tears changed from that of bitterness and sadness, to that of pure joy and happiness as his frown turned into a smile, which became most clear when Max proclaimed his love for Noah. Once Max's speech ended, Noah hugged Max tightly and thanked him for not only being the only friend he's ever had, but the one he needed the most! He also told Max that he loves him too! And so, the two of them left the holy city and made their way back to their guild together, holding each other's hand as they went along their way, hoping that tomorrow will be better than today. (Oh, how naive they were.)
The next day, Noah seemed to have been in a better mood and he looked so happy. The happiest he's ever been since joining Max's team last year. When he passed by Max in the guild hall, he smiled and waved to him as he went over to the cafeteria area to get some food. As for what Max was doing, he just got done eating and was going to the bathroom to shower and clean himself and get ready for the day, wondering what kind of mission they'll take on this time. While he was showering, he heard some commotion going on somewhere in the guildhall. Having a bad feeling in his gut, Max jumps out of the shower while soaking, dripping wet and covered in soap suds and rushes over to the source of the commotion, only to find Noah, looking bloody, bruised, and crying as he ran past Max down the hall to his bedroom. Max, concerned and wondering what the hell just happened to his best friend, rushes to him post haste, but the door leading to Noah's bedroom is slammed shut in Max's face. Max, worried about Noah's well being, asked him what was going on, who hurt him, and why. Noah then screams at Max through his door to go away and that he never wants to see him ever again. Max, wondering what this was all about and why the sudden outburst, pleas with Noah to open his door so that the two of them could talk things out, but Noah refused to budge. After trying to talk to Noah for almost an hour straight, Max was able to get some info out of Noah as to what was causing his distress and why he felt the way he did. As it turns out, after their last VIP escort mission was completed, the team leader received the "big" paycheck, but the pay was cut by 90% due to quote unquote "Damaged Goods upon delivery" and, no big surprise, they took out their anger and frustration on him for having their big paycheck cut so massively. This, angered Max, but it still didn't explain why Noah suddenly didn't want anything to do with him, so he presses him for more info, but sadly, there was only silence. Max, determined to find the answers to Noah's suffering, tells Noah to hang in there and that he'll be right back. Then, he races off towards the main hall of the guild. There, he finds his leader, who's hands were covered in dry blood, was going through the bulletin board as if nothing ever happened, looking for a new mission to take on and make up for lost funds. Max then screams his leader's name, enraged, and demands to know why they not only beat up Noah, but made him believe that the two of them were no longer friends. Max's leader, Uuboo, being a Machoke, was more than 4 times the size of him, but he didn't care, nor was he afraid as he felt that the life of his best friend and lover was at stake. Max then screams to Uuboo, demanding answers with rage burning from deep within his heart and soul. Uuboo, being the asshole he was, told Max that the only reason he (referring to Max) was so nice for Noah was because he pitied him and his constant failures. Uuboo also mentioned that Max never really cared for Noah and he was just playing him like a sad sounding violin like everyone else on this team, playing their part in this band of Pokemon miscreants. Max gritted his teeth, clenched his appendages he calls hands so tightly they began to bleed, and with his rage reaching a boiling point, explodes with anger and rage and then screams at Uuboo, "How dare you! How dare you say such a thing to my best friend! You know damn well that I would never say or do such horrible things to him!" Then Uuboo says in response, "Why should I care about how a [racial slur] feels? You [racial slurs] are not even Pokemon, nor are you even former humans! You are a disgrace in the face of Arceus himself, a complete abomination, who don't even deserve to live! Now die, [racial slur]!" Uuboo uses a fully maxed out attack stat Superpower on Max, but he stops it with only one hand and stares at Uuboo with his eyes wide open with the look of "I'm going to break you! Like a KitKat bar!" Uuboo, astonished in disbelief as to how this little eety, bitty, teeny, weeny, little Cyndaquil stopped his attack with one hand, or at all for that matter. Max then took the opportunity to unleash a new move he learned recently, Fire Punch, and struck Uuboo in the gut with every ounce of strength in his body and sent him flying across the entire guild, through several walls in the process. Max then stares at his former teammates with the look of Death himself, looking to whip somebody's ass to the freaking moon and then drag them straight to Hell. Just as things were about to get busy as Max was ready to throw down with his former team, the guild master, a Gallade named Marth, slammed down in between them all, telling them to break it up! Max, wasn't having any of it as his rage was unhinged and he was still looking to beat the ever loving snot out of his former team for hurting his best friend and attempted to rush past Marth and attack, but Marth quickly got behind Max and knocked him out in one hit using the move Aerial Ace and said to him as he blacked out, "That's enough, Max! When you wake up, I hope that you'll think about what you've done!" Max woke up in his bedroom several hours later and then rushes off to Marth's office, determined to know if Uuboo and the rest of his former teammates except Noah, received any form of discipline for their transgressions. Upon reaching Marth's office, he let himself in by bursting through the door and demanded him to tell him if Uuboo and his comrades were punished for causing him and Noah so much pain and grief. Marth then told Max that the way he saw things unfold, Max was the aggressor in this situation and that Uuboo was merely defending himself and he had every right to pin the blame of their pay reduction on Noah, but he did mention that Uuboo went too far when it came to putting his hands on Noah. To Max, all he heard was "Yeah, Uuboo was in the right here and I don't care how you or Noah feel! Get the eff out of my guild, you little shit!" Stunned by what Marth was saying and his lack of disciplinary actions against Uuboo, who was clearly in the wrong here, not Max or Noah, Max became pissed off and he was just done with everything and everyone at that point in time. He then untied his bandana, threw it at Marth's face, and then screamed "I'm effing done with you and this God forsaken guild! I'm taking Noah and we're leaving this God forsaken place because clearly, you don't care about nor do you deserve to have Pokemon like us who are not only trying to survive day to day, but also are pouring our love and passion into doing our guild work just to make you feel proud of us and actually give a damn! It's crystal clear that you don't and now, my best friend in the entire world is suffering because of you and your legion of goons who not only pick on him constantly, but you sit on your lazy ass, doing absolutely nothing about it and watch it all happen while I'm here being the only one who actually gives a shit about Noah's well being, throwing myself into the belly of a rampaging Annihilape constantly, trying my damnedest to ease Noah's suffering! Well, you know what? I've had enough of all of you worthless monsters constantly trying to drag my friend into the deepest depths of Hell on a daily basis! I'm effing done! Goodbye!" "Fine then. Have it your way. Get out of my office Max. I have an important meeting in a few minutes and you're hogging up my time." Marth responded in a tone deaf tone, clearly saying to Max's face that he doesn't care what happens to him. Max then scoffs off and storms out, slamming the door behind him so hard that he ripped it off its hinges, slamming to the ground as he made his exit.
After that, he returned to Noah's bedroom, hoping that he spent this time cooling his head, let out all of his tears, and calmed down to the point that he was finally ready to talk to him, kiss and make up, and then leave the guild together to start a new journey, just the two of them. When Max got there, he knocked on Noah's door and asks if Noah could open it and let him in so that they could talk. No response. He then tried knocking on it again. Silence. Max then got a very bad feeling as his heart suddenly swam up through his throat and out of his mouth as his body became cold, like as cold as being frozen after being hit with an Ice Beam and a Blizzard after someone used the move Snowscape. He then screams to Noah and begs him to please open the door and to let him in. Nothing, again. Max, feeling like he had no choice, attempted to open the door himself by turning the door knob and if that didn't work, he'd break it down somehow. Thankfully, there was no need for a forced entry as it was unlocked and it opened without any issues. When the door opened and Max looked inside, his face dropped and his eye pupils widened as he stood there in absolute shock, horror, terror, and despair, as he found Noah, Max's best friend and the love of his life, had a rope wrapped tightly around his neck, hanging from the ceiling above a toppled chair, swaying slowly back and forth like a pendulum of a grandfather clock. Seeing this, Max screamed from the very top of his lungs in absolute despair, so loud in fact, his voice cracked and even went deaf for several seconds during the scream. Max, then used Flamethrower to burn the rope that was hanging around Noah's neck, bring him crashing down to the ground where Max rushed over and caught him before he could hit the floor. When he held Noah's body after catching him, his body was cold as ice, indicating that he's been deceased for quite a while. How long, exactly, is anyone's guess. Max then speaks to Noah in vain, trying to wake him up, while hugging his cold, dead body tightly while crying his eyes out, "Noah! Noah, please wake up! Please! Noah! Come on, Noah! Don't give up! You can't die! Not like this! Please, Noah! Wake up! Don't leave! Don't leave me, Noah! Noah! NOAH!!!!!" At that point, he knew from deep within his heart, Noah was gone. He's dead, and there's no bringing him back from this one. With that realization, Max started having flashbacks of spending his time with Noah. After that, he screamed once more as tears rained down from his eyes like a rampaging river during a hurricane. During this time, fire started surrounding the two of them and then, Max's eyes began to glow like rubies and his back flame began spewing fire like that of a Hisuian Typhlosion, but his flames were mostly an orangeish-red color mixed in with some yellow as it would normally be seen with his regular flame. He then blacked out as he and Noah's corpse were engulfed in a spiral of flames, which then became spherical as it engulfed the entire room in a sea of flames, burning everything to the ground within a 1 mile radius, like as if a mini nuclear bomb went off. When Max woke back up, he noticed that he evolved into a Quilava and Noah's body was completely untouched by his flames. Just as he grasped the situation and saw the damage and devastation he caused, realizing what he has done, he heard Marth calling out to him as he and a familiar looking Lucario came rushing towards him. Knowing full well that this isn't him being a concerned, caring guild master who now all of a sudden cares about Max and his well being, but rather someone who's looking to arrest and detain him so that he could be brought in for questioning. He grabbed Noah's corpse, threw him onto his back, and prepared to make a break for it while saying to him, "Hang on tight, Noah! We're getting the hell out of here! No matter what it takes, we will leave this God awful place together for good!" When Marth and the Lucario got close enough, Max bolted and charged straight through in between them like a Pikachu using Bolt Tackle, but was going as fast as a Latios flying at full speed through the open sky, leaving a blazing, burning trail in his wake, burning Marth and the Lucario severely in the process, leaving them scarred for life. With that single charge, his strange flame pattern and his eyes returned to normal and he successfully escaped his former hometown with Noah in-tow, though, not in the way he wanted.
Max continued to carry Noah's dead body on his back for several days straight, looking for a suitable place to bury him and make a proper grave for his departed beloved and grant him eternal rest. He then reaches a cemetery, located at the outskirts of Dekumoria, and figured that this would be a perfect location to give Noah a proper sendoff. He wondered around the cemetery for a while, looking for a good spot to bury Noah and eventually, he found the perfect spot. This spot was under a large tree on top of a hill, overlooking the entire town. He then sat Noah's body down against the base of the tree, starring at him for a moment as he looked like he was finally at peace. Then, he began digging a hole on the right hand side of the tree. After digging for several minutes, he figured that he dug deep enough so that Noah wouldn't be disturbed during his eternal slumber. He then jumped out of the freshly dug up hole, grabbed Noah's body, hugged and kissed him on the lips and told him that he loved him very much one last time, and then buried him in his grave. He then tore off some bark from the tree and planted it into the ground in front of Noah's grave, and then carefully controlled the strength of his flamethrower to etch Noah's name onto the broken tree bark. Upon finishing, Max said his final goodbyes to Noah and grieved once more as he mourned for him once again as rain began pouring down onto his head, as if the heavens themselves were weeping.
Once Max was finished crying, he picked him self up, figuratively speaking, and then proceeded to make his way towards the town of Dekumoria to find food and shelter from the rain. Within the town itself, he went dumpster diving inside of a trashcan at one of the town's bakeries and ate some moldy, wet, soggy bread for dinner. A short distance away was an alleyway where he found a drenched cardboard box that was barely standing and used it to take shelter from the evening rain and then, he cried himself to sleep. The next day, he woke up from his slumber late into the day and then started wondering around the town, looking for some decent food to eat. While wondering around, he passes by the town's guild hall and began reminiscing about the good old days of when he first joined his former guild and when he met Noah for the first time. As soon as Noah began to enter his mind, he began to cry a bit and so, he shook his head, stopping himself from crying and reminiscing about his best friend and beloved and moved along, continuing to wonder throughout the town of Dekumoria. Several minutes later, he stumbles across a busy looking restaurant and made his way inside towards the kitchen. He then spots what looks like a cheeseburger and then, when no one was looking, he snatched it and bolted out of there like a Koraidon or a Miraidon racing to their trainer who just made them the best tasting sandwiches in the world. One of the employees of the restaurant notices this little food thief and screams at him to stop and to return what he stole right that instant. But Max was too quick for them and managed to get away by slipping into a nearby alley. Just as he was about to chow down on his newly acquired burger, he heard a "AH HEM!" and then looked up. Towering above him with the eyes of a seasoned veteran who also looks kind of scary, like they were going to eat him for breakfast, kind of scary. This behemoth was a Hisuian Samurott who heard the commotion coming from the restaurant a short distance away from her. She then asks Max, "Care to explain yourself, young man?" Knowing that Max was no match for this Hisuian Samurott's towering strength that seemed to be endless, he gives the burger back to her and apologizes for stealing. Instead of taking the burger back and leaving him, the Hisuian Samurott cuts the burger in half with one of her shell-like swords and shares half of it with him. Max, being skeptical, and rightfully so, asks this Hisuan Samurott what her endgame was and why she was doing this. She responds with, "There isn't one, at least not one in a traditional sense." "What do you mean?" asks Max. The Hisuian Samurott then asks him to come with her to a special place she loves and holds dear to her heart. Feeling like Max was given an ultimatum, begrudgingly follows this Hisuian Samurott to their destination, while on the way asking her who she was and why she shared the burger he clearly stole from the restaurant earlier. For the first question, she mentions that he'll be given the answer soon enough. As for the 2nd question, she explains that after running over to the restaurant while the commotion was going on, they explained the situation to her and then offered to buy the stolen burger as an apology for Max's misdeeds, which they accepted and thanked her for that. A few minutes later, they arrive at the guild hall of Dekumoria and then, the Hisuian Samurott finally answers Max's first question by introducing herself proper. She says to Max, "My name is Joker, and this guild, the Unity Guild, is my home. And, I am its guild master." "You're WHAT?" yelled Max. "No wonder you look intimidating as all hell! I didn't think that someone as big and tall as you would treat a common thief or a stranger from a foreign land with such kindness and forgiveness, nor did I think they could even be a guild master!" After Max's comment, Joker then says in response, "Well, you know what they say: Looks can be deceiving. Anyway, I can tell that you've been through the deepest depths of Hell and back recently. I saw it in your eyes when I met you back at that alleyway earlier. If you want to turn your life around and move forward, join my guild. I promise you that you'll be treated much better here than the last one you came running from. If you don't join, then I'll have to get the police involved and you'll be thrown in jail for a very, very long time. Your choice." Max, gulping loudly while dripping with sweat, takes Joker up on her offer and joins the Unity Guild, not like he had a choice or any say in the matter.
Max didn't bother looking for any teams to join, given his past experiences and what he's been through, especially as of recently, how can anyone blame him. He worked alone for several months, completing menial jobs, including one where he washed dishes at the restaurant he stole the cheese burger from once before. After the job was completed, the owner of the restaurant forgave him for his misdeeds in the past and offered him a freshly made cheese burger, free of charge. He just had to promise them that he wouldn't do anything like that ever again, which Max promised that he won't and that he'll be a better Pokemon from then on. He made an honest living and finally had a proper place to sleep again and food that wasn't wet, soggy, or covered in mold. One day, Max was looking at the bulletin board to do another job for a client and that was when a young female Snivy with cyan colored eyes approached him and began to introduce herself, but Max interrupted her and told her to buzz off and that he wasn't interested in her. He then walks around her, heading out to his next job assignment. The female Snivy followed Max until he reached his destination and waited for him to finish his assignment. When Max finished the job, the female Snivy attempted to introduce herself again, but he ignores and walked past her like she wasn't even there. As he made his way back to the guild to look for another job, he thought to himself, "Why is she following me and sticking to me like slime dripping from a Goodra? Maybe, if I ignore her for long enough, she'll lose interest and go away." The female Snivy refused to leave Max's side and she continued to follow him for 2 weeks straight. Eventually, Max had enough and tried to use force to finally make his message loud and clear. After pushing her to the ground, Max shouts at her, "Stop following me! I told you before to leave me alone and to get lost!" The female Snivy then got up off the ground, brushed the dirt off herself, and then told Max that she refuses to leave him and then attempted to explain herself as to why she was following him. They bickered to each other back and forth for several minutes, and then, Max finally relents and was like, "Alright, FINE! I'll talk. But, I want to go someplace private because my story isn't something I want the public to hear. Is that agreeable?" "Yes, that's fine." The female Snivy responded. Max then lead the female Snivy down into an allyway, far away from any public places that could possibly listen in on their conversation. As Max was about to begin to explain himself, he says to her, "If I tell you this, do you promise to keep this between us? Because if you don't, I'll burn your ass like a Chespin on an open bonfire and send you straight to Hell! Got it?" Unshaken by Max's threat, the female Snivy responds, "Got it! I won't tell anyone about this, even if you weren't threatening me with violence, I wouldn't say a word! That's a promise!" "Very well. Now, where do I begin?" Max said to the female Snivy in response. He then explained to the female Snivy everything about himself; who he is, where he came from, and why he's here in Dekumoria. This exposition dump lasted for 3 straight hours and at the end, he says to the female Snivy, "Well, there you have it. That's everything you need to know about me. Are you satisfied?" As the female Snivy began to cry, she shares her thoughts, feelings, and her empathy with Max as she went through something similar last year. She understood Max as if she knew him all his life and knew what he went through. She then ran over to max, still crying her eyes out, and gave him a big, tight hug while saying to him, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry, Max! I know that that was hard to go through! Believe me, I know where you're coming from and how it feels to be an outcast and to suffer alongside a best friend whom you lost due to a tragedy! I really do as I lost my best friend too! It happened last year, but I remember it like it happened yesterday! Heck, I'm still having nightmares about it to this very day! No matter what happens, I swear to you that a tragedy like that will never happen again for as long as I live! So long as you and I stick together, we'll keep each other safe, now and forever! What do you say, Max? Will you allow me to fulfill my promise to you by allowing me to become your friend? I swear to you that I will never sell you out or backstab you, no matter what happens to me! Even if I get kidnapped and I'm tortured, I will never betray my friends!" Max, sensing that this female Snivy's words were genuine, sincere, and full of commitment, he wraps his front legs around her body, hugs her tightly and then began crying with her as he felt that he finally found a true friend who he could trust once again. They cried and hugged each other for 10 minutes straight. After that, the female Snivy introduced herself as Aqua and she then asked Max if he wanted to form an official team with her. He says "Sure! But who are the other team members of our new team?" Aqua then responds with, "Well, it's just you and me as of right now. For the time being, the two of us will be working together and if anyone is interested in joining us later, we'll give them a fair chance to prove themselves by having them join us for a mission or two and if they're not a good fit for whatever reason, we'll let them go on their marry way. Does that sound good to you?" "Yes it does." Said Max. Aqua and Max then returned to the Unity guild hall together to get the paperwork sorted so that they can make their team official. While Aqua was filling it out the documents, she and Max realized that they haven't come up with a name for their new team yet. After a lengthy discussion, they settled with the name "Team Pride" as the team's overall meaning involves bringing many different Pokemon together, regardless of their looks, species, weather they're shiny or not, or their beliefs on life and the paths they choose to follow, everyone on this team will come together and work with each other to achieve their goals. After several minutes, Aqua finished filling out the paperwork of making Team Pride a legit team within the Unity Guild and thus, on that day, Team Pride was born.
One year later, another new Pokemon joins the Unity guild. This Pokemon is another runaway himself from a different town, but for different reasons. This Pokemon is a Snivy named Kino and he too, was rejected from many different teams due to his size, age, and inexperience. As he continued to look around the guildhall, looking for a team he could join, even if it's just for 1 mission, he spots Aqua and Max, standing in front of the bulletin board deciding on which mission they should tackle, looking for something that the two of them could take on together. Kino then calls out to Aqua and Max and asks them if they're looking for any additional Pokemon to join their party for their mission. She and Max then pull Kino to an open table and then did a short, two minute interview, asking some basic questions like who Kino is, where he came from, and what he can offer to help the party on their current mission and future missions. After the interview, they accepted Kino and he became the third member of Team Pride as a new recruit. From that point forward, the three of them took on many missions together, ranging from exploring newly discovered mystery dungeons, to rescuing other Pokemon who are trapped inside of them. They even did simple missions for clients such as pulling weeds in a garden, doing some delivery jobs, and other mundane tasks. Anything, really, so long as the three of them could do it together. And so, the three of them became inseparable and their friendship blossomed to the point that they consider each other like family. It's been a long, difficult road for Max but, he finally felt something he hasn't felt since he first met Noah two years prior, which he thought he could never feel again since losing him; happiness, glee, love, and joy. Every day, he thanked Arceus for blessing him with 2 new, irreplaceable friends whom he cherishes every single day. Max does eventually evolve once more into a Typhlosion, which is his current form, but that's another tale for another time.
Summary and uniqueness:
Max, being the co-founder and co-leader of Team Pride does everything within his power to protect his newfound friends so that there won't be another tragedy like what happened with his lover, Noah the Pikachu, who sadly took his own life two years prior to Max forming Team Pride with Aqua. When Max lost Noah, his anger and rage manifested into his unique ability. Little is known about this mysterious power, but it is a very dangerous one that can easily go out of control if Max looses himself to this overwhelming power completely, which is one of the reasons as to why he needs to keep his emotions in check. The other reason being that this crazy power could injure or worse, accidentally kill his beloved friends and family. Basically, Max is not only the brawn of the group, but he also has some brains to go along with it as he's a brilliant tactician and he's also quite the artist. Even as a Cyndaquil, he's able to draw and map things out very well and has a photographic memory when it comes to faces and locations of destinations he's been to at least once before. TL;DR: Max is the beefy buff boy of the group with a pretty big brain. As far as other unique characteristics go, they are as follows:
- When Max's anger and rage manifested, his flame pattern changes to that of a Hisuian Typhlosion, regardless of which evolutionary form he is at the time of its activation. The colors of this flame pattern is the same as his regular form, but with more of a Ray Tracing On HDR flex. (In other words, the colors are much more vibrant than normal.) While in this state, his eyes also glow as brightly as a burning ruby.
- He can control the strength of his Flamethrower move to fit the situation. He can make it weak enough to use it as a blowtorch to etch something onto wood without setting it ablaze, or make it as strong as possible to fend off attackers while exploring mystery dungeons with his friends.
- Unlike many other Pokemon, Max chooses to wear his bandana on his right arm rather than around his neck. He wore it around his neck when he was a Quilava and a Cyndaquil, but after evolving into a Typhlosion, he found out the hard way that his bandana can't wrap around his neck properly anymore and so, he chose to wrap it around his forearm, towards his shoulder instead.
- He also has a heart of gold and will help out any Pokemon who are either in trouble or are sad by taking the matter into his own hands, which tends to get him and the rest of Team Pride into trouble as some Pokemon take advantage of Max's kindness and generosity for their own selfish gains.
- His art skills are top notch as he can easily sketch out a Pokemon's appearance 1 to 1 after receiving a brief description about the creature. He also designed Team Pride's bandana, as simple in concept as it was. He took Aqua's idea of their team's meaning and ran with it when it came to choosing the team's bandana color, or in this case, colors and design.
- Max is much shorter than average for his entire evolutionary line. He's only 12 inches or 1 foot tall when he was a Cyndaquil, 2 feet 4 inches when he was a Quilava, and only 4 feet tall as a Typhlosion.
Likes/loves:
- his friends Aqua and Kino. Kino more so than anything as he reminds him of Noah and what he was like back when he was alive.
- male Pokemon he finds attractive. If they're kindhearted like he is, it's an even bigger bonus.
- the color red
- meat, especially burgers (cheeseburgers with ketchup are his favorite food)
- cheese of all varieties
- ketchup
- drawing and painting things like landscapes, portraits, and locations of the many places he and his friends visit
- helping out any and all Pokemon who are either sad or are in trouble (Weather the Pokemon are genuinely sad or are actually in trouble is anyone's guess.)
- physically fighting other Pokemon if it means protecting the ones he cares about, to Kino and Aqua's dismay. He doesn't discriminate. If one messes with his friends, they're going to get smacked around silly!
- going on missions, being with, and doing things with Kino and Aqua and just, being with them in general.
- any Pokemon who dares to put their hands, paws, etc. on his friends and family
- fruits and berries
- raw vegetables that aren't a part of a complete burger
- watching innocent Pokemon suffer in the hands of their oppressors
- bullies, especially when they're bullying Pokemon smaller and or weaker than them
- admitting that he's wrong, even when he clearly is in the wrong
- anyone who demeans, defames, talks smack, or belittles his friends, especially if they're targeting his deceased friend, Noah.
- accepting defeat, especially when he's outmatched by a super strong Pokemon
Basic information about Max:
- Name: Max
- Pokemon Species: Typhlosion
- Age: 16
- Height: 4'00"
- Gender: Male
- Pronouns: They/Them (He/Him is acceptable to him, but prefers They/Them)
- SO: Gay
- Birthday: May 18th
- Type: Fire
- Nature: Adamant
- Ability: Flash Fire
Move set:
- Flamethrower
- Fire Punch
- Fire Spin
- Smokescreen
Max's backstory and lore took over 2 days to type up as I wanted to set up a timeline of events for his character and why he is who he is. Writing his lore and backstory was a lot of fun to do as I've been cooking it up for quite a while, much like how I did the same with Kino and Aqua. Designing Max's character was also a lot of fun and I needed more experience drawing a Typhlosion, Quilava, and a Cyndaquil anyway as I feel like I don't draw them enough due to the complexity of their body shapes, such as Cyndaquil's unique whistle-like head, and Typhlosion's mouth and body anatomy. Overall, putting Max together was fun and challenging and I hope that you are all looking forward to seeing what adventures Team Pride will go on in the distant future!
