Post by Armand Leclair on Sept 17, 2020 2:03:30 GMT
Armand Leclair
Age 25 Birthday November 17, 1994 Gender Male Pronouns He/Him/His Orientation Heterosexual Faction Citizen Class Trainer Rank New Trainer Occupation Contract Worker Hometown Lumiose City, Kalos Current Residence Apartment in Birch City | Personality In his first impression, Armand comes off as a cold, stern, and a rude man to most people. In reality, he's a quiet, yet kind man who preferred to keep his conversations short towards any stranger he meets. Due to his abilities, he tried to distance himself from others, worried that he might accidentally hurt them. However, he is willing to open up to the people that he deemed as trustworthy and when he was able to control his abilities. Even if he kept them a secret to everyone including his family, he also preferred to use his abilities when his Pokemon are unavailable to help him or when he has no choice in a situation. Due to his parents' influence, he treats his Pokemon as his partners and friends, willing to take the time to give them the care and attention they need in his free time. His kindness and caring nature also extends towards wild Pokemon as he is willing to drop everything to help when they are in danger. He often shows good sportsmanship towards his opponents, often willing to learn from his losses to do better in his future battles. While he isn't very cold, he is a bit condescending to others. Adding to his brutal honesty, he can come off as arrogant who ignores anyone's feelings. It doesn't help that he tends to stumble on his words when he's a bit shy towards them and tends to cut off any conversation to save himself from any embarrassment or misunderstanding. And while he stays calm in any situation, he does have his limits when it comes to his temper and patience. Whether by mocking his loved ones and his Pokemon or just stressed out in any given situation, he will snap at anyone without any second thoughts, which complicates his attempts to keep his abilities in check. Despite his faults, Armand does share the same traits as any trainers have: perseverance and hard work. Regardless of his strange past and quirks, he will try his best to achieve his goals alongside with his Pokemon and participate in many battles like the ones he saw during his childhood. History Armand Leclair was born and lived in Lumiose City with his Kalosian father, Evan Leclair, and Kantonian mother. For most of his childhood, Armand grew to love Pokemon thanks to his mother's work as a Pokemon breeder working in a local daycare. He first grew an interest in Pokemon training and battling when he was 10 years old where he witnessed a Pokemon battle that was televised on TV one day. His curiosity became an interest as he started to watch several battles posted on social media when he has the chance and some battles that he watched live alongside his parents. Under his parents' advice, he decided to become a Pokemon trainer once he graduates from high school. However during his time in high school, he was a target of bullying due to his studious nature, but he tried to endure it as he thought of them as a nuisance than a problem. His life changed one day when his tormentors tried to mess with him during his usual study time. At first, he tried to ignore them as usual. However, they snatched the essay paper that he worked for days and attempted to rip it in pieces. He tried to snatch it away to save his paper. Instead, he noticed that a few objects nearby suddenly flew passed him and started pelting on his bullies. Before he knew it, they ran away and dropped his paper before they can even rip it in pieces. And just as he could pick it up, his head started to hurt, and fell unconscious. Ever since that day, he experienced more strange occurrences for the rest of his high school days such as more objects flew whenever he felt stressed or angry, the recurring blackouts after those episodes, and how he was able to know what his parents were thinking before they could tell him. He tried to wonder why was this happening to him, even trying to search around the area for any Psychic or Ghost-type Pokemon who might be playing tricks on him. It wasn't until during one of his family reunions where his grandfather revealed the truth. Unknown to many of his family, he possessed a rare bloodline of psychics that originally lived in the Kanto region known for their strange dream walking abilities, which he didn't have when he awakened his abilities and advised him to avoid sharing this with everyone else to avoid making enemies. Upon this realization, Armand grew distant from his classmates to avoid hurting them with his powers by accident. However, he spent his free time not only to study for the license test, but he also visited his grandfather in Santalune City to train his psychic abilities. Once he graduated from high school and obtained his license at the age of 24, he learned of a Grand Tournament being held on the Arciel region. Hoping to participate in Gym Challenge while earning money for his family, he decided to move there a year later in hopes of not only challenging the region's gyms but to work there as a contract worker to gain income for both himself and for his family back in Kalos. At the same time, he has to deal with the growing psychic powers within him as there might be a chance he will control it someday. Goals Due to the revelation of his psychic abilities, Armand's long-term goal is to know more about his abilities and to control them to avoid any accidents. And if possible, he hoped to find other psychic users like himself to help him learn how to cope with these strange abilities. For his short-term goals, he hoped to earn enough money from his prize money and salary from his work to help him sustain his income as a trainer and to his family back home. He also aimed to collect gym badges in hopes of participating the Grand Tournament. |
Appearance
Height 5'11" / 180cm Build Lean, but a bit muscular Hair Color Black Eye Color Grey | Armand has a black medium unkempt hair with sideburns and light peach skin along with his bluish-grey eyes. During his travels or work, he mostly wears a blue polo shirt, black jacket, black pants, and grey boots. However, he does remove his jacket during a Pokemon battle or whenever he finds himself in humid or hot weather. For his casual wear whenever he takes a break from his work or travels, he wears a simple black long-sleeved shirt, black slacks, and brown loafers with a small journal kept on his back pocket. During his travels, he carries a black shoulder bag that contains his essentials along with his party's PokeBalls, which he also removed during a Pokemon battle. Aura Armand's aura is a blue watery-like cloak and colored strings and movements that depend on his mood. When he is calm, the strings take on an azure white color as the aura moves normally around him. If he's happy or grateful though, the strings are baby blue and the aura intensifies as it sheds feather-like embers. If he's stressed or angered, however, the strings become dark violet as the watery cloak now has flame-like tinges as it intensifies and moves wildly. |
Skills, Abilities, & Notoriety
STANDARD SKILLS Agility 17 Charisma 5 Cooking 5 Crime 0 Dexterity 0 Farming 0 Fishing 0 Gaming 0 Luck 10 Medic 0 Mining 0 Performance (Type) 0 Research 0 Stamina 5 Stealth 0 Strength 0 Survival 10 POWER SKILLS Aura 0 Psychic 15 Abilities Telekinesis (Level 1) (Cost: 5) Telepathy (Level 1) (Cost: 10) NOTORIETY Reputation 0 Fame 0 Alignment 0 - Neutral Other Notes The only people who knew about his psychic abilities is his grandfather and a family friend living in Birch City. He has a certain fondness to Ghost-type as he sees them as mysterious, yet misunderstood creatures thanks to his grandfather's stories regarding his Gengar. Armand did witness the Ultra Beast attack in Lumiose City and escaped unscathed with his family. Though he originally thought the rumbles around his school was a result of his uncontrollable powers, causing him to panic for a few seconds. That memory made him a bit embarrassed to remember even to the present day. Pokemon
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