T R A I N E R
Full Name: Reyna Marshall
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Appearance: Relatively medium in height at 5'4, Reyna is a slim but fit girl, weighing 124 lbs. Her dark auburn hair, contrasted with her considerably pale skin, is pulled tightly back into a disheveled bun with slight strands of hair left to hang at the sides of her oval face. Her eyes are a quiet, light type of blue and add a certain softness to her facial expressions.
Reyna isn't one for flashy outfits or fashion but she enjoys wearing clothing that she looks good in and thus she prefers to wear a simple, slightly oversized, navy blue t-shirt and a pair of shredded black shorts that stops inches above her knees. For her footwear, since Reyna enjoys feeling comfortable, she's often found in her favorite pair of somewhat dirty, pink high top sneakers. Reyna also wears a small, black backpack to hold her supplies.
Personality: Despite her simple dress and soft expression, Reyna can be a rather outspoken individual. While she certainly doesn't lack tact in social affairs, she has no trouble voicing her opinions and thoughts even if they're unpopular. Appropriately so, her facial expressions are just as telling as her words, often giving a fairly accurate perception of her emotions in that moment. Due to her own sincerity Reyna detests people who lie, or ingenuine with their comments and friendships. She places incredible value on her true friends, but to get to that point one has to build an excellent repertoire with her.
For all of her outwards personality, Reyna can be fairly humble too. She accepts when she is wrong or needs help, and is conscious of her own shortcomings, as well as her strengths. Strangely enough, while she isn't reserved, Reyna enjoys taking a backseat to things. Despite her outspoken personality, she prefers not to be the main center of attention, she'd much more like to just speak her piece and fade back into obscurity. From experience she knows she struggles when she is the focus of everyone's attention and if made to say more than her initial thoughts, she starts to stutter and struggles to find the words to explain herself. It's quite an embarrassing situation for her to be in.
But such a situation is only as embarrassing as Reyna allows it to be. A credit to the way she was raised, Reyna doesn't allow herself to get too hung up on the times life didn't quite go the way she wanted. "Move on," was the jist of what her father often told her when she got hurt emotionally or physically, or when she was whining about not getting her way. Thanks to this, she has the great ability to take whatever life decides to dole out to her right on the chin and keep on going.
History: Reyna was raised in Virbank City by her single father. While it did not provide the most favorable living conditions, Reyna's father was the only source of income in their small family and he worked in the industrial complex south of the city. While his hours were long, Reyna's father was actively involved in her life, and spent as much time as possible trying to instill good values in his daughter and just make her life as enjoyable as he possibly could.
At the age of 8 she was introduced to her first friend, and first pokemon, Rowdy. Her father came home with him one night, finding the young Houndoor as a stray. At the time, her father had his reservations about the situation, leaving his only daughter with a pokemon he had just picked up off the street, but he couldn't find it in his heart to just kick out the Houndour back onto the streets. Rowdy and Reyna took to each other almost immediately, and a special bond was made between the two. Of course, taking in a stray is never that easy and at first, Rowdy was well, rowdy, earning him his nickname. He would destroy furniture and chew on clothes among other things that made Reyna's father considerably more stressed out than he already was from raising a kid all on his own. Reyna's father, himself too busy with work, told Reyna that she needed to start disciplining her new friend or else he would find a more suitable home that could. Obviously not wanting to lose her new found friend, she took on that challenge and passed it with flying colors! The nickname still stuck though.
When she was 10, her father decided to send her and Rowdy off to the Pokemon Trainer school in Aspertia City. For the next 6 years, she attended school and lived in Aspertia City, every so often returning to Virbank for vacations. At the school, Reyna found herself to be a great student and excelled to the 3rd best student in her school. Because of this when she graduated Reyna was awarded with the opportunity of selecting a Unova starter pokemon but due to her rank of #3 there was little choice in the matter. Either way she ended up with the pokemon of her choice, so there were no complaints on her end.
P O K E M O N
Rowdy / Houndour / ♂ / Flash Fire
LV. 5
Type: Dark/Fire
Moveset: Ember, Howl, Thunder Fang(EggMove), Leer
Met At: Her house as a stray taken in by her Dad.
Other: Over the years, Rowdy has become a rather lax pokemon, much different than the active and troublesome persona he had in Reyna's childhood. Rowdy is also fairly protective over Reyna and despite not directly inserting himself in situations, keeps a watchful eye over her whenever he can.
Fiona "Fi" / Oshawott / ♀ / Torrent
LV. 5
Type: Water
Moveset: Tackle, Tail Whip, Detect(EggMove)
Met At: Trainer school on graduation day.
Other: Fiona is all about attention, Reyna's attention. She proves to be quite a nuisance when it comes to getting her trainer's attention, despite Reyna's attempts to straighten her out.
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