Arabella is a short, stout woman who carries herself and her reinforced umbrella with dignity and grace. Her face is lined and her hair is entirely silver nowadays, but age hasn't caught up with the rest of her quite yet. She still near-singlehandedly raises Swinub and their kin on her mountainside ranch, which doubles as a rest stop for those going further into the mountains from Chrysanthemum Town. In her youth Arabella traveled across many regions, but found none so warm and welcoming as the coldest of all. She returned to Noella and built a house in the traditional style in the mountains just west of her familial home of Chrysanthemum Town. It was there that she raised her own few children and their children in turn, most of whom still live somewhere in Noella but a few of whom travel the world, always sending photos and letters detailing their adventures.

Arabella is quiet, resilient, and down-to-earth. She is a great believer in balance and harmony of all things, and lives her life by such principles. People tend to be surprised at the vigor with which she takes to her work, much of which is physically taxing. And yet she returns to it day after day, year after year. She takes from the land and in return enriches it, takes care of her community that they may take care of her, gives and in turn receives. That is the way of balance.

Sivoy-raised Pokémon are highly regarded throughout the region. They are frequently sought out for purchase and for rental. Arabella raises and trains all of them to perform a wide variety of tasks, though often she is only requested to train them for a specific endeavor. She will not send her Pokémon away only trained to do a single task; that is never a recipe for success. A Pokémon has its entire life ahead of it; who knows what that may bring? Arabella prepares them for that entire life, not just a single job.

Arabella is generally amicable, but there are a few things that truly irritate her. The first, of course, are those people that believe Pokémon only exist to do a single task. The second are the archaeologists that frequent Chrysanthemum's ruins. Arabella has been known to describe their work as a "vile appropriation of a cultural site" and refuses to do business with any of them. The third irritation are people who go out into the mountains without proper care and preparation. Much to her chagrin, many of those people are archaeologists who attempted to solicit her help but were refused on principle.

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Fiora is a tall, fair woman with pale skin, hazel eyes, and long, straight, reddish hair that she prefers letting loose, even if the strong winds make it hard for her to do so.
She had the bad luck of being born with a bad constitution, which came with a bad resistance to cold temperatures in one of the coldest regions of the world; that'd be the reason why she always walks with her Houndour, 'Ace', outside its Pokéball and at times wears lots of winter clothes, or at least a red scarf.

Fiora is known for being discrete. She only says what is necessary, when it's necessary and is never shy about it. She never tells other people what she thinks, and she trusts no one.
She used to be a trainer on a journey around Noella. She had the skill and the brains for being considered a talented one, but she lacked the motivation; in fact, the only thing that motivates her is money, and she saw a better opportunity for it in gambling than in being a trainer, so she dedicated her life in visiting the Game Corner in Hyacinth City and mastering the art of foul play (even her two Pokémon know how to use that move).
As time went on, she became an expert liar and a cheater. Even when the game is on her favor, she always has an ace up the sleeve in case the tables turn at the last moment.

Fiora was born in Daffodil Town as the middle one of three siblings. Her family moved from the big city to Daffodil in search for a better life (since there was not much place for tourism business in Hyacinth and Daffodil hadn't started to see its sudden growth yet). Her older sister is an archeologist constantly moving to Chrysanthemum Town, and her younger brother lives with his parents and takes part of the Dalton's family business, taking care of the position Fiora was supposed to take if she had returned to the town.

With the Dalton's sudden economic growth going on pair with Daffodil's, Fiora's parents wanted her to take part of the family business too, but they wanted her to meet the people of the region first. She didn't want to take part of the business, but she didn't know what she wanted to do either, so she accepted and undertook the journey as a Pokémon trainer with Ace, that was 15 years ago.
Everything was fine until she got to Blue Bell City, where she met an old sailor who introduced her to her first bet; since then, everything went downhill for her. Starting with giving up her journey and distancing herself from her family, she moved back to the city their parents left before, Hyacinth City, in order to get her money through gambling. She started with small bets, but eventually got into the big game.

She now lives in a small department in Hyacinth with enough money to make a life on her own.

Her two Pokémon are 'Ace' the Houndour and first Pokémon, and 'Joker' the Haunter.

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Frankie Pryce

Non-Binary 5'5 26 years old

Frankie has short black hair, wears thin circular glasses, and is of average height. They have hazel eyes flecked with green, tanned skin and an odd fashion sense that involves wearing way too many bright colours, such as a red plaid shirt underneath a hot pink parka for protection against the cold of the region, along with bright green gloves and faded blue jeans. They have a scar on their shoulder from a battle gone wrong with a Dynamax Pokémon.

They were born in Snowdrop City 26 years ago. At age 14, they got their first Pokémon, a Bidoof, from a wandering professor. They excitedly left home and, tired of the cold and static life in Noella, travelled to tropical Alola to pursue their dreams as a Pokémon Trainer. They had a dream of becoming a Normal-type Gym Leader, as Frankie loved Normal-types and thought everyone was mean for underrating them. Unfortunately, they soon learned that Alola had no gyms at all, and moreso, the trials were incredibly difficult. After failing repeatedly to make progress, they felt frustrated and floundering, and they decided to return home to Noella. Being a globetrotting trainer or a Gym Leader wasn't for them, they decided, and Frankie resolved to do something more useful with their life.

Now, years later, Frankie lives in Chrysanthemum Town and runs a day care/kindergarden for both Pokémon and the human children of the town. They still have their original Bidoof, now Bibarel, as well as a Rufflet, which they use in simple practice battles with the children of the day care. They've given it an Everstone to prevent it from evolving and becoming too powerful. Frankie's trump card is, of course, a rare Shiny Bouffalant, which they encountered after almost passing out in a winter blizzard on their journey to Chrysanthemum Town after returning to Noelle. They took this as a sign that they'd made the right decision in returning.

As much as Frankie tries to be warm to everyone, they tend to default to being reserved and quiet and have to remind themselves to be present in conversations or they'll slip back into gloom. Despite this, they really enjoy meeting new people and teaching young children, and Frankie makes serious attempts to put on a cheerful face for their students. They tend to be superstitious and blame good or bad turns on the stars, or rare Pokémon spirits, or other mysterious entities. They like to think of themselves as a decent painter but in truth they are pretty terrible. They enjoy ice skating, despite really disliking it as a kid before they went to Alola and realized how much they missed it.