Name: Reinhold Sternglass
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Personality: Rein is what can be described as cold. His face is pleasant enough - almost angelic in nature - but his personality is almost icy to the touch. A slight smile always hangs on his lips, possibly interpreted as a sneer of disdain or a smile of approval, and therefore he is difficult to be truly understood by the others. He is a bit anti-social, being unwilling to make friends most of the time, but deep down, all of this is clearly because he is shy.
However, this coldness also allows him to collect his nerves and stay calm during a critical situation. His judgment will not be fogged, thus enabling him to analyze the situation and take the best course of action at that time. Rein is a thoroughly intellectual person, in this sense.
Rein is a steadfast and determined Trainer, bent on destroying the current dictatorship. He will often openly express his opinions, sometimes without regarding how other people might react to it; this is especially true when he begins to talk about politics or Pokemon strategy. His coldness only extends as far as people - he's fairly kind to Pokemon, no matter what species they may be. He will engage in combat along with his Pokemon if necessary to fight the government.
WORD COUNT FOR THIS SECTION: 215
Appearance: Rein stands at about 175 cm, or about 5'10" - a fairly medium height. His demeanor is - as mentioned before - almost angelic, with medium-lengthed, well brushed brown hair, sparkling amber eyes glancing in every direction calmly, a slightly hooked nose (a bit detracting), and a smile on his face that could be interpreted in almost a thousand ways. Rein usually wears a semi-formal shirt, most of the time white but possibly blue or black, and denim jeans or black cargo pants. A PokeDex hangs loosely out of his shirt pocket. If the weather happens to be cold, he will add a tan, canvas jacket to the ensemble. Rein wears white, fingerless gloves on his hands, as well as a pure silver watch, engraved with a Pokeball, on his wrist.
He possesses a birthmark in the shape of a crescent moon on his right arm, which was passed down to him by his mother and her family (or so his father says), as well as a small scar on his left shoulder because of a riding accident.
WORD COUNT FOR THIS SECTION: 178
History:
Rein is the son of a (secret) ecoterrorist. His father, Wolfgang, acted secretly in accord with Team Green, and passed off information to Team Green to aid them on their ecoterrorist ventures. Deep down, Wolfgang was a deeply sentimental man who wanted to overthrow the dictatorship. And so, on Rein's 17th birthday, he was discovered and sent off to jail, most of his property confiscated, and Rein (who barely had time to pack) expelled to live with his uncle in the nearby town of Demes.
But it did not all start that way.
Rein was born in the city of Irun, somewhere in the northern part of Denn. His mother died of a mysterious disease, spread in polluted water, when Rein was only seven years old; his personality, once very cheerful, retracted into himself and he became cold, almost sneering and uncaring. Rein's father, Wolfgang, decided to finally do something about the death of his wife, and five years later, after finally contacting Team Green successfully and bribing his way into the dictatorship party, both partially funded Team Green's effort and passed off information to them. And so Wolfgang slowly rose up the ranks of the party.
When a member of Team Green was captured just a month before Rein's seventeenth birthday, he was interrogated and revealed all the names of the rebels in the party. Wolfgang, along with some other dissidents, were arrested and thrown in jail.
So we go back.
Rein, in his childhood, had been fueled by his mother's love towards a desire to read. After his mother's death, Wolfgang became much more caring towards Rein; perhaps it was because of the sorrow of his wife's death that he needed to care for someone. Wolfgang, on a spark of inspiration, pulled Rein out of school and into his home, where Wolfgang possessed a huge reservoir of books. From then on, Rein was homeschooled. Wolfgang's books possessed treatises on Pokemon strategy, essays on Pokemon care, and studies of Pokemon philosophy, as well as tomes of science. It was also at home, then, when Wolfgang gave Rein his first Pokemon - a Sneasel, no less.
"So Sneasel with Razor Claw can evolve into Weavile at night?"
"Ha ha, indeed, my son. I am glad to see you have not failed at learning ever more stores of information."
After Rein started living with his uncle and the arrest of his father, Rein became determined to overthrow the party. When he was of age and did not need a guardian, Rein set on a quest to overthrow the government, free his father, and restore the nation of Denn to a more peaceful and pleasant state.
WORD COUNT FOR THIS SECTION: 438
Pokemon:
Sneasel - Level 35
Swords Dance, Pursuit, Ice Shard, Slash, Agility
Bayleaf - Level 27
Reflect, Magical Leaf, Energy Ball, Poisonpowder, Double Team
Crawdaunt - Level 30
Avalanche, Waterfall, Vicegrip, Harden, Protect
What you are travelling with: A book on Pokemon battle strategies, six potions, four antidotes, a parlyz, burn, and ice heal each, twenty Pokeballs, a length of steel piping, a canvas backpack, and a recipe book for Pokemon food. Enough Pokechow for 7 days.
