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Name: Gordon Beckerling
Sex: Male
Age: 18
Length of time spent as a trainer: About 11 months. He's rather new, that means. But don't judge him for that.
History: Born in a wealthy upper class family in Celadon, Gordon has often gotten things he wanted served on a silver plate. He had money, he had a butler, he had fancy clothes and he even had girlfriends from time to time. But there was something his family had never had; pokémon. For some reason, Gordon grew increasingly interested in these creatures as the years passed. It was a secret passion. He was looking to others like a stylish, controlled young man, but inside he was passionately intrigued by the powers the pokémon possessed. You might say he was a fan still in the closet.
His rather thin mother was spoiled and easily annoyed. His rather fat father came from an old noble family, but most of their riches actually came from an invention Gordon's father had made when younger, and which he now made people pay to use. He also was in the corporate governance of a large pokéball factory positioned in Celadon. Gordon had two sisters, one older and one younger. He was in between, but he wasn't a quiet, kind middle-child. He was the only boy and he was making the most out of that. He was clearly his father's favorite child and even though his sister was older than him, it appeared as his father entrusted more about his corporate life to Gordon. For this, Gordon endlessly teased his older sister. He never teased her younger sister though, as she was sickly and frail and would never be able to compete with her younger siblings.
At the age of 16, though, his secret passion became to large to bear. Gordon approached her mother one day and told her about him liking pokémon and wanting one of his own. She first thought he was crazy, but then agreed on getting a pet. He didn't dare to say that wasn't what he had planned. His father didn't like the idea of just a pokémon pet, but rather thought they should buy a well bred watchdog. In the end, the persistent mother won, and they bought an expensive female Eevee from a renowned pokémon breeder.
Gordon secretly spent time alone with Eevee, finding out about its attacks and abilities as a battler. He at last realized he had befriended the creature, and that was what made him decide it was time. He would go on a pokémon journey... as a trainer! His parents scorned him, his mother thinking it was barbaric and his father thinking Gordon threw away his great chance to get a job on his company. His big sister supported him, but Gordon saw through it; she mostly wanted him gone so she could get their father's attention instead. His younger sister supported him for real though. She encouraged him and was proud of him. She also knew Gordon didn't have many close friends either; sure some liked spending time with him, but most people did it because they saw the good things about being friends with a rich person. Finally, Gordon did set off, and he took Eevee with him.
They traveled across Kanto to find trainers to compete with, competitions to enter, pokémon to catch and eventually gyms to battle. After getting his fourth badge, the Celadon gym badge, he went home to his family to show what had become of him. They admitted he had succeeded in what he said he would do, and as his father told him he was actually proud, his older sister squeezed her knuckles in suppressed anger.
Gordon had been living at home for a month when he got the invitation to protect excavators on Saliplan Island. He accepted the proposition, seeing it as another competition to enter.
Personality: Ah, Gordon's personality. Firstly, he is rich. And that gives him a self confidence above the usual. He's abruptly scrapped of it when he faces problems money can't solve though, at least for a while, until his brains start working on their own. In battle, Gordon usually keeps his head cool and uses tactics rather than brute force, unless there are girls to impress in the area when he can get a little more hot-headed.
He's flirting with girls pretty often, as he is pretty good looking with great skin, deep violet eyes and shining, black hair, and he knows it. This makes other boys a bit annoyed with him or even mad at him sometimes though. He used to be somewhat of a coward, covering easily and giving up quickly, but since he decided to become a pokémon trainer, he has started to become more resolved when trying to reach his goals. At least started.
He is humorous when he feels like it, but that's mostly to intimidate or impress others. Under normal conditions, he is pretty energetic and likes to push forward. But when things get serious, so does he, even though it might take a while. If he ever let someone in as closely as he has let his younger sister in, they would realize he is a person of many suppressed dreams underneath the surface of a cocky, wealthy boy.
Physical description: I can't post links, but he looks like the "rich boy" in the D/P games, only his pants are dark and not white.
Meaning, he is average height, not too tall, and the first thing you notice about him, apart from his expensive clothing from famous brands, is his shining black hair, cut in a fashionable haircut he's been trying to keep as good as possible on his journey. It's rather long for being a guy's hair, and his fringe goes down suggestively over his forehead, letting his intensively purple eyes shine from underneath.
He isn't muscular; although he was popular in a football team in school, he never really exercised much and maybe only got that popular spot because he was rich. He prefers to let his pokémon do the work and be the brains behind them.
When dressed casually, he wears a rather proper, blue shirt together with black, in fashion trousers. He has been known to wear a striped golden tie when he goes up against gym leaders. He wears a high quality watch on his left arm, a gift from his father, and a thin necklace with a tiny silver anchor dangling from it, which he got from his little sister. He wears it underneath his shirt, so it's not visible unless you're really looking for it.
Pokemon: Sandslash, Venonat, Flareon.
Flareon: level 36. The Eevee from his parents. Being rich as he was, he bought a fire stone and evolved it before taking on the Celadon gym. Flareon is generally quick-witted and quick on her feet. She has strong fire attacks and pretty strong physical attacks, average special defence and not so good physical defence. This, she sometimes counter by using the Attract attack she seems to always have known. Gordon suspected it was taught by her breeder. She is often kept outside her pokéball, since she was a pet for long enough to become comfortable outside it and doesn't really want to go back in. She and Gordon understands each other easily and seem to share some kind of emotional bond.
Sandslash: level 40. Caught as a Sandshrew outside Pewter City. It's strength and DIG attack helped defeat Brock the gym leader. He evolved when they were training hard before the gym battle in Vermilion. Sandslash is the physical fighter in the group and his sharp, strong claws can cut away anything. His Digging ability is useful for surprising enemies and when he curls up, he can withstand both physical and special attacks rather well. As a "person", Sandslash is pretty quiet, although he can be stubborn if something really matters to him. Gordon trusts him, even though they have had their differences sometimes. Sandslash probably wouldn't let anything harm Gordon.
Venomoth: level 33. Caught north of Cerulean, Venonat was somewhat of a rogue in the beginning, not really wanting to obey Gordon or be friendly with the others. Eventually, Gordon realized Venonat wasn't being mean but rather afraid. He's a bit shy and didn't have a great self-confidence in the beginning, but as he has trained a lot with Gordon now, he has become a lot more sure of himself, especially in battles. He evolved in the battle with Erika, being the main reason Gordon won that badge, since Flareon had been knocked out. Venomoth looks up to Gordon, who is a strong leader in the pokémon's eyes. His numerous dust-techniques are useful in battles, as well as his Psychic abilities.
Other: Since Gordon has money, he has probably given his pokémon quite a few TMs... I can limit it to one or two (or three, like you said earlier) per pokémon though.
RP Sample: Gordon arrived at the port in Vermilion, not too late but not too early either. He checked his expensive watch; there was still some time left before the boat would depart. Excellent, he thought and put on his flawless smile as he walked up to the group of people standing together in the harbor. Flareon was skipping along beside him.
When he got to them, he contemplated for a split second about acting rashly and eagerly or calm and collected... and settled for the latter. He took a posture he would describe as "mysterious but charming", and looked the group over to see who he was supposed to talk to. One man, looking quite stern, waved at him. Not in the "hi, how are you" way, but in the "come over here, it's an order" way. Gordon flashed a little smile and obliged.
"I assume you are here for the Saliplan expedition," the man said when Gordon came closer.
"Indeed I am, sir," Gordon said, still with a teethy smile.
"I am Francis and I will be coming with you. Please take this list and make sure you've got everything you need," he said and shoved a huge list of things in Gordon's hands.
Gordon blew a tiny whistle before eyeing the list. He didn't notice someone else was watching him until Flareon tugged his leg. Gordon looked up and saw another man. This was, luckily, smiling back at him.
"Well, hello there," the new man said. "I'm Robin, I'll be your coordinator on this mission. So, what is your name?"
And he put up another huge list on a clipboard. Gordon raised his eyebrows but answered: "I'm Gordon Beckerling."
Robin looked for his name for a second, then shone up, checked it off and looked up again, still smiling widely. "All set, then! We'll be leaving soon, we'll just wait for the rest of the members to join the group."
"Fair enough," Gordon said and made a sort of bow to Robin, a bit jokingly.
As the coordinator walked away again to address someone else, Gordon took a look around at the other people. Flareon tried to jump onto his back, startling him.
"Hey, girl," he said, pushing it back down onto the ground. "You grew a lot when you evolved, remember? I can't carry you around like when you were an Eevee; you're at least thrice the size now!"
Flareon seemed to mope about this, but Gordon laughed a little and patted her on the head before resuming his examination of the others. There was one girl who was sitting cross legged with a laptop. She swore and seemed to be in some kind of stress. When she noticed he was looking at her - he was standing pretty close to her after all - she flashed him an uninterested smile before turning back to her laptop again. Hm, not an easy prey there, Gordon sighed within.
Sitting on a bench closer to the sea was a younger man. A boy even. He seemed to just be sitting there, enjoying himself with the sea breeze in his face. It looked quite... boring. Gordon shook his head with a gleeful smile. The boy's three pokémon, as Gordon assumed they were, were sitting beside him, seemingly doing the same boring thing as their trainer was. There was also a tall, skinny man who looked rather suspicious, and another guy who looked like he was more like the same age as Gordon was. The latter was sitting by the edge of the dock, dangling his feet over the water. Gordon would probably have approached him and tried to look cool, if a giant Golem hadn't been standing next to the young man. It looked quite intimidating.
There was another bunch of people as well, one guy which looked weirdly proud of himself - almost goofy - and another guy who was looking rather plain, a Mightyena standing by his side. Well, Gordon guessed he did have some kind of serious aura about him that was quite interesting. And... and then Gordon spotted the girl. A red head, freckles and dimples as she was smiling, small curls in her hair, radiating cheerfulness... and a menacing looking Kabutops standing behind her. Man, Gordon's heart skipped a beat. Now, that was some girl! Not like that other red-head with her laptop and irritation. Gordon involuntarily put on his cheesiest smile and decided to simply walk closer slowly. He blinked to Flareon and nodded almost unnoticeable towards the cute red-head with the badass Kabutops. Flareon got the hint. She'd been pulling this move several times before.
Flareon jumped away, pretending to be running away from Gordon to play, straight towards the girl. Gordon forced himself to look worried, and started to rapidly follow the "stray" Flareon...