Name: Kayden Evander
Gender: Male
Personality: Though Kayden is constantly mistaken for a snob based off his face's natural expression, nothing could be further from the truth. He's an optimist with a keen eye and a habit of giving people gifts. He tries to be as honest and approachable as much as he can. However, he's flustered easily, might veer into being tactlessly honest, and is quick to point out when something goes against his moral compass. Kayden is a pensive person who likes to analyze the 'why's, and likes to speculate the reasons behind people's behaviors the most. However, he doesn't like it when others do the same for him since he likes privacy and anyway he sees himself as boring. In battles, this capability to see other perspectives helps him figure out the reason for an opponent's move.
History (optional): Kayden has been in Unova all his life. His parents were divorced before he was born, yet they still remain tentative friends. He lives with his mother who occasionally invites his father over from Kalos as someone to mentor Kayden since he has a bad habit of overdue homework. He considers neither of them as parental figures, only as close friends, and both adults have enough distance between themselves and their son that they also see Kayden as just a close friend or nephew. At age 8, mystery books were his escape from the hassle of nagging from his teachers and nagging from a man pretending to be his dad. He develops a habit of trying to figure out who the culprit is by their behavior. Later on, he aims this habit at the origins of pokemon, which is a mystery that nobody's figured but he'd like to try a behaviorist approach. Wants to be a pokemon professor when he grows up.
His joltik, Mae, is a pokemon he got for his 10th birthday from his father. Mae is an unusually large joltik being at 7 inches in addition to having a thick body and earned neighborhood fame for his size. His parents wanted him to go on the traditional pokemon journey so his father had Kayden practice battles with Mae until Kayden was comfortable with basic battle strategies and his pokemon had grown strong enough to come with. Kayden set off with potions, revives, and a lvl 12 Mae. Like Athena, he spent a night at a pokemon center and found himself on an island the morning after.
Appearance: Often wears a cream polo shirt that has collars that poke out from underneath a teal cardigan in addition to simple blue jeans and black sneakers. He's got short black hair that he'd dyed white at the suggestion of his friends who said he'd gain confidence by looking out of the norm. Kayden regrets it now, thinks it makes him look like an old person from faraway.
Starter Pokémon: Joltik
Pokémon's Moveset: Electroweb, Screech, Sucker Punch, Volt Switch
Starter Pokémon Details (optional): lvl 12
Ability: Unnerve
Nature: Lax
Mae just wants to take it easy when things get rough, which unfortunately leads to training difficulties. But he's not doing it out of spite, he just isn't used to training—even after a year and a half of it. Kayden gained a habit of scolding Mae with a scathing glare, even in public though he tries to fight the urge.
Plumper than the average joltik.
Likes: mystery, kindness, analyzing, candy,
Dislikes: death, mean taunts, unfairness, bittermelon
Other: Sorry for the wait, I kept rewriting his personality.