Gurdurr (Gates to Infinity)

Gurdurr is a supporting character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. He is an expert carpenter and runs the Gurdurr Crew business in Pokémon Paradise.
== Personality ==
Gurdurr is a proud individual who takes great pride and joy in work as a carpenter. After becoming injured, losing his ability to work how he used to, and having his pride destroyed by a cruel customer, Gurdurr developed a cyncial outlook on the world. He lost his pride and stooped to deceit and crime, believing that trusting others only leads to being taken advantage of. After the Player and Partner convince him to return to honest work, Gurdurr's original self returns.
Gurdurr also has a massive crush on Virizion like many of the Post Town residents but took her rejection of friendship rather hard.
== Biography ==
Gurdurr was a proud and skilled carpenter, but one day became injured and got a large scar on his back. Gurdurr's injury prevent his body from moving how it used to and hindered his work as a carpenter. Despite this, Gurdurr skill worked hard with pride until one day a customer order them to build a house for him. Even Gurdurr put all he could into the house, the customer refused to pay for it and destroyed it, something they planned to do for the start. The incident broke Gurdurr's pride and he turned to crime, working scams with Scraggy. 
When the Player and Partner come to Gurdurr and ask him to build them a house, Gurdurr agrees in exchange for a payment of gems. However, after the two gathers the gems, they are stolen by Scraggy and unable to pay. Gurdurr's Timburr apprentices, hoping to turn their boss away from crime, reveal Scraggy's theft and the two go to confront him. The two find Scraggy, but before they can confront him, Gudurr arrives to collect his share of the profits from the scam. Angered at being tricked, the two reveal themselves and defeat both Gurdurr and Scraggy. The latter flees upon being defeated, but Gurdurr refuses to back down, but before the fight can start again, the Timburr arrive and plead for Gurdurr to return to honest work. Gurdurr knocks out the Timbur and somberly leaves while the Player and Partner tend to the Timburr. The Timburr reveal Gurdurr's past and how his pride as a carpenter was destroyed, causing him to turn to crime. The Player and Partner decide to still have Gurdurr build their house to bring him back to his old self and to see a house built by someone with Gurdurr's passion. When they find Gurdurr again, they see him trying to move his body like before, but his injury prevents him and he attacks them assuming they are out for revenge for being tricked, but he is defeated again. Afterward, the Partner asks Gurdurr to build their house to his surprise. Gurdurr shows the two the injury that caused him to lose his expert carpenter abilities and explains that he doesn't have ability to work as a carpenter anymore. The two refuse to give up and continue pleading with Gurdurr to build a house only carpenter with great passion like him could make and reveal that the Timburr. Moved to tears, Gurdurr agrees to return to carpeting and build the two a house before breaking down into further tears. Everyone returns from Hazy Pass and Gurdurr and his apprentices build the Player and Partner a house and finish in a few days. Despite the house being low quality, everyone loves it, and the Partner declares it to be their new home.
When Dunsparce is tricked by the Pawniard brothers and the Player and Partner go to save him, Gurdurr convinces Virizion to help, and they fight off the Pawniard brothers and their allies. Sometime later, Gurdurr sets up shop in Pokémon Paradise to restart his carpenter business and can build facilities for Paradise.
When Umbreon falls unconscious at the gates of Post Town and taken to Swanna's in, Gurdurr tries to interrogate him about why he was seen lurking outside of town. Gurdurr is present when Umbreon demonstrates the Entercards' ability to open Magnagates and during the sendoff when the Player's team goes to explore the Great Glacier.
Category:Mystery Dungeon characters
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Category:Fighting-type Pokémon