Lin

Numbers will not help.
Tactics will not help.
Friends will not help.
Nothing beats pure, unbridled power.
Come...
Fall before me.
Lindsey Paraeah, commonly known as Lin, is the de facto leader of Team Meteor and the central antagonist of the game. 
Her backstory remains a mystery throughout much of the game, but she's shown as a cold, emotionless, and cruel woman who cares for nothing but pure power, and takes delight in seeing others suffer, manipulating her victims for her own fun.
==Story Events==
===Rhodochrine Jungle===
Lin is first encountered as an unnamed Team Meteor private in Rhodochrine Jungle. She is first seen standing by Solaris in his first appearance, then faces off against Heather while the player fights Ace and the PULSE Tangrowth beneath the Rhodochrine Tree. After Ace is defeated, it is revealed that Lin defeated Heather; she sends the girl flying before Borealis interferes and orders his to take Heather to safety. Lin then lectures Borealis on his failure to follow orders, to which Ace steps in by instead asking Borealis to explain what has happened, scolding Lin for being so quick to turn on him. Amaria steps in to deal with Lin while the player and Borealis make their escape. 
As revealed by Amaria later as she explains what happened, Lin then defeated Amaria as well before brutally attacking her in an attempt to convince Amaria to give up the Sapphire Bracelets. Ace then steps in, insisting that Lin stops before she could go any further as she is being needlessly brutal, which leads to Ace's demotion from their position as Systems Manager. 
===Dr. Connal's Orphanage===
If the player obtains the hidden Archive Key during the rescue mission, they can get early access to the Archive Room. In there, there's a profile case of a former client of the Orphanage named "Lindsey Paraeah." Its pages have all been marked over or torn up.
===Underground Railnet===
After the player defeats Shade, Lin next appears in the cutscene where the children get captured by Team Meteor. Once Cain escapes, Lin is shown talking to Sirius, first informing him of her promotion (and Ace's demotion) before insisting that Sirius is only her superior in title and telling him to "know his place". 
===Tanzan Meteor Base===
When the player makes it to the back room of the Tanzan Meteor Base for the first time, Sirius reveals that Lin will be visiting the base soon before ranting angrily about how fast she has risen through the ranks of Team Meteor to his equivalent position of Commander. 
If Saphira was abducted from the Belrose Manse earlier, Laura will tell the player in the Tanzan Depths that she once knew a girl named Lin at the orphanage who was manipulative and cruel, but that she vanished some time ago and was too young to be working with Team Meteor. It is unknown how she is related to the Lin that the player is familiar with at this time.
After the player makes it back to the back room of the base and defeats the PULSE Abra, Lin arrives for her scheduled visit. Despite the fact that ZEL willingly let the player terminate the project, the player alone is blamed for the project's destruction. Sigmund then introduces himself to Lin, notably remarking that he thinks they might have met before. After that, Sirius then blames Lin for setting up the fake Emerald Brooch that Cain handed over back in the Yureyu HQ; Lin does not deny this but questions his loyalty to turn on a fellow commander without evidence. A grunt then informs the group that a giant has breached the base and Lin leaves to go deal with that problem. 
Outside, Lin is shown on her facing off against Saphira and her newly-befriended Steelix. Lin taunts her about how worthless her bonds with her sisters are before attacking Saphira. 
===Citae Astrae===
If the player does not accept Radomus's invitation to leave with the group after El is apprehended atop the Citae Astrae, the player will hear a voice asking them to "come back and play again" when they leave the area, which is revealed to have been Lin much later.
===Fiore Mansion===
After the player (and either Florinia or Julia depending on whether Solaris was defeated atop Pyrous Mountain) defeat Solaris inside Fiore Mansion and the house is flooded, Solaris states that he has no other option than to involve Lin despite her clear lack of loyalty and morals. 
===Devon Corp?===
After the player, Victoria, Ame, Arclight, and Adrienn are captured during a failed raid on Devon Corp, Lin appears on a television screen telling the group that they must fight their allies in order to advance. After the player defeats both Victoria and Arclight and advances further into the building, Lin is then found in-person fighting Ame; the player is forced to watch as her defeats Ame's Alolan and then proceeds to decapitate Ame. Lin then steals the former champion's Pokémon before leaving. 
===Once Upon a Somewhere===
The player next finds Lin inside Titania's Gym, waiting for the player to arrive. 
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Lin tells the player that they have the same goal — getting the Sapphire Bracelets from Titania — before departing. She then ambushes the player later on in the gym after fighting them under the name "Knight Rylin" with the Ninetales she stole from Ame, knocking them out and taking them to a tower elsewhere in the gym.
After the player finds Titania, receives the Sapphire Bracelets from her, and defeats the statue of a in the gym, they will then encounter Lin dressed in a suit of armor. She asks the player to hand over the bracelets and if they really think they can stand up to her; regardless of the player's answer, Titania then stabs her from behind. 
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Lin thanks the player for bringing Taka to the area before departing. She then ambushes the player later on in the gym after fighting them under the name "Knight Rylin" with the Ninetales she stole from Ame, knocking them out and taking them to a tower elsewhere in the gym.
After the player finds Titania, receives the Sapphire Bracelets from her, and defeats the statue of a in the gym, they will then encounter Lin dressed in a suit of armor. She asks the player to hand over the bracelets and if they really think they can stand up to her; regardless of the player's answer, Titania then stabs her from behind. 
When Titania knocks the helmet off of the individual she stabbed, however, it is revealed to be Taka, not Lin, inside the suit of armor. Lin then appears, grabs Titania, and dangles her by the hair over a nearby lava pit. Titania manages to escape by stabbing Lin with her , but cannot change Taka's fate. 
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Once the player has defeated Titania and received their 15th Gym Badge, Lin reappears, alive and well. She insists that the player leave with the Sapphire Bracelets and threatens Amaria when Titania questions her.
===Fiore Arena===
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When the player enters the back room of Amaria's gym in the Fiore Mansion, Lin is briefly shown talking to Amaria; while it is implied that she was talking about Titania and the player, the exact contents of their conversation are never specified except for the last few lines. 
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===Glass Workstation===
Lin can briefly be seen in the void segment of the Glass Workstation, telling the player that "nothing ever helps" and "no one ever helps" before disappearing.
===Agate City===
Lin is later found in Agate City after the city is freed from the PULSE Hypno's sleeping spell, leading an assault on the city. When the player and Hardy encounter her alongside Solaris, Sirius, and other Meteors, she immediately leaves, asking Solaris to intercept the player and Hardy for them. 
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Once Solaris has been defeated, the player can then follow Lin into an underwater cave beneath the city. Here, she notes that the power source that Team Meteor was looking for was never here before unearthing the Relic Stone and carrying it out. 
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Once Solaris has been defeated, the player can then follow Lin into an underwater cave beneath the city. Here, she notes that the power source that Team Meteor was looking for was never here before telling the player how amusing she finds it that people so easily break under the right circumstances, especially when you take something away from them. She then unearths the Relic Stone and carries it out. 
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Lin can then be found outside on her Hydreigon, trying to take the Relic Stone away. When Ciel, Shelly, and potentially Samson (if the player refused to give Blake the Ruby Ring) confront her, she traps either Samson (if the player refused to give Blake the ring) or Ciel (if the player handed over the ring) in a black hole before leaving. 
===Labradorra City===
Lin is next met during the raid on Labradorra City. While, as Serra admits, Lin has grown too powerful for almost anyone to beat her, the combined forces of the player's allies hold her off for long enough for the player to defeat Zero and deactivate the PULSE Clawitzer. 
When the player returns, Lin has seemingly vanished, only to reappear after Saphira verbally berates Sigmund for what he did to her while Cal and Serra try and keep her from doing anything too rash. Lin attacks Saphira before dragging Sigmund off to the LCCC. 
===Victory Road - Charous Path===
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After the player makes their way through the Charous Path of Victory Road and confronts Solaris alongside Victoria, a cutscene plays as the player exits the area. When Lin shows up, Solaris admits to her that he has no intention of fighting his inevitable fate, instead asking for answers to three questions. He then asks her whether she had planned the betrayal all along and what kind of new world she plans to create; Lin's answers are vague and indirect. Before he can ask his third question, Lin attacks him and then pushes him off the ledge. 
After the player defeats Fern at the end of Victory Road, Lin appears to the left. Fern is grateful for the backup, and moves to stand by Lin before further blaming the player for him joining Team Meteor despite Florinia's objections. Lin appears to side with Fern, but then attacks him when he tries to leave before departing herself. 
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Once the player defeats Saphira, earns their final Gym Badge, and departs Labradorra Arena to head to the entrance of Victory Road, Solaris is waiting outside. He explains that Team Meteor's purpose has been corrupted by Lin before sending out his and seemingly ordering it to attack the player. 
Instead, Lin shows up behind the player, and it is revealed that the attack was meant for her instead. Despite the attack hitting her, she appears to have not been harmed, and knocks the player to the side before she and Solaris battle. A dying Solaris can then be found further up the path, with a member of Team Meteor trying fruitlessly to heal him with her .
After the player defeats Fern at the end of Victory Road, Lin appears to the left. Fern is grateful for the backup, and moves to stand by Lin before further debating Titania over his justification for his actions. Titania then attacks Fern and scratches his face, to which Fern asks for Lin's help: she refuses. 
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===Charous Hall===
After the player defeats Anna as the last of the Elite Four, Lin can be found waiting in the champion's room. She mentions that the final PULSE machine has been finished before battling the team. Notably, her team for this battle is made up of Pokémon she stole from other people, with the exception of her PULSE Abra. Once she is defeated, Lin orders the Abra to then teleport her and the player away. 
===Citae Astrae - New World===
The player and Lin are then teleported to the bottom of the caverns beneath the Grand Stairway, where the door to the Citae Astrae waits. She then slams the player into said door, causing it to unlock because of the four crystal keys the player possesses, before dragging the player with her through the door. 
As the player climbs the Citae Astrae, flickers of the New World can be seen, and once at the top, the entrance to the New World can be seen. Lin then explains that the New World has been opened before telling the player about a girl who was trapped in the Citae Astrae, but gained power when she found a young god and raised it. She then invites the player to take the next step into the New World. 
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Once inside the New World, Lin empowers her PULSE Arceus with the Relic Stone before battling the player. After she is defeated, Lin takes a brief moment to lament her failure before falling to pieces. 
The player then hears a voice taunting them for thinking it's over and criticizing Lin's lack of characterization. The voice then explains that the Lin that the player knows was just a puppet that she (the real Lin) used to convince Team Meteor to help her open the seal that kept her trapped here, but now she doesn't even want to leave, especially now that she doesn't have to play the role of her puppet. She then asks the player to keep playing with her before the screen cuts to black and the credits play. 
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Once inside the New World, Lin gives a short speech before battling the player. After she is defeated, Lin takes a brief moment to lament her failure before falling to pieces. 
The player then hears a voice taunting them for thinking it's over and criticizing Lin's lack of characterization. The voice then explains that the Lin that the player knows was just a puppet that she (the real Lin) used to convince Team Meteor to help her open the seal that kept her trapped here, but now she doesn't even want to leave, especially now that she doesn't have to play the role of her puppet. Lin then tells the player that she won't let them stop her before attempting to remove the oxygen from the area and kill the player. 
However, she is intercepted by Anna, who uses Nostra's remaining power and the wishes of the many companions and friends the player has met over the course of their time in Reborn to save the player and move them to where Lin is hiding in the New World, to Lin's displeasure. Lin then introduces the player to her "puppy", PULSE Arceus, explaining that she made the PULSE because she wanted him to be different. 
Lin asks the player why people can do so many cruel things to her and no one stopped them, then tells them that she's here for the same reason they are: it's a game, after all, and if it wasn't fun, the player wouldn't have kept playing. She then explains that she actually helped the player make it here by ensuring there was always a path forward and placing light shards around, before claiming that the player character is actually her second puppet. She then challenges the player to a third battle against PULSE Arceus. 
After Lin is defeated for the final time, she asks PULSE Arceus to wake up, telling them that they need to listen because they only have each other to rely on, to which PULSE Arceus responds by pushing Lin off the side of the platform they are standing on. Once Lin falls, the game cuts to the credits. 
If the player loses this fight instead, Lin will taunt the player about their failure before the game saves and then intentionally crashes. Loading that save will put the player back in the Citae Astrae and permanently switch that save to the Lin Route. At the same time, a backup save named "Anna's Wish" will have be created and can be selected in the Save File selection screen. This backup save is on Anna Route. 
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===New World===
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===Aegir Depths===
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===Unexplored Territory===
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===Not Truly For Children===
As the battle with Charlotte and Laura starts, you can see Lin entering the arena. After the battle she wants to join. When confronted that she would not even have Pokemon, she answers that she stole 12 from the orderlies in the morning. After arguing about her behaving, she challenges the player and Euphie. After losing, she keeps arguing with Laura and Charlotte, before Anna intervenes, and Lin teases Euphie some more, before leaving.
===New World Helix===
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===Distorted Space===
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===New World Asylum===
Before actually having the final battle with Lin, you learn some things about her backstory in the New World Asylum. It is revealed that she was abused by her father, until her mother found out and killed him. Her mother then tries to drown her as an act of mercy, but realizes her mistake, and then takes her own life. Lin, now left alone, is found by Terra, who takes her to her home. She is initially allowed to stay, but then she runs away when Terra's parents try to find out what happened to her. She then is found by Dr. Connal and he takes her to his orphanage. There she shows her manipulative nature, which leads to her being rejected by other kids, only having a rivalry with Anna. When the player walks up to her, she complains that only the player came to stop her. She first lets the player fight Anamnestic Terra, before challenging the player herself. After losing, she seems concerned but says she can keep on trying as long as Arceus isn't harmed. After the player beats Anomaly Arceus, while trying to see if it is hurt or not, Arceus pushes her aside, leading to her hanging off the edge of the platform. If the player immediately catches Arceus, Lin will give one final comment on how its the end and how it actually kinda sucked, before falling into the void. If the player saves her before catching Arceus, the player has the option to take Lin with them to the nightclub.
===Postgame Credits===
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===Nightclube===
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== Story Battles ==
===Charous Hall Battle===
Lin is battled in a fieldless Single Battle format.
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===New World First Battle===
Lin is battled on a New World in a Single Battle format.
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===New World Second Battle (Alternate)===
Lin is battled on a New World in a Single Battle format. This battle is only available if the player is on Anna Route.
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=== Not Truly For Children Battle ===
Lin and Her Antics is battled on a Psychic Terrain in a Double Battle format. The player fights alongside Euphie.
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=== New World Asylum Battle===
Lin is battled on a New World in a Double Battle format. This battle is only available if the player is on Lin Route.
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==Theme Teams==
===puppies!===
Lin is battled on a Holy Field in a Single Battle format. All of the player's Pokemon will be set to level 100. 
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===stop flinching urself===
Lin is battled on a Rainbow Field in a Double Battle format. All of the player's Pokemon will be set to level 100. 
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===old habits die hard===
Lin is battled on a New World in a Single Battle format. All of the player's Pokemon will be set to level 100. 
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==Sprites==
== Trivia ==
* Lin's death was in one of the four image to be seen in Shade's Gym, the other three being Corey's suicide, Kiki's death, and Amaria's suicide attempt.
*Lin is narcoleptic according to Taka. 
*Lin has a special relationship with Terra and seems to be very lenient with her.
*During the online league, she was season one's Champion and the Dragon-Type leader. However, she did not interact with anyone publicly, and she had private matches with her challengers and only Amethyst supervising. https://amethystblack.tumblr.com/post/187311674107
*If you choose to stop Connal instead of Sirius during Team Meteor's invasion of Tanzan Cove, you find out from Laura that Lin also used to be an orphan at Connal's Dr. Connal's Orphanage, with her one day being taken to be "disciplined" and never being seen again. The bed she used to sleep in can be seen during the player's invasion of the orphanage. 
**According to Laura, the young Lin from the orphanage stole a coloured pencil whenever she had eight of them. If the player chooses to stop Sirius at the Yureyu building and to stay downstairs at the Belrose Manse, the adult Lin will mention how easy it is to break people, for example by "stealing a single pen", in her dialogue underneath Agate City.
* Lin's team in her first battle consists of stolen Pokemon, with the exception of PULSE Abra. These Pokemon are: 
** Ninetales-Alola (stolen from Ame)
** Gossip Gardevoir (stolen from Radomus)
** Garchomp (stolen from Solaris)
** Delphox (stolen from Ace)
** Togekiss (stolen from Ciel) or Conkeldurr (stolen from Samson)
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