Tai the Charizard

Tai the Charizard is a character who appears in The Legend of Fox the Brave. He is a large Mega Charizard who founded and led the Megastone Rogues until his death. He helped found the Storming Alliance along with Fox the Brave, and raised Splash the Greninja to be a warrior. He is the father of Pyro and adopted father of Splash 
He lost his life fighting Metal Madness, and his Spirit helped to aid Fox in first gaining his Fire Fox form, and later in breaking Finitevus' hex on him 
==Appearance==
Tai is a large Mega Charizard Y. He appears to resemble a large orange dragon with a paler underside, enormous ragged-edged wings that are blue on the underside, spines at the end of his tail, a flame on his tail-tip, a large spike near the base of his tail, and crests on the outer side of his wrists. Tai has a long third horn between the original two, and a rounded, scarred snout with blue eyes and white pupils
==Personality==
Initially, Tai was a hot-headed, but kind person. He treated his friends fairly, and cared for them equally. As he grew up, he became more aggressive toward his enemies, and more ready to fight. This became an issue when he first Mega Evolved, which led to him going feral and losing control of his powers
In his older age, he was calmer, and wiser. While he was still ferocious in battle, he was calmer outside of it, and even offered sage advice to those who needed it
==History==
=== Tai's Travels ===
Tai was born to two Charizard rogues, Mason and Maya. But because of trouble with a vicious gang of rogues called the Outsiders, his egg was hidden in a secret village in the Mercian Forest. Tai hatched out in this village, appropriately called the Hidden Village, and befriended two other young Pokemon there, a Froakie named Nero and a Mudkip named Finn
The three friends evolved and started training while living in this village, and Tai's friendship with Nero began to deteriorate. Nero became more aggressive in battle, and Tai grew more desperate to stop him, leading to him burning his friend badly on the face
When the Hidden Village is burned down, Tai rushes to find a Key Stone in a house. But he runs into Nero, and furiously blames him for the destruction of the village, as the Outsiders had been behind the attack. Though Nero adamantly denied his involvement, Tai refused to listen, solidifying Nero's hatred of him
With both his father's Mega Stone and that of his adopted uncle figure Myron in hand, Tai fled the burning village and began making a life for himself in the wild. He encounters Nero again later, now a Greninja. The rogue mocks him, distracting him long enough to be caught by some Echidnas. He meets the leader of the Echidnas, an armored being he later learns is named Enerjak
Angered by Enerjak blaming him for being a spy, Tai begins building up the heat in his belly, but then evolves. He hits Enerjak with flames, but is surprised to find that he is unhurt. Noticing a red fox with a Treecko some ways away, Tai follows the Mobian's warning to run. He takes off into the air, and also catches the Charizardite Nomis throws at him
He Mega Evolves for the first time, taking the X form first, and fights back against Enerjak. However, his anger overcomes him, and he loses control of his power, going on a feral rampage as a result. Enerjak launches him into a tree, breaking it in two, and then leaves when Tai's friend Finn interferes(unseen by Tai). After the attack, Tai reunites with Finn and Nya, excited to see his old friends again. He also meets with Rocket officially, and gathers the story from him: Enerjak has been trying to conquer that forest, and Rocket has been working against him, lying low after a mission to protect his family
Tai has a dream that he is Torch, and alerts Rocket to the danger his wife and son are in. Tai argues against Rocket's decision to try and save them, pointing out that it's a trap, but Rocket goes anyway. Tai follows him, and helplessly witnesses his capture at the hands of the Dark Legion. When he tries to fight back, Tai is blasted away by Enerjak, and lands badly on his wing, straining it. Unable to stop Rocket's capture, he roars desperately for his tribe, but the answer he gets is from Nero instead. The Greninja viciously taunts Tai for his failure, remarking that being out in the wild made him "soft"
Tai's tribe catches up with him, and with help from Rocket's Treecko, they find a Stoutland named Emile, who guides them to the Dark Legion's base. At the base, Tai makes quick work of rescuing the foxes; Rocket and Marina run off into the forest, and Nomis rescues Torch after Tai defends him from some mooks(bonking one in the head with a well-aimed throw of Enerjak's staff). Once Torch is safely taken away by Nomis, Tai confronts Enerjak himself
Enerjak quickly subdues Tai, and uses his powers to turn Tai's own Mega Energy on himself(how this is is currently unknown). He gives Tai an ultimatum: Tell him the secrets of his Mega Evolution, or take it to his grave. Tai ultimately chooses to take it to his grave, nearly regretting his decision when the pain becomes worse. He is saved at the last moment by the intervention of Master Y, but passes out from the pain
While unconscious, Tai dreams of his father Mason. The pair's conversation starts out tense, but Tai comes to understand everything, and Mason gives his son a Charizardite Y. He explains his agreement with Myron, that had both his sons grown up and evolved into Charizard, they would have given them both a Charizardite. With peace in his heart, Tai takes the stone and wakes up with it in his claws
After Tai wakes up, Rocket explains that he wants to take his family away for their safety. Tai reluctantly says goodbye to his old friend, and this is the last they see of each other. Rocket heads to the south, and Tai takes his tribe to the east, toward Soleanna
=== The Legend Begins ===
Tai makes three appearances in this story
When Orville's forces attack the forest, Tai's tribe interferes. They drive out or destroy the robots, while Tai saves Red. Tai snatches the fox cub off the ground and flies off with him, knocking Metal Sonic out of the air repeatedly until it finally crashes, granting them a chance to escape. After the incident is over, Tai takes the cub to the Megastone Rogues' camp, and allows the terrified children of the forest to rest for the night
When Fox returns to the forest as a sixteen-year-old, he is once again saved from Metal Sonic by Tai. The Charizard snatches Fox off the ground and carries him away to his tribe's camp. He allows the soon-to-be Storm Fighters to spend some time in their camp recovering, until Storm is healthy, and Silver has evolved. He expressed his interest in helping Fox, on the condition they get a safe place to stay
Finally, Tai helps out in the final battle against Orville and his forces. As the base collapses around the warriors and their enemies, Tai comes in to rescue Fox one last time. Orville tries to stop them, maddened by rage, but Tai pulls out just in time. He then spends the night in the forest with the warriors, as seen in the epilogue
=== Rise of a Leader ===
Tai appears near the end of the story. As Fox is held captive by Neo Metal Sonic, and displayed to the arriving heroes, Tai, Pyro, and Mitch fly into view, with Splash and Silver riding astride Pyro and Mitch. Tai catches Fox when Neo Metal drops him, and allows the fox to ride his back
They try to distract the newly-transformed Metal Madness to allow Team Super Sonic to stop him, but the metal robot-dragon grabs Tai and almost crushes him and Fox. In a desperate move, Tai blasts him in the face with flames, and breaks free. But as they're trying to get away, Metal Madness strikes Tai on the side. This destroys one of his wings, and he dies on impact with the ship below
While Fox is unconscious, he sees Tai's spirit along with that of his own father Torch. Tai encourages Fox, and gives him the power to unlock his Fire Fox form. Fox fights back against Metal Overlord, now flying, swearing vengeance for Tai's death
Tai is laid to rest in Soleanna Forest, in the old home of the Megastone Rogues
=== Grip of Evil ===
While Fox is unconscious because of Finitevus' hexes on both himself and the Master Emerald, he sees Tai's Spirit. Fox is ready to give into the hexes, but Tai wakes him up, giving him encouragement, and urging him to not give up. Strengthened by this, Fox transforms into Fire Fox and goes on to fight Enerjak
==Abilities==
As base Charizard, Tai had the Ability of Blaze, which powered up his Fire-Type attacks
As Mega Charizard X, Tai had the Ability of Tough Claws, which gave a boost to attacks that made contact
As Mega Charizard Y, Tai had the Ability of Drought, which boosted sunlight in battle
==Weaknesses==
Being a Fire-Flying-Type, Tai is weak to Rock, Water and Electric, resists Fire, Ice, Grass, and Fairy, and is completely immune to Ground-Types.
== Trivia ==
Tai spent some time as Mega Charizard X before settling on the Y form he stayed as for the rest of his life. His Charizardite X(formerly Myron's) was put to use by Pyro, and his Charizardite Y went to Fox after his death
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