Darach

Darach (Japanese: コクラン Kokuran) is the Frontier Brain in charge of serving the 's Battle Castle. Darach is the only character in the games to have the Castle Valet (Japanese: キャッスルバトラー Castle Butler).
==In the core series games==
He is one of the Frontier Brains of the Battle Castle in the Sinnoh and Johto regions. Darach is the host and caretaker of the Battle Castle, managing CP awarded to or spent by Trainers under the orders of Lady Caitlin. As Caitlin's butler, not only does he manage the Battle Castle but he also battles for her in her place and acts as the Frontier Brain of the facility. Darach will challenge the on their 21st consecutive battle and award a Silver Print if defeated. He will battle the player again if the player reaches the 49th battle, this time handing out the Gold Print if defeated.
While Darach does not appear in Generation V, he is referenced by Caitlin in . She reveals that Darach travels all the way to Unova to clean her villa in Undella Town before returning home.
===Pokémon===
Darach has these Pokémon when he is challenged for a print. Each Pokémon Darach uses in his print challenge teams has two variations that have different moves but are otherwise the same.
====Silver Print challenge====
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====Gold Print challenge====
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Darach forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Darach became a playable sync pair on October 25, 2021.
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==Gallery==
===Sprites===
 	 	
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==Quotes==
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Darach appeared alongside Lady Caitlin in this chapter. Darach first appeared when started her challenge of the Battle Castle and was in charge of giving her Castle Points while Caitlin watched the battles. Once Platinum manages to win enough battles to face the Frontier Brain, is shocked to find out that Darach is in fact, the Battle Castle Frontier Brain instead of Caitlin; Darach and Platinum then begin their battle.
In battle, Darach seems to have a different personality, this is shown when he drops his calm demeanor and starts laughing manically while confidently stating that he will win the battle. Despite the power his Pokémon possessed, Darach is eventually defeated once Platinum learns to manage money properly to find out his weaknesses.
====Pokémon====
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Darach or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Caitlin appears in Darach's VS and in-battle sprites, despite the fact that she does not alongside him.
** Darach's VS sprite is the only VS sprite in the Generation IV and games to feature more than one character.
** Darach's in-battle sprite has the most frames of any animated sprite in Generation IV, with five as opposed to the usual three.
* Darach is the only Generation IV Frontier Brain with a signature Pokémon: his .
* An NPC in the Battle Castle says "Mr. Darach... His feelings for Lady Caitlin are all bottled up... Oh, how I pine for him...", which implies that Darach has feelings for Caitlin, but refuses to show these emotions to her.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	コクラン Kokuran 	From 黒蘭 kokuran ()
English 	Darach 	From darach ( for )
German 	Perenus 	From perennierende Pflanze ()
Spanish 	Kokuran 	Transcription of his Japanese name
French 	Parsley 	From
Italian 	Paride 	From liparide ()
Korean 	코크런 Kokeureon 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese ()	石蘭 / 石兰 Shílán 	From 虎頭石蘭 hǔtóushí lán (Liparis nakaharai)
Chinese ()	石蘭 Sehklàahn 	From 虎頭石蘭 hǔtóushí lán (Liparis nakaharai)
Vietnamese	Kokuran 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Castle Valet
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Frontier Brains
Category:Game characters
Category:Platinum characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Trainers with unique classes
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