Finn Denholm

Finn Denholm is a rival and friendly character in *Healing in Hoenn*. He is set to be the main character of the Crown Tundra story that KokoroEcho will be writing.

As of the end of *Healing in Hoenn*, he is age 13.

### Background

Finn's mother is from Galar and his father is from Johto. His parents are split up, and he’s only seen his dad a handful of times. His dad, in an attempt to be a good father, sent Totodile to Finn on his tenth birthday, but since then, they've not met.

Finn is from the Crown Tundra. He started his journey in Galar but was unable to compete in the Galar League, because he was deemed too lazy and unmotivated. He didn’t let it bother him, and he spent his time training and traveling with his Totodile in the wild area. During this time, he assisted Professor Magnolia in studying Dynamax. He had formed a close relationship with Magnolia, and he believes she’s the smartest professor in the world. He would take on different raids with fellow researchers and trainers to collect Watts for her research. At one point, he and his fellow researchers encountered a Gigantamaxed Coalossal, and he was able to catch it in a battle/raid that took a couple of days.

After a year of training, raiding, and studying, he was rejected again by the committee. This time, it affected him a bit harder, and he felt like he didn’t belong in Galar. He decided to leave Galar and go to Alola. There, he met and befriended Logan and Luna, becoming one of their closest friends/rivals. He traveled with them for a month through Akala Island where the three created tons of memories. Logan considers him to be his best guy friend and vice-versa. Instead of gyms, Finn took on the Island Challenge, collecting all of the Z-Crystals. He struggled the most in his battles with the Island Kahunas, but he managed to get through it just in time. He entered into the Manalo Conference, but he lost to Logan in the Top 16.

### Healing in Hoenn

Finn first appeared in Chapter 20 of *Healing in Hoenn.* During his travels through Hoenn, he took on a bunch of specialty odd jobs (selling Go-Goggles, Devon Scope, and other items) for cash, because he wasn’t good at winning battles to earn money. He had considered entering contests, but couldn’t win a single one. However, he was able to clear the gym challenge using Z-Moves, which most of the trainers from Hoenn were unfamiliar with. He competed in the Ever Grande Conference, losing in the Top 8 to Luna. Afterwards, he went back to Galar where he finally got his chance at the gym challenge.

### Personality

Finn is a happy and positive person on the outside. He is generally pretty good at making fun of himself, and he loves to laugh and joke around. If he’s in a situation where he can get by with a smile, he will do so gladly. Losing a battle is not the end of the world for Finn. That said, he’s very determined to prove everyone who thinks that he’s unworthy wrong. He knows deep down that he’s a good trainer and that he’s destined for something great. He doesn’t want to become the champion, but he wants to prove that he can beat someone of champion status.

Deep down, he’s a bit unfulfilled though. He’s obsessed with proving everyone wrong that he can’t see past it. Once he’s finally got approval, he’s unsure of what he’ll do with it. He has aspirations to continue studying Dynamax and helping out Magnolia, but he doesn’t know if that’ll make him happy. He’s given some thought to going to Johto to meet his father, but he also doesn’t want to waste his time with someone who was never there for him.

He loves his Pokemon with all of his heart, and he’ll do everything to support them, even if it means sacrificing his own happiness. If anyone insults his Pokemon, he gets incredibly offended. He specializes in Poison-type Pokemon and Pokemon that can do the move Smokescreen. He has been able to work in the darkness of the smoke, and his battle style has adapted to it. He also likes Pokemon with a specialty like Delibird or Kecleon. His go to Pokemon is Croconaw and his Z-Move. And when he’s in a bind or a very serious battle, he’ll use Dusknoir. He said that the only time that he would have Coalossal Gigantamax is if his Pokemon’s life were in danger, but even then, he’s afraid of the power.

### Pokemon

#### **With Magnolia**

Boltund

Weezing (Galarian form)

Coalossal

Delibird

Haunter

Muk (Alolan form)

Lycanroc (Midday)

Dusknoir

Torkoal

Kecleon