Professor Brook

Professor Brook is the leading Pokémon specialist in the Rados Region. His laboratory is localized in a small unnamed town near Ousa Town. He is in charge of giving new Trainers their first Pokémon and Pokédex.

## Personality

Professor Brook is a well meaning man who is very passionate about his job. He often get enthusiastic about unique looking Pokémon, like Scarlet, and in the process, losing his composture, making him look like an eager child. Despite that, he seems capable of performing his duties without issues, as he is the competent leader of his own small team or researchers, and cares for a large group of wild and tamed Pokeḿon.

He took care of Dusk since her birth, until the day Max chose her to his starter.

## His Lab

His laboratory is localized at the outskirts of the unnamed city from Chapter 4. It is described as a big bulding constructed at the top of a plain zone, with a forest behind it and Pokémon running and playing around it.

His room is described as having all sorts of complex machinery and a large monitor.

## Research

It was never stated in the story, but his field of research appears to be the relationships between humans and pokémon, given his interest in psychic-types and his caring attitude towards wild life. His studies on Mega Evolution might also be another hint at his main field of research.

## Starter Pokémon

In Rados there are three species of Pokémon chosen for the starter program. They are:

* Treecko, the grass-type starter: the specimen at Brook's lab was a male and quite reserved in nature.
* Totodile, the water-type starter: the specimen at Brook's lab was male, and more on the playful side.
* Fennekin, the fire-type starter: the speciment at Brook's lab was female, and very shy. Max chose this one to be his starter, which he named Dusk.

## The Ergowatch

Professor Brook gave to Max one of his Ergowatches, which is a energoshieldome designed to protect Pokémon from fatal injuries and Trainer Battles. The way it works is when two trainers agree to a fight, they must sync their Ergowatches to create a invisible dome around their fighting Pokémon. Any Pokémon below said dome will not receive any real damage on their bodies, however, any kind of attack from the oposing Pokémon will drain their stamina. Once one Pokémon is unable to fight, they will just drop to the ground from exaustion. They can recover their stamina by being recalled to their Poké Ball. Status condition such as burning and poisoning still work under the effects of the dome.

The Ergowatch can also be used battles againist Wild Pokémon. In this case, the watch will created protective shields only of the Trainer's Pokémon. If said Pokémon faints in the battle, the shield will be dropped instantly, leaving their body vulnerable to any attack.

## Trainer Permit

Professor Brook is also in charge of registering new Trainers under the law of Rados, and giving their Trainer ID.

### Issues with Max's Trainer Permit

Professor Brook made Max's own Trainer Card, however, it was missing some crucial information. Max's Trainer Card only have the photo of his face, his Trainer ID, and a seal of approval from Brook. The Professor stated he should have had Max go under a battery of tests to see if he was eligible to be a official Pokémon Trainer, but he chose to skip those parts because he gave in to his intuition that Max was a good person.

Later in the story this started causing issues for Max once he realized his Trainer Permit is invalid. If some authority from Rados were to find out he's been training Pokémon and collecting badges this entire time with a invalid Trainer Permit, he would be punished by law, maybe even losing the custody of his Pokémon. Up until now in the story it isn't clean what Max should do to legalize his Trainer Permit, and he often forgets to fix this for long stretches of the story, until some of his Pokémon remind him.