Crystal

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Crystal is a major protagonist of Nightfall, introduced in Volume 1.

## Appearance

The only thing that renders Crystal different from other Shiny Gardevoir is her longer ears, even if it doesn’t seem longer by a lot. She has a scar on the right side of her torso; it’s darker in color compared to the rest of her body. She’s also a tiny bit shorter than the average height of her species.

Her eyes are shown to have a sparkling effect under moonlight, or when in sunlight at the right angle. However, it’s possible it could just be due to her Shiny status, as the sparkles have also been seen with Glaze and Axel, who are also Shiny Pokémon.

## Personality

Crystal was very naive, sensitive, and shy. She didn’t know how to battle very well at first, and her Trainer’s cruel behavior led her to be extremely bitter towards herself. She didn’t think highly of herself because of what he said to her. But despite her Trainer’s callous behavior, she still tried to be kind to him and fight to the best of her ability when sent out. Around new Pokémon or people, she was quiet and didn’t speak much, rarely making eye contact. She did have some friends in her Trainer’s team, but she only considered them friends because they were the only ones who talked to her.

When seeing Glaze for the first time, Crystal was instantly smitten, and gained the courage to defy her Trainer’s commands in order to protect the other Shiny. Once she was released, her shyness was even more apparent around Glaze than with the others at Nightfall. She couldn’t keep her composure when near him.

During Arcane, she became stronger and showed much more bravery than before. Being with the other Alliance members helped her to realize how much she really mattered to herself. Now having regained her positivity, she tries to share it with everyone. She’ll stay by her friends’ sides, especially Glaze’s, during their lowest points in life. However, she breaks down easily, usually when under large amounts of stress.

In battle, Crystal is relentless and fearless, giving it her all to defeat her opponents, and/or to protect those she loves. She’ll do anything to help them, even though it may mean risking her life to do so.

## History

Crystal’s history is never known past the time when she was caught by her Trainer, Dean, as a Ralts; she doesn’t remember anything else before that. Dean raised her with the rest of his Pokémon, and she was never given a name. Behind Dean’s back, some of his male Pokémon had tried to take advantage of the Shiny, doing things to her that made her uncomfortable. She had to deal with this for years. Eventually, Crystal was released from her Ultra Ball when she protected the valuable Pokémon Dean was trying to catch.

She was immediately allowed to live in Woodlands, a smaller town neighboring Nightfall, though she wanted to be in the latter. Because of this, Crystal spent most of her time in Nightfall rather than Woodlands. Shine offered the name “Crystal” to the Shiny, which she accepted after Glaze gave his approval.

After the ambush attack on Nightfall, her adventures with the others in the series take place. During this, she ran into her former Trainer three times, realizing he’s spent most of his time trying to find her and get her back on his team. And in addition, her crush on Glaze never wavered throughout.

### Post-Arcane

Crystal finally settled down with Glaze and had two children; Lightning, and his younger brother Axl. They were respectively named after two of the Shinys’ best friends, Axel the Shiny Rigon and Lightning the Amber Zoroark. Many years later, when the kids were teens, Glaze was killed by an unknown culprit, who was soon revealed to be Lance. Crystal saved her mate’s necklace and wore it, despite not being able to use the Mega Stone. When Axl learned how to Mega Evolve two years later, she passed it down to him.

## Additional Information

Her moves used to be Dazzling Gleam, Magical Leaf, Confusion, and Lucky Chant before she changed them during Arcane. She doesn’t have a held item, though she has used Shine’s Mega Stone before.

When Mega Evolved, Crystal has a side effect that comes with it. Instead of the common hostility, she experiences hallucinations of Pokémon who look similar to Shadow Beasts. They had pitch black bodies, save for their irises, which were small and red. Because of this, she doesn’t like to Mega Evolve.

## Trivia

* Crystal was originally going to be named Aria. Later on, the name was passed onto another character.
* Every Pokémon has a place they like to be pet the most. In Crystal’s case, this spot is her ears rather than her forehead, like the usual for her species.