John Archer

**John Archer** was a Bloodliner from the Hoenn region and one of the King's Heirs. He was murdered by an Emissary of The Bloodliner King because he was sterile.

He earned eight badges in Hoenn before competing in the Ever Grande Conference, finishing with a Top 32 result.

## History

### The New Timeline (Past)

When John was fourteen he traveled the lands of Hoenn on his own. One day he came across a Ralts who was hiding in a tree hollow. The Ralts was originally scared of him, but he was able to convince her to come out, after which she sensed his goodwill. She agreed to travel with John and became his first Pokémon.

John and Ralts eventually decided to take on the Hoenn Gym challenge, starting at Rustboro City's gym. While walking through Petalburg Woods to make their way there, they came under attack by a flock of Taillow. The swarm of Flying-types were too much for the two to handle but were luckily saved by Katie and her Spheal. When he explained he was heading to take on Roxanne, Katie challenged him to a battle to see if he was ready. Katie proved to be too strong for John though, and him and Ralts were soon defeated.

After some training the two challenged Roxanne and managed to come out on top. They then headed North into the mountain range near Meteor Falls. There they came across Zinnia, who John tried to befriend but was too aggressive and chased them off.

They eventually found their way to Lavaridge City, but did find and capture a Swablu and Trapinch on the way. In Lavaridge they took on and defeated Moore for his second badge. Mauville City's Gym followed and then Petalburg City, Dewford Island, Sootopolis City, Mossdeep City and Fortree City in kind.

John and Katie would encounter each other a few times throughout the journey. They faced each other in battle three times, each winning once and finishing the third in a draw. The two promised to face one another in the Hoenn League Conference to break the tie. The two also teamed up on several occasions, notably against Natasha "the Melon Master", the Winstrate family, and Oscar and Andi. In the last one, John saved them from defeat, allowing Katie to deliver the final blow to defeat them.

In Ever Grande City, John made it all the way through the preliminary rounds of the tournament, making it to the Double Battle rounds. He continued on his winning streak where he managed to win his first doubles match.

After the match he and his team retreated to a restaurant where they once again ran into Katie. Katie sat with them for a meal and visit. Most of the way through the meal, they were interrupted by a Snorunt who showed up and blew cold air at John's face as a prank. John laughed it off and ended up inviting the Snorunt's trainer, Rubrum, to join them.

In John's next match he used his Ninjask and Shedinja to battle his opponent's Volbeat and Illumise. This battle was a challenge for John, because his Shedinja ended up defeating itself in its confusion. Ninjask managed to clinch the comeback victory, with a couple of well placed Return attacks.

The following day, was John's first match in the Victory Tournament. He faced off against Tyson with his entire team and even though the match had been more or less even at first, Tyson had managed to gain the upper hand during the second half. The battle ended with Gardevoir falling to Tyson's Sceptile.

After the tournament before leaving the tournament grounds John met up with Katie once more. Katie confessed that she felt she had not been a good friend, and was too focused on their rivalry. She said that she wanted to fix it and asked if John would travel with her as friends for at least some time going forward. They decided to meet in Slateport City a couple of months later where they would potentially leave to go explore another region. This unfortunately never came to pass, because not long after they left Ever Grande City, John was murdered in his hotel room while he slept.

## Bloodline(s)

### Species (Golduck)

John is capable of learning any move a Golduck can. He has also been shown to possess a form of Cloud Nine, allowing him to negate weather effects in his near surroundings.

### Dominion (Bond Measure)

John can tell with a touch how powerful a bond with another person (romantically or platonically) has the potential to be.

## Links

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/acpeters/art/Reset-Bloodlines-John-Archer-Design-845466213