Shawn

**Shawn** (Japanese: **ショーン** *Shoon*) is a Pokémon Trainer from an alternate timeline, and one of Giovanni's recruits for his **Time War**.

## **History**

### **Time War**

Shawn was the first Trainer whom Giovanni recruited for his arsenal of Trainers from the multiverse. As a result, Shawn believed he was Giovanni's right-hand man, and believed Giovanni would give him equal power to rule the multiverse.

Shawn first appeared when he summoned his Shiny Golurk to try and crush Edge and Sinnoh when they arrived at the Desert Resort, albeit unsuccessfully. Just then, Giovanni and his allies gather around Edge and Sinnoh, and Edge has Pikachu fire Thunder towards the sky to alert his comrades.

As Future Edge and the others arrive, they find themselves in a staredown with Giovanni's forces, with Giovanni commending Future Edge on following his footsteps of gathering allies from alternate worlds, but Future Edge rebuffs his comments, and vows to bring him down once and for all. Giovanni scoffs his confidence and says that with the power of alternate worlds, no one could stop him. Giovanni introduces his allies one-by-one: Shawn, Brianne, Leonel, Valkyrie, and Lightning. Everyone prepares for battle as Shawn summons his Golurk, Brianne summons her Luxray, Leonel summons his Abomasnow, Valkyrie summons her Shiny Entei and Lightning summons his Eelektross. To combat, Future Edge summons Latias, Edge summons Venusaur, Johto summons Ho-Oh, Kanto summons Zoroark, and Hoenn summons Regigigas.

On the top of a building, Giovanni watches the battle. Shawn approaches him and asks why Giovanni isn't fighting. He retorts angrily that Shawn is in no position to make demands. Giovanni then pulls out a bomb, and Shawn reminds Giovanni of their partnership and points out he wasn't informed about a bomb; Giovanni answers that the bomb is a Time Bomb, and begins activating it. Shawn gleefully notes that Giovanni intends to erase Future Edge from existence with the bomb, but Giovanni corrects him. The bomb will indeed erase Future Edge, but not only him, but also erase every other alternate timeline from existence, with the exception of Sinnoh herself. Shawn expresses confusion on why Sinnoh would be spared, and Giovanni replies by saying that despite having no Pokémon, Sinnoh had special powers similar to those of a girl he used to know in the past. Shawn then asks if he would be erased as well, and Giovanni calmly thanks Shawn for his help and tells him that his assistance is no longer required. As the bomb activates, Shawn tries to escape but is swallowed up by the blast.

Through the efforts of Sinnoh and Celebi, the multiverse is restored, along with all the Trainers who were erased, including Shawn. While attempting to recruit their allies again, Shawn and Celebi come across Shawn and Future Edge battling in a period before the battle occured, with Shawn taking down Trainers from alternate timelines to prevent them from joining Future Edge's army. Shawn commands a Water Pulse from his Glalie, but Future Edge counters with Dark Pulse, and both attacks explode on collison. Within the smokescreen, Sinnoh approaches Future Edge, who retains his memories from the battle, and Sinnoh returns him his Pokémon.

As the smokescreen fades, Future Edge unleashes Darkrai and Regirock, who use Dark Void and Hyper Beam, respectively, but Glalie blocks both attacks with Protect. Deeming Future Edge too powerful, Shawn retreats, having Glalie use Ice Beam as a parting shot, and a distraction, allowing Shawn to successfully escape, leaving Glalie behind to deal with his enemies. However, Darkrai defeats Glalie with Focus Blast.

After returning to the Desert Resort, Shawn attacks Giovanni for betraying him, but Latias knocks him away before he could take out Giovanni, and the battle resumes. When Celebi uses its powers of space and time, Shawn is forcefully transported back to his own timeline, along with his allies (minus Giovanni).

## **Character**

Power-hungry and completely tyrannical, Shawn has the ultimate goal of becoming the most powerful Pokémon Trainer of the world, and upon learning about Template:Wp, expanded his desire to become the most powerful Trainer across the multiverse. To that end, Shawn aligned himself with Giovanni to fulfill his goal.

Despite his tyrannical nature, Shawn does show genuine loyalty towards people he works with, while also expecting loyalty in return from said people, such as when Shawn was genuinely shocked by Giovanni's betrayal. As a result, Shawn also showcased being able to hold grudges, as upon being restored back to life by Celebi, he immediately attacked Giovanni for betraying him rather than continuing to fight his enemies.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Golurk's known moves are Earthquake and Shadow Punch.

### **Abandoned**

Glalie's known moves are Water Pulse and Ice Beam.