Augustus Blight (Manga)

> "She says you want to help people, that you are determined, that your spirit is fiery, and that you are far, far beyond what you think you are.”
>
> Clarisse Fanali to Augustus Blight, Pokemon Yarroh, Chapter 9, Through The Fire And Flames

## Appearances

### Status

Alive (resurrected)

**Augustus Blight** is the son of **Johanna Blight and,** later revealed to him by his mother, **Thasiel Andreas,** and is a student at Borealis Academy as well as a Pokemon Trainer. He is the main protagonist of the Pokemon Yarroh series.

## History

Augustus Blight was born on October 11. Raised in the Blight Estate, he grew up primarily sheltered due to his mother and his butler/father, Thasiel Andreas, being overprotective of him since his birth. According to Johanna, Augustus's father soon passed away after he was born from cancer. This was a lie, as it was later revealed to him that Thasiel is his actual father. Augustus is descended from Hanamiya, the first of the priestesses of Arceus, and was blessed with Divine Fortitude. Later in the story, he goes on to form a romantic relationship with Yancy Gates.

## Pokemon Yarroh

Augustus is introduced waking up from his alarm. Trying to shut off his phone to stop the incessant beeping, he knocks his phone off his nightstand. Getting up, he shuts it off almost viciously. A knock at the door makes him answer it, and it is revealed to be Thasiel, who hands him his uniform, telling him to freshen up. Augustus changes and showers, before heading downstairs and eating, and then going to school at Borealis Academy.

As he stands in the crowd, he finds a friend of his, Lillian Fanali, and the two engage in discussion as the principal introduces himself, before allowing Professor Zander Awilik to take the stand. The Professor calls out three names for students to join him and get their very first Pokemon, and Augustus, along with Lillian and another boy, Yancy, are called. The three travel to the lab where their options are revealed; Bulbasaur, Torchic, and Popplio. The three each choose a partner. Augustus and Bulbasaur, Lillian and Torchic, and Yancy and Popplio. However, before anything else can happen other than a quick battle between Lillian and Augustus (in which the latter won), Team Maple attacks. Laura and three other grunts storm the room, with Laura attacking Augustus with her Crustle.

Thankfully, Augustus is saved by the professor's Nidoking, who quickly removes the Crustle from action. The professor excuses the three of them, and Thasiel takes Augustus home. After a day of relaxation, with Augustus researching his new partner, they find out Augustus’s mother, Johanna Blight, has arrived back home from work. Johanna and Augustus speak about the attack, and, to be safe, Johanna gifts him a Key Stone, his father’s golden watch, and a Venusaurite for when Bulbasaur evolves into Venusaur.

The next morning, Augustus goes back to Borealis Academy, meeting up with Lillian and Yancy, before going to his classroom and meeting his teacher, Mrs. Ashley Amalthea. Augustus then takes a seat with Lillian as the students file in, and Ashley offers them knowledge about the types of Pokemon, which includes a battle between another student’s Heracross and her Umbreon. Ashley then chooses Augustus for a battle against another student, and the other student, introducing herself as Delia, comes out as the victor due to type advantage. Afterwards, Delia offers to show the rest of her partners off to Augustus, which he accepts after school. The two go to Delia’s family, and it’s revealed Ashley is Delia’s mother-or at least one of them. Delia shows off her shiny Mimikyu as well as Chompers, her shiny Garchomp, and Augustus then leaves with Thasiel and Johanna.

When he gets home, he plans a meet with Delia over the weekend. When it arrives, he takes Lillian and Yancy with him to the Amalthea Estate. They meet Delia and her family; Evelyn, Delia’s older sister, Maisie, Evelyn’s girlfriend, Paris, Delia’s second mother, Kayden, Delia’s older brother, and, however she isn’t shown, Melemele, Delia’s second older sister. Augustus and Bulbasaur train with Caroline, Paris’s Ceran Tyranitar, in order to learn Growth, whilst Paris offers some useful information to Lillian and Yancy. The children sit and talk about Gimmicks, and then they are invited in for dinner. It is revealed Paris gave Lillian a Mega Glove and a Key Stone, and Yancy a Z-Ring, for when their starters evolve. They eat dinner, during which the children are called off to work, and Paris and Augustus chat about Paris’s former work as a Team Asteroid Admin in Ceran. Soon after, Paris gives Lillian the Blazikenite, and Yancy the Primarium Z-Crystal, as well as discussing the Gym Challenge with them, before sending them home.

Augustus and Thasiel come across an angered Johanna, apparently dealing with work problems, before she asks how it went. Augustus describes it in great detail, saying how much he enjoyed it. Johanna smiles, but a notice on the TV catches Augustus’s attention. A familiar shiny Garchomp catches his eye as a Pokemon under a Region Guardian’s command, and he knows it is Delia under the mask. Taking in this new information, Augustus goes to bed.

In the morning, Augustus is attacked by four Team Maple grunts, one of whom being Laura. Johanna and Thasiel fight them off, but Laura targets Johanna, resulting in Augustus jumping forward to take the blow himself. He is injured, and subsequently taken to Magloss City, where he learns Yancy has acquired his first Gym Badge, the Inferno Badge, from Magloss’s Gym Leader. Delia enters in her Region Guardian garb, and Augustus points out her identity. Yancy helps Augustus get dressed, before the latter decides he should go get his first Gym Badge. He heads out to Route 1 to catch a Pokemon, and instead finding an injured Shellos. Instead of catching the Pokemon, Augustus takes it back to the Pokemon Center, healing it up, before getting into a confrontation with the trainer who hurt it. The trainer and Augustus battle, during which Shellos interrupts and the trainer flees. Augustus catches the Shellos, first of his trio to gain a new partner. With two Pokemon, he goes off to challenge the first Gym.

In the Gym, Augustus gets some tips, before he begins to head off. The first puzzle he solves is a flame, and it brings him to his first Gym Trainer, whom he beats with Shellos’s Water Gun, and then solves the next puzzle, which is of a campfire. The next trainer is a bit of a challenge, as her Magby burns Shellos with its ability before Shellos can take it out with Water Gun. The final challenge is the one and only Clarisse Fanali, Lillian’s grandmother, and the Gym Leader of Magloss City.

Clarisse sends out Litleo first, and Augustus sends out Shellos. The battle is quick, but Shellos’s injury is enough to make Augustus send out his Bulbasaur. Clarisse sends out her ace, commenting they are both down to one Pokemon, with her having the advantage. Without wasting any time, Clarisse Dynamaxes her Scorbunny, and Augustus follows suit with Dynamaxing his Bulbasaur. It’s a hard-fought battle, and with a last Max Overgrowth, Augustus comes out on top, winning his first Gym Badge. Before he can celebrate, however, the entire ground shakes as a Scream Tail was revealed to have appeared in the city.

Augustus rushes out to help it, followed by Lillian and Yancy, and the three of them engage in a battle with the Scream Tail. It retreats, but the section Yancy is standing on shatters beneath him. Without a second thought, Augustus dives after him. The two are saved by Koraitu Vane, the Updraft City Gym Leader, and Yancy and Augustus get into a small fight. Yancy’s father appears and whisks Yancy off, leaving Augustus and Lillian wondering what had caused Yancy’s mood to shift when he realized his father arrived. Thasiel drives the both of them home, and he tries to find his mother. He eavesdrops on her meeting with another woman, and what he heard frightens him, so he intervenes. The woman is revealed to be Cleothorn Steel, Champion of the Yarroh Region, and a close friend of Johanna (or so she says). The two talk, and Cleothorn leaves, before Augustus questions his mother about how she knows the Champion. Before she can answer, however, a glass shatters, causing Johanna to reveal her bloodline to Augustus.

She and Augustus have what is known as the ‘divine fortitude’, making them extremely durable even for a human, and the reason Johanna and Thasiel were so protective of Augustus. This shocks Augustus, and he goes to leave for the night.

In the morning, Augustus goes to school, where he is congratulated by Ashley, and then subsequently whisked off with the rest of his class to Undula Stadium for a surprise, where he meets the full circuit of Gym Leaders and Elite Four. After the announcements and the meetings, Augustus, along with Delia, Lillian, Yancy, and the rest of his class, go to get autographs from the Gym Leaders and Elite Four. During this, he meets Professor Zander’s assistants, JJ Kukui and Dink Mitsuri. He is interrupted, however, when Yancy goes missing, and tries to find him. Augustus finds Yancy, and the two head around to get advice from the Gym Leaders and Elite Four about their starters before going home for the day. Augustus helps patch up Yancy’s wound with Thasiel, before helping Yancy realize what his father is doing to him is wrong.

Augustus offers Yancy a shirt like Yancy offered him, and the two share details for a moment, bonding with each other, before they decide to go outside together.

## Appearance

Augustus is a pale, skinny boy in his teenage years, with black curly hair, gray eyes the color of steel, and dresses usually in formal clothing, unless relaxing. He wears a golden watch around his right wrist, which contains a Key Stone.

## Personality

Augustus is very shy unless around someone he knows, such as his friends or his butler. His knowledge of Pokémon is extremely vast, however, and he loves to talk about Pokémon.

## Pokémon

### Bulbasaur (M) -> Ivysaur (M) -> Venusaur (M) -> Mega Venusaur *or* Augustus-Venusaur (M)

Bulbasaur was the Pokémon Augustus received from the professor. It is his loyal companion, and Augustus regards it like a true friend. It soon evolved into Ivysaur after the second Gym Battle against Ruby Steele, and then into Venusaur. In the final match of the Undula Conference, it was revealed that Augustus's Venusaur can undergo the **Battle Bond** technique, transforming it into Augustus-Venusaur.

Its moves are as follows: **Petal Blizzard, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, and *Floral Finale.*** Its ability is Battle Bond, and it holds a Venusaurite.

### Shellos-East (F) -> Gastrodon-East (F)

Shellos (East Sea) was the Pokémon Augustus caught before the first Gym Battle against Clarisse Fanali. It evolved soon after during Hemlock's Gym Battle, and is a partner Augustus caught after rescuing it from a burn. It regards him as her hero.

Its moves are as follows: **Earthquake, Liquidation, Recover, Rock Slide.** Its ability is Storm Drain, and it has no held item. (In Showdown, it holds a Rocky Helmet.)