Lori

**Lori** (Japanese: **ロリー** *Rori*) is a treasure hunter hailed from Eterna City in the Sinnoh region.

## **New Era**

### **Sinnoh**

Lori first appeared while Dwayne was traveling through the Eterna Forest when he witnessed a large amount of Pokémon licking honey off the side of a Sweet Honey tree. After a bit, a Burmy appeared to try to get honey off the tree, but Lori appeared and sent out her Chansey, who uses Attract. Burmy is attracted, and she seems very happy. Dwayne comments that she has to attack a Pokémon to make sure she catches it. Lori takes his advice and Chansey uses Double Slap. Burmy uses Protect, but Chansey uses Egg Bomb, and Lori throws her Friend Ball. She catches the Burmy. She thanks Dwayne, and tells him that she has three Wormadam. She throws their Poké Balls, and they come out to confirm what she said. Lori says that all her Burmy were females. Dwayne inquires why she wanted a male, and Lori tells him she wants the end result to be a Mothim. Lori introduces herself, and says she is a treasure hunter. She says she wants to fill in the empty space in her grandfather's collection of treasures, and needs just a bit of the Enchanted Honey, which is sweeter than any other honey. Curious, Dwayne offers to help Lori evolve Burmy, to which she gladly accepts.

Lori takes out her Burmy and tells the Wormadam to cheer him on. Dwayne takes out his Turtwig and tells it to go easy on Burmy. Burmy starts out with a Tackle, but it bounces off Turtwig. Turtwig uses Tackle back, and Burmy is thrown back. All his leaves fall off, and two cover Turtwig's eyes. Turtwig panics, and it accidentally tackles Burmy, who loses. Dwayne says that Turtwig is being a little rough, so he calls him back. He calls out Golbat, and Golbat uses a very weak Quick Attack, which Burmy takes weakly. Lori tells Burmy not to give up, and use Tackle. Golbat doesn't dodge it, and pretends to be damaged severely. Suddenly, Burmy evolves into Mothim. Then, all is well until Mothim picks up a scent. Dwayne and Lori run after Mothim.

They pursue Mothim, the Pokémon racing towards a tree with a spot of honey, snacking along with a Caterpie and Ledyba. Dwayne notices that the area looks familiar, and they realize that they came back to the tree Lori had slathered Honey on earlier. He notices that it is getting late and that they should postpone the search until the next day. They set up camp and rest for the night. The next day, the two set off and Lori notices that Mothim is quite excited. As they head through the forest, Lori gets strung up by a bunch of vines. Dwayne sends Turtwig to cut the vines with Razor Leaf. She falls and Dwayne catches her, but a bunch of Kakuna fall out of the tree as well. They hear Mothim calling out and everyone returns to the search, finding Mothim above a group of shrubs. Mothim dives down and sends a Gloom jumping up. Suddenly, a woman steps out of nowhere and mouths off facts about Gloom. The Gloom jumps over the group and casts a foul stench, forcing everyone to hold their breath as the Pokémon escapes. The woman was upset that she could not catch it, but she notices Dwayne's Turtwig and rushes to hug him. She commends how strong the Pokémon is as Dwayne introduces himself. The woman identifies herself as Gardenia, a Grass-type Trainer.

Gardenia challenges Dwayne to a battle, and he accepts, and Lori watches from the sidelines. During the night, Lori tells Gardenia about the Amber Castle, and Gardenia says that she'll help them find the way, since she often comes into the forest to capture Grass-type Pokémon. The next day, a Nuzleaf appeared, and after reading the note it had, Gardenia left the duo as a Combee appeared. Dwayne and Lori run after the Combee as they continue to head towards their goal. The two come across a large Pomeg flower. When Mothim tries to land on it, a Combee flies away from it. They quickly lose sight of it. They decide to follow the Pomeg flowers. Mothim spots something and suddenly a large Combee wall flies out of a bush. The two give chase. They end up near a waterfall with many Combee walls around. Mothim flies off towards the waterfall. They notice a cave behind the waterfall, and decide that the Amber Castle must be there.

Mothim beckons down one of the cave's passages. Mothim sniffs the air, and Lori mentions that Mothim must be able to smell the honey. Mothim races off down the tunnel. In the darkest depths of the cave, Dwayne and Lori can't decide which way to go. Mothim calls out to them and they come across a large room going down, with blue light coming from it. They walk down the spiral path around the edge of the room. Suddenly, Mothim flies into a tunnel in the wall, and they start to follow, but lose him. Dwayne tries to run after them, but Lori stops him, reminding him that they need to stay together. They pick a path and follow it, only to reach a dead end. They are wondering whether they had been that way before, with Lori commenting that it all looks the same. Suddenly, Mothim appears in front of them and happily greets them. Mothim then looks worried, as a large group of angry Combee fly past, and they decide to follow and come across some men digging up some holes.

The silhouette hisses again and the Combee angrily surround the diggers. Dwayne comments that their digging must have made the Combee angry. The silhouette hisses again, and the Combee counter with glowing beams of light. Lori tells Mothim to use Psybeam to stop the attacks. Dwayne and Lori decide to find another path. They are following another path when it suddenly gets very dark. Mothim seems excited, so they keep going, but Dwayne walks into a wall, which seems to be moving. They realize that it is a giant Combee wall, and the Combee start attacking them. Mothim uses Psybeam and the wall crumbles, revealing the Amber Castle. They enter the Castle to find honey flowing everywhere. The silhouette is revealed to be a Vespiquen. Lori walks up to the Vespiquen to ask for some enchanted honey and is immediately surrounded by angry Combee. She apologizes for forcing her way into the Amber Castle, saying that her dream was to find it. Suddenly, the diggers break through the roof of the castle and say they are going to take all the enchanted honey, and Vespiquen counters with Attack Order, but when the attacks stop, the castle starts to crack.

The honey starts to leak, so the diggers start loading buckets with honey. Lori sends out her Surskit, which uses Ice Beam to seal the cracks in the walls. Dwayne points out that it is only a temporary fix, as the ice will quickly melt. The Combee fly down until they are just above the honey. Dwayne and Lori decide to fix the walls and they begin to pile up rocks to cover the cracks. The ice starts to melt, so the diggers decide to leave, but are stopped by Mothim's Hidden Power, surrounded by Combee and attacked with Attack Order. One of the diggers quickly pills out an umbrella, which they hide behind. However, Vespiquen uses Power Gem, sending the diggers flying through several floors of the cave. The Combee have calmed down, and they start using the honey to seal the cracks in the walls. Vespiquen then flies up and hands Lori a jar of enchanted honey. Lori thanks Vespiquen and then gives Dwayne a taste of the enchanted honey. That evening, Dwayne and Lori walk to a clearing in the forest. Then, Lori spots a Beedrill, and runs off, claiming her grandfather told her that if she saw a Beedrill, she should travel alone, and Dwayne waves her goodbye while laughing at her antics.

During the Lily of the Valley Conference, Lori was seen watching the tournament's broadcast from Eterna City alongside Gardenia, cheering for Dwayne during his battle against Lazuli.

## **Character**

Lori is a kind-hearted and cheerful individual, while also being rather clumsy and inexperienced, seen as when she needed Dwayne's help to capture her male Burmy, despite possessing a few Pokémon of her own. Nonetheless, Lori proved herself quite a capable battler, using her Pokémon's unique abilities to her advantage.

Being a treasure hunter, Lori enjoys the outdoors, commenting that she feels at home whenever she camped out, and enjoyed staring at the stars at night. Lori is also quite gullible, believing her grandfather's tales and myths. Her gullible attitude doesn't cloud her judgment, however, as she recognizes the difference between good and bad people.

## **Pokémon**

### **Oh Hand**

Chansey's known moves are Attract, Double Slap and Egg Bomb.

None of Wormadam's moves are known.

Mothim was first seen as a wild Burmy in the Eterna Forest. Lori spread some Honey on a tree in hopes of attracting a Burmy. After confirming Burmy's gender to be male, she proceeded to capture him. She explained to Dwayne that she needed a male Burmy to evolve him into a Mothim in order to find the Amber Castle. With Dwayne's aid, Burmy battled against his Turtwig and Golbat to gain enough experience, successfully evolving him into Mothim.

Surskit's only known move is Ice Beam.