Silvia

Silvia is the current gym leader of Vortelle Town and owner of the Swift Badge. She suffers from an illness that deteriorates her health, to the point that she relies on a wheelchair to move around. She is Robin's aunt and she specializes in agile Pokemon.

## Appearance

Silvia has long orange hair that are tied into two ponytails that fall pass her shoulders. She wears a purple sleeveless-shirt, long white pants, and black sandals with purple straps. She also wears a black hairband on her head and black bands around her wrists. She uses a black wheelchair with white wheels to move around.

## Personality

She is a rather gentle and kind woman, as well as a caring mother towards her son, Robin. She used to be more lively and energetic back before she suffered from her illness, as she used to be a track runner in her earlier days. She also possesses amazing skills as a trainer, not only becoming a gym leader, but also being able to see the potential her son as a trainer too.

## History

### Pre-History

During her youth, she was known to be a famous track runner. She was the fastest athlete in Vortelle Town. She would eventually become the gym leader for her hometown, and become an aunt after her sibling gave birth to her neohew, Robin.

However, she recently started to suffer under an unknown illness that slowly deteriorates her health. It got so bad that she became unable to stand nor walk anymore, leaving her to rely on a wheelchair to move around.

She understood that she won't be able to continue running the gym and may not be able to even live for that long. So, she decided to have her nephew inherit the gym and tell him about her condition. She thought her nephew would accept her request since she saw potential in Robin. But when she asked Robin to be the next gym leader, before she could mention about her condition, her nephew had refused to be the next gym leader. She didn't understand, leading to the both of them getting into an argument. It escalated so badly that Robin ran away from home.

Realizing what she had done, she became saddened and lonely now that her nephew is gone. She has no idea where he is, and she is unable to go look for him due to her condition. She eventually shut down the gym now that she can no longer continue running it.

## Strategy

Silvia's team compose of Pokemon that are incredibly fast. They may even rely on moves to act first, abilities that boost its speed, or moves that slow down your own Pokemon.

While it may seem simpler and easier when compared to the previous gym leaders, Silvia's team is nothing to scoff at. Her team isn't just fast, but are also powerful and troublemakers to your team.

Silvia's starting Pokemon is a speedy Accelgor. It will always starts of with Spike in order to have all your Pokemon take damage when they are switch into battle. Even though Accelgor is already fast, it has access to Me First, an attack that will allow it to attack before your Pokemon. Furthermore, Accelgor has Giga Drain in order to restore its health while dealing a lot of damage on your Pokemon.

Silvia's second Pokemon is Talonflame. Talonflame can be seen as one of Silvia's two major powerhouses because it has access to devastatingly strong moves like Brave Bird and Flare Blitz. Fortunately, those two moves come with a drawback of dealing recoil damage on the Pokemon using it.

However, this drawback can be countered since Talonflame can use Roost to restore the health it lost. But, if Talonflame were to use Roost, it becomes vulnerable to Ground Type moves (despite being part Flying Type). And since Talonflame is also a Fire Type, once it uses Roost, it can receive massive damage from a super effective Ground Type attack.

Another note to keep in mind is that Talonflame has access to U-Turn. So, if at low health or in a disadvantage, it may attempt to use U-Turn to attack before being switched out with another Pokemon.

Silvia's third Pokemon is Jolteon. Jolteon is Sivlia's second major powerhouse. It has access to a variety of powerful attacks. Special mentions go to Jolteon's Double Kick, which can deal two powerful attacks on your Pokemon in just one turn. Its Charge Beam can also be dangerous, as not only does it deal damage, but it also has a high chance to boost Jolteon's Special Attack. And as a cherry on top for this destructive Pokemon, it is equipped with an Expert Belt, which boost the power of super effective moves.

Silvia's fourth Pokemon is Ninjask. This guy would be Silvia's fastest Pokemon because of its ability Speed Boost, which allows it to boost its Speed at the end of each turn. While its moves aren't as powerful as the other Pokemon, it makes it up by becoming that fastest member of the team.

And Silvia's fifth Pokemon is Whimsicott. While Whimsicott isn't necessarily Silvia's strongest Pokemon, it is however her most annoying Pokemon to fight against. Whimsicott is equipped with a Sitrus Berry to restore a decent chunk of its health should it have at least half of its health left. This isn't helped that it can use Giga Drain and Leech Seed to drain off the health of your Pokemon. It can also use one of the region's new moves, Slashing Gale, which is a move that can allow it to attack before its opponent. And to slow down your Pokemon, it can use Stun Store to paralyze your Pokemon.