Tai the Charizard

**Tai the Charizard** is a character who appears in *The Legend of Fox the Brave*. He is a Charizard who lived prior to the formation of the Storming Alliance. He lived out in the wild for most of his life, with a small band of friends that he later referred to as his tribe

### Relatives

Mason(father); Maya(mother); Cori(brother); Pyro(son); Splash(adopted son)

## Physical description

### Weight

200 lbs(base form); 243 lbs(Mega X forme); 221 lbs(Mega Y forme)

### Eye color

Blue(base form; Mega Charizard Y); Red(Mega Charizard X)

## Appearances

### Debut

Tai's Travels

Shortly after the Alliance was created, Tai was killed under currently unknown circumstances, being one of the first Alliance leaders to die, as well as one of the oldest warrior spirits

## Appearance

Tai resembles a large orange dragon with a very pale yellow underbelly, squarish muzzle, blue eyes, large wings with blue undersides, and a bright orange tail-flame. He also has a scar on his right side, under his wing

As Mega Charizard X, Tai has a black hide with a blue underbelly and underwings, a blue tail-flame, and blue flames on each corner of his mouth. His wings are shaped differently, he has two spikes on each shoulder, blue horn-tips, and a smaller set of horns under his main

As Mega Charizard Y, Tai greatly resembles his base form, but with a few key differences. His wings are larger and ragged at the edges, his muzzle is more rounded, and he has a large crest on the outer edge of each wrist. His tail is much longer, with a large spike at the base, and three smaller spikes at the end

## Personality

Tai is a very responsible, mature, caring person. While Charizard are known to be aggressive and battle-hungry at times, Tai is the opposite. He is very calm, and more likely to think things through

Early into his time as Charizard, Tai was rather aggressive, though, often rushing into battle without a solid plan. Given that he was new to Mega Evolution and determined to save someone who was in grave danger, though, an exception can be made

In his later years, Tai became much calmer, and a much more intimidating foe as a result; Whenever angered, he will drop his voice rather than raise it in rage

## History

Tai was hatched as the older son of two rogue Charizard, Mason and Maya. Out of fear for his safety, the two rogues sent Tai to stay in the Hidden Village, where he lived until its destruction. They had intended to retrieve him and escape to a location closer to a Mobian settlement to hide from Shuri, but this never happened, as they died

Tai never truly knew his family growing up, as he was raised in the Hidden Village by the captain of the guard, a Charizard named Myron

While living in the village, Tai befriended Shuri's son Nero and a Mudkip named Finn. The three evolved to their second stage and enrolled in training school. Tai quickly proved to be the most adept of the three in battle, even besting Nero in a mock battle, though he left him with some permanent burns

This mock battle would be the beginning of the end for Tai and Nero's friendship, which began to deteriorate following this

Later, when the village was attacked, Tai encountered Nero in the middle of it, and angrily blamed him, believing he sold them out to Shuri, as the Hidden Village had been hidden(hence its name)

Tai was tasked with the village leader Mucky(Finn's Swampert uncle) with finding the village's Key Stone in an elder's house. After Tai found it, he had to contend with Shuri, who wanted the Key Stone himself, as well as Tai as his own warrior

Tai managed to escape, though not without getting wounded. He escaped into the ruined village, and realized he needed to run. He then fled into the forest, where he met a Noivern named Nomis

With Nomis' help, Tai began his quest to find his friends Finn and Nya-another Frogadier that Tai had befriended. However, Tai met an evolved Nero the Greninja, who he noticed had faint burn scars

Tai and Nero angrily confronted each other, before Tai was caught by a net tossed by the Dark Legion, leading Tai to believe Nero had fully betrayed him. It was also here that Tai had his first encounter with Enerjak

Enerjak believed Tai to be the spy poking into the Legion's business(unaware it was really a fox named Rocket). Satisfied that he "had his spy", Enerjak gave the order to move out. This made Tai panic and try to fight, and he began to evolve into Charizard

After evolving, Tai made use of the Charizardite X give not him by Myron, though his inexperience caused him to lose control of himself and go on a rampage. He calmed down with the help of Finn and Nya when they arrived after Enerjak escaped

Tai also met with the Legion's actual spy, a fox named Rocket and his Treecko partner. Rocket explained that after the Legion mobilizes, he'll hide out for a while to avoid their notice. In order to hide after this latest incident, Rocket went with Tai and his little "tribe"

A few nights later, Tai has a dream that alerts him to the plight of Rocket's family, and he alerts the fox. To Tai's alarm, Rocket is completely stubborn, and dead-set on saving his family regardless of the cost, and he runs off, quickly getting himself captured, much to Tai's chagrin

Tai tries to fight Enerjak, but is blown back, injuring his wing. Enerjak mockingly tells him he looks forward to his rescue attempt

***More coming soon...***

## Abilities/Skills

As Charmeleon, Tai was surprisingly adept at fighting, and utilizing every tool at his disposal to make up for his weaknesses against certain types

Like the rest of his kind, Tai can breathe fire at will, dig with his strong claws(as Charmeleon), fly(as Charizard), and knock opponents around with his thick tail

His Ability in his base form is Blaze, Tough Claws as Mega Charizard X, and Drought as Mega Charizard Y

His moveset throughout *Tai's Travels* is unknown, but his final moveset was confirmed to be Flamethrower, Steel Wing, Solar Beam, and Dragon Claw

In his base formAs Mega Charizard X
## Trivia

Tai was originally written to go straight into Mega Charizard Y form. The remake of *Tai's Travels* changes this so he spends some time as Mega Charizard X before taking on the Y form

*Tai's Travels* confirms that Pyro's Charizardite X was inherited from Tai, which was in turn inherited from Myron