Pokedex Holders

***Pokedex Holder*** is the term used by Professor Oak and most others to describe a trainer in the Legends Canon and the Pokemon Adventures/Special manga series that has been gifted a Pokedex. These Trainers are often very gifted in a specific area, and sometimes receive their Pokedex for that abilities sake. This ability gets dubbed into a title by whatever regional Professor or authority that has given them the Pokedex. Most of these trainers have starter Pokemon from their home region, although many others already bear a Pokemon.

## Pokedex Holders

### Born

Informal, "Holder of a Pokedex"
Events of Red, Green, and Blue, about 2032
Pallet Town

### Died

N/A, many attempts to end all the Pokedex Holder's lives
Formally disbanded by Bronze Tercano after the events of Sword and Shield

### Occupation

Various, Research Gatherers, Unintentional Protectors of Humanity, the Chosen Ones

### Portrays

Themselves

The Pokedex Holders are a informal organization with no political weight to their name, but they are very tight-knit due to the bonds of shared suffering and the terrible purpose that accompanies the ownership of a Pokedex. They have joined together in many adventures, including the final defeat of the Mbelekoro in the Demon's Tomb and the Battle of the Crown Tundra fifty-two years later.

The Pokedex Holders, through fate, chance, or the Will of Arceus, are always destined to come into conflict with the Mbelekoro or his servants. This was perceived as simply "stopping evil" until the events of Brick Bronze when the primeval threat of the Evil Djinn was unveiled. Via decree of Bronze Tercano, only two or three Pokedex Holders may exist per region, although four is a rare exception. The Pokedex Holders became somewhat irrelevant until the events of Sword and Shield, when new Pokedex Holders were created in Galar fifty-one years after its discovery.

## Members

### Kanto

The Kantoian Pokedex Holders were the first and the most senior of their kind, and have been involved with much of the battles of the Great Years and beyond.

#### Red: The Fighter

The Pokedex Holder of the most renown, Red is known as the Fighter due to his incredible battling abilities. He has changed much over the years, from a rash and womanizing boy to a dependable and noble man. He stopped Team Rocket, aided in the fight against the Kanto Elite Four and Team Neo Rocket, before going on to have many more adventures that culminated in the Battle of the Demon's Tomb. After fifty-two more years, he remains hale and hearty at eighty-four, and returned for the Battle of the Crown Tundra as the last fight of his life against the dark powers.

#### Blue: The Trainer

Blue was the very first Pokedex Holder and one of the most famous. He is deemed the Trainer due to his abilities to instruct even the most hopeless of wards into greatness with his Pokemon. He helped defeat Team Rocket, the Kanto Elite Four, and Team Neo Rocket, and had many more adventures, including in Kalos where Lysandre's plot to activate the Mbelekoro-made Ultimate Weapon was foiled. He went on the fight in the Battle of the Demon's Tomb, and went into peaceful retirement as the Veridian City Gym Leader. Unfortunately, he met his end at eighty-two years of age after stumbling upon the Crown Tundra Eclipse Stronghold and activating its defenses. The cause of his disappearance remained unknown until Sordward-Cypress revealed his fate.

#### Green: The Evolver

Once a thief, Green has now become a fighter for the Powers of Light. Kidnapped by the Masked Man (Pryce) when she was little, Green was trained in the arts of evolving Pokemon and can bring out a transformation even in the most reluctant Pokemon. She aided in the defeat of Team Rocket and the Kanto Elite Four, and was the crux of the events of FireRed and LeafGreen. She went on to have other adventures, climaxing in the Battle of the Demon's Tomb. She now remains able and alert at the age of eighty-four, and participated in the Battle of the Crown Tundra.

#### Yellow: The Healer

A child of Viridian Forest blessed with healing and psychic powers by the holy aura that still indwells it, Yellow was responsible for the defeat of Lance, aided in the fight against Team Neo Rocket and Team Rocket returning, and fought the Eclipse Alliance at the Battle of the Demon's Tomb. Although she is now eighty-five years of age at the events of the Battle of the Crown Tundra, she appears to only be in her late thirties due to her healing factor that only went noticed with age. She now resides in Viridian Forest, dispelling oracles of doom to whoever will listen.

### Johto

Seeing success in Kanto, Professor Elm made another set of improved Pokedexes. One was stolen, and two were given of Oak's free will.

#### Gold: The Hatcher/Breeder

Gold has the ability to hatch nearly any Pokemon and infuse his Willpower into the child. Skilled with the use of a pool cue for entertainment and battle, Gold is a crude, rash, and lovable scamp that has saved the world from the Mbelekoro's schemes many times, although never unaided. After stopping the Masked Man, he went on to free the senior Pokedex Holders from petrification and helped return the Plates to Arceus, reversing the evil that the Mbelekoro had done in the far past. After the Battle of the Demon's Tomb, Gold went on to peacefully retire for fifty-two years until the events of the Battle of the Crown Tundra, in which he was killed.

#### Silver: The Exchanger

Once a ward of the Masked Man, Silver was instructed in the arts of Trading and Battling. After his escape, he set out on a zealous Jihad to defeat Pryce, with him stealing a Pokedex along the way and becoming the exiled Lance's student. After the Battle of the Ilex Forest, Silver turned to search for his roots as his mortal enemy was defeated. It was discovered that he was the son of Giovanni, and he eventually set out on another Jihad to defeat Team Rocket. Although he confronted his father in the Sinjoh Ruins, his Jihad against Team Rocket continued until he and Giovanni joined forces to defeat the Eclipse Alliance in the Battle of the Distortion World. Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket, and Silver considered his purpose on Earth fulfilled. He lingered until the Battle of the Crown Tundra, in which he perished.

#### Crystal: The Catcher

After a accident left her without the use of her arms to throw Poke Balls, she learned how to use her legs to catch Pokémon. Although her arms healed, she still retained her talent and was given a Pokedex by Professor Oak. She participated in the defeat of Neo Team Rocket and the Skirmish at the Battle Frontier, and also helped return the Plates to Arceus. She became the Johtoian Professor of Pokemon at a unspecified date after the Battle of the Demon's Tomb, and returned to participate in the Battle of the Crown Tundra, in which she died at the age of eighty-two, putting a end to the Johto Pokedex Trio.

### Hoenn

Several new Pokedex Holders were appointed in Hoenn, who went on to have adventures of their own. Two trainers received Pokedexes, although Emerald obtained his at a later date.