Percival Sykes

“Let’s see who wants this more.”

Percival is the son of a jailed detective Julius Sykes, and Rebecca Sykes, a long forgotten trainer who wasn't able to make it any further than the first badge before releasing her starter. He is on a journey to prove that being a trainer isn't worthless, and to repay his tutors, Professor Birch and his teacher Olivia Zander and his close friends for setting him down this path.

## Personality

Perci has a tactical genius to his methods, guiding his pokemon team through each battle to bring the best out of each one, however he isn’t above making sure each of his pokemon are at their best health. He wavers in the confidence department at times, constantly doubting himself and commonly berates himself when things don't go the way he foresees. In the heat of the battle his soul burns with a determination to outwit and outperform his opponent and prove his worth to anyone who should cross his path, should he lose, he uses that to fuel a way to find another way to win in the next fight. He’s particularly fond of his Ralts Sarina, and communicates openly with his team so as to not hide his true feelings.

## Before PCC

### Growing Up

Percival was a bright and cheerful child in his youth, but always got emotional when things got bad in any situation. Living in Petalburg his entire life until the age of 11, where when he had passed his Pokemon Trainer Exams to become a Hoenn Licensed Trainer he had purchased his first pokeball using the pitiful allowance his parents gave him in a in vein attempt to show his family that he had became a trainer.

His parents forced their agenda down onto him, constantly pressuring the young Sykes to become a Detective like his now imprisoned father, or a Police officer like his uncle was, neither of which put any excitement into his heart as it was a tradition of sorts for young boys and girls to find their first Pokemon and begin their journey through the Hoenn Region.

His Parents outright refused to humor the traditions of Hoenn, stating that Pokemon battles don't put food on the table, and that fighting other people is a waste of time and effort just to gain "some kind of recognition." That being said his father was a drunken and had no actual skill when it came to a detective, so even at a young age Percival put no stock in anything his mother or father said.

### The Day of Meetings

Percival would soon understand the meaning behind Pokemon after going to school and breaking down in front of his peers and teacher, Olivia Zander. His peers expressed that he should have a Pokemon and persuaded their teacher to give an extended recess to allow them to help Percival catch his first Pokemon. This new found hope was short-lived as his father approached and demanded that Percival was not to take another step out of the town. His friends protested, stating that his old man was holding him back from what he wanted to do and that he was already passed his Trainer Exam and scored the highest out of everyone in the class, his father refused to listen to their reason and in panic this caused Percival to run away into the route alone.

Running until he couldn't run any further he broke down, fully realizing he was lost within Route 102, that was until he met a small female Ralts that Percival bonded with almost instantly to, after watching the Ralts dance softly and trying to mimic the dance himself, and seeing the Ralts look curiously at his dropped pokeball, he explained his parents hated pokemon and wouldn't give any recognition to them or Professor Birch who commonly came to the city to see brand new Trainers off.

The Ralts then did something he never expected, it gave the pokeball back to him before letting itself be captured by him.

But that would not be the only surprise for the newly minted trainer, as within that same forested route he would meet the man that would truly set him on his Pokemon Journey, Professor Birch. The two spoke briefly before his friends had came to him in the route and for the second time that day he explained how he caught his Ralts, soon naming it Sarina due to Professor Birch commenting on how serene it was that it was dancing and allowed Percival to catch it. Then panic yet again set in as his friends explain to him and Professor Birch that Percival's father was sitting in the back of a police car for hitting his teacher and the commotion that followed. As his arrived at the City Entrance his shock was only met with a deeper fear as he saw his mother kicking and screaming as her words cut into his mind to haunt him to even this day.

*"Percival! How dare you disobey your father! Because of you we're going to lose everything, all because you wanted a stupid worthless Pokemon!"*

Fearful he would lose Sarina as the police officer spoke to him, the Officer would be the one to just express concern about his safety and his teacher would give him his trainer card, expressing how fitting it was for him to find one due to how emotional he was. Professor Birch would then drop the final bombshell for him that day, expressing that since he was registered trainer that the Professor would take him back to Littleroot Town to properly prepare him for his Pokemon Journey. A challenge was set between the Officer and the young Percival as the Officer explained that his parents had no say in preventing his attempts to participate in the Hoenn League Sanctioned Events or to leave home on his own journey.

It was as he was leaving that day to go to Littleroot Town that he decided he would prove how wrong his parents were about Pokemon, and about being a trainer, and that he would become a trainer Hoenn could be proud of.

### Seven Years Later

Now a young man, the 18 year old Percival stepped off a chartered cruse ship from Hoenn to Kanto with his Ralts Sarina in tow, ready to begin his Kanto Journey.

## Pokemon Party

Percival has some pretty cool Pokemon, his theme seems to be that of Pokemon whom take special requires to evolve or have to train especially hard to get to their final evolution. A secondary Theme he holds is that him and his Pokemon are able to come up with moves on the fly to overcome certain situations. Below is the Pokemon he currently has in rotation.

## Extras

### Themes

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Encounter Theme - Rude Buster / Synthwave Remix Climax Reasoning

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Battle Theme - Game Changer / Debate Scrum X Battle! Gym Leader - Remix

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Ringtone - Petalburg Whispers

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### Fight Record

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Battle in Saffron: Loss

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Battle vs Pixie Gym Leader Betty: Win

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Battle vs Water Gym Leader Misty: Win

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Tournament Battle vs Tempest: Win

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Tournament Battle vs Sol:

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