Storm the Buizel

**Storm the Buizel** is a character who appears fairly frequently in *The Legend of Fox the Brave*. He is a male Buizel hailing from River Valley Village, Mobius, and one of Austin's closest friends. Like Boulder, he is quiet and contemplative, but lacks the ferocious temper his friends have. Storm has shown no interest in evolving into Floatzel

As of *The Rising Storm*, Storm has temporarily served as stand-in leader with Crystal as his deputy, but has since returned to his old status as deputy

### Relatives

Whirlpool(father); Paya(mother); Shell(sister)

### Occupation

Deputy; Leader(temporarily); Warrior(formerly); Loner(formerly)

## Appearance

Being a Buizel, Storm resembles a short anthropomorphic weasel with short, sleek orange fur, paler fur on his face, eyebrow-spots, belly, and tail-tips, and two paler spots on his back

He has black eyes, a black nose, black spots on his muzzle, blue arm-fins, four black spots on his muzzle, a tail that splits in two halfway down, and a yellow flotation sac(referred to as his collar)

A short scar slices over his right cheek, and he is noted to be large and well-muscled for a Buizel

## Personality

In his early years, Storm was spunky, hot-headed, and commonly found himself in over his head

However, as he has aged, Storm mellowed out. He is quiet, calm, guarded, and thoughtful. He tends to observe things with a detached calmness. Regardless, he will still get fired up if the situation requires

Like other warriors, he is fiercely loyal to the Storm Fighters, and will leap to defend them at any cost

## History

### **The Beginning**

Storm was born to two Floatzel, Whirlpool and Paya, in a town called River Valley Village, which was inhabited entirely by Pokemon. Storm's egg hatched on the night of a thunderstorm, earning him his name

Storm had a relatively peaceful life, eventually gaining a little sister named Shell, whom he loved dearly. The two siblings did practically everything together, and they were very close

One night, as a storm approached, so did a threat

Neo Metal Sonic was hoping to take the village, but did not expect to meet resistance. Storm brashly tried to attack Metal, only to get grabbed by him. Metal Sonic mocked the villagers for letting a child fight for them, then proceeded to throw him into the river, right as a flood rushed down, sweeping Storm away

### **Life as a Loner**

Storm woke up the morning after the flood, and began trying to head back upriver

Not too long after he starts his journey, Storm encounters a rogue named Snipe, a Seviper. Snipe attacks Storm, leaving him wounded and poisoned. But before Snipe can finish the Buizel loner off, Storm is rescued by an unseen force

Storm is left unconscious, and took several days to recover. The only reminder of his attack was the scar on his cheek

Storm's rescuers were the Megastone Rogues, a tribe of wild Pokemon led by a Mega Charizard Y named Tai. Storm stayed with the tribe until he fully recovered from his wounds, and set off to find his village with the help of directions from the old Charizard

### **Trouble with Metal Sonic**

While traveling through the forest, Storm encountered Neo Metal Sonic again. The robot noticed him, and Storm ran for it

Along the way, he encountered a local named Mortimer Gray, a gray fox in trouble with Metal. The two tried to escape together, as Mortimer knew the forest pretty well, but they were caught by Metal Sonic. In retaliation for the fox's attempted escape, Metal Sonic wounded him, costing Mortimer his eye

Storm witnessed this in hiding, and tried to defend Mortimer, and was captured for his efforts. He later tried to escape with Mortimer, and got caught up in a raid by the warriors

Storm got away, but Mortimer was recaptured by Metal Sonic. Storm managed to escape in a river

### **Joining the Storm Fighters**

Storm got caught up in another flood after arriving in Planet Minecraft, and meets a young man named Austin. The young warrior took him down to Fox, who allowed him to join

During his time at the Base, Storm quickly befriended Austin, drifting away from Mortimer after the fox was rescued, as Mortimer had been traumatized by his encounter with Metal Sonic

Storm quickly proved himself an effective warrior, and befriended Rosa, Michael, and later Boulder when they joined the Alliance

### **The Mission to Downunda**

Since Austin was brought along on a mission to Downunda to find Dr. Finitevus, Storm went along as well to stay with his friend

Later, when the group, now with the Downunda Freedom Fighters, was split into two teams to free Angel Island, Storm was put on the ground team, while Austin was put on the crater team, disappointing Storm and Austin

Because Finitevus was working with the local chapter of the Dark Egg Legion at the time(unbeknownst to anyone), both teams were ambushed and captured

Storm was later released along with the others thanks to Bill, a secret traitor amongst the Legion's ranks, and Storm helped fight off the Legion

When it was noticed that Austin was falling from Angel Island, Storm tried his best to save him, but while he was able to break Austin's fall enough that it wasn't fatal, they both suffered severe, lasting injuries

### **The Mission to Rescue Dallas**

Storm tagged along on the patrol, but his actions during the mission aren't seen

### **The Phantom War**

Storm is only seen toward the end of *After the War*, when he is on the patrol to investigate Eggman's base in Mystic Jungle, and they find a dying Wilson. Storm is outraged over the poor civilian's death, and helps haul him onto Boulder's back so they can take him to the Base to be buried, as per Boulder's suggestion

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### **The Metal Virus Crisis**

In *A Grand Return*, Storm is sent to the Mystic Ruins forest to make contact with a local that had been spying on Dr. Eggman for moons. Storm met the spy, a Pikachu named Boomer, and stays for a while in the forest to make sure nothing happened to him, and to help him train

During his stay, Storm met a pack of Buizel and Floatzel, befriending two Buizels, Pearl(female) and Jordan(male), as well as getting to know a local Charmeleon named Cameron, who is mute

Metal Sonic, who is now reprogrammed with loyalty to the Storm Fighters, is also sent to the forest to spy on Eggman, and reports Storm's presence in the forest

Rough and Tumble are sent to deal with the Buizel, but instead of grabbing Storm, who they have incapacitated due to his back injury, they grab Jordan instead, kidnapping him

A few moons later, Boulder arrives in the forest, and Storm reports to him. After this, they are forced to mobilize the locals when activity is noted to be happening at Eggman's base

A battle ensues as Eggman and his forces attack the locals and warriors. Storm rides on the newly-evolved Cameron's back, and they confront Eggman. The mad doctor grabs the pair and redirects Boomer's Thunderbolt attack onto the two, painfully shocking them

Master X arrives to save Max, saving them as well. At the Mega Force Charizard's urging, Cameron and Storm join a group of locals that are waiting at the entrance of the base for them

The patrol search through the base for Austin and Jordan, who are still being held inside. After a brief encounter with Dr. Starline, they find the two in a cellblock. Storm is outraged at Austin's condition, as he is so horribly emaciated that he cannot stand

After they rescue the two, the patrol rejoins the battle as its ending, and Fox interferes as Fire Fox. After the battle, the Mystic Ruins Freedom Fighters were established, and Boomer was appointed as their leader

## Skills/Abilities

Being a Water-Type, Storm is able to breathe underwater. He uses his split tails like a propeller to rocket through the water with ease, and the flotation sac around his neck allows him to stop on a dime when he inflates it

His Ability is Swift Swim, and his moveset is Hydro Pump, Water Pulse, Aqua Jet, and Sonic Boom

## Trivia

Buizels and Floatzels appear to have a theme of having water-based names. As such, Storm is named after a thunderstorm, a natural occurrence of heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunder and sometimes lightning

* Storm was in fact named for a thunderstorm that was raging the night he hatched