Clint Shepherdson

Clint after purchasing some new gear

### Relative(s)

Wendy and William Shepherdson (Parents), Marty, Maria, Shelly and Dana Shepherdson (Siblings)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

Clint is a ranchers kid with a knack for shooting. He travels with a plethora of Pokemon and feels more than comfortable riding Pokemon of any shape size or type. He came here looking rather rough but after a bit of work he's starting to get the hang of this trainer business. He has a large family back home who often called him "Jockey" but he's looking to keep it to Clint for now.

## History

Clint is descended from Galarian immigrants in Unova when they immigrated they brought a number of working Pokemon with them including their line of Galarian Rapidash known for their blinding speed. Clint worked the ranch for much of his childhood but at 22 he decided to make something of his own, leaving with a foal he reared on the farm with little but the skills he learned on his family ranch.

## Appearance

Clint has calloused, sun baked skin from years of working his families ranch, a light beard he keeps reasonably trimmed. He wore some rough self made clothes for his trip to Kairos and for a few weeks at the beginning of his journey. After coming in to a large sum of money he bought some well made, locally sourced clothes including a button up shirt, slacks, and a wide brim hat, as well as a large hiking pack.

## Personality

Clint has a jolly disposition and hates to see Pokemon hurt by cruel people. He can seem dim at times but this is limited to book smarts. He thrives on friendly competition and wants to surround himself with people better than himself so he can strive to improve himself.

## Ace Pokémon and Team

Clint has his eyes set on the working Pokemon of Kairos and has already begun to track down these Pokemon. Clint's team has formed all of his Pokemon in place Silver has evolved into a mighty Rapidash, alongside Tails the now Talonflame, they join the front of the team alongside Shark Tooth the Druddigon and Irwin the Mantine, Cracken the Steelix has realized his potential, Clint also came across King in one of the parks of Sanctuary after helping him train some of his Pokemon he mentioned that the Shinx he was training likely wasn't going to be cared for very well Clint offered to take it under his wing and under Clint's training he quickly evolved into a mighty Luxray that Clint named Starlight. While all of the teams members have reached their final natural advancement Clint recognizes that more time will surely improve them further.

After defeating Aery and acquiring his Mega-Buckle and Rapidite G, he set out on a journey with his team to recover a Mantinite he had heard was at the bottom of the ocean near where he found Irwin. After successfully collecting the gem and increasing his teams capability he is on the lookout for Luxite, Talonite, and Steelixite for the remainder of his team.

Clint has also begun work on his personal creation a Ride Dex a collection of all the working mons of Kairos.

## Friends

Clint regards anyone he meets as a friend unless they do something especially heinous. Elton and his Corviknight saved his life while they were fighting moltres he hopes to return the favor some day.

Clint met Felicia shortly after her arrival and had a short spar with her. He held back hoping to have a close battle but still won, which he was apologetic of. He hopes to have a more even fight in the near future.

Clint met Primrose who was in need of assistance training her Pokemon, he offered to help in exchange for some lessons for his Pokemon. His Pokemon seemed to like Primrose and her Pokemon were easy to get along with as well. After the slight mention of needing money Clint gave Primrose a large chunk of the money he'd earned while in Kairos to help her out and told her to 'Pay it Forward', Clint now sees her as another sibling he can take care of while he's away from his family.

Clint received his Shinx (Now Luxray) from King. After helping him train a few of his Pokemon Clint traded a Snivy he'd come across while looking for a Shinx of his own to King for the Shinx so that both would be cared for properly.

## Foes

Those damn hoop hooligans keep showing up and causing trouble they have to be stopped and Clint wants to help accomplish that. Clint witnessed Alastor brutally cleave a Shadow Ariados which upset him as he wanted to try and help the Ariados recover.

## Goals

Clint wants to collect a sampling of all the working Pokemon of Kairos and open a ranch as a safe haven for them. Clint also admires the efforts of the Pokemon Rangers and wishes to one day join the Kairos branch of the Ranger Union. Having had a taste of the Gym Challenge Clint has decided to continue towards his goal of meeting more Pokemon of Kairos through strength he gains from challenging these gyms.

## Accomplishments (In order of completion)

* Clint's first major accomplishment was discovering Zidrane's Alpha Flareon and de-escalating a dispute between it and a local Kangaskhan.
* Clint made headway in his goal to beat the Gym Challenge, receiving the Vitality badge from George.
* Clint was involved in dealing with a string of Gigantamax Pokemon being brought about by the Hoopa Gang, battling and defeating a Dugtrio, a Torkoal, and finally a Galarian Moltres corrupted by the Gang, alongside many other trainers from around Kairos.
* Clint joined a group of Team Umber members on a trek to an ancient temple to remove an Ariados that had been consumed by darkness, although the task was accomplished Clint was unhappy with the groups handling of the situation.
* Shortly after returning and receiving Pecha Berries as part of his reward he went to challenge Galena and with the help of Silver and Shark Tooth's agility, and a lot more preparation than Clint would normally go to, they won handedly against her poison types earning the Medicine Badge.
* After a long time spent training and specializing his team once again, Clint continued his Gym challenge by challenging Eirik and winning by way of the challenge Clint will rematch Eirik one day when he's at full strength.
* After taking a break from gyms to continue training his pokemon Clint returned to his gym challenge to fight Aery in a close match afterwards deciding to train further into training his team and working on their teamwork.
* Clint went on an expedition to find a Mantinite for his Mantine Irwin.