Barbeque

## Raymond Valiant VIII (Barbeque)

Barbeque, the Senior Head and leader of the Dirty Delinquents as a colored drawing by me.

### Occupation

Dirty Delinquents Leader, Dirty Delinquents Senior Head

## Other

### Enemies

Anyone who opposes the Dirty Delinquents or goes against him

### Appearance

Pokemon: Beginnings - ???

> *"My interest in the World Government is my main drive. Soon, the standardization of society shall end and a liberation of rules will begin. No more control from the ruling class, or society itself. Especially by those old ones behind the curtain. We will live free forever."*
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**Raymond Valliant the 8th** (Dirty Delinquent name **Barbeque**) is a character that appears in Pokémon: Beginnings. He is the leader of the Dirty Delinquents, being the Senior Head of the organization and an imposing figure among it. He has two Pokémon that act as his left and right hands, which are Salt and Pepper and is considered to be a close friend of Doctor Sorbet. He seeks to rid the world of "government rules" that prevents Pokémon from experiencing true freedom. Apparently, he is also the son of the previous Senior Head who also was a Braviary like he was.

## Physical Appearance

Barbeque appears as a large, older red-brownish Braviary with green eyes and more white feathers added under the bonnet-like accessory. He has a gray goatee under his lower beak that matches the color of the feather plumes that run down his back, as well as wearing the signature Senior Head's black cloak and also wears the traditional black mask of the organization under his eyes.

## Origin of Name

Raymond's name comes from "a ray of light", which describes how he is in the eyes of his members in their times of need. His last name Valliant also means "brave", which can either allude to the Pokemon name "Braviary", or his actions as he not only went to the Pokémon World Government to accomplish his goal without showing any fear, but also to put himself on the line. His Dirty Delinquent name "Barbeque" is based on the cooking method, or rather the chicken used for such an occasion. This also coincides with his color scheme to resemble barbeque chicken.

## Personality

Barbeque is shown to be an intimidating Pokémon due to his sheer size alone. With that said, he is more confident as a leader should be and tends to like using words such as "excellent" or "marvelous" in response to something that goes according to plan. He is also shown to be intelligent in his own methods, as he would instruct his members to set fires, but not to the point where it would cause major attention as well as using fear to ensure that nothing steps out of line in his goal of world liberation. However, despite this confidence, he can show signs of anger that is scary at times. An example of this is whenever someone calls him a "son of a bitch", he reacts quite nasty and strikes the offender, either with a wing (on Moody), or by using Talon Claw (on Marshal Shido).

In response to this, he says that he had a good mother and dislikes it whenever someone uses it at him in a derogatory way. Another time was when he saw Zamenza and Moody, two of whom are his biggest obstacles in maintaining world liberation and intentionally blaming them for the death of Doctor Sorbet, which shows a very loyal side of him in fighting for those he is close to. If anything, when he is angry, he will sometimes screech loudly with his green eyes glowing fiercely and shakes the ground with a stomp. That said, he can show some ounce of respect towards those he deems worthy such as Hummus and Chan Way, as they have what it takes to keep the organization running, and acknowledges Pokémon like Lasanne, who is shown to be "the real deal" of an assassin due to how she snuck onto Ogre Darner without being sensed by him and her skills when she disposed of Cinnamon.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Fly** - His main way of movement when fighting.
* **Talon Claw** - A signature move of his, where he uses his talon-like claws to scratch his opponent. Considered to be a Flying type move.
* **Stomping Tantrum** - Not necessarily a move he used in fighting, but rather when he was angry upon finding Doctor Sorbet's body whilst flying out on Ogre Darner. His stomp was powerful enough for it to be felt miles away despite it being on an island.
* **Heat Wave** - Unleashes a hot wind that knocks opponents back. He used this after opening them with quick speed to knock Zamenza and Moody back a few feet for some room.
* **Extreme Speed** - Allows for him to fly faster than before. He used this when catching up with the escaping party ships. However, Braviary cannot learn this move under any circumstances yet.
* **Aeroblast** - A move that no other Pokemon, including a Braviary can learn. However, he has somehow acquired it. Fires a blue beam with swirling wind vortex that creates a massive explosion, leaving a charred area in its wake.

There is a move that whilst not used in battle, he demonstrated it when reacting angrily upon seeing Sorbet's body called Screech. Whilst said sound he makes is reminiscent of the famous eagle in American entertainment, it is actually a red-tailed hawk's screech.

### Abilities

Raymond has demonstrated at least some of his moves, even if it is few and far in between, but makes up for it using a very powerful move, which is Aeroblast. He is quite fast on foot and in the air, capable of even fighting and defending himself. He is also strong enough to stop Marshal Shido's Hammer Arm with a single wing, showing no signs of a struggle in blocking it. He has an overwhelming presence that causes other Pokémon to lose their ambition to even withstand it. His ability is Keen Eye, which prevents Accuracy from being lowered and was demonstrated when Zamenza used Flash on both him and Ogre Darner, to which he recovered faster and was capable of catching up to the escaping ships, not even faltering in accuracy in the slightest.

## Trivia

* At the end of the Dirty Delinquents arc, the reader is given a brief backstory of Barbeque's life before retiring. Assuming that he trained under his father, it is possible that he may have learned Aeroblast from him, even though it would pose another question of whom taught them such a move.
	+ This also makes him the first and only Pokemon so far in the series to demonstrate the move Aeroblast.
* Barbeque is the first opponent that made Zamenza admire his fighting style, even respecting him in some regard to it.
* Barbeque, whilst being the leader of such an organization that represents freedom, is ironic as in America, the bald eagle represents freedom. Given a Braviary's origin from the mainline Pokemon series, this plays very well into Barbeque's character as he strives for it. This even extends to his ancestors in the organization, hoping to achieve the same thing.