Name: Sam Manning
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Badges: Eight
Hometown: Vermillion City
Rank: Trainer
Pokemon:
Strengths: Sam's team is very well balanced, though he does lack a grass-type pokemon and an electric type (however, he and Ivory will lend each other their pokemon when the need arises). Because he has all ready finished his quest (to collect all eight badges in the Kanto Region), his team is very strong and powerful, and they're always ready for a fight. Sam is very courageous and cares deeply for his friends and pokemon.
Weaknesses: Sam's weakness is he's to cautious when it comes to his pokemon - though he knowns they're tough, he's always hesitant when it comes to getting them involved in pokemon battles because he doesn't want them to get hurt. When he battles, he sometimes forgets to listen to his pokemon - meaning that if they have a move they want to try, he may not listen and continue battling his way - it has cost his a few battles, but he's getting better about listening to them. Also, Sam tends to lack observation skills, but that's because he's blind in one eye. Sam still blames himself for Mightyena dying.
Personality: Sam is a very kind a compassionate person once you get to know him, but at first he may come off rude and uncaring. He can be hard to get along with, and he's extremely stubborn, just like Ivory - their personalities clash and the two tend to bicker a lot. He's very protective over his friends and pokemon, acting like an older brother to Ivory rather than a friend. Sam is very strategic and likes to plan out his battles before they even begin. He's a great listener once you befriend him and very trustworthy and dependable. Unlike Ivory though, Sam isn't as headstrong or outgoing, leaving those personality traits to Ivory. Instead, he is rather quiet and conservered, but not quite shy, as most people mistake him to be. He still struggles with the death of Mightyena.
Appearance:
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Sam is an average looking guy - he's around five-foot-nine in height, weights one-hundred-eighty pounds, and is rather lanky looking, though he is pretty strong. He has shaggy black hair and dark eyes, making it impossible for someone to realize he's blind in his left eye. He wears glasses and has rather pale skin. His usual attire consists of worn jeans, a white shirt under a dark grey button-up shirt (left open), and black converses. He has a red napsack that he keeps his supplies in, and he is always seen with Umbreon and Espeon out of their pokeballs. He also carries around his egg in his arms.
History: Sam was born half blind - he was blind in his left eye. He grew up next door to Ivory in Vermillion City. Being two years older than her, Sam was always acting as if he knew anything about everything. He enjoyed the fact that Ivory in a way sort of idolized him, and as they grew older, Sam realized he had a small crush on the young girl. However, when he was ten, Ivory eight, he left Vermillion City on his pokemon journey, but Sam had an advantage over many new trainers - unlike most trainers, Sam had not one, but two starter pokemon, one female and one male Eevee. His family comes from a long line of Eevee breeders, and so he was given two of his own.
Only two years after Sam started his journey, he reached the age of twelve and he had received six badges. His team had also changed: His two Eevees had evolved into an Umbreon and Espeon, he caught a Houndor, which had evolved into Houndoom, and his Pidgey had become a Pidgeotto. Many people wondered how such a young boy could collect so many badges with only four pokemon, but Sam didn't care about what they said - he had managed to get very far with only a few pokemon.
By the time Sam was around the age of fifteen, his journey was completed - he had collected all eight badges. He had changed a lot over the course of his journey, as had his pokemon. Umberon, Espeon, and Houndoom were the same, but Pidgeotto had evolved into Pidgeot, and Sam found an injured Lapras while wandering around the coast of the Kanto Region. Naturally, he took care of the Lapras, but when he tried to set it free, it appeared as if the Lapras wanted to stay with him, and so Sam added Lapras to the team. He also had a Mightyena on his team at the time.
With his quest now fulfilled, Sam began wandering home. Though the trip back didn't go very smoothly. As he was walking through Saffron City late one night, Umbreon and Espeon by his side, he was stopped by a group of men who wanted to steal all his pokemon, badges, and other belongings. Of course, Sam wasn't going to let this happen, and so the gorup of thugs and Sam began battling. The fight was difficult with only six pokemon against ten, but Sam's team managed to pull through. However, the lead thug refused to accept defeat and lunged at Sam with a knife in his hand. Houndoom tackled Sam out of the way, but the thug's knife caught Sam in the arm, leaving a fairly deep cut. After that, it was mostly a blur for Sam, and the next thing he knew, he was in the hospital, stitches in his arm.
After that, Sam decided not to return home, but instead travel to the Indigo League. He then participated in the Indigo League and made it to the top two, but he lost after his opponents Electabuzz took out his Lapras. Thrilled that he had gotten so far in the Indigo League, Sam decided to head to the Johto Region and collect the badges there.
By the time Sam returned to the Kanto Region, he was nineteen, and his team had shrunk - while in the Johto Region, Mightyena fell ill to some type of virus and died, leaving his team and trainer with heavy hearts and tearful eyes. As Sam returned home, feeling no need to continue his journey now that one of his pokemon had passed, he ran into someone familiar - Ivory. He knew it was her, as there was no way anyone could mistake that hair and those eyes. However, Ivory didn't remember Sam. When she explained how her memory was erased after being struck by a vehicle, Sam promised her that he would help her remember him (though she still has no memory of him). So now Sam travels with Ivory, helping her along the way. Sam also received an egg from an elderly woman while he traveled with Ivory, and he now anxiously awaits the day it will hatch.
PC Pokemon: None
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