Sol Kenzou

Sol is an eccentric Pokemon Trainer from Twinleaf Town and brother of Korrina. Always overshadowed by his sister's achievements in Kalos, Sol looks to make a name for himself in a seperate region with his partner Riolu.

Personality
Sol is someone who is characterized by his energy. He's a bit ditzy, but makes up for it with sheer willpower and exuberance. More than just dumb, Sol is simply naive. He rarely thinks of things more than just their surface, and this tends to limit his scope a bit. Grasping situations doesn't come easy to him, and he often either needs time or an easy explination to grasp concepts. His emotions also tend to sometimes cloud his judgement. Sol is the type of person to throw himself in dangerous situations simply because he doesn't know any better.

However, this doesn't mean Sol isn't intillegent or isn't self-aware. Coming from a family of prominent battlers, Sol is anything but a slouch in battle. He has a natural sense of battle, which helps him in Pokemon battles and his natural survival instinct, which in turn, help him overcome his brash naivety. Sol will be the first person to admit he can come off rather strong sometimes to mask his embarassment for not understanding certain situations, he'll also be the last person to do something about it. Sol is very kind and ambitious, a trait that lands him as more charismatic to people and Pokemon than not. While he isn't one for formalities, all his cute mistakes are often him trying to show his own form of respect to others. Yes, he can get quite competitive, especially in the heat of battle, but it is never without honor backing it up. However, as kind as he might seem on the exterior, he'll make it very clear when he disagrees with or flat out dislikes someone. This is often expressed with his quiet but powerful Sunburn Stare. The contrast of the happy, go-lucky trainer suddenly staring at you with death in his eyes can be quite impactful to both trainer and Pokemon.

Before PCC
When it comes to his backstory, Sol is a little closed up by certain parts of it and keeps quiet about that. He was born into a family of Gym Leaders with his father being the current one, when it comes to him Sol would describe him as...strict and that was just putting it in a nice way. He always wanted Sol and his older sibling to become the best Pokémon trainer, gifting them with their family generation's starter Pokémon, Riolu.

His older sibling, Korrina, and her Riolu almost got along quicker than a snap of a finger as if they were destined to be with one another, unlike him and his Riolu. When those two met it was like an oil meeting water as they could never seem to work together in pretty much anything because of Riolu’s rebellious nature which led to them losing battles with Korrina and her Riolu from their lack of coordination multiple times. Resulting in his father scorn or punishment about being such a pathetic excuse of a trainer by not being able to control his own pokemon, it was hurtful but yet infuriating at the same time, how was he supposed to control a pokemon that won’t listen to a single thing he said. Why must he be punished for something that wasn’t his fault? What was the big deal about this whole thing anyway? He hates pokemon and he never wants to become a pokemon trainer!

From just his father’s constant scorn/punishment, and Riolu’s rebellious attitude. It almost made Sol want to quit being a pokemon trainer, that was until a certain someone changed his way of thinking and gave him the aspiration that he has to this day, his mother, Reyna Kenzou (Enyo). Unlike his father who was a Gym Leader, Sol’s mother was a Retired Martial Arts Champion due to wanting to care for her kids. When it came to her and Sol’s father they were complete opposites as while he was strict and controlling, she was kind and caring...in her own sort of way. When she came to find out the things that his father did to him, she wanted to do nothing more than to kick him so hard in the head, those thick eyebrows of his fly off his face, but thankfully she didn’t and instead took Sol into her own care, including Riolu too. Being there was the most relieving time of his childhood as living with his mom, he finally felt free from all the strict training his father put him through...I mean his mother had a mean chore list she would give him and even Riolu but still...it was something he’d choose any day. Speaking of Riolu, those two still didn’t get along well with each other as they would constantly fuss and fight with each other until Reyna straightened them up by always knocking them up the head, but one day those two settled it out with each other...how they did was a mystery until told by Sol. Although, living with his mom and away from his father was the happiest time of his life...and most painful…

Sol was 14 years old when his mother, Reyna’s MPA (Microscopic Polyangiitis) illness caught up with her. With how she always handled herself and seemed to be just fine all the time, Sol could have never expected this until it was too late. There was nothing for him to do or anything to even help cure the deadly illness except to be there in her final moments as even in that time she still had that smile on her face that brought him so much joy, but now just so much pain as her final words to him and Riolu would be, “Do your best with a big smile on your face.” until she finally passed.

With no other caretaker, Sol had to move back with his father, but this time the boy was different...he was more determined as with his mother’s last words, Sol and Riolu etched that promise in their hearts that they’ll make it come true for their and her sake as they spent the rest of their two years training and learning to do just that until it was soon time for them to depart on their journey. To do their best to become the strongest trainer that surpasses his sister, father, and even more with a smile on their face.

Route 23
Sol's journey in Kanto begins with him somehow wandering through the badlands on Kanto, completely unhurt by the unknown dangers, and finding himself on Route 23 with only a bit of thirst to bother him and his partner Riolu. Sol seems to have no idea of where he has wound up, only really noticing how beautiful the place was. After a bit of playful arguing over who gets what amount of water, Riolu runs off and Sol is quick on his tail. Little did the two of them know they'd be walking right into Victory Road.

Victory Road
The practically stumble insid. The brooding aura of the place is not nearly enough to deter Sol's spirit, and merely for the sake of challenge and adventure, the two proceed deeper into the cave, the darkness forcing the two walk blindly through the shadows. As their treck continued to get darker and darker, Sol came up with the idea of clapping every few seconds, just to make sure they knew where they were going. While it might have seen like a good idea at first, they would quickly find out that disturbing the wildlife of Victory Road would be a huge mistake. This would be around the time the duo heard a lowly growl. Sol seemed to disregard that. After all, it just added to the cool atmosphere that this adventure would take! However, this would prove to be yet another mistake. As he felt around the walls, he stumbled into a furry surface and the source of the roar: a wild Ursaring. While its roar was terrifying and Sol was, in turn, terrified, he still found the will to battle it! And so, he called forth his partner...before realizing they had gotten separated in the ensuing chaos.

While Sol contemplated the fact he might have the fight the gnarled beast by himself, Riolu wondered aimlessly throughout the trenches of the cave, still ocassionally clapping to no avail. Riolu heard the massive roar too! However, now he didn't know where to go, where his trainer was. And to make matters worse, that roar seemed to awaken a gathering of Zubat and Golbat. However, this gave Riolu exactly what he needed. Riolu figured the gathering was running away from the Ursaring, so he knew where the roar was coming from. At the same time this realization happened, Sol would begin to be inspected by the beast, its nose scouraging all over Sol's body. Just as things seemed about to get bad, and Riolu might have to step in and intervene, Ursaring growled and merely crawled away, perhaps not caring enough to be bothered.

Now with that taken care of, and the scare convincing them it was time to go, it was time to move onto the next problem on the list, how to get out. They had gotten in too deep to retrace their steps, and lack of light only made things more difficult for the two. After a bit of aimless and careful travelling, it was time for something to be done before they were eaten alive. At first, Riolu tried to use his stille developing aura-sensing abilities to find a way out, but clearly he'd need more training as he couldn't get a good read at all. That's when Sol had a lightbulb moment, pun intended. The Nintendo DS stashed in his pocket would be perfect here! He took it out, and using the light eminating from the console, was able to find his way out back to Route 23! Victory!

Route 23
The celebration that followed their escape from Victory Road would not last. Not only was the pair starving, and were lacking resources in the artificial route, they couldn't leave! They didn't have the badges to go through the gates, and they couldn't go back to Victory Road for obvious reasons. So what now?! Just as they were in the middle of giving up, another trainer followed by a roughed-up Electrode seemed to escape Victory Road as well, celebrating as they did. The boy, who seemed not that much younger than Sol, approached him, thinking he was either a guide or a way to heal his Pokemon. Sol was both worried, for the two looked rather beaten up, but also confused as to his approach. Sol let it slip that he wasn't Pokemon League Staff, and that he was just another trainer. At first, the trainer just thought Sol was a fellow Indigo Conference winner from a previous year that had just so happened to have done the journey at the same time as him. Sol quickly deconfirmed this idea. The next idea was scary to him, that Sol somehow was an obstacle he had to overcome. The trainer quickly began to plead not to fight, already giving up, for his Pokemon were too hurt from the journey through Victory Road to fight anymore.

Sol seemed to have his fun teasing the now introduced Trace, but eventually confirmed he wasn't here to fight him. Trace, now relieved but much more confused, asked Sol how he managed to get to Route 23 if he wasn't staff or a conference winner. Sol had no answer for him. Trace, now seeing this really was all just a mistake, sent out his Slowbro and told Sol he would be teleporting him to Pewter City, and back to the mainland. Sol tried to get a word in, but before he knew what was going on, Slowbro had clutched him and Riolu, and warped away from Route 23.

Pokemon Party
Sol has cool Pokemon. His team doesn't seem to follow any themes or patterns as of right now. Just Pokemon he meets along the way! Here they are:

Theme
Encouter Theme - Step out of the Shadows

Battle Theme - Warm Blood, Cold Breath

Ringtone Theme -