Orson Tavers

Orson Tavers

A HEART SO TRUE, OUR COURAGE WILL PULL US THROUGH

Orson Tavers was born 23 years ago in Veilstone City in the Sinnoh region as the first and (to his knowledge) only child to William Tavers, a well known attorney in the area, and Violet Tavers, who had previously worked as a receptionist at her husbands law firm, but quit upon Orson’s birth to be a stay at home mother. Orson’s parents had always wanted to have children but it was not until nearly a decade of trying, that Orson was born.

This turned out to be quite a curse for Orson, as despite being the only child of one of the wealthiest families in the city, who never had to fear being without food or shelter, his parents poured all of their hopes and dreams into him, attempting to groom him almost from the time of birth to be a successful lawyer like his father. The result was an unending period of misery, as he had no interest in a legal career, and whenever he told his parents this, his father yelled at him saying that he knew what was better for Orson, far more than Orson himself, and that his reputation would be ruined if his colleagues found out that his only son didn’t want to be like him.

At the age of 12, after years of studies being forced upon him day in and day out, Orson’s life began to take a turn for the better, or so he thought. Orson’s parents took him on a weekend trip to their vacation home near Lake Valor. Orson wanted to take a boat trip out on the lake, but his parents refused, saying that he needed to keep up on his studies, and that they had only come for one of his father’s business functions, not to have fun.

The night after they had gotten there, Orson managed to sneak out of the home, and began to walk up a nearby bluff overlooking the lake, hoping to get a view of it, if only for a few seconds. As he was walking he encountered something that he had never seen before in his life, Pokemon. Orson’s parents had always hated Pokemon, and had told their son that they were mindless beasts that he should have nothing to do with them. However the Houndour that he encountered at that moment was anything but mindless. Intimidating looking , yes but certainly not mindless. He would soon learn even more though, as the Houndour quietly walked up to him and looked at him and looked at him with a look in its eyes, that suggested that it was looking for a friend.

Orson was both excited, and furious at this revelation, happy that for the first time in his life, he had met someone that wasn’t controlling, and overbearing, but furious about how his parents had lied to him about Pokemon, and he decided then and there that he wanted whatever he did with his life to involve Pokemon. The boy raced back home, only to find his parents absolutely livid that he had snuck out of the house at night. The next few hours saw an argument erupt between Orson, and his parents about the completely different paths that they wanted for his life.

As punishment for his defiance, Orson’s parents decided the next day that Orson would be sent to a strict boarding school. Terrified of this, Orson decided then and there to run away from home a few days later, believing that he had absolutely nothing to lose at this point.

After fleeing from Veilstone City, down Route 214 towards Lake Valor, Orson by chance encountered the same Houndour that he had met before. To Orson, it was almost destiny. It was as if fate itself was calling him to have a life that involved Pokemon as much as possible, and the boy decided then and there to try his hand at being a Pokemon Trainer. He traveled around Sinnoh, not wanting to try his hand at gym battles until he had learned as much as he could about his chosen path.

Wanting to be unique, Orson decided that unlike most trainers who chose to fill their teams with a variety of Pokemon types. Orson decided to specialize in Dark-type Pokemon in honor of his Houndour who he believed to be most responsible for his ‘liberation’ as he saw it.

Orson’s travels around the Sinnoh region led to him catching multiple Pokemon including a Skorupi, a Spiritomb, and a Murkrow. Eventually he began to challenge gyms, however it took a few battles against his first gym leader before he finally earned his first badge. Despite this, Orson did not feel the least bit distraught, as losing in Pokemon battles were still far more fulfilling and fun, than studying to be a lawyer, and for the first time in is life Orson found himself to be smiling regularly. After collecting a two more badges, Orson, much to his dismay was required to put his Sinnoh gym challenge on hold. One day while he was in Jubilife City, he saw a missing person poster with his picture on it. He gritted his teeth in frustration, and decided that the only way to truly be free from the grip of his parents was to get as far away from them as possible, which meant leaving Sinnoh, forever.

Now aged 15, Orson journeyed to Canalave City, and caught a ferry to the Hoenn region, and began collecting badges from there, and over his two years of travels there, evolved many of his Pokemon and caught a Corphish. After finally collecting all eight badges, he arrived in Ever Grande City to challenge the Hoenn Elite Four. Orson managed to defeat all four of them, though is was far from easy, and it was only then that he discovered that there was one more trainer to face, that being the champion. Having been completely unprepared for this, Orson’s Pokemon were easily beaten. While Orson was disappointed by this, he explained to the champion that while he had lost, he, and his Pokemon had gotten out of their battle something far greater than a victory could have ever given him. When the champion asked what that was, Orson, replied simply, “enjoyment.” Orson had never become a trainer to accumulate strength, and power, his reasons were purely for fulfillment, and having fun. The Champion was very pleased at this remark.

Orson then departed for the Johto region, with no particular goal in mind, other than to move around more to evade the detectives that his parents had doubtlessly hired to track him down in the few years before he became a legal adult, and would be free of them forever.

Orson began training with his Pokemon in relative isolation near Mt. Silver, and managed to evolve his Corphish, and captured a Pupitar, who, much to Orson’s surprise, evolved only a few weeks after he captured it.

After becoming an adult, Orson continued to train near Mt. Silver until he received an invitation from the Kanto Pokemon League in nearby Indigo Plateau to become a member of their Elite Four. Orson was told that the Hoenn Champion had recommended him for the position after his remarks to him following their battle all those years ago, and that that was enough to put him over the edge of the other prospective members.

Orson immediately journeyed to the Indigo Plateau to accept the position and continues to train to this day awaiting any trainers that might challenge him.

Eventually Orson’s parents learned of his appointment, and managed to get a hold of him via telephone, and yelled at him about how he was such a disappointment to them, and wondered where they went wrong. Orson simply laughed and hung up the phone, and immediately filed a restraining order against them. His only regret was that he couldn’t be there to see the look on his parents faces when they received notice of the order

Orson also often looks back on his life, and muses to himself about how funny it is that his Pokemon are almost polar opposites of his parents, mainly about how his Pokemon are terrifying on the inside, yet calm and composed on the inside, while his parents are calm and composed on the outside, yet terrifying on the inside.




Nickname: Houndoom
Gender: Male
Rarity: Common
Obtained: Route 224, Sinnoh


Nickname: Honchkrow
Gender: Female
Rarity: Common
Obtained: Eterna Forest, Sinnoh


Nickname: Drapion
Gender: Male
Rarity: Common
Obtained: Great Marsh, Sinnoh


Nickname: Spiritomb
Gender: Female
Rarity: Common
Obtained: Route 209, Sinnoh


Nickname: Crawdaunt
Gender: Male
Rarity: Common
Obtained: Route 102, Hoenn


Nickname: Tyranitar
Gender: Male
Rarity: Rare
Obtained: Mt Silver, Johto

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