[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Spiritmon]

He may be dead by that time. Or perhaps hide in a cave or something perhaps?

[Dragonstrike]

He may be dead by that time. Or perhaps hide in a cave or something perhaps?

Only Iron knows for now.

I'm surprised you haven't asked what Nathan's main reason for going on this journey is yet.

[Spiritmon]

It would be surprise if Nathan dad would become a leader of a cult of chickens lords and try to control the world with a legendary duck pokemon. This would be a something no one could expect unless you have a wild imagination like me

So what is main reason to do that journey?

[Dragonstrike]

So what is main reason to do that journey?

That would be because of Kirlia.  Or rather, Ralts.

Spoiler

2 years after his dad disappeared (so, 1 year before the journey started), Nathan found a wild Ralts that was beaten, battered, and bruised in the middle of the forests at the base of Mt. Molten, a place where he'd occasionally go on strolls to try and keep his mind off other things.  Ralts are rare species as it is, but there's typically no wild pokemon in the lower reaches of those forests, and if there are wild Ralts somewhere in Creshire, they live nowhere near Trillium.  A Ralts being in that area is incredibly exceptional.

Nathan, valuing life in all forms as much as he does, did the only thing he could do: picked up the dying Ralts and ran back to the Pokemon Center in Trillium as fast as he could, not letting the rain nor the Scarred Absol discretely following him from a distance slow him down.  He barely made it back in time to save Ralts's life.  

And the little guy became incredibly attached to him.  He'd found a new friend when he previously had none, and they've stuck together ever since.  Of course, he was never a League registered trainer until the journey started, so the only pokeball he had on hand to register his new best friend to was the really dull looking Premier Ball his dad had given him just before he'd disappeared...

Flash forward a year, and Mallorn's called for Nathan to meet him at the lab.  Along with Shiva, Ventus, and two other characters that left the campaign some time ago.  Mallorn had something for each of them, but Nathan's was the only 'gift' with no physical value.  Mallorn had new information concerning Ralts.

The Almanac is Mallorn's business rival, and their stated goal is to publish the most complete written record of pokemon information to date (I think that's what it is, anyways).  But there's a bit of a...dark side to it.  Their book (The aptly named Almanac) contains information that the Pokedex doesn't.  Information that would be very, very difficult to know and record if you didn't conduct cruel, unknowable experiments on the pokemon in question...and one of the entries they recently updated with such information was...

...Ralts.

And that's the basis of my character's backstory that I'd come up with.  Nathan's parents came later, and there's a couple other things that have been added along the way (Absol was one of them, actually.  Caused a right headache for everyone, unfortunately, but we worked it out in the end.  I'm liking the result, too).

[Spiritmon]

Man. That backstory is awesome! Damn, why I not join more sooner. That Skull Ruin is awesome! Well better late then nothing I guess.

[Dragonstrike]

Man. That backstory is awesome! Damn, why I not join more sooner. That Skull Ruin is awesome! Well better late then nothing I guess.

Thank you.  I had to put a decent amount of thought into it, as I feel the backstory is fairly necessary as your character's backbone in these kinds of games (though that last part with the meeting with Mallorn is from the first day of play time in the campaign).  It's kinda grown from there as well as more details have been added throughout the campaign (I've done the same thing with Reiner in the Celadon campaign as well).

And yup, better late than never!  Plus, this campaign is still far from over, unlike the Celadon one, so there's still lots of fun left to enjoy.

[Spiritmon]

Welp, I hope someday when the Celadon city end, Windos might made a sequel because I simple love that campaig and I simple love to play as Arial. Reiner is awesome and have a badass atitude, but Arial....he just like a Deadpool just less crazy and more troll and suicider. And little dumb, but a complete and random troll. And I kinda think Reiner and Arial its almost like two sides of the same coin: One is serious, dont smile much and have the head in the place, and the other is comical, have a maniacal smile almost all the time, and always, ALWAYS screw any mission give to them, or even simple tasks (like almost burn a Excadrill with a Xenoqueen, be almost killed by a merchant, and of course angered the creator of all pokemon and be psychic to dead. But I will still have fun with Heart, who shall be a profissional PUNisher untill the end of this adventure.

Welp, going to sleep now. See you all tomorrow people!

[Lord Windos]

I'm late to this rather nice summarization of Nathan's Backstory/Background (You should save these last couple of pages, btw, in case someone else needs to references them for whatever reason), so all I have to say is that Nathan is probably my favorite character in Iron's Pokerole, besides Shiva (I'm under contract to support my own Ship, you know!) He's tough, yet fragile, bold and hardheaded at times, yet surprisingly thoughtful in and out of battles when called for it, and a person that just won't ever back down EVER, unless it suits his purposes to do so. Of course, those very same qualities often lead him to but heads with dear old Ventus, which is always an interesting confrontation, as they both try to find other ways to bash heads or get under each other's skin. The number of fights the two have is...startling. Ventus and Nathan are the very definition of Vitrolic Friends, eh?

Though, it seems that things have become much colder between the two of them, rather than the usual red hot temper. How many days does Ventus has to look forward to the Avoidance treatment, @Dragonstrike? A week or so, or until further notice?

[Dragonstrike]

I'm late to this rather nice summarization of Nathan's Backstory/Background (You should save these last couple of pages, btw, in case someone else needs to references them for whatever reason), so all I have to say is that Nathan is probably my favorite character in Iron's Pokerole, besides Shiva (I'm under contract to support my own Ship, you know!) He's tough, yet fragile, bold and hardheaded at times, yet surprisingly thoughtful in and out of battles when called for it, and a person that just won't ever back down EVER, unless it suits his purposes to do so. Of course, those very same qualities often lead him to but heads with dear old Ventus, which is always an interesting confrontation, as they both try to find other ways to bash heads or get under each other's skin. The number of fights the two have is...startling. Ventus and Nathan are the very definition of Vitrolic Friends, eh?

Though, it seems that things have become much colder between the two of them, rather than the usual red hot temper. How many days does Ventus has to look forward to the Avoidance treatment, @Dragonstrike? A week or so, or until further notice?

Well, I'm glad to hear you think I've made Nathan a fairly interesting character!  I have all of that info written down in my character sheet, btw, so I can resummarize if necessary (and as you are well aware, I put a LOT more info there, too.  If you think my info for Reiner's character sheet is detailed, well...).  The very, very basics from the start of the campaign are also still on page one of this Meta Thread along with the other starting character intros soon after, so there's that too (and it's a straight copy pasta from the character sheet as well).  Shame Nathan ends up at odds with Ventus so often, though.  I've been trying to cut back on that, but Ventus makes it quite difficult to do :/

I'm not entirely certain how long the current situation will last.  Ventus screwed up REALLY badly this time, even if neither of them knew just HOW badly at first.  The stubborn overprotective tendencies were bad enough, but when Mesprit became indirectly involved...hoo wee...at the very least, though, Nathan's not in a yelling mood, particularly after being stunned out of the majority of the anger and annoyance he'd been feeling the previous night...

[Lord Windos]

Well, I'm glad to hear you think I've made Nathan a fairly interesting character!  I have all of that info written down in my character sheet, btw, so I can resummarize if necessary (and as you are well aware, I put a LOT more info there, too.  If you think my info for Reiner's character sheet is detailed, well...).  The very, very basics from the start of the campaign are also still on page one of this Meta Thread along with the other starting character intros soon after, so there's that too (and it's a straight copy pasta from the character sheet as well).  Shame Nathan ends up at odds with Ventus so often, though.  I've been trying to cut back on that, but Ventus makes it quite difficult to do :/

I'm not entirely certain how long the current situation will last.  Ventus screwed up REALLY badly this time, even if neither of them knew just HOW badly at first.  The stubborn overprotective tendencies were bad enough, but when Mesprit became indirectly involved...hoo wee...at the very least, though, Nathan's not in a yelling mood, particularly after being stunned out of the majority of the anger and annoyance he'd been feeling the previous night...

Darn it, quit teasing me with your other character sheet! You very well know I love reading those in my spare time, what with all those lovely details and careful attention put into everything, so toying with my feelings like that...

One of the main reason they get into fights is that neither of our character will EVER concede on their point, unless their get into a fight, someone else intervenes (Most often Shiva), or something else happens that distracts them. Ventus is also, despite his extremely affable and friendly demeanor, a fairly brutal and unmerciful (Not to mention pragmatic) in most matters dealing with Wild Pokémon/various dangerous things, which rubs Nate's hero complex and Cheshirian value the wrong way quite a lot. That, and his constant paranioa/worry about his friend/strange things is as much of a hinderance to relations as a boon, so that just adds more fuel to the fire...

Essentially, Ventus is lovely guy to know and be aquanted with, and is about the one of the best friends a person can have (Those connections and cunning mind are powerful!), but he's a REALLY hard person to get along with the more you learn about him, unless you can form + KEEP an emotional attachment, and his amoral/Unfettered tendeacies only serves to push others away unless they are of a like mind...

Well, if things don't change within a couple of days, my character will just adapt to his status as Persona Non Grata and hang out with Heart/Shiva more instead of bugging them. My character knows when his company is not appreciated, and is perfectly fine (If deeply hurt) if Nathan avoid them for a long time coming. Such is the way that Ven works: Try his best to atone, and move on if it doesn't work out at all. Adapt, change, endure.