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Name: Matias Silvestre
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Appearance: A bit pudgy and showing signs of middle age already: thinning hair, stretch marks, est. Typically wears comfortable long sleeve shirts and sweat pants. Has a “bad mark” branded on his neck, despite only JUST getting off the boat to Maiestas, marking him as an “easy target.”
Personality: A bit out of his depth, but meaning well. He’s incredibly determined but at the same time conservative of his own well-being.
Starter Pokemon:
Swinub:
Ability: Oblivious
Average moves:
Blizzard
Earthquake
Ice Shard
Mudslap
Backstory: Matias Silvestre was not a Pokémon trainer. He kept a Poliwhirl at home as a companion and to help him around the house, but he never actively trained with his Pokémon. His son however, was a different matter. Watching the influx of great trainers, like Red, Blue, Ethan, Chase, Leaf, and Elaine: filled his soul with a burning passion and on his 10th birthday he got his Pokémon license and caught a Venonat as his starter.
It was only two short years until his son was an accomplished trainer. A full team of six strong pokémon, seven badges under his belt, and over 20,000 poké to his name: Matias couldn’t be more proud of how successful his son was. He was set to take on the Pokémon league later that year, but heard of the Maiestas region and was thrilled to take on the best of the best from around the world. Although Matias was hesitant about his son going so far away from home, he trusted his skills and knew as long as he had his Pokémon, he’d be well protected. Little did he know this would be the last time he’d see his son.
Around one year later, Matias got a knock at his door. Upon opening, he saw three well-dressed "business" men at his door. He was told that his son had incurred a debt of two hundred thousand poké with the Benedetto Family and that they were here to collect. Matias was utterly shocked and couldn’t believe his son would get into this kind of trouble. At first he was resilient to their intimidation, but as soon as the gents unleashed their Pokémon and attacked him viciously he was subdued. Matias said he didn’t have that kind of money and that it wasn’t fair they were coming after him for the money. The mobsters chuckled and said that he was a cosigner, given that his son was a minor and couldn’t make a loan on his own. Matias hadn’t even heard of this contract before, but given his situation, he was willing to offer collateral to at least get them away for now. However the mobster chuckled again and said they needed hard poké, as they already took his son and his Pokémon as collateral.
With little actual poké Matias could offer, the mobster gave him one option, take the next boat to Maiestas and work to pay off the debt, or fight in Pokémon battles. Either way, he had to make the money back, or never see his son again. Then finally to ensure how serious he was, the mobster brought his Houndoom over and took out a metal brand. He ordered his Houndoom to heat the brand and the other two mobsters to hold him still… <Redacted>
… with the pain never able to truly go away, due to Houndoom’s cursed flames. Matias ran off to the International Police office and talked to his friend Brendon Alma and explained the situation. While IP was fully aware of the horrors taking place on Maiestas, there was little they can do with all the legal red tape. However, knowing the rules of Maiestas, Brendon was prepared to give his friend the best advantage he could; giving him a pokéball with a police trained Swinub. Over the next week, Brendon helped teach Maiestas about the basics of battling, type advantage, and how best to use his new Pokémon. They also pooled enough money to give Matias his best shot, he’d land with 3,000 poké in the region. With a pat on the back and a good hug, Brendon watched as his friend boarded the boat for Maiestas, hoping hard he’d find a way to come out of this on top.