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Gender: Male
Age: 25
Trainer Class: Rider & Explorer
Appearance: Slim and standing at about 1,80m tall, with short brown hair and light skin. While physically not a very strong individual, his light stature makes him quite athletic.
Gear: He wears a riding outfit, consisting of a dark-grey t-shirt, grey breeches, tall boots, and occasionally fingerless gloves. He also packs on the lighter side, with only a belt pocket to carry the essentials (medicine, first aid, small tools, berries, pokéballs, etc...). He has no backpack or any heavy gear that would hinder him.
Personality: Rick can be quite an introvert individual, especially when it comes to strangers. He prefers to spend his time with his pokémon rather than with other people. He often has a hard time at maintaining a conversation, although this gets better as he gets along with someone, to the point where you'd barely notice his introvert nature. Despite this, he has no problems assisting someone in need. Due to his preferred lifestyle away from cities and closer to nature, he doesn't feel comfortable among crowds, and usually tries to avoid them. When it comes to battles, he tends to engage only when necessary. He may do them for training, or friendly skirmishes if someone asks him to, but he's not very fond of simply battling for sport. In those cases, he will often hold back and evaluate the opponent, then act accordingly to their perceived skills. Otherwise, he won't hold back if it's a serious confrontation.
Skills: He's well versed in self-defense, especially in grappling to compensate for its below average physical strength, if the need arises. He also shows great prowess in riding certain pokémon species, especially his Rapidash, which he practiced to perfection. In many cases, he will even ride her in battle. Many years exploring different areas and biomes also gave him plenty of survival skills and made him particularly good at taking advantage of the environment.
Background:
*I might do a Prologue, as I've seen some people doing it in their first post, but this is a very summarized version of it.
Rick grew in Emeragrove Town with his parents, in Sinnoh. His interest in nature and exploration started from very young age. At the age of 16, he wanted to have his own pokémon that he could bond and share his adventures with, however he refused to do it by force. Not that he could anyways, without a pokémon he could use to weaken them first. Visiting a house whose mission was to give pokémon a new home, he ended up adopting a (presumably) orphan Ponyta. They trained together until they grew more and more attached to each other, and eventually they had gotten enough experience to venture further away from town, ultimately leaving Emeragrove at the age of 20. His Ponyta evolved some time after, which allowed Rick to venture into more remote, riskier (and arguably rewarding) areas. With time, he became exceptionally good at it, and his feats didn't go unnoticed. He eventually received an invite from a long-time family friend to be his assistant and do field work for him. Sounding like an opportunity of a lifetime (and to much to his parents mental wellbeing of having someone looking for him), Rick accepted.