Stephen's an adventurer from the Orange Islands. In my mind-canon, the orange islands are modernized and yet still full of explorers, wanderers, maritime myths, old tribal traditions given new modern twists - and even the occasional pirate. I see arm tattoos as being a possibly common thing - two of my orange islander characters (the other being Christine Evans) have them.
Also, you may have noticed the intricate carvings the wooden ring what holds Stephen's ponytail in one piece and on the hair-bow worn by Camille - similar carvings also exist on the beads that tip Glenn's braid - it's another tribal tradition that links them as a family.
I need to put more of my Orange Island concepts to art.
In the meantime have some doodles because I felt like drawing something but couldn't really draw what I wanted to.
Endymion. Yes . He IS an Umbreon with wings. He evolved in an alternate reality. Any more explaining would take too much energy.
Her name, currently, is Kaori. She's a 'rival' character to a new HeartGold/SoulSilver character I've been developing - and her team is designed to mirror his in types. This is when she's just starting out-ish, so she only has three PokeMon and they're in their initial forms - Cyndaquil (Typhlosion, Fire, to rival his Meganium), Natu (Xatu, Psychic/Flying, to rival his Heracross) and Seedot (Shiftry, Grass/Dark, to rival his Starmie).