#divina neuter | headcannons

[eranthiss]

Humans seem to have evolved to be quite durable creatures. Which is very fortunate for Iris, who works with insanely dangerous Pokémon for fun- and seems to have a talent for aqquiring stupid injuries, and has been Draco Meteor'd a few too many times.

[eranthiss]

Iris specialises in dragon types specifically, but more broadly she specialises in "Inherently dangerous Pokémon that can, will, and have taken lives for getting complacent."

She's a good person to go to for information on Dragon types, reptiles, and anything likely to put someone on the back of a milk carton for looking at it wrong.

[eranthiss]

Tbh Iris desperately needs some serious time off; She's been working nonstop since age fifteen - that's six years straight, with only a gap that was a hospital stay due to a NDE, and she's been on edge that whole time, pretty much constantly in survival mode.

She's beyond exhausted, and is quite literally running on unhinged levels of caffeine and spite alone. Her undiagnosed sleep disorder isn't helping either; she's regularly getting as little as four hours of sleep, sometimes less.

It's the survivors guilt and ptsd that's stopping her from actually considering that. She will need convincing.

[eranthiss]

Iris has issues with Unova Law enforcement, and how they handled the Plasma Crisis, especially the cleanup after the second crisis and Opelucid Freeze. She's fairly certain no attempts were made to catch those responsible, and the approximately zero traces of anyone involved afterwards solidified it in her head.

That's how she ended up on the warpath. If nobody's going to help her she'll do it herself.

[eranthiss]

The first Plasma Crisis changed Iris, sure, but nothing hit her on such a level as the second Plasma Crisis. She went from a scared fourteen year old gym leader way out of her depth, just discovering how truly awful people can be-

Cut for; tangents, mentions of death, mentions of murder.

To Unova's youngest Acting Champion at fifteen, way out of her depth in the middle of a nationwide emergency, and left near totally alone in her work. Then the Opelucid Freeze happened. She counted two hundred and thirty nine humans, one hundred and two Pokémon lost to a group only interested in their own gain, and it broke her.

She became far, far angrier then she had been before- and most concerningly, hell bent on vengeance, no matter the cost. She grew around that, and became a worse person for it.

She is most likely now one of the most dangerous people in Unova, with the manpower she's got access to from her position within the Unova League, and a frightening willingness to kill. She has before, and she will again. She's learned to track someone across the region through just about any disguise, and taught herself how to play to people's weaknesses - or find ways she can use someone if needs be. She turned Ghetsis into a brick. Zinzolin she burned alive for nothing more than the hell of it. She's got plans for Colress and the rest of them.

She swears. She'll never let her people live through that terror again.

[eranthiss]

Between the time Iris left the Andiiles and Sisciile at age eleven to the time she visited again was seven years. Seven whole years, and only her father and two of her brothers visited her.

Needless to say, Iris doesn't see much of her family irl. Her eldest brother moved to Unova though, and her dad still visits. Iris is in desperate need of older female companionship as she's effectively starved for platonic affection - and maternal affection.

[eranthiss]

Iris comes off.... Odd. On a surface level there's her "Harmless little sister type" act that she plasters on for some reason but deep down in there is a profoundly messy, entirely unsorted feelings and sensations she's quite literally never going to bother addressing.

On one hand she's traumatized - by both of the Plasma Crises - and then the Opelucid Freeze. She's seen hundreds of people and Pokémon die as a young girl and it's very naturally affected her irrevocably. You can see it in her eyes - the dull, cold focus in her eyes- the fact that she essentially never got a childhood properly, and had to become mature beyond her years from basically age thirteen onwards.

On the other hand she's a girl sent away from her home country to help fulfil societal expectations placed on her just by the family she was born into- with the words "You must always remain perfect" burned into her conscience. She's lonely. She's scared. She didn't even see most of her family for seven years straight. She barely knows her own mother nowadays.

[eranthiss]

As Iris both has and displays the gene that causes HESD any child descending directly from her has a solid 80/20 chance of being born with the disorder.

[eranthiss]

Iris has, since the age of thirteen been a professional battler. She needs the adrenaline and mental stimulation from battling, and pretty much all of her Pokémon inherently need to battle to remain healthy and sane, especially Arkē and Hydreigon.

Diantha isn't much of a battler, like most Kalosi; she's a Actor first. She's moreso someone who picked up a hobby and then got really good at it. She doesn't exactly seek out battles often.

[eranthiss]

Iris is very much a hugger. This is one of the few times it's safe to pick her up.

[eranthiss]

Iris's favourite battle format is by far one known as No Holds Barred - a complete face turn from normal battle rules; You can go outside of your Pokémon���s 4 legal moves. You don't even have to use those moves correctly. The turn system isn't used. Healspam all you like.

She's taught Hydreigon to drop a entire Surf’s worth of water in just one thick sheet like this. It's a super effective aoe move- but it's technically still Surf. Barely. And that's a scratch on the surface of the absolute bullshit she's learned to pull.

[eranthiss]

Iris battles are loud - and incredibly destructive. She plays incredibly offensively, and basically stacks her moves to fire off immediately one after the other like some sort of machine gun, resulting in what basically amounts to a all out assault. She can play defensively she just doesn't find it fun. Her Pokémon usually leave the battlefield quite literally torn to shreds, especially Hydreigon, Aggron, and Haxorus. There's a extra two hundred yard buffer on any battles involving Iris, just so spectators don't get hit with the rubble.

[eranthiss]

Iris once hospitalized a Plasma grunt with a Heavy Ball. She later did the same with a regular premier ball.

She's fairly certain she can do violence with basically anything she's given at this point.

[eranthiss]

Iris customizes pokeballs as a side hustle. She sells ready made empty balls, but if you give her a pokeball that has a occupant she'll do something specific. She takes payment in a coffee and like... 300 poke. Luxury balls will require you get her food, though.

All of her pokeballs are customised. Arkē's ball is actually a Ultra ball she painted to look like a upside down pokeball.

[eranthiss]

Much like her Haxorus, Iris's Hydreigon and Druddigon are both significantly larger than the dex entries. Hydreigon clocks in at about 6'6 nose to tail, and Druddigon is about 5'7.

Hydreigon and Haxorus are larger because of gender dimorphism, Druddigon is just Big.

Her Pokémon look even bigger next to Iris herself, which she thinks is good for her pr.

[eranthiss]

The Dragonsbone Academy, like the BBA has it's own Junior League supported by the region's actual League. The differences is that it has a full set of eight Junior Gym Leaders scattered about the Campus, all type specialized.

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The Elite Four and Junior League Champion is notably more well known, though. They tend to become incredibly high level battlers - upper 5 gym leader, more likely to get offered a elite Four position, a few even end up becoming Champion in other far off regions - It is quite known that one of the Andiiles and Sisciile's current Elite Four members - Charlotte Bergerlund - was a Junior League Champion during a brief term as a Exchange student before returning home and becoming Denmark's League Champion for a whole three years before quitting for her current position.

It's also produced ten other regional Champions in recent history - Three Kalos Champions, Two Unova Champions, a Sinnoh Champion, and one champion each for Ireland, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, and South Korea.

The current Junior League and Elite Four run as such;

Kasane Omoda (おもだ かさね)

Tiny little scrap of a thirteen year old girl who's been seen to brawl with her Machamp and win. Specializes in Fighting types. Very fiery and energetic, can't sit still in most classes. Has expressed a strong desire to return to Johto to take the gym challenge and "Beat Lance's team into the dust where he belongs".

Rhys Castell

A shy boy who specialises in Steel types. Has a very well trained Corviknight who seems to be his Ace - a Falinks he's names Sockembopem. Seems to be genuinely terrified of most Pokémon that aren't on his team, and is currently in therapy for a anxiety disorder. Is doing much better than he used to - he can battle now - and he's frighteningly efficient when he locks in

Has aspirations to become the Galar Champion.

Enoch Ace

Born into a illegitimate branch of the Ace "Dynasty", Enoch specialized in Dragon types- like near enough everyone in his branch. Is rumoured to have the same condition that gives the Unova Champion - and Ex-Andiiles and Sisciile champion their prodigal talents with dangerous/difficult Pokémon- and is weeks from a official HED diagnosis. Is noted for his dislike of people of the legitimate Ace bloodline. Seems to be developing Imposter Syndrome.

Isana Brennan

Current Eighth gym leader in Nubibus town, and widely accepted to be a very formidable battler despite her lifelong health issues often preventing her from participating in battles/regular school life due to frequent hospital visits. In the care of her auntie Shelagh whilst she studies far away from her home region, as thirteen is definitely far too young to be away from family for extended periods of time

Specialises in fairy types - but her Junior League Elite Four team is noted to include both a Bewear and a Metagross for what she claims is "the monstrous beast tax"

Junior League Champion; Mia Fitzroy

Mia Fitzroy is ... Also a young gym leader, being about fifteen - and is legally blind (retains limited central vision in both eyes) . Is noted to specialise in Water Types normally - but her Junior League Champion team is marginally more balanced despite still favouring water types.

Has shredded literally every battlefield she's ever used, some to the point of needing to be rebuilt wholly.