Daelin Gabriel

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License

• Name: Daelin Gabriel
• Age: 30
• Sex: M
• Hair: WHT
• Eyes: BLU
• Registration: Other (Indigo Elite Four)

Appearance

Daelin is a rather handsome man, but it's doubtful that you'd ever get him to lay claim to such. He's rather tall, around 6'1", and pretty thin; not what you'd call rugged by any means. Appearances can be a little deceiving, though - this man's been around the continent and back again multiple times, and knows better than quite a few how to survive off of nothing but what you can carry on your back. There's muscle there somewhere - but where is just a little bit of a mystery. His hair's been a striking white colour as long as he can remember - his parents (both brunettes) used to tell him it got that way from him being terrified by a Misdreavus as a wee child. He wears it fairly long, and although he ties most of it back at the nape of his neck, some of it still manages to wander off to its own devices. He's got blue eyes and fairly pale skin, too, but he's really not an albino, he swears. The pale effect isn't helped much by Dae's usual wardrobe choices - blacks and browns, mostly, with the occasional white or grey highlights. The odd time he does wear a colour, it's usually something pale - blue, perhaps, or maybe the odd green. He lets his Pokémon serve as his splash of colour, for the most part.

• PB: Leon from Sugar Beans

Personality

History

Daelin grew up with his folks and siblings (he was the third of four) in Cereulean City. They were not really all that well-off - his dad had been laid off from his police force job (damn Jennies and their damn discrimination) when he was just a toddler, and was unable to find anything much after that to work in. His mom, thus, supported the family off of her secretary's wages, while his daddy took care of the four kids. It wasn't really that bad, all told - the family was pretty close-knit, and even when money was tight, they still had each other, and always found a way to get by.

From a young age, Daelin held a deep interest and affection for Pokémon. He played with his dad's Growlithe, Max, from the time that he was a wee tot, and was infinitely interested in any and all specimens that he came across, prodding and petting and attempting to make friends. It was pretty clear that he would end up with his license just as soon as he could get one - but, alas, he ended up having to delay getting it for a year. Money was just too tight and his parents really couldn't help him out much with supplies for a journey, and thus the kiddo faithfully worked odd-jobs and delivered papers and pretty much scraped and scrounged until he had enough cash for modest outfittings. Thus, away he set on his journey - but not before getting his license and stopping in at the Cerulean PokéCenter for his starter.

Misc

• Hometown: Cerulean City
• Current Residence: Back and forth between Viridian City and the Indigo Plateau, depending on the time of year.
• Occupation: Indigo League Elite Four member; second rank.
• Other:
• Player: Dragonfire
• Journal: inmynature

Pokémon

Helios

• Type: Umbreon
• How long owned: 19 years.
• Other: Helios was actually Dae's starter way back when - he and a certain other person both received Eevees as their starters when they became the winners of a Pokéenter special promotion. He'd actually wanted him to evolve into an Espeon - but alas, life didn't quite work out that way, and the dark Pokémon now has something of an unfitting name. Oh well! Still, he loves Helios probably more than any of his other partners, and the Umbreon returns that affection in kind; he can always be counted to pull the team out of a tough spot when those occur!

Valleeca

• Type: Ninetales
• How long owned: 16 years.
• Other: Valleeca was something of a surprise for Daelin to keep; he'd never admired fire Pokémon as much as some other types, and had stayed away from catching other varieties of them previously. The wild Vallee, however, was inadvertently injured by his father's Growlithe one day in an impulsive foxhound chase, and Dae, being the only trainer in the family at the time, took her in to see to her injuries and nurse her back to health. She was quite grateful for the treatment, and elected to stay with him, becoming one of his best battlers.