Wars Central Pokémon Role Play/Characters

The player characters as a whole provide examples of:

 * Fan Nickname: They've been called "Team Saviours" In-Universe.

Sid Gorman (PanicAttack)
A punk rocker who worked with Professor Oak on the Pokédex project. Sid became a Pokémon Trainer when the Pokédex was nearing completion as a form of field test. His starter Pokémon was Munchlax.
 * GMPC
 * Idiot Hero - Has some traits of this at times.
 * Elemental Powers - His Pokémon. Specifically:
 * Single-type Pokémon:
 * An Ice Person: Glaceon
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: Machoke
 * Making a Splash: Horsea, Remoraid, Magikarp
 * Green Thumb: Tangela
 * Non-Elemental: Snorlax, Snubbull, Chansey
 * Poisonous Person: Nidorina
 * Shock and Awe: Electivire
 * Dual-type Pokémon
 * Dishing Out Dirt and Shock and Awe: Stunfisk
 * Green Thumb and Combat Pragmatist: Nuzleaf
 * Making a Splash and Poisonous Person: Tentacool
 * Making a Splash and Wind from Beneath My Wings: Mantyke
 * Non-Elemental and Wind from Beneath My Wings: Pidgeot
 * Playing with Fire and Dishing Out Dirt: Camerupt
 * Rock Steady and Green Thumb: Lileep
 * Shock and Awe and Extra Ore Dinary: Magneton
 * Soul Power and Poisonous Person: Gengar
 * Pokémon who know moves of a different type:
 * An Ice Person: Horsea's Ice Beam, Remoraid's Aurora Beam, Snubbull's Ice Fang
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: Nidorina's Double Kick, Electivire's Low Kick
 * Combat Pragmatist: Haunter's Shadow Punch, Glaceon and Nidorina's Bite
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: Pidgeotto's Twister
 * Psychic Powers: Remoraid's Psybeam
 * Shock and Awe: Snubbull's Thunder Fang
 * Soul Power: Snorlax's Lick
 * The Quincy Punk - Minor case. He looks like one and has something of an anti-police sentiment (though due to their incompentance than any personal reason or for the sake of inciting anarchy), but is generally a nice guy.

Michael Ivanova (Craig)
A Pokémon tamer and breeder from just across the border in Johto. He is not travelling to take the gym challenge or to fill a Pokédex, rather to gather field experience with the hopes of becoming a professional tamer/breeder in the future. To that end, he favours more unruly and violent pokémon.
 * Elemental Powers - Again, his Pokémon. Specifically:
 * Single-type Pokémon:
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: Dragonair, Axew
 * Making a Splash: Poliwag, Krabby
 * Playing with Fire: Slugma
 * Dual-type Pokémon
 * Big Creepy-Crawlies and Green Thumb: Paras
 * Extra Ore Dinary and Rock Steady: Aron
 * Extra Ore Dinary and Wind from Beneath My Wings: Skarmory
 * Non-Elemental and Wind from Beneath My Wings: Pidgeotto
 * Rock Steady and Big Creepy-Crawlies: Shuckle
 * Pokémon who know moves of a different type:
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Aron's Mud Slap
 * The Smart Guy: He's well-travelled and knowledgeable about the world, something Rene seems to be jealous of.
 * Smug Snake: While his sprite shows him with a smug grin, he's not quite that smug. He will revel in a victory when he has one, though.

Rene Chapman (AustNailo)
A self-styled "wild child", Rene prefers to use defensively based Pokémon.
 * Cool Hat - A cool bandanna totally counts.
 * Elemental Powers - Her Pokémon:
 * Single-type Pokémon:
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Cubone
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: Dratini
 * Dual-type Pokémon:
 * Bare Fisted Monk: Heracross
 * Rock Steady: Aron
 * Extra Ore Dinary: Ferroseed
 * Poisonous Person: Ivysaur
 * An Ice Person: Lapras
 * Wind From Beneath My Wings: Fearow
 * Pokémon with moves of different types:
 * Combat Pragmatist: Fearow's Pursuit
 * Nature Hero

Giovanni
The first Gym Leader encountered, but not battled. Giovanni closes his gym due to an infestation of criminals.
 * Dishing Out Dirt

Brock
The first Gym Leader the group battle. As in the games, Brock is the leader of Pewter Gym and uses Rock Pokémon.
 * Rock Steady

Lt. Surge
An old family friend of Rene, Lt. Surge is the Gym Leader in Vermilion City and specialises in Electric Pokémon.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Shock and Awe

Erika
First encountered in Vermilion city after opening a path from her home city of Celadon, Erika uses Grass Pokémon. She also seems to have some familiarity with Sid.
 * Dual Boss - In the RP, she fights in double battles.
 * Green Thumb
 * The Ojou
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Weather Control Machine - Her Lombre, Tangela and Vileplume can function as these.

Janine
Janine is the apprentice to her father Koga, Fuchsia City's Gym Leader. Like her father, she uses Poison Pokémon.
 * Bratty Teenage Daughter
 * Dual Boss - With Koga
 * Ninja
 * Poisonous Person

Koga
Fuchsia City's current Gym Leader, Koga is Janine's father and tutor.
 * Dual Boss - With Janine
 * Ninja
 * Poisonous Person

Sabrina
Saffron City's Gym Leader. Along with Surge and Whitney leads the group in an attempt to undo the infestation of wild Pokémon in the Power Plant, before challenging them to a battle.
 * Prophecies Are Always Right
 * Psychic Powers - Not only do her Pokémon have them but she herself is capable of seeing the future, reading minds and moving objects through sheer willpower.

Team Rocket as a whole has examples of:

 * Five-Bad Band:
 * Big Bad: Unseen at this point.
 * The Dragon: Archer and Ariana
 * The Brute: Proton
 * Evil Genius: Petrel
 * Dark Chick: Ariana pulls double duty.
 * Freudian Trio: Between the Co-Dragons. Sird is Id, Ariana is Ego, Archer is Superego.
 * The Three Beasts too - Sird is Id (again), Orm is Ego, Carr is Superego.

Archer
Though he hasn't appeared to the group yet, Archer was the person in charge of Team Rocket's attack on Mt. Moon. He was also mentioned by Ariana during the attack on Fuchsia City, though what he was doing hasn't been revealed.
 * Co-Dragons - With Sird and Ariana.

Proton
The first Executive that the group encounter, Proton oversaw Team Rocket's fossil theft at Mt. Moon. Although he was apparently arrested at Pokémon Tower, he was able to participate in Team Rocket's attack on Fuchsia City. Like in the games he has a borderline-psychotic cruel streak.
 * The Brute
 * Butt Monkey - Lost at Mt. Moon, but that's pretty standard. Lost again at Pokémon Tower and was promptly arrested. Lost for a third time in Fuchsia City in a Curb Stomp Battle with Sid's Pidgeotto, which evolved into Pidgeot straight after wiping out the first of Proton's three Pokémon.
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Elite Mook
 * Psycho for Hire

Petrel
Petrel is Team Rocket's master of disguise. Along with Orm he seems to be a lot more noble than the rest of Team Rocket, possibly with a hidden agenda.
 * Affably Evil
 * Evil Genius
 * Noble Demon

Orm
One of Team Rocket's Three Beasts, Orm provides additional muscle. Despite his appearance he's a rather gentle soul.
 * The Brute
 * Gentle Giant

Carr
The only member of Team Rocket with a type speciality, Carr is the strategist of the Three Beasts and uses Steel Pokémon.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Evil Genius
 * Extra Ore Dinary
 * The Napoleon
 * Psychopathic Manchild

Sird
The leader of the Three Beasts, subservient only to Team Rocket's leader. Sird is enigmatic and incredibly powerful.
 * Captured Super Entity: Her Darkrai, who in turn is used to keep Mewtwo under control.
 * Co-Dragons: With Archer and Ariana
 * For the Evulz: Her main motivation for carrying out Team Rocket's plans, apparently.

Ariana
Ariana is notable not only for being the Executive in charge of attacking Fuchsia City but also holding the first triple battle in the RP.
 * Co-Dragons: With Archer and Sird
 * Dark Chick
 * Evil Redhead
 * Visionary Villain

Troy Munroe
The chief of Viridian City police, Munroe and Giovanni enforce a curfew in Viridian City, preventing the group from staying there and challenging the gym.

Whitney
The Goldenrod City Gym Leader, who came to assist with clearing out the Power Plant. As in the games, she mostly uses Normal-type Pokémon.
 * Non-Elemental