Rijon Drawing Board

Another long while! But I'm still alive! School's finally over! Time to introduce another character!

Nina trains flying-type Pokémon. At the start of the game, the Elite Four are on official leave, so Nina, a member of the Elite Four, is walking around the region looking for traces of Lugia. You'll first see her in the Rijon Tunnel doing a bit of exploration. Meeting her is mostly crucial to the story, as after the league campaign you'll be meeting her again and helping her out for something big…

(From the previous post and this post, you'll notice that I've added a Javascript that zooms in on thumbnails. A lovely script, at that.)

The first time you walk into the Seashore City gym, there's a surprise in store.

What kind of gym is this?!

The Gym Leader in this gym is Sheral. She's a Psychic trainer who you can fight in the beta. Speaking of the beta, the layout is slightly different between the final and the released beta.

The problem is now locating where she is in the gym.

Here? Here? Or here?

It's quite a large gym. She's in so many different places. They're not her. Who's the real one?

Where could she be?

A bit of background first; I've never actually revealed much about the Elite Four, and while the beta testing team probably know their Pokémon, they don't know exactly who they are or what they look like.

The Rijon Elite Four has changed significantly. The members are not the same Elite Four of Rijon that was shown in Brown, so it's probably going to be nice to introduce some of you to one of the new members. I'll only introduce two of them publicly, so the other two and their stories are going to remain a mystery for a while…

Marisa is the grand daughter of the Elite Four's Agatha. Agatha herself was part of Rijon's Elite Four (after leaving Kanto). As such, she has a similar preference of Ghost Pokémon to her grandmother. Marisa carries around a mask which she occasionally wears around in public.

She is the third member of Rijon's current Elite Four.

Nicknamed “Karpman” in comparison to “Cartman” from South Park. His name is actually a pun of Magikarp. In rijonAdventures, a first name is revealed, but he'll still be known by the name Karpman throughout most of the game. Everyone knows him by that nickname.

Lachlan is the first gym leader you encounter in Rijon. His gym is located in Merson City. You'll find him to be a bit of a challenge depending on how well you've trained, and since his team consists of two water Pokémon, you might want to catch a Bellsprout if you picked Charmander as your starting Pokémon. Funny that, the Pokémon he uses in battle are very similar to the ones he used in Pokémon Brown…

Inside the Merson Gym

Relations. And she knows Karpman's real name!

Rumors go around…

Time for a battle!

Karpman's not always in the gym. He trains on a beach sometimes and isn't against a rematch with you. Even still, he's not going to battle you with his so-called main team.

Hmm… I wonder what his main team even is…?

The third gym leader has only really appeared in the latest rijonAdventures beta, and his backstory isn't really all that large. Scott is an eleven year old Pokémon trainer. Actually, no, he's a Gym Leader of Jaeru City. And, despite his age, he's more than just a Gym Leader.

Scott is an electrician, and works at all sorts of places. Though he's seen with his retired father who tries to constantly tries to advise him how to work, he doesn't need it. He's that smart. And because he's often doing small electrical jobs, you may not actually be able to get to his Gym (in the final version, of course).

Oh, and, as his trade is electric work, his favorite kinds of Pokémon are also of the electric-type.