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LET'S MAKE SOME CUTE OCS AND AUS WE WON'T MAKE OURSELVES SAD WITH (MAYBE)

for ocs we already have that we're auing here! and fuck it, canon characters can come along too. our pokemon region, our rules!!!

- Born Amaya Sasaki of Blackthorn City's Dragon Clan, thankfully in this AU she mostly just grew up in a strict as fuck household rather than the absolute hell that she's been placed in before. Dad was more verbally abusive than anything; he wanted his daughter to live up to her potential and have her succeed as the Gym Leader eventually so he could rake in the credit for it. Amaya, meanwhile, wanted no part in any of that and just wanted to lead her own life.
- So what's a ten year old girl to do when you don't even have a Pokemon to your name but desperately need to leave? ...Hop on a boat from Olivine to Literally Anywhere Else and end up in Alola. This girl literally Disney Princess'd her way through half of the region just to sneak on a boat and end up in a place where the culture shock could have very well killed her.
- Thankfully, Amaya ended up getting taken in by a very nice family in Alola; she grew up in Malie City, feeling close to home despite being so far away from it. Her mama and papa (she embarrassingly still calls them this in her much older age now. they dote on her immensely and don't mind, but it ruins her cool image instantly--) helped her learn their trade in the city, and through them, she learned how to make some nice clothing that many tourists and citizens alike would buy. But she also longed to train as well, and thus, she asked her parents for a Pokemon; they brought her out to Malie Garden with their supervision so that they could help her catch one. This is how she would obtain her starter Pokemon, Jangmo-o.
- ...She admittedly met it by it deciding to chase her around while her parents tried to get it under control, but hey, not all first meetings go perfect--she ended up catching the poor boy by accident just chucking her one Poke Ball at it before running back to her parents, but thankfully, the Jangmo-o wasn't being a jerk! Mostly. It just wanted something sweet that Amaya had been keeping in her pocket. And that's how their friendship started; it turned out that the Jangmo-o had been tossed aside by it's trainer for not being good enough, and thus, their training began.
- Eventually, Amaya's training with Jangmo-o (now a big and strong Kommo-o) evolved into her deciding to become a proper, globetrotting trainer of renowned, and after beating all of the Kahunas of the island (but very notably before the league in alola was properly established), Amaya decided to travel the myriad regions and left Alola to travel the world. She often calls her parents to check how they're doing, and she always tries to come and visit them for a few months out of the year.
- But while Alola brightened Amaya and broadened her horizons, she still maintains a somewhat stiff and strict demeanor--especially nowadays, given that she's become something of a professional. Her initial travels took her to the Kalos, Sinnoh, and Hoenn regions; the lattermost where she was scouted by Scott to work at one of his battling facilities. She ends up working for the Battle Dome off and on, enjoying the constant slew of strong trainers that would keep her and her growing team satiated in a fight. She'll sometimes go and revisit Kalos as well--especially when the Z-A Royale starts up.
- Amaya's probably closest to the Veteran class from BW, at least in terms of trainer aesthetic; she never became Champion of any region or took on any of the Elites, but she does have the badges of every region she's visited thus far. It results in her maintaining a serious and stoic demeanor, but this version of Amaya can smile on occasion. It's just usually around her Pokemon or her adopted family. ...Or something slightly concerning looking when she's in a battle, girl's got that battle bloodlust--
- Team: Kommo-o♀ (Starter), Pangoro♂, Crabominable♂, Haxorus♀, Drampa♂, Goodra♀.

Edited 2026-03-11 17:31 (UTC)

Worst boy gets multiple comments so this doesn't stretch the page a ridiculous amount, smh.

idk I haven't worked this out yet, either Paldean, from Poke-Germany, or some other region?? who knows. I sure don't.

- Waking up in Paldea(? might change this later?) with absolutely no memories whatsoever and having nothing on him including identifying information, Zvei spent the first five years of his life that he can remember struggling to figure out his place in the world.
- He was taken in by a kindly older gentleman who saw his unquenchable thirst for knowledge (as he'd forgotten much about the world as well) and directed him to a low level lab position. It wasn't glamorous or fulfilling work, but Zvei took to it like a Ducklett to water.
- Within those first five years, he climbed the ranks and was making a name for himself as an academic, even going so far as to shift over from working on tech to Pokemon - he even became a professor's aide!
- But the truth is that there was a reason behind his fervent research - he wanted to find a way to restore his memories, believing them to be buried deep within his consciousness. His idea was to utilize Terastallization for such a thing, and thus his interest was in that field.
- Unfortunately, after five years, he decided that this was going to be a dead end. It was meant for Pokemon, not people, and he would never get what he wanted from it.
- So he abruptly left his work behind and took to traveling.
- During those five years, he received his partner Pokemon from the man who helped him get started (Ricardo), a Charcadet. His research led to him evolving into Ceruledge, but don't worry too much about the fact that he's a ghost now!! (unsure)
- Zvei's travels took him to Alola to study Z Crystals (another dead end, but he picked up a Mimikyu) and he wandered through the Kanto/Johto/Hoenn/Sinnoh area for awhile, picking up and studying Porygon (and evolving them) for a time. Ultimately, there weren't any strong leads here, but...
- They pointed him in the direction of Kalos and Mega Evolution. Seeing as how it was where such a thing was discovered and where new Megas were popping up, it was the perfect place to start the next leg of his journey.
- Zvei only remembers the past seven years, but he's accomplished a lot in that time. Now living in Kalos and working on eventually becoming a proper Pokemon Professor (he's going to graduate from the program soon!!) specializing in Mega Evolution, he seems to be doing quite well.
- But his lack of memories eats at him, and he's looking into using Mega Evolution on humans to surpass his own limitations... after all, the Malamar he caught is capable of communicating with him through telepathy, but she won't and can't perform such an invasive dive into his consciousness to find his lost memories. So either he has to find a deeply depraved and immoral Psychic-type to do that, or... well, he's more than willing to test out Mega Evolution on himself.

Edited 2026-03-10 03:14 (UTC)

"Starter": Ceruledge♂
Others: Malamar♀, Rotom, Porygon-Z

- With no access to whatever his team once was, he had to build a new one from scratch. Zvei's gathered these Pokemon throughout his travels.
- He's developed an interest in Psychic-types due to his current research, but has yet to acquire more.
- Absolutely dreadful at actually getting his Pokemon to love him, not from abuse or mistreatment, just because he has the emotional capacity of a rock and does not understand the Friendship stat.
- He is notably not a proper trainer and has 0 Gym Badges to his name. His Pokemon are all decently high levels from traveling and going out into the wilds in pursuit of his research (he absolutely does field work himself) but he doesn't hold any sort of enjoyment in battles.
- His Pokemon are also highly independent; he will literally let them battle for him when he can. They don't argue with his orders, but they're clever enough to not really need them for most battles, since they're typically only fighting wild Pokemon.

Edited 2026-03-10 03:17 (UTC)

GRAND SPANKIN' NEW PEEPS. NEWLY HOME GROWN BLORBOS.

- Born Laurent Isobe, Ren initially started life as a boy who usually followed his miner dad around; he grew up dirt poor, his father doing most of the breadwinning for the family by working in the mines up in the Eastern Providence. Laurent would usually play with his father's Hariyama, who acted as his babysitter while his father worked and his mother would pursue her research into fossils.
- At four years old, Laurent simply became Lauren, after expressing an interest in an old sundress her mother was attempting to throw away. It was eventually her decision that she wanted to be a girl, and her family was fully supportive of this transition. She often got that sundress quite filthy, but she ended up really being happy playing around in the dirt. It was during one of these play sessions that a rather hungry Orthworm had surfaced, looking for something to eat. Lauren was a girl who liked to share, even if Hariyama often tried to keep her from any wild Pokemon; she ended up sharing half of her sandwich with the Orthworm, which became a consistent piece of their friendship throughout the years. After some begging and promises that she'd take care of a Pokemon that most considered a menace, on her sixth birthday, Lauren would obtain this Orthworm as her partner and name him Lulu.
- Lauren often liked to battle, though Lulu didn't always listen to what she said; he tended to be quite naive, but he was a surprisingly well behaved Orthworm other than thinking he knew better in battle. The two made quite the reputation for themselves around the city, with Lauren beating just about every trainer that took the two of them on easily. Lauren took very good care of Lulu, keeping him safe and well taken care of while growing their acumen as a Pokemon trainer in the process.
- Eventually, her parents decided to enroll her at Uva Academy in order to give her a better chance at life than either of them had at age 13! Lauren was so excited to go, having been mostly homeschooled by their very strict mom, Noriko Isobe, so the ability to get out in the world and not sleep on a crappy futon nestled into the closest part of the house that could fit them in their cramped, poor quarters? Was a dream come true to them...until it wasn't.
- Lauren's tenure at Uva was rather short-lived; between teachers who berated Ren's inability to grasp certain concepts, their absolutely undiagnosed ADHD (...potentially also autism...) leading them to being unable to sit still or listen for long periods of time, and intense bullying, Lauren ended up running away from the school and back home, to less than understanding parents. They had used every bit of their savings to send Lauren to that school, and the shouting match that the three of them had during this was. Legendary.
- Lauren eventually locked herself in the bathroom for the night, only to wake up the next day to her parents having vanished. Simply...gone, having taken almost nothing with them. They ended up getting in trouble with the local police due to this, and it was only the timely intervention of her godmother, Madison, that prevented her from getting anything on her proper record.
- Thankfully, Lauren had managed to save up a lot of money; she had become battle happy and deeply battle hungry over the stay in Uva, intent on proving herself to be better than her grades and her failures. It's what led her to getting four out of the eight badges of Paldea; Katy, Brassius, Larry, and Grusha's badges were all in her possession, but after everything that happened, Lauren's mind simply broke.
- Lauren shut herself inside of her house at age 14, shutting all of the lights off and using her rickety old laptop to keep herself company. It was her only connection to the outside world; she lived off of whatever food her parents had left behind, even long after it expired, and only went outside during the wee hours of the night to beat up more trainers. She eventually started learning how to pay her own bills and such, though quietly, her (very rich) godmother did everything she could to help Lauren from the shadows. Very rarely, she went outside and battled others, beating them not for money, but for alcohol; something she had taken up during her stay at Uva due to kids smuggling it in. She ended up drinking heavily, with Lulu not knowing what to do in order to help her. She usually only opened the door to let him outside, but he stayed by her in order to let her know at least that someone was there for her.
- It took four long, long years before Ren (having figured out their identity and finally going by they/them) ended up finding the motivation to clean themselves up and get to work; not the least of which was because Lulu was starting to show signs of poor health, and they simply couldn't abide by something happening to the one thing that's stood by them through thick and thin. They eventually landed a proper job working at a Chansey Supply in Montenevera, working as an assistant to the pharmacist there. They ended up learning a lot about different medicine there, and ended up getting Lulu on a medication to help with his iron deficiency problem--which seemed to be a defect from birth, considering that Orthworm are known for their high iron consumption, it meant that Lulu simply couldn't absorb it as well. Unfortunately, the medication proved quite expensive, and Ren began to insist on taking care of matters themself...launching them right back into dirt poor status.
- Eventually, Ren ended up getting let go from that position, and they work as a Poke Mart clerk to make ends meet nowadays. They're much more chipper and optimistic nowadays than they once were; they always seem to have a rather cheery air about them, serving customers with a smile and always ready to hear their stories. They've made a lot of friends, too! But they still can't help but think something's wrong...
- Team: Orthworm♂. (Lulu) Technically has some team members in the Rotomblr-verse but uh, idk if I'll play with them here--
- Optional plot element 1 (darker): Noriko being a former member of Team Flare. This was something I played with on Rotomblr, that Noriko ended up joining Team Flare as something of an HR person. And a grunt, but mostly HR. Noriko's specialty is Psychic type Pokemon...along with hypnosis, and memory wiping. She very much attempted to bring her husband and then-daughter down into the Flare Base to save them, and they may or may not be immortal??? Don't worry about it!!! (Noriko and Ren would both be immortal here; Ren's dad, Mateo, ended up not getting hit, which becomes plot relevant later when Silph hires Rocket to steal Noriko's family's fossil machine, since she comes from Cinnabar Island in this optional plot element. Uh. Noriko is a psycho! Who wants her kid back and to also do an even more earth scorching team flare, don't worry about it--)
- Optional plot element 2 (lighter): They manage to get into Blueberry Academy years down the line in order to become an authority on Steel type research! Mostly, they're putting their Orthworm stanning into full force by advocating for the species that's mostly seen as a nuisance, and learning how to become a steel specializing Professor!

Edited 2026-03-11 17:37 (UTC)

- No one's really sure where Regina actually came from, honestly; losing her parents rather young and being tossed between multiple foster systems has made it rather difficult to pin down her origins, especially since she doesn't really remember anything about her home either. Not that it really matters to her, since books have been a constant companion for her since she was able to start reading.
- Heard the legend about the Regis, and when she finally aged out of the foster system and decided to become a trainer, she wondered. What else could a golem be made out of? It was a curiosity that drove her, and it resulted in her learning how to become a lab assistant in order to make that dream of hers a reality. Odd as it is.
- She can often be found cleaning mega crystals around the city; she collects them and stores them at the lab she works at, using them in part to help her coworker, Zvei, while also attempting to fashion them into a golem and keep track of how alive it is. She hasn't been able to make out a sign of life within the mass yet, but she's still trying!!!
- She does like to be useful, though. It's why she's as enthusiastic as she can be, about helping Zvei with his research. She doesn't really think of him as a friend, but she does think fairly highly of him.
- Regina often has a habit of popping up out of nowhere, quietly, when you least expect her. She doesn't even seem to take any joy in scaring people, though she doesn't seem to care that she does.
- Not very expressive, preferring to draw simplistic faces on a pad of paper in order to describe her moods. This only changes mildly in a battle, where she gets a little more intense in terms of look.
- She tends to focus more on practicality rather than booksmarts; Regina learns through doing more than just reading, and her memory is scarily strong. That isn't to say she isn't smart, but she tends to intentionally go against the grain in most of her hypothesis and is far more interested in putting legends and folktales to the test. Inwardly, it's that memory of hers that makes her a little upset that she can't remember anything about her parents; her memory is borderline perfect otherwise, and it's one of the few things that can get her expression to sour. (Ironically, she probably doesn't know about Zvei's amnesia at all. But it's why she quietly hopes that his research works out. Just don't think too hard about how many abandonment issues she has--)
- Has some pretty decent sized beef with the Rust Syndicate, and largely seems unafraid of them (though she just seems to lack a fear response in general, for better or for worse); she thinks that their do-gooding is getting in the way of getting more Mega Crystals for her research, and they think she's up to something shady with those crystals but simply cannot prove it. She often treats them like pests, more than anything.
- Team: Carbink, Avalugg♀, Aegislash♀, Watchog♂, Raichu♀, Goodra♀. She's been friends with her Watchog since she was very young, and he constantly stays outside of his Poke Ball and keeps her company. He's probably the highest leveled on her team, with the rest probably in the mid-40 range. He's also the one who usually has to drag her out of biting off more than she can chew due to the aforementioned lack of fear--

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pokemon au compilation

AUs

Amaya

Zvei

History (pre-memloss)

Current

Team

OCs

Ren Isobe | Paldea (Zapapico) (cws: child neglect, abandonment, underage drinking)

Regina ??? | Kalos (Lumiose City) (cw: dead(?) parents)