Character Sheet for Dante (formerly Spruce)
Personality
Vulpix: An asshole with a lot to prove, Dante is standoffish at times, though thanks to his pack (and with much pushing, fighting, and pokénip) he becomes a much more personable individual.
Ninetales: After returning to his family for a year to train himself and his pack, not only physically but in their roles as a unit, Dante is a much better leader. Though he still needs to work on his teamwork, and he might not have the most measured responses to emergent situations, his pack see him as the only pokémon they would ever want to follow.
Likes/Dislikes
Likes: His family, his packmates, his tribe, humans that don't harm him and his, fighting, pokénip.
Dislikes: Team Rocket, his own failures.
Background/History
Dante was born to the strange couple of a sceptile and ninetales (sired by their leafeon friend) and named for the sceptile's grandfather who helped them raise him. He was the second hatch of three, between his older sister Kiara and his younger sister Willow. In his youth he and his friends were caught in an unfortunate attack from a flock of angry spearow, Dante fought back to protect his sisters and surprisingly defeated most of the flock by himself. This spurred his love of battle and desire to be wild, a desire he would act on shortly after reaching adulthood, leaving home in the middle of the night, believing his pokeball's auto return feature to be fully disabled.
Fortunately for him, his family and trainer had lied to him, leaving the emergency return feature active. Dante suffered a near fatal injury after only a handful of months, while trying to take over a tribe of grass types. As it turned out the pokémon of the forest had become much stronger than his father had remembered them as being, leading to Dante taking on the challenge of hyper training. Planning to return as a ninetales, and secure his place as king of his forest.
Relatives/Family
Parents: Garret the sceptile, Nala the ninetales, Leon the leafeon (sire)
Siblings: Kiara the alolan ninetales, Willow the ninetales, Twig the sceptile and her siblings (step siblings from Garret's former mate)
Kate Lancian: his former human owner and the owner of his parents
World/Setting
In a mixture of the anime and game universes, on the island of Rhogar (based on Wales), Dante's forest is absolutely massive, completely containing a lake and a small rocky hill, as wll as several large clearings where various tribes of pokémon make their homes.
Body
Due to being born to a kantoian ninetales during her honeymoon in the alola region, and hatching while on the boat ride out, Dante took on traits of both kantoian and alolan vulpix. While his sisters were fully alolan, or fully kantoian. During his first attempt to take over a tribe Dante suffered a near fatal spinal injury, that he survived witha large scar as a reminder.
Upon evolving Dante's back scar would heal, but it would not be long before his chosen lifestyle would get him into another fatal fight. Though this time he would come out the victor, it would cost him one of his tails. He gains several other scars over the years, though unlike his first he wears these ones with pride, as proof that he has survived doing the right thing, from defeating the would be tyrant of his forest, to fighting against human criminal syndicates.
Clothing
Dante wears a light blue capette with a silver trim, (a small shoulder length cape) adorned with a light clay forming the clasp. He further makes use of it, having multiple z crystals sewn inside of it, to allow the use of repeated z-moves during his most dangerous battles.
