Name: Koben Epcouteau
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance:
http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/chara ... 107841.jpgPersonality: As a result of years of abuse and bullying, Koben's mind has been broken, resulting in him constantly speaking in rhyme. Koben is a gentleman, calm, patient and willing to listen, despite being a horrendous flirt. However, when angered, Koben slips into a cruel, maniacal and bloodthirsty persona, doing whatever to cut down the annoyance
Home Town: Camphrier Town [Starting in Slateport]
Starter Pokemon: Honedge
Background: Koben was born in Camphrier Town in the Kalos region and spent the majority of his childhood days playing with the other young children, the young boy showing a love for poetry and rhymes, though it all changed when a new family showed up in town, bringing a new boy, who soon converted the majority of the young children into a vicious gang of bullies, Koben being a favoured target of the gang, often throwing things at the young boy, hitting him or calling him names, forcing the young boy to run to the nearby mansion for safety, where he could be alone to read his poetry books or playing with one of the almost empty mansion's suit of armour's blunted ceremonial swords. It was on one of those days that the young Koben encountered a peculiar pokemon hiding within the mansion by one of the remaining suits of armour. It was odd, a sword he didn't recognise attached to the empty armour, though he soon managed to coax it out with a few calm, gentle words, young innocent eyes meeting the teal eye of a Honedge, the young boy spending many days getting to know the blade pokemon
Years passed and the bullies died down, the gang soon alienating themselves until there was only 3 major thugs left, who would regularly beat up and steal from the other teens, though Koben was marked as 'Not A Target' after one incident where the leader had tried to mug Koben and left with a nasty cut on his face from the Honedge, who Koben had taken as his own pokemon. It seemed like things were going alright until one day when the boy returned home after a day of training with his Honedge to discover his front door kicked in and his father with his throat slit in the hallway. Running inside, the teen encountered the sight of the three thugs slitting the throat of his mother, the sight causing Koben's mind to snap allowing the Honedge temporary control of his body, Koben taking control back once the thugs were dead.
Willing himself on, he hurriedly packed a backpack full of supplies and clothes before scavenging as much money as he could from the bodies and ran, buying a ticket to the Hoenn region in an attempt to escape
Other: Koben is skilled in swordplay and commonly uses his Honedge as an actual blade when not in battle
