GymLeaderRoark

=History=

Born in Canalave, his father being Byron, Roark grew up around there and Iron Island, where he spent a significant amount of his childhood. There, he became fascinated by rocks, much to Byron's chagrin, who'd rather have him interested in fossils. Being brought up in fear of his father's shovel, he kept most of his rocks to himself, so that his father would not see them. In his first few years of adulthood, he moved to Oreburgh, a small mining town, where he helped considerably with the projects. When he grew up to be an adult, he enlisted to become Gym Leader of Oreburgh, losing to Riley, but Riley stepping down as he thought Byron's son should take the place.

Rocket Takeover
While not around by the time of the Rocket Takeover, he is remaining on neutral ground about the ordeal with no interest in taking sides. He did, however, open up a theoretical Neutral Club for like-minded people to gather.

Personality
Roark's personality is somewhat hard to fathom. He's consistently crazy and forms crackpot theories with his two friendly Gym Leaders, Volkner and Gardenia, which while he has shown he has the intelligence to form highly complex plans, they're never really any kind of sane. He was the mastermind behind Volkner's cardboard box escape from the hospital. In terms, he is a Cloud Cuckoo Lander.

Praetoria
A male Aerodactyl, and Roark's main battler. Praetoria can hold his own against a fair amount of odds, and has a Bold nature.


 * Stone Edge
 * Earthquake
 * Dragon Claw
 * Aerial Ace

Normandy
A male Probopass, the name origin hailing from the town in a foreign country. Roark heard there were some amazing rock formations there, so named it after said town. Hardy nature.


 * Stone Edge
 * Earth Power
 * Discharge
 * Stealth Rock

Ronald
A male Rampardos, of which the name Ronald derives from. Has a Hasty nature.


 * Head Smash
 * Earthquake
 * Zen Headbutt
 * Avalanche

Granite
A male Golem of Mild nature. Name taken from the many rocks Roark likes to dig up.


 * Stone Edge
 * Earthquake
 * Brick Break
 * Flamethrower

Alan
"He's Tyrannosaurus Alan, and he'll 'ave you for breakfaaaaast!"

Name taken from an old advert Roark watched once for a chain selling bottled water. A male Tyranitar, with a Quiet nature, despite the name origin.


 * Stone Edge
 * Crunch
 * Fire Fang
 * Aerial Ace

Shepard
"Shepard. Wrex."

On his time on PokéTube, Roark came across a video showing two characters conversing to each other with simply their names. He named this Kabutops in its honour.


 * Giga Drain
 * Aurora Beam
 * Low Kick
 * Stone Edge

Ray
Ray is the first of his "mini-team", used for beginning trainers instead of his normal team. Male Geodude, Quiet nature.


 * Rock Throw
 * Stealth Rock

Gecko
Second on the "mini-team", Gecko is a Hasty Onix.


 * Rock Throw
 * Screech
 * Stealth Rock

Wrex
"Wrex. Shepard."

Male Cranidos, third on the "mini-team". Serious nature. Also taken from the aforementioned PokéTube video.


 * Headbutt
 * Pursuit
 * Leer