Mark Stroud

Name:	Mark Stroud
Nickname/Alias:	N/A
Gender:	Male
Sexuality:	hetero
Age:	17
Height:	5' 11"
Ethnicity:	Hoenn
Birthday:	Unknown
Attribute:	N/A
Trainer ID:	N/A
Home:	Slateport City
Pokéform:	N/A
Starter:	Chopper
Status:	Alive

Appearance

Has a light musclegut build, wild blond hair, green eyes, and has some chin hair stubble. Tends to wear graphic T-shirts of in-universe fiction, along with black track pants with grey trimlines and running shoes of the same style. Also wears a black and yellow backpack, along with a similarly-colored wrist watch on his left wrist.

Personality

Mark was born and raised to act tough, sometimes to the point of acting hypermasculine. Despite this, he tends to be one of the more serious people in most groups. Takes a stern approach to pokemon training that some people may consider harsh, but argues in support of it by citing it's no different from how he trains himself. Mark is never one to shy away from a battle in most circumstances, and is determined to become one of the strongest trainers in history.

History

The son of a sailor from Slateport turned self-made trainer, Mark is among many trainers who strive to become the strongest ever known. His mother suddenly vanished one day without a trace when he was 8, and while he and his father tried to get along, their strained relationship eventually resulted in Mark being kicked out of his home that he was planning on running away from anyway. Mark began living on his own at the young age of 15 with nobody but his machop starter Chopper at his side, a few items in his pack, and the need to become a powerful trainer. While it was initially just a hobby, training had become a means of support for Mark that he quickly improved well enough to make a living off of (if moving between secret bases counts as living) in a matter of months.

Despite having assembled teams to defeat the gym leaders, elite trainers, and champions of Hoenn and and Kanto in two years, Mark has yet to satisfy his lifetime goal of becoming one of the trainers fortunate enough to train teams for every region, defeat every champion the world has to offer, and be remembered as one of the toughest trainers in pokemon history. While this goal may sound lofty and may not last, one thing cannot be denied about Mark: He is determined to prove his self-worth in the best way he knows how.

Pokemon

Chopper

Rookie

Magneman

Trivia

• Mark is an avid fan of existing works, such as F-Zero, One Punch Man, and Powerman 5000.
• It's said that he has a voice deeper than one would expect from someone his age, which is apparently hereditary.

Mark's Team
On Hand :	Chopper • Rookie • Magneman
As last seen in: Entralink Arc