Tagg

Name:	Richard
Nickname/Alias:	Tagg
Gender:	Male
Sexuality:	Unknown
Age:	23
Height:	Unknown
Ethnicity:	Black primarily, mixed with Pokeverse Scottish, Chinese, and Jewish
Birthday:	July 3, 1991
Attribute:	N/A
Trainer ID:	N/A
Home:	Nondescript town near Viridian City
Pokéform:	Swampert
Starter:	Venusaur
Status:	Alive

Tagg is a 23 year old Pokemon Trainer (19 at the start of the RP) and a PEFE Researcher from a nondescript town near Viridian City in Kanto. A natural explorer, he happens to be one of the founding members of the PEFE and the J-Team as well as a fairly successful trainer, having been one for about 13 years of his life. Within the PEFE, he specializes in Field Research and Wilderness Survival.

Appearance

General

Unusually for a Kantonese citizen, Tagg is of African analogue descent among other things (His parents being born in the analogue of the Carribean, and his father growing up in Unova) and is about 6'3" in height. He tends to wear grey or green hoodies with jeans except when it gets extremely cold, and always has a blue baseball cap on.

Cold weather

In wintry environments, Tagg wears a thick hooded coat over his hoodie, as well as black gloves, thick winter boots for deep snow, and a Mudkip print scarf.

Other Outfits

Within PEFE HQ, Tagg always wears his labcoat over whatever he's wearing at the moment. As for the Leavanny Suit, it can be best described as what happens when a Leavanny outfit is combined with an Assassin's outfit.

Personality

Personality-wise Tagg is very introverted, preferring to keep to himself and saying very little. He can also be rather absent-minded at times, especially when it comes to his job. Tagg happens to be fairly pragmatic and ruthless when dealing with particularly nasty enemies (especially Cipher), having even killed a couple himself, which has lead to him being more feared than loved outside of his inner circle. To those in said circle, however, he is known as a dedicated friend who nonetheless needs others to keep him from pushing his limits into dangerous territory.

Due to many other J-Team members being younger and/or less experienced than he is, Tagg views himself as the group sentinel and if necessary the guy who has to shoot the proverbial Lillipup so that the others don't have to. As a result he also views himself as rather tainted and surrounded by corpses.

Biography

Tagg was born in that very same town, and often spent his early years exploring the backwoods surrounding his home. It was on one of these very occasions that he nearly became a Froslass' new ice sculpture at the age of six, but managed to get away through an accidental use of his Aura powers, something he wouldn't truly discover until years later. Tagg also had very little friends growing up, leading him to become very withdrawn for the most part, except where science and Pokemon were concerned.

The Start of A Very Long Journey: Kanto and Johto

At the age of 10, Tagg ended up visiting Pallet Town in order to get a starter Pokemon from Professor Oak to begin his Pokemon journey. Said starter Pokemon turned out to be a Bulbasaur, and Tagg decided to go out and get all eight Kanto badges, succeeding in doing so and becoming a Champion at the age of ten. Soon afterwards, he decided to try his hand at the second half of the Indigo League, eschewing his Kanto team for a new one forged in Johto. During both instances, he also served as a junior researcher for both Professor Oak and Elm.

Exploring Hoenn

When Tagg was 13 years old, he decided to try his hand at the Hoenn League. Coincidentally, his arrival in the region coincided with Team Aqua and Magma's attempts to capture Kyogre and Groudon, and he happened to be in Sootopolis for their clash.

Orre

Sometime after Hoenn, Tagg decided to visit Orre for relatively undefined reasons, though it was likely because he wanted to explore. While visiting he ended up exploring the Under and getting trapped down there when Cipher took it over. It was there when he witnessed a Cipher Peon brutally murder a group of Trainers and mons for attempting to oppose them, and tried to add Tagg to that list, but he and his teammates managed to escape. After managing to escape, he met Megg of the Kids Grid and assisted them in combating Cipher before escaping to give word to the outside with the help of Nett. At some indeterminate time after the first Cipher incident was resolved, he ended up battling and winning against the former Cipher Admin Miror B., causing him to swear revenge for being defeated by a kid.

And Then What?: Joining the PEFE

The next two years of Tagg's life were mostly spent exploring and wandering up and down Pokepan (With a brief return to Orre to beat the Mt. Battle challenge), but he couldn't help but feel that something was missing. At the age of 16, on the sixth anniversary of his training career, he came to visit Professor Oak in an attempt to find a direction in his life. Professor Oak informed Tagg of the PEFE, and he got in contact with Tangent not long afterwards. Sometime later he met up with Silent and Tracer at the old PEFE HQ, and together with Tangent the PEFE was forged.

The first couple months were spent doing research on various species either alone or in a group. However, it was one incident that truly changed their destinies. While doing research on the Swablu and Altaria populations of central Hoenn, Tagg, Silent, and Tracer were attacked by a group of firearm wielding poachers. Afterwards, upon examining a truck that the poachers were operating from, the trio of researchers found a rather unique symbol that they hadn't seen before. Around Christmas of that year Tangent figured out the origins of the symbol, that it belonged to a corporation known as Pokefutures Inc. operating out of the Angela region.

A few months afterwards, the PEFE Founders staged a raid on the main Pokefutures HQ in order to reveal their corrupt activities to the world, with Tagg's job being to make sure that the media got word of what was going on. Due to taking refuge in a Kantonese embassy, Tagg avoided getting arrested like the others. Due to sending Angela's economy in jeopardy as a result of their actions, Tagg and the other PEFEers ended up having to take over all of Pokefutures assets, leading to the PEFE's modern iteration being formed.

Sinnoh Adventures

After a boat ride, Tagg ended up in Sinnoh where he acquired Gaia from Professor Rowan in Sandgem. Much like in Hoenn, Tagg found himself battling yet another evil team during the course of his journey, this time the forces of Team Galatic. Unknowingly helping DS along the way, he ended up making it to Lake Valor first following the detonation of the Galactic Bomb, and took his anger out on the local Grunts, only stopping once Saturn's forces showed up, forcing him to make a getaway.

While DS took on the Veilstone HQ of Team Galactic, Tagg led a one team assault of an offroute Galactic base, leading to the defeat of Galactic Commander Neptune, who would later go on to be a thorn in Tagg's side during the AU arc. Soon afterwards, he and his mons scaled Mt. Coronet in order to assist DS, Cynthia, and the rest during the events on the Spear Pillar, holding the line against a mass effusion of Galactic Grunts to do so. Unfortunately, they were incapable of actually making it up there due to taking too long to defeat the Grunts. After that, Tagg ended up challenging and winning against the Sinnoh League.

18 Years Old: I Don't Wanna Be An Adult!

Tagg's life as an 18 year old was more or less the same as his early teens, though Cobalt had rejoined his main team. At one point he ended up solving a mystery in Alamos Town, and visited the Arctic Circle to research Spheal for the PEFE. It was also during this time that Nudi ended up having an unfortunate meeting with Sonny which left him with a fear of the Honchkrow.

A Bond Is Forged

When Tagg was 19, he ended up going on a plane ride to Sinnoh, where he met Gamer, Daisy, Jane, and Anom for the first time. Feeling bored, he decided to follow Jane and Anom on their journey to Snowpoint Temple when he ended up fighting David and Leena, Missingno's existence as more than an urban myth being revealed in the process. He joined in many fights against the Glitch, culminating when a possessed Palkia threw the proto J-Team into PMD-A, where Tagg was transformed into a Mudkip.

While he temporarily lost his memory and was separated from everyone but Nudi, he was able to regain his memories and rejoin the others. During the course of their adventures, Tagg and a number of the others managed to fully evolve, which came in handy fighting against Missingno for the last time, despite the mind rape they all were forced to suffer. Afterwards he separated from the others before meeting up with Jane and Anom in Hoenn, where they explored an underwater Unown ruin before being transported by the Unown to the Sinjoh Ruins, where they had Palkia help them with a problem in their home dimension. Following an earlier incident with Jane, the group then headed to Unova.

The Second Glitch

In Unova, Tagg and the others found themselves tested again, this time by the Glitch known as 'M. At the same time, he met Wolf in Nuvema, who he was rather suspicious of at first. During the fight at the Pokémon League Tagg had gotten knocked out, and therefore missed Wolf and Jane dying, being particularly 'M nearly managed to defeat the J-Team at his lair in Glitch City, but thanks to Anom's sacrifice, he was defeated for good. Following 'M's defeat, Tagg managed to obtain Helios as an egg, and caught Thresher and Coulomb offscreen. Before that he ended up participating in the battle against Ghetsis and Shadow Kyurem, and personally punched Ghetsis in the face upon his defeat. It was also around this time that he met Fool, befriended her while attempting to teach her literacy, and found out that Neptune had escaped from prison.

Ranger Regions: Forming the J-Team

During their time in Oblivia, Tagg's relations with Wolf and Anom became strained due to their hiding their Heart Swap from the rest of the group, to the point that he seriously considered leaving. Following the reveal, their relationship was mended. On the way to Mt. Layuda, where a number of the group ended up injured, Tagg ended up carrying Fool to safety after Tagg was also the one who summoned Lugia from his home in an undersea cave in unison with Pentigan. During their fight at the Sky Fortress Zweilous managed to evolve into Hydreigon and mauled a Pincher that was abusing her, turning on the trainers when they tried to intervene, forcing him to

Tagg in Other Universes

In the AU

Within the AU Tagg's life proceeded mostly the same way, except that he was present for the flooding of Hoenn and the Distortion, and that he had never caught Garchomp, Hydreigon, or Doc. Post-AU Arc, he obtained a shiny Eevee that later became a Leafeon from a trade, Chilliwack.

PMD-B

In the AU branch which became PMD-B, Tagg was struck hard following AU!DS' murder/mercy kill, and ended up being separated from the rest of the group with his mons after the dragons attacked the Sinnoh Cubone tribe, leaving them marooned in Angela. Tagg ended up founding the Brotherhood of Steel with his mons in Angela following a guerrilla war and a climactic showdown with the leader of Angela's draconic forces. In that timeline Tagg died in his 90s entombed with the Adamant Orb after fending off a raider invasion. One of his descendants was High Elder during the events of PMD-R, and proved to be a major help to Tagg's group during their adventures in Angela.

In the Other Verse

In the Another Universe Tagg became leader of the PEFE, though this incarnation is closer to what it was pre-Pokefutures than the OU or AU incarnations. He ended up being led to the Entralink and joining up with Other!Tangent on his own search for Other!Tracer.

Platinum!Tagg Verse

In this universe Tagg ended up taking DS' place as the hero of Sinnoh. He ended up joining with Other!Tracer as he explored PMD-B Unova.

Items

Aside from general Trainer items:

• A human to Pokémon armband
• The Adamant Orb
• A Blue Orb
• Rainbow and Silver Wings
• A Lunar Wing
• A light clicker to produce flash patterns
• Smelling salt
• A small dagger (though it's sturdy enough to double as a utility knife) used for cooking and self-defense
• Pester Balls
• A laptop with a built-in connection to Tagg's Boxes, allowing him to do team switching on the fly.
• Leavanny suit that doubles as both camouflage and body armor.
• The iPhokex
• A Palkia-enchanted backpack with infinite volume
• A PEFEdex
• An E-tool that also doubles as a self-defense weapon
• A Mudkip-print scarf
• A rainbow scarf (Which he prefers to forget about.)
• A breath mask
• The Reflector Infinity Judge.
• A Key Stone attached to a wristband.
• A Blastoisinite.

Battle Strategy

With Mons

Tagg's training style is mainly based on versatility and using moves in unorthodox ways, and has been honed since the age of 10, with pretty much all of his mons being capable of fighting skillfully with or without their trainer. His philosophy can be best described as making abilities "enhancements, not crutches", and tries to stress not getting too complacent in any aspect of combat. One of Tagg's favorite tricks is to take advantage of the tendency trainers have to make their mons attack head on, allowing his mons to get hit in order to get them in close range to beat the crap out of an opponent.

Without Mons

While as a trainer Tagg rarely gets his own hands dirty, and tends to go for diplomacy when he can and a Terrifying Presence when he can't, when he does have to fight personally Tagg can prove to be a quite vicious opponent. Against human opponents he tends to fight very dirty, aiming for groins and eyes, beating them with anything at his disposal, and often finishing them off with a stomp to the face. Tagg's weapon of choice is a dagger, though if he needs something heavier he can use a sharpened e-tool capable of killing someone with a single blow to the head. His already quick reflexes can also be heightened with Aura, allowing him to block and dodge blows faster than any normal human.

Against supernatural opponents, however, Tagg unleashes his full Auric skill. As probably the single most skilled human Auric on the J-Team in combat, Tagg has mastered form manipulation using his dagger, with his preferred form of choice being that of a sword. However, he is currently incapable of creating weapons without using a medium, with the exception of his Aura chains. Said chains can sprout from anywhere on his body and behave as appendages, often holding enemies in place so that Tagg can stab them. He can also use well known Auric techniques such as Aura Sphere (About three times a day), Force Palm, and Foresight. Tagg is also capable of charging pebbles with Aura and then shooting them at people, and has figured out a way to pour Aura through his feet so that he can increase his jumping height, in a sort of reverse Force Palm.

However, Tagg's best weapon is actually his mind, due to his ability to adapt to situations on the fly and react accordingly, as well as his ability to do more with less.

Known Techniques (As a Swampert)

• Brick Break, Hammer Arm
• Earthquake, Mud Slap
• Foresight, Protect, Tackle
• Muddy Water, Surf, Waterfall, Water Gun

Achievements

• Assisted in taking down Pokefutures Inc with the other PEFE Founders, wrecking Angela's economy in the process.
• Became Champion of the Kanjoh, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova Leagues over the course of ten years.
• Punched Ghetsis in the face.
• Defeated the likes of Lance, N, and Blue over the course of the Gold Conference.
• Tied with Fool during the GC.
• Punched Cyrus in the face.
• Became Orange League Champion.
• Assisted in Annoski's defeat.
• Personally slayed Vicious.
• Talked the Master to death in tandem with the Vault Dweller.
• Assisted in the defeat of the Lieutenant.
• Assisted in the defeat of the Spider Queen, Crimson Helm, Orochi, and Blight.
• Killed Ninetails.
• Assisted in the defeat of Lechku and Nechku, as well as Yami.
• Helped defeat Penumbra.
• Defeated Tokarev.
• Became Champion of the Kalos League.

Relationships

• Tagg is currently dating Fool.
• Tagg considers Tracer to be the closest thing he's had to a best friend.
• Tagg and Wolf have butted heads in the past, but have buried the hatchet between eachother.
• Umbra used to have a grudge towards Tagg after nearly getting killed by the giant Whiscash, but following the events of the IK arc they became friends.
• Ever has become Tagg's first apprentice.
• Tagg is very close friends with DS. Both have admitted an attraction towards one another, but mutually agreed not to act upon on it.
• Tagg and Herbert had a mutual dislike of eachother due to the former being a PEFE researcher, and the latter accusing Tagg of being a Pokémon abuser, leading him to attempt to throttle Herbert with a giant Aura hand. During their time in Ransei the two have started to get slightly friendlier with one another however, only for Tagg's actions in Orre to derail things and return them to square one. However, following Tagg assisting in his and Alice's revival, they've managed to reconcile somewhat.
• Despite his hatred for most of the fanbase, Tagg is good friends with Maggie and even made her his PEFE intern. He's admitted that he views her as something akin to a younger sister.
• Sam and Tagg don't know eachother well, but are on good terms.
• Tagg is currently rivals/kinda sorta friends with Ryklys. It is known that in at least one universe they managed to have a child together.
• Tagg sees Tangent and Silent as basically his senpais.
• Tagg is friends with Carol and is aware that she looks up to him, but finds that fact extremely disconcerting considering his past.
• As for the other Carol, their first meeting as children didn't go very well due to her mistaking his invitation to "ride his Salamence" as an innuendo. The two didn't cross paths until late 2013, when she ended up traveling with Tracer to Holon and ended up getting trapped in a Cipher raid. While the event pretty much convinced her that both Tagg and Tracer were insane, they parted on far more amicable terms and would probably be considered friends.
• Crewe is someone else he considers to be like a younger sister to him.
• Tagg and Mezzo have clashed many times, the latest instance being after she learnt about his slaughter of Cipher Peons.
• Tagg dislikes Constantin for constantly trying to ruin his relationship with Fool.
• As a Soul of Silver Tagg is a chosen of all legendaries aligned with the Attribute, though he's closest to Dialga and Groudon in particular.
• Tagg does try to watch over Psyche as per Aiura's request, though he's had issues on that front.

Pokémon - OU

Kanto Pokémon

Venusaur

Pidgeot

Raichu

Dugtrio

Gengar

Lapras

Hitmonchan

Johto Pokémon

Golem

Machamp

Feraligatr

Lanturn*

Xatu

Jumpluff

Hoenn Pokémon

Muddy

Pelipper*

Steel

Forecaster

Tropius

Draca

Cobalt

Sinnoh Pokémon

Gaia

Roc

Kricketune

Luxray

Rampardos

Nudi

Garchomp

Ditto*

Unova Pokémon

Musashi

Sirius

Unfezant

Audilith

Throh

Aliroz

Vanilluxe

Trollfisk

Hydreigon

Helios

Ranger Regions + Gold Conference Pokémon

Limna

Victini

Doc

Thresher*

Coulomb*

Post AU + OI Pokémon

Crochet

Sentinel

Hoenn 2011 Pokémon

Bohr

Pica

Artemia

Ana

Kanjoh-2 Pokémon

Darner*

Unova-2 Pokémon

Ovis

Azumarill

Fenrir

Anguis

Rotor

Kalos Pokémon

Kamella

Aaron

Aya

Lepi

Sue

Amorpha

Kodama

Ranger-2 Pokémon

Akiko

Hitodama

Other

Trojan

Trivia

• Tagg was the oldest PC in the early RP (beating Luke and DS by a few months).
• Tagg happens to be left handed, a trait shared with Mezzo and Sakura.
• Out of the three trainers his exact age (DS, Luke, and himself), Tagg was the only one to start his journey at 10, making him the most experienced out of the three. (Though Luke had his starter for the same amount of time.)
• While more of a biologist by trade, Tagg does appear to have a sense of engineering and how to make explosives.
• Every Pokémon in Tagg's team can use Protect.
• Up until Orre, Tagg was the only trainer to have actively dealt with guns pointed at his face.
• Tagg has a fear of Whitney's Miltank after having his whole team demolished by it.
• Tagg appears to have a built in aversion to fame, partially due to not wanting to have a bullseye painted on his back for the numerous enemies he's made over the years.
• Tagg once rented a place in Hoenn to stay during his teenage years, though he prefers his Secret Base.
• Both Tagg and Wolf became Champions at 10, the youngest out of any of the PCs currently.
• Tagg was the first member of the J-Team to evolve as a Pokemon.
• As a result of his research into the Chinchou Line, Tagg is one of the few humans capable of understanding flash patterns.
• Tagg has in his possession the most legendary items out of any J-Team member.
• Tagg happens to suffer from PTSD as a result of the AU, though it is likely that he had it even from before as a result of his run-in with Cipher.
• While not to the level of Fortis or Diane, Tagg appears to really love high places, and can often be found napping in trees.
• Tagg is a licensed scuba diver.
• Like his writer, Tagg has Asperger's Syndrome.
• Tagg's Trainer ID number is 26853.

PEFE
Founders: Tangent - Tagg - Tracer - Silent
Other Researchers and Interns: Anom - Jane - Every (PEFE) - Luke - Pentigan - Umbramatic - Gene - Jeff - Diane - Maggie - The Seven - Hikari - Jacob - Dr. al-Cygni - Professor Banana - Mendel - Echo
Non-Researcher Personnel: Priscilla - Sterling - Sofia
Related: Pokefutures Inc. - PEFE HQ - FutureOS - PEFEgon - PEFE Island - PEFEdex - PEFE Trackers - Gaim Rahm - Scythermen (Mia) - Dave