Novice Trainer Nikolai Kerrigan
Name Nikolai Kerrigan
Position Trainer
Rank Novice Trainer
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Age | 11 | |
| Date of Birth | April 29th, 1976 |
Physical Appearance
| Hair Color | Purple | |
| Eye Color | Green | |
| Physical Description | Nikolai looks like a kid who dresses purely for utility, resulting in a highly mismatched silhouette. He wears a pair of heavy, adult-sized looking, steel-toed hiking boots that he has clearly had to grow into, paired with standard late-80s corduroy pants with reinforced knees. He wears a crisp, short-sleeved button-down shirt (a leftover habit from the PokéMart dress code) underneath a slightly oversized, bright teal and purple nylon windbreaker. The custom Poké Ball belt his mom made is worn high on his waist, loaded with meticulously organized pouches. |
Family
| Family Members | Atlas Kerrigan, travelling Ecological and Pokémon Investigator Saara Kerrigan, Oteme PokéMart manager |
Personality & Traits
| Personality Overview | Beyond his driving guilt and goals, Nikolai is intensely hyper-organized and slightly too mature for his own good. He treats his Pokémon journey less like a magical adventure and more like a structured trip. He naturally defaults to a customer-service voice when speaking to adults (excessively polite and formal), but he can be surprisingly blunt and impatient with kids his own age who act recklessly. He keeps a strict ledger of his expenses, double-checks his inventory every night before bed, and dislikes unpredictability but can adapt once he understands the situation. | |
| Drive | To build his own independence while tracking his father's, Atlas Kerrigan, elusive Ecological and Pokémon Investigation research trail. Having spent his childhood managing stock and dealing with adult customers, he wants to prove he can survive without the safety of the PokéMart aisles. At the same time, he is using this journey to see the incredible things that kept his dad away from home for so long, secretly hoping to finally run into him out in the field. | |
| Anchor | He has two deeply important and a third less present anchors. Physically, it is Sylvester the Litten; when he feels overwhelmed or abandoned, Sylvester is the only constant companion who understands his restless energy. Emotionally, it is his mother, Saara Kerrigan; even though she pushed him out the door, knowing she is only a call away gives him the courage to keep walking. His various letters from his father are in a folder he carries with him to keep the feeling that Atlas is helping him on his adventure, the letters do tell him much of his father's findings on how pokemon affect the environment while also giving information on how the environment affects pokemon. There are a few pointers on how to help when neither side is what it should be but Atlas warns that it is all theoretical and caution should be used at all times. | |
| Problem | Lingering guilt. While not entirely crippling, he struggles with a persistent sense of responsibility. Whenever he is genuinely enjoying his journey or having fun, a small part of him pauses, feeling guilty for leaving his mother alone to handle the brutal holiday rushes and inventory shortages at the Mart. Another is, and probably won't be immediately noticeable, is that he had to grow up quickly to help his mother out so he may not be able to make friends his own age as those older or younger than him. | |
| Pride | "I know more about Pokémon habitats from reading my dad's letters than most adults do." With his arsenal of letters from his Ecological and Pokémon Investigator father, he knows much about various Pokémon habitats and habits, though those are of places across Erehwon. Not to mention, specific Pokémon not all of them on a route or town. | |
| Favourite Song | "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King (1961). | |
| Iconic Item | The custom Poké Ball belt his mom sewed for him out of old store banners is worn high on his waist, loaded with meticulously organized pouches. |
Pokemon 1
| Pokemon Species | Litten | |
| Nickname (if applicable) | Sylvester | |
| Type(s) | Fire | |
| Ability | Blaze (Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon is in trouble). | |
| Gender (if applicable) | Male | |
| Personality Description | Sylvester acts exactly like a spunky, chaotic kitten. He is fiercely independent, often refusing to walk in a straight line and batting at every passing leaf or bug. He is not particularly obedient in battle yet, sometimes ignoring commands to groom himself. However, he is deeply affectionate in his own weird ways—waking Nikolai up by biting his toes, purring like a chainsaw when held, and fiercely hissing at anyone who raises their voice at his trainer. | |
| Move Set | Ember Scratch Lick Growl |