The Regions' Legends

Biography

 

Basic Information
-Name: Sonia Darkin
-Gender: Female
-Birthday: January 13th
-Age: 14
-Eye colour: Violet
-Hair: Long and straight, going down to mid back, and white blond. Straight fringe.
-Height: Approximately 1.5 metres. 
-Clothing: White long sleeved shirt, white knee-length skirt, knee-length black boots, long light pink scarf, tan overcoat which goes down to her knees.  

Professional Details:
-Profession: Late starting Pokémon Trainer, Grade Alpha Psychic
-Hometown/Address: Icirrus City (previously), Apartment 5A, Northcross, Saffron City. 
-Goal/Motive: To find out about her dead father (fulfilled), to get rid of Kyurem (temporarily), to alter her father's Poké Ball model to remove it's influence on a Pokémon's mind 

Relationships:
-Father: Caius Darkin (deceased) - A famous Pokémon scientist and inventor who invented the modern Poké Ball. He was in a huge rivalry with Silph Co. as he refused to become a partner of theirs and decided to remain independent. His old rival from university was part of Silph Co. as well. The final straw was that Caius gave production rights to Devon Corp because he though Silph Co. used immoral methods. He was later assassinated by Silph Co. on the orders of his old rival and never met his daughter. Silph Co. is now reformed, but the Darkin family still bears a deep grudge.
-Mother: Yannoa Darkin (née Severn) - A Pokémon researcher who was responsible for the 'Severn Type Theory' which explained the biological basis of Pokémon types, and is a leading researcher on the topics of Pokémon moves and typing, Legendary Pokémon and Mega Evolution. She has written various books including On Mega Evolution, Legend Immortales, and Type Theory. She is vastly intelligent, caring, wise and kind, but neurotic and skittish. She bears a deep grudge against Silph Co. for killing her husband and seeks to employ someone to assassinate the one who ordered the death of Caius. For this, Sonia takes her Pokémon and threatens to drive her insane.
-Guardian: Sawk (It's complicated)
-Spiritual Sister: Zorua 
-Maternal Half-Aunt: Sabrina Severn
-Maternal Grandfather: Lowell Severn
-Maternal Grandmother: Anne Borden (deceased)
-Maternal Half-Grandmother: Bella Amherst
-Paternal Uncle: Calvin Darkin - A high-ranking member of the Old Team Plasma. He left after Ghetsis revealed his true plans. As no-one knows his last name and Caius never told Yannoa, his wife and daughter remain unaware of Calvin's identity. 
-Paternal Grandfather: Rood Darkin - One of Team Plasma's Seven Sages. As no-one knows his last name, his connection to Sonia is unknown to anyone but him. Sonia's Zorua is actually the daughter of N's Zoroark, and was purposefully planted to become Sonia's Pokémon before Zorua was born. Zorua still doesn't know of her heritage.
-Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Krim (deceased) 

Pokémon Party (under reconstruction):
- Zorua: Her best friend and pseudo-sister from childhood. She just goes by Zorua, or 'Get-out-of-here-you-damn-prankster'. An incorrigible prankster who must not be allowed sugar under ANY circumstances, she has a deep emotional connection to Sonia and thus is like a sister to her. She is hyperactive, mischievous, blithe and deeply caring. Her ability is, of course, Illusion, and her ultimate move set is Night Daze, Extrasensory, Nasty Plot and Aerial Ace (Flamethrower if she evolves). 
- Sawk: Her father's former partner, going by Sawk, but using the name 'Kai' after his former trainer. After Caius moved to Celadon to work with Oryse Smith, he stayed to help Yannoa bring up Sonia, as the nervous, neurotic Yannoa was too skittish to feel safe bringing up Sonia without him. He is caring, protective, hard-working and soulful. Sawk's ability is Inner Focus, and his ultimate move set is Close Combat, Payback, Thunder Punch and Poison Jab.  
- Lapras: The Psychic Lapras that belonged first to Lorelei, then Sabrina, and now Sonia. He goes by 'Ness'. Lapras found his purpose in guiding lost people to find themselves, and saved Sonia's life when she tried to drown herself. He is wise, if standoffish, cold, and strict. His ability is Water Absorb, and his ultimate move set is Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Psychic and Drill Run.   
- Gardevoir: She first met Sonia as a Ralts while trying to kill her. She goes by 'Lilith,' or simply 'Lill'. Ralts had been lost and wandered into town, where her Psychic ability had nigh on driven her mad as she was bombarded by the minds of so many others. As she had no one to teach she how to respond, was too powerful to outright control any of it and was in such a populated area, she had no means of relief until Sonia came into the picture. She is reckless, but brave, loyal and serious. Her ability is Synchronise, and her ultimate move set is Psychic, Moonblast, Shadow Ball and Focus Blast. 
- Gengar: The Haunter that previously belonged to Sabrina. He goes by 'Lear'. As a Psychic type Gym leader, Sabrina would never use Haunter in battle, and thus gave Sonia the responsibility for him after she beat Sabrina in battle. Though mischievous to rival Zorua, and equally fun-loving, he is the more mature of the pair and is quite laid-back. Ultimately he is humorous, level-headed, relaxed and cheerful. His ability is Levitate, and his ultimate move set is Dark Pulse, Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb and Focus Blast.  
- Scizor: The Scyther that Sonia used to study obsessively, eventually growing so irritated that he chased her and cut her hand open. When he begins his time with Sonia, he chooses the name 'Thane'. Caught by Yannoa, he decided to become friends with his trainer and became her assistant. He has the appetite of a Snorlax. When Yannoa revealed her vengeful plans on Silph Co., Sonia, finding murder in any form unacceptable, took her mother's Pokémon. Scyther, under Sonia's training, overtook Bronzong as her last team member and evolved into Scizor. His ability is Swarm, and his ultimate move set is Swords Dance, Hidden Power (Ground), Iron Head and X-Scissor.

Trivia:
- The other Pokémon she took from her mother are the baby Mawile and Sableye, respectively named Liesel and Hans. She uses neither because of their youth.
- She also has Oryse's Bronzor and Togekiss, respectively Ben and Jezebel, but shares their use with Amanita Fennel. Under Sonia's guidance Bronzor evolved into Bronzong, with the ability Levitate, and had the move set Safeguard, Iron Head, Light Screen and Reflect, while Togekiss with Hustle had the moves Hidden Power (Ground), Aura Sphere, Air Slash and Double Team. Bronzong came back for the Indigo League.  
- Sonia has the exclusive Psychic ability of Astral Projection, which, along with Transmutation, is one of two possible abilities for high-end Grade Alpha Psychics.
- She holds disdain for Olympia of the Kalos region because she is a Grade Beta who uses a cloak to boost her power to Alpha levels. Sonia has grudging respect for her knowledge, however.
- Because of Kyurem, Sonia's Psychic power is unstable, allowing her to actually boost it when she feels powerful emotion, something Psychic scientists thought impossible. She does, however, still lose some of her control, making it even more dangerous for her to feel.  
- Sonia's favourite book is Star Anise, by Shauntal Oakwood of the Unova Elite Four.
- She aspires to reinvent Poké Balls that do not affect Pokémon's minds 'artificially'. 
- Sabrina is Sonia's mentor, one of her only human friends, and her half-aunt via Yannoa. 
- She is a ridiculously picky eater and somewhat possesses OCD.
- Being called 'autistic' is her Berserk Button. Seriously. Don't do it. 
- Sonia's power was Psychically restrained by Caitlin when she was six, and as such she finds interacting with pink Psychic auras very discomforting.
- She still has a slight Icirrus Unovan accent.
- Her team in Unova will most likely be Braviary (Caesar), Chandelure (Adri), Scolipede (Valeria) and Hydreigon (Cornelius).  

'The Kyurem Thing':
- When she was six years old, she climbed Dragonspiral Tower, something which had been impossible for as long as people could remember because of the violent Druddigon that would turn away or kill trespassers. they were guarding Kyurem, the violent Legendary Pokémon who had been disembodied and stowed away in the tower's depths. Sonia made it through via the help of Kyurem's voice, as he, tired of waiting for a hero to break through and come give it form again with truth and ideals, decided to attach his own soul to Sonia's and escape that way. He manifests as the malevolent darker side of Sonia and loves gleeful destruction. Had Caitlin not restrained Sonia's power when she was six, Kyurem's soul likely would not have stayed. Eventually Sonia comes to terms with Kyurem and their relationship becomes more symbiotic, and Kyurem becomes able to shift Sonia's form to his own for short amounts of time. When Sonia dies, his soul will detach and likely become entrapped once more, so this is his only opportunity to redeem himself.