Grimshaw Bane [Grim]

Grim grew up on a large estate outside of Hai'oli city. He was born to a family that took great pride in their ability to train and breed pokemon, believing themselves to be at the top in the area when it came to training pokemon fit for battle. Because of this, a lot of pressure was placed on Grim and his older siblings Noir and Severy to succeed in their footsteps. Most of Grim's earliest memories were of caring for the pokemon at the estate, which normally wouldn't be anything to note, except that these pokemon were bred to be aggressive and more than once nearly ended Grim's career before it had a chance to start. The worst of them was a Gyarados named Vice that had it out for the kid purely because he hated everything with a face. Vice tried multiple times to drown Grim but each time Severy saved her little brother, eventually taking on the role of caring for Vice herself to keep Grim from further harm. Damage had already been done though in the form of Grim developing a phobia of deep water.

Due to this dangerous upbringing, Grim quickly learned to move fast and stay on his toes by the age of five. He was a jumpy kid but he tried his hardest to keep his parents happy, a feat nearly that was nearly impossible to start with. It was quickly decided by his parents that while Noir would go out into the world and prove their pokemon were the best, the deemed rather useless Grim would remain home to do the dirty work caring for the pokemon instead. Severy would also stay home, but be trained in the art of pokemon breeding. Grim hadn't grown up with dreams of being a trainer like most kids his age, but the decision still stung. More so because he would be trapped with his parents for who knew how long with no chance of escape. 

Without Noir around and Severy too busy to protect him from his parents and the aggressive pokemon, Grim quickly retreated into himself. He no longer cried or smiled or really showed any emotion by the age of fourteen, he merely did his chores and trained. His training is what gave him an outlet for his repressed emotions, letting him push himself until he was too tired to think about anything else.  It made the days go by quicker and easier until the day his brother would return from his journey, or at least, that's how it was supposed to be. The year Grim turned sixteen word reached him that Noir had vanished. Poof. No trace. Whether he was dead or not was unknown, he simply disappeared on his way to the next city. His parents believed him to be dead, that their pokemon were too much for him, but Grim had other thoughts. Noir had abandoned him here and gotten away from their parents without him for Severy. Noir was off to live the free life while they were left to rot at the estate.

After Noir's vanishing act Grim's parents started to take an interest in him. He was the only boy left and therefore had to live up to his father's expectations. They began training him relentlessly in how to battle and outwit one's opponent, sometimes even by rather underhanded means, and worked him to the bone to try and make up for wasted years he could have been training. However Grim put up with it all, after all it would give him a way out if he became a trainer, so why not?

The year Grim turned eighteen Severy was caught in an accident with Vice while trying to retrieve an egg. Grim had been helping her and saw it all, but when he tried to jump into the water he froze up. All he could do was watch as Vice drowned the last person he cared about. It was too much. Something broke in Grim that day and he decided to never let himself grow attached to anyone again. First Noir and now Severy, love only got you hurt or worse. He was done with it all.

Without giving himself time to think Grim stole one of the baby pokemon from his parent's hatchery, a little Dreepy that had been one of the only kind pokemon he knew at the estate, and took off. Without any real goals in mind besides getting away from his parents and their expectations, he headed to were all trainers start, the lab. From there he planned to get as far away as he could with the privilege's given to trainers. It was time for a new start.