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Sensing the topic swinging back towards him Thoron had to consider 'Can I really trust this guy? He seems more trustworthy than most of the others in the group, and then looking again at his eye-patch thought that he must have had some pretty bad experiences as well.' "Sigh, Mandarb's relation to you reminded me of my old master... Will. When I first met him I was out far in the wilds northwest of Oreburgh. I didn't even see or hear him before he was on top of me with a dagger at my throat asking who I was... we were both hiding from Dawn's dogs and we decided to team up... well after I followed him for about a week. He taught me almost everything I know about sneaking, shooting, and even talking to people a skill I really needed practice with at the time... One night we were pinned down by a surprise patrol of well armed zealots. One of them grabbed Will from behind in a full nelson, and he was big probably about 7 ft. Will was helpless and I was still concealed in the bushed wounded from a skirmish earlier in the day from when we were pinned down... I could have helped... But I didn't..." Thoron turned to face away from Nemir to hide his tears. "I ran... like a coward as they killed him right before my eyes. I never found his body, he never got a proper burial, all I was able to find was his dagger." Thoron said as he pulled a Half broken dagger missing half of the cross guard and it's blade was shattered. "I never even used it because it is so broken... I... hope that I can reforge it one day though..."

Wiping a tears from his eyes as soon as he heard the door open and attempting to compose himself he replied to Nemir "Yeah, i'm fine. I just... was reminded of something that i'm not proud of. It is the main reason why I decided to join team dusk and... well... I guess it shaped me into the man that I am today."

"I... need some air" Thoron abruptly said with some emotion obviously in his voice, and stormed out of the cabin, Rusgon right on his heels obviously concerned for his friend. Thoron exited the cabin and out into the cold blizzard and walked just inside the treeline and immediately collapsed into a sobbing fit not wanting any of his allies to see him. Rusgon sat down next to Thoron sharing body heat obviously knowing what the problem was.

"Give him a while." I swear I was just thinking of the same thing like... 5 minutes ago... kinda reminds me of when, no not now I am over that.

Roused from thought by the sudden burst of noise from Pine he quickly rushed over and tried to help him first turning to the door, but realizing that a sick person outside could have many negative outcomes then helped Pine to the sink to try to keep the cabin as clean as possible. "Are you ok, and what happened?" Thoron asked Pine while wiping the bit of vomit that had got on his clothes.

"Give him a few minutes, i'm sure at this point that we all know what it is like to lose somebody and not want to be bothered, but if what Mandarb's note said is true... than this tunnel is our safe passage into snowpoint." Thoron sat down against the wall of the cabin reflecting on the many times that he lost a close friend. "Nemir I offer any help that I could give, but I well respect silence if it is what you want."

Thoron and Rusgon closed the gap to the next treeline rather quickly, and Rusgon seemed like he had about enough of this blizzard "I agree, if what Nemir said about these... ruins hopefully we will be out of this soon" Thoron said to Rusgon, who seemed to gave an agreeable gesture. Thoron scanned white shroud that blinded him seeing to far. The wind kicked up and blew hard against the pair and forced Thoron to cover his face with his arm, and Rusgon tried to wrap himself tighter in his cloak. "Oh so now you get the practicality of it" Rusgon grunted in the displeasure of being bested, but seemed glad enough to be wearing it. Not after moving too long another treeline emerged from the blizzard and Thoron's trained eyes soon fell on a cabin. "That has to be it" Thoron considered going into the house but remembered how oftenly going in alone ended badly. Thoron and Rusgon turned back and soon returned to the rest of the group "The house that you described is not far ahead Nemir, but what should we expect? Is there something else that we should know?"

"Thanks" Thoron replied to the man who welcomed him to the party, and also replied to Nemir ​"I could scout ahead a bit, its kinda what i'm good at, and if I may add try not to over exert yourself, if you sweat in this weather you are a dead man... you'll freeze... it um, almost happened to me once." and with that Thoron took of at a brisk pace a good distance in front of the group and gaining.

After seeing that Jory went to follow after Carissa Thoron hesitated and realized that he would probably be more needed with the rest of the party and rushed to catch up with Nemir and the others. "Damn, our curiosity got the best of us thus time Rusgon" Rusgon's expression said "I'm not the one who wasted time" and Thoron replied "Oh so it is nothing like that time that you..." Thoron had no time to reply because Rusgon gave a deep growl obviously meaning that "I don't want to talk about that anymore" "Lets just hope that we can catch up before anything else happens" Thoron said before putting the arrow back in his quiver, and putting his bow back over his shoulder and increasing into a fast sprint, and raising his legs high in the snow between his long strides to try to avoid the thick snow. Thoron thought about having Rusgon use flamethrower to melt a path but realized it would be a dead giveaway to any pursuers. Looking for any sign of light, sound or movement along the path soon caught up with the group and overheard a mention of Mt.Coronet, something about tunnels and instantly recognizing Nemir's voice. Thoron called "Sorry i'm late, I hope that those two will be able to find us, but I didn't want to risk that failure" Rusgon's glare said that "not the first time you ever had a 'tactical retreat' " Thoron did his best to ignore the glare.

Thoron being cautious, but also a bit stubborn concealed himself and rusgon in the forest using a combination of their cloaks and Rusgon's illusion, and nocked the flammable arrow to the longbow and slowly moved ahead in the forest using his years of experience in silent and unseen movement and followed the abomasnow at a safe distance interested to see how this plays out, and ready to help if need be.

"We'll go with you Nemir" Thoron replied gesturing to Rusgon "I don't think the pokemon had the chance to even attack due to the fact that most of the group senselessly attacked it, and rather aggressively I may add. I don't anyone was physically hurt, but it seems that a senseless arguments argument has sparked over some people's... methods" Thoron said as he glanced in the direction of the argument that broke out, not wanting to get involved. "I'll be right behind you, but I have to warn you that Rusgon doesn't like to waste any time... and neither do I"

Sensing the immediate shift as people had their pokemon mindlessly rush the Abomasnow and attack it with little to no strategy, also noting how reckless and careless of the other people and pokemon the trainer of the snorlax was. Thoron stopped halfway through taking his bow off of his back and figured that maybe it would be best to send a sensible message to the rest of the groups. Almost reading his mind Carissa, none to gently voiced her opinion of the subject of how stupidly obvious the others were making their presence in the forest. "Rusgon stand down, we don't want to make this any worse than it is, but be ready to try to scare it off with an illusion should things get out of hand, preferably a pure fire pokemon." Thoron calmly said to Rusgon. Thoron grabbed his oil out of his pack and soaked an arrow tip covered in cloth in the flammable liquid just in case it was needed and stood by next to Rusgon to see if the Hypnosis from Lila was effective in solving the skirmish.

Thoron had spent most of the trip a good distance behind the group subconsciously acting as a sweeper (a scout who follows behind a group at a good distance and stealthily watches out for predators or other potential dangers.), but settled down near the main group when they hunkered down for dinner. Thoron took their meals out of his pack hidden under his cloak and got Rusgon his favorite pokeblocks that he packed in advance for the zoroark, and got his own ration of jerky and bread with peanut butter spread on it. Thoron was always discreet about his peanut butter never wanting to share with others (or Rusgon). He had turned his double sided cloak from it's black side to it's white to blend in with the snow early on in the trip. (probably why most of the group didn't notice him, Rusgon had a similar cloak that bulged in the back due to his immense length of hair.). Remembering from the last time that they had came up this trail, that they were ambushed by a group of abomasnow. Thoron instantly sensed the increase in the snow and remembered the previous encounter. "Damn" he muttered under his breath and quickly tossed his loose food into his pack and swiftly but stealthily rushed to the outer group, hearing the immense roar just before he arrived. Thoron stopped and quickly gave a set of instructions to Rusgon "Be ready to use your illusion to at least try to scare them off, but be ready for a flamethrower as well, if it... or they are abomasnow again it would be a devastating move." Thoron said as he started to turn away he quickly whipped his head back to add "Don't count on it being an abomasnow or multiple of them, be ready for anything.... AND DON'T CATCH YOUR CLOAK ON FIRE AGAIN!!!" Rusgon nodded and quite obviously smirked at the last comment. The others had their pokemon setting up for a battle and laughed at the fool's comment on their foolishness of setting up and replied "If something is out there and is making a commotion it isn't going to rush out and attack a camp in a hurry, it is probably going to try and intimidate us into leaving, which I do say would be a very valid strategy right about now or lumber its way into sight of us and attack" he said finishing the last part quickly as he ran out of breath, and cursed himself for not voicing his previous thought to not camp close to the forest.

"Hmph, so We're not the only people trying to leave this god forsaken region (Literally). Thoron replied. "We left Hoenn a some years back trying to find where Rusgon originally came from, though I later found out that that would be the Unova region, it didn't really matter because of how high the security of the region is, and i'm not risking death for a chance at leaving." Rusgon used his illusionary powers to disguise himself as a Lucario as show of skill to the other pokemon. Seeing this Thoron replied "Rusgon always likes to show of his skill because he spent so much time perfecting it..." Thoron abruptly ended sensing that he almost gave way a well guarded secret...

"Telepathy? That is an interesting trait, not many pokemon have it." Probably some sort of hidden ability Thoron thought to himself the pair seem to have the best intentions but so do many, but he seems trustworthy enough, he then also added "I came to Sinnoh a few years ago to look for Rusgon's homeland that was taken from him many years ago. I never really felt attached to my... home... if you could even call it that." he said, and Rusgon growled an agreement. I heard of the events that had taken place here and we decided to crawl out of hiding and do something about this... tyranny." he said not fully wanting to reveal all of his intentions.

Thoron gives a light chuckle, and replies "When you spend your entire life honing your skills you tend to pick up a few tricks." He said. After sizing up the taller man and Rusgon doing the same to Vis, and said "You have the look and tools of a well experienced man as well... My name is Thoron, and this is Rusgon." He said gesturing to Rusgon. "What are your names?"

As usual nobody noticed the the dark cloaked man in the back of the room. Thoron smiled finally returning from a daze of reflection, and said to Rusgon (His Zoroark): "People so easily overlook others when they make idle conversation." The pair walked out of the room hardly raising a gaze from the others in the nearly idle room. Thoron's dark green cloak hid most of his physical features, but a small scruffy beard result of not shaving for several weeks in the wilds in Sinnoh. Thoron joined team Dusk as an opportunity to Combat the church of Dawn, and to hopefully lower security in the region so that he could return on his journey to find Rusgon's homeland in unova, a place foreign to both of them. Thoron decided to skip the idle conversation and hurry onto his mission, to stop the tyrant. Thoron's cloak and thick boots were suited for the long trek before them. "The sooner we leave the faster we will be done" he muttered to Rusgon as they exited the room, and walked towards to group also waiting to depart, and began to check the sharpness of his arrows and restrung his bow just to be safe.

I'm interested in this as well, Krim showed me this. I am familiar with RPing in general. Name: Thoron Age: 26 Partner: Zoroark-Rusgon Appearance: Roughly adverage height 5'8, somewhat on the thinner side, but not too much. Dark brown hair that comes down to shoulder height. Pale blue eyes, and normally dresses in dark green clothing, and normally wears a cloak. Personality: Generally quiet, calm, and very perceptive. A fast thinker, gets him as easily out of trouble as he gets into it. His quiet nature also is true about his ability to move quietly adapted from his long time in the forest. Back story: Thoron was born in the Hoenn region and orphan, he never knew what had happend to his parents and left his orphanage due to being bullied as a child. He never knew of what happened in the Sinnoh region, and of the darkness that would soon engulf the entire world. Being exiled in the forest, Thoron was alone... or so he thought. Thoron mainly lived off of berries for a short time, and slept in trees. One day late in the morning he was awakened by the sounds of a fight, it Wasn't very hard to spot because he had a clear view from the tree he was sleeping in. A trainer was fighting a Zoroark in a clearing off to his right. This was a new pokemon that he had never seen before in all of his life! The battle wasn't very long and the trainer captured the Zoroark in a ultra ball, he overheard the trainer say that this pokemon was brought to Hoenn from a far off place, and that another was hiding in the forest, but it wasn't his problem. Thoron Stayed still until no sign of the trainer remained. Thoron sensed movement near the clearing that the battle took place in, and he noticed a small dark and red pokemon enter the clearing. It cried out and seemed to be in great pain. He rushed out of the tree and went immediately to help the injured pokemon, who seemed scared at first but sensed the the human meant no harm to him. Thoron nursed the small Zorua back to health and found a small abandoned cave that they lived in for a while. Zorua was eager to show off his Illusionary powers in the cave and Thoron was amazed by what the young Zorua could do. Thoron and Rusgon spent a lot of time training in their secret base, Thoron with his bow, and Rusgon battled with other pokemon and honed his illusion skills, but Thoron sensed that Rusgon had always wanted to find out what had happened to his mother, and decided one day to try to find the far off land that Rusgon was originally from. So one night the two traveled to Lillycove city, and using Rusgon's illusion were able to sneak on board a ship, disguising themselves as sailors. Little did they know that the ship was bound for the Sinnoh region. For most of the time they were hidden in the cargo hold in a crate half full of books mostly literature, but also some books about pokemon. Being on the ship for months Thoron had little to do besides read most of the time, and he became a lot smarter because of this, and he also found a book about different species of pokemon and finally found the name of Rusgon's species. Though in light of this he still prefered Rusgon over "Zoroark", and there was also a mention of the Unova region, and they hoped that that was where they were going. Thoron heard many of the Sailors talk about how someone by the name of "Dawn", many of them disliked mentioning the name so it wasn't very hard to conclude that this "Dawn" wasn't very liked, and that buisness was normally bad with cargo, and that security is very high in the Sinnoh region. The two had knew that because Sinnoh's security was so high that they would need ID cards if they wanted to leave the ship. It wasn't hard to knock out two sailors and hide them in the cargo hold long enought that they wouldn't spoil their plans, and left the ship with relative ease. The pair steped off into Canalave City, and tried to find out more about this "Dawn" before they left to explore this strange new land. People called Thoron ignorant mostly, but they did find out of the tyranny of Dawn, and he legend. This harsh tyrany clashed with Thoron's ideals, and Rusgon didn't seem very pleased about it either. People and pokemon should have the chance to become stronger and not be stomped out at a single sign of weakness. Towns people quickly became suspicious and the pair figured that they should hide while they still had the chance. Thoron and Rusgon hid in the wilds and have been training to become stronger ever since... Things to notice: Thoron is very skilled with a bow, stealth, and knows how to knock someone on their ass relativly easy. Rusgon's Illusionary abilities also allow him to disguise both of them for long periods of time (few hours without rest), and even become invisible, though takes much more focus and can be done for only minutes. EDITED --Sorry about the formatting error, I copied this from a text document originally. I fixed the problem with the spacing inside of the paragraphs, but if there is another problem let me know.