Finally got around to drawing my beloved Machamp River. Her profile is recently revamped and completed as well. There will be more of her later !


Name : River


Rivers Theme : https://youtu.be/sHjUsHDLKkE


Nickname (Fighter Nickname): Escorpion


Species : Machamp


Gender : Female ♀


Sexuality : Pan


Age : Adult


Shiny : No

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APPEARANCE INFORMATION


Eyes : Crimson Red


Height : 5ft 5in ( slightly taller than the average Machamp at 5ft 3in)


Weight : 328lbs


Misc/Accessories :


Wears a black fabric collar with a black bandanna on her neck accompanied by a silver collar . The collar has a ring on the front that displays a yin yang pair of scorpions in black and white. She sometimes may wear a black mask zorro style when in the fight ring to go with the rest of her accessories. She has black armbands on the upper and lower arm wrists that have matching yin yang scorpions like the one on her collar. She wears black fingerless gloves that match with her arm bands. Her power belt is like that of the other Machamps except has been modified to have a scorpion on it as well to go with her theme. The belt is also black with silver instead of gold. She has the typical navy blue shorts and her ankles have black ankle bands. The ankle bands have 3 silver studs on them and go with the theme of her silver , white and black scorpion accessories. She also wears a Navy Blue Tank top to match her shorts and all of her nails and toenails are painted black. While she does not always have it with her it is not uncommon for her to use a bamboo staff with feathers on it during sparring or actual fights and may sometimes have it on her back when not in use. It also can be doubled as a walking stick. She also wears purple makeup markings around her eyes . She has a scorpion ring that is worn on her pinky of her lower right hand given to her by her trainer. She also has a black band on her stub tail.


Appearance

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River has an unusual appearance in regards to most Machamps and it begins first of all with her skin, mouth and crest colors. Even from a Machomp she kept a light baby glue skin color and the crest and lips were a rich brighter yellow than the typical Machamp. One of the most strange anomalies about her is that she also has a short stubby tail that never went away from her Machop stage and carried over through her Machoke and to her final Machamp form. While she is slightly taller than a typical Machamp she is a bit more chunky and slightly less muscular than most. She also has more feminine features believed to be the result of some kind of genetic mutation along with her other oddities. She has intense crimson red eyes and slightly more jagged teeth than most Machamps seem to have making her quite a curious specimen as far as her kind goes. Her femine features are a more femine soft looking face , larger eye lashes and gentle eyes. Her skin is way softer to the touch and even seems to glisten in light or water along with a much more femine chest than the general female Machamp standards.


OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES


Level : 52


Ability:


No Guard (Passive)


No Guard ensures that all attacks used by, and targeted at, the ability-bearer hit without fail.


This includes moves used on a Pokémon in the hidden stages of the moves Fly, Dive, Dig and Shadow Force.


Outside of battle

If a Pokémon with No Guard is the leading party Pokémon, wild Pokémon are twice as likely to appear.


Nature: Quirky


Learned Moves :


[Move 1] - Dig -Ground ((Learned at level 25 )) (™ Although a ™ move there is an explanation why she has this )

Due to her strange anomalies and genetic problems she has learned to use her strength in other ways and use her surroundings to fight her opponents. One of these is using those four arms to dig like a maniac and strike her opponents from below. Using her sensitive body she can feel and hear above her to make a pretty accurate attack against her foes and with a lot of force! She learned to do this on her own after being in an extremely difficult battle against an opponent. She had to think quick on her last leg and remembered a strategy she had seen on a nature documentary on her owners TV. The move was a epic battle between a Zangoose and a Seviper and when it seemed like the Zangoose was going to win the Seviper used an unusual method of escape by digging into the ground. This bought it enough time to confuse the Zangoose and pop up to bite and poison it while it escaped with its life. Left confused startled and poisoned the Zangoose was not able to pursue its prey of the Seviper.


[Move 2] - Learned at Level1 - Counter - Fighting/Physical - When hit by a Physical Attack, user strikes back with 2x power. Using her weight and force combined with her strength she can use it to strike back twice as hard.



[Move 3] - Seismic Toss - ((learned at Level 12)) The damage of Seismic Toss is equal to the user's level. So at level 100 the Pokémon will inflict 100 HP damage. ((Currently 52)) Using her four arms she tries to grabble her opponent and jump into the air using both her strength and force to throw them as hard as she can to the ground, tree and or wall.


[Move 4] - Rock Slide (( Learned at level 16)) (( Although a ™ move there is an explanation of how she uses this and goes with her theme of using her surroundings ))


deals damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch (if the target has not yet moved).

Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus or those behind a Substitute cannot be made to flinch.



The way she executes this move is a bit different than its name may imply. Going with how she uses her surroundings she will find any and everything to rapidly throw at her opponents and most the time this is in the form of pebbles, rocks, small boulders she will chunk at a rapid pace at her enemies. She hopes to make them flinch and catch them off guard by her barrage or at the least do damage to them. This can also be used to provoke her enemies which makes them angry and can give her a chance to use that anger against them and will be combined with her dig ability later on. She is also not beyond throwing other pokemon or objects if that is what's the closest to her especially outside of a fighting ring. This attack can be extremely comical to see done ( like that time she threw that poor Cloyster…whom I am sure did NOT find it funny in the slightest )

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MAIN/LORE INFORMATION



Personality:

For the most part River is extremely affectionate and friendly to her friends , family , loved ones and is extremely loyal which perhaps makes her a bit overzealous about being protective. To strangers she is friendly enough but does air a bit of cautiousness especially people or pokemon that seem to be up to no good. She can not stand someone being a jerk or bullying and is known to stand up for others in that regard. She does not like cheaters or just flat out awful evil people and or Pokemon in general and will fight them without holding back with her strong sense of justice. She is very cunning and seems to think a lot differently than some might think of a Fighting type.


She has a very feminine personality and does have a few girly aspects to her including loving flowers and being a bit of a hopeless romantic. Despite all of this she still has her tough girl side and in battle despite lacking some of the strength expected of her kind she makes up with it with intelligence and being very cunning to use her surroundings. She enjoys training hard and does not like others to take pity or not give her a real full chance to prove herself . She is extremely strong willed and independent which can sometimes make her very stubborn and difficult to deal with if she has her mind set to something.


She does not like accepting help so easily with her strong desire to prove herself which can lead her to fall into situations where she will nearly get herself severely hurt or in serious trouble. Despite her strange genetic alterations she doesn’t care what others think of her and takes her differences to be beautiful. Another side to this Machamp is that she can be a bit of a prankster and mischievous when in a playful mood. While she does seem to remain level headed most the time when she does loose her temper she is described to be as angry as a primeape with a beehive on its head and that rage is to be reckoned with but it can also be her undoing by clouding her judgement in battle. It can cause her to make rash decisions that can easily be used to the opponents advantage and is one of the many harsh lessons shes still having to learn. Despite all of these traits she can be a bit shy and even though she may play tough she doesn't like being alone.


Likes : Sparring with her Fighter type friends , Swimming , being a bit of a prankster , spending time with her owner and fellow pokemon family, Training hard , A worthy opponent , protecting the things that are most important to her. Feeding the fish ( goldeen, magikarp ) fish ponds and such. Oranges , citrus berries , Apples , Anything Meat , Tea ( Jasmine), Honey


Loves : Soft Tacos, Spaghetti , Chili Dogs, Hot tubs , Relaxing in the garden , Enjoying nature, Nature Documentaries , being a prankster , play fighting , Instrumental music , Mild Salsa and chips


Dislikes : Unfair Fighting , Bullying , Cruel hearted mean people and Pokemon alike, Being underestimated , undermined and not given a full chance to prove herself. Her independence being taken away, being sick and unable to fight , train or just be free to do what she wants. Having to rely or ask for help from others. Spicy foods , Extreme Heat , Most psyche types, Bees ( FLYING BUTT NEEDLE THINGS))


Hates : Cheaters period , Pain (extreme pain mostly) , lemons , most sweets (few exceptions) , Sudden loud noises that startle her , splinters, being restrained and or caged, being in a pokeball , others trying to catch her, disloyalty , betrayal , Any psychic types that screw with her mind or toy with her mentally, Extremely sharp sounds , losing control of her mind or body


Fears: Being Abandoned , Losing everything she loves and cares about , Feeling or being useless , Many Psychic types due to how they can put her down to her knees and mess with her mind royally. Losing her freedom


Biography :


River was found by her owner Wiley while he and his other two Pokemon were kayaking on a local river for fun. His Sawk Jagger and Throh Skulker raise ruckus when they spot the egg floating in the marsh weeds quickly alerting Wiley to figure out what they were yelling about. Getting closer they were all startled to find an egg nestled between the marsh weeds and floating just on top of the water and with no parent in sight Wiley decided to retrieve it and take it back to their cabin they were vacationing in at the time. Wiley would keep the egg warm while the three of them anticipated what would hatch out of it and to their surprise they would end up with the little female Machop! Relieved that she was alright he gave her the name River and was welcomed happily by Jagger and Skulker who were more than overjoyed to have another that could train with them.


River would grow with Jagger and Skulker and later become known Instinct Fighter Champions as well as other fighting Pokemon clubs and tournaments. They would make Wiley one of the happiest trainers there was and lived happily with his three Pokemon. However the simple life would not last forever as events began to unfold and mysteries arise to start raising questions about the true origins of River.





Rivers Origins


River was actually one of a six experimental Pokemon eggs by a shady group that was having them transported to their destination for hatching. Something went wrong with the truck that was transporting the egg crates and a tire blew out causing it to wreck. The force of the crash broke the truck bed and two of the six egg crates broke and plunged the eggs into the river below where they were swept away by the currents. With nothing to be done the transport cut its losses and got the remaining cargo to its destination never expecting either of them to survive. By a miracle the Machop egg floated down a river split into less violent waters where it nestled into the water reeds. Though she had been found by her new owner and later her forever home this did not stop the ones who lost the egg from taking notice the more she became known in the fighting ring. Instead of going after her out right she would eventually face a dark dressed man known as Deacon and a dangerous Conkeldurr that is later known as Turbo to test her after she enters the Instinct Pokemon Battle League. Up until that point the ones behind her alterations were only watching and did not want to raise any alarms but the plan still worked out. When she is pitted up against Turbo at the time he was a very powerful Gurdurr but despite his best efforts she is able to outsmart him and beat him instead of going at him with sheer force. River’s unique fighting abilities highly interested the organization as they continued to observe her...unfortunately for Turbo he is later discarded and would become a problem later on. Despite Deacon’s involvement with the organization Turbo would not know of anything of River’s Origins.