Post by vanshee on Dec 20, 2023 10:32:51 GMT 11
Name: Franklin Jeeves
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Trainer Type: Butler (Trainer)
Hometown: Postwick
Appearance:
Franklin Jeeves is a man who has grown accustomed to living amongst luxury, and his appearance reflects it. With slicked back gray hair–formerly green in his youth–that will become longer, shaggier, and more unkempt as time goes on, he is undergoing the journey of self-discovery and transitioning from the life he still appreciates to one that he hopes will bring more. His face is clean shaven due to impeccable grooming each morning, but in the wilds there are less opportunities, leading to him growing stubble and eventually a beard from his Postwick genetics. There is a scar over his eye from rogue fork incident (he will not elaborate even if asked.) For attire he still has a bunch of butler uniforms, because he didn’t need much else. He eventually sells some–but not all due to emotional attachment–and transitions to more casual, yet polished, attire–scarves, vests, button-downs, etc. He sits comfortably at about 5’10”, with ram-rod straight posture fighting against the characteristic slump of spine found in the elderly. He is average build, but a bit thinner from age. He still wears gloves everywhere he goes out of habit.
Personality:
Franklin, even as a boy, was one for soft things. He appreciates details and fine work. Whether it was a keen eye for spotting flecks of dust on otherwise shining dishware or the subtle way a face would harden upon bad news, he is very observant to the tiny intricacies of the things around him. His years of being a butler, especially to young Shinju Fukutomi, have given him patience and a subduedness to his demeanor. Danger-averse, he isn’t one for risk, and his lifestyle hasn’t provided much opportunity for it. He is very dutiful, whether to his family, friends or employer. As his retirement approached, though, he found himself becoming tired. With few hobbies besides his job and most friends back home, he yearned for a different life despite the respite he found in his current one. Weathered from years of service, he took his freedom in stride. He pursued his hobbies in exotic tea tasting, coin collection, and bird watching, which he enjoys thoroughly. He feels as though he is old, tired, and boring, and when compared to people such as his love Rosanne, doesn’t stack up. He seeks to change this and adapt to a lifestyle of adventure, adrenaline, and self-improvement.
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History:
Franklin grew up the youngest of 7 siblings to a farming family. They were small farmers, and constantly threatened by the bigger operations in Postwick. Because he was the youngest, he felt the duty to stay at home to help with family instead of going on his pokemon journey. He had a childhood sweetheart named Rosanne, the daughter of a nearby Wooloo rancher, and a childhood pokemon–a Rookidee. His fondest memories were of the three of them playing on the grassy knolls of Postwick. Rosanne was always the more adventurous and scrappy of the two. She would always pull him into wild situations he would never have had the courage to do on his own. He always admired her, but sadly his shy personality left him without one thing: the ability to confess his true feelings for her.
Eventually, he earned a lucrative apprenticeship to a butler in Johto, which led to him being a faithful employee of the Fukutomi family for 46 years. He sent money back to his family, all the while enjoying the highs of finer life. Rosanne and him never stopped sending letters, but once she got married they became distant. During this period, he became very dedicated to the Fukutomi family, his apprenticeship completing and becoming the personal butler to Hoshi Fukutomi. Later on, he would become the companion and confidant to the the second son of the Fukutomi clan, Jirou. Due to their close bond, he stayed with this branch of the family, later witnessing the birth of two more generations, the last being Shinju Fukutomi and her brothers.
He loved working for the family, but as he grew old, he found himself beginning to tire and become lonely. Later, Rosanne’s husband died from a tragic Dubwool accident. She turned to him for comfort, where their love was rekindled. However, he worried he was dull and uninteresting, and compared to her former rancher husband, he worried he was a rebound. With this and his retirement approaching, he hatched a plan to finally become the man Rosanne was worthy of and fulfill his childhood dreams: Go on a Pokemon journey and become a hero. His last act as a Butler was to send Shinju Fukutomi off on her own Pokemon journey; little did she know he was not far behind.
Goals:
Franklin wants to go on the journey he could never go on as a child due to financial reasons, and also prove to Rosanne he is a man worth marrying. He wants to become better, and live out his days the way he wants.
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