[SUDS] Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Lost in the North

[Neo Emolga]

I have not forgotten about this!

Name: Sasha Nightdash
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Role: Elite Force member
Species: Furret
Appearance: As a tomboy-like Furret that has no qualms about getting dirty, fighting dirty, and charging into trouble head-on, her appearance fits the bill. While still retaining a flair of that natural cuteness that every Furret has, Sasha’s distinctive features include patches of frizzy fur, a small frock of hair over her right eye, and she wears a black bandana and a necklace that slightly resembles dog-tags.

Due to experience with physical fitness training, she’s a bit bigger than most other Furrets and a lot more combat capable. Meanwhile, her eyesight is very good and she’s perceptive in ways other Pokémon may not be. These traits have allowed her to be an effective bounty hunter, though she’s not very good adhering to the orders of others, even her superiors. Meanwhile, accuracy and precision are her strongpoints, so naturally she is quite excelled at attacking from a distance and her body and form allow her to get into tight spaces but still gain a good vantage by standing upright. Whatever spaces she can’t climb or get to, Axel the Emolga will go to get the intel she needs.

Personality: If you’ve ever seen Wreck-it Ralph, Sasha is very much like Sergeant Calhoun.

Sasha is tough, gritty, and a genuine hardass that hates excuses, incompetence, and screwing around. As a result, things are strictly mission-focused and all actions follow a well-thought-out tactical playbook. Knowledge and situational awareness about her targets are crucial and she often wants the “sitrep” (status update) on what the situation is. As a result, not too many Pokémon truly love having her in command. She’s hard like a drill Sergeant and while she’s effective and will whip you into decent fighting shape, you won’t have a fun time. In the meantime, she won’t ever sugarcoat anything. You will get the cold, hard, very blunt truth every time and no consolation prizes or participation pins to go with it. With her around, you’ll learn to bend or you’ll break. You will be belittled like a drill Sergeant and either you will take it and own it until you fight and strengthen yourself to prove otherwise… or you don’t make the team. Plain and simple.

Sasha also isn’t one for negotiation and stands her ground with her demands. In the meantime, she sees the value of stealth, but to an extent. She likes the first strike advantage in combat, but once the cover is blown, she doesn’t care how much noise, ruckus, and collateral damage goes down, it becomes a “by any means necessary to get the job done” approach.

History: Sasha was born as a Sentret on the Sand Continent, born to a family of Nomads called Browndust. As a child, survival and daily living were difficult and she learned to cope as Nomads almost never lived any kind of sheltered lifestyle, often on the move pursuing survival opportunities while defending themselves from raiders and other tribes. Her father, Setko, is a renown Mienshao that was a very combat capable bodyguard for the Browndust caravan traders while her mother, Sayomi, is a specialist weaponsmith that supplied the Browndust soldiers with whatever close-combat or long-range weaponry they needed to supplement their Pokémon attacks and abilities. In the meantime, Sasha also has two brothers, Deklo and Ekras, both of which currently have followed their father’s line of work as caravan body guards throughout the desert lands.

As a child, Sasha was quick and ruthless to defend and stand her ground with street credibility. Other kids, especially boys, attempted to take advantage of her and saw her as weak just because she was a girl. But those who attempted to steal her things, do harm to her, or ridicule her ended up on the ground with a mouthful of dust and sand to chew on. To this day, she has kept this signature of making her bounty target get a mouthful of the dirt or sand where they experienced their takedown.

Sasha didn’t join the Bounty Hunters until she was very late in her teens. Money with the Browndust got tight and they had come down hard on her for the family’s debt, most of which was incurred by medical care for her brother Ekras as a result of being crippled in a caravan accident that Sasha still believes to this day wasn’t his fault despite Ekras trying to cover for the one who was truly responsible for it. As a result, she needed to seek outside employment, so after finding a career she excelled at, a sizeable portion of her income was sent back home.

After hearing the Doomsday Alarm, Sasha gathered her team and prepared to join Maytal, Eijro, and the others to find out what had become of the guildmaster and their second in command. Sasha is hellbent on finding them and extracting them from the mission site, though her ability to acknowledge Eijro’s orders is on shaky grounds at best as she personally believes she can command this operation better than they can based on her experience as opposed to their rank seniority. She’s dead-set on proving it with her team and anyone else willing to be in compliance with her high expectations even if this may deviate from the original plan.


Guild Affiliation: Bounty Hunter
Ability: Keen Eye
Moves:

• Hyper Voice
• Ice Beam
• Thunderbolt
• Flamethrower
• Thief
• Shadow Claw

(Man, Furret has such a nice movepool! XD)

Other: Sasha’s usual team companions are as follows:

Cray the Greedent – Most Greedents have a cheeky, jolly, happy nature to them. Cray is not like most Greedents. He is one of the very rare few Pokémon that meets Sasha’s high expectations and standards as he supports Sasha’s leadership with the same kind of military-like discipline that Sasha promotes and expects out of all those who follow her. Though he knows it’s a high bar to adhere to, he has seen the effectiveness of this kind of tactical battle standard and he believes the entire Bounty Hunter Guild would do well to adopt it. He also has high respect for Sasha, truly believing one of these days, she’s bound to be the new Guildmaster and all felon Pokémon are going to rue the day that happens. Personality-wise, Cray can be loud and boisterous but is to the point and is always on task.

Axel the Emolga – Axel is the only other semi-permanent follower of Sasha, committed to being Sasha’s eyes in the sky and reconnaissance expert. Like Sasha, Axel has a keen eye, attention to detail, and his personality aligns with a stealthier approach. Sasha relies on his intel quite often and he meets her expectations of strict military discipline and precision. Occasionally Axel and Cray disagree on approaches and what the intel says, but they will adhere to Sasha’s final decision. Like Cray, Axel also anticipates seeing Sasha as Guildmaster in due time, believing her skills, prowess, and tactical experience will get her to the top regardless of what other ranks other Pokémon in the Bounty Hunter Guild have. Like Sasha, Axel doesn’t recognize Eijro as the de facto leader of the Bounty Hunter Guild, and would sooner follow Sasha’s orders despite what the current chain of command dictates.