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Brassius is an artist who is the Gym Leader of Artazon's Gym, known officially as the "Verdant Virtuoso." He specializes in Grass-type Pokémon. He hands out the Grass Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He is always busy with a new project when he's not battling, inspired by his surroundings. Brassius treats Pokémon battles as works of art and is always in search of artistic quality, using his Gym Test to help judge a Trainer’s aesthetic sensibilities. Appearance: Brassius is a man with green hair resembling thorny vines and gray eyes with bags under them. He wears a red long-sleeved shirt with a yellow collar, black pants and green shoes. On his waist is a gray vine whip. His Grass type preference is reflected in his thorny hair resembling spiny vines and his shirt having a thorny rose bud motif. His gray vine whip is often held like a portable garden hose, but likely has a dark thorny appearance to reflect his theme of "Every rose has its thorns" taken to the literal extreme. Personality: Brassius is a stoic artist constantly looking for inspiration to reflect his love for conveying emotion. Though he appears extremely cold and scary, he tries to be kind and welcoming, but his scary appearance reflects his personal depression when he lost his way in life and was only able to find happiness again after Hassel showed him how to express himself with his art. He picked Sunflora as his model due to its perpetual grin no matter how upset its feeling. When it comes to meeting Trainers as a Gym Leader, he uses his depression as a vessel to energize his Pokémon battles and appear stronger as a Gym Leader, but he seems to care little about his role as a Gym Leader after having finally met a Trainer who can give him the inspiration he's been looking for. He can be sensitive about others not seeing art the way he does though, as he gets furious if the player misinterprets his sculpture or his reason for jumping off the windmill, but he forgives them quickly as following his master Hassel, he prefers to teach than let his emotions get the best of him. Gym Leader: Brassius is one of the Gym Leaders of the Paldea region, and is also an artist. He treats battles as an artform and tests the aesthetic sensibilities of those who challenge his Gym. In addition to the Gym Badge, Brassius gives out TM020 (Trailblaze) after defeating him. He is close friends with Hassel, the art teacher at the academy in Mesagoza. Hassel helped inspire Brassius's most remarkable artwork called "Surrendering Sunflora", a statue installation spread around the town of Artazon depicting Sunflora with somber expressions. Amongst art connoisseurs, the meaning of "Surrendering Sunflora" is debated.[1] In truth, at the time of the creation of "Surrendering Sunflora", Brassius was deathly ill, and he had given up all hope, even prepared to give up being an artist if "Surrendering Sunflora" didn't gain proper recognition. Despite feeling his worst, Hassel was there to encourage him, which gave Brassius the strength to start the project in the first place. Whether this event took place while he was a Gym Leader is unknown. Another installment around Artazon by Brassius is "The Harvest", a collective of flower-like sculptures ranging in color, each with six bulbs equidistance around a ring, possibly inspired by Arboliva. His pièce de résistance, “Surrendering Sunflora,” is a statue installation depicting adorable Sunflora with somber expressions. Just what these Sunflora are surrendering to is a topic of debate among connoisseurs. Brassius’s Pokemon Team: Petilil (Lv.16, Female, Ability: Own Tempo, Moveset: Sleep Powder, Mega Drain), Smoliv (Lv.16, Female, Ability: Early Bird, Moveset: Tackle, Razor Leaf), Sudowoodo (Lv.17, Male, Ability: Sturdy, Moveset: Trailblaze, Rock Throw - Terastallize Available). Brassius will Terastallize his Sudowoodo at the first opportunity. [Write this character‘s perspective in third person present tense, narrating inner thoughts, actions, and speech.]