MASON, Hiker

NOX: MASON

I shall go as a wren in spring, with sorrow and sighing on silent wing

Born as Mason Cantrell, this is the name he still goes by. However, some of his family members call him Mace for short.


Mason was born twenty-four years ago on November 19th in Olivine City. Growing up, he lived in a comfortable house near with his mother and his younger sister. He would often play on the beach, and was fascinated with the ocean ever since he could remember. His childhood was pretty normal, for a short while he worked at a small cafe before setting out on a Pokemon journey as many kids do.

After traveling all around Johto and parts of Kanto, he returned to Olivine City and went back to work at that same cafe. Though his life was unremarkable, Mason was happy living by the sea with his Pokemon. Until the formation of Lux and Nox, that is.

From the beginning he had been deeply troubled by Lux. To him, they were just conquerors. However, he wanted nothing to do with the war. As the conflict continued though, Mason eventually followed his sister - who had aligned herself with Nox - into the war effort. Initially, he was only there to look out for her, but started getting more involved with Nox as his head was filled with promises of freedom and liberty.

Then the Battle of Olivine City took place. Mason was ready to fight against Lux, to set things back to the way they used to be, but his idealism fell with the Lighthouse, and he realized what war actually was. In a panic amid the rubble of his hometown, he fled, and was separated from his sister who he hasn’t seen since.

Now without a direction, Mason has been travelling around Johto again, assisting in the war effort in any way that doesn’t involve fighting. He knows it’s really only a matter of time before he gets caught in a battle, but abandoning the faction entirely is out of the question - it’s the only link he might get to finding his sister.

So he’ll spy, he’ll help to hide other Nox members, but refuses to fight. Mason doesn’t regret becoming Nox, but he does regret his actions as their soldier.


Hiker. Mason wasn’t very interested in training or taking the gym challenge, instead he wanted to explore the world. He loved exploring - hiking, flying with his Pokemon, climbing trees, and the like. He was always content with this, not seeking glory or Pokemon battles, though he isn’t opposed to having one every now and then.

Now, with the war going on, he hasn't been able to hike very often, and instead refocused his efforts on aiding Nox.


Nox. He values his personal freedoms, but the reason for his allegiance is more than that. In short, Mason believes that what Lux is trying to achieve is more or less impossible. He'd rather have things the way they were than live under a pseudo-utopia. That said, he still holds romanticized beliefs about freedom and liberty that he hasn't examined very much.

▪ Innovative
▪ Strong sense of wonder
▪ Curious
▪ Resourceful, good survival skills
▪ Patient
▪ Very focused
▪ Appreciates the little things in life

▪ Very tense, on edge
▪ Can be childish, unrealistic
▪ A bit too reserved
▪ Unforgiving
▪ Still tries to cling to naivety
▪ Passive-aggressive
▪ Quite stubborn

▪ Snow, cold weather
▪ The ocean
▪ Mythology, history
▪ Climbing trees
▪ Dark-types

▪ Sarcasm
▪ Competitive battling
▪ Sleeping
▪ Seafood
▪ Taking medicine

SECRETS:

▪ He’s very fond of woodwind instruments, though isn’t any good at playing them. If the war ends, the first thing he wants to do is take lessons.
▪ Misses the cafe he worked at a lot.
▪ Most of the reason he stays connected to the Nox spy network is so he can find his sister, but a small part of him still believes in the cause.
▪ As a child, Mason played in the Olivine Lighthouse a lot, and now he has frequent nightmares about it falling down on him.
▪ He’s actually very allergic to seafood, which he always found a bit humorous considering he grew up in a port city.
▪ Had another Mightyena, but he died during the early stages of the war.

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[b]ORIGINAL ART[/b], as MASON CANTRELL made by EXOGENESIS for PRE.