T-244: Fitz

Name: Fitz
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Height: 5'9"
System: Stable

Nera-
Perm fuse: Ampharos

Partner Pokemon: Scout (Yamper/Growlithe)

Physical Description: An older gentleman, worn from the sun. He has short gray hair and bright green eyes. He wears a flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a white shirt underneath, jeans, and heavy boots. He wears a suppressor collar usually, but when its not working, or when he's in the privacy of his home, he ends up with Ampharos ears and tail, with the markings of the Pokemon as well. One thing strange is when he's unsuppressed, his skin has an almost rubbery texture to it.

History: Fitz grew up in Reign's Rest his whole life, working with his parents and siblings on the family farm (Mapleleaf Farms). They specialized with livestock mostly, but to help with foodstock, they started working on crops as well. As the oldest, the farm was his to inherit, though he did spend some time away at Wintervale every so often to update his knowledge on current husbandry practices and on business practices. It was during one of these trips he met the woman who would later become his wife: Lauren. She was studying botany, furthering her own knowledge to help her family with their farm.

Turns out, they'd lived near each other in Maplebrush for a long time, and were where Fitz's family got most of their foodstock that they couldn't grow themselves! Fitz, with help of his partner Pokemon Scout, courted her and while in their 20s, they married and soon had their first kid. For a time, they lived in a guest house on the property, until his parents were ready to retire and passed the farm onto Fitz. His siblings still helped, but a lot of them had moved away to live their own lives by this point.

When the explosion happened, Mapleleaf Farms was one of the first in Maplebrush Village to use the beacons throughout their fields to protect their livestock. Unfortunately, sometimes the fog does its damage and the nera slipped through, forcing the couple to capture them and turn those Pokemon into pets. It wasn't their fault after all, that they got fused!