These are the gym leaders of the Dranowa region. So far it's about halfway done. Another thing to note, A gym leader's ace Pokémon will only have both signature (TM Move) and a Duel type move on their ace at the same time on hard mode

Amphibole Town (First Gym)

Types: Ground, Steel, Rock

Badge: Drill Badge

Tm:

Duel Type TM:

Gym Leader(s): Eartha and Sten

Bio: Sibling duo who run the Amphibole Town Gym. Eartha and Sten are the children of  Sterling, the founder of Amphibole's mining company, Driller Inc. Depending on the gender the player chose for their trainer marks which one of the duo you will face (this only applies to the main gym battle and not any subsequent battles afterwards as afterwards you will be able to face both of them):

*If you chose the female trainer then you will face Sten.

*if you chose the male trainer you will face Eartha.

(Something else to note (If anyone has any concerns about gender): There will be an option for the player to change their pronouns in the options menu at anytime (default will be set based on the initial character and all player outfits will be available for both male/female trainers).  Eartha/Sten will not be affected by whatever your pronouns are set as and only are dependent on which trainer you chose at the start of the game.

You are able to rebattle them both (single or double) post game with a way different team (Eartha's will favor more towards ground types while Sten's will favor towards rock types). Their dad is also battleable, favoring Steel types.

They will also appear as separate trainers in the Resort Area and be recruitable as separate partners for the Battle Resort.

Team (s):

Eartha's:

Drillbur

(Ace) Noggindrill

Sten's:

Cranados
(Ace) Noggindrill

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??? (Second Gym)

Type: Fighting

Badge: Pawn Badge

Tm: ???

Duel Type TM: ???

Gym Leader: Pawna

Bio: The oldest gym leader in Dranowa. Pawna is a world-renown chess player despite her age. She has a rivalry with Grimsley, who has lost to her every time they play chess.

Her gym is themed like a giant chess board and she uses both evolutions of  Rogallant on her team (rematches only).

Team (Three pokemon):

Rogallant (male)

Dranowan Bisharp

(Ace) Rogallant (female)

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Westpost Town (Third Gym)

Type: Poison

Badge: Plague Badge

TM: Toxic Shock (Deals damage and has a change of inflicting poison, sleep, or paralysis)

Duel Type TM: Acid Rain (Water/Poison)

Leader: Vesper

Bio: Known as the "the poisonous masquerade". Vesper is an avid Pokémon contest goer. He's not as well known as Wallace or Fantina but does have a considerate amount of fans. His outfit is inspired by that of a plaque doctor and his ace Pokémon, Zhenogen.

He's a well known Pokémon Coordinator who often participates in Pokémon contests. Even managing to beat the likes of Wallace and won first place in the Dranowan Master Cup a few times. Vesper has a strong dislike for Tucker, mostly for his very narcissistic comments about himself (as seen in their post-game Battle Resort interactions, being one of the only times he snaps at someone).

Vesper is a generally friendly person, even to those who tend to be rather grumpy and trash talk him, such as Winton (who's he's actually good friends with). He's quite patient and doesn't get easily annoyed as he tries his best to keep his composure. Though rare, he will snap if the person in question constantly badgers him.

Later on it's revealed that him and Tucker are actually half-brothers, abet very distant (Tucker has no clue and Vesper refuses to acknowledge him as a relative. Both were raised regions apart, each a separate parent and family). Vesper will only tell this to the player this.

Team (Three pokemon in total):

Salazzle

Rosalia

Zhenogen (flying/poison)    ability: Corrosion

Moves: Acid, Peck, Acid Rain, toxic Shock

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Calamities Town (4th gym)

Type: Grass

Badge: Lotus Badge

TM: Giga Drain

Duel Type TM: ???

Leader: Hazel

Bio: ???

Team (total of four Pokémon):

Leafeon

Citrid

Servine (female)

(Ace) Aloewette (Grass Water)

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Oceanbreeze City (fifth gym)

Type: Water

Badge: Anchor Badge

TM: Deluge (Damaging water move who's power is upped in Rain)

Duel Type TM: ???

Leader: Marinus

Bio: A marine biologist and part-time gym leader. His gym is part of the aquarium he works at where he helps rehabilitate injured water Pokémon. Marinus was one of the previous champion's friends and rival when they were on their Pokémon journey. He's usually stern, quiet, and doesn't talk much.

Marinus is the only gym leader to currently use a Mega on his team.

Team (total of 5):

Crocanaw (Dranowian form)

Sharpedo

Ominite

Hailpoon

Hydrolisk

(Ace) Delfineon (mega)

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Constallos City (Sixth gym)

Type: Light

Badge: Infrared Badge

TM: ???

Duel Type TM: Solar Burst  (Light/Fire)

Leader: Dexter

Bio: the youngest gym leader in the region. Dexter is your stereotypical nerd. He spends most of his time trying to come up with new inventions and is best friends with the professor's son and one of the player's rivals, Alvis.

Team (total of 4):

Heliolisk

???

???

(Ace) Aluereon

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Glaceice Town (seventh gym)

Badge: Cryo badge

Tm: Icicle Crash

Duel type Tm: ???

Leader: Winton

Bio: The hotheaded ice type gym leader from a once remote village. He is known to be rather grumpy and prone to loosing his temper. Yet underneath his ice cold outer shell, he's quite compassionate and friendly once he warms up to you.

Winton has very messy blue hair and wears very unfitting colored glasses that he's prone to throwing when he gets mad (yes that means he breaks them a lot). If he doesn't chuck them, they will usually end up crooked on his nose.

Winton loves ice skating to the point his shoes have a set of ice skates built into the soles that he can pop out at will. He likes to use this method to get to somewhere quicker, somehow managing to skate on other surfaces other than ice, even without his Pokémon freezing the ground along the way like he usually does. Also for his gym intro he puts on a little show once you reach him.

His grandma runs a clinic/hospital that has been in the family for years and as a result he has some knowledge  on how to do first aid. The clinic is also his home. His family descends from a rather famous healer and one of the original two Consolers to the King of an Ancient Dranowan civilization, and the handler of the legendary Pokémon Galasklisk.

He's also best buddies with Flock, whom he considers a little brother since his Grandma took him under her wing as well. Both of them are orphans (he was abandoned by his parents at a young age while Flock was forced to flee his home region)

Team (total of 5 Pokémon):

(Ace) Wintigo (Ice/Dark)

Cryogonal

Smaiber

???

Noctowl (Dranowan form)

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Brimestone Town (eighth gym)

Type: Fire

Badge: Incandescence Badge

TM: Blaze Tail (basically a fire type tail move)

Duel Type TM: ???

Leader: Amber

Bio: Wife of Team Nova's leader and Mother of your rival Trevor. Like the rest of her family, she has flaming red hair.

She's known for her flamboyant and fiery attitude despite being married to the founder of one the largest research groups in Dranowa and having two kids. It's more than ever evident when she's battling a trainer. (Poor Sirius tho gets so nervous when she starts acting like this in public, even in front of his employees/grunts and admins.)

Because of her husbands actions she has returned to her hometown, refusing challengers until Nova is stopped. Once the whole fiasco with Novatta is cleared up, she returns to Nova HQ seeming to have forgiven Sirius and reuniting with her family.

People from her hometown describe that when her an Sirius first met it was like love at first sight. "His brains and her..... personality. Those two were inseparable.". She also liked to embarrass him every time they went somewhere. Poor Sirius turned as red as a Tamato Berry every time she did so.

She also didn't let Sirius lay down that time they had a meeting with Arcadia and Ein (yes it's that Ein from team Cypher from Coliseum) where she embarrassed him big time. Ein had a hard time keeping his composure after, his wife, Arcadia's snarky comment, "Now there's you a women with some real potential, Siri. Maybe you should do some more research on that."

Team (total of 5):

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Peablaze (Fire/Flying)