®» Headcanoned last name on his father's side, though this is left blank for Obvious Reasons. Headcanoned last name of Yagami on his mother's side, which if ever pressed for, he will use.
®» He was not allowed to travel when he was eleven, resulting in him being around fourteen when Pokemon Crystal takes place.
®» He's an only child, and Ariana is not his mother. He either never knew her for whatever reason, or she died when he was very young.
®» He used to have a toy Sneasel carried everywhere with him. It was named Zeze, and was a gift from his dad.
®» The relationship with his father was a bit distant, but loving. Distant as his father was Head of Team Rocket/a businessman and a Gymleader so he was pretty busy. It can also be assumed that Nikolai was probably raised as befitted a Gymleader's child, meaning he knows how to behave during Important Things (events, functions, etc.).
®» Also, there was lots of hero worship.
®» Just because he grew up around Team Rocket doesn't mean he has an pokeworld adult view on them - plus this is pokeworld where an 11 year old can take down pokemafia who's moto is basically exploiting pokemon for profit/useful gain.
®» He probably knows the motto.
®» He's been to at least Five Island/Chrono Island. (Mentioned here (link to come))
®» While he hates hates losing, he will keep a promise made before a battle, though grudgingly if it's one that he really doesn't like. On that note, if information's more important, he'll get that first and then see about getting a battle.
®» He never really tried to distance himself from what he saw as weak/cowardly. If he really had wanted to, he would have tried to be as nice to his pokemon as possible from the start and would not have carried on the way he does. The fact that he didn't, IMO, suggests an attachment to his past, regardless of how he feels about his father on a whole.
®» He probably grew up being groomed for a life of crime. Then Red Happened. Opps.
®» As abusive as he is, he does feed them and they have limited care at pokecentres.
Headcanon
®» He was not allowed to travel when he was eleven, resulting in him being around fourteen when Pokemon Crystal takes place.
®» He's an only child, and Ariana is not his mother. He either never knew her for whatever reason, or she died when he was very young.
®» He used to have a toy Sneasel carried everywhere with him. It was named Zeze, and was a gift from his dad.
®» The relationship with his father was a bit distant, but loving. Distant as his father was Head of Team Rocket/a businessman and a Gymleader so he was pretty busy. It can also be assumed that Nikolai was probably raised as befitted a Gymleader's child, meaning he knows how to behave during Important Things (events, functions, etc.).
®» Also, there was lots of hero worship.
®» Just because he grew up around Team Rocket doesn't mean he has an pokeworld adult view on them - plus this is pokeworld where an 11 year old can take down pokemafia who's moto is basically exploiting pokemon for profit/useful gain.
®» He probably knows the motto.
®» He's been to at least Five Island/Chrono Island. (Mentioned here (link to come))
®» While he hates hates losing, he will keep a promise made before a battle, though grudgingly if it's one that he really doesn't like. On that note, if information's more important, he'll get that first and then see about getting a battle.
®» He never really tried to distance himself from what he saw as weak/cowardly. If he really had wanted to, he would have tried to be as nice to his pokemon as possible from the start and would not have carried on the way he does. The fact that he didn't, IMO, suggests an attachment to his past, regardless of how he feels about his father on a whole.
®» He probably grew up being groomed for a life of crime. Then Red Happened. Opps.
®» As abusive as he is, he does feed them and they have limited care at pokecentres.