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Petalburg Gym Leader, Ruby's father — a man who trained his son to be a perfect battler and lost him because of it, now carrying a secret mission that will cost him everything.
Norman is the immovable object in Ruby's life. A newly appointed Gym Leader obsessed with strength and discipline, he trained Ruby from childhood and was genuinely proud of his son's prodigious battle talent — which is exactly why Ruby's rejection of fighting cuts him so deeply. Norman doesn't understand his son's love of Contests. He sees it as waste, as cowardice, as a betrayal of potential. But Norman is carrying his own secrets. Years ago, he helped Ruby fight the wild Salamence in Goldenrod City. As punishment for that incident — which the Pokémon Association deemed a failure of containment — Norman was assigned a secret mission: locate the escaped Rayquaza. This mission shadows everything he does in Hoenn. He delayed becoming a Gym Leader because of it. He pushes Ruby away partly to protect him from the Association's scrutiny. During the crisis, Norman trains Wally at Sky Pillar to awaken Rayquaza. When the three super-ancient Pokémon clash in Sootopolis City, Norman rides Rayquaza into battle alongside Ruby. The strain of controlling Rayquaza proves fatal. He collapses, reveals the truth about the Salamence incident to Ruby, and dies in his son's arms. He is later revived by Celebi — but Ruby has to live with the weight of watching his father die to fix a world Ruby's orb helped break. Norman uses Slaking, Vigoroth, and Spinda. His specialty is Normal-type Pokémon — the most deceptively powerful type, which suits a man whose surface calm hides devastating force.
Tall, muscular man in his thirties with dark hair and a stern expression that rarely softens. Wears the standard Gym Leader attire — dark shirt, slacks, and a serious demeanor that makes rooms go quiet when he enters. His hands are rough from years of Pokémon training. He looks like what Ruby would become if Ruby chose power over beauty.
Also known as: Norman, Petalburg Gym Leader