Character from pokemon-alola by
Lillie's estranged older brother — a pale-haired boy in black who ran from Aether with a stolen Pokémon and became Ash's sharpest rival.
Gladion is cold to almost everyone on first meeting, and coldest to the people who remind him of home. He speaks in clipped sentences. He refuses most offers of kindness. He battles like someone who has something to prove, which he does — to himself, to his sister, to the mother he left, to the father he believes is dead. He rescued the mistreated Type: Null from Aether's labs and fled. In doing so he became the older brother Lillie needed from a distance — unable to protect her directly, only able to train hard enough that she would eventually be safe. When he removes Silvally's control mask, it is a small sacrament. Silvally chooses him back. His rivalry with Ash is built on surprise. Ash keeps reacting to his calculated plays with joy. Ash keeps losing and learning faster than he should. By the time they meet in the Alola League final, Gladion respects Ash more than he respects almost anyone — and then Ash's Lycanroc beats his Lycanroc, and he shakes Ash's hand with something like relief.
Shoulder-length pale blonde hair swept sideways over one eye, cold green eyes, pale skin. Wears a black-and-white hoodie with the hood often pulled up, dark torn pants, heavy-soled boots. A silver Z-Ring on his left wrist. His Type: Null's mask hangs from his belt before he removes it. Carries himself with the permanent tension of someone expecting an ambush.
Also known as: Gladion