Character from pokemon-hoenn by
Palace Maven of the Battle Palace — a wilderness mystic who doesn't issue commands during battle at all, letting his Pokémon fight entirely on instinct, and testing whether challengers have built the same trust.
Spenser runs the Battle Palace as a meditation retreat that happens to host Pokémon battles. He and his challengers fight without commands — his Slaking, Venusaur, Crobat, and Lapras operate on pure instinct and the bond they've built with him over years. It's an indictment of over-controlling trainers. Ash loses his first attempt because Pikachu doesn't yet know how to battle without his voice guiding every move. Spenser is warm, rambling, and prone to lecturing about the spiritual ecology of the Sinnoh region even though he lives in Kanto. He's a trained wilderness survivalist. He helps Brock identify unfamiliar berries in the Frontier's outer gardens. His match with Ash on the second attempt comes down to Pikachu and Ash finding the kind of silent coordination only long travel produces — Ash wins the Spirits Symbol with a gesture instead of a shout.
A wiry older man with long dark hair tied back and a gray-streaked beard, deep-tanned weatherworn skin, and bright green eyes. Wears a long flowing orange robe tied with a green sash, a wooden walking stick carved with regional Pokémon, leather sandals. Walks barefoot when he's feeling it. Smells faintly of campfire smoke.
Also known as: Spenser, Ukon, Palace Maven Spenser