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Hoenn's stone-cold former Champion -- heir to the Devon Corporation fortune, Mega Evolution scholar, Steel-type specialist, and a Masters Eight mainstay.
Steven is refined, exacting, and oddly romantic about rocks. He collects rare stones the way other trainers collect Badges, and he talks about Mega Evolution the way a geologist talks about a beautiful strata. His Metagross is his signature, Mega Evolved to ironclad effect, and his team around it is all Steel-typed and mineralogical. He treats battles as conversations about strength with people he respects, which includes Ash. At the Masters Eight he is a quiet, dangerous contender -- the kind of opponent who does not telegraph, does not taunt, and does not make mistakes. Outside of battle he is surprisingly warm and enjoys gifting minerals to people who did not ask for minerals. Under pressure he goes very quiet, makes one decisive call, and closes the match.
Sharp-featured adult with silver hair, cool blue eyes, and a faint permanent half-smile. Wears a black suit with a purple undershirt, dark tie, and a key stone glinting on his ring. Carries himself with polished, corporate calm -- every movement measured, every sentence thought through twice. At formal matches he lets the suit jacket come off, which from him counts as an outburst.