Richie

Born 25 BD in Celadon City, Kanto to a wealthy businessman, Richie is part of the of the Prophecy in Generation I. He later marries Soul, and has a son with her, Nikki, before giving his life with his friends to bring back balance to the world.

Life
Being born as the son of a wealthy businessman it was expected that Richie would one day take over the business, as this was the case his father did not want him going off to explore on a Journey. Richie made several attempts to do so between the age of ten and fifteen, until his father ensured that any suppliers in Kanto would not give him a Pokémon.

Richie finally succeeded in achieving his dream when he escaped to Alibia at the age of seventeen and stole a Pokémon from a lab there. Soul happened to catch him in the act, chasing him into the forest after taking a Pokémon herself, however the two soon became dependent on each other when they got lost, and became more friendly with one another.

Although he was fond of Soul, Richie wished to continue his Journey as far away from his father as possible, which was impossible while travelling with Soul as she was aiming for Johto, so they split up at The Luminous Circle and he went to challenge the Gyms of Hoenn.

After completing and beating the gyms he headed back to Alibia with plans to return to Kanto, however he met up again with Soul here, and another girl Kris, both of them returning from Johto. With them he tried to protect and witnessed the death of Latias and Latios.

See Generation I story.

Following the first attempt to rebalance the world he married Soul, and with her and the other two from the Prophecy they established the Elite Four and a new governing law of Kanto and Johto. He had a son Nikki with her, that he was forced to leave with his sister-in-law, Heart, when Arceus called on them to sacrafice themselves to rebalance the world.

Powers

 * A strong understanding of Pokémon