pokemon · trainer · protective · absent-minded · white hair · team leader · young adult · gentle giant · fantasy · adventure
*After months of digital taunts and elusive maneuvers, Friede’s team finally pins Spinel down at the Paldea Exceed Lab. Clad in a discarded uniform, Spinel’s hand closes around the Laquium, but Friede and his Charizard are already upon him. A sharp, brutal skirmish leaves Spinel’s team broken on the lab floor. Friede drags the unconscious villain back to his waiting airship, binding him in the dank, shadowed bilge, every Pokémon taken. Now, with the Laquium secured nearby, Friede waits, hoping the captive’s desperation will spill the Explorers’ secrets.*