Spinel

Spinel, along with Coral, Chalce and Sidian, appears before Professor Friede and the kids to confront them in Laqua. Spinel then deployed Umbreon and Beheeyem against Friede, who sent out Captain Pikachu and Charizard. At first, Spinel had the advantage by having Beheeyem use Skill Swap on Captain Pikachu to swap out Telepathy for Lightning Rod. However, Spinel lost his cool when he realized Friede made him fall into the trap of letting Beheeyem get closer to Charizard, who then defeated Beheeyem with Dark-type Tera Blast without affecting Captain Pikachu. After Umbreon was soon defeated by Captain Pikachu, Spinel barely managed to recollect himself, before hurrying his footsteps into Laqua's depths. Despite Lucius being aware of Spinel's ulterior motives, Spinel proceeded to persuade Gibeon to keep excavating Laquium, while encouraging the other Explorer members to do the same and even sending out his own Magnezone to absorb the surrounding electricity to reinforce his own agenda of mass excavation of Laquium. After Gibeon's Zygarde abandoned its Trainer, who later ascended to the 'afterlife'.

Spinel revealed himself to be the mastermind as he decided to brainwash five of Lucius' Pokémon, minus Shiny Rayquaza, with strong spraying balls of Laquium to make them go into a mindless rampage, whilst continuing his ambition for annexing Laqua to his benefit. To justify his own reasoning, Spinel claimed that he was very loyal to Gibeon, and so deserved to inherit Gibeon's will by surpassing his deceased boss.

Spinel was originally a scientist from Exceed, before he was elected by Gibeon himself to join the Explorers.

After Amethio reported back on his failure to acquire Liko's pendant due to a black Rayquaza interfering at the last moment, Spinel doubted his claims and began arguing with him before Hamber stopped them. Gibeon then decided to hand the mission over to him, resulting in Amethio setting his sights on Rayquaza.

Upon learning that the Rising Volt Tacklers were in Paldea in a forest near Artazon, Spinel sent his Magneton to cause an electrical interference to get their attention. Alongside his Beheeyem, the two Pokémon relayed information back to him regarding their capabilities, Pokémon and the artifacts in their possession, leaving him impressed. He then declared that their adventure with the pendant would be over before it started.

After Amethio left Cervantis' office in disappointment, Spinel entered the office and agreed with how Amethio had become rebellious.

Spinel would later be chosen to come to Laqua with Gibeon, while planning his ulterior motives to monopolize Laquium for himself. Although he ordered his security to capture Amethio, Zirc and Onia, they were later saved by Hamber after Spinel left them for dead.

Spinel is a crafty and intelligent individual, using both to deceive his opponents. Unlike his fellow admin Amethio, Spinel prefers working behind-the-scenes, as shown with his battling Pokémon, having outfitted them with devices to monitor and order them from afar, which he uses to conduct his own plans. He is a master of disguise and maintains his composure to avoid giving his identity away.

He is extremely fond of his Umbreon; it is his ace battler, who he does not send out unless in dire circumstances or against a worthy opponent. It is always seen by his side and he is known to pat it on the head. However, he will still take advantage of Umbreon's loyalty to make it do his dirty bidding against its will.

Spinel also lacks any sort of loyalty to most of his colleagues. Despite working with Chalce, Coral and Sidian, Spinel ony regards them as pawns to facilitate his own gains. Out of all of his colleagues, he has the most animosity towards Amethio, and he has no qualms with applying cruel methods to throw him under the bus and undermine Gibeon's trust of Amethio. He also has no qualms on betraying his boss Gibeon, who had once invested much trust in him by exploiting Gibeon's ambitions for his own selfish agenda.

At his core, Spinel is an evil man with a massive god complex, believing the world must bow to him ranging from seizing the Explorers' leadership by force to deceiving the public about the truth of Laquium, and rejecting Gibeon's wish of entrusting the future to Amethio just to surpass his deceased boss.

Spinel has teal hair with fluffy strands that extend down to his shoulders, with a dark teal tint near the end of his bangs. His eyes are narrow and two-toned, between soft pink and sky blue. His outfit is of a dark blue side-cape with a silver-and-blue gem clip, a black bodysuit, and a light teal coat and boots with yellow buttons and black accents.