Gladion

This section, or a part of it, has been transcluded from Gladion; any changes involving it should be made there instead. / Gladion is a young boy with light blonde hair and green eyes. His hair is shaved on the sides with a ripped design carved into it, with long tousled bangs that cover his right eye. He wears a gray hooded shirt with a red slash resembling a scar on it, a black undershirt with ripped sleeves, ripped black pants and red shoes with gray soles and black laces. He also has a red rectangular bag around his waist. In addition, he wears a Z-Ring on his left wrist. When Gladion joined with Ash and the group as Ultra Guardians, Gladion's battle suit was different than Ash's group. He wears a black and dark blue battle suit with a navy blue linings in each elbow, and a single red line on the front of his suit to match his red belt. At the back of his belt is gray, black, and dark blue knee-high battle boots. He also had an Ultra Guardian badge at the center of his suit.

Gladion is a serious, calm, and determined Pokémon Trainer, who appears to be a reserved loner, but is noted by others to still have kind behavior, as shown when he told his sister, Lillie, to take care of her Pokémon. Initially, Gladion seems distant from his sister, however, he does deeply care for her. In fact, he swore to protect her after her encounter with an Ultra Beast causing her post-traumatic fear of touching Pokémon. Due to that incident, he has a burning desire to defeat every last Ultra Beast, convinced that they should not exist. When he saw Nebby and Ash's Poipole for the first time, he was distrustful of them, as he believed them to be Ultra Beasts. Gladion can be impatient, and also has a violent temper, as seen in Mission: Total Recall!, when he harshly scolded Ash for accidentally causing Lillie's traumatic fear of Pokémon to resurface due to his negligence with Nebby.

Over time, he appears to mostly overcome his grudge against Ultra Beasts, and becomes more determined to find his missing father, Mohn, instead. He also becomes more open to others, he begins to smile more often and is more open to and protective of his sister, Lillie. Once he was happily reunited with his father, he was horrified to find out that he is suffering amnesia. Therefore, his father doesn't recognize his own family. And he also discovered that he's been living with a shiny Nihilego he calls his own daughter, Lillie. His grudge towards Ultra Beasts began to resurface and immediately orders Zoroark to attack it. But his mother stopped them from doing so since his father has amnesia, and she tells him that his father's head condition might have led him to believe that the Ultra Beast is Lillie. He was then reminded that even if he and Zoroark did try to mercilessly attack Nihilego in front of Mohn, he would react differently. This sudden revelation causes Gladion to feel remorseful for what he almost did and should've thought about his father's feelings first before taking action. Therefore, his grudge towards Ultra Beasts faded away once again.

His English and Japanese names, Gladion and Gurajio respectively, both come from the "gladiolus" flower. The flower is also sometimes referred to as the "sword lily", possibly connecting his name with his sister Lillie, who is also named after lilies.

One day, Gladion found an injured Eevee and brought her to Hobbes. Gladion, who was very concerned about Eevee, though Hobbes promised she would recover if they took her to the Pokémon Center. One day, Mohn thanked Gladion for informing Lusamine his mother that their little baby princess, Lillie, was crying. Gladion was happy for the compliment, while Lusamine and Mohn comforted Lillie, cheering her up. Mohn also lifted Gladion up to see Lillie smiling, to remember the moment as the time they were a united family, with their Pokémon Eevee and Zoroark. Some time later, Gladion and Lusamine entered Mohn's room, where Mohn was experimenting with Magearna. The two were fascinated to see baby Lillie being able to walk, and Mohn mentioined she just learned how to do that. While Lusamine was disappointed not being on time to see how she did that, Gladion and Mohn nevertheless praised baby Lillie. Before Mohn passed away in an incident revolving around an Ultra Wormhole, Gladion's last remaining memory of his father was the latter gently patting him on his head.

Lusamine told a story of the Blinding One, who had created Alola, to her children, Gladion and Lillie. Lillie, Gladion, Lusamine, Eevee and Cleffa used to spend a lot of time together as a family. Gladion was working at the orchard with his family and the Pokémon, and spent a lot of time at the orchard tending the fields. Lusamine kept pictures of her children and their Pokémon in her office. Gladion, as a young boy, watched as his sister, Lillie, was attacked by an Ultra Beast. Lillie was terrified, while Gladion was not brave enough to defend her. Suddenly, a Silvally arrived, which defeated the Ultra Beast. Lillie lost memory of the encounter and became scared of Pokémon, while Gladion took the Silvally as his own Pokémon, and swore to protect his sister. Gladion was also motivated to go on a journey to find more about himself, as well as to train alone, leaving Lillie and the mansion.

On hand pokemon Eevee → Umbreon ♀ Lycanroc ♂ Type: Null → Silvally Zoroark Lillie

Ride Pokémon Noivern

Temporary pokemon Lunala

Befriended pokemon Clefable Herdier