#Drayden Sawyer

[askthejourneysgang]

Hello Ash, there was some of your rivals, some people you know and the rivals of your friends watching the prevoius battles, in the first round leon vs alain who was watching was marlon and professor sycamore, in the second round lance vs diantha who was watching was ritchie, sawyer, tierno, shauna and trevor, in the third round iris vs cynthia who was watching was drayden, alder, trip, bianca, georgia, steve i mean stephan, volkner and flint and then in the fourth round that you battle with steven who was watching was professor birch, harley, drew, paul, his big bro reggie, professor oak, your mom, tracey, professor cerise, chloe, chrysa, renand your old pokemons in oak's lab

Ash: Watching? Where? I didn't see them in the stands 🤔

How come Cilan didn't watch any of our battles? Or Brock? Or Clemont? Or Serena, Dawn and May? Or, or...

I hope they're okay 😥

[pizzagrlmeetsboy1980]

Behold. Random ChopFic Stuf

Rosemary HCs Rosemary’s appearance is heavily based on Dolly Reed’s Character Kelly from Beyond The Valley of the Dolls.

Willow from the original Wickerman played a huge inspiration for Rosemary. Would she sing a haunting tune to an unsuspecting protagonist? Absolutely.

There is also a pinch of Baby Firefly in there. She might also be a distant firefly cousin. Who knows?

Rosemary is mostly ambivalent to things. She is extremely mellow due to the large amount of Marijuana she smokes.

She’s also seen a lot of violent acts and has killed people but she was under orders from her bizarre family cult she left. So being around the Sawyers doesn’t really have an affect on her.

She is a vegetarian, but it’s not for any sort of ethical reasons it’s how she was raised and is used to eating this way. She doesn’t shame anyone for eating meat. ... Rosemary + Chop These two compliment each other so completely. Two polar opposites in similar veneers. Chop has always wanted a girl like Rosemary. So when he found her he knew he had to make her a Sawyer. Rosemary doesn’t mind his plate or how he looks. In fact she thinks he’s handsome and unique looking. She tells him he’s the most attractive to her when he’s happy and having fun. Even if that fun is violent. Speaking of violence. Rosemary usually doesn’t join in on the killing that goes on in the Sawyer Household. But she will to defend her family. She sees it as “ a guy thing”. Chop will try to keep her from seeing any killing if he can remember or help it. She knows how to use a gun and will put down anyone that dares to hurt her family. If it’s not obvious by this point in the story these two are very sexually active. Like. They will do it anywhere. In fact having sex in a really dangerous or chaotic situation is on their bucket list. Don’t put them in the same police car. They will have sex in the back seat. These two really lean on each other to overcome their various traumas they’ve had. After fooling around they will lay there and talk for a while. Rosemary will listen to Chop talk about moving back to the homestead. Having a small but sweet little wedding there. Raising their children there. He talks about her growing a garden there and growing weed too. Chop never really gets WHY Rosemary clings to him so tightly after sex but he holds her close to him just as tightly. Chop is also really weird about when he’ll get physical if your’e touching Rosemary. If they’re out or driving he doesn’t really seem to care but if you’re back home? He will try to strangle you if you -look- at her funny. Random Male Victim: Miss...Please...please help me.. Rosemary: *turns to look at random man* Chop: H-HEY! HEY! That there is MY GIRL. You don’t touch her or LOOK AT HER. You pigs are all the same..thinking you can take whatever you want!...Well tough shit. You don’t take a woman from a Sawyer. And if you do..’s the last thing you’ll do.. Chop still does creepy, stalkerish things to Rosemary despite being with her. He will watch her all the time. He loves to watch her dance when she thinks she’s by herself. He will also keep shreds or articles of her clothing to smell if he has to be away from her for any reason. Watching her shower is a thing he likes to do too. He just can’t believe a woman this beautiful is into him. He’s super afraid she’ll leave him. He often considers branding her somehow or disfiguring her so she’ll have to stay with him. Rosemary will leave all the decisions that she can up to Chop or Drayden. She’s really just playing house. She would actually be really bad with a responsible person. She’s really lazy and wouldn’t do much. She does what she does around the Sawyer home because she appreciates Grandpa and likes that he likes her. Also it makes Chop all giddy when he comes home and she’s doing something domestic. It’s all for secondary gain.

Rosemary FaceClaim. Dolly Read.

Common Dialogue:

*Chop and Bubba come in after rounding up some bodies*

Rosemary: Hey, Babe. Any luck? *kiss*

Chop: *petting her with his hanger*...Yeah! I got 2 of em a-and Bubba only got one! I won, I won, Bubba!!

Rosemary: *Shakes an envelope* Your VA check came today...I snuck it before Drayden could get it..

Chop:...*gasps and jumps up and down a little. She joins him*

*Chop will chase her around the main area playfully whenever Drayden isn’t around but he always somehow catches them*

Chop: How are you runin’ so fast? I just saw you smoke a joint!

Rosemary: It was a little joint and it ain’t kicked in yet..*peeks out of a corner* Namland!

Chop: Napalm!! *giggles and points at her*

*Rosemary falls on the rock stairs or trips on something*

*Chop usually pins her*

Chop: Gotcha!..

Rosemary: *giggles* Fine..I’ll make you some brownies...just don’t let Bubba have any.

Chop: *Whining* Can we pleaaaassse put a lil bit of acid in em this time? C’mon baby, Daddy wants to go to outer-space...

He also likes to nibble on her hair. Which he does often whenever he asks her questions.

Rosemary: Are you sure LSD is such a good idea?...Remember we couldn't fool around last time we tried it..

Chop: O-Oh!! You’re right!! Maaaan that was a bummer. Okay! Okay! Regular it is! *giggles and kisses her.*

*Rosemary puts her arms around him and kisses back. Gently petting his plate. Resulting in a groan from him*

Drayden: NO DECENCY! Can’t a man come home without you damn kids having sex in his living room?!

Chop: *mocking Drayden* No decency!!! These kids today know no shame I tell ya what!

Drayden: You little shit!! *he grabs Chop by the collar and drags him off to help haul in produce he just harvested from Rosemary’s garden*

[lexingtonparkleader]

Community Invited to Drayden Schoolhouse

Community Invited to Drayden Schoolhouse

The Drayden African American Schoolhouse in Drayden will be opened periodically, thanks to a partnership between the St. Mary’s County Museum Division and the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions (UCAC).

The Drayden Schoolhouse is one of the country’s best-preserved, one-room African-American schoolhouses. The story of the schoolhouse represents a significant part of St. Mary’s…

[alolanrain]

how old is ash on yours au’s?

It really really depends and I’m finding out that I’m absolutely horrible at actually giving out somewhat concrete ages, barring a few Au’s.

Unspokenly Ash is usually around late 20 to very early 22, unless I did write down and post an age for him in what ever Au has it, but thats also more drabble and fillet based. That is… basically my standard and I really need to vocalize that more from the content that I do write him as younger.

Basically how it goes is that with each region he ages up a year. Spending his birthday at home with his mom and the Oak’s that are present at the time before going off on another adventure. This gets kind of tricky around Sinnoh because Ash stay’s there to take on The Brain. I have that written down that it takes 3 month’s to even half a year. Which then put’s off the ‘sharing the birthday with mom and oak’ thing. This lands his birthday in the middle of his current journey at the time or a bit later like right before the league or a month before, if that makes sense. So in the end he comes home obviously older. Though I have been messing around and making the time in Orange Isles shorter to around 9 months instead of a full year.

Like here’s a time table and I’ll keep both set’s of ages if I do mess around with Orange Isles time line and add it as concrete. It gets really complicated so if you want a little more explanation please don’t be afraid to ask. I am also keeping the Brain Arc to half a year.

Starting age to finishing age *0/12 means how many months he is instead of a full year.

Kanto: 10 to 11

Orange Isles: 11 to 12 or 11 to 11 + 9/12

Johto: 12 to 13 or 11 + 9/12 to 12 + 9/12

Hoenn: 13 to 14 or 12 + 9/12 to 13 + 9/12

Sinnoh: 14 to 15 or 13 + 9/12 to 14 + 9/12

+ battling the Brain: 15 to 15 + 6/12 or 14 + 9/12 to 15 + 3/12

Unova: 15 + 6/12 to 16 + 6/12 or 15 + 3/12 to 16 + 3/12

Kalos: 16 + 6/12 to 17 + 6/12 or 16 + 3/12 to 17 + 3/12

Alola: 17 + 6/12 to 18 + 6/12 or 17 + 3/12 to 18 + 3/12

Galar: 18 + 6/12 to 19 + 6/12 or 18 + 3/12 to 19 + 3/12

I just want to say that typing all this out looks like one hell of a long ass math equation, kinda hate it and might change it later. But this is my completely basic format of what I use. Of course there’s a lot of wiggle room as I write Ash starting around 20 to 21 in Alola and Galar. He’s obviously going to probably spend more the one complete year in a region and less then another. The end of the league doesn’t dictate when he stays and leaves. Theres also the months that build up between each “arc”, another word I use to refer to his journeys, and to account the HC that some leagues start off at wildly different times then others.

It’s literally just a pick-and-pull basket and just a large general target where Ash would be ages wise. As you see in the end the two different age lists end up being only 3 months part from each other. It really doesn’t matter and I’m mostly just playing around with it. Another note thats… vital isn’t the correct word but I’m use it is that I don’t take Cerise Laboratory and the research assistant job into account. This is based off if Ash travels Galar to his normal standard with every other arc but Alola but I did keep the characters.

You didn’t ask for this but I want to add in other traveling buddies and side rivals ages and how they are compared to Ash as well. Usually Ash is the youngest if not one of them up until Hoenn. With the exception of being exactly 24 hours older then Ritchie. And all of this have way to much detail but its making my ADHD brain go brrrr happily.

He’s older than May, surprisingly, by like a month and a half but he doesn’t realize that and mentally clocks that he’s younger than her because of how responsible and adult like she acts a good chunk of the time. Max is obviously the youngest while Brock is the oldest. The same thing kinda happens in Sinnoh. He’s older then Dawn by a good year and a half to maybe even two years. Though Ash is younger then Paul and Barry by a varying few months between each boy.

Unova is where it changes a lot. Going from one of the youngest to one of the oldest out of his group of friends. Iris is drastically 3 years younger then Ash, making her around 12 at the start of the arc and somewhere around 13 at the end, and around 3 and a half with Cilan. This causes her to constantly pick against Ash because to her he’s older. Ash should be acting more like a seasonal trainer with known responsibilities and shouldn’t be so excited about everything. That’s also an expectation that was subconsciously taught to her by Drayden when she was still in School in the Dragon Village. Virgil is actually the oldest being freshly turned 18 years old while Cameron is the youngest at 11 and 5 months. Stephan is like the closest to Ash’s actually age but also acts a lot more older and more adult like then he really is just by his laid back attitude. Bianca actually just turned 18 before starting her journey.

Age Note: the reason why Cilan is weird and awkward around Burgundy is not because of her short temper and brash attitude but because Burgundy just turned 13 years old. She is a legitimate child just like Iris, compared to Cilan’s 16 years and 6 months when the meet on the road for the first time and not at a connoisseur event. Her deep infatuation and how young she is really puts Cilan in a active land mine field. Unlike Iris who listens to him and actually talks, he has no clue how to interact with her. Burgundy isn’t a normal gym challenger coming to his and his brother gym for a badge or even a normal crazed simple fan. As a gentleman at heart as well he raised to talk between certain age limits close to his own and this ends up making Cilan see Burgundy actually younger then she really is. Kind of like how Iris clocked Ash as a ‘kid’ when he’s obviously older then her and more experienced.

Kalos then thrusts Ash or being the oldest out of the main group but not as a whole. Bonnies around 8 while Clemont is 2 months and a half younger then Ash. This is where I struggle a lot in placing peoples based age in Kalos is actually because of Serena. I don’t want to make her too young to which the point it’s weird and also I based the other contest girls age’s around hers. But I also don’t want to make her too old to the point that Miette, the oldest out of the contest girls no matter what, is older then Ash. The general consensus is that Miette is right in with Clemont and Ash age wise while Nini is the youngest out of the trio. So that places Serena around 13 to 14 while Nini is like 12 and 7 months. Sawyer is obviously just turned 10 while Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna are between 12 and a half to 13 and a half years old. Giving that easy bonding connection with Serena and Shauna while giving Miette a older more experienced vibe and the childlike wonder to Nini. You’d think with Alain and all Ash would be the second oldest but your wrong. Ash is exactly 1 whole week older then Alain but, much like May, he doesn’t know that and mentally clocks Alain older then he really is.

In comes Alola and this is again where I usually bump Ash up to 20 to 21 but for the sake of everything I’m going off the basic target. Ash is obviously the oldest of the class by a good year on them alone though the classes collective smarts pushed them up different grades in school so thats how their together. Kiawe was the oldest at 16 and 9 months while Sophocles is still the youngest at 12 and 3 months, again bringing in the fact that the class is super smart and its based off intelligence instead of age like with every other class. Mallow is the third oldest at 16 and 2 months with Lana following on by at 16 and 1 month. Lillie is specifically around 15 years to 13 years and 4 months based off if I want her to suffer more as a older teen or as a child, literally her age is based off if I want to traumatize her more or not. Hapu is around 12 to 13 years old despite her obvious size and squeaky-ish voice. Acerola despite being very very mature for her age is only 17 years and 4 months old. Horacio is about Ash’s age at an even 17 years old when he and his lackies first meet Ash, Sophocles, and Kiawe.

Age Note: Horacio absolutely used his age as a card against Sophocles as many times as he could to the point it was so overused. This made Ash especially angry because he hated it when people used their age against much younger kids. Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you’re right.

Then we reach Galar as our final stop. Ash is once more the oldest out of him, Chloe, and Goh but not everyone else. That would be Hodge at a straight 19 years old when he first meets Ash and Goh at the Battle Frontier Flute Cup. Chloe comes at 14 and a half years old with Goh just freshly turning 14. This makes Ash’s relationship more of a mentor type distant older brother thing. Those two actually don’t find out about Ash’s age up until he and Goh get their letter so of recommendation and have to fill out the normal personal stuff. If you think Hop is close by in age with Ash then you’re wrong again. He’s actually two days younger then Chloe making Hop around 14 and a half years old as well. Marine is 13 years and 9 months old. Bede is much more closer to Ash then the others at 16 years 8 months. For Leon, Raihan, and Sonia their still very much the same in a way. Leon is still the youngest at 20 years while Raihan is the oldest at 23, leaving Sonia in the middle at 21 and a half years old.

Age note… once more: this fits perfectly for the Kanto and Galar Trios as they basically get opposite of themselves in a way. Goh who’s very oriented, loud, and on the go gets paired with marine who’s very quite and shy for the most part and their going to subconsciously teach each other that its okay to come out of your shell or its okay to take a moment and relax. Hop is very much like Ash and Goh combined with the strategies and the none stop puppy own straight crack like energy and he declares himself as Chloe’s, who’s silent and very critical and almost broody like it’s not quite there but it’s close enough, rival and is trying to teach her that battling is fun and okay and a lot of Pokemon like battling for those reason. Ash and Bede are the obvious choice for each other because once again Ash is very bright, happy-go-lucky, just sweet in general to everyone while Bede is completely broody, extremely sour, and just utterly rolling in his own image and being way to cocky.



[pokemon-legends-and-legacies]

are there any Sword/Shield characters that you headcacnon as being related to other characters? (y'know, like how you hc Volkner and Elesa being siblings)

I was going to just do this for Galar characters like the ask said, but then I realized I don’t have a list of all the related canon characters anywhere so I think I’ll include that as well, under a cut.

Galar

Kabu is Flannery’s uncle, which is something inspired by cute fanart of them together. Flannery’s father, Hoku, is Kabu’s identical twin brother and the two have a good relationship. Hoku’s very much a prankster though so whenever he visits his brother in Galar he has a habit of pretending to be him and doing weird/silly things, much to Kabu’s chagrin. Flannery couldn’t tell them apart until she was like 7.

Piers and Marnie are related to the Montfort family of Unova (which includes Grimsley and both sets of Unova protags). Their grandfather, Orpheus, was the twin brother of Calliope, Grimsley’s mother and the grandmother of the BW/BW2 protags. Meredith, Piers and Marnie’s mother, was the result of a fling Orpheus had, however, so this relationship doesn’t get discovered until after SwSh’s plot I don’t think. So this means that Piers and Marnie are the second cousins of Hilda, Hilbert, Nate, and Rosa, and the first cousins once removed of Grimsley, Diana (Hilda and Hilbert’s mom), and Harper (Nate & Rosa’s dad).

And now for a much briefer breakdown of the other relationships in this verse (in no particular order)!

Blaine is Red and Leaf’s grandfather. Consequently, Red and Leaf are also siblings.

Samuel Oak and Agatha are exes and had a son together, Thaddeus, who was born after they broke up. He was raised by Agatha and went on to become Morty’s father, meaning Morty is the half-cousin of Daisy and Green.

Yellow & Lance are first cousins. (They’re also first-cousins with Nobunaga because Conquest is canon to L&L history but that’s a story for another day.)

Bill is the cousin of the Kimono Girl sisters.

Falkner and Will are half brothers. Will is also Lucian’s half brother, as his and Falkner’s mother had an affair with Argenta, Lucian’s mother (who was single at the time).

Mars is Silver’s older sister and like him is Ariana and Giovanni’s kid.

Jasmine is May and Max’s first cousin (her mother and Norman are siblings.)

Archer and Proton are brothers.

Hun is Tory Lund’s older half-brother.

Vincent is Professor Elm’s son.

Pierce & Tobias are brothers.

Chase and Elaine are twins.

Brendan is Wattson’s grandson (and Prof Birch is Wattson’s son.)

Wally and Drew are first cousins.

Clair is Kris/Crystal’s older sister.

Winona and Wallace & Lisia are distant cousins.

Maylene is Mira’s older sister.

Zinnia is Sawyer’s first cousin once removed (aka Sawyer’s dad is her first cousin.)

Tucker & Butler are twins and the older brothers of Courtney.

Dawn is Looker’s daughter and Cyrus’s niece (Johanna is Cyrus’s older sister who ran away from home with her rookie Interpol bf.)

Barry & Bianca are cousins.

Verity and Cynthia are cousins.

Ursula is Reggie & Paul’s cousin as well as Lila’s daughter (Reggie & Paul’s mother was Lila’s late sister.)

Hilda & Hilbert are twins and the first cousins of Nate & Rosa who are also twins (it runs in the family). Grimsley is their uncle.

Wikstrom & Darach are brothers.

Volker and Elesa are siblings.

Brycen is Pryce’s son.

While this isn’t true in canon, Iris is Drayden’s blood-related granddaughter in L&L so I thought I’d mention it.

Shauntal is Cosette’s older sister and the two of them are the daughters of Fantina and Juan, who are now divorced.

Ghetsis has a whole ton of love children from various escapades so apart from N (who is his blood-related son in L&L) and Anthea & Concordia (adopted like in canon), he’s the father of Aaron, Sorrel, Curtis, and Sawyer (and Ginger but he’s a fankid.)

Calem is Alain’s younger brother and the two of them are Sycamore’s nephews.

Clay is Serena’s great uncle (aka Grace’s uncle).

While this is a canon relationship, since Emma gets semi-officially adopted by Looker, she and Dawn consider each other sisters.

Siebold is Korrina’s older brother.

Mairin is Ramos’s granddaughter.

Selene & Elio are twins.

[pizzagrlmeetsboy1980]

Wholesome Sawyer HC:

Drayden is catering a local dance and his family is surprisingly there but is hidden away for the most part.

also everyone is in character appropriate 50's clothing because it's the 80's and everyone was obsessed with the 50's for whatever reason.

Chop is in a brown leather jacket with buttons on it over a white tee and jeans. He's wearing his wig.

Bubba is looking quite dapper in a cardigan. he's still wearing his mask and gloves though.

Rosemary (my ChopFic girl) is wearing a tight black dress. She's supposed to be a bad girl to go along with Chop's greaser look.

The "kids" are up in the bleachers while Drayden is catering. He doesn't need a costume he's always in the 50's lmao.

Drayden meets a nice lady there.

Aww Drayden finally catches a break.

No, just kidding. Chop hoots and hollers for him to "GETCHA SOME BRO!"

Drayden flips them off before going back to work.

The broom is coming out when they get home.

Bubba laughed a little. His brother is so cool.

[pokemon-legends-and-legacies]

List of Dragonbloods

Since why not? I figure it might be useful to say who’s descended from a dragon since not all of them are from clans. (Just in case anyone doesn’t know - dragonbloods are a species of human who have dragon ancestry. They’re typically nobles and aristocrats and possess some draconic features and the ability to communicate with dragon pokemon, similar to Iris’ ability in the anime.) Note that this list will only include canon characters, not OCs/gijinkas/fankids/etc.

Kanto Yellow Tokiwa - Daughter of a dragon god, so she’s technically a demigod. Her grandchildren will be regular dragonbloods though.

Johto Clair Mikami - Clan head of Fusube-Mikami joint clans prior to being succeeded by Draco. Crystal Mikami - Clair’s little sister in this AU. Member of Mikami clan. Lance Fusube - Dual dragonblood, as the son of a dragon god and member of the Fusube clan. Technically a demigod, but his grandchildren will be regular dragonbloods. Liza Fafnir - Member of the Fafnir clan, who are from a Scandinavian region but have strong ties in Kalos as well. Hoenn Lisia Lu - Member and heir of the Lu clan. Wallace Lu - Member of Lu clan main family. Winona Lu - Member of the Lu clan branch family. Drake Lu - Former Lu clan head. Zinnia Surgawi - Member of Draconid clan main family. Sinnoh Cynthia Drakonova - Head of Drakonov family. Aaron Nikoyalev - No clan. Descendant of unknown Rotan dragon through his estranged father, Ghetsis. Unova (It’s not called The Land of Dragons for nothing!) Hilda Montfort - Member and heir of Montfort family, descendant of House Harmonia. Hilbert Montfort - Member of Montfort family, descendant of House Harmonia. Nate Montfort -  Member of Montfort family, descendant of House Harmonia. Rosa Montfort -  Member of Montfort family, descendant of House Harmonia. Grimsley Montfort -  Member of Montfort family, descendant of House Harmonia. Drayden Pendragon - Unova branch family head of House Pendragon. Iris Pendragon - Member of main branch family of House Pendragon. Descendant of Ajagara clan. Shannon Pendragon - Member of branch family of House Pendragon. Benga Redwood - No clan. Descendant of unknown Galaran dragon through his father.  Ghetsis Gropius - No clan. Descendant of unknown Rotan dragon. N [Gropius] Montfort - No clan prior to marriage into Montfort family. Descendant of unknown Rotan dragon through Ghetsis. Curtis [West] Montfort - No clan prior to marriage into Montfort family. Descendant of unknown Rotan dragon through Ghetsis. Kalos Calem Sycamore - No clan. Descendant of Fafnir clan through his estranged father. Alain Sycamore - No clan. Descendant of Fafnir clan through his estranged father. Drasna Fafnir - Member of Fafnir clan. Titus Fafnir - Member of Fafnir. Sawyer Sheng - No clan. Descendant of Draconid clan through his father (a former clan member). Alola None. This region used to be ruled by a dragonblood clan but they were killed in a coup centuries ago. The only ‘survivor’ is Ohia, who is a Faller from a world where this royal family were never killed off. There’s also Ryuki... but he’s an actual dragon and not a dragonblood so he doesn’t count. 

[pokemon-legends-and-legacies]

can you give us the names of each region's gym leaders in your au with some explanation about them...

[This content is out of date and no longer canon]

These aren’t fully set in stone so one or two might change in the future, and the details on just how some of them ended up Gym Leaders is still unknown, but here’s a general outline! (Sorry, the World page section on the Gym Leaders isn’t up to date. I’ll get on that.)Kanto Gym LeadersForrest Nibi (Pewter City, Rock-type Specialist)→ Brock gives the Gym to Forrest when he decides to pursue pokémon medicine.Peony Hanada (Cerulean City, Electric-type Specialist)→ Originally, Misty left the Gym to Daisy when she moved to the Orange Islands, but neither of Daisy’s children were interested in being the next Gym leader when she decided to retire. Violet’s daughter, Peony, on the other hand, loved battling and was the best candidate. She breaks the pattern of the previous Cerulean Gym Leaders by being an electric-type specialist like her father, however.Adriana Mitler (Vermillion City, Water-type Specialist)→ With Peony running the Cerulean Gym and Heather up to…. something, Lt. Surge had to look outside his daughters for successors. While I’m still not sure exactly how Adriana ends up running the Gym, she does have a connection to the Lieutenant, being his step-niece.Erika Tamamushi (Celadon City, Grass-type Specialist)Kestrel Sekichiku (Fuschia City, Poison-type Specialist)→ After Janine’s death, Koga comes out of retirement to take over being Gym Leader until his eldest granddaughter comes of age. Kestrel sees being Gym Leader as a chore more than anything and often has to be bribed to be there.Amaryllis Tokiwa (Saffron City, Fairy-type Specialist)→ After Sabrina leaves Kanto to pursue acting, her Gym is in…. someone’s hands (not sure yet). Eventually, Amaryllis ends up inheriting it and becomes Kanto’s first fairy-type Gym Leader..Kaito Mikami (Cinnabar Island, Psychic-type Specialist) → Having originally lived on the island many years ago, when Blaine retires, he asks his granddaughter-in-law’s cousin to take over the Gym, much to Kaito’s surprise. He also helps with the rebuilding efforts for the island.Mimi Aoyama (Viridian City, Multi-type Specialist) → When Gary retires to pursue research, it’s no question who will inherit the Gym, since he’d been training Mimi as his successor for a while. She follows in her husband’s footsteps and doesn’t stick to one type of pokémon, using the same team she traveled with on her pokémon journey.Johto RegionLyra Suzuki (Violet City, Flying-type Specialist)→ While the details are still shaky, Lyra inherits the Gym from Falkner when he moves to Kanto due to his marriage with Janine.Bugsy Hiwada (Azalea Town, Bug-type Specialist)Whitney Kogane (Goldenrod City, Normal-type Specialist) Karen Yoshino (Cherrygrove City, Dark-type Specialist) → Following Pryce’s retirement, Karen left the Elite Four to pursue her dream of opening a Gym in her hometown.Yuusuke Hasumi (Ecruteak City, Ghost-type Specialist)→ He inherits from his father, Morty.Chuck Sawada (Cianwood City, Fighting-type Specialist)Jasmine Asagi (Olivine City, Steel-type Specialist)Draco Fusube (Blackthorn City, Dragon-type Specialist)→ It is a bit of a tradition that the head of the Mikami-Fusube joint clans is the Blackthorn Gym Leader. The head of clan title switches between the two clans each generation, so while Clair was the previous clan head, Lance’s son Draco is the next one. Hoenn RegionRudy Jiang (Rustboro City, Rock-type Specialist) → He inherits from his mother, Roxanne. His twin sister inherits their father’s Gym.Safir Jiang (Dewford Town, Fighting-type Specialist) → She inherits from her father, Brawly. Her twin brother inherits their mothers Gym.Theo Heath (Mauville City, Fairy-type Specialist)→ Details are still unclear but he inherits when Wattson retires, most likely.Caleb Moore (Lavaridge Town, Fire-type Specialist)→ Inherits from his mother, Flannery.Wally Birch-Fang (Petalburg City, Multi-type Specialist) → Norman recommended Wally as his successor, much to Wally’s surprise, since May was busy being a Frontier Brain and Max was more interested in studying under Prof Birch. Winona Lu (Fortree City, Flying-type Specialist) Laelia & Trias Jin (Mossdeep City, Psychic-type Specialists) → They inherit from their father, Tate.Lisia Lu (Sootopolis City, Dragon-type Specialist) → She changes gears from coordinating to battling and takes over the Gym from her uncle Wallace when he becomes Hoenn Champion.Sinnoh RegionRoark Subotin (Oreburgh City, Rock-type Specialist) Gardenia Kobyakova (Eterna City, Grass-type Specialist) Natalia Rebreanu (Veilstone City, Steel-type Specialist)→ Maylene leaves the Gym in her hands when she becomes an Elite Four member.Crasher Wake (Pastoria City, Water-type Specialist)Ceres Severnaya (Hearthome City, Poison-type Specialist)→ Fantina befriended Ceres when the girl took an interest in coordinating while she studyed in Hearthome. When Fantina decided to retire to pursue coordinating full time, she named Ceres as her successor. Challengers have to complete math puzzles to reach her.Maisy Chistyakova (Canalave City, Dark-type Specialist)→ Byron heard about her through fellow Gym Leader Volkner, as Maisy is his niece. She apprenticed under him and he liked her spunk enough to name her his successor. She’s done…. interesting things to the Canalave Gym decor, in usual Maisy fashion.Candice Nakamura (Snowpoint City, Ice-type Specialist) Volkner Tatarintsev (Sunnyshore City, Electric-type Specialist) Unova RegionCheren Rysinov (Aspertia City, Normal-type Specialist) Roxie Helias (Virbank City, Poison-type Specialist) Gabriele Campanula (Castelia City, Ground-type Specialist) → He thought his father’s old job of being a Gym Leader sounded fun, so when Burgh retired to focus on his art, Gabe got himself into the position of next Gym Leader through some dubious methods.Elesa Tatarintseva (Nimbasa City, Electric-type Specialist)Stephan Dunstan (Driftveil City, Fighting-type Specialist) → Details are still unclear on how he inherits from Clay.Jerrie Vidales (Mistralton City, Steel-type Specialist) → Inherits from her mother, Skyla. The Gym still has an airplane theme to it since Jerrie loves planes so much.Marlon Naryshkina (Humilau City, Water-type Specialist) Noah, Micah & Terah Pendragon (Opelucid City, Dragon-type Specialists)→ As Drayden’s eldest grandchildren, the triplets are the natural choice for his (and Iris’) successors, though Iris’ eldest, Cypress, is gunning for the position as well.    Kalos RegionViola Leroux (Santalune City, Bug-type Specialist) Grant Leroux (Cyllage City, Rock-type Specialist) Chili von Schwan (Shalour City, Ghost-type Specialist)→ He takes over the Gym when his wife, Korrina, becomes an Elite Four member. His Gym is themed like a magic show, with Chili as the master of illusion and his ghost pokémon as his assistants.Mairin Sycamore (Coumarine City, Grass-type Specialist)→ She inherits from her grandfather, Ramos.Clemont Brassard (Lumiose City, Electric-type Specialist) Sawyer Sheng (Laverre City, Multi-type Specialist) → Details are still unclear but he inherits when Valerie moves to Kanto.Azariah Arcelus (Anistar City, Dark-type Specialist) → I have no idea how he ends up here, but that’s just how it is with Azariah really.Evelyn de Beauvilliers (Snowbelle City, Water-type Specialist)→ I’m also still not sure on the details, but she takes over from Wulfric through some series of events.

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Walthour Brings Lessons Back to Drayden School

Walthour Brings Lessons Back to Drayden School

Dr. Janice Walthour leads a field trip class in an arithmetic lesson at the recently restored African-American schoolhouse in Drayden. (Photo Courtesy St. Mary’s County government)

During a recent field trip to the Drayden African American Schoolhouse by ninth- and 10th-grade Kings Christian Academy students, Dr. Janice Walthour provided the group an arithmetic lesson. The schoolhouse is one of…

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Drayden Schoolhouse Renovations Revealed

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 6, 2018, will unveil renovations that have been made to the Drayden Schoolhouse. The Drayden African-American Schoolhouse is one of only a few one-room school buildings that survive in St. Mary’s County. It is also one of the most well-preserved African-American schoolhouses in the entire country. Unlike most historic schoolhouses like it, the structure remains on…