Hey everybody! ^_^ I've got a new character for everybody! Hope you like him!

Anyway this guy was made because I felt Maddie deserved someone special... but of course I can't just GIVE her a loving boyfriend, so I made her an timid, gentle giant stalker with an afro... DON'T QUESTION MY LOGIC!!!!! >,<

Anyway I hope you like Ryder (and to the folks I owe comissions to I WILL get those done soon, sorry for the wait >.< ) and treat this new guy nice... or not, all that really matters to him is being able to tell the nanyn miltank he's crushing on how he feels! Yeah... good luck with THAT buddy...

Anyway, enjoy! ^_^

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Name: Ryder Crusher Biston
Nicknames: Crusher, Silent Guy, Thug, Mad Ride, Horn Head
Sex: Male
Species: Baffuron
Type: Normal
Ability: Reckless
Age: 17

Height: 6’6”
Weight: 263 lb
Skin Color: Tawny Brown
Eye Color: Deep Blue
Hair Color: Deep Brown
General Appearance: Tall, broad shouldered, and muscular Ryder looks like somebody who should either be shaking mon down for cash in the back alley’s or guarding the door to the underground arenas. His flat, unattractive, and rather harsh looking face doesn’t help. He has the characteristic afro of his species and his horns are kept polished and shining. He normally does his best to at least keep his coat of thick fur neat and tidy even if it shows off his huge amount of muscles more then he’d like.

Clothing Style: He normally goes simply with jeans, a t shirt, and a jacket of some kind to try and hide his muscles and bulk. He purposefully tries to avoid ANYTHING that has the slightest punk, thug, or gangster look to it such as dark colors, dew-rags, studs or spikes, and anything like that simply because he has enough trouble with people thinking he’s a brute without making it worse.

Accessories: He’s never found any accessories worth wearing so he just avoids them all together.

Sexuality: Straight
Preference: Female
Status: Huge Crush on Maddie Tunderana
Birth Origin: Oreburg City
Currently Located: Viridian City
Family: Augustus Biston (baffuron, father)
Veronica Biston (baffuron, mother)

Personality: He looks like a bully among bullies but he’s surprisingly nice. Ryder tries to be civil, polite, and nice to anyone he meets but years of being shunned or turned away thanks to his looks has left him awkward and quiet. Most of the time he’ll just avoid saying anything at all unless he feels it’s necessary. He tries to help people whenever he can but he tends to let actions speak louder then words. Most folks would assume Ryder’s main interests are battling and working out because of his looks but in truth he enjoys watching nature, kids, feral mon and pets, and simple pleasures. One of Ryder’s oddest traits is he’s INCREDIBLY negative about his own abilities, usually insulting his looks, talent for battling, and his strength on a daily basis. In truth he really dislikes how strong he is and his talent in the arena and simply trains to get better to please his family. Ryder’s only real downfall is that he’s rather slow mentally, slow NOT stupid, and that when he DOES get angry he is absolutely TERRIFYING. The main things that can piss him off is actual bullying, cruelty, mentioning his dad in ANY sense, and jokes about his afro… any of those will make the normally kind buffalo see red and the poor idiot who pissed him off see black and blue.

History: Born into a long running family of arena battlers Ryder’s future was decided from the moment he came into being. From the moment the baffuron could walk he was being constantly trained to be strong, tough and mean by his dad. Unfortunately his dad is known as the “Dumb beast of the Pro Leagues” and is basically the moving punching bag they keep around so the better rookies can show off on somebody on their way up. Ryder’s dad is a complete and utter MORON who only has respect for power and crushing the opponent with absolute force. Growing up his dad’s training would have probably done more harm then good if it wasn’t for his mom. She is a professional physician and trainer, giving her enough knowledge about the body and muscles to correct any part of her husbands training that’d harm rather then help and to teach her son about the body and particularly how to strengthen it with training and hurt the opponent more efficiently too.

As a child Ryder looked just as tough and thuggish as he does now. Meaning not only did he have next to no friends but most kids avoided him and the few who didn’t either wanted to pick a fight with him, use him as dumb muscle, or wanted to beat him up as if they were some kind of hero defeating a big bad guy. For young Ryder who just wanted to make friends or be left alone this was a rather painful way to live. This went on till he found himself being sent off the illustrious PCA to, as his dad put it “Earn Yer’self a ticket te tha Pros!!” Ryder on the other hand knew that while the PCA was a battling school it was ALSO one of the best schools anywhere. His goal upon arrival was to get a good education, get in the pro leagues just to get his folks off his back, and then quit to go into medicine or something like that. He’s been taking side classes in various non-combat medical courses to help get ready even as he keeps his battling record high.

This got a little side tracked though in his sophomore year when he noticed what was, in his words “The most exquisite and delicately beautiful womon in the world” a miltank by the name of Madeline Tunderana. He first noticed her during one of the times she had to step into the ring and was awed by her strength, grace, and in his words beauty. Seeing her later in the park lovingly caring for a few toddlers and playing with some little kids just cemented the baffuron’s hard crush on the gentle and loving cow. He’s been stalking/observing her ever sense, too scared that she’ll dislike him because of his appearance to come forward to her about his feelings. He hopes to one day be able to tell her… but by the looks of it that day won’t be coming soon.

Moves:
Freshman: Scary Face, Afro Break, Reversal, Rock Tomb
Sophomore: Wild Bolt, Level Field, Leer, Taunt
Junior: Megahorn, Swagger, Horn Attack, Poison Jab

Fighting Style: Even if he doesn’t like fighting too much he understands completely that his parents will NEVER give him a moment of peace until he makes it to the pros so he’s resigned himself to it. At the least he’s sworn to be better than his dad and because of that he’s taken several steps that have left him rather hard to beat. His base strategy is to first use moves that reduce his opponents speed since his own is rather unimpressive. Following that he’ll use his dreaded Taunt and Swagger attacks to confuse the opponent and send them swinging blindly. From there it’s a matter of simply charging at them full force and doing what his species does best. He’s able to think on his feet and switch between strategies as necessary but his main goal is to fight in a way that’s simple, effective, and smart… the exact opposite of his dad’s brutish, brainless tactics. So far he’s been successful thanks in part to the sheer amount of strength a lifetime of training has built up for him and his constant drive to improve and get better.

Miscellaneous Facts: Ryder has desperately wanted a little brother or sister or two for a long time, but since his parents haven’t been able to conceive another kid he’s never had one. Part of his fondness for little kids stems from this… but most children run from the “Scary Afro Bull Mon” To be honest he’s a bit enamored with the team of small, little kid like mon he’s seen Maddie coaching recently and would love to get to be a “Big Brother” to them if given the chance.

At the outright DEMAND of his father Ryder created two big and flashy “Finale Moves” for him as a way to show off his power. He based both of them off of attacks from a manga he read once about alien wrestlers. The first is the “Rush Mixer” where he charges and knocks the opponent into the air with any of his horn attacks, turns on his heels again and repeats before they can land and does this about three times before letting them crash to the ground HARD. His other move is called the “Buffalo Revenger” in which he similarly knocks the opponent into the air with his horn attacks before juggling them in a sense, using Afro Break and Wild Bolt powered headbutts to keep them from landing and finishing up by grabbing them and slamming them to the ground in a Reversal powered drop. He hates to use these because they’re impractical, hard to set up right, and are more flash then substance… but on occasion he brings them out anyway.

One of Ryder’s most unusual hobbies is that he’s an avid practitioner of Slight of Hand magic tricks. He initially started learning them both to piss of his dad (who HATES magic and most forms of tricks) and as a way to try and seem less intimidating… he thought a tough looking guy doing magic tricks would be more confusing then scary… unfortunately he missed the mark and got creepy instead, so it didn’t work out. All the same he’s kept at it and has gotten incredibly good and can perform some mini miracles if the occasion comes up.

He has a nasty habit of feeding and caring for some stray ferals he found in a back alley. He wishes he could take one as a pet but since he lives in the dorms he can’t… though he has considered smuggling one in with his afro on a few occasions, but even HE can tell that’s a bad idea.