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I think one thing to keep in mind does involve how young they are--while you can debate the ages of a lot of them, I wouldn't put any of them at much over 16 (and that would be Hilda and Hilbert's general age range, in my opinion). They've accomplished a lot at quite a young age, which I think speaks to a certain amount of intensity beyond just "standard kind and helpful protagonist".

Take the things that definitely happen in your chosen game and try to explain why your character did them. To use Leaf, we of course have the whole "taking down Team Rocket" thing. Why did she do this? Was there something specific they did in the game that made her decide she absolutely had to stop them? Was that something that just sort of accidentally happened as she was on her journey and Team Rocket kept just happening to be in her way/kept happening to be doing awful things in her vicinity?

Definitely do what that other anon said and get to know what the region's mood, I guess, is. It doesn't have to be a perfect match (for example just because Johto is known for the traditions involved in a lot of the story doesn't mean Ethan, Lyra, or Kris have to be especially traditional-minded), but try to intentionally pick and choose what your character follows along with and doesn't follow along with and know why. Playing off of this, get an understanding of who your character would have grown up around--so know the Pallet Town characters, in this case. How they react to Leaf is a good indicator of how Leaf is (actually paying attention to how the NPCs treat her is a good rule of thumb in general).

Go through the various choices Leaf would have had to make in the story and figure out which choice she made and why. Which starter, which fossil, which evolution for Eevee (or did she box the Eevee, or did she keep the Eevee in her party as an Eevee?), etc. Did she capture both Snorlax, just one, or just defeat both of them? Did she go out of her way to explore the Power Plant and seek out the legendary birds?

What Pokemon team does she have? Even if the game you're joining doesn't allow all or any of her Pokemon to go with her I think this is one of the most important decisions you can make for a trainer protagonist, and it's definitely something you should know. How the protagonist creates and builds and maintains her team says a lot about her personality. Are they all Pokemon she caught? Does she have the Raticate she caught on her first route in her team even against the Elite Four or does she swap and upgrade? Is her team balanced? Do aesthetics of the Pokemon matter? If you're pulling her late enough, has she done any breeding/are any of her Pokemon evolved out of the standard Kanto evolutions? Does she hoard her TMs or are her Pokemon fully decked out with them? I could probably go on about this forever because I think it's incredibly important given the game is all about raising them.

I think I've rambled enough, but hopefully some of this was helpful!

Wow, thank you! This is kind of exactly what I needed.

One question, though. Do you think it's a good idea to play through one of the games (FR/LG in this case) and make choices I think Leaf would make to get a good feel of what her team and stats would look like? Among other things, of course, but I'm the most confuzzled over what good, actually possible team would look like at the end of the game.

I think if you have the time that could definitely be a good idea! It would be easier to actually see what Pokemon you can get where and when that way, and of course it would basically be a canon review.

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