Kieran (2024)

Kieran スグリ Suguri
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet DLC
Age	Unconfirmed[a][b]
Gender	Male
Eye color	Yellow
Hair color	Black with mauve underlayer
Hometown	Mossui Town
Region	Kitakami
Relatives	Carmine (older sister) Yukito (grandfather) Hideko (grandmother) Unnamed great grandfather Unnamed ancestor
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, BB League Champion
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	BB League
Rank	Champion

Kieran (Japanese: スグリ Suguri) is a rival character introduced in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. He is originally from Kitakami and attends Blueberry Academy as a first-year student with his older sister, Carmine. He has a quiet, gentle nature, and often hides behind his big sister. He seems to be curious about the player, though, when they arrive from the Paldea region.^[3] He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class BB League Champion (Japanese: ブルベリーグチャンピオン Blueberry League Champion).

He is nicknamed Kiki (Japanese: スグ Sugu) by his sister.

In the core series games

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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

The Teal Mask

Kieran is a student of Blueberry Academy native to Kitakami. He and Carmine are chosen to accompany the incoming students from Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V on a cultural tour of the area under the watch of Carmine's teacher Briar. Kieran is paired up with the player character, and accompanies them around Kitakami as they search for three signposts that tell the story of how the Loyal Three laid down their lives to protect the land from the evil Ogerpon. During this time, Kieran admits that he actually admires Ogerpon for her strength and independence.

At the end of the first day in Kitakami, the player, Carmine, and Kieran attend the Festival of Masks. The player and Carmine have a chance encounter with Ogerpon, who flees and drops her Teal Mask. Carmine decides to keep this incident from Kieran, fearing that the knowledge he missed a chance to meet his idol would break his heart. The next day, the player and Carmine learn from the siblings' grandfather that the "Loyal" Three were actually a group of bandits who attacked Ogerpon's Trainer and stole three masks made for her by the siblings' distant ancestor; Ogerpon slew the Lousy Three, but the villagers believed she was attacking them and came to fear her. Unbeknownst to them, Kieran overhears their conversation and concludes that they are excluding him out of contempt. While the player and Carmine search for materials to repair the Teal Mask, Kieran steals the mask, accuses them of treating him like an outcast, and demands the player defeat him in a battle to reclaim the mask.

After the player defeats Kieran, he surrenders the mask as agreed. However, the Lousy Three unexpectedly come back to life and are given food and Ogerpon's stolen masks by the ignorant villagers. While the player, Carmine, and Ogerpon pursue and defeat the Lousy Three, Kieran convinces the villagers that the old legend was mistaken and that Ogerpon was innocent all along. With Ogerpon's reputation rehabilitated, the group returns to Ogerpon's mountain home, where Ogerpon chooses the player to be her Trainer. However, a jealous Kieran demands a final battle with the player for the right to take Ogerpon, irrespective of Ogerpon's wishes. The player defeats Kieran, who watches them catch Ogerpon before fleeing home, locking himself in his room, and refusing to come out or see the player off.

After the end of the tour, Kieran and Carmine are to return early to Blueberry Academy due to an unexpected development in the Great Crater of Paldea. Kieran, now consumed by his resentment towards the player and obsession with strength, vows to become even stronger and ominously declares, "Just you wait" to the player.

The Indigo Disk

Upon returning to Blueberry Academy, Kieran, now sporting a new hairstyle and wardrobe, becomes fixated on Pokémon battling, going so far as to rise in the ranks of the school's unofficial League to become Champion. However, Carmine and the BB League's Elite Four, Drayton, Lacey, Crispin, and Amarys become concerned when he begins using his new authority to bully other students out of the club. Despite Lacey's insistence to keep this as a 'League matter' and have Drayton deal with Kieran himself, Carmine secretly lobbies to have the player brought over to the school under the auspices of wanting to show off her home turf to get them to snap some sense into her brother. Upon discovering the player's arrival at the school, Kieran, against Lacey and Amarys' objections, has the player entered into the BB League at a high stage so he can prove that he is superior to them. However, despite the amount of training he's done, the player's skill as an official League Champion proves too much for Kieran to overcome and he is defeated, causing most of the club to abandon him.

Now humiliated in front of the school, Kieran scrambles to come up with a way to get back at the player. When Briar informs them and Carmine that she's recently gotten permission from Paldea League chairwoman and Top Champion Geeta to search Area Zero for a mysterious Pokémon called Terapagos, Kieran sees this as the perfect opportunity and signs up, reasoning that catching and utilizing a Pokémon even the player doesn't know about will give him the edge needed to defeat them. However, upon reaching the furthest point in the Area Zero Underdepths, Terapagos shows more interest in the player than Kieran, forcing him to use a Master Ball he received during his time as BB League Champion to effectively steal it from them. However, when the player is still able to defeat him, Kieran, under a glory-blinded Briar's instructions, Terastallizes Terapagos and demands it battle the player again. This proves ruinous, however, as Terapagos turns on and attacks Kieran, destroying the Master Ball he caught it with and forcing the player to intervene. Terapagos soon proves to be too powerful for the player to battle on their own though, so Carmine and the player convince the guilt-ridden Kieran to help out, ending with it being caught by the player.

The shock of Terapagos attacking him forces Kieran to finally realize the error of his ways, so he resigns from the BB League's rankings and requests that he and the player start over as friends. The player presumably agrees, and they return to Blueberry Academy. Following these events, it is mentioned by an NPC in the Terarium's Central Plaza that Kieran has also begun taking time off from school altogether to try to rebuild his life.

Mochi Mayhem

After returning to Kitakami with Carmine, Kieran sends the player a letter, inviting them to visit and catch up. Kieran encourages the player to bring friends with them, so the player invites their schoolmates and friends Nemona, Arven and Penny to join them in Kitakami. Once there, Kieran befriends all three schoolmates and is challenged to a battle by Nemona, though he loses. While the group prepares for a welcoming party, Carmine arrives in a trancelike state, dancing and repeating the word "mochi". Kieran states that Carmine has been this way since he sent the player his letter, and fears she has fallen under a curse.

Later, Nemona vanishes from the Kitakami Community Center, so Kieran and the player set out to find her. However, they are confronted by villagers who, like Carmine, are also dancing and saying "mochi". They defeat them in a battle before following Nemona to Kitakami Hall. When they arrive, however, they encounter Kieran's grandmother, also possessed, giving his grandfather a suspicious-looking mochi, which possesses him as well. After defeating them in a battle, Kieran deduces that the mochi is responsible for the unusual behavior of his peers.

Kieran and the player return to Mossui Town to reunite with Arven and Penny, where they encounter a small purple Pokémon who blasts mochi in their direction. Though Kieran and the player avoid being struck by the mochi, Arven and Penny are possessed by the mochi when it lands in their mouths, leaving Kieran and the player to defeat them in battle. Afterwards, they see the mysterious Pokémon again, which they follow to Loyalty Plaza. There, they reunite with Nemona, also possessed, and the Pokémon. Suddenly, the possessed populace of Mossui Town, Arven, and Penny appear from behind. While the players battles Nemona, Kieran volunteers to hold off the possessed townsfolk. After Nemona is defeated, the player is left to battle the mysterious Pokémon, now identified as the Mythical Pokémon Pecharunt. The player catches Pecharunt, putting an end to the possessions it caused.

Several days later, Kieran and Carmine decide to return to Blueberry Academy to resume their school life, bidding farewell to the player and their friends as they return to Paldea. Kieran quickly takes responsibility for his own actions, apologizing to the BB Elite Four and requesting to be dropped from the League altogether to reassess himself.

Pokémon

First battle

Winning this fight is not mandatory. The player will not black out and the story will progress either way.

Before completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Mossui Town Scarlet and Violet Reward: $528
Type: Normal Ability: Run Away Held item: None Sentret♂ Lv.12 Scratch Normal Physical Defense Curl Normal Status Quick Attack Normal Physical -- Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.12 Quick Attack Normal Physical Air Cutter Flying Special Swift Normal Special Struggle Bug Bug Special

After completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Mossui Town Scarlet and Violet Reward: $2,640
Type: Normal Ability: Frisk Held item: None Sentret♂ Lv.59 Quick Attack Normal Physical Take Down Normal Physical Amnesia Psychic Status Dig Ground Physical Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.60 Bug Buzz Bug Special Air Cutter Flying Special Quick Attack Normal Physical Giga Drain Grass Special

Second battle

Before completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Dreaded Den Scarlet and Violet Reward: $704

Type: Water Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwag♂ Lv.15 Water Gun Water Special Pound Normal Physical Haze Ice Status Mud Shot Ground Special Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.16 Quick Attack Normal Physical Air Cutter Flying Special Swift Normal Special Struggle Bug Bug Special Type: Normal Ability: Run Away Held item: None Furret♂ Lv.16 Dig Ground Physical Quick Attack Normal Physical Defense Curl Normal Status Fury Swipes Normal Physical

After completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Dreaded Den Scarlet and Violet Reward: $2,904

Type: Normal Ability: Frisk Held item: None Furret♂ Lv.62 Quick Attack Normal Physical Double-Edge Normal Physical Amnesia Psychic Status Dig Ground Physical Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.62 Bug Buzz Bug Special Air Cutter Flying Special Giga Drain Grass Special Quick Attack Normal Physical Type: Water Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwhirl♂ Lv.66 Liquidation Water Physical Haze Ice Status Take Down Normal Physical Belly Drum Normal Status

Third battle

Before completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Paradise Barrens Scarlet and Violet Reward: $1,100

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.22 Quick Attack Normal Physical Air Cutter Flying Special Swift Normal Special Struggle Bug Bug Special Type: Water Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwhirl♂ Lv.22 Water Pulse Water Special Take Down Normal Physical Mud Shot Ground Special Haze Ice Status Type: Normal Ability: Run Away Held item: None Furret♂ Lv.23 Take Down Normal Physical Dig Ground Physical Baby-Doll Eyes Fairy Status Slash Normal Physical Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Dipplin♂ Lv.25 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical Dragon Breath Dragon Special Defense Curl Normal Status

After completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Paradise Barrens Scarlet and Violet Reward: $3,216

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.64 Bug Buzz Bug Special Air Cutter Flying Special Giga Drain Grass Special Quick Attack Normal Physical Type: Normal Ability: Frisk Held item: None Furret♂ Lv.64 Sucker Punch Dark Physical Double-Edge Normal Physical Tidy Up Normal Status Super Fang Normal Physical Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwrath♂ Lv.66 Hydro Pump Water Special Haze Ice Status Brick Break Fighting Physical Earth Power Ground Special Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Dipplin♂ Lv.67 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Dragon Pulse Dragon Special Energy Ball Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical

Fourth battle

Before completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Loyalty Plaza Scarlet and Violet Reward: $1,232

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compound Eyes Held item: None Yanma♂ Lv.26 Quick Attack Normal Physical Air Cutter Flying Special Swift Normal Special Bug Buzz Bug Special Types: Ground Flying Ability: Hyper Cutter Held item: None Gligar♂ Lv.25 Aerial Ace Flying Physical Bulldoze Ground Physical Fury Cutter Bug Physical Quick Attack Normal Physical Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.25 Dive Water Physical Pluck Flying Physical Fury Attack Normal Physical Surf Water Special Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Dipplin♂ Lv.26 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical Dragon Breath Dragon Special Defense Curl Normal Status Type: Water Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwhirl♂ Lv.28 Liquidation Water Physical Brick Break Fighting Physical Take Down Normal Physical Mud Shot Ground Special

After completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Loyalty Plaza Scarlet and Violet Reward: $4,260

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Tinted Lens Held item: None Yanmega♂ Lv.68 Bug Buzz Bug Special Air Slash Flying Special Giga Drain Grass Special Quick Attack Normal Physical Types: Ground Flying Ability: Hyper Cutter Held item: None Gligar♂ Lv.66 Earthquake Ground Physical Rock Tomb Rock Physical Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical X-Scissor Bug Physical Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.65 Dive Water Physical Air Slash Flying Special Thrash Normal Physical Surf Water Special Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Dipplin♂ Lv.69 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Dragon Pulse Dragon Special Energy Ball Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwrath♂ Lv.71 Hydro Pump Water Special Haze Ice Status Brick Break Fighting Physical Earth Power Ground Special

Fifth battle

Before completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Dreaded Den Scarlet and Violet Reward: $1,672

Types: Grass Dark Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Shiftry♂ Lv.33 Bullet Seed Grass Physical Fake Out Normal Physical Payback Dark Physical Aerial Ace Flying Physical Types: Bug Flying Ability: Tinted Lens Held item: None Yanmega♂ Lv.37 Air Cutter Flying Special Quick Attack Normal Physical Ancient Power Rock Special Bug Buzz Bug Special Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Dipplin♂ Lv.36 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical Dragon Breath Dragon Special Defense Curl Normal Status Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Probopass♂ Lv.33 Power Gem Rock Special Rock Tomb Rock Physical Rock Blast Rock Physical Spark Electric Physical Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb Held item: None Poliwrath♂ Lv.38 Brick Break Fighting Physical Belly Drum Normal Status Liquidation Water Physical Ice Punch Ice Physical Types: Ground Flying Ability: Hyper Cutter Held item: None Gliscor♂ Lv.37 Aerial Ace Flying Physical Bulldoze Ground Physical Poison Tail Poison Physical Harden Normal Status

After completing The Way Home

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Dreaded Den Scarlet and Violet Reward: $5,776

Types: Grass Dark Ability: Wind Rider Held item: Focus Sash Shiftry♂ Lv.71 Fake Out Normal Physical Tailwind Flying Status Leaf Blade Grass Physical Dark Pulse Dark Special Types: Bug Flying Ability: Tinted Lens Held item: Kee Berry Yanmega♂ Lv.72 Bug Buzz Bug Special Air Slash Flying Special Ancient Power Rock Special Psychic Psychic Special Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: Leftovers Dipplin♂ Lv.72 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Double Hit Normal Physical Dragon Pulse Dragon Special Energy Ball Grass Special Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: Petaya Berry Probopass♂ Lv.71 Power Gem Rock Special Body Press Fighting Physical Zap Cannon Electric Special Flash Cannon Steel Special Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb Held item: Sitrus Berry Poliwrath♂ Lv.72 Close Combat Fighting Physical Belly Drum Normal Status Liquidation Water Physical Ice Punch Ice Physical Types: Ground Flying Ability: Hyper Cutter Held item: Yache Berry Gliscor♂ Lv.76 Earthquake Ground Physical Rock Tomb Rock Physical Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical X-Scissor Bug Physical

Sixth battle

Kieran will Terastallize his Hydrapple at the first opportunity.

Kieran has special dialogue if the player uses Ogerpon in this battle.

BB League Champion Kieran Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $19,680

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Multiscale Held item: Expert Belt Dragonite♂ Lv.80 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical Hurricane Flying Special Extreme Speed Normal Physical Thunder Electric Special Type: Water Ability: Drizzle Held item: Wacan Berry Politoed♂ Lv.80 Ice Beam Ice Special Helping Hand Normal Status Weather Ball Normal Special Psychic Psychic Special Type: Normal Ability: Adaptability Held item: Life Orb Porygon-Z Lv.81 Hyper Beam Normal Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Thunderbolt Electric Special Ice Beam Ice Special Types: Dark Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: Focus Sash Grimmsnarl♂ Lv.81 Reflect Psychic Status Light Screen Psychic Status Spirit Break Fairy Physical Sucker Punch Dark Physical Types: Fire Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: Sitrus Berry Incineroar♂ Lv.81 Darkest Lariat Dark Physical Flare Blitz Fire Physical Fake Out Normal Physical Brick Break Fighting Physical Types: Grass Dragon Tera Type: Fighting Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: Assault Vest Hydrapple♂ Lv.82 Fickle Beam Dragon Special Tera Blast Fighting Special Earth Power Ground Special Gyro Ball Steel Physical

Seventh battle

When Kieran is controlling Terapagos, it is kept in a Master Ball, possesses twice the usual amount of HP, and has a large HP bar at the top of the screen that identifies it as Terapagos, the Indigo Disk.

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Area Zero Underdepths Scarlet and Violet
Type: Normal Ability: Tera Shell Held item: None Terapagos♂ Lv.85 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical Earth Power Ground Special Water Pulse Water Special --

First Multi Battle partner

Kieran joins the player as a Multi Battle partner against Terapagos at Area Zero.

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Area Zero Underdepths Scarlet and Violet

Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: None Hydrapple♂ Lv.82 Syrup Bomb Grass Special Fickle Beam Dragon Special Dragon Cheer Dragon Status Body Press Fighting Physical Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Multiscale Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.80 Hurricane Flying Special Thunder Electric Special Extreme Speed Normal Physical Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical Type: Normal Ability: Adaptability Held item: None Porygon-Z Lv.81 Hyper Beam Normal Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Thunderbolt Electric Special Ice Beam Ice Special Types: Dark Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: None Grimmsnarl♂ Lv.81 Sucker Punch Dark Physical Spirit Break Fairy Physical Reflect Psychic Status Light Screen Psychic Status Types: Fire Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Incineroar♂ Lv.81 Flare Blitz Fire Physical Darkest Lariat Dark Physical Fake Out Normal Physical Brick Break Fighting Physical

Second Multi Battle partner

Kieran joins the player as a Multi Battle partner in three battles during Mochi Mayhem.

Pokémon Trainer Kieran Mossui Town or Reveler's Road Scarlet and Violet

Types: Water Fighting Ability: Water Absorb Held item: Wacan Berry Poliwrath♂ Lv.85 Close Combat Fighting Physical Belly Drum Normal Status Liquidation Water Physical Ice Punch Ice Physical Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Multiscale Held item: Expert Belt Dragonite♂ Lv.85 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical Hurricane Flying Special Extreme Speed Normal Physical Thunder Electric Special Type: Normal Ability: Adaptability Held item: Life Orb Porygon-Z Lv.86 Hyper Beam Normal Special Shadow Ball Ghost Special Thunderbolt Electric Special Ice Beam Ice Special Types: Dark Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: Focus Sash Grimmsnarl♂ Lv.86 Reflect Psychic Status Light Screen Psychic Status Spirit Break Fairy Physical Sucker Punch Dark Physical Types: Fire Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: Sitrus Berry Incineroar♂ Lv.86 Darkest Lariat Dark Physical Flare Blitz Fire Physical Fake Out Normal Physical Brick Break Fighting Physical Types: Grass Dragon Ability: Supersweet Syrup Held item: Assault Vest Hydrapple♂ Lv.87 Fickle Beam Dragon Special Tera Blast Normal Special Earth Power Ground Special Gyro Ball Steel Physical