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In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Pryce is a frail man confined to a wheelchair. He rarely leaves his Gym, and uses his Pokémon to create fantastic ice sculptures. With the use of his Pokémon, he also makes it appear like the sculptures can move and attack.  

When the legendary Pokémon {{p|Suicune}} begins challenging the Gym Leaders, [[Whitney]], [[DJ Mary]], the [[Pokémon Association]] Director, and the [[Radio Director]] go to the Mahogany Gym after deducing that it will be Suicune's next target. There, they encounter Pryce, who welcomes his visitors with warm hospitality.  

Suddenly, one of his ice sculptures begins moving, which turns out to be Suicune. Pryce helps battle the Suicune, but upon its defeat, the Pokémon is revealed to be nothing but an ice sculpture that had appeared to move with the use of Pryce's Pokémon. Pryce reveals that he set up the battle as training in case he was attacked by the real Suicune.

At the Pokémon League, Pryce was appointed the representative of the Johto Gym Leaders. There, he was paired up against [[Erika]], the Kanto Gym Leader's representative, in an exhibition match between the two region's Gym Leaders. In the secomd-to-last match, Pryce faced Erika in battle, where he manages to win.  

In the climax of the {{chap|Gold, Silver, & Crystal}}, it is revealed that Pryce is actually the true identity of the [[Masked Man]]. After having his disguise destroyed by {{adv|Gold}}, Pryce uses the Rainbow and Silver Wings to create a [[GS Ball|Poké Ball]] that can capture the Pokémon that can travel through time, {{p|Celebi}}.  

With it, he escapes into the crack in time, only to be pursued by a relentless Gold. After exiting, Pryce is attacked by the other Pokédex holders, but he easily manages to fend them off. When Celebi emerges from its shrine at the Ilex Forest, Pryce captures it and forces it to send him back in time to a certain point in his life. Once they free themselves from his ice prisons, Gold, {{adv|Silver}}, and {{adv|Crystal}} follow Pryce back in time to stop his evil plan. There, it is revealed that in his youth, Pryce had lost his two {{p|Lapras}} in an avalanche, leaving their child an orphan. Pryce reveals that all along, his plan was to go back in time to reunite his Lapras, La Glace, with its long-lost parents.

Pryce fights against Gold one last time, where it ends with Gold destroying Celebi's Poké Ball, freeing it from Pryce's control. Although defeated, La Glace flies to the past, where it is reunited with its parents. Celebi helps heal Pryce's heart by playing [[Boy and his Lapras|a song from his past]], bringing the man to tears in the process. Having a change of heart, Pryce expresses his envy at Gold's youth as he willingly lets himself fall into the voids of time, where he was presumed missing.

[[File:Pryce HGSS chapter.png|right|thumb|Pryce in the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter]]

In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, Pryce finally returns along with [[Lance]] and {{adv|Giovanni}} to stop the three legendary Pokémon created by {{p|Arceus}}. There, Pryce reveals that while he was trapped in the voids of time, he witnessed the beginning of the world, the births of legendary and mirage Pokémon, and a future that was destroyed by the three {{p|Dialga|Pokémon}} {{p|Palkia|created}} {{p|Giratina|by Arceus}}. Knowing what lies ahead, Pryce called out to someone for help, and was heard by Lance.

Celebi, having sensed this beforehand, released Pryce out of the Ilex Forest Shrine, where they encountered Giovanni, who was waiting for Celebi's arrival to cure his disease. When Giovanni saw Pryce, he immediately attacked Pryce and would have killed him if it weren't for the intervention of Lance, who told them of the events going on at the [[Sinjoh Ruins]]. Although reluctant, the three Trainers formed an alliance to stop the destruction before it could begin.

While Giovanni faced Giratina and Lance faced Palkia, Pryce goes up against Dialga with his Swinub. Although Dialga had the ability to manipulate the flow of time, Pryce's past history with time gives him immunity to its attacks. After Arceus is calmed down by Gold, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina leave to parts unknown, which finally ends the battle. After Celebi helps heal Giovanni's disease, Giovanni entrusts Pryce and Lance to train his son so that in the future, they may battle. In the meantime, Pryce decides to return to his Gym and resume his position as a Gym Leader.

|desc=Pryce's two {{p|Seel}} were some of the Pokémon he keeps in his Gym. Pryce uses them to sell his ice sculptures and do his shopping. In the battle against Suicune, the Seel were used to quickly freeze and defrost the ice sculpture's limbs, giving it the impression of being a living creature.

None of their moves are known.}}

|desc={{p|Swinub}} was used to assist Whitney in battling the Suicune ice sculpture and managed to win by freezing it. During Pryce's battle against Erika, it fought against her {{p|Bellossom}} and won. When Pryce was lost in time, it was lost with him and returned when Pryce was freed by Celebi. In the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter, Swinub was used to battle against Dialga. It has a Mild [[nature]].

Swinub's only known move is {{m|Powder Snow}}.}}

|desc={{p|Delibird}} is one of the Pokémon that Pryce keeps inside of his Gym. It was used to manipulate the Suicune ice sculpture and make it appear to be a real Pokémon. It is unknown if this Delibird is the same one which he used as the [[Masked Man]].

|desc=La Glace (Japanese: '''ヒョウガ''' ''Hyouga'') is a {{p|Lapras}} that hatched from an {{pkmn|Egg}} that its parents, La Prus and La Pris, created. Pryce first used La Glace to give the Suicune sculpture the appearance of attacking its opponents. After Celebi was freed from its Poké Ball, La Glace was reunited with its parents after traveling through time.