Darach: Difference between revisions

{{CharInfobox|

color={{castle color}} |

corecolor={{castle color light}} |

bordercolor={{castle color dark}} |

name=Darach |

jname=コクラン |

tmname=Kokuran |

image=Platinum Darach.png |

size=140px |

caption=Artwork from Platinum |

gender=Male |

hometown=Unknown |

region=[[Sinnoh]][[Pokémon Platinum Version|*]]/[[Johto]][[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|*]]|

relatives=Unknown |

trainer=yes |

trainerclass=[[Frontier Brain|Castle Valet<br><small>(Frontier Brain)</small>]] |

game=yes |

generation={{gen|IV}} |

games={{game2|HeartGold|SoulSilver|Platinum}}|

leader=no |

elite=no |

brain=Pt |

facility=Battle Castle |

print=Castle Print|

anime=no |

epnum= |

epname= |

enva= |

java=

==In the games==

He is one of the [[Frontier Brain]]s of the Battle Castle in the [[Sinnoh]] and [[Johto]] regions. Darach is the host and caretaker of the Battle Castle, managing CP awarded to or spent by Trainers under the orders of [[Caitlin|Lady Caitlin]]. As [[Caitlin]]'s butler, not only does he manage the Battle Castle but he also battles for her in her place and acts as the Frontier Brain of the facility.

Darach has these Pokémon when he is challenged for a print:

{{Party|

|location=Battle Frontier (Generation IV)#Battle Castle

|locationname=Battle Castle

{{Party|

|location=Battle Frontier (Generation IV)#Battle Castle

|locationname=Battle Castle

|pokemon1={{Pokémon/4

|ndex=244

|game={{#ifexpr: ({{#time: H}} mod 2) = 0|HeartGold|Diamond}}

|pokemon=Entei

|type1=Fire

|ability=Pressure

|held=Shuca Berry

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Fire Blast

|move1type=Fire

|move1cat=Special

|move2=Sunny Day

|move2type=Fire

|move2cat=Status

|move3=SolarBeam

|move3type=Grass

|move3cat=Special

|move4=Hyper Beam

|move4type=Normal

|move4cat=Special}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon/4

|game=HeartGold

|pokemon=Empoleon

|gender=both

|type1=Water

|type2=Steel

|ability=Torrent

|held=Quick Claw

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Surf

|move1type=Water

|move1cat=Special

|move2=Blizzard

|move2type=Ice

|move2cat=Special

|move3=Earthquake

|move3type=Ground

|move3cat=Physical

|move4cat=Special}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/4

|game=HeartGold

|pokemon=Gallade

|gender=male

|type1=Psychic

|type2=Fighting

|ability=Steadfast

|held=Scope Lens

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Psycho Cut

|move1type=Psychic

|move3type=Bug

|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Aerial Ace

|move4type=Flying

|move4cat=Physical}}

 

{{Party|

|color={{castle color}}

|bordercolor={{castle color dark}}

|headcolor={{castle color light}}

|game=PtHGSS

|pokemon=3

|pokemon1={{Pokémon/4

|ndex=244

|game={{#ifexpr: ({{#time: H}} mod 2) = 0|HeartGold|Diamond}}

|pokemon=Entei

|type1=Fire

|ability=Pressure

|held=Shuca Berry

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Overheat

|move1type=Fire

|move1cat=Special

|move2cat=Special

|move3=Extrasensory

|move3type=Psychic

|move4cat=Status}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon/4

|game=HeartGold

|pokemon=Empoleon

|gender=both

|type1=Water

|type2=Steel

|ability=Torrent

|held=Quick Claw

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Hydro Cannon

|move1type=Water

|move2=Flash Cannon

|move2type=Steel

|move2cat=Special

|move3=Earthquake

|move3type=Ground

|move3cat=Physical

|move4=Drill Peck

|move4cat=Physical}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/4

|ndex=475

|game=HeartGold

|pokemon=Gallade

|type1=Psychic

|held=Scope Lens

|level={{tt|50*|55 or 45 if CP is used beforehand}}

|move1=Close Combat

|move1type=Fighting

|move1cat=Physical

|move3=Leaf Blade

|move3type=Grass

|move4=Night Slash

|move4type=Dark

|move4cat=Physical}}

}}

===Quotes===

====Pre-battle====

:''"<{{Player}}>, good show. {{tt|A hard-fought win, yes?|This varies depending on how many CP are received for this battle}} Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)#Receiving CP|x]] CP."''

:''"<{{Player}}>, well done. {{tt|A quite remarkable victory it was.|This varies depending on how many CP are received for this battle}} Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)#Receiving CP|x]] CP."''

:''"<{{Player}}>, bravo. {{tt|A fantastic victory, to be sure.|This varies depending on how many CP are received for this battle}} Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)#Receiving CP|x]] CP."''

 

:''"Welcome. I am Darach, as you know, and I am the {{tc|Castle Valet}}. Lady [[Caitlin]], my employer, is not one to accept defeat willingly. However, for a reason I'm not at liberty to disclose, she cannot battle. Consequently, I will do battle in her ladyship's place. ...Let me assure you that you won't be shortchanged by facing me. En garde!"''

 

 

 

====Rematch====

 

 

{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{castle color dark}}; background: #{{castle color}};"

|- style="font-size: 80%;"

|Darach and Caitlin's sprite from <br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}, {{color2|000000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold, and SoulSilver}}

|Darach's overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}},<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold, and SoulSilver}}

|Darach and Caitlin's VS sprite from <br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}, {{color2|000000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold, and SoulSilver}}

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===  

[[File:Darach Adventures.png|thumb|right|250px|Darach as he appears in Pokémon Adventures]]  

Darach appeared alongside Lady [[Caitlin]] in the {{chap|Platinum}} of ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''. Darach first appeared when {{adv|Platinum}} started her challenge of the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation IV)|Battle Castle}} and was in charge of giving her Castle Points while Caitlin watched the battles. Once Platinum manages to win enough battles to face the Frontier Brain, [[Looker]] is shocked to find out that Darach is in fact, the Battle Castle Frontier Brain instead of Caitlin; Darach and Platinum then begin their battle.

In battle, Darach seems to have a different personality, this is shown when he drops his calm demeanor and starts laughing manically while confidently stating that he will win the battle. Despite the power his Pokémon possessed, Darach is eventually defeated once Platinum learns to manage money properly to find out his weaknesses.  

|epname=Vs. Porygon-Z

|desc={{p|Gallade}} first appeared outside of the Battle Castle, acting like Caitlin's bodyguard. During Platinum's battle with Darach, he was the first Pokémon used in their battle. He managed to defeat [[Platinum's Rapidash]] and Lopunny, but was defeated when Lopunny's {{a|Cute Charm}} prevented him from dodging a {{m|Dizzy Punch}}, allowing Empoleon to take advantage of his confused status and defeat him.

Gallade's known moves are {{m|Slash}}, {{m|Psycho Cut}}, {{m|Feint}}, and {{m|Night Slash}}.}}

|epname=Vs. Gallade II

|desc={{p|Houndoom}} was the second Pokémon that Darach used in his battle against Platinum. It briefly fought Platinum's Lopunny and was defeated by her Empoleon.  

|epname=Vs. Gallade II

* Despite their in-game sprite showing them both together, he and Caitlin do not participate in a [[Double Battle]]. This situation is much like the {{tc|Twins}} of the [[Generation II]] games, and [[Jessie]] and [[James]] in {{game|Yellow}}.

** However, Double Battles had not yet been introduced in those games at the time.

* Darach is the only Generation IV Frontier Brain with a signature Pokémon; his Empoleon.

* A minor character in the Battle Castle says, ''"Mr. Darach...His feelings for Lady Caitlin are all bottled up...Oh, how I pine for him..."'', which implies that Darach has feelings for Caitlin, but refuses to show these emotions to her.

* While he does not appear in [[Generation V]], he is referenced by Caitlin in {{2v2|Black|White|2}}. She reveals that Darach travels all the way to Unova to clean her villa in [[Undella Town]] before returning home.

! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Language

! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Origin

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| キャッスルバトラー コクラン ''Castle Butler Kokuran''

| The Japanese name for an orchid of the ''{{wp|Liparis (orchid)|Liparis}}'' genus.

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| Castle Valet Darach

| A Gaelic word for ''{{wp|oak}}''.

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| Chambellan Parsley

| From ''{{wp|parsley}}''.

|- style="background:#FFF;"

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| Maggiordomo Paride

|  

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| Same as Japanese name.

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| 캐슬버틀러 코크런 ''Castle Butler Kokeureon''

| A corruption of his Japanese name.

|- style="background:#FFF;"

| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})

| {{tt|城堡對戰者|Chéngbǎo Duìzhànzhě}} 石蘭 ''Castle Battler Shílán''

| From 石蘭 ''Shílán'', ''{{wp|Trichoglottis}}'' orchid.

|}

{{-}}

[[Category:Manga characters|Darach]]

[[Category:Platinum characters|Darach]]

[[Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters|Darach]]

[[Category:Male characters]]

[[Category:Pokémon Adventures characters|Darach]]

[[de:Kammerdiener Perenus und Kattlea]]

[[es:Mayordomo Kokuran]]

[[fr:Percila et Parsley]]