Sird

Sird サキ Saque
Sird in the Diamond & Pearl chapter
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Member of	Team Rocket Team Galactic
Rank	The Three Beasts Commander

Sird (Japanese: サキ Saque) is one of The Three Beasts of Team Rocket in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga. In the Diamond & Pearl arc she was revealed to be one of the Team Galactic commanders.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

History

Ruby & Sapphire arc

She first was seen as a silhouette in the Hoenn region with Giovanni, Carr and Orm. They recovered rests of the Blue and Red Orbs, which have been turned into a Ruby and Sapphire, after the battle between Groudon and Kyogre.

She was also responsible of the release of Archie and Maxie and gave them and armor and sword of unknown, mythical orgin, probably without Giovanni and the others knowing it.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Sird in the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter

In her first appearance, Sird worked with Giovanni and the other Beasts on the Sevii Islands and fought and defeated Lorelei on Seven Island. Later, she fell from Team Rocket's helicopter after it was taken over by Carr, but she (unlike Orm) survived. She later tried to catch Deoxys by disabling it with an energy beam launched from her Poké Ball, but was foiled when Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Silver (along with Mewtwo) used their bodies to block the beam from Deoxys, who escaped. However, to their surprise, the five Pokédex holders' bodies were turned to stone as a result. Having one of Lorelei's ice cuffs pinned and rapidly expanding from her left leg before she attempted the capture, she fled after remarking that this new gain is nothing short of capturing Deoxys as she had intended.

Emerald arc

Later, after the climax of the battle against the evil Guile Hideout, Archie reveals that Sird temporarily saved his and Maxie's lives just as they were about to be killed while fleeing in an air-car, at the end of the Ruby & Sapphire arc. The means that she did this are unknown. She offered him and Maxie the armor and sword that would later transform Archie into Guile Hideout, claimed they would give eternal life, but said that there was only one armor so they would have to fight to the death to see who would gain the armor, with Archie winning and killing Maxie in the end. Strangely enough, after she gave the armor to Archie, she quoted Veilstone's Myth, which similarly refers to a man with a sword. Also worth noting is in a flashback from Crys, before Archie and the armor vanished, when she asked who was behind it Archie muttered out 'It was...', the first few syllables of Galactic, as in Team Galactic, possibly meaning Sird is part of or has some connection to the team.

Diamond & Pearl arc

It is largely unknown what else Sird has done, but recently, she has appeared to take part in the battle of the Spear Pillar, talking with Jupiter and sporting a new Galactic-styled uniform. She still has problems with the injuries she suffered because of Lorelei.

Pokémon

Sird's Persian		Persian
		Persian seems to be Sird's most preferred battling Pokémon. It was first seen in the Icefall Cave where it was introduced alongside its trainer, just as Orm and Carr's first revealed Pokémon were. The next time it was seen, it fought against Lorelei in Red, Man of Failure and was overwhelmed and beaten by the Elite Four's well-trained Pokémon, causing Sird to resort to underhanded means to win. Persian's known moves are Slash and Thief.
Debut	Enter The Three Beasts

Sird's Starmie		Starmie
		Starmie is one of Sird's battlers and seems to be used mainly for minor aerial transport using its psychic levitation. Besides being used for old-fashioned battles, Sird also uses its Camouflage to sneak behind her opponents and take advantage of their vulnerability when their guard is down. Starmie's known moves are Camouflage and Hyper Beam.
Debut	Red, Man of Failure

Sird's Banette		Banette
		Banette is another of Sird's strong battlers. While it debuted much later than her two other Pokémon, it proved quite versatile and nimble when it single-handedly overpowered Silver's Red Gyarados and succeeded in capturing him. Banette's known moves are Shadow Ball, Will-O-Wisp, Double-Edge, and Shadow Punch.
Debut	Tokiwa in the Heart

In the TCG

As stated in the official website, Sird is based on the Team Rocket Admin from the TCG. The following is a list of cards named Rocket's Admin.

Name	Type	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Rocket's Admin.	T		EX Team Rocket Returns	86/109

Trivia

• Due to Coronis's translation of the mangas, she is also popularly known as Storc in the fan community, as Coronis is fond of inventing Western names for manga-only characters who lack translated names.
• Sird has direct or indirect relation with all 4 main villainous teams from Generations I to IV. She was part of both Team Rocket and Team Galactic and she gave armor and sword to both Archie and Maxie, the leaders of Team Aqua and Team Magma respectively.

References

Members of Team Rocket
Bosses:	Giovanni (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters • Masters) Madame Boss (anime only) • Masked Man (Adventures only)
Executives:	Archer (Masters) • Ariana (Masters) • Petrel (Masters) • Proton (Masters) Anime only: Iron-Masked Marauder Adventures only: Carl • Sham • Will (former) • Karen (former) Golden Boys only: Grey
Trios:	Jessie (Masters), James (Masters), & Meowth (JJM) Koga, Lt. Surge, & Sabrina (Triad) (Adventures only; former) Ken, Al, & Harry (TRET) (Adventures only) Carr, Sird (former), & Orm (T3B) (Adventures only)
Duos:	Anime only: Butch & Cassidy (former) • Attila & Hun • Annie & Oakley (dub only)
Scientists:	Gideon Anime only: Dr. Fuji • Dr. Namba • Sebastian • Dr. Zager Adventures only: Blaine (former)
Others:	Grunts • Rocket BrothersRBYFRLG/Rocket SistersPE Anime only: Domino • Rocket Scout • Wendy • Tyson • Jubei • Viper Christopher (former) • Matori (Matori Matrix) • Pierce • Gozu Radio drama only: Miyamoto • Mondo How I Became a Pokémon Card only: Kaede