Hamber

	Hamber; ハンベル Hambel
	; Hamber
Age	Unconfirmed
Gender	Male
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Silver
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	The Treasure After the Storm!
English voice actor	Paul Mercier
Japanese voice actor	Hironori Kondo
Member of	Explorers
Rank	Status unknown (Second-in-command under Gibeon)

Hamber (Japanese: ハンベル Hambel^[2]) was the second-in-command of the Explorers, as well as Gibeon's personal butler. He is a former major antagonist in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

After Gibeon passed away in Where the Adventure Leads, he was lowered in position and started acting as a double agent against the new leader Spinel alongside Zirc and Onia.

History

Pre-series

Years prior to the series, Hamber was an adventurer and became friends with another one, Diana, even travelling together sometimes. However, they became estranged to each other as time went on. Sometime after moving away from Diana, Hamber became lost and aimless in his path as an adventurer, but he met Gibeon, who guided Hamber and persuaded him to join the Explorers. In gratitude for Gibeon's guidance, Hamber became one of Gibeon's most loyal subordinates.

Hamber was also in charge of taking care of Gibeon's young grandson, Amethio, after the death of the boy's mother. Hamber and Amethio became very close, with Amethio considering Hamber a father figure. As a high-ranking member of the Explorers, Hamber became responsible for finding and training new talent for the organization. He first trained and coached Amethio, then found Coral, Sidian, and Chalce and coached each of them in sequence. In Charcadet's Wish!, it was revealed that Hamber personally assigned Zirc and Onia in their early days as Explorers to act alongside Amethio.

At some point in the past, he told his boss about a mysterious pendant that his friend Diana possessed. Hamber returned to her, wanting to introduce Diana to Gibeon, who he said had the answers she was looking for. However, Diana saw through his words, as Hamber bringing along a group of subordinates immediately signaled to her that Hamber was working for an organization who was after the pendant, and she subsequently escaped. Later, Hamber found out that Diana no longer possessed the pendant as she gave it to her granddaughter, Liko. Upon learning this, he forged a letter written under Diana's name and sent Amethio, alongside his two subordinates Zirc and Onia, to visit Liko at Indigo Academy with the intention of having her hand over the pendant.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Hamber first appeared in The Treasure After the Storm!, communicating with Amethio regarding Liko's pendant.

After Amethio's mission to Roy's hometown, Hamber appeared along with the admins of the Explorers at a meeting with Gibeon. When Amethio and Spinel began to argue, Hamber reminded the two that they were in the presence of their leader and after the group left the place, Hamber spoke with Gibeon about his boss's goals.

In Quaxly, We Can Do It, Hamber showed up at another meeting with the Explorers Admins to hear Spinel's briefing on his mission. After Spinel refused to give complete information, Hamber decided to end the meeting.

In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, Hamber received Amethio's report on his unit's unsanctioned activity pursuing the Rising Volt Tacklers in Galar. Upon learning of the mysterious Pokémon that had emerged from the pendant, Hamber recruited Coral and Sidian to accompany him to the region, as he wished to see it directly for himself. In the next episode, Hamber told Coral and Sidian to stay behind until he needed them. Hamber then reunited with Diana as he tried to prevent her escape, but failed. After the Rising Volt Tacklers escaped, Hamber reported to Gibeon.

In As Long as I'm with My Friends, Hamber and the other Admins met to discuss their next objective. Following Amethio's suggestion, Hamber and others discussed the possibility of going after Lucius's mysterious Rayquaza, but the meeting ended without a consensus.

In Roar of the Black Rayquaza, Hamber was asked by Amethio to train him to become stronger following a defeat at the hands of the Black Rayquaza, a request that Hamber accepted.

In Respective Departures, following a conversation with Gibeon, Hamber had a battle with Amethio, with the former using his Dusknoir to face off against Amethio's Ceruledge. Although evenly matched, Ceruledge started to overpower Dusknoir, only for Hamber to pull out a Tera Orb and Terastallize Dusknoir and win the battle. After the battle, Hamber handed Amethio a Tera Orb.

In From So Far Away, Hamber met with the other Explorers to hear the new objectives imposed by Gibeon. After the end of the meeting, he stayed with Amethio while the other team members left the meeting room.

In The Treasure of Eternity, Hamber accompanied Amethio in a personal meeting with Gibeon and, after leaving the place, he showed satisfaction with Amethio's progress in searching for Laqua's location.

In Liko and Amethio, Hamber and the other Admins gathered at the Explorers HQ, where they discussed some footage Spinel presented of Amethio helping Liko escape from a cave. Hamber agreed to hear Amethio out, but before he could provide an explanation, Gibeon interrupted. Declaring Amethio a traitor for aiding the enemy, Gibeon casted his grandson out of the Explorers.

In Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!, Hamber was mentioned during a report from Chalce to Spinel. According to her, Hamber began to suspect the events that led to Amethio's expulsion and began investigating what happened.

In Over the Top!, Hamber tasked Coral and Sidian with entering Area Zero to spy on the Rising Volt Tacklers. While Coral was initially displeased with not getting to battle, he got her to comply, complimenting Coral on her bold power of adaptability and Sidian on his composed power of judgment and how their strengths and skills would be vital for the mission.

In The Truth Revealed!, Hamber rescued Amethio, Zirc, and Onia, and returned their Pokémon to them after they were caught by Spinel's security guards. At Amethio's mansion, Hamber informed the group of how he met and worked for Gibeon, how he mentored and trained Amethio, Coral, Sidian, and Chlace, with Spinel as the exception, as well as talking about Gibeon's past with Lucius and Rystal, from his boss' point of view. He expressed similar views to Amethio in suspecting Spinel of intending to betray Gibeon to steal the Laquium crystals for himself. He then bid the group farewell as they headed to Laqua.

In Following Traces of Laquium, one year after the events in Laqua, Hamber revealed that he received a report from Spinel, who had become the president of Exceed, that Amethio had betrayed Gibeon and that both of them had died in Laqua. Hamber did not believe Spinel's report, however, and secretly entrusted Amethio's subordinates, Zirc and Onia, with a mission to find Amethio and the White Zygarde, entrusting them with a Zygarde Cube and the lone Zygarde Cell to do so.

In Charcadet's Wish!, Hamber was informed that Amethio was safe and well. Happy with the news, Hamber began to cry, unaware that he was being monitored by Chalce.

In Friends as Two, Me and You, it was revealed that Hamber and Diana reconciled on their own terms. After capturing a wild Pokémon together, Hamber revealed to Diana what he knew about Spinel's plans, such as the whereabouts of the Six Heroes. Together, they agreed that the key to defeating Spinel's plans laid with Amethio and Liko, who carried Gibeon and Lucius's dreams within them. Later, in a conversation with Chalce, Spinel revealed that he knew all of Hamber's movements and that one of his goals was to put an end to all possible threats to his plans. In the following episode, it was revealed that Hamber contacted Diana again, but was unable to go much further because Hamber realized he was being spied on.

In The Six Heroes Unleashed!, Hamber met Dot of the Rising Volt Tacklers and requested her help in rescuing Cervantis, who had been imprisoned by the Explorers. When the duo was confronted by Chalce, Hamber intended to battle her but backed down when Chalce reminded him of the consequences of taking up arms against her: expulsion from the Explorers, which would leave him unable to continue acting as a double agent for Amethio. Hamber briefly questioned Chalce's motives, bringing up her title as a teacher, leaving her emotionally shaken and leading her to reveal that she is merely cooperating with Spinel as a necessary end for her own goal. After Dot defeated Chalce in battle herself, she and Hamber were able to rescue Cervantis. In the next episode, Hamber, Dot and Cervantis reached the Explorers base near Manpūku Town too late to save Amethio, Liko, Roy, and Ult from being decisively defeated by five of the Six Heroes under Indi and Rubina's control. Once the battle concluded, Amethio and Cervantis repaired their relationship, much to Hamber's approval. Hamber then decided to accompany Amethio and Cervantis in their search for more Zygarde Cells, and bid farewell to Liko's group for the time being.

Hamber reappeared in a flashback in HZ123, where the events that led to him becoming Diana's traveling companion again were detailed. During the flashback, it was revealed that together they collaborated to liberate a village in Kitakami from the problems caused by a wild Pecharunt.

Hamber was mentioned by Amethio in HZ124, where he revealed that Hamber had passed on to him all the information regarding Briar's research to eliminate Laquium.

Character

Hamber is a loyal and respectful servant of the Explorers' leader Gibeon, who he credits with giving him direction in life as a younger man. He is close enough to Gibeon to have acted as the personal butler for Gibeon's family, and became a father figure to Gibeon's grandson Amethio following the death of the boy's mother and estrangement from his father Cervantis. In Charcadet's Wish!, it was shown that Hamber genuinely cares for Amethio like a parent beyond their roles in the Explorers, to the point of being quite emotional about Amethio's well-being when he discovered that he was safe and well. This role of trusted servant is reflected in his work as the Explorers' second in command under Gibeon, often acting as a surrogate leader in Gibeon's stead.

Hamber is also a skilled Trainer, possesses a Tera Orb, and was responsible for training not only Amethio but Coral, Sidian, and Chalce, who he found and recruited into the Explorers on Gibeon's behalf. He is stern on his subordinates when they behave improperly in Gibeon's presence, but still generally shows concern for their well-being during dangerous operations. Some of the other Explorers members have observed his more apparent closeness to Amethio, which goes as far as training extensively with him and giving him a Tera Orb of his own. While he is particularly close with Amethio, he has also been observant of his other three subordinates, recognizing and respecting their talents and skills. He has at one point complimented Coral and Sidian on their respective strengths, namely Coral's boldness and adaptability and Sidian's composure and judgment, and additionally remarked on how Chalce has changed since she began working with Spinel.

Despite his loyalty to Gibeon, Hamber still retains a sense of curiosity from his past as an adventurer and is willing to indulge it at times. This was seen in Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, in which he traveled to Galar himself to investigate Terapagos's appearance instead of reporting Amethio's unsanctioned actions to Gibeon. Hamber may also decide to act against Gibeon's direct orders if he judges that doing so is in Gibeon's best interest; when Amethio, who had been suspended from all missions by Gibeon, was caught spying on Spinel's research at Exceed, Hamber rescued him. Instead of punishing him or reporting him to Gibeon, Hamber instead brought him, along with Zirc and Onia, to Amethio's childhood home and told them about Gibeon's past, motivating them to go to Laqua and try to intervene in Gibeon's mission before Spinel could take advantage of it.

Hamber does not share the same sense of loyalty to his new leader, Spinel, as he did with Gibeon. This is noted in the fact that Spinel was the only admin during Gibeon's tenure that he had never personally trained, creating a lack of familiarity and less trust between them, along with Spinel's attempts to constantly frame Amethio for various incriminating events, which Hamber had never believed due to the time he spent with Amethio. Hamber secretly acts behind Spinel's back as a result, taking actions such as recruiting Zirc and Onia as fellow double agents against Spinel within the Explorers, or reconciling with Diana and sharing updated Explorers intel with her as his form of recompense for her granddaughter Liko helping them find Amethio. For his own part, Spinel expected disloyalty from the individual who acted as Gibeon's second-in-command and Amethio's sympathetic ear and is secretly having Hamber's actions monitored.

Calm and collected he may be at all times though, he isn't completely immune to being surprised, having reacted with comedic shock upon hearing from Diana that Pecharunt sees him like the old man who raised it back then. The event also shows him to a little bit sensitive at the mention of his old age.

Pokémon

This listing is of Hamber's known Pokémon in the Pokémon Horizons: The Series:

On hand

Dusclops → Dusknoir

Voice actors
Debut	Reunion at the Ancient Castle!
Japanese	Tatsuki Kobe

Dusknoir is Hamber's first known Pokémon as well as his main partner. In Hamber's youth it was still a Dusclops, before it eventually evolved. In Reunion at the Ancient Castle! and Rivals in the Dark of Night!, Dusknoir traveled with Hamber to the ancient castle in Galar, where they confronted Diana to try to stop her escape.

In Respective Departures, Hamber used Dusknoir in a training battle with Amethio, during which it was revealed that Dusknoir could Terastallize into a Ghost type. With this great power, Dusknoir was able to defeat Amethio's Ceruledge.

As revealed in a flashback in HZ123, Dusknoir teamed up with Diana's Arcanine to battle a wild Pecharunt near Mossui Town, ultimately ending with Diana catching the Mythical Pokémon for herself.

Dusknoir's known moves are Shadow Ball and Shadow Punch.

Rotom

Debut	HZ123

Mow Rotom is Hamber's second known Pokémon. It was seen accompanying its Trainer during Diana's flashback in HZ123.

None of Rotom's moves are known.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Taken care of

Zygarde Cell

Debut	The Truth Revealed!

Main article: White Zygarde

In The Truth Revealed!, Hamber revealed that he was in possession of one of Gibeon's Zygarde's Cells, which he believed had taken a liking towards him. In Following Traces of Laquium, it entered a Zygarde Cube and was given to Zirc and Onia.

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		近藤浩徳 Hironori Kondo
English		Paul Mercier
Arabic		شربل أيوب Charbel Ayoub
Cantonese Chinese		楊耀泰 Owen Yang
Dutch		Simon Zwiers
Finnish		Petri Hanttu
German		Hans-Georg Panczak
Hebrew		דן שצברג Dan Shatzberg
Italian		Gianni Quillico
Norwegian		Johannes Joner
Polish		Szymon Mysłakowski
Brazilian Portuguese		Luciano Lira
Spanish	Latin America	Santos Alberto
Spanish	Spain	Luis Fernando Ríos
Thai		อธิคม เตื่อยตุ่น

Gallery

Artwork


Artwork from "Happy New Year 2024"	Expression sheet for Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Eyecatch

Trivia

When Terastallizing his Dusknoir, Hamber uses the phrase experience the abyss (Japanese: 深淵を歩め wander the abyss).
Hamber's hairstyle resembles Dusknoir's hand design.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハンベル Hambel	From hambergite
English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish	Hamber	From his Japanese name
German	Hagen	Similar to his Japanese name, maybe also hagendorfite
European Spanish	Ambros	Similar to his Japanese name
Latin American Spanish	Hámber	From his Japanese name
Korean	함베르 Hamber	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	漢貝爾 / 汉贝尔 Hànbèi'ěr	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	漢貝爾	Transcription of his Japanese name	Thai	ฮันเบล Hambel	Same as his Japanese name

References

↑ As of Following Traces of Laquium, Hamber is a year older than at the start of Pokémon Horizons: The Series
↑ Explorers Original Acrylic Stand