Archer Garrett

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE X PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE

See how I got into this mess?

When you've been in over your head this long, everything else seems too easy.

On the run, no big plan, no great goals. Just doing whatever it takes to stay alive.

Archer is a runaway turned petty criminal who makes his home wherever he can. No stranger to the streets, he spends the majority of his time hanging around or trying to make sure that come dinner time he'll have something to eat. A peculiarity, is that he is always accompanied by a somewhat clingy Dusclops.

His exact motivations for joining Team Rocket are mostly unknown. He doesn't seem to get much out of the organisation, nor is he particularly invested in it. He does what he's told, when he's told and otherwise fends for himself.

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE

WHAT CAN BE LOOKED UP

Archer is one of those faces that you'll recognize a little if you walk around certain districts of Slateport enough, especially the rougher ones.

He's been on the missing person's list since he ran away from home at the age of sixteen and for the first year or so, there was the occasional phone call made whenever someone recognized him. At this point, both the authorities and his parents know that he's likely still alive.

LEAGUE KNOWLEDGE

POINTS OF INTEREST FOR THE LEAGUE FACTION

Whilst he's certainly a crook, most of his criminal activities are relatively minor in the scheme of things: pickpocketing, breaking and entering, shoplifting with the occasional assault if someone actually corners him. Even as a member of Team Rocket, he remains a small player and isn't really viewed as much of a threat. Prior to joining the organisation, he bounced around doing odd jobs for some of the gangs around Slateport. Whilst the authorities would certainly like him off of the streets in the name of law and order, he's not exactly a prime target.

His modus operandi is typically to have his Dusclops Dizzy use confuse ray on an unsuspecting target. Whilst they suffer its effects, Archer will rush in and steal whatever belongings they might have before making a quick getaway. It's a plan which has proven surprisingly well over the past eight years.

ROCKET KNOWLEDGE

POINTS OF INTEREST FOR TEAM ROCKET FACTION

Archer is a very minor grunt. He's usually only called upon if some extra muscle is needed or for well... Some grunt work like sorting out a warehouse, guarding something or maybe as a driver. He has yet to be trusted with anything truly important. That seems to suit him well enough though, as he remains content to follow orders and shows no interest in promotions or furthering his position within the organisation.

About the only thing which stands him in any good stead with the team is his knowledge of the streets. Archer always has his ear to the ground in terms of gossip and goings on and has a good number of contacts within the grittier parts of Slateport. If something's amiss, Archer will almost certainly have heard about it or know someone who can clue him in on it.

PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE

PERSONAL SECRETS

Archer left home at the age of sixteen because of tension with his father. He claims to have no regrets about the decision and certainly would rather go to jail or jump off of a bridge than be dragged back to home. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.

He's never actually caught a pokemon. Dizzy, he encountered around the docks one night whilst searching for some food in the cargo hold of a container ship bound for Sinnoh. The Dusclops was being smuggled by some Pokemon traffickers and was freed mostly by accident by Archer. Since then, she has been his constant companion - much to his frustration and sticks close to him at all times. His Corviknight, Rook, he won in a bet with a local gang member, defeating his Ursaring and Magmar with only Dizzy.