AZ

AZ
Information
Gender	Male
Region	Kalos
Family	Younger brother Lysandre (distant nephew)
Occupation	Pokémon Trainer
Appears in	Generation VI
Debut	Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
In other languages
Japanese	Name AZ
Japanese	Name AZ
English	Name AZ
English	Name AZ

AZ is a character appearing in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Lysandre believes him to be a descendant of the original AZ, who built the Ultimate Weapon, but he is in fact the very same AZ.

Appearance

AZ is often depicted as an extremely tall man, standing over 9 feet (3 meters) tall in height, which is a side effect after activating the Ultimate Weapon. He has tan skin and dark eyes, with his right eye always being covered by his bangs. Having eternal life, but not eternal youth, AZ has aged well, having long white hair. His hair used to be black when he was younger, as seen in flashbacks. His expression is usually dark and grim, being haunted by the memory of the travesty he caused in the past. Most of AZ's clothing is stitched-up; AZ wears a wool orange hat, a teal scarf, a roughed-up gray jacket with a sweater underneath, a pair of jeans and makeshift boots. AZ also wears a key around his neck, with a red gem engraved on the center, as well as black fingerless gloves, a large backpack and a metal knee cap on his left leg. After the Ultimate Weapon was fired by Team Flare, he no longer wore the key around his neck, it was presumably lost/destroyed in the destruction of the Team Flare Secret HQ.

Personality

AZ used to be a dark and brooding man. He cares dearly for his Floette, but cannot seem to have a heart with because she was his only friend, and she went missing after discovering the truth about his Ultimate Weapon. When he is reunited with his Floette, however, he seems to regain a feeling for people.

Biography

3,000 years before the start of the story, AZ served as the king of the Kalos region. He had been given a Floette by his late mother and loved it dearly, but was forcefully taken away by soldiers to take part in an ongoing war. Tragically, his Floette lost its life during the war and was sent back to AZ in a box, devastating him. Vowing to revive his beloved Pokémon, he built a device that restored his Floette back to life at the cost of the lives of other Pokémon. As a result of the device's effect, AZ was rendered immortal and massive. Despite having brought back his Floette, AZ remained vengeful at the war for his Floette's demise and reconstructed the device into the Ultimate Weapon, which he used to destroy both sides of the conflict and end the war. His Floette, however, was horrified at the truth behind its returning to life and left AZ, unable to see the Trainer it once knew. Feeling regret for what he had done, AZ traveled to find Floette to start their relationship over to make amends for his mistake, and this would ultimately take 3,000 years before AZ could do so.

AZ visited Sootopolis City and gifted the city a giant tree 1,000 years prior to the events of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. Zinnia mentions that he used his device to end the Kalos War; however he is not mentioned by name.

X and Y

The player character first encountered him on Route 13 after taking on Team Flare at the Kalos Power Plant. He spoke about a "Flower Pokémon" given eternal life and departs. Speaking to others near the route revealed that he has been walking around for over 3,000 years.

Later, AZ was captured by Lysandre. He warned him about using the Ultimate Weapon by telling the tale of his own mistake in creating it but was ignored. Luckily, the Player defeated Team Flare and caught the Legendary Pokémon to prevent the Ultimate Weapon from being charged. With that, the weapon sank into the ground, vanishing everyone in the nearby Team Flare Secret HQ, including Lysandre, never to be seen again.

After the player character become the Kalos Champion and a ceremony was held to honor them and their friends, AZ challenges the player character to a Pokémon battle. After the battle, AZ regained the heart he once had, by coming to terms with what he had done in the past, leading to Floette returning to him.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

During the Delta Episode, Wallace mentioned the tree being planted at the Cave of Origin was gifted from "huge man who visited from the Kalos region", indirectly referring to AZ. Zinnia also brought him up by calling him a "a tall visitor from a distant land" who commented on Rayquaza being "born of the great disturbances in this world" and "by the bonds born of mankind's wish and the power of the stones, it will calm the troubles that plague the world" after he witnessed how Rayquaza managed to halt a fight between Groudon and Kyogre.

Other appearances

AZ in Pokémon Adventures (manga)

AZ in Generations (anime)

Pokémon

Parade

Torkoal		Sigilyph		Golurk
Lv. 60	♂	Lv. 60	♂	Lv. 60	-
Ability: White Smoke		Ability: Magic Guard		Ability: No Guard
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Psychic		Phantom Force		-	-	-
-		Air Slash		Heavy Slam		-	-	-
-		Cosmic Power		Mega Punch		-	-	-
-		Return		Return		-	-	-

Reunited

Floette

Ability: -

Trivia

• AZ is both the tallest and the oldest human that has appeared in the entire game series.
• His Floette was given to him by his late mother.
• His other three Pokémon all know Return at the highest level, indicating that, despite Floette being his best friend, he is very close to them.
• AZ is likely based on Ashwatthama, a character from the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata:
  • Both of them were descended from royalty.
  • Both of them were involved in a large war and used a powerful weapon to ultimately end it.
  • Both of them committed massive crimes by massacring many lives.
  • Both of them spent 3,000 years wandering the world (Ashwatthama was cursed, while AZ was left immortal due to the effects of the Ultimate weapon).