Evice

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Evice ワルダック Wardack
Evice
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Orre
Trainer class	Cipher Head
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Colosseum
Member of	Cipher
Rank	Head

Mayor Es Cade in his office at Phenac City

Evice (Japanese: ワルダック Wardack) is the criminal mastermind behind Cipher. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Cipher Head (Japanese: シャドーのボス Shadow Boss).

He disguises himself as the mayor of Phenac City under the name of Es Cade (Japanese: バックレー Backley). In his disguise, he is a fat and jolly gentleman who appears to be worried about the increase in crime caused by Cipher and Team Snagem, yet as the head of Cipher, he appears to have done nothing to stop either of them, ensuring that Snagem and Cipher work without interference.

In Pokémon Colosseum

When Wes and Rui arrived in Phenac City, members of Cipher surrounded the city. One of them, Nascour, was seen leaving Es Cade's house. Wes and Rui chased away the Cipher operatives from Phenac City, and Es Cade promised to investigate Cipher in return. However, he ended up leaving Phenac City shortly thereafter in a rage.

After Wes and Rui defeated Miror B., Dakim, Ein, Venus, Gonzap, and Nascour at Realgam Tower, Es Cade revealed his true intentions - his role as the head of Cipher, whom Nascour reports to. Evice provided Team Snagem with powerful technology. In return, Team Snagem snagged Pokémon from innocent Trainers, after which they were transformed into Shadow Pokémon at the Shadow PKMN Lab, then shipped via The Under Subway and dispensed to the general public in Pyrite Town and The Under. Evice was also the one of who had had the Realgam Tower built. The diabolical mastermind wanted to attract wealthy Pokémon fans to the skyscraper and charge them money to see fierce tournaments between Shadow Pokémon.

Evice challenged Wes to a battle to put a stop to him, but was defeated, with even his most powerful Pokémon, Tyranitar, standing no chance. After the battle, Chief Sherles arrived to arrest Evice, but the rotund villain tried to make a quick get-away on a helicopter. His escape plan was put to a quick stop, however, as the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh shot down his helicopter, and Evice's evil scheme was put to an end. He and Nascour were subsequently arrested by Sherles.

While Evice does not appear in XD, he is mentioned by NPCs. A woman in the Pokémon HQ Lab states that he is still safely behind bars, and Chief Sherles states that he was not the true leader of Cipher.

Evice reveals himself as the evil mastermind of Cipher

Pokémon

After his Shadow Tyranitar is snagged, it is replaced by an Aggron.

Before snagging Tyranitar

Cipher Head Evice Realgam Tower Colosseum Reward: $6100

Types: Water Psychic Ability: Own Tempo Held item: None Slowking♀ Lv.61 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Skill Swap Psychic   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Swarm Held item: None Scizor♀ Lv.60 Metal Claw Steel   --       Silver Wind Bug   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Swords Dance Normal   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.61 Cross Chop Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Salamence♂ Lv.60 Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: None Slaking♂ Lv.60 Crush Claw Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: Nugget Shadow Lv.55+ Tyranitar♂/♀ Shadow Rush Shadow   --       Thunder Electric   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Blizzard Ice   --

After snagging Tyranitar

Cipher Head Evice Realgam Tower Colosseum Reward: $6200

Types: Water Psychic Ability: Own Tempo Held item: None Slowking♀ Lv.61 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Skill Swap Psychic   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Swarm Held item: None Scizor♀ Lv.60 Metal Claw Steel   --       Silver Wind Bug   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Swords Dance Normal   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.61 Cross Chop Fighting   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Salamence♂ Lv.60 Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: None Slaking♂ Lv.60 Crush Claw Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Aggron♀ Lv.62 Metal Claw Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Roar Normal   --       Double-Edge Normal   --

Quotes

Realgam Colosseum

• Before battle

"Enough! Don't embarrass yourself, Nascour!"

"My, my. That certainly was a battle worth seeing. I must be honest with you. I never imaged that you would get this far."

"Oh, dear me. Do you fail to understand still? You're such an innocent child. At times, I am the affable mayor of Phenac...And at others, I am the secret boss of the criminal syndicate Cipher...I am Evice, and I shall rule the world! How dare you meddle in our affairs so thoroughly! The Shadow Pokémon plan, we can resurrect from the start. But you two...you'll never be forgiven! I'll destroy you utterly so you may never again rise against me!"

• If the player was defeated, and battles him again

"Ah, it's good to see you. Indeed it is. I've been worried about you. I was worried that you'd run off out of fear of me! Hohoho! Now, are you prepared to be devastated once again?"

"Hahah! I'll happily humiliate you as often as you're willing!"

• Being defeated

"Noooooooh! Even my ultimate Pokémon!"

• After being defeated

"Blast you! Don't forget what you've done, <player>! It won't end this way next time! I will ruin you the next time, I promise you that!"

"Waahahah! Let us meet again! Our bid to take over the world using Shadow Pokémon hasn't ended yet!"

"What?"

Trivia

• Evice's name appears to be a combination of "evil" and "vice." "Vice", in addition to implying wrongdoing, may also imply the possibility that Evice isn't the true leader of Cipher. This is confirmed by Sherles in Pokémon XD, where he mentions that Evice wasn't the absolute leader to begin with. Instead, the position of Cipher's leader is held by Greevil, a character who hadn't appeared in Colosseum.
  • It is unclear if this was always intended to be the case or was a retcon in XD. A resident of The Under references a man who made a fortune in the mines of the city that he hopes used his money for good; the line appeared to be referring to Evice originally but could also have been referring to Greevil all along.

In other languages

Language Title European French Nosfrat German Intrigo Italian Malerio European Spanish Néfiro

Orre Trainer classes

Area Leader • Bodybuilder • Chaser • Cipher Admin • Cipher Peon • Cooltrainer • Fun Old Man • Hunter • Matron* • Mt BtlMaster* • Myth Trainer Newscaster* • PreGymLeader • Researcher • Rider • Rogue • Sim Trainer* • Spy* • Supertrainer • Team Snagem • Snagem Head • Worker Colosseum only: Athlete • Bandana Guy • Cipher • Cipher Head • Deep King • Glasses Man • Guy • Lady • Lady in Suit Miror B.Peon • Rich Boy • Roller Boy • Shady Guy • St.Performer • Teacher XD: Gale of Darkness only: Beauty • Casual Dude • Casual Guy • Cipher Cmdr • Cipher R&D • Curmudgeon • Grand Master • Kaminko Aide Mystery Man • Navigator • Robo Groudon • Sailor • Thug • Wanderer

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