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Master (Dragon Tamer clan)
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Master 長老さま Master | |
![]() The Dragon Clan Elder in Pokémon Adventures | |
Gender | Male |
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Hometown | Blackthorn City |
Region | Johto |
Relatives | Clair (granddaughter), Lance (grandson) |
Generation | II, IV |
Games | Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver |
The Master (Japanese: 長老さま Master) is the leader of the Dragon Tamer clan, a secret society of Dragon Tamers that worships Dragon-type Pokémon. He lives in the Dragon's Den, which is located north of Blackthorn City in Johto.
In the English release of Pokémon Crystal, he is the leader of the the dragon-user clan. In Pokémon Adventures, he is known as the Dragon Clan Elder.
In the games
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The Master appears in Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver. When spoken with for the first time, he will perform a quiz on the player to evaluate their care for their Pokémon. After the quiz, the Master will reward the player with a Dratini, which will know the move ExtremeSpeed if all questions are answered correctly. In Pokémon Crystal, this is the only way Dratini can learn this move. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, this Extreme Speed Dratini can, if male, pass on the move to offspring Dratini as an Egg move, and can still pass it on if transferred forward to Generation V. It is obtained at level 15 in all games.
Two of the Master's descendants are Lance and Clair. Both of these Trainers are capable battlers who also specialize Dragon-type Pokémon. Sometimes, they will come to the cave and visit their relative.
Gift Pokémon
Crystal
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Quotes
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- After obtaining the Rising Badge
- "Clair appears to have learned an invaluable lesson from you. I thank you as her grandfather."
Sprites
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Overworld sprite from Crystal |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Dragon Clan Elder, as he is known in the English editions of Pokémon Adventures, makes a visit with Clair in order to train her to be stronger. He was later revealed to have invited Drayden over to Blackthorn City in order to train Iris for the same reason.
In this canon, he is shown to be unintelligible but is always seen with a translator.
Names
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