Ardos

<p>("Post-story" version)</p><p></p><p>Ardos is a main antagonist from Pokemon XD. His role was as a bodyguard to the acting "Grandmaster" of the criminal syndicate Cipher located in the Orre region. In fact he is one of two fraternal siblings who both are the bodyguards to their elderly father that runs Cipher, the original motive is unknown. While Cipher has fallen once before due to the efforts of a lone trainer from team Snagem, Cipher fell once more a few years later during their revival at the hands of a young trainer named Michael. While his father, brother and the syndicate has now since disbanded and given up their conquest using shadow Pokemon, Ardos still believes Cipher will prosper and live on even if he must regroup what remains of it. He is a middle aged man garbed in a gray cult-like robe wearing a gray visor much like his brother also wears however his own uniform has traces of blue accents to it matching his long blue hair. As one of Cipher's former high ranking admins he once possessed shadow pokemon of his own being Swellow, Electabuzz and Snorlax. His team preference is utilizing fast yet hard-hitting pokemon.</p>