Lucas "Purple" Middleton (Indigo Journeys)

"The reason why I became a GYM Leader out here is because Wika Town is far from big cities. It's beautiful out here. For you to have traveled to far to see me, wow."

- Lucas

Lucas "Purple" Middleton, also known as Luke or just "Purple", is the deuteragonist of Orange & Purple, Indigo Island, and Cyan & Magenta.He is the rival and best friend of Angeo "Orange" Grant. As son of a GYM Leader, he's always wanted to see the rest of the world.

Hairstyle
Lucas's hairstyle hasn't really changed much. It gradually got longer, due to him intending to grow it out until he felt it was long enough. His hair is a golden blonde, and has been a mop of a mess for the majority of his life.

Outfit
Unlike his hairstyle, Purp's outfit has gone through much more change. His grey sweatpants with the green and black detailing stay pretty consistent, but his top wear changes multiple times. When he began his Indigo Journey, he wore a solid black long sleeved shirt. But, after it was given to him when he and Angeo teamed up with the Indigo Island Order, he began wearing their signature white t-shirt that has their symbol on the top right of the shirt's front. When he became GYM Leader of Wika Town, he simply left his backpack at his house down the road and put on a royal blue leather jacket. Ever since, he mainly just mixes and matches combinations of his jacket and his backpack, making only four different combinations, but enough for him to technically wear four different outfits throughout the week. On his left hand he wears a purple glove that does not have a thumb, and instead just a hole. When he joined the IIO, he got their emblem imbued on the back of the hand, in leather. He wears shoes with a out sole in the color purple, with a black design on the side of the shoe, which is gold. He has a red, black, white, and gold backpack, and a brown belt to clip his Pokeballs on, even though its not necessary.

Personality
Lucas is an energetic, somewhat rambunctious boy. Since he lived his whole early life in the city, and especially after his GYM Challenge (Indigo Journey) with Orange, he loves the open world, free from the big city. In the IIO, he is known as "The Learner", for being extremely quick to learn.

Prior to story arcs...
Lucas, son of Joseph Middleton, an architect, and Massela Middleton, who's a GYM Leader, naturally lived his whole early life in Periwinkle City. At the age of eight, Blue Oak came through town, and ran into Lucas. Luke brought Blue home for dinner and, that night, begged his parents to let him go back to Hoptop with Blue. After some discussion, and a Pro-Con list, his parents gave in. He spent his next four years learning under Blue, studying Pokemon nature, behavior, evolution, abilities, and Champion Formes. For his tenth birthday, which was about one and a half years into his stay, he was given a trainer license and a choice between three Pokemon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. He chose Chikorita and named her Chiki.

Orange & Purple
One day, when he was twelve years old, Angeo and Red stopped by. Both Angeo and Luke were twelve, as for they were born only a month and a half apart. This was the day Angeo got his first Pokemon. Lucas, of course, had Chiki, but he snatched up a Steamio anyways. He wasn't supposed to get one, but he talked his way into it with, "It'd be good type coverage, wouldn't it, Blue?"

They enrolled into the GYM Challenge, and explored the region together. For their sixth badge, they went to his hometown of Periwinkle City to battle Massela, his mother. They both won, and got to stay a week in town, sleeping in Lucas's room, which was only tidied up since he left. They had stuff they didn't know where to put in open tubs with labels like, "Maps", and "Notebooks". Lucas was suprised, and, in this week, learned how much his parents really cared for him.

When they got the Anvil Town badge, their eighth, the Indigo Island Order (IIO) pulled them aside, and asked them to help them carry out a secret mission. This was when they were recruited IIO and the story arc Orange & Purple : Indigo Terraces.

Orange & Purple : Indigo Terraces
For the full story arc summarization, see Orange & Purple : Indigo Terraces (Indigo Journeys) Story Arc

Indigo Island
For the organization, see Indigo Island Order.

In the Indigo Island story arc, Orange & Purple head to Kanto and Johto to meet up with the rest of the IIO in Tohjo Falls and attempt to figure out why the Wachitt are everywhere in Nohjo, Kanto, and Johto, and how to expel them from Earth. He pitches in to fill out the IIO's Nohjo Exotic Dex.

Cyan & Magenta
Lucas appears as the Wika Town GYM Leader and is challenged by Cyan and Magenta. He later appears alongside the rest of the IIO and Angeo to help battle Deltaria, Beast of the Interdimensions.

Lucas & Eve
After Angeo died, he began taking care of Eve, and Red took Angeo's other Pokemon. He also wore Angeo's bandanna. Lucas and Eve moved away to a far off region and Lucas became a Coach Trainer to help others hold their own in battle. At age 20, he went into the Military Advanced Protection Services and came back a few years later, once he'd done everything he could to help out.

Revived
During his time at MAPS, he encountered a recently revived Angeo Grant, who he eventually also sent back to the afterlife.

The Third Great Pokemon War
Attending the World Championships, hosted that year by Alola, 36 year old Lucas Middleton barely was crowned World Champion when the Third Great Pokemon War broke out. He stood as a lone figure with no clear side, fighting anyone necessary to end the war with as little bloodshed as possible. Close to the end of the war, after Nohjo was decimated, he saved a baby with no living relatives and adopted him as his own, naming the child Ikazuchi Angeo Middleton.

Ikazuchi: Indigo New Age
Lucas Middleton is fourty-eight at the beginning of Ikazuchi: INA.

On Hand

 * 1) Chiki the Meganium
 * 2) Draki the Dragonair
 * 3) Skar the Skarmory

In Rotation with Storage

 * Giga the Regigigas

In Storage

 * Steelixer the Steelix

Given Away

 * Rock the Regirock
 * Rice the Regice
 * Reel the Registeel

Unknown Status

 * Dio the Geodio