Michael
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- This article is about the main protagonist of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. For the Club Member of the Fighting Club in Pokémon Trading Card Game (Game Boy Color), see Fighting Club Member Michael.
| Michael リュウト Ryūto | |
 Art from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Orre |
| Relatives | Jovi, Lily, Unknown father |
| Class | Pokémon trainer, Player character |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Pokémon XD |
Michael (Japanese: リュウト Ryūto) is the protagonist of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
He has a Snag Machine - like Pokémon Colosseum's Hero, Wes - and an Aura Searcher, which makes the dark auras exuded by Shadow Pokémon visible as they were to Wes' sidekick, Rui.
His mother Lily, who works for Professor Krane, his sister Jovi and he live at Krane's Pokémon lab in Orre. He is an upcoming trainer ready for his own journey with his Eevee, his starter Pokémon entrusted to him by his father. Traveling across Orre, he seeks the criminal organization Cipher, which is now under Grand Master Greevil's plot to wield an army of Shadow Pokémon in order to rule the world.
Not only does Michael successfully defeat the entirety of Cipher Peons and Admins whom he encounters, but he also snags the Shadow Pokémon in their possession. His final feat is the capturing of Greevil's full-fledged team of Shadow Pokémon, including XD001. His achievement brings upon the disbandment of Cipher, at least under Greevil and Eldes' leadership.
During the game, Michael's father is mentioned multiple times as a distinguished public figure, but he is in fact deceased. This makes Michael similar to May and Brendan, one of whose father is a Gym Leader and the other - a Pokémon Professor, but also to the other player characters whose father is not present.
