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Darach コクラン Kokuran
Artwork from Platinum
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	SinnohPt JohtoHGSS
Trainer class	Castle Valet (Frontier Brain)
Generation	IV
Games	Platinum HeartGold and SoulSilver Masters EX
Commemorative print	Castle Print
English voice actor	Brian Timothy Anderson[1] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Unknown (Masters EX)

Darach (Japanese: コクラン Kokuran) is the Frontier Brain in charge of serving the Battle Frontier's Battle Castle. Darach is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Castle Valet (Japanese: キャッスルバトラー Castle Butler).

In the games

He is one of the Frontier Brains of the Battle Castle in the Sinnoh and Johto regions. Darach is the host and caretaker of the Battle Castle, managing CP awarded to or spent by Trainers under the orders of Lady Caitlin. As Caitlin's butler, not only does he manage the Battle Castle but he also battles for her in her place and acts as the Frontier Brain of the facility. Darach will challenge the player on their 21st consecutive battle and award a Silver Print if defeated. He will battle the player again if the player reaches the 49th battle, this time handing out the Gold Print if defeated.

While Darach does not appear in Generation V, he is referenced by Caitlin in Black 2 and White 2. She reveals that Darach travels all the way to Unova to clean her villa in Undella Town before returning home.

Pokémon

Darach has these Pokémon when he is challenged for a print:

Silver Print challenge

Team A

Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: King's Rock Staraptor♂/♀ Lv.50 Return Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Razor Claw Empoleon♂/♀ Lv.50 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird or Flash Fire Held item: Focus Sash Houndoom♂/♀ Lv.50 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Counter Fighting Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --

Team B

Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: King's Rock Staraptor♂/♀ Lv.50 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Endure Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Razor Claw Empoleon♂/♀ Lv.50 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird or Flash Fire Held item: Focus Sash Houndoom♂/♀ Lv.50 Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Endure Normal Status   --

Gold Print challenge

Team A

Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Shuca Berry Entei Lv.50 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Quick Claw Empoleon♂/♀ Lv.50 Surf Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Steadfast Held item: Scope Lens Gallade♂ Lv.50 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

Team B

Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Shuca Berry Entei Lv.50 Overheat Fire Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Quick Claw Empoleon♂/♀ Lv.50 Hydro Cannon Water Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Steadfast Held item: Scope Lens Gallade♂ Lv.50 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --

Quotes

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: needs a list of the quotes determined by the amount of CP earned

Pre-battle

• After winning a battle

"<player>, good show. A hard-fought win, yes? Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you x CP."

"<player>, well done. A quite remarkable victory it was. Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you x CP."

"<player>, bravo. A fantastic victory, to be sure. Lady Caitlin has instructed me to award you x CP."

• After clearing seven consecutive battles

"Congratulations on clearing seven consecutive battles. For your valiant effort, <player>, please accept this BP. We'll return any items that we were holding for you."

Initial battle

• Before battle

"Welcome. I am Darach, as you know, and I am the Castle Valet. Lady Caitlin, my employer, is not one to accept defeat willingly. However, for a reason I'm not at liberty to disclose, she cannot battle. Consequently, I will do battle in her ladyship's place. ...Let me assure you that you won't be shortchanged by facing me. En garde!"

• Being defeated

"My Pokémon could not be faulted in any way or form. My hat's off to you."

• After being defeated

"<Player>, you are truly in possession of a superlative talent! I drew on every reserve of experience and etiquette handed down through our heritage of glorious servitude. But even then, I failed To fend off your inspired and inspiring challenge. I shall see to appeasing Lady Caitlin's displeasure at my loss. <Player>, please do return to our Battle Castle. We will be delighted and honored to have you back!"

Rematch

• Before battle

"Your mastery of Pokémon is as breathtaking as ever. <Player>, you certainly are to be commended. ...However, if I may say so, I noticed something about the way you battle. After all, I have the opportunity to watch you closely firsthand. So, what is it that I noticed? As a Trainer myself, it is but proper etiquette to show you in a battle. Let us begin! En garde!"

• Being defeated

"Your skills are superlative as ever! My admiration knows no bounds."

• After being defeated

"I am humbled... What I'd perceived to be a weakness was only illusory... Or, perhaps you corrected it in the course of our battle. Regardless, your performance was stunning again. Though she cannot say it, Lady Caitlin appears quite taken by your style. For her sake at the very least, please do return to our Battle Castle!"

Pokémon Masters EX

Battle interface (voice clips)

• VS screen

"En garde!"

• Battle start

"Come!"

• Using Pokémon move

"Bravo!"

"Proceed!"

• Using item

"Allow me!"

• Using Sync Move

"Let us begin. En garde!"

• Defeat

"Defeat can be quite humbling."

• During conversation

"Marvelous!"

"My hat's off to you."

"Let me assure you, you won't be shortchanged by facing me."

"Congratulations."

Battle Villa

• Before battle

"Welcome, <player>. Your skill has certainly lived up to expectations."

"But let me assure you that you won't be shortchanged by facing me."

"Now, then! En garde!"

• After being defeated

"Our Pokémon could not be faulted in any way, shape, or form."

"My hat's off to you."

Story Event - Family Ties

• Pasio's Elegant Ladies

"Excellent battle, Miss Lillie."

"I could tell you were giving it your absolute best. Well done indeed!"

"I think it's wonderful that you're working so hard to improve yourself."

"Wouldn't you agree, Lady Caitlin?"

"Hoho, it seems your hardworking spirit must have rubbed off on the two of them, Miss Lillie. They look perfectly exhausted."

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Darach appears as an NPC in Pokémon Masters EX. He is the one of the bosses in the Battle Villa and appears in the story event Family Ties and Chapter 27 of the Main Story. In the Battle Villa, his sync pair partner is his Houndoom, and in the Main Story, it's his Gallade.

Artwork

Sprites

Sprite with Caitlin from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	Overworld sprite from Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver	VS sprite with Caitlin from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Model from Pokémon Masters EX	VS model from Pokémon Masters EX

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Darach in Pokémon Adventures

Darach appeared alongside Lady Caitlin in the Platinum arc. Darach first appeared when Platinum started her challenge of the Battle Castle and was in charge of giving her Castle Points while Caitlin watched the battles. Once Platinum manages to win enough battles to face the Frontier Brain, Looker is shocked to find out that Darach is in fact, the Battle Castle Frontier Brain instead of Caitlin; Darach and Platinum then begin their battle.

In battle, Darach seems to have a different personality, this is shown when he drops his calm demeanor and starts laughing manically while confidently stating that he will win the battle. Despite the power his Pokémon possessed, Darach is eventually defeated once Platinum learns to manage money properly to find out his weaknesses.

Pokémon

		Gallade ♂
		Gallade first appeared outside of the Battle Castle, acting like Caitlin's bodyguard. During Platinum's battle with Darach, he was the first Pokémon used in their battle. He managed to defeat Platinum's Rapidash and Lopunny, but was defeated when Lopunny's Cute Charm prevented him from dodging a Dizzy Punch, allowing Empoleon to take advantage of his confused status and defeat him. Gallade's known moves are Psycho Cut, Feint, and Night Slash and his Ability is Steadfast.
Debut	Deprogramming Porygon-Z

		Houndoom
		Houndoom was the second Pokémon that Darach used in his battle against Platinum. It briefly fought Platinum's Lopunny and was defeated by her Empoleon. Houndoom's only known move is Fire Fang.
Debut	Getting the Drop on Gallade II

		Staraptor
		Staraptor was the third Pokémon that Darach used in his battle against Platinum. It used confusing moves and kept healing itself in its battle against Platinum's Empoleon, but was defeated when she froze it with Blizzard. Staraptor's known moves are Double Team and Roost.
Debut	Getting the Drop on Gallade II

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Darach or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Darach's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Staraptor		Supreme Victors		11/147	Beat of the Frontier		080/100
Empoleon		Supreme Victors		27/147	Beat of the Frontier		035/100
Staraptor LV.X		Supreme Victors		147/147	Beat of the Frontier		081/100

Trivia

• Caitlin appears in Darach's VS and in-battle sprites, despite the fact that she does not battle alongside him.
  • Darach's VS sprite is the only VS sprite in the Generation IV and V games to feature more than one character.
  • Darach's in-battle sprite has the most frames of any animated sprite in Generation IV, with five as opposed to the usual three.
• Darach is the only Generation IV Frontier Brain with a signature Pokémon: his Empoleon.
• An NPC in the Battle Castle says "Mr. Darach... His feelings for Lady Caitlin are all bottled up... Oh, how I pine for him...", which implies that Darach has feelings for Caitlin, but refuses to show these emotions to her.

Names

Castle Valet

Language Title Japanese キャッスルバトラー Castle Butler Chinese Cantonese 城堡對戰者 Sìhngbóu Deuijinjé Mandarin 城堡管家 Chéngbǎo Guǎnjiā * 城堡對戰者 Chéngbǎo Duìzhànzhě * 城堡對戰士 Chéngbǎo Duìzhànshì * European French Chambellan German Kammerdiener Italian Maggiordomo Korean 캐슬버틀러 Castle Butler European Spanish Mayordomo Vietnamese Quản gia Lâu đài

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

Sinnoh and Johto Battle Frontier
Battle Castle Castle Valet Darach	Battle Hall Hall Matron Argenta	Battle Tower Tower Tycoon Palmer	Battle Factory Factory Head Thorton	Battle Arcade Arcade Star Dahlia

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