Darach

Darach コクラン Kokuran
Artwork from Platinum
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh*/Johto*
Trainer class	Castle Valet (Frontier Brain)
Generation	IV
Games	Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver, and Platinum
Commemorative print	Castle Print

Castle Valet Darach (Japanese: キャッスルバトラー コクラン Castle Butler Kokuran) is the Frontier Brain in charge of running 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 the Frontier Brain 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. He is also Caitlin's butler and battles for her in the Frontier Brain battle. Caitlin is the princess of the castle and determines how much CP should the player receive depending on the outcome of the battle.

Pokémon

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

Silver Print challenge

Team A

File:Spr Darach PtHGSS.gif Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Castle Valet and Professor Darach Oak Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

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

Team B

File:Spr Darach PtHGSS.gif Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Castle Valet and Professor Darach Oak Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: King's Rock Staraptor♂ Lv.50* Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Endure Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Razor Claw Empoleon♂ Lv.50* Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird 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

File:Spr Darach PtHGSS.gif Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Castle Valet and Professor Darach Oak Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Reward: 20BP

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

Team B

File:Spr Darach PtHGSS.gif Castle Valet Darach Battle Castle Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Castle Valet and Professor Darach Oak 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   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       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

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• After winning a battle

"<Player>, good show. A hard-fought win, yes? 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."

First battle

• Before the 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!"

• When 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!"

Second battle

• Before the 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!"

• When 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!"

Sprites

File:Spr Darach PtHGSS.gif
Darach's sprite from Image from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	Darach's VS sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Darach as he appear in Pokémon Adventures

Darach appeared alongside Lady Caitlin in the Platinum arc of Pokémon Adventures. 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 was the first Pokémon that Darach used in his battle against Platinum. 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 Slash, Psycho Cut, Feint, Night Slash.
Debut	Vs. 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	Vs. 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 defeat when she froze it with Blizzard Staraptor's known moves are Double Team and Roost.
Debut	Vs. Gallade II

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Staraptor FB		50		Supreme Victors	11/147
Empoleon FB		50		Supreme Victors	27/147
Staraptor FB LV.X		X		Supreme Victors	147/147

Trivia

• It could be assumed that Darach is the true Frontier Brain of the Battle Castle, due to Caitlin's place on a throne, her portraits in the castle, her appearing behind Darach and the term "Castle Valet". He is also the only one battled among them. Therefore, Caitlin may be acting as a mistress and watching the battle from the throne. It is also possible that Caitlin is the Frontier Brain and just has Darach battle for her with her Pokémon. In the games, the latter seems true, but in Pokémon Adventures, it seems to be the former.
• Despite their in-game sprite showing them both together, he and Caitlin do not participate in a double battle. This situation is much like the Twins of the Generation II games, and Jessie and James in Pokémon Yellow.
  • However, double battles had not yet been introduced in those games.
• Darach is the only Generation IV Frontier Brain with a signature Pokémon; his Empoleon.
• A minor character 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.
• Darach's in-battle sprite has the most frames of any animated sprite in Generation IV, with five as opposed to the usual three.

Names

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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