Nox Nightshade

The famous Nightshade family, that mans a Poison-type Gym in their City, had about 8 children in total. Born Nokomis Nightshade, Nox was the second eldest of his siblings. His older sister handled the Gym, and he took care of the little ones, and the various Pokemon that each of the members had.

From a very early age, he had learnt handling and tending. He was perfect enough at it that he could do it with his eyes closed. Each member of the Nightshade family would have got their first Poison-Type Pokemon at 10, as was usual, and then they filled their team up with exclusively poison-type Pokemon.

But that was not the case for Nox. After getting his fist companion- a bulbasaur, he began taking in all kinds of Pokemon, often very weak or abandoned kinds. He would go to them and take care of them most of the times. Though he showed promise in the few battles he had participated in, he just did not seem to enjoy it the same way a Nightshade would. His focus was learning about the Pokemon and how to better take care of them. Surprisingly enough, his weak Pokemon with bad stats, started getting rather strong, though he barely put them much into proper competitive battles.

So, his parents, partly to let him learn about the Pokemon, but also wishing fervently that he learns to get interested in battling- put him in an Academy to further his training and motivation.