Piers

Piers is the deuteragonist of the series, he is the leader of team yell. He is also the former gym leader and is Marnies older brother.

Appearance
Piers is a slim, tired-looking young man with pallid skin. His droopy eyes are cyan-colored and he wears blue-gray eyeshadow around them. He has angular black eyebrows. There are lines in between his eyes, which is probably due to the fact that he is constantly furrowing his eyebrows.

He has long, spiky, black-and-white hair that covers one side of his face and is tied in three ponytails. His ponytail has an alternating striped pattern.

He dons a black and magenta shorts jumpsuit with a cropped white jacket on top that has magenta diagonal stripes on the torso area and spikes on the wrist area. He wears a thumbless black glove on his right hand and is wearing a collar similar to his sister's, only with a gray band. He dons a metal wristband and a white glove on his left hand, and a belt with Poké Balls hanging from it. His shoes are grey with spikes pointing backward on the back of two bands around his shins. Under the shoes are black socks that might be connected to the bands but it is not confirmed. The heels of these shoes are a darker grey and shaped as skulls. The toes of the shoe are the same color.

Personality
Piers initially appears to be quite a glum and lethargic-looking person, seemingly keeping a dull expression and having a rather apathetic attitude towards most things. Due to his general lack of attention, Piers did not notice that his Gym trainers had formed Team Yell and went around Galar causing trouble for Gym Challengers. Piers is rather blunt, often calling out others on their flaws. Piers doesn't consider himself a good Gym Leader however, multiple trainers such as Raihan consider him to be among the strongest trainers in all of Galar.

When he starts singing and during battles, however, he becomes more energetic and confident, sometimes to the point of announcing his battle strategies out loud. He frequently voices his distaste for Dynamaxing as he deems it to be dangerous and unnecessary, even going so far as to not Dynamax in the Champion's Cup tournament and assisting in taking down the rampage of Dynamaxed Pokéon Sordward and Shielbert caused.

Despite his gloomy exterior, Piers is actually a caring brother and a responsible person. Piers personally caught Marnie's signature Morpeko when she was younger and wished for her to take over the Spikemuth Gym. Once Piers learned of Team Yell's shenanigans he took control of the group and had them use their talent for causing mischief in more helpful ways. He also assisted in stopping Sordward and Shielbert's schemes and personally took the job of watch over the siblings after they were defeated.