Professor Sylvan

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Professor Sylvan
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Professor Sylvan
Gender Female
Hometown Telnor Town
Trainer class Pokémon Professor

Professor Vanessa Sylvan is a Pokémon Professor who lives and works at her lab in Telnor Town of the Torren region. She appears to perform Pokémon studies using Eevee, which she is said to have thousands of on hand according to one of Telnor Town's inhabitants.

Background information

Under normal circumstances Sylvan distributes Pokédexes and an Eevee to aspiring Torren Trainers. However, in the player and Damian's case, she also offers them the choice of receiving Delta Bulbasaur, Delta Charmander, or Delta Squirtle as their starter Pokémon.

In the game

In Pokémon Insurgence, the player first meets Professor Sylvan as she discusses the fate of three Delta Pokémon with Reukra. When she notices the trainer and Damian's presence she is convinced by Reukra to give the two beginner trainers the option of using them as opposed to having them die in the wild. After Reukra leaves, Sylvan explains that Reukra is an old colleague of hers from back before he became the leader of Perfection and is responsible for the deaths of countless people. However, even though she takes the Pokémon from Reukra, she recognizes that the trainers may feel uncomfortable with using such unnatural Pokémon and therefore she grants them a fourth option in the form of Eevee.

Once the trainers have their starter Pokémon and Damian runs off to investigate Telnor Cave, Sylvan offers the player one last word of advice by telling them not to trust the cultists. She then gives the player a Pokédex and sends them on their way.

Pokémon

These Pokémon are given to a Trainer at the beginning of their journey under normal circumstances:

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Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Run Away or Adaptability
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Eevee Lv.7
Growl
Normal Status
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
Sand-Attack
Ground Status
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
85 85 85 85 85 85

In addition to the above choice, the player is given the option of selecting one of these Pokémon for their starter Pokémon:

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Types:
Fairy Psychic
Ability:
Psycho Call
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Delta Bulbasaur Lv.7
Tackle
Normal Physical
Baby-Doll Eyes
Fairy Status
Confusion
Psychic Status
Curse
Unknown Status
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
85 85 85 85 85 85
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Types:
Ghost Dragon
Ability:
Spirit Call
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Delta Charmander Lv.7
Scratch
Normal Physical
Growl
Normal Status
Twister
Dragon Special
Curse
Unknown Status
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
85 85 85 85 85 85
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Types:
Dark Fighting
Ability:
Shadow Call
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Delta Squirtle Lv.7
Tackle
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Bite
Dark Physical
Curse
Unknown Status
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
85 85 85 85 85 85

Sprites

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Overworld sprite

Trivia

  • Although Professor Sylvan gives the player a Pokédex, Damian runs out of the lab without receiving one. Therefore it is unknown if Damian is simply without a Pokédex or if he receives one at a different time than the player.
  • Later in the game Reukra mentions that the only reason Damian and the player are still alive is because Sylvan asked him not to harm them. However, this was never said in their conversation in the lab at the beginning of the game, which would mean that Sylvan and Reukra spoke with one another again after the player left to go on their journey.
  • Professor Sylvan's first name is Vanessa.
  • In Version 1.0, Professor Sylvan was a male. This was changed in 1.1.


Characters
Torren PlayerProfessor SylvanDamianNoraMaldeOrionXavierEastHarmony
AnastasiaDianaCalreathAdamGailTaenReukraPersephoneAudreyJaernZenithNyx
  • Sylvan is confirmed by multiple non-playable characters to have known Harmony, Reukra, and Anastasia during their time together at university.