dan is a trainer from accumula town. his mom is an artist who travels to many different regions and she often brings him gifts from these places.
on his 10th birthday, his mother brought him his first pokemon, a rowlet, which he very cleverly named 'poot poot.'
dan has a love for shiny pokemon and enjoys searching for them. he travels the different regions in this search, where he has made many friends.
the first of these friends was sym (link to be added), a trainer from violet city with a love for fire-type pokemon. at the time, sym was in search of a new life goal after defeating their fair share of gyms. their new passion laid in completing the national pokedex. dan met them in kalos, on his search for a shiny furret. they made fast friends and keep in touch over their rotom phones.