BOSS BATTLE! Lysandre

Lysandre is a well-renowned figure in the Kalos region – known as a philantropist and owner of Lysandre Labs, the company that invented the Holo-Caster, a communications device that allows people to speak with each other through the use of holograms. However, Lysandre is also the leader of Team Flare, a villainous group comprised of Kalos' wealthy elite that desires to make the world "beautiful" in accordance to their unreasonably high and exclusionary standards. Lysandre seeks to use the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal to power the Ultimate Weapon created by the king of Kalos 3000 years ago, so that it may wipe out the majority of the world's population – humans and Pokémon both.

Lysandre is a tall, powerfully-built man somewhere in his middle ages, with fair skin, orange mane-like hair and a small beard, as well as piercing blue eyes. He wears a black leather suit, shining with gloss, that has orange linings around the sleeves and hems; it also has a white fur collar. He wears an orange shirt underneath. His pants are made of the same material as the suit, and are similarly black with orange linings. For footwear, Lysandre has black shoes; his hands are covered by black fingerless gloves. In battle, he further wears a mechanical suit dubbed the Lysandre Machine – an orange visor covering his eyes, a brown glove-like device on his right wrist, and a mechanical "backpack" connected to several tendril-like cable "limbs" that end in sucker-like devices built to drain the energy from Xerneas & Yveltal so that it may power the Ultimate Weapon. Lastly, he has a Mega Ring on his left hand, with a rainbow-hued Key Stone that allows him to use Mega Evolution on his Pokémon.

Lysandre is articulate and well-spoken, fond of grandiose speeches; his eloquency masking the burning insanity deep within the recesses of his mind. In battle, he tends to get a little hot-headed and lets his emotions get the best of him, especially if he's on the losing side. Though Lysandre may respect opposing viewpoints and acknowledge his opponents' conviction and strength, it is impossible to get him to budge on his twisted plans; he would sooner double down in an act of spiteful self-destruction than admit he is wrong.

While he usually doesn't do much battling, Lysandre is a powerful Pokémon trainer in his own right, with the following team:

1. Mienshao – a humanoid weasel-like Fighting-type Pokémon. It knows Swords Dance/High Jump Kick/Acrobatics/Fake Out.
2. Honchkrow – a burly Dark/Flying Pokémon, resembling a crow with a pointy hat plume, glasses and a "mob boss" attitude. It knows Night Slash/Retaliate/Steel Wing/Aerial Ace.
3. Pyroar – a Fire/Normal Pokémon, resembling a lion with a fiery-colored mane. It knows Hyper Voice/Fire Blast/Dark Pulse/Hyper Beam.
4. Gyarados - a fierce Water/Flying Pokémon, resembling a large sea serpent with vaguely draconic features. It knows Aqua Tail/Earthquake/Iron Head/Outrage. It holds the Gyaradosite, which can react with Lysandre's Mega Ring to allow it to Mega Evolve into the Water/Dark-typed Mega Gyarados, but only for the duration of one battle.

Lysandre is after the following Pokémon:

1. Xerneas – a Fairy-type Legendary Pokémon, resembling a large blue deer with towering gemstone-decorated antlers. It is known in the Kalos region as the giver of life, able to rejuvenate anything and everything.
2. Yveltal – a Dark/Flying Legendary Pokémon, resembling a giant black-and-red bird, with wide hand-like wings. It is known as the taker of life, awakening every 1000 years from a cocoon to destroy everything around it. Together, these two Pokémon represent the cycle of life & death, respectively. It is up to you to protect them from Lysandre & Team Flare, so that the world isn't destroyed by the Ultimate Weapon...