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'''Pryce''' is the seventh gym leader faced in ''[[Pokémon: Gold and Silver Versions|Pokémon: Gold Version, Silver]]'', ''[[Pokémon: Crystal Version|Crystal]]'', ''[[Pokémon: HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions]]''. His specialty is Ice-type Pokémon.

Pryce was a veteran Pokémon trainer who served as the gym leader of the Mahogany Town gym. He had trained Pokémon for about fifty years as of ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Crystal'' and ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver''. He was very in touch with Pokémon, saying that he had seen and suffered much in his lifetime, and that Pokémon similarly have many experiences in their own lifetimes. He also was known to make metaphorical comparisons to winter and the cold in general, going as far as to call himself the Winter Trainer. The secret to his strength was apparently daily meditation under a waterfall to strengthen both his mind and body (although ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' retconned this into training on cold ice).

In ''[[Pokémon Masters]]'', Pryce and his Seel appeared as a potentially playable sync pair that could be recruited through the main story. Pryce had become one of the [[Pokémon Masters League]] Leaders and guarded the Harmony Badge. He was featured in the game's eighth chapter, where [[Scottie/Bettie|the player's]] team found him at a glacier. Pryce had to be battled twice, as during the first battle, he was apparently holding back due to [[Barry]] and [[Flannery]] arguing and being out of sync (regardless of whether or not the player was using either of those characters for the battles). Once he was defeated after the two had made up, Pryce gave up the Harmony Badge and decided to join the player's team so that he could learn from the younger generation. His Seel could also evolve into a Dewgong through a Sync Pair Story in which he had to win a one-on-one battle against [[Wulfric]] and his [[Avalugg]].

*Pryce appeared in three subsequent episodes of the Pokémon anime, which gave him a tragic past. It was shown that he was a champion trainer in his youth, until he was badly burned in battle, after which his Piloswine left while he was bedridden and never returned. Feeling abandoned, he became cold-hearted and bitter, believing that Pokémon were only good for battling. Although Pryce defeated [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash]] in their first battle, his disposition softened after they found his Piloswine frozen in ice, where it had been looking for medicine for Pryce all along, and revived it. Pryce proceeded to forfeit his next match with Ash.

*Within the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Pryce was depicted as the main villain of the ''Gold''/''Silver''/''Crystal'' arc. He was wheelchair-bound and possessed powers over ice (and some over time itself) which he used to pose as the Mask of Ice and become the new leader of [[Team Rocket]] in [[Giovanni]]'s absence. It is eventually revealed that years ago, he was friends with [[Professor Oak]], [[Agatha]], [[Kurt]] and the couple who ran the Pokémon daycare center until an incident resulting in the loss of his two favorite [[Lapras]]. This caused him to become sullen and withdraw from his friends into isolation. As the Mask of Ice, he captured and brainwashed children to becoming his loyal servants, such as Green and [[Silver]] (who escaped), and [[Will]] and [[Karen]] (who joined him willingly). His ultimate goal was to create a GS Ball with the feathers from [[Ho-Oh]] and [[Lugia]] for use of capturing [[Celebi]] for use in traveling back in time to save his Pokémon. Battling [[Gold]] and the other trainers in the meantime, his identity was not revealed until the final chapters of the arc, when he succeeded in capturing Celebi and began traveling back in time. However, Gold was able to follow him and destroy the GS Ball, which freed Celebi and left Pryce trapped within the time vortex with seemingly no way to escape. However, at the same time he heard a song that Oak and the others had written for him a long time ago, and the song finally achieved its intended purpose of warming Pryce's heart. Pryce later returned in the ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' arc, where it was shown that as he was trapped in the time vortex, he witnessed the creation of the world and its possible end. After being freed by Celebi, he teamed up with Lance and Giovanni to fight against the legendary Pokémon serving [[Arceus]]. Pryce battled [[Dialga]], and after the battled was concluded, Pryce returned to his gym, and Silver forgave him.

*His name seems to be a play on 'ice'.

*In ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'', he claims during battle that his middle name is Willow, and that like the willow tree, he is flexible and not easily broken. It is unsure whether or not this was intended to literally, although his Japanese name is Yanagi, which is the Japanese word for 'willow'.