Pryce

The Teacher of Winter's Harshness
Pryce
Species	Human
Hair color	Gray
Base	Mahogany Town
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version/Pokémon: Silver Version

Pryce is the seventh gym leader faced in Pokémon: Gold Version, Silver and Crystal versions. His specialty is Ice-type Pokémon.

Background

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 and Crystal. 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 often made metaphorical comparisons to winter and the cold in general.

In Gold, Silver and Crystal, he was challenged and defeated by Gold. Pryce then assured Gold that his strong will would allow him to overcome all of life's obstacles, and awarded him with the Glacierbadge as well as TM16: Icy Wind. He also told Gold that he and his Pokémon would be together for many years, so they should cherish their time together.

Pokémon Roster

In Gold, Silver and Crystal, he has the following Pokémon:

• Seel
• Dewgong
• Piloswine

Other Games

Pryce appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 as the seventh opponent in the Gym Leader's Castle. In this game his roster consists of a Piloswine, Dewgong, Cloyster, Ursaring, Donphan and Jynx in the R1 battles, and Tentacruel, Articuno, Quagsire, Girafarig, Piloswine and Hitmontop in R2.

In Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, he is the seventh opponent and uses a Seel in battle.

Other Appearances

• 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 and then 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 Ash in their first battle, his disposition softened after they found his Piloswine frozen in ice, where it had been looking for medicine for Bryce all along, and revived it. Pryce then forfeited his next match with Ash.