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Oria, known in the English version as Orla and in the original Japanese as Orio, is a supporting character in the anime Pokémon Horizons: The Series. She is the mechanic and engineer of the Rising Volt Tacklers, the traveling group that operates the airship known as the Brave Olivine. As one of the founding members of the crew, she is responsible for the ship's engine room and for the wide range of mechanical work needed to keep the vessel flying, including inspections, repairs, and system upgrades. Her partner Pokémon, Metagross, assists her with heavy lifting and precision maintenance tasks, and she also oversees the Pokémon that help power the airship's boiler.
In terms of background, Oria grew up in the Kanto region, where she was childhood friends with Friede, who would later become the leader of the Rising Volt Tacklers. The two lost contact when her family moved to the Hoenn region. There she trained as an engineer and worked in the shipyards of Slateport City. Although she was skilled and largely satisfied with her profession, she felt restless and wondered whether her job was all she wanted out of life. Years later, Friede came to find her at the docks and asked her to convert the fishing boat of an elderly fisherman named Ludlow into an airship. Excited by the challenge, she devoted herself fully to the project and succeeded in building the Brave Olivine. Because Friede could not pay her directly, she instead proposed to join the venture as the airship's mechanic, leaving behind her routine work to travel the world. This project marked the beginning of the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Oria's personality is defined by determination, a strong work ethic, and a deep passion for machines. She immerses herself in technical challenges and can become so absorbed in repairs that she works through the night, with one episode showing her exhausted after spending the whole night patching the ship's damaged balloon. While she is professional and decisive when dealing with machinery, she also has a warm and approachable side with her crewmates. She is not particularly skilled at sewing, for example, and once had to ask Murdock for help stitching the balloon. She is considerate toward the younger members of the crew, offering Liko gentle encouragement when Liko was unsure of her own wishes, and she shows amusement when Friede and Murdock fuss over the children like overprotective parents.
Her core motivation is the desire to take on new challenges and experience things she had never done before. She joined Friede partly because she knew that traveling with him would bring discoveries and experiences beyond the routine of her old job. Her engineering work is driven by a love of problem-solving, and she takes pride in improving the ship over time, adding upgrades such as a larger kitchen for Murdock, additional medical equipment for Mollie, and a special emergency system that gives the airship an extra boost in critical moments.
Oria's role in the story centers on keeping the Brave Olivine operational through storms, battles, and long journeys. During attacks by the Explorers, she manages the engine output to help the ship escape and later leads repairs with the help of her Pokémon. When the ship is directly threatened, she can join battle with Metagross, although such fights do not always end in her favor. She also receives episodes focused on her specialty, such as when she visits the workshop of a Poké Ball artisan named Karna and repairs its malfunctioning machinery, impressing the artisan with her technical skill and earning an invitation to stay. After Friede falls from the ship during the incident at Laqua and the crew eventually disbands, Oria retreats to the Galar region and buries herself in work at Karna's Poké Ball factory. In reality she has not dismantled the Brave Olivine as she claimed; instead, she has hidden it in a forest and continued maintaining it from time to time. When the younger members of the former crew come to find her, and when the group faces a new threat from the Explorers, she is moved to restore the airship over the course of several days, reunite with Murdock and Mollie, and rejoin the reformed Rising Volt Tacklers. Later, when Friede returns to the planet, she uses Metagross to calculate his landing site and helps coordinate the crew's efforts to slow his descent safely.
A central relationship in Oria's life is her friendship with Friede. They grew up together in Kanto, and the trust between them is the foundation of the airship, since she built it at his request. His disappearance causes her to lose direction, and the reassurance that his spirit lives on in the group's new mission helps her heal. She also maintains close bonds with other crew members. She comforts Mollie with warm drinks during difficult moments, works alongside Murdock on repairs, and has a practical bond with Ludlow, whose fishing boat she transformed; she later carries Ludlow on Metagross to help restore a damaged forest. Her partnership with Metagross is central to her work, and her friendship with Karna provides her a second home during her years of grief in Galar.
Oria's development follows a clear arc. She begins as a capable but restless shipyard engineer, becomes a committed founding member of the crew, and then endures a period of grief and avoidance after the crew's dissolution, channeling all her energy into constant labor so she does not have to face the past. The encouragement of Liko, Roy, Dot, and Ult, together with the need to oppose the Explorers, leads her to accept what happened and return to the sky. This growth is also reflected in her engineering, as she continually expands the ship's capabilities and, in a moment of crisis, activates its emergency transformation to rescue her friends.
Her most notable ability is her engineering expertise. She designed and built the Brave Olivine from an ordinary fishing boat, keeps the vessel running under extreme conditions, and repeatedly improves its systems. She is also a competent Pokémon trainer who battles with Metagross when the crew is endangered, and she uses Metagross's extraordinary calculating power for demanding tasks such as predicting a landing site. Her technical knowledge extends beyond the airship as well, as shown when she repairs industrial machinery and Poké Ball production equipment on short notice.
In terms of background, Oria grew up in the Kanto region, where she was childhood friends with Friede, who would later become the leader of the Rising Volt Tacklers. The two lost contact when her family moved to the Hoenn region. There she trained as an engineer and worked in the shipyards of Slateport City. Although she was skilled and largely satisfied with her profession, she felt restless and wondered whether her job was all she wanted out of life. Years later, Friede came to find her at the docks and asked her to convert the fishing boat of an elderly fisherman named Ludlow into an airship. Excited by the challenge, she devoted herself fully to the project and succeeded in building the Brave Olivine. Because Friede could not pay her directly, she instead proposed to join the venture as the airship's mechanic, leaving behind her routine work to travel the world. This project marked the beginning of the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Oria's personality is defined by determination, a strong work ethic, and a deep passion for machines. She immerses herself in technical challenges and can become so absorbed in repairs that she works through the night, with one episode showing her exhausted after spending the whole night patching the ship's damaged balloon. While she is professional and decisive when dealing with machinery, she also has a warm and approachable side with her crewmates. She is not particularly skilled at sewing, for example, and once had to ask Murdock for help stitching the balloon. She is considerate toward the younger members of the crew, offering Liko gentle encouragement when Liko was unsure of her own wishes, and she shows amusement when Friede and Murdock fuss over the children like overprotective parents.
Her core motivation is the desire to take on new challenges and experience things she had never done before. She joined Friede partly because she knew that traveling with him would bring discoveries and experiences beyond the routine of her old job. Her engineering work is driven by a love of problem-solving, and she takes pride in improving the ship over time, adding upgrades such as a larger kitchen for Murdock, additional medical equipment for Mollie, and a special emergency system that gives the airship an extra boost in critical moments.
Oria's role in the story centers on keeping the Brave Olivine operational through storms, battles, and long journeys. During attacks by the Explorers, she manages the engine output to help the ship escape and later leads repairs with the help of her Pokémon. When the ship is directly threatened, she can join battle with Metagross, although such fights do not always end in her favor. She also receives episodes focused on her specialty, such as when she visits the workshop of a Poké Ball artisan named Karna and repairs its malfunctioning machinery, impressing the artisan with her technical skill and earning an invitation to stay. After Friede falls from the ship during the incident at Laqua and the crew eventually disbands, Oria retreats to the Galar region and buries herself in work at Karna's Poké Ball factory. In reality she has not dismantled the Brave Olivine as she claimed; instead, she has hidden it in a forest and continued maintaining it from time to time. When the younger members of the former crew come to find her, and when the group faces a new threat from the Explorers, she is moved to restore the airship over the course of several days, reunite with Murdock and Mollie, and rejoin the reformed Rising Volt Tacklers. Later, when Friede returns to the planet, she uses Metagross to calculate his landing site and helps coordinate the crew's efforts to slow his descent safely.
A central relationship in Oria's life is her friendship with Friede. They grew up together in Kanto, and the trust between them is the foundation of the airship, since she built it at his request. His disappearance causes her to lose direction, and the reassurance that his spirit lives on in the group's new mission helps her heal. She also maintains close bonds with other crew members. She comforts Mollie with warm drinks during difficult moments, works alongside Murdock on repairs, and has a practical bond with Ludlow, whose fishing boat she transformed; she later carries Ludlow on Metagross to help restore a damaged forest. Her partnership with Metagross is central to her work, and her friendship with Karna provides her a second home during her years of grief in Galar.
Oria's development follows a clear arc. She begins as a capable but restless shipyard engineer, becomes a committed founding member of the crew, and then endures a period of grief and avoidance after the crew's dissolution, channeling all her energy into constant labor so she does not have to face the past. The encouragement of Liko, Roy, Dot, and Ult, together with the need to oppose the Explorers, leads her to accept what happened and return to the sky. This growth is also reflected in her engineering, as she continually expands the ship's capabilities and, in a moment of crisis, activates its emergency transformation to rescue her friends.
Her most notable ability is her engineering expertise. She designed and built the Brave Olivine from an ordinary fishing boat, keeps the vessel running under extreme conditions, and repeatedly improves its systems. She is also a competent Pokémon trainer who battles with Metagross when the crew is endangered, and she uses Metagross's extraordinary calculating power for demanding tasks such as predicting a landing site. Her technical knowledge extends beyond the airship as well, as shown when she repairs industrial machinery and Poké Ball production equipment on short notice.