Cervantis

	Cervantis; クレイブ Crave
	; Cervantis in Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Relatives	Amethio (son); Gibeon (father-in-law; deceased); Maria (wife; deceased)
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	The Treasure of Eternity
English voice actor	Ben Diskin
Japanese voice actor	Keisuke Fujii
Member of	Exceed
Rank	Director (formerly); Head of Production
Member of	Explorers (formerly)
Rank	Unknown

Cervantis (Japanese: クレイブ Crave) is a recurring character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. He is the former director of Exceed, a former member of the Explorers, the son-in-law of Gibeon, and Amethio's father.

History

Pre-series

Cervantis was the son-in-law of the Explorers boss, Gibeon. As a younger man he was inducted into his father-in-law's organization after marrying Gibeon's daughter, Maria, and having a son, Amethio. He was apparently tasked with accomplishing Gibeon's ultimate goal, locating the paradise known as Laqua. However, at some point, Cervantis deviated from this path. Gibeon, furious at his son-in-law for this betrayal, disowned him and exiled him from the Explorers. Cervantis later became the director of Exceed, a scientific research company being used as a front for the Explorers by Gibeon.

During his time as an employee at Exceed, Friede became friendly with Cervantis. Cervantis's son, Amethio, would go on to become a follower of Gibeon in the same way Cervantis himself once had.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

In The Treasure of Eternity, Friede has arrived in the office of his former boss and apologizes for having left the company in the past for his own selfish reasons, but Cervantis is quick to forgive him. Later, after Amethio finished meeting with his grandfather, he mentioned that he wouldn't follow his father's footsteps of failing to locate Laqua.

In Liko and Amethio, when Gibeon expelled Amethio from the Explorers, Gibeon asked if history would repeat itself, indicating that Cervantis had also abandoned his purpose for the Explorers.

In Entei's Fierce Battle Cry!, Amethio met with Cervantis before leaving. Shortly after, Spinel met with Cervantis, aware that he was Amethio's father.

In The Truth Revealed!, Amethio discovered that Spinel had completely infiltrated Exceed and was running the company without Cervantis's consent, having co-opted the company's security team and acting without Cervantis suspecting anything.

In Where the Adventure Leads, a year after Gibeon's death, it was revealed that Cervantis was no longer the director of Exceed and that Spinel had taken over all operations that were run by Gibeon.

In HZ092, Hamber revealed that Cervantis resigned from his position after Gibeon's death and that they both did not believe Spinel's reports that Amethio was to blame for it.

In HZ104, while working at an Exceed factory, Cervantis received a call from Zirc and Onia, who asked for a clue that would help them determine Amethio's whereabouts. Before he could answer, Spinel entered the room to do an inspection. Cervantis asked Spinel what the Strong Spheres really were, but was denied a clear answer before Spinel left. Afterward, he sent Zirc and Onia a message containing the information they requested.

In HZ109, it was revealed that Cervantis responded to a message from Liko, in which he asked if he could meet with the Rising Volt Tacklers in person. The email later turned out to be a trap orchestrated by the Explorers.

Character

Despite his previous association with the Explorers, Cervantis appears to be an ethical and fair person, having a long history of friendship with Friede. In The Truth Revealed!, it was revealed that Cervantis appears to have a complicated relationship with Amethio, who considers Hamber to be his real father. Though he is shown as being harsh to Amethio when he begged him for information regarding Gibeon, Cervantis did not believe that his son was responsible for the failures in Laqua and has carefully given information to those who are searching for him behind Spinel's back.

It is unknown what kind of relationship Cervantis had with his wife, Maria, but as shown in The Treasure of Eternity, he continues to wear his wedding ring even years after her death, suggesting that they had been a close couple.

Pokémon

On hand

Minccino → Cinccino

Debut	The Treasure of Eternity

Cinccino is Cervantis's only known Pokémon.

In The Truth Revealed!, an old photo revealed it to have evolved from Minccino and to have been with Cervantis since Amethio was an infant.

None of Cinccino's moves are known.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		藤井啓輔 Keisuke Fujii
English		Ben Diskin
Hebrew		דור סרוגו Dor Srugo
Italian		Claudio Moneta
Latin American Spanish		Enrique Cervantes

Trivia

In the BBC iPlayer closed captions, his name is spelled Cervantes.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	クレイブ Crave	Possibly from clay
English, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian	Cervantis	Possibly from cervantite
Korean	크레이브 Crave	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	克雷布 Kèléibù	Transcription of his Japanese name