Stone family

Well played, Higan.

— Joseph Stone

Definitely to be confused with the Devon Corporation. The Stone family runs the show.
The Stone family is easily considered one of the most powerful families in the world, and has a family history that spans over 3,000 years. In it's history lies trickery, fraud, and bloodshed in a normally peaceful world, all to rise to the top.

Reputation

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For a long time, views of the family were mostly neutral, of in positive awe. People wanted to be like them, after all - though there were always those that despised them due to their wealth. After Joseph Stone's trial, public view of the family plummeted, as his actions had come to light. People began to boycott Devon, and some had trouble gaining sympathy for Steven despite admitting his father was harsh to him as well. Over time, things began to calm down a bit again, as Steven now held the reigns to Devon and was actively working to improve things.

Operations

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The family's main base of operations is the Devon Corporation, a massive company that primarily specializes in technology. The line of CEO's of the company has been the heir of the family for a long, long time, and the company is the family's primary source of income. While the heir mostly does up-top work, other siblings and members of the family have been known to also hold high positions in Devon.

Assets

The family is beyond wealthy, and is easily in the top five, if not the top most affluent family in the world. Their stone grip on modern industry has given them more money than anyone could ever imagine. With all this wealth, they have numerous assets around the world, from yachts, private jets, mcmansions, and yes, more rocks than you could imagine.
Before Joseph Stone's death, the family also had a dedicated hitman. That... counts, right?
Additionally, after Joseph's death, Steven inherited everything as the last living member of the family; he promptly donated the vast majority of his newly gained assets to others, and invested in Draconid studies in an attempt to recover artifacts previously lost.

History

In the beginning, the Stone family was one man: a shady Sootopolian merchant with big dreams. He had made a bit of a name for himself by trading and selling his latest inventions, trinkets, and valuable gemstones, and had direct ties to the king. The merchant found himself enamored by the Sootopolian princess, Sapphire; not because he loved her or anything, but because he wanted the fame, the power, and the money.
He considered himself lucky to have been able to go to the mainland on the same ship as her, but he quickly became resentful when he realized that the princess had fallen for the leader of a nearby group of people. He wanted to eliminate this new person at any cost, so after months of careful planning, he set the Sootopolian's tent city as well as the dense forest nearby on fire, pinning the blame on Emerald.
The plan succeeded, only somewhat. Emerald, despite her innocence, was sent to be executed, but the princess wouldn't let her take her partner's life without taking her own. With the princess now dead, the merchant pulled a lot of strings to get himself into a position of power, in which he succeeded.

Thousands of years go by, with the original merchant growing his family name into one of the richest and most powerful in history, continuing to invent technological advancements under a company founded and run by the family, the Devon Corporation. The family lived relatively conflict free, usually getting what they wanted with money. Though thousands of years later, the Stone family would encounter a very familiar face.
The year is 1960, and the Stone family currently consists of a father, a mother, and their 5 sons - the youngest of which being a 15 year old boy named Joseph Stone. Their father, the current patriarch of Devon, has been in heated argument with the lorekeeper family of Fallarbor town, as well as a small dedicated group of Draconids. Nearby Fallarbor, geologists discovered both a powerful geothermal heating source, as well as a possible large cavern - but weren't allowed to excavate or investigate further due to the Draconids having a historical right to the area. No amount of money would cause the elusive matriarch of the Draconids to budge, simply telling him to "fuck off". While the father wanted to keep things physically peaceful, the air between the two families was growing tense.
The father's sons, wanting to do their father's work for him, took a much less pacifistic route; threatening the lorekeeper family and vandalizing important locations in an attempt to draw the matriarch out - while the current lorekeeper claimed she was the 'matriarch', the sons knew she was bluffing and the true leader was somewhere, hidden. On a cold and dry November evening, the sons received a letter, telling them to come to a location in Fallarbor, promising negotiation. The letter was signed with a simple delta. The sons saw it as a change to escalate the situation, and brought not very legal weapons by the world's standards.
5 sons arrived at a lonely driveway, and the green-haired matriach appeared before them. What started as a tense conversation quickly turned into one of Hoenn's most ashamed incidents.
7 people were killed; 3 Draconids, including the matriarch and the lorekeeper's husband, as well as 4 of the sons, leaving Joseph as the only one left. The incident was entirely man-on-man and no pokemon were involved or harmed.

The event left Joseph with a burning hatred, and a thirst for revenge. After his father retired, he took Devon with a cold grip. Unlike his father, he always got his way. Underhand deals, bribery, blackmail, and assassinations were par for the course with him. He also begun funding Devon's secret and controversial use of infinity energy.
Joseph had a son, Steven, who he didn't particularly care for, but in his growing age, treated harshly in an attempt to create a viable heir.

But Joseph couldn't play his game forever - without his knowledge, Steven had teamed up with the current lorekeeper, Zinnia, as well as some others, and completely exposed Joseph for all the thing he'd done and brought him to justice.
While the family's reputation took a major hit from those events, Steven took over as the family leader, as he was technically the only one left. Steven vowed to better Devon from that point, and try to heal and help those his father had hurt.

Founding Date

1100 AP

Type

Family

Alternative Names

'Rich bastards' -Emmy at some point, probably

Leader

Steven Stone

Location

Rustboro city

Notable Members

• Joseph Stone