Taverna is a Bagon, later Salamence, from the regions north of Orre and Angela. He is a wild Pokémon that migrated from his homeland in the edges of the Rienna Sovereignty to Emisre and later to Isla Triángulo, where he would become the apex predator.

“Taverna” is the name the Pokémon gives himself.

Like all dragons, Taverna is basically a scaly cat: he likes to sleep, roams about with apparently nothing to do, and demands to be the center of attention. As the chiefest predator in Isla Triángulo, he is quick and loud to strike down direct threats, such as other flying Pokémon flying high in his territory, but is content to ignore even those Pokémon otherwise.

Taverna was born a wild Bagon in the Rienna Sovereignty near 3550 PE^{(~183 before Gen1)} .

For details of Taverna's early life before he acquired that name, check Taverna/Backstory.

Taverna arrived to Isla Triángulo at some point between 3670 PE^{(~63 before Gen1)} and 3680 while looking for a place he could make his territory. He fought off the various leading Pokémon in the area and established himself as the apex predator of the entire island, even though (just like Rayquaza after him) he barely did much more than take week-long naps and hunt around once a week.

Fate would be that sometime near 3720 PE^{(~13 before Gen1)} he would happen to meet Ibrina Madis and he would become one of her companions when she joined forces with underground agent "S" in their pursuit of Pokefutures agents. He took part in a large number of fights during the campaign against Pokefutures from 3728 to 3732, against all of Pokefutures agents, law enforcement agents and random Trainers. ( “The Guild of Rienna” N/A? )

After the events of Generation Ⅲ ( 3733 PE^{(~0 after Gen1)} ), Rayquaza migrated away from Sky Pillar (Hoenn) to Isla Triángulo as his resting spot. The legendary wyrm fell into what should have been a 8 years long slumber, with only a few days of preparation during which Taverna actually met it once, when Rayquaza was basking in the sunlight and Taverna had the great idea of try and pick a fight with him as a greeting. The result of the fight was not televised. ( A Good Year to Rawr )

Taverna joined the defense of Isla Triángulo when the Emisre government approached with the intention of capturing or killing Rayquaza in 3734 PE^{(~1 after Gen1)} , the first time Taverna would allow the human girl to ride him into battle. After that, when the wyrmking took to high atmosphere to fire upon the city of Mirtadenal, Taverna took Ibrina as a rider again to try and reach up to the dragon before it could fire, as did many Trainers joining in in the effort; but they were unable to do so in time and Rayquaza bombed the city with a charged Solar Beam that almost melted away one of Taverna's wings.

After the events of Generation Ⅴ, Taverna is back to living as an apex predator in the island, only taking “days off” to fly Ibrina over to Attara or Emisre for Gym business, and in at least one such occasion he actually participates in some fun and games with the Trainer and some of her colleagues as well as the Trainer's romantic interest ( Cuasi Legendario ).

Barring crippling injury, Taverna would live up to around 3850 PE, about a full century past the events of G1. It remains to be seen to further attempts to urbanize Isla Triángulo, if any.

As a wild Salamence with little in the way of instruction in Trainer styles of combat, Taverna's personal style can be considered to be quite simple: greet a threat with an Hyper Beam or a similar move, and if the threat won't back down after that, go down to it and make it back down by way of claws. He is largely a frontal attacker and can handle himself well in aerial chases and in general in spaces that have a lot of vertical focus.

Living in the wild Taverna developed his own unique move, Steam Blast (see below); unfortunately for him, Lugia separately developed the move before he did.

• (Dragon) Dragon Claw, Dragon Tail (note 1).
• (Normal) Body Slam, Hyper Beam, Scary Face.
• (Fire+Water?) The Steam Blast special move (TCG) (note 1).

(Note 1): These moves debuted in A Good Year to Rawr.

• Cuasi Legendario (debut; unnamed)
• A Good Year to Rawr (MC; canonically named)
• “Dogged Existences” N/A? (cameo)

• Cameoed in WAAPT's Hoenn Arc as the wild “Foreign!mence” that was battled fought Rayquaza and kidnapped Odette.

• Ichtacya
• Rienna Sovereignty