Route 212

Instead of having Marcus simply fly me to Celestic town, I decide to travel on foot to train the team.

Trudging through the swamp in the heavy rain I spot a small shining object lodged in the muck. I eventually get close enough to pick it up. It’s a dawn stone.

- Oh Lennier, what’re you doing out of your pokeball?

Lennier stares at the dawn stone in my hand.

- You like it, huh?

Lennier snatches the stone from my hand and clutches it close to his chest. He’s evolving!

Lennier ♂ Lv. 30

- Uh… okay, then…

Continuing onwards I find an opportunity to recruit, a buizel. Pokeball go!

Buizel: It uhh… it has two tails?

- Welcome to the bench, Franklin!

Franklin ♂ Lv. 23

I’m still being pelted by heavy rainfall, rushing quickly through the route I eventually come across a mansion. The staff are kind enough to let me take shelter inside.

The owner, Mr. Backlot, tells me about the rare pokemon that like to visit his garden. He even lets me capture one if I can. After the rain stops I head out to the garden, a pichu appears! Pokeball go!

Pichu: It’s a baby pikachu, what else do you want?

- Welcome to the bench, Lochley!

Lochley ♀ Lv. 21

Route 210

Heading north-west on this route takes me through an area of tall grass infested with trainers who like to dress like ninjas. After dealing with them I continue west through the foggy highlands, battling an old veteran at the top gave Marcus just the push he needed to evolve!

Marcus ♂ Lv. 34

Celestic Town



It doesn’t take me long to find Cynthia’s grandmother, she’s guarding the town’s shrine.

What do you want, boy?

- I’m Caldar, Cynthia sent me. She wanted you to have this old charm.

Oh, I see! Hmm, this one is interesting… quite old indeed. It appears to represent one of the great makers!

Looking at the charm, it reminds me of a vivid nightmare I once had… and also the time I first came to Sinnoh. How did I get here? I thought the Doc’s machine still needed work or something…

- It looks familiar…

So, like my granddaughter, you’re a historian too?

- You could say that, yes.

Then you simply must see the ruins here in town, they’re quite something!

She takes me to a cave in the middle of town, inside is a stone chamber and on the opposite wall there is an image etched into it.

The image depicts 3 small figures, pokemon? They’re arranged in a triangle and surround some sort of shining orb.

The lake guardians Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf. They maintain the balance in Sinnoh.

Is that so? That makes so much sense to me now.

This guy?

- Where’d you come from?

So the only thing stopping me from creating my own universe are the lake guardians? This shall be easier than I first thought, I think I’ll celebrate by destroying this pathetic monument to the old world!

What? You can’t! You’re insane!

I think not, even now my Team Galactic are making preparations. I will erase this world and build my own, perfect, world in it’s place!

He’s zubat-crap crazy!

- So you're the boss of the galactic group? I’m afraid I’ll have to kick your ass now!

- Go Lennier!

Hah! Go Sneasel!

- Drain punch!

Ice punch!

Sneasel cracks Lennier across the jaw with a frosty fist. Lennier counters by burying his fist in sneasel’s gut and draining the life from it to heal his jaw.

Golbat, go!

- Psycho cut!

Wing attack!

Lennier swipes his arm at thin air, launching a narrow crescent wave of energy that strikes golbat in the face.

Go Murkrow!

- Lennier, return! Go Grace!

Drill peck!

Grace leaves her pokeball to be greeted by a spinning murkrow coming at her, beak first.

- Ice beam!

Drill peck!

Murkrow, still barrel rolling, drives it’s beak into Grace. Grace strikes murkrow with a blue-white ray, encasing it in a solid block of ice.

Hmph! You think you’ve won. Mark my words I’ll see you burn to ashes along with the rest of this stagnant world!

Cyrus runs out of the cave, when I make chase he’s gone by the time I make it outside too.

I see there is quite the potential in you, boy. You took care of that madman with ease! Here, you should be able to make good use of this.

She hands me a HM03.

- Thanks!

Oh, look who just arrived! Hello my dear.

Hi grandma! Who was that man just now?

- …

Oh, he was some madman. He claimed to be the boss of Team Galactic. Luckily Caldar here showed him what-for!

Team Galactic?! Those crazy weirdos who steal pokemon?

- uh..

Trying to monopolise on pokemon… do they know nothing of history? Too many people have tried, they always fail. Like the Plasmas of Unova…

Oh I’m glad you’re reading up on the history of other regions too, dear. You’re too young to remember them but I remember seeing them on the news for months! Their outfits are forever burned in my mind. They were so badly dressed, like Team Galactic. Some people never learn…

So, Caldar. What are you going to do next?

- Um..

Oh look, he’s gone all shy!

If you want to learn more, there’s a massive knowledge base in the library in Canalave City. They have books too if you prefer old stuff like that. Oh, there’s a pokemon gym in the city too if you’re still collecting the badges!