[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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Cities and towns 1 through 15

1. Trillium Town
Starting town! Base of Professor Mallorn's business empire. Nestled in the roots of the mountain.
Residents have carved out pastures to feed the Ponyta herds, tamed from Mt Molten's native wild herds.

2. Ginger Town
At the headwaters of Vapor Falls
Many trainers begin their journey here, so watch out for tourist traps and scams. Perhaps you can turn a predatory situation to your advantage?
A small market of Pokemon for sale, mostly water types.
Sports are big here, including Shuckleball!
Daycare center.

3. Wineberry Town
A small forest paradise.
The biggest, strongest, most unusual Bug pokemon can be found here.
The people of this town have learned to work with the Bugs rather than against them.

4. Corsage Port
On Murkrow Cove. Seat of all interregion/nautical trading. 
Professor Mallorn often has business here.
You'll see lots of Wailmer and Alomomola in the cove. Trainers use them to calm the whirlpools and waterfall rapids of the bay.

5. Stair City
The more modern capital of Creshire. As the name suggests, there are many staircases connecting the various plateaus of the city. 
Some are escalators. Some can be moved, swung into place by teams of Machop and pulley systems.
Very populated, lots of technology.
Home to the Department Store.

6. Cress City
The original capital of Creshire, and the oldest of its cities. 
Its said that the fjord to the south once extended all the way up to Cress City, where the original settlers landed and founded their empire.
To the north are the famed Skull Ruins barrow downs.
Many mythologists, traditional medics, mediums, etc.
Traditions are strong here.
Patrat and Furret dig little tunnels in Mt Sentry, and are held with reverence by the natives.

7. Liverwort
A little town nestled in the mountains of the Great Divide. 
A pocket of tundra forest before the savannah begins.
Rocky and prone to minor landslides. 
Its residents are said to be wise.
Pokemon here are skittish and strange forest Pokemon.

8. Teazel Valley
Home to a Safari Zone!
Tauros are bred here.

9. Elanor
Named for the little yellow flowers that grow here.
Associated with the legendary Pokemon Shaymin. 
Sunset is especially beautiful here, as they are the last to see the sun each day, where it sets over the distant ocean horizon with nothing impeding the view in all that distance.
They have a small Sunstone mine and therefore Bellossom and Sunflora.

10. Charring Cross
Legend says this town was once connected to Liverwort by subterranean tunnels, but no longer. 
You can find igneous rocks/minerals from Mt Molten that have slid or washed here: obsidian, pumice, glass. 
Many quaint craftsmen.
Men and women who can trace their ancestry to the ancient Cheshire nobility search the Great Divides for a Charmander during a coming of age ceremony.

11. Tumbleweed Town
In the heart of the Camas Desert. 
Militiamen and their ground Pokemon are trained here, benefiting from the harsh environs.
Access to Bromeliad Bay, for naval operations.
Bromeliad Bay is the deepest part of the coastline; with Dive, you can find some unique things!

12. Garlicburg
A tropics island with steep, forbidding cliffs, but sandy beaches above and below. 
There are no scheduled boat trips to this island.
Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, chives, horseradish - all the most pungent root vegetables grow here. 

13. Botanville
Home of Telperion University, "The Light of Creshire", an all outdoor university and Mallorn's alma mater.
Has a giant hedge maze.
One of the bigger towns but not quite large enough to qualify as a city.
Many historic districts in the residential part of town.
Solrock is their mascot, though not a native species.

14. Arrowroot Village
Can scarcely be called a village. 
Only recently obtained electricity, which they have to produce themselves via Pokemon (Mareep's electric wool, Skiddo in turbines or using Solarbeam).
Largest Gloom malaise in Creshire (a group of Oddish, Gloom, or Vileplume is called a "malaise.")

15. Forb City
In the Trientalis Caldera is the Pokemon League.
This volcano is long extinct, but the Magcargo are still present.
Home of the surviving Hall of Fame.
Technologically up to date: a vast supercomputer terminal at the Hall of Fame, all the latest Pokeballs, the best medicines, employing several Professors and academics. 
Leveled or hollowed peaks for the many simultaneous Pokemon battles.

Landmarks A through M

A. Mt. Molten
Active volcano

B. Mt. Sentry
Legendary peak from which you can see the entire region. Honeycombed with tunnels.
Home to Normal types and cave Pokemon.

C. Earthstar Forest
Home to fungi and forest pokemon, including Exeggutor. Very dark and moist.

D. Camas Desert
Very dry. Almost no water, but there is plant life/Pokemon life.
Heliolisk are known to live here, but rarely.

E. Bromeliad Bay
A very deep inlet with a nice beach.

F. Ballybunyan Savannah
As you approach the coast, less and less trees

G. Great River Greenbriar

H. Vapor Falls
Go down in a barrel!
Go up on a bikelift, like a chairlift for bikes!
Lots of hiking trails, Campers, Rangers, and guides.
One of the best places to see a Gyarados.

I. Chicory Lake
A lake the size of Lake Superior in America.
The littoral zone (where light penetrates) is teeming with life and choked with plants. The interior has bigger water Pokemon such as Seel and maybe even a Lapras or two.

J. the Great Divide
A mountain range that seperates northern Creshire mesas from southern plateau. Mostly inaccessible.

K. Fireweed Forest
Much brighter than Earthstar Forest.
Brightly colored foliage.
Lots of folk art within. 
Friendly Pokemon.

L. Borealis Road
Serves as a victory lap for trainers with 6 or more Creshire badges. You must take this to compete in the Pokemon League. The Championship Tournament participants can simply take the bikelift.
Winds through the mountains and deepest forests.
Powerful Pokemon, including Larvitar and family.

M. Hog Potato Swamp
A vast swamp, home to fleets of Quagsire, rare Mudkip, and many elusive swamp natives. 
Watch for carnivorous plant Pokemon.

N. Skull Ruins
Really it's closer to Mt. Sentry, flowing into it from the North and West sides.

The story so far

• The party meets at Professor Mallorn's lab in Trillium Town.
  
• Larry wanders into an Ekans nest and, together with Vincent and Ventus, the two Ekans are captured.
  
• Shiva and Nathan train with Nurse Joy.
  
• Vincent captures a wild Paras.
  
• The gang (excluding Shiva) is ambushed by a wild Mankey where no Pokemon usually are. Larry knocks it out and keeps it in a Temporary Ball, planning to find it a safe place to live. Nathan thinks he may have spotted an Absol up there? or was his mind playing tricks on him?
  
• On Route 01, Nathan finds a robot finger?
  
• Shiva obtains a copy of a Guidebook.
  
• Larry gets a spooky phone call from home..."Darkness" and "Dreams"... Turns out this is Larry's pet Zorua mimicking his mom for some reason.
  
• Ventus begins a habit of feeding fainted Pokemon to Ekans.
  
• Nathan is hunting an escaped Ponyta when he discovers a strange flower called Deyo. It grows near meteor craters, and several times they've spotted rare Pokemon nearby. Also, a survivalist makes glass flutes from ash here. Ventus HATES these flowers, connecting them to fae creatures, but Ralts is interested.
  
• Larry's rival and crush pays the group a visit.
  
• Professor Mallorn knows more about the Deyo.
  
• So does this Survivalist
  
• A Geodude begins following the party.
  
• The group joins up with an RV traveling Route 01.
  
• The group learns that Hidden Machines are truly legendary and hidden in Creshire.
  
• Nathan's battle against Zamboni, the Gym Leader!
  
  

Routes:
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