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The **Sehto gym circuit** is rigged. | The **Sehto gym circuit** is rigged. | ||
- | Specifically, | + | Specifically, |
- | you're not going to win it. The entire idea of the gyms on the way to the last one is to discourage people | + | |
- | from even //trying// to get all the way through, and then they' | + | |
- | they' | + | |
- | Why would anyone want to play Sehto if they' | + | Why would anyone want to play Sehto if they' |
- | players. Not for the characters. :3 You're invited to compare this to | + | |
- | [[http:// | + | |
- | ===== Order ==== | + | ===== Order === |
- | The Sehto gym circuit does not inherently demand any particular order (other than [[place: | + | The Sehto gym circuit does not inherently demand any particular order (other than [[place: |
- | necessity being the last and denying anyone battle trying to tackle it first). Nonetheless, | + | |
- | traversed as follows: | + | |
===== #1: Njoty: Path Badge ===== | ===== #1: Njoty: Path Badge ===== | ||
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* **Place**: [[place: | * **Place**: [[place: | ||
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
- | Njoty' | + | Njoty' |
- | saw it unfold in earnest. As such, it has no particular lesson in mind for the Sehto-aspiring //I want to | + | |
- | be the very best// pokétrainer, | + | |
- | want to do that? Well, okay, have fun.//" | + | |
- | It's the only pokégym traditionally simply passed on from generation to generation, but that doesn' | + | It's the only pokégym traditionally simply passed on from generation to generation, but that doesn' |
- | the gymleaders from equally traditionally having better things to do than battling. Like all gymleaders, | + | |
- | they' | + | |
- | one bit, it's quite far removed from their point on the map and circuit, after all. | + | |
- | The Path Badge is a metallic, stylised dragonfly pin, its tail bent to the left only to end in a wicked | + | {{ : |
- | scorpion' | + | In most continuities, |
- | unexciting, almost dull. | + | |
+ | In others, it's taken on the black and yellow warning guise of a wasp, and its tail is additionally segmented, as in the image depicted here. | ||
===== #2: Nahla City: Dust Badge ===== | ===== #2: Nahla City: Dust Badge ===== | ||
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* **Place**: [[place: | * **Place**: [[place: | ||
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
- | Nahla City's pokégym is where it gets serious. If you've ever found yourself asking why rock pokémon don't | + | Nahla City's pokégym is where it gets serious. If you've ever found yourself asking why rock pokémon don't just crush the life out of other pokémon and call it a day during battles given their immense weight and sturdiness, this pokégym' |
- | just crush the life out of other pokémon and call it a day during battles given their immense weight and | + | |
- | sturdiness, this pokégym' | + | |
- | In short, expect to lose a pokémon here, unless you already know the lesson it exists to teach you, which | + | In short, expect to lose a pokémon here, unless you already know the lesson it exists to teach you, which is that pokémon battles occasionally result in //dead pokeymans// |
- | is that pokémon battles occasionally result in //dead pokeymans// | + | |
- | fainted pokémon from the battlefield //very quickly// to avoid more grinding to a pulp than is absolutely | + | |
- | necessary to win the fight. | + | |
- | If you're still serious about doing the gym circuit after this point, you are commonly considered insane | + | If you're still serious about doing the gym circuit after this point, you are commonly considered insane and fair game for what you're setting yourself up for. |
- | and fair game for what you're setting yourself up for. | + | |
- | The Dust Badge' | + | The pokégym |
+ | |||
+ | {{ :dust-badge.png? | ||
+ | The description of the Dust Badge as it was described in various continuities is a bit absent - pinkgothic hasn't really had the muse to log-dive for it. A real life version of the Dust Badge that's been used as a model for it ever since it was created is an earthy colour, with stalagmites and crystals growing from its base. | ||
===== #3: Nightclaw: Glint Badge ===== | ===== #3: Nightclaw: Glint Badge ===== | ||
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* **Place**: [[place: | * **Place**: [[place: | ||
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
- | Nightclaw' | + | Nightclaw' |
- | rigged against you. Specifically, | + | |
- | not lightbringing moves like //Flash// can be used, or whether they' | + | Nightclaw' |
- | loss, is plotline-specific. | + | |
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | The Glint Badge' | ||
===== #4: Pyu Ivvi: Feather Badge ===== | ===== #4: Pyu Ivvi: Feather Badge ===== | ||
- | * **Place**: [[place:Pyu Ivvi]] | + | * **Place**: [[place:Pyu Ivvi]]: [[place:Pyu Ivvi:Zubat Cove]] |
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
+ | |||
+ | Pyu Ivvi's pokégym is... different. While it's entirely possible to win by normal rules, almost all pokémon battles here are decided by Zubat impact - though despite the swarm of them that inhabit the cavern the gym is set into, that's not as trivial as it sounds, since they' | ||
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+ | Somewhat contrary to the feel of Sehto' | ||
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+ | Its involvement with Taqnateh is comparable to Nightclaw' | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | The Feather Badge' | ||
===== #5: Ehqaj City: Haze Badge ===== | ===== #5: Ehqaj City: Haze Badge ===== | ||
- | * **Place**: [[place: | + | * **Place**: [[place: |
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
- | The Haze Badge' | + | Ehqaj City's pokégym, huge aquarium aside, is quite a regular pokébattle, |
- | reflective low sphere set into its center, its hue lost somewhere between transparency and blue, like a | + | |
- | large, elaborate raindrop captured and frozen in time. | + | The pokégym of Ehqaj, like Njoty, is quite rarely run by people who've been through to Taqnateh. They' |
+ | |||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | Canonically, | ||
===== #6: Kzye City: Pyre Badge ===== | ===== #6: Kzye City: Pyre Badge ===== | ||
- | * **Place**: [[place: | + | * **Place**: [[place: |
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
- | The Pyre Badge is shaped like a stylised corona of a sun with a circular cut-out where the moon would be | + | Kzye City's pokégym is the gym circuit' |
- | during a solar eclipse, with an equally stylised lightning bolt spinning around its attached axis within. | + | |
+ | Depending on trainer reactions to the confiscation (which happens regardless of overall battle outcome), the gymleader may decide to give them back - the lesson is learnt either way, after all, so usually, only the smug and uncaring will not have their pokémon returned. | ||
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+ | Like the Nahla City gym, Kzye's is firmly in the hand of people who have been through Taqnateh. | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | Canonically, | ||
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+ | When pinkgothic was making badges in real life she took a completely different approach based on the fine detail that she didn't think she could sculpt a lightning bolt out of clay without it turning into a disaster. You're welcome to use that as a template, she's certainly happy with how it turned out. | ||
===== #7: Vale: Vale Badge ===== | ===== #7: Vale: Vale Badge ===== | ||
- | * **Place**: [[place: | + | * **Place**: [[place: |
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
+ | |||
+ | Vale offers a very environment-based pokébattle - the place has labyrinthine qualities. Other than that, though, it's a rather straight-forward pokémon battle, though the normal typing of many of Yarver' | ||
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+ | Marking the only reasonable way up to Taqnateh, Vale's gym is exclusively in the hands of people fiercely loyal to the cause. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | In most continuities, | ||
===== #8: Taqnateh: Astral Badge ===== | ===== #8: Taqnateh: Astral Badge ===== | ||
- | * **Place**: [[place: | + | * **Place**: [[place: |
* **Leader**: [[character: | * **Leader**: [[character: | ||
- | * **Specialisation**: | + | * **[[Types|Specialisation]]**: |
- | * **Rule preference**: | + | * **[[Pokégym rules|Rule preference]]**: |
+ | |||
+ | The Eighth gym battle is designed to be unbeatable. Jagdish ' | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | There used to be a description of the Astral Badge, but again, // | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jagdish is the undisputed leader of the gym circuit and all other gym leaders. He frequently receives support in the form of money and food from the closest friends he has in the circuit, something he rather relies on. His role as pokémon-chosen [[Arbiter]] makes any sort of act of mutiny doubly unlikely; but at the end of the day, most of the gymleaders think he's a pretty okay guy with some pretty okay ideas and deserves some support. | ||
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+ | ===== Gym Leaders ===== | ||
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+ | The current gym leaders rank from 'loyal supporters of the circuit' | ||
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+ | [[character: | ||
+ | [[character: | ||
+ | [[character: | ||
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+ | The timeline of gym leaders in recent years looks as follows: | ||
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+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | {{tag> |
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