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The Land of Iron: Pokemon AU

While the rest of the world may enjoy a plethora of fair and foul weather, the Land of Iron remains a constant; the icy landscape having become a veritable breeding ground for some of the most powerful Pokemon Trainers in the world. Aside from their dogged Gym Leaders and top notch Elite Four, they are also the only participating country in the March of Valor; a gauntlet of Pokemon Battles where a Trainer must fight with their team, one Trainer after the next, until the entire team has fainted.

Will you forge a stronger destiny here?

The First Gym: Tokeru Town

The Ground-Type Gym rests in the gateway of the Land of Iron, and the area is about as warm as the Land of Iron could possibly get for being trapped in eternal winter. Urakaku is its Gym Leader, the staunchly stubborn samurai governor of Tokeru Town and guardian to the gates. In fact, outsiders to the Land of Iron may not participate in the Gym Challenge without his permission, and later admission, to his Gym. Urakaku’s partner Pokemon Gastrodon also helps the samurai in protecting and continuing the farming community surrounding Tokeru Town.

Second Gym: Kariudo Village

A small town in the high forests where the road splits towards the East and West, Kariudo Village is a prolific ground for hunters of Pokemon. With some of the biggest variety of Pokemon types in their Black Forest, a wanderer will have nothing but luck whether they proceed East or West in finding new partners. The Dark Type Gym, resting in the depths of its sacred ground to Hoori, the God of the Hunt. The Gym Leader Hohohemi is not only a master collector of all types of rare Pokemon, but also a devious strategist and Trainer. With his wily Mightyena at his side, he’ll hunt down any quarry.

Third Gym: Iwahachi Town

To the East, where the mountains become steep and mining becomes more commonplace, you’ll find a rocky village built in the mountainside in the remains of old mines. Though rough on the outside, within lies an artful community dedicated to the mining of precious iron, the country’s namesake, and has many beautiful rock gardens. The Rock Type Gym, run by the elderly Kenshin, is a test of time. Laying in the center of the mountain, battered by an icy waterfall, Kenshin earns his endurance throughout the ages with his partner Stonjourner. If the weight is too heavy to bear, Kenshin may be more than you can handle!

Fourth Gym: The Iron Capital

The bustling Capital is the largest city in the Land of Iron, home of the daimyo and the illustrous Fighting-Type Gym. If you don’t get swept up shopping, you can tour the Iron Daimyo’s glorious palace, and even join in friendly duels for his amusement. The Daimyo pays well for energetic battles and many samurai Trainers set out to impress him. Harder to impress than even the daimyo, is the Fighting Gym Leader Otomo. Known as the Dragon Fist, this boiling pot of power and fury has sent many Gym Challenge hopefuls scrambling for cover. When his beloved partner Urshifu faces you, you’ll feel the Dragon’s rage!

Fifth Gym: Furin Village

A small, quiet village in the West, it sits atop a beautiful snow capped mountain range, and has some of the best views in the Land of Iron. It’s also no easy climb for those wishing to challenge the Normal-Type Gym, as the mountain is dangerous steep and swarming with aggressive Flying Pokemon who will swoop in out of nowhere. Gym Leader Masamune, the quiet, collected master Trainer, is reported to know all the secrets to maximizing even the weakest Pokemon’s full potential. Though Normal-Type Pokemon often pale in comparison to others, his powerful partner Staraptor is no laughing matter.

Sixth Gym: Sei-an City

A beautiful holiday getaway for the Land of Iron, Sei-an City rests atop a large lake, and is the home of many artisans. The home of the revered Ice Gym, Seian is easy to approach on foot, as the lake is frozen almost year round. Though you will have not trouble getting to the city, or finding fun souvenirs and artistic trinkets, you will be less capable of getting past Gym Leader Okisuke. The Gym Leader is known as the biggest obstacle for those wishing to continue travel in the West, and with a powerful Pokemon like Glaceon at his side, it’s no wonder. He’ll freeze you solid!

Seventh Gym: Kiken Heights

So close to the end you can see the Elite Four from its ice-tipped towers, Kiken Heights is a military town and complex with building so tall they have to be bolted to the mountains to keep them from swaying in the icy wind. The home of the Flying-Type Gym, Kiken Heights has tested the mettle of many samurai Trainers with a fear of falling. The only women in the Gym Challenge, twin Gym Leaders Tsumichiko and Jumichiko await at the tallest twin towers and duel their opponents from a distant pedastal in the sky. Each of their beloved Oricorio will leave you battered and speechless, and maybe with more than your fair share of vertigo!

Eight Gym: Tatomi Village

Despite being the home of the last Gym before the Elite Four, Tatomi Village is naught but a simple woodcutting village with thick forests and beautiful serenity and peace. This is less a place for adventure than it is for settling down after a long journey, but resist the urge to rest your heels for long. General Mifune, the Steel-Type Gym Leader and one of the strongest Trainers in the Land of Iron, awaits as both teacher and master to all who challenge him. Having taught and groomed several other Gym Leaders before, he and his Bisharp have stood the test of time again and again, and their defeat is an admission to one of the highest honors available.

Elite Four:

The Iron Road is one of the most brutal landscapes in the country, not only peppered with Trainers hoping to make it up the summit of the Mountain of Three Wolves, but also with icy slopes that will send any overly confident trainer sliding back to the beginning. And even then you must reckon with the mountain’s guardian, a powerful Pokemon that is said to be the guardian deity of the Land of Iron.

Elite Four Kusanagi: Grass Type

In his chamber, beset by large fresh pines, Kusanagi awaits as the Grass-Pokemon Master of the Elite Four. A woodcutter and natural conservationist of the Land of Iron, he has worked diligently to preserve the land’s natural beauty and wildlife through his conservation efforts. His Chesnaught has been with him since he was a boy, and makes him no walk in the park.

Elite Four Murasame: Poison Type

Though he has a scary face and a room full of incense burners surrounded by a pit of liquid tar, Murasame is shockingly casual, and a former incense merchant who ended up going on a Pokemon journey of his own. Though he gets a bad rep for his Pokemon Type, he claims that within every poison is an antidote, a medicine, and he has no regrets. Neither should he, his partner Nidoking will shut down any offenses against him in rapid time.

Elite Four Kawako: Water Type

While the room is flooded by crisp, clean spring water, it is also surrounded by ice, the melting glaciers. The refined, quiet Kawako rests here as mistress of the Water-Type Pokemon, a former resident of Sei-an City and an elegant dancing master as well. Though the land is perpetually covered in ice and snow, Kawako reminds the world of the purity of their water, and of their bond to the earth. Indeed, for her Politoed is not just a water conservationist, but a wily Pokemon to beat.

Elite Four Narukami: Electric Type

A ground impaled with swords is a dangerous place to play when a lightning storm brews above. With the room occasionally lit up with violent lightning, it’s no wonder Narukami’s challenge is one of the most gripping and unnerving ones to date. A fierce warrior and trainer, Narukami cares for nothing more than strength and improvement through training. And few are ready to disagree with his outlook. His partner Luxray has silenced more than its fair share of Trainers who thought they could cross him.

The March of Valor:

To those who have challenged the Elite Four, win or lose, they earn a place in the March of Valor. Arguably it’s the most difficult challenge in the world; competitors fight in a gauntlet of battles with their full team and limited healing items until at last each one is defeated. Though the fighting seems to go one forever, the challenge ends when a Trainer manages to defeat 100 challengers in a row, to which they receive the highest honor and decoration to any Pokemon warrior there is.

With the medal presented upon beating the March of Valor, a Trainer may visit any place he or she pleases in the Land of Iron, even into restricted areas containing the nesting grounds of dangerous Pokemon.

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