Welcome back to the Eldiw Region! This is entry number 40 in my Text Play of Pokémon Xenoverse!
Yes, 40 entries! I cannot believe I have gotten this far! I wish to thank everyone who has read and enjoyed these Text Plays. I hope you have had a lot of fun reading and enjoying these entries as I have had making them.
Last time, we started exploring Dorado Village, which is located in the heart of the Cluster Jungle. It's a nice peaceful little place.
(It's a magical place)
We had ended up in front of these two huts right here.
Yeah, them. After exploring them, we can head back down to the entrance area. If we do, we can go to the left. If we do so, we end up right here.
This dude here in the screenshot. You see him? You should talk to him. He'll gift you a Cupid Ball. He remarks that love allows a population to survive into the future. This ball makes it easier to capture Pokémon from the opposite gender of the Trainer. For example, if the Trainer is male, this will allow easier capture of female Pokémon. I can imagine breeders using these balls. Let's go up those stairs, shall we? If we do, we end up here.
If you talk to this dude, you get...a Pomeg Berry. They can make Pokemon friendlier, but the tradeoff is, their HP goes down. Yeah. Some tradeoff. But that's the Pokemon games for you. There is a balance. If we go up a little further, we find ourselves near this hut.
If we talk to the gentlemen right nearby, he says that Dorado Village is an archaeologist's dream. Evidently, this jungle must have tons of ruins, indicating that different civilizations called this jungle home over the centuries. That would be a fascinating bit of worldbuilding...
(Batman hmm)
Anyway, if we go inside the hut, we find a bunch of people inside.
If you talk to the native guy, he'll give you some Sacred Ash. This stuff is incredible. It revies all your Pokemon...and restores all their HP. This stuff is likely rather rare, and if that is the case, I can see why. The man in the pith hat says that he was so bummed over not being able to find a single fossil in the area that he didn't even notice this his Hystearic had evolved...presumably thanks that Leaf Stone he had found beforehand?
(facepalm)
Yeah, how do you not notice that?! A Pokémon evolving is not some subtle thing. They actually do change their appearances! Absent-mindedness is a funny thing, isn't it? Anyways, there's a third man in this building.
...I hope they give you a beating, Miguel. I really do. That would be hilarious to watch.
(popcorn)
After we leave this hut, we go further upwards. We'll find ourselves at this here crossroads.
Don't worry about the Item Box, we can't get to it. Yet. So, which way to go. Left or right? Well, let's ask this guy in the screenshot. Maybe he can recommend something. Sadly, when you do talk to him, he doesn't give any advice, but he does offer some flutes for sale. The flutes come in different colors, each with different effects:
- Blue: Awakens sleeping Pokemon.
- Yellow: Clears up a Pokemon's confusion.
- Red: Doesn't do anything but can be sold to certain people for lots of money.
- Black: Reduces wild Pokemon encounters.
- White: Increases wild Pokemon encounters.
I do find it hilarious these flutes appear to be one-use items. If you want to buy some flutes here, you can. As for the crossroads, I think we'll go to the left first.
I don't think you can catch any wild Pokemon in this grass patch. Which is kind of a shame. I mean, I remember in Sun/Moon, you could catch Pokemon in the grass patches in towns. And I think it would make perfect sense that in a village like this, you could see wild Pokemon wandering around. At the very least, we'd see some of the bird, insect, and rodent-themed Pokemon running around.
(I'm just saying)
We have a way down to that Item box we saw earlier. It contains an Iapapa Berry. It can restore the HP of a Pokemon, but if it hates the taste of it, it will end up confused. I have no idea how that works. If we keep going up and to the left, we'll find ourselves at the foot of a large ziggurat-like structure.
The native at the end there has a sick Kecleon. It has a fever, and more cowbell sadly is not going to help it. The native is hoping to get some ice to help cool it. If we find some ice, we'll have to remember this guy.
(remember this)
This place is the sanctuary of a Cardinal. We've met a Cardinal before: Nuphar's grandfather Abraham. If we go up to the top, the ground rumbles, and a native grumbles about a "liitle rascal" being at it again.
He and his comrade discover the "rascal" stole the Cardinal's H-Mineral. Wait, that sounds like the little HM substitute items we use in our PokeWES. And who is this "little rascal" behind this?
Yeah, it's Ruta. Remember him from the last entry? It turns out his father is Chua, the Cardinal of this Village. Chua spends a lot of time at the Shyleon Temple because of his Cardinal work, and Ruta is trying to get his attention. Does this guy not have a mom? Did she die? Did she dump them to go live with some rich guy? Why is there no mom here?
(what is going on)
Anyway, he spots me here as well. Kid, I hope your old man whups you. He admits that he was heading here as well. Makes sense, this place is likely his home, after all. He takes us somewhere else because he fears the guards will see us as an accomplice of his.
Yeah, let's hide out here in this corner! Nobody will catch you here, Ruta!
(seriously)
He asks us for our name. Might was well, he stuck us in this mess, after all. Anyway, his family situation is why he's closest to his Decidueye. Ruta has raised and trained this big owl from Rowlet-hood. I wonder how he got it? Did his dad give him the Rowlet after a trip to Alola?
(hmmm)
He offers to take us to the Cardinal to clear this mess up. That I appreciate. Let's take care of this now before it becomes a really big problem. He gives us the Kaiserium H, the mineral he stole. This is the game's equivalent of the Cut HM.
Yeah, I think the little punk is trying to frame us up. I so want to give this punk a beating. Ruta tells us he'll be waiting for us in the Cluster Jungle itself. Okay, I can give him a beating there. The Feraligatr that brought us here can take us there. And with that, he vanishes like he's some kind of jungle ninja. Ah well, nothing we can do about that now. Let's go back to the flute seller and go to the right. If you're wondering why we don't explore the inside of the temple, that's because we can't. We can't go in there. We'll likely have to find Chua first. Anyway, if we return to the flute seller and cross the bridge on the right, we end up here.
Hey, this must be the Village's Pokemon Center!
And it is!
*woo-hoo)
This is the workplace of the Village's Shaman, Patecatl. He uses ancient rituals to heal your Pokemon. He also has a Porygon Center, so if you want to make some changes to your team, make sure you have some money.
(money)
We should go to the forest, but first, I want to explore the Village some more. Let's start by heading back down to the main road. You should find yourself here.
The native man nearby (as shown in the screenshot) is the same man who gave us the in the last entry. Anyway, if we keep going to the left, we'll find ourselves here.
The natives blocking the passageway there tell us we can't pass until we pay our respects to the Cardinal. Basically, we can't go forward quite yet. It's a classic thing. I wonder how that works from an in-universe perspective. Do some try and fake it? I can imagine there are some more unscrupulous people that would try and con the guards like that.
(I'm just saying)
If we talk to the hiker nearby, he reveals that his family has been looking for an artifact that could grant incredible power for ages. He wants to know if we've heard of it. If you have no idea what he's talking about, don't feel bad. I have no idea either.
(shrug)
If we go upwards, we end up in front of this cave.
Welcome to the Historia Cave. I admit, at first glance, I thought the cave was carved out of an old, fossilized tree. But I think it's actually a gigantic rock. If you look on the right side of the screenshot, you can see an Item Box. It's behind a rock, but you can't use the Perseum H to smash it, nor can you use Herculeum H to move it.
(come on, man)
It drove me bonkers, too. WHY PLACE AN ITEM BOX WHERE YOU CAN'T GET TO IT?!
(rage)
Thankfully, you can.
(Huh)
See that large rock to the left of the Box? You can walk behind it.
Just like that. We can now get to the Box. It contains a Cosmic Ball. It makes it easier to catch Pokémon that use the Moon Stone to evolve. Like Clefairy, for example. Let's go inside, shall we?
If we talk to the native standing between the two big rocks, he welcomes us to the Historia Cave. His name is Foxil, and he tells us this cave is a grotto dedicated to ancient treasures. The valuables of the past. He knows a ritual that can bring the past back to life, a ritual that was passed down from his ancestors to him, and he presumably will pass this ritual to his children in the future. Basically, he knows how to revive ancient Pokemon from fossils. Must be one heck of a ritual. He would be honored to use the ritual to revive any ancient Pokemon fossils we have. I don't think we got any yet, but that's awful nice of him to do so. We'll have to remember this guy.
(remember this)
You may notice the entryway behind Foxil. Don't worry about it, we can't get to it. We may have to unlock or do something first. You may notice the ladder in the screenshot with the tribesman standing next to it. This ladder leads to an area in which valuable fossils are kept under guard. I can imagine that these fossils are exceptionally rare. There's nothing saying we can't take a look for ourselves, so let's do that.
Wow. It's like a museum.
(wow)
These displays show off various fossils from different regions throughout the Pokémon world. However, it's the fossil display in the northernmost wall that gets the most interest from me.
These fossils are unique to this region. From left to right, they are the Space Fossil (a blob of solid ink), the Mysterious Egg (an unhatched fossilized egg), and the Print Fossil (a handprint of a land-dwelling Pokemon). My eyes were caught by the big...painting? Relief? The image of the two Pokemon. I'm guessing these are what the fossils were originally when they were alive. One looks like an ancient ancestor of Tentacool, and the other looks like a mutant Teddiursa.
If we talk to the tribesman on the bottom of the screen, he gives us TM29: Psychic. And with that, I think we're seen all there is to see here. Let's go follow Ruta into the forest.
(Let's go)
We take the Feraligatr ferry into the entryway towards a deeper part of the Jungle. And of course, Ruta and his Decidueye are waiting for us.
Hey there, guys. Hope we haven't kept you waiting too long. Mainly because I want to meet the Cardinal...and see him hand Ruta his rear end.
(smirk)
Ruta notes that these guards should be at the doors of the Temple. I can imagine that there would be guards here to watch over anyone who wants to explore the Jungle or Trainers who want to catch some Pokemon for their collection. Anyway, the guards refuse to let us in, as we don't have the "master"'s permission. The guard who talks to us has glowing tattoos; unlike the other natives we've encountered in Dorado Village. Ruta demands that they let us through, as he's the Cardinal's son. But they will not budge. So that means we have to battle them.
(Sentinel) Tezca
1st Pokemon: Tropius (Lv. 42) - Defeated by Harrowk.
2nd Pokemon: Exeggutor (Lv. 42) - Defeated by Trishout.
Ruta thinks his dad may be in trouble and wants us to find him. They'll meet at the temple in the Jungle. And with that, let's go inside.
The jungle is rather beautiful, I must say. We have to battle that tribesman to go forward. And he's not happy to see us here.
(Sentinel) Ahuatzi
1st Pokemon: Bayleef (Lv. 42) - Defeated by Harrowk.
2nd Pokemon: Krokorok (Lv. 43) - Defeated by Pelipper.
If you try to talk to him afterwards, a box pops up saying that he fainted. Huh. Isn't that what happens to players when all their Pokemon are defeated? That's the first time I've seen that happen to an NPC in these games. So weird to see it from this end. I hope someone takes him to a Pokemon Center to get healed up, because the game won't let us do it.
(come on, man)
As we go upwards, we find there is a big dirt path that presumably is a safe path through this part of the jungle.
If we go to the right, as shown in the screenshot, there is a grass patch (where you can catch some wild Pokemon) and an Item Box. It contains a Rindo Berry. Rindo Berries weaken Grass-type attacks if they're super-effective against the Pokemon holding it. For example, if you have a Squirtle (Water-type) get hit with a Razor Leaf (A Grass-type attack) and it's holding this berry, the Razor Leaf won't hit as devastatingly hard as it's supposed to. If we go upwards on the path, we find it's blocked by these big trees.
Luckily, they're no problem, thanks to our new Kaiserium H!
(woo-hoo)
The holographic Scyther cuts these trees down like they are absolutely nothing! From there, we arrive at a crossroads.
Do we go to the left, or to the right?
Pokemon Obtained:
(Cluster Jungle)
- Tropius
- Arbok (encountered, didn't catch)
- Carnivine
- Hystearic (encountered, didn't catch)
