Ichi Plains Region: Uncompahgre Basin

 

Uncompahgre Basin

In the northwest, the mountains descend suddenly and dramatically to a flat expanse just above sea level as if the earth had been scraped away by terrible force. This land is touched by G_d and the full spectrum of Ways dwell here in balance. Ground, Rock, Water, Grass, Bug, and all others thrive here. Settlers debate whether the many ways are truly balanced, or if the old ways of exalting Nature have caused the plenty.

In the Fall, mighty storms struggle to climb the peaks of the Wystone Mountains and their sweat is poured upon the land of the basin as they toil. In the Spring, the mountains themselves cry out for reprieve from the weight of the snow they bear. Their nurturing tears are carried through the basin by the mighty Gunnison River.

Cingo 

The oldest city in the entirety of the Ichi Plains is nestled in the Uncompahgre Basin. At its founding, the city served as a port and waystation for small boats traveling upstream on the Gunnison River. Now a large canal allows shipping up and down the river in earnest and many buildings are supported by piles. 

Starters

Professor Belle makes her home here studying the connection between Flying and Water. She provides these types of mon she hatches or catches from her boat Intrepid.

• Jellobe, the Deep Thinker Legamon (Water). Evolves into Zoalobe. A globule of transparent aqua jelly with a pink brain visible inside. It elevates itself and walks around on five stubby tendrils of the same gel. The brain is small, but its many wrinkles reveal that it's highly intelligent.

• Daggird, the stealthy bird Legamon. (Flying) Evolves to Robjay or Sabird. Daggird are nearly impossible to see at night. They use this to their advantage and are nocturnal hunters., Preferring to stab their target unawares.

• Gatoray, the snapping legamon (Water). Evolves into Alliquatic. The shores of creeks, rivers, and lakes are made dangerous by these invasive legamon. Gatoray will quickly take their place at the top of a local food chain due to their voracious appetite and ability to eat almost anything.

Gym

• Renowned in the Indego League, Mo Fen seeks to perfect her martial style after training under the Elite Four’s Bruno.

• Tournaments are held at the end of each season.

• She has brought legamon with fighting spirit from regions far a wide.

• The winner receives the CRUSHING WAVE BADGE, granting a trainer a Knack for smashing boulders.

Battle

• Sailors on the docs are always looking for trade or to try out their mon from far away.

• Under the docks, urchins test their mettle against the beach dwelling mon in fisticuffs.

• The Cliffside Academy has an after school club for battles. Private schoolers only, but you can battle wealthy kids if you can get in!

Buy

• Passage upriver, along the coast, or out to sea may be bartered for.

• Headbands inscribed with VIRTUE, MASTERY, EMPTINESS are sold at the gym.

• Exotic foods shipped from overseas are a rare treat!

• Vendors sell pinwheels of all colors, a joy for wind based legamon.

Trouble

• The docks are no place for children at night. All manner of “goods and services” can be found here.

• The adults-only night at the dance hall occasionally ends with brawl, and some say black-clad figures have been seen!

Cimarron

Grapes and melon and peppers languish on vine and honey drips fast from the comb. Cimarron is a cornucopia and humans and legamon live easily even as they work the land side by side. The Concordiants hold mass in cleared circles of crop.

Starters

Once the grass and bug type legamon raised at Cornucopia Gardens reach maturity, they are offered to young trainers as a religious gesture of faith and good will. “Plant your seed, water it, watch it grow.”

• Angrape, the cute fruit legamon. (Grass), Evolves into Grumplant. Angrape hate being plucked off of trees, a frequent occurrence. Most react to their rage with smiles and "aww", causing further frustration.

• Klissilk, the Silk Larva Legamon (Bug).  Evolves into Nulluna or Lushina. This legamon is a small crawling thing that leaves a soft bright trail wherever it goes. One end has its face, the other end has an identical pattern to confuse predators – and researchers, who thought it had two heads until very recently.

• Sproutly, the young leaf legamon. (Grass) Evolves into Lillipod. Sproutly grow in all climes and seem to thrive everywhere there is adequate rainfall. Their fruit is often collected and used for medicinal purposes.

Gym

The Shadow Grove rests in a crack beneath the richest fields of nectar and honey. Crop residue, worms, and decay slide down and fester in the lowest point of the basin. It is the fertile womb of death which gives life to the fields above.

• Deep within the cavern grow potent psychedelic fungi, tended to by a colony of ant-like Cordycol. 

• Some say the very shadow of death lurks in the shadows.

• Any trainer brave enough to ingest the fungus and escape is granted the HORN OF PLENTY BADGE at the botanical garden. This badge grants legamon 1 free save vs poison per battle and trainers a Knack for fear.

Battle

• Lady Bryony runs a botanical garden with her sister Cassia. Subtlety and teamwork are their specialties.

• Master Bellona runs the farm and gardens and they always need a hand. Legamon are free to roam the gardens and humans help with feed and pollination.

Buy

• Fertilizer, jalapenos, yummy juice etc!

• Jalapenos

• Yummy Juice

• Training Manuals for Cut (100c), Spray (200c), Ignite (300c), Antivenom (400c)..

Totem

In an odd corner of Cimarron there rests an old totem, left by someone who came before. They call it Mogwai, the first mover. Lick the totem for his blessing.

• Demands fruit to be planted before each meal and poison to go untreated once affected.

• Grants your legamon the first move in battle. You also gain strength enough to carry 3 more items in your inventory.

• To regain favor, release a grass type legamon and poison a fire type legamon.

• Mogwai’s wrath is said to increases poison’s effect and shadows cause ill luck.

Trouble

• Broxibo the Wagon King campaigns endlessly for his brother's mayoral bid.  If you help him scare voters away from the polls, he will give you knowledge of secret and forbidden roads.

• Each new moon, botanists note that flowers grow dramatically overnight, and mere buds sprout into flowers then fruit. What could be happening?

• Rumbles past the edge of the field are heard in the dead of night during the new moon. Some say it is the rumble of “machinery” and belching monsters of metal have been seen, but these are just stories.

Gunnison

On abandoned battlements, the howl of the wind mingles with spectral cries. Lost in battles long forgotten, widows and widower mourn for love to return. Among the ruins, mediums and mystics work to lay the dead to rest. 

Battle

• A small military outpost remains in the area. They are known to practice with trainers and are eager to trade equipment for contraband

• Spirits haunt the graveyard, but most trainers think they are legamon!

Buy

• A medium named Baga will sell her services to commune with the dead, lay a curse, ward against a curse, or sell a dreamcatcher.

• A settlement rests in the shadow of the old fort. There, a theater troupe performs haunting soliloquies and interpretive dances to honor the dead. Tickets are cheap.

• Training Manual for Bannish (200c), Intangible (300c)

Trouble

• Those cloaked in black lurk in the shadows, not all are ghosts. 

• Spirits haunt the hills around the old Fort Gunnison. More than one ambitious trainer has appeared a week after setting out into the woods with little memory and gray hair.