Laqua

Laqua (Japanese: ラクア Laqua) is an -exclusive location in the Pokémon world. It is a mysterious, Pokémon paradise told in fairytales and also the only place where the Laquium crystals can be found in.
==History==
===Pre-series===
At some point in the past, fairytales were told about Laqua, a legendary Pokémon paradise.
100 years prior to the events of the series, the Explorers Lucius, Gibeon, and Rystal, had the goal to reach the Pokémon paradise named Laqua. After a long journey, the trio reached the Laqua, a beautiful paradise where Legendary Pokémon lived peacefully. Wondering how such a prosperous environment was created, they explored further in and discovered some pink crystals known as Laquium, which stimulated the growth of the plants around it, so much actually that it started devastating the land. 
Lucius and Rystal then decided to leave Laqua, worried that the crystal could influence them. However, Gibeon disagreed and started using his to dig the crystals out, fascinated by their powers, but the crystals started to expand and spread its mist around, causing many wild Pokémon to go feral. Fearing they might bring the destruction of the world, Lucius called to his Six Heroes to stop it and even Gibeon's Zygarde tried to help. Gibeon fell into a crack created by the crystals, but Lucius and Rystal refused to give up: in response, Pagogo changed into its and passed some of its energy to the Six Heroes so all of them can seal the Laquium away inside a giant shield. Lucius remained trapped inside it, while Rystal was able to leave Laqua and raised their daughter on her own. 
After surviving his fall thanks to his Laquium shard, Gibeon reformed the Explorers to return to Laqua and take control of the Laquium there. 
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The Explorers's journey to Laqua inspired many legends of the "Ancient Adventurer" and his Six Heroes reaching a legendary "Pokémon paradise".
Laqua was first mentioned, albeit not by name, in The Future I Choose. It was part of the book Alex wrote about Lucius, describing it as a paradise sought by the Ancient Adventurer and his Pokémon, which they ultimately found and lived happily together in.
Laqua was briefly mentioned by Lucius in Fiery Galarian Moltres in a vision created by the unnamed Pokémon in Liko's pendant, comforting his before disappearing and leaving her wondering what it was. 
In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, Diana revealed that Laqua is the name of the paradise that Lucius was looking for and that at some point was with Lucius on this journey. It was implied that Terapagos may know where Laqua is located, as it jumped off the couch and headed towards the door after Liko mentioned the name, as if to go find it.
In Terapagos's Adventure, Terapagos expressed its desire to find Laqua. Liko, understanding its feelings, brought the idea up to the Rising Volt Tacklers. They agreed to embark on this mission, but in order to complete it, needed to seek out the rest of the Six Heroes, the six Pokémon that accompanied Lucius in his adventure.
In Lapras's Feelings for its Friends, it was revealed that Lucius's Pokémon made a promise with him to reunite again and that Lucius became one with Laqua. 
In Respective Departures, it was revealed that the Explorers' goal is also to find Laqua.
In The Treasure of Eternity, it was revealed that Gibeon wanted to go to Laqua in order to find more Laquium, mysterious crystals that produce a pink mist similar to the mist seen in 's vision. Additionaly, he told Amethio that Terapagos was the key to the paradise's gate and that he should seize it once it "awakens".
In The Terapagos I Don't Know, Raifort mentioned that she had read about Laqua in a history book. According to legends, it was 100 days and 100 nights away from Paldea and covered in shades of pink. Over time, it became a legend and fell into oblivion.
In HZ071, Liko explained to Briar that she wanted to know more about Terapagos because it was related to Lucius, the Six Heroes, and Laqua.
In HZ075, after Rystal was summoned at the Crystal Pool, she told the story of the original Explorers, including their last adventure in Laqua, to the Rising Volt Tacklers and Diana. After the end of the story, Friede asked her where Laqua is, though she didn't know since Lucius's Rayquaza was the one who took them there. However, Friede was determined that they could find it on their own.
In HZ081, Pagogo showed a flashback of Rystal and Lucius ready to find Laqua after forming the Six Heroes.
In HZ082, after Rayquaza joined the Rising Volt Tacklers and Pagogo regained all of its power, a flashback showed Lucius, Gibeon, and Rystal, along with their Pokémon, ready to enter Laqua. Afterwards, the group returned to the Brave Olivine and started following Rayquaza and Pagogo to the paradise.
In HZ083, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived at Kumuri Town as Rayquaza flew off to the top of the mountain. In HZ084, they asked for information around town and learned that after the Explorers split up, the sun was blotted out, but after it reappeared, a long-haired scholar was found and treated by the 's mother. After that, the group started making their way to Laqua, atop the mountain as Pagogo summoned each of the Six Heroes to aid them with the obstacles in their way.
== Geography ==
Laqua is a vast, beautiful land with a bountiful environment located at the top of Kumuri Mountain, which is known as the "place where heaven and earth meet", being so high up that it's full of clouds and rainbows. Such appearance gave it the title of "Pokémon paradise". It's full of large forests, rivers, and mountains. Due to the bountiful land of the paradise, it has become the home of many different , which includes even Legendary Pokémon, that use the paradise as a place to relax in. 
Deeper in the paradise, there's a much rougher area, full of gigantic, grayed out trees. According to Gibeon, this area flourished just as much as the others, but it seems that it had suddenly withered away. 
Even deeper, there's a gray, withered area, but to a much worse state than the previous forest. All plants there were completly grayed out and dead. At the very center of the area, there's a huge cluster of Laquium, special crystals that hold an astounding amount of energy. It's thanks to that energy that Laqua is so bountiful, however, further exposure to that energy can cause Pokémon to go feral and the plants to grow so much that they wither away. Due to Gibeon's meddling with the crystals, the Laquium started expanding out and spreading its mist all over Laqua, destroying its environment and driving Pokémon berserk. Thanks to the shield created by Pagogo and the Six Heroes, the spreading of the Laquium and its mist was stopped, saving Laqua from certain destruction. 
===Pokémon seen in Laqua===
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== In other languages ==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ラクア Laqua 	From 楽園 rakuen (paradise) and aqua (Latin for water)
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian,Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish	Laqua 	Same as its Japanese name
Korean 	라쿠아 Rakua 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese () 	拉庫雅 Lākùyǎ 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese () 	拉庫雅 Lāaifu'ngáh 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Arabic 	لاكوا Lakwa 	Transcription of its English name
Hebrew 	לאקווה Lakva 	Transcription of its English name
Russian 	Лакуа Lakua 	Transcription of its English name
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