Sootopolis City

Sootopolis City (Japanese: Rune City) is a city located to the east of the Hoenn mainland.
Sootopolis City plays a major part in the , as it is the location where the has their encounter with the Legendary Pokémon or , and obtain their final Badge.
Sootopolis City has a fantastic nighttime view, with stars peering in through the top of the crater.
In the games, Sootopolis City can only be reached by diving through , or by ing or soaring. Sootopolis is surrounded by .
During the story, after and/or is awakened, the weather in Sootopolis is temporarily changed to harsh sunlight/extremely harsh sunlight, rain/heavy rain, or abnormal weather. The weather returns to normal once the crisis is over.
==Slogan==
The mystical city where history slumbers. (Japanese: The mystical city where history slumbers.)
==History==
Sootopolis City is located inside of a giant crater.
In , the crater is that of an underwater volcano which erupted and forced itself out of the sea many years ago, eventually filling with rainwater, also known as a .
In , the crater was formed by a giant meteorite impact into the ocean of the Hoenn region a thousand years ago, eventually filling with rainwater. People soon began to dwell in the crater for its warm, fresh water and a city soon came forth. The great tree in front of the Cave of Origin was received from AZ when he visited from the Kalos region. The seal on Sky Pillar can also only be opened by a descendant of the ancient Sootopolitans.
To navigate the city, people have to climb many flights of stairs and under the sea. This causes many of the locals to get into good shape.
==Role==
===Delta Episode===
During the Delta Episode, after has informed Wallace of the plan to enter the Sky Pillar, Wallace is outside the Cave of Origin talking to the guard about the great tree. He invites the player to follow him to the Sky Pillar's entrance on , then leaves.
==Places of interest==
===Cave of Origin===
The Cave of Origin is located in Sootopolis City. Inside, the player can meet either , , or Wallace wondering about 's whereabouts.
===Competitive brothers===
In the house northeast of the Pokémon Center, there are two brothers who are arguing over two different species of Pokémon. The younger brother is a , while the older brother is a . In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, the younger brother prefers and the older brother prefers . In Pokémon Emerald, the younger brother prefers and the older brother prefers .
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the brothers are arguing over the sizes of their favorite Pokémon. If a brother is shown a Pokémon of the species he prefers, he will calculate its size and give the player an Elixir if it is larger than any he has seen before. The initial record is held by Marco, and is the average height of the species being argued over, which is 15.7 in (40.0 cm) in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and 19.6 in (50.0 cm) in Pokémon Emerald.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the brothers are arguing over the cuteness of their favorite Pokémon. If a brother is shown a Pokémon of the species he prefers with an Affection of at least level 4, he will give the player a Max Elixir. Unlike the Generation III games, each brother will only give away an item once.
===Sootopolis Gym===
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, Wallace is the Gym Leader in this city. He uses Pokémon, and is the one who hands out the .
In Pokémon Emerald, Wallace is the former Gym Leader, with his former mentor Juan resuming the role due to Wallace moving on to become .
===Move Tutor===
In , inside the Pokémon Center there is a trainer who will teach a compatible Pokémon one time only.
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, in the northeastern part of Sootopolis City there is a house with an elderly gentleman within it. If the player talks to him with a Pokémon with high friendship, he will offer to teach it .
===Backdoor house===
In Pokémon Emerald, the recurring house with a blocked back door appears southeast of the Pokémon Center, succeeding its appearances in Mossdeep City and . As in , its intended interactions with the e-Reader go unused in all versions of the game. The peripheral was exclusively used for Trainer Hill in Japanese version and its functionality was removed internationally.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire===
In , the population of Sootopolis City is 39. This is a middling population in Hoenn, despite its near isolation from the rest of the region.
===Pokémon Emerald===
In Pokémon Emerald, the population of Sootopolis City is 43.
===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Sootopolis City has a total population of 42.
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
===Berries from Kiri===
Kiri will give the player two Berries each day. Kiri is not present while / is causing abnormal weather in Sootopolis City. She will not give out Berries while and battle, or immediately after appears.
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, she gives one Berry from among the Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, Tamato, Cornn, Magost, Rabuta, or Nomel Berries; and the other from the Figy or Iapapa specimens. 
==Pokémon==
===Generation III===
No surfing Pokémon can appear during the battle between and .
===Generation VI===
==Appearance==
Game 	Surface	Underwater
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	  	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	ルネシティ 	Sootopolis City 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Underwater 	ダイビング 	Dive 	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
 	Above land 	ルネシティ 	Sootopolis City 	Go Ichinose 	Shota Kageyama
 	After battling Groudon/Kyogre	共存 	Coexistence 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , the volcano Sootopolis City is built upon opens up at one side, giving access to .
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After leaving Izabe Island, and arrived in Sootopolis City in The Great Eight Fate!, with Ash hoping to earn his final Hoenn League Badge from the local Gym Leader so that he could enter Hoenn's Pokémon League Conference.
Upon arriving, the group learned of an event at the local amphitheater, where they saw Juan, the Sootopolis Gym Leader, putting up a captivating display with his Pokémon. interrupted the festivities and attempted to steal Juan's Pokémon, but were quickly dispatched of by his . After the incident, Juan and Ash's group boarded a boat to the Sootopolis Gym. Along the way, Juan revealed that in addition to being a Gym Leader, he was also a Top Coordinator, explaining the beauty of his earlier performance.
At the Sootopolis Gym, Ash learned that the Gym challenge would consist of a Double Battle followed by a Single Battle, with the Gym's battlefield being changed between rounds. Ash succeeded in defeating Juan's and to clear the Double Battle round, moving him on to the Single Battle round. The battle continued in Eight Ain't Enough! and eventually ended in Ash's victory, earning him the and qualifying him for the Ever Grande Conference. Juan also informed the group of an upcoming Pokémon Contest in Pacifidlog Town, which was eager to participate in, so the group decided to visit there before they'd head to Ever Grande City.
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In Our Cup Runneth Over!, Wallace was mentioned to have been the Sootopolis Gym Leader before he became the of Hoenn. After being replaced as the reigning Champion by sometime prior to Mega Evolution Special II, Wallace returned to being the Sootopolis Gym Leader, as shown in Reuniting for the First Time!, where he battled Ash in Lilycove City and rewarded him with a second Rain Badge after losing to him.
====Gallery====
Sootopolis Amphitheatre	
 	
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Sootopolis City was first mentioned in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt! I, where Mr. Briney mentioned how his , Whisko, had sensed multiple earthquakes happening in Sootopolis.
After Team Aqua and Team Magma awakened and at the Seafloor Cavern, the two Legendary Pokémon confronted each other in Sootopolis City in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XII, where they began a fierce battle with each other. In order to prevent the immense energy resulted by the battle from going out of control, , Wallace, and the Elite Four used the ' to contain the energy in Sootopolis City. Due to the containment field created by the giants covering the city everywhere above it, the excess energy from the battle was forced downwards, causing the entire city to rise into the air. In It All Ends Now IV, the battle was stopped by and , bringing the city back down to its proper place.
However, as Groudon and Kyogre headed to their sleeping grounds, it turned out that the stress of controlling the legendary giants had caused Steven to die, while the same soon also happened to Norman, due to him having controlled Rayquaza, causing the Legendary Pokémon to escape. In It All Ends Now V, Archie and Maxie emerged from the Cave of Origin and stole the Red and Blue Orbs from Ruby, intending to restart the crisis. In It All Ends Now VI, Wallace, who had recently inherited Steven's title, arrived to fight Archie and Maxie, but he was forced to surrender when they took Winona, his beloved, as a hostage. In It All Ends Now VIII, Ruby and Sapphire started battling against the , who soon decided to retreat. The Trick Master, along with and , was able to stop them from escaping, after which Ruby used his previously unrevealed sixth Pokémon, , to swipe the Orbs and destroy them. Celebi subsequently transported Ruby and Sapphire to a slightly alternate future, reviving those who had died during the final battle.
After peace had returned to Hoenn, was seen picking up the shattered remains of the Orbs while accompanied by his three new underlings, revealing that the formed gemstones were, in fact, the Orbs' , which he intended to use in .
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In Beedrill Prepares, it was revealed that Blaise had witnessed Giovanni and his underlings picking up the remains of the Orbs, but he had been paralyzed by fear in Giovanni's presence, preventing him from doing anything until he had left.
In PS615, Zinnia was taken to Sootopolis after Rayquaza rejected her offer to join her in order to destroy the meteoroid headed for Hoenn. This rejection almost caused Zinnia to lose all hope, but managed to convince her to work alongside Mr. Stone and Steven for a solution to avert the impending apocalypse. Eventually a plan was devised, which involved the Hoenn Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Frontier Brains, as well as the Draconids, , and , all standing by at Sootopolis to launch a combined attack towards the meteoroid, while Ruby and would ride Rayquaza into space to strike the meteoroid directly with . The plan was executed successfully, saving the Hoenn region from yet another disaster, despite the unexpected emergence of a from within the meteoroid upon its destruction. Upon Deoxys's emergence, Giovanni, who had come to Sootopolis to help stop the meteoroid, identified the Deoxys as , a specimen that Team Rocket had previously disposed of after it had outlived its usefulness to them.
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards related to mentioning or featuring Sootopolis City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Merchandise==
Sootopolis City made an appearance in the Ride with Latias and Latios line, drawn by Sanosuke Sakuma.Sakuma confirming she did the artwork for the Ride with Latias and Latios line.
==Trivia==
* Kiri was named after Junichi Masuda's daughter, born right before the Japanese release of .Director's Column (Japanese)
* In the flower patch next to the big tree AZ gave, there is a flower in the patch that is the same design as the flower on the Eternal Flower , the Floette that befriended AZ in the storyline.
* This is the only city in the Pokémon world which requires the use of in order to be reached for the first time.
* There is on one of the rocks in .
* In , the received from Kobe at Rustboro City is exactly 0.01 meters larger than the size requirement for the Elixir.
* In , the initial record holder's Trainer is named Marco. This is likely based on "," a Greek prefix that means large.
===Origin===
Sootopolis City appears to be based on the of , also known as Thera.
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ルネシティ Rune City 	Possibly from 流 ru (flow), 瑠璃色 ruri-iro ( blue), and 涅 ne (underwater black soil traditionally used as dye)
English 	Sootopolis City 	From and (Greek for city)
German 	Xeneroville 	From xeno- (foreign), cenere (Italian for ash), nero (Italian for black), and the town suffix -ville
Spanish 	Arrecípolis 	From arrecife (coral reef) and polis (Greek for city)
French 	Atalanopolis 	From Atlantide () and polis (Greek for city)
Italian 	Ceneride 	From cenere (ash) and Atlantide (Atlantis)
Korean 	루네시티 Rune City 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Korean 	루네도시 Rune Dosi 	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese () 	琉璃市 Liúlí Shì 	From 琉璃 liúlí / làuhlèih (colored glaze; transparent blue gemstone associated with lapis lazuli)
Chinese () 	琉璃市 Làuhlèih Síh 	From 琉璃 liúlí / làuhlèih (colored glaze; transparent blue gemstone associated with lapis lazuli)
Polish 	Sootopolis 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Sootopolis	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Rune 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
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