Chommo

Chommo (Japanese: Chommo) is a region in EarthBound. It is geographically located south of Foggyland and southeast of Eagleland. Chommo is the last region Ness and his friends visit in the game. It is the home region of Prince Poo. Dalaam and Scaraba are located in the Chommo region.
==Geography==
Chommo is the eastmost region in the world of EarthBound. The region is mostly mountains and desert, while having a dark swamp in the southmost part. Being a mountainous and desert region, Chommo does not have many civilized cities and towns. The only cities that appeared in EarthBound in Chommo are Dalaam and Scaraba. Dalaam is located high in the mountains and is where Prince Poo lives. Scaraba is the desert part of the region. To the south of Scaraba is a large desert with many pyramids. Across a body of water is a dark swamp known as Deep Darkness, the darkness is very thick and requires the Hawk Eye to navigate. It is thought that because Deep Darkness, and by extension Tenda Village, is part of Chommo, the Lost Underworld could be part of Chommo by extension, however this is unconfirmed.
The real-world counterpart to Chommo is the continent of , however Scaraba's inclusion implies it to also extend to Northern Africa. Dalaam's geographical location matches that of Famitsu Weekly, 8/12/1994 while the architecture draws inspiration from the and , in terms of the latter the most notable being the elephant statues outside of Poo's palace. Scaraba shares resemblance, geographical features, and history to that of Africa or the Middle East, the southern portion is based off of , with the pyramids and The Sphinx being based off of their real-life counterparts. Deep Darkness appears to be based off of southeast Asia based on its swampy climate, and also the inclusion of the Demonic Petunia, which in Japan is named Devil Rafflesia, as the is a plant that grows in southeast Asia.
==Locations==
Chommo is seperated into three areas: Dalaam, Scaraba, and Deep Darkness.
Map	Area 	Description
 	Dalaam 	Dalaam is located in the far east of Chommo and the world of EarthBound. Dalaam is situated high up in the mountains which extend above the clouds, it is a small, rural town compared to others. Dalaam is the home of Poo, one of Ness's party members, who is also the prince of Dalaam. One of the sanctuaries is also located in here.
 	Scaraba 	Scaraba is a large desert located south of FoggyLand, and most likely west of Dalaam. North of Scaraba is a small town while south is a group of pyramids. The southern most pyramid (known as "The Pyramid") holds the Hawk Eye item, which is vital to get through Deep Darkness. The Pyramid is also the only way of getting to the southern half of the desert where Dungeon Man resides.
 	Deep Darkness	Deep Darkness is a swamp located near Scaraba, which is accessed by taking a yellow submarine found inside Dungeon Man. It is very dark here, to where the only way to navigate through it is with the Hawk Eye. The waters are very deep to the point where party members will take damage due to the lack of oxygen. At the far west of the swamp is Tenda Village.
===Areas of interest===
Map	Area 	Description
 	Place of Emptiness	Also known as the place of nothingness, the Place of Emptiness is a high mountain peak in Dalaam and is where Poo partakes in his Mu Training. Here is where Poo will be visited by the Mu spirit in order to pass his final test before setting off with Ness.
 	Pyramid 	The Pyramid is found south of the town in Scaraba. To enter it, the party must first study the Hieroglyphs in the museum in Summers to do a special dance in front of the sphinx. Inside is filled with living mummies and hieroglyphs, the Hawk Eye, which is necessary to navigate Deep Darkness, is found in here.
 	Dungeon Man 	The Dungeon Man is a human-dungeon hybrid envisiomed by Brick Road found in the southern part of Scaraba. He was created when Dr. Andonuts combined Brick Road with a dungeon, and thus Brick Road himself is Dungeon Man. Dungeon Man is an artificial dungeon which must be navigated twice, the first to meet Brick Road at the top, and the second to aquire the yellow submarine to cross the body of water separating Scaraba from Deep Darkness.
 	Tenda Village 	Tenda Village is a small village found in Deep Darkness which is home to the Tenda tribe. On the first visit, all but one of the Tenda are shy and won't talk to Ness. After reading the Overcoming Shyness book, all of the Tenda become social, and one opens the entrance to Lumine Hall.
===Sanctuaries===
Two of the eight sanctuaries is found in Chommo, being in Dalaam and Deep Darkness.
Map	Area 	Description
 	Pink Cloud 	Pink Cloud is the sixth Sanctuary location, it is found in Dalaam. After giving the Carrot Key to the rabbit statues the entrance is cleared, leading to a cave with holes leading to the melody. The guardian is Thunder and Storm
 	Lumine Hall	Lumine Hall is the seventh Sanctuary, it is found near Tenda Village. The entrance is opened by a Tenda once their shyness is overcame. The tunnel contains several talking rocks. It's guardian is the Electro Specter.
==Trivia==
*The name of Chommo comes from the native name of Mount Everest in Nepal, the highest mountain in the world. Everest is called "Chomolungma" in the Tibetan language, transliterated as "chomoranma (チョモランマ)" in Japanese. Note that the Japanese name for Dalaam is "Ramma (ランマ)". Owing to this etymology, Chommo is the only region in EarthBound that doesn't end in "land".
==References==
Category: EarthBound locations