Circhester

Circhester (Japanese: キルクスタウン Circus Town) is a relatively large, old, peaceful city situated in a cold, mountainous part of the northeastern Galar region. The town is accessible by land via and , both to the south. The city has three main north-south avenues and three oriented from east to west, all of which are paved with stone. Circhester's buildings are all constructed out of stone bricks and feature old-fashioned designs. A large hot spring runs underneath the city and surfaces at various locations including a pond in the middle of a large roundabout in the south, and in the ancient Hero's Bath structure in the city center. Due to the cold climate, Circhester experiences perpetual snowfall. Piles of snow are found on the pavement, roofs and trees, and several Pokémon can be seen around the city.
Gordie serves as Circhester's Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword, and specializes in Pokémon. In Pokémon Shield, the specialist Melony is the Gym Leader instead.
==Slogan==
Buildings from an age long gone still stand about the steaming hot spring that covers the town. (Japanese: A hot springs town lined with old buildings.)
==Demographics==
Circhester comprises a Pokémon Center, Circhester Stadium, the Hero's Bath, Hotel Ionia, a boutique, a hair salon, a steak restaurant named Bob's Your Uncle, and six houses. The total permanent population of the city is 92.
==Places of interest==
===Circhester Stadium===
Circhester Stadium is the site at which the sixth installment in the Galar region's Gym Challenge takes place. It is located in the northernmost part of the town, up a long ramp leading past the Hero's Bath. In Pokémon Sword, Gordie is the city's Gym Leader, specializing in Pokémon. The specialist Melony is the Gym Leader in Pokémon Shield. Upon defeating the Gym Leader, the receives the in Pokémon Sword and the in Pokémon Shield.
As with every Stadium in the region, the Circhester Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop. The Ball Guy in this Stadium gives the player a Moon Ball.
===Boutique===
The boutique is located on the eastern side of Circhester, to the east of the Hero's Bath.
====Male clothing====
After obtaining the Style Card ()
====Female clothing====
After obtaining the Style Card ()
===Hair salon===
The hair salon is located in the southeastern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from to the south.
====Male options====
The player can change the style or color of their hair for 3,000. For 1,000, the player can apply makeup to change the style of their eyebrows, the tint of their eyebrows or the color of their contact lenses.
Hairstyle options:
*Short style
*Caesar cut
*Medium and wavy
*Braids
*Side part
*Undercut
*Bowl cut
*Long hair
Eyebrow style options:
*Normal eyebrows
*Thick eyebrows
*Thin eyebrows
Hair color and eyebrow tint options:
*Black
*Gold
*Dark brown
*Ash brown
*Caramel blond
*Platinum blond
*Pink-brown
*Wine red
*White
*Green
*Blue
*Red
*Pink
Contact lens options:
*Hazel
*Gray
*Green
*Pale blue
*Black
*Yellow
*Pink
*Purple
*Brown
*Ultramarine
*Yellow-green
*Lavender ice
*Poppy red
*White
*Multicolor swirl
*Total dark
*Burning passion
*Lovely hearts
*Star studded
====Female options====
===Hero's Bath===
The Hero's Bath, also known as Circhester Bath, is an ancient stone pillar structure containing a rectangular hot spring located in the center of Circhester. According to legend, the two heroes who saved Galar from the Darkest Day bathed in the Hero's Bath to heal and rest.
====Move tutor====
The old man standing on the western edge of the water in the Hero's Bath will teach the move to an eligible Pokémon in the player's party or in the Pokémon Storage System. Unlike in previous games, it is no longer required that the selected Pokémon has maximum Friendship.
===Hotel Ionia===
Hotel Ionia is a lavish hotel located in the southern part of Circhester, on the northern side of the roundabout. It is split into a western building and an eastern building whose layouts are mirror images of each other. The hotel buildings each have a lobby and one accessible floor containing four hotel rooms which can be reached by taking an elevator from the lobby.
The two hotel rooms on the left in the western building are populated by NPCs based on the development team for Pokémon Sword and Shield at GAME FREAK. Once the player has become the Champion, a named Morimoto in the second room from the left will challenge the player to a daily Double Battle. He will also give the player an Oval Charm the first time he is beaten. The game director, located in the leftmost room, will give the player a Catching Charm when first spoken to, and a Shiny Charm once the Pokédex has been completed. Morimoto and the game director are based on Game Freak's Shigeki Morimoto and Shigeru Ohmori, respectively.
The player can undertake a small side quest in the second room from the left in the hotel's eastern building. A man named Howses is interrogating three suspects to determine who ate the hotel's basket of berries. After enlisting the player's assistance, Howses instructs the player to speak to each suspect and determine the culprit. A belonging to one of the suspects then appears with berries in its mouth. After selecting the Skwovet as the culprit, the player receives a Wide Lens from Howses for solving the case.
===Bob's Your Uncle===
Bob's Your Uncle is a restaurant located southwest of Circhester Stadium. After the player has defeated the Circhester Gym Leader, Sonia will invite the player and Hop to eat there, discovering a lost tapestry from Hammerlocke vault from there in the process. According to a in the restaurant, he found it at an antique market.
===Pokémon Center===
The Pokémon Center is located in the southwestern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from to the south.
The man behind the left counter in the Pokémon Center performs the duties of the Name Rater, memory reader, Move Reminder and Move Deleter. Unlike in previous games, making a Pokémon remember a move does not require the payment of a Heart Scale. The Pokémon Storage System can be accessed from the Rotomi to the left of the Pokémon Center lady's counter. This PC also enables access to the Loto-ID, as well as Poké Jobs and the League Card Maker.
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is located at the right counter in the Pokémon Center.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
An ice cream seller in the city square will offer to trade the player his Throh/Sawk nicknamed "Reddos"/"Blubop" in exchange for a Vanillish.
==Trainers==
===Pre–Hall of Fame===
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Circhester debuted in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest, where Melony switched turns with her son Gordie in leading the Circhester Stadium, with it being converted to match Gordie's theme in the process.
In Crunch!! Snowy Battle, Professor Magnolia and were seen relaxing at the Hero's Bath after arriving in the town. Later, Sonia visited Bob's Your Uncle to investigate the fifth tapestry from the Hammerlocke vault.
In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Sonia met up with and Casey, telling them about the statues found behind the mural at Stow-on-Side and taking them to see the tapestry at Bob's Your Uncle. She theorized that both the statues and the tapestry had been hidden so that they would disappear from history. Afterwards, Henry challenged and successfully defeated Melony at the Circhester Stadium, allowing him to move on in his Gym Challenge.
In Splash!! The Return of the Two Pokémon, the disposal of the fifth tapestry was revealed to have been the work of Sordward and Shielbert's family in order to hide and 's role in Galar's history and make the family's ancestors seem like the true heroes.
====Gallery====
Stadium (Ice-type)	Stadium (Rock-type)	Hero's Bath	Bob's Your Uncle
 	 	 	
==Trivia==
* Hotel Ionia has floor and carpet decorations that resemble .
* Hotel Ionia has wallpaper in the rooms to the left and right sides of the lobby that has oranges and grapes, referencing the next main generation games, Scarlet and Violet.
===Origin===
Circhester is based on , a city in the county of Somerset in southwest England."Pokémon Bus Tour Ep. 4: Sam & Mark Catch a Pikachu with Elle Osili-Wood!" The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel. YouTube.Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Galar Expedition Guide
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	キルクスタウン Circus Town 	From (open-air sports arena in the ancient Roman empire)
English, German, Italian,Brazilian Portuguese	Circhester 	From circus and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin)
Spanish 	Pueblo Auriga 	From auriga (charioteer)
French 	Ludester 	From (public games in the ancient Roman empire) and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin)
Korean 	키르쿠스마을 Circus Maeul 	From its Japanese name
Chinese () 	戰競鎮 / 战竞镇 Zhànjìng Zhèn 	From 戰 / 战 zhàn / jin (battle) and 競技場 / 竞技场 jìngjìchǎng / gihnggeihchèuhng (stadium, arena, circus)
Chinese () 	戰競鎮 Jingihng Jan 	From 戰 / 战 zhàn / jin (battle) and 競技場 / 竞技场 jìngjìchǎng / gihnggeihchèuhng (stadium, arena, circus)
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Sword and Shield locations
Category:Towns
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