Postwick

Postwick (Japanese: ハロンタウン Furlong Town) is a small town located at the southern end of the Galar region. It is the hometown of the Galarian player character and their rival, Hop. To the north is and to the west is the Slumbering Weald.
==Slogan==
A farming town since days of old, where people and their Pokémon live in close harmony. (Japanese: A farming town since days of old, where people and Pokémon live together.)
==Places of interest==
===Player's house===
The player character lives in this house with their and her .
===Hop and Leon's house===
Hop and Leon live here with their parents and grandparents. After fetching Leon from Wedgehurst, the will give the player and Hop their first partner Pokémon at the front yard.
After the player becomes the new Champion, Leon will leave a containing a on the floor in his room on the second floor with a letter. This Charmander can Gigantamax once it evolves into .
==Demographics==
Postwick's population is 5 (not counting the , Hop and Leon), likely owing to its lack of amenities such as a stadium or Pokémon Center and its relative isolation. This makes it the smallest town in Galar as well as the smallest town in the entire Pokémon world.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
All gift Pokémon here are coded never to appear as .
==Trainers==
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting Postwick is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
Postwick appeared in Buddy, where Hop's ran away from home and subsequently began exploring the town. Later, Hop ran across the town, asking people if they had seen Wooloo.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Postwick first briefly appeared in a flashback in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment. One year earlier, had traveled through the town towards the Slumbering Weald in the hopes of seeing the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield. As he approached the gate leading to the forest, he saw something falling from the sky and into the forest. suddenly appeared, bashing through the gate with her Pokémon. She had recognized the falling objects as Wishing Stars and wanted to get her hands on them. With both of their objectives lying inside the forest, the two s entered it together.
In PASS40, the effects of the Darkest Day's second coming were shown to have reached Postwick, resulting in the local Pokémon Dynamaxing involuntarily.
==In the TCG==
Postwick was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion, with artwork by AYUMI ODASHIMA. It is a card that exclusively benefits the "Hop" archetype in the TCG; as long as the Postwick Stadium card is in play, each player's do 30 more damage against their opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
==Trivia==
* Postwick shares its name with the real-life village of in the English county of .
===Origin===
In a Game Informer feature, Pokémon Sword and Shield director Shigeru Ohmori shared a concept sketch he drew in late September 2016, based on the scenery he saw in . This sketch ended up serving as a basis for Postwick's design.Shea, Brian (October 4, 2019). "Exclusive Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Gallery." Game Informer (Archived on April 16, 2024.) The n town of has also been cited as an influence on Postwick's design.Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Galar Expedition Guide
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ハロンタウン Furlong Town 	From (imperial unit of distance formerly used in measuring open fields) or ハロン棒 furlong-bō (distance pole used in horse racing)
English 	Postwick 	From and -wick (British town suffix for place)
German, Italian	Furlongham 	From furlong and -ham (British town suffix for farm, homestead)
Spanish 	Pueblo Yarda 	From yarda ()
French 	Paddoxton 	From and -ton (British town suffix for enclosure, homestead)
Korean 	펄롱마을 Furlong Maeul 	From 펄롱 furlong
Chinese () 	化朗鎮 / 化朗镇 Huàlǎng Zhèn 	From 化朗 huàlǎng / falóhng (furlong)
Chinese () 	化朗鎮 Falóhng Jan 	From 化朗 huàlǎng / falóhng (furlong)
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Galar locations
Category:Sword and Shield locations
Category:Towns
Category:Hometowns
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