Ecruteak City

A city that even now bears the marks of its history.

## Location

Location of Ecruteak City in Johto

Ecruteak City is an old-fashioned city located in northern Johto, situated in the woods between tall Mt. Mortar and the open fields near Johto's western shores.

## Description

As with many of the larger cities in the Pokémon world, Ecruteak has a Ecruteak Gym, led by Morty, who specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon and hands out the Fog Badge to those who defeat him.

Ecruteak is known as a historical and mythical city; fittingly, its buildings all feature traditional Japanese architecture. The tallest building in the city, and perhaps all of Johto, is the ten-story Bell Tower in the city's northeast corner, built nearly a millennium before the events of the games. The city is known as being a centerpoint of the Legendary Pokémon native to the Johto region, with the great Ho-Oh once being said to have roosted atop the Bell Tower, and having created three Legendary beasts of the Pokémon who perished when the Brass Tower burned down.

## Points of Interest

### Ecruteak Dance Theater

The Ecruteak Dance Theater is where the Kimono Girls dance and battle. The director will give the player the HM - Surf after defeating a rude Team Rocket Grunt. Each of the five Kimono Girls has an evolution of Eevee: Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Espeon, and Umbreon. The player battles them in a fixed order, having to defeat all five consecutively.

### Ecruteak Gym

*Main article: Ecruteak Gym*
The Ecruteak Gym is the official Gym of Ecruteak City. It is based on Ghost-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Morty. Trainers who defeat him receive the Fog Badge.

The player cannot challenge Morty, the Ecruteak Gym Leader when they first arrive in Ecruteak City, as Morty has gone with his friend Eusine to the Burned Tower, searching for signs of the Legendary beasts. When the player awakens Raikou, Entei, and Suicune in the Burned Tower, Morty returns to the Gym, allowing for him to be challenged.

The Ecruteak Gym is designed as a sort of maze, where one wrong step off the right path will send a challenger back to the beginning. The Gym has a path that is visible but the Gym is largely shrouded in darkness. The path leads to Morty while passing several Trainers. Flames light up certain points in the path, including around Trainers, but once the player defeats a Trainer, their light will go out.

### Burned Tower

*Main article: Burned Tower*
The sad remains of this once-great tower, in the northwestern corner of the city, are all that is left after a fire engulfed it 150 years before the events of the game. It was once as majestic as the Bell Tower to the east, with the two towers representative of where Pokémon awakened and where they slept.

According to some legends, Lugia once perched on this tower; however, others place Lugia as always living in the Whirl Islands. Three Legendary beasts make their home in the basement of the tower, given new life after it burned down by Ho-Oh, who once perched atop the Bell Tower. The player's rival, exploring the area, will challenge the player a third time when they arrive here.

### Bellchime Trail

*Main article: Bellchime Trail*
Bellchime Trail is a short path in the northeast of Ecruteak City connecting it to the Bell Tower.

### Bell Tower

*Main article: Bell Tower*
A majestic tower to the east, the Bell Tower is where Ho-Oh was once said to roost. With the Rainbow Wing, the player is able to prove to Ho-Oh that they are a pure-hearted person who will bring Pokémon and people back into harmony with one another.

## Trainers

### Ecruteak Dance Theater

 * Class: Rocket
* Reward: $480
* Rematch: No

 * Class: Kimono Girl
* Reward: $3360
* Rematch: No

 * Class: Kimono Girl
* Reward: $3360
* Rematch: No

 * Class: Kimono Girl
* Reward: $3360
* Rematch: No

 * Class: Kimono Girl
* Reward: $3360
* Rematch: No

 * Class: Kimono Girl
* Reward: $3360
* Rematch: No