Gyms and Gymleaders

## Gym 1: Gyaza Gym

Willow is a young archaeologist who acts as the first gymleader that trainers encounter during their journey. She spends her time training at the nearby pyramids to make sure her team is fit for aspiring trainers to take on. Trainers will have to maneuver her hedge maze gym challenge to reach her and earn the Bonsai Badge.

### **Team**

* Mellivine
* Humphay

## Gym 2: Zalues Gym

Rudy is an ex-elite four member who left to pursue a new life with his family. He has recently taken up the job of a gymleader in his hometown of Zalues City. Trainers will have to answer quiz questions to advance through his gym and eventually reach Rudy, earning the Quotidian Badge.

### **Team**

* Barbray
* Jumboa
* Hyapup

## Gym 3: Udaka Gym

Blaise is a middle aged man who has worked alongside the Zuluz Committee for many years to keep the region safe. He spends most of his time in the village of Udaka, where he acts as the town's gymleader. Trainers will have to overcome his fiery gauntlet and reach him to win the Inferno Badge. After defeating him, Blaise becomes a prominent character, aiding the player in their fights against threats to the region.

### **Team**

* Flaracal
* Ospoki
* Tokayro

## Gym 4: Bandari Gym

Toxia is an outstanding gymleader who leads the Bandari Gym. However, she wasn't always this way. Toxia was once a pirate who terrorized the seas of Zuluz, but after being stranded and taken in by the region's former champion, she was taught right from wrong and was given a job as a gymleader. Many years later, she is one of the most respected gymleaders in the region. Trainers will have to guide a boat through poisonous swamps in her gym challenge to reach her and win the coveted Ooze Badge.

### **Team**

* Cristox
* Hyrax Pokemon
* Panzi

## Gym 5: Serengi Gym

Pollene is a childhood friend of Gyaza City's Willow, who both studied in Mijimiku City. While Willow became an archaeologist, Pollene took a different route and became a bug pokemon researcher. Trainers will have to travel through a gigantic garden to reach Pollene and win the Swarm Badge.

### **Team**

* Beliwing
* Levioptera
* Terramite
* Scorreptitious

## Gym 6: Wanuma Gym

Dwight is the eldest of the eight gymleaders in the region, but perhaps one of the wisest. He had moved to Zuluz at a young age from a distant region, and took the job as a gymleader while the gym challenge was still being developed. He has been the acting gymleader of Wanuma City for 50 years. Trainers must travel through his haunted graveyard gym to reach him and win the Haunted Badge.

### **Team**

* Zangilante
* Genegeist
* Robusprit
* Moodgepodge

## Gym 7: Kisiwa Gym

Luna is the gymleader of the Kisiwa Gym, who had moved from Galar a few years back. As the adoptive mother of another gym leader who still resides in her hometown, she has had years of experience in taking care of pokemon and people alike. Trainers must overcome her gym challenge involving multiple brain puzzles, like an escape room in order to reach her and win the Crescent Badge.

### **Team**

* Ibonobo
* Salabrem
* Tikinetic
* Bilabeest
* Soozynth

## Gym 8: Mijimiku Gym

Nikolas is the most well known and famous gymleader in all of Zuluz, as well as the brilliant mind behind Mijimiku City. For the past 30 years, he and his team had designed and built the largest city in the region, and he was chosen to be the city's gymleader. Trainers will have to complete electrical currents and manuver through a maze to reach him and win the Coil Badge.

### **Team**

* Wyering
* Remidoru
* Acineon
* Joltut
* Shockodile
* Pachytherm