Calyrex (game)
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Calyrex (Japanese: バドレックス Budrex) is a Pokémon and major character in The Crown Tundra in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
In the core series
Character profile
- Main article: Calyrex (Pokémon)
Calyrex is highly intelligent Pokémon and has a regal demeanor, speaking in a polite tone to the player, and treating Peony with care while using him as a proxy. Despite the people of the Crown Tundra having forgotten about it, Calyrex is still concerned about their future, and is only able to move on from its past with the player's help.
Background
Calyrex was once revered as the king of the Crown Tundra, known for riding a mighty steed and blessing the land with bountiful harvests. However, it began to lose its power as people stopped believing in it, and it passed on into legend.
Pokémon Sword and Shield
The Crown Tundra
As the player goes The Sacred Bonds of Soverign and Steed!, the player meets Calyrex after fixing a wooden statue depicting it in Freezington by replacing the Wooden Crown Peony mistook for a pillow on the statue's head. Calyrex, thankful, beckons to the player, bringing them to an isolated part of the village before challenging them to a battle. After being defeated, Calyrex seems satisfied by the player's show of strength, but seems to have trouble with communicating what it wants to say. Just then, Peony, overhearing the commotion from the battle, comes to check in on the player, only to be possessed by the Legendary Pokémon's psychic powers. Using Peony as a proxy, Calyrex introduces itself to the player, explaining that people these days treat it as a fairy tale, and that its powers have diminished notably ever since it was departed from its loyal steed, which is depicted in the statue the player restored.
Calyrex, having itself forgotten the details of its legend after having lost its power for so long, asks for the player's assistance in reuniting it with its companion. Together, the two discover Calyrex's steed favored a certain type of carrot that grows in the tundra. After procuring a bag of Carrot Seeds, the player grows either an Iceroot Carrot or a Shaderoot Carrot, after which they catch a glimpse of Calyrex's steed, Glastrier (if the player grew an Iceroot Carrot) or Spectrier (if the player grew an Shaderoot Carrot). After stopping the now-untamed Pokémon from running loose in Freezington, the player and Calyrex, together with the town's mayor and Peony, make new Reins of Unity, and set forth to the place where Calyrex once lived and reigned, the Crown Shrine. There, Calyrex successfully uses the Reins of Unity to tame its steed again and regain its full power. Calyrex then challenges the player to a battle and lets itself be caught by them.
Appearance
Ice Rider | Shadow Rider |
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Moves
Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass
The Crown Tundra
First battle
(Freezington)
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Second battle
(Crown Shrine)
Quotes
- Main article: Calyrex (game)/Quotes
Gallery
Artwork
Standard
Artwork for The Crown Tundra |
Artwork for The Crown Tundra |
Promotional artwork for The Crown Tundra |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Calyrex is a supporting character in the Pokémon Adventures manga. It first appeared as a silhouette in PASS37, where it helped Henry find an unconscious Bede lying in the snow. It properly debuted in the following chapter. When a horrified Peonia suddenly encountered her father floating in midair, Bede explained Calyrex was merely borrowing Peony's body in order to communicate with humans. Henry, Bede, and Peonia agreed to help restore Calyrex to its former glory in exchange for it locating the Rusted Sword.
In PASS39, the group tried reuniting Calyrex with its former loyal steed, Spectrier. Though it was unable to subdue Spectrier, Calyrex protecting the villagers of Freezington restored their faith in it, bringing back some of its lost strength. With the Black Mane Hair collected from Spectrier and the Radiant Petal Calyrex made, Henry forged the Reins of Unity. The group lured Spectrier to the Crown Shrine, but were interrupted by a Gigantamaxed Corviknight and Butterfree.
While the others fought off the giants, Calyrex used the reins to reforge its bond with Spectrier and change to its Shadow Rider form. With its strength restored, Calyrex rode off to protect Freezington from a group of rampaging Dynamaxed Pokémon. After revitalizing the village's destroyed crops, Calyrex obtained the Rusted Sword. It returned to the shrine and handed the sword to Henry, only to pass out from the poison the sword was coated in.
In PASS41, Calyrex and Peonia said their farewells to Henry and Bede as they left to put a stop to the Darkest Day.
Forms
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Related articles
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