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Santalune City
ハクダンシティ Hakudan City
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Map description
Many beginning Trainers gather in this friendly city to start a Pokémon journey.
Santalune City (Japanese: ハクダンシティHakudan City) is a city located in the central part of the Kalosregion. It is the hometown of the first Gym Leader, Viola. Route 3 is to the south, Route 4 is to the north, and Route 22 is to the east.
The stone-walled city features brick pathways interwoven between European-style homes and buildings. Many gardens and buildings in the city are decorated with colorful flowers, and the central plaza features a large, Roselia-shaped stone fountain.
The Santalune Gym is the official Gym of Santalune City, whose Gym Leader is Viola and specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
Trainers' School
The Trainers' School is located west of the Gym. Inside, there are four children and an old man. The old man gives the player three X Attacks and three X Defenses. On the marker board in the back of the school is a list of status ailments with descriptions.
A colored background means that the item can be found in this boutique on the specified day. A white background with black text means that the item cannot be found in this boutique on this day.
A colored background means that the item can be found in this boutique on the specified day. A white background with black text means that the item cannot be found in this boutique on this day.
Demographics
Pokémon X and Y
The population of Santalune City is 36, making it one of the smaller cities in Kalos.
class="roundybottom" style="background: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" colspan="14" | A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
The X & Y arc's main quintet arrive at Santalune City in Kangaskhan...Kangascan't. Y draws up five rules for the group, but is interrupted by Shauna before she says the fifth rule. Viola then shows up, introducing herself as the city's Gym Leader, and offers to help the quintet with their search for answers, as she was in Vaniville Town at the time of the incident. Four of the quintet accept the offer; the one who doesn't is Shauna, who claims that her friends' actions violated one of the five rules, and walks away from the group in disgust. At the city's Gym, while X agrees to a quick battle against Viola, Tierno and Trevor help Y decipher some clues from the photos Viola took at Vaniville. Y then excuses herself to look for Shauna, and returns to the Gym with Shauna moments after X wins his battle.
That night, Shauna sneaks into the room where Kanga and Li'l Kanga are sleeping, and takes out Kanga's Mega Stone from her pouch. Y and Viola notice her actions, however, and after a brief quarrel, Shauna suddenly swings a sword towards Y. Viola takes the hit for Y, and in the next moment, Celosia introduces herself to the quintet as the person who controlled Shauna all this time, before taking the Mega Stone and fleeing. X initially blames himself for the commotion but goes after Celosia, and is assisted by visiting Gym Leader Korrina, who helps X retrieve Kanga's Mega Stone. X and Korrina then have their respective Mega-Evolved Pokémon defeat Celosia's Aegislash. Later, Shauna apologizes for not listening to Y's last rule: that each of the quintet must stay together at all times, and Y responds with her own apology. Korrina passes a pair of Roller Skates to Tierno before refusing to pass down her knowledge of Mega Evolution to X, because she did not recognize X as a Successor. With that, she storms off.
Trivia
Santalune City shares several similarities with Viridian City; both cities contain the first Gym the player will encounter on their journey, and both cities connect to three similar routes: Route 22, leading to the badge checkpoints for the Pokémon League; a route leading to the town or city where the player can choose a Kanto starter Pokémon; and a route which leads to a forest named after the city. Incidentally, the internal layouts of both forests are very similar to one another.
From 白檀 byakudan (Indian sandalwood), which produces aromatic wood used in fragrances and serves as food for several species of moths and butterflies, referencing the gym's specialization in Bug-types
English
Santalune City
From the genus Santalum or santal (French for sandalwood)