Palina

Palina ガラナ Garana
Art from Legends: Arceus
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pearl Settlement
Region	Hisui
Generation	VIII
Games	Legends: Arceus
Member of	Pearl Clan
Rank	Warden
Anime series	Pokémon: Hisuian Snow
Debut	Two Hues
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	N/A

Palina (Japanese: ガラナ Garana) is a warden tasked with watching over the noble Arcanine, Lord of the Isles, found in the Cobalt Coastlands of Hisui. She is a member of the Pearl Clan.

In the core series games

Palina is a tall woman with a slim build and wavy hair. She wears a large pair of goggles around her neck and a bandana over her head; in concept arts, she is shown wearing these to cover her head completely when diving. Overall, her outfit resembles that of real-life Japanese pearl divers, also known as 海女 ama.

An unknown amount of time before the events of the game, she competed with Irida to become leader of the Pearl Clan, but ended up losing to her. Instead, Palina was assigned as the warden of the noble Arcanine that lived on Firespit Island in the Cobalt Coastlands. Some time after she became warden, the noble Arcanine died at sea while trying to save his Growlithe pup from drowning. Palina herself was involved in the incident, though she was saved by Iscan of the Diamond Clan and his Basculegion. After the incident, she was tasked with raising the son of the previous Lord to be the next noble for the Pearl Clan. She ultimately decided against that idea, instead letting Growlithe choose to live his life as he pleased after his traumatic experience. This decision caused many within her clan to have doubts about her shirking her duties as warden.

The player first meets Palina at the top of Veilstone Cape at the grave of the late noble Arcanine. Palina, with the help of Iscan, assist the player in their investigation of the strange happenings on Firespit Island. The group is later ambushed by the Miss Fortune sisters and witness another Growlithe under Palina's care get kidnapped to Firespit Island. After arriving on Firepit Island with the player and Iscan, she witnesses the son of the late noble Arcanine evolve when defending the kidnapped Growlithe. The newly-evolved Arcanine is struck by lightning from a space-time rift and enters a frenzied state much to the dismay of Palina. Once the player has quelled Arcanine's frenzy with balms, Palina thanks the player and vows to watch over the new Lord Arcanine as his warden.

She has known Diamond Clan warden Iscan since they were children after Iscan saved her with Basculegion, and the two have formed a romantic relationship in secret.

Pokémon

Like most members of the Pearl Clan, Palina does not keep her Pokémon partner in a Poké Ball.

Growlithe

In service to

As a warden, Palina cares for a noble Arcanine, Lord of the Cobalt Coastlands' Firespit Island. In order to quell Lord Arcanine, Palina and Irida provide the player with Volcano Balms.

Mission	Rematch
Types: Fire Rock Mega Stone: None Arcanine♂ Lv.36 Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Raging Fury Fire Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --	Types: Fire Rock Mega Stone: None Arcanine♂ Lv.70 Raging Fury Fire Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Legends: Arceus	Illustration from Two Hues

Merchandise

On the Pearl Clan Special Set from the TCG by Raita Kazama

Quotes

Main article: Palina/Quotes

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Palina or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Other related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Irida	Su	Crown Zenith		GG63/GG70	VSTAR Universe		236/172

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ガラナ Garana	From ガラナ garana (guarana)
English	Palina	From Paullinia cupana (scientific name of guarana)
German	Rana	Partial transcription of her Japanese name
Spanish	Nina	From Paullinia cupana (scientific name of guarana)
French	Garana	Transcription of her Japanese name
Italian	Guaran	From guaraná (guarana)
Korean	라나 Rana	Partial transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	瓜娜 Guānà	From 瓜拿納 / 瓜拿纳 guānánà / gwānàhnaahp (guarana)
Chinese (Cantonese)	瓜娜 Gwānàh
Russian	Палина Palina	Transcription of her English name

References

Pearl Clan Leader: Irida (Masters) Wardens: Lian • Calaba • Palina • Ingo • Gaeric Former members: Coin Locations: Pearl Settlement See also: Diamond Clan • Galaxy Team

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