Ancient jungle shrine discovered
By Alina Woods
of the color of the leaves, whose green neared blue. The tree carried fruits I have never seen before. These fruits looked like orange raspberries in the size of a small apple. We didn't dare to taste before letting them being researched on being poisonous. A cave in the deserted part of the jungle isn't the best place to get sick.
But what might be even more important to mention is the wildlife down there. The Pokémon weren't the standard cave dwellers as we know them. They weren't the standard forest dwellers either. Many known Pokémon could be seen here: Shroomish, Zubat, Natu, Remoraid and Baltoy to name a few. What's remarkable is that Baltoy aren't know to live in the central Raogaian forest, they have only been observed to live on Mount Rokk. What's even more remarkable is the presence of a couple of Pokémon that weren't known to be native to Raoga at all. As soon as we entered the forest a Trevenant came to inspect us. After feeling like I was being tickled inside my head for ten seconds it seemed to approve our presence and let us through. Sewaddle and Swadloon were common sights in the trees, as well as some other climbing Pokémon such as Aipom, Treecko, Darumaka and Pancham. Pichu, Pikachu and Growlithe walked around the rocky forest floor. Phantump and Misdreavus floated around between the trees. The caves seemed to be their paradise.
Durman- It was only yesterday when the shrine was discovered in the forest hidden by vegetation. We, my husband and me that is, were walking around in Raoga's central jungle, close to Graytomb, the ghost town in southeast. The temple, that's what it's expected to be, didn't seem so big at first. The large stone doors were unable to open normally thanks to all the moss that grew on them. If it wasn't for Cindy, my Breloom, and her Strength our discovery would be a lot less impressive.
There were many carvings in the walls, but sadly a big part of it had crumbled down and what was still visible were mainly runes we couldn't read. Furthermore a small altar could be seen, the legs of which were shaped as trees, and a trapdoor in the corner. Following a half-broken winding stairway downwards (of which we could only get out afterwards climbing up my husband's fishing rod), a short corridor led us to an enormous cave system. Fascinating as it was, there was another part of forest down there! It included everything you would expect a forest to have: trees, bushes, a lake, forest Pokémon, you name it. It wasn't even dark, as you would expect. Crystals in the walls, ceiling and floor shone into the cave with a dim light. In the center stood one tree which was a lot bigger than the others. It immediately caught our eyes, because