Pokemon Heartgold Xenophobia | 2026 |

"This isn't protection," Lyra said, her voice shaking. "This is fear. You're making Johto smaller."

The breaking point was the Ilex Forest shrine. pokemon heartgold xenophobia

Not all of them, of course. But enough. Trainers from the far-off Unova region, with their oddly geometric Pokémon—the stoic, dark-furred Zorua, the strange, multi-eyed Elgyem—began to appear on Routes 33 and 34. They were polite, for the most part. They sought to challenge the Goldenrod Gym, to see the famed Bell Tower. But to the elders of Kanoko, their Pokémon were… wrong. They didn't feel like real Pokémon. They had no history in Johto. They had no place in the old stories. "This isn't protection," Lyra said, her voice shaking

Silver, whose own origin as Giovanni's son had made him a target of suspicion for years, took a different approach. He began secretly documenting everything. The blacklist of "undesirable species" circulating among the Saffron Gate guards. The coded messages on the PokéGear network about "cleansing" the Safari Zone. He showed Lyra a list: Drilbur, Tympole, Venipede, Cottonee. Banned from Johto's borders. Not all of them, of course

Then came the travelers.