Welcome to Durskim Town

[Godai]

Durskrim Town

Durskrim Town, formerly called Parchdry Port, is a small, yet bustling city located at the southern tip of West Godai on the shores of the Crescent Bay. Once a small, struggling fishing community known for its arid climate (despite its proximity to the sea), Parchdry Port was changed forever by one crucial event: the invention of the Firebird machine gun. With Godai at near-constant war with neighboring nations at the time, James Firebird needed raw materials to build his new weapon. As a result, Firebird invested millions of Dians into building up Parchdry Port to expedite the movement of raw iron ore from what was then called Goliath Cavern to his factories in South Godai, transforming it into the bustling shipping capital it is today.

However, prosperity came with its problems: rapid urbanization and industrialization resulted in heavy pollution that killed most Marine Pokémon life within five nautical miles off shore, decimating the livelihood of Durskrim’s native fishermen. This forced most of them into working on Firebird’s shipping operation or into moving north to mine in Goliath Cavern. In addition, many new investors were able to open casinos, pachinko parlors, bars, and other establishments of ill repute in the once tiny village because of its immense distance from legislative capital Stoutfist City and mining industry hub Oreback Town (Sangproctor and Weswell now, respectively): local lawmakers and business owners took a very relaxed attitude towards these establishments because of both widespread bribery and the resulting “as long as it isn’t in my town” attitude.

This remained the status quo until about forty years ago, when Godai began undergoing massive sociopolitical change. Encouraged by the lobbying efforts of East Godians to clean up Rottshade Woods, now known as Kagareta woods, residents of Durskrim made valiant efforts to take back their city and passed numerous laws to gentrify Parchdry and reduce the number of unsavory establishments that had taken it over. Their determination reduced the hold that such businesses had over their local legislators, allowing these officials to confine gambling establishments and x-rated businesses to an area now known as the infamous “Satin Strip” for the adult nature of the services they provide. At the end of the day, however, Trainers are cautioned to be wary while in Parchdry Port, as some of its more unsavory elements still linger there…