Liko and Roy arrive in Artazon and meet the Champion-ranked trainer Nemona, who is concerned by Brassius’s recent neglect of his duties as Artazon’s Gym Leader. They learn that Brassius is suffering from an artistic slump that began when he saw the black Rayquaza after making a sculpture of one, causing him to deem his artwork as inferior. However, Roy is deeply moved by the sculpture, motivating Brassius to test Roy’s resolve with a Gym battle. Although Fuecoco learns Stomping Tantrum to gain an advantage, it loses to Brassius’s Terastalized Sudowoodo. Satisfied, Brassius shows the trio a sculpture he carved of an Arboliva in the forest where he saw Rayquaza, noting the Arboliva’s resonance with the legendary Pokémon. (Source: Wikipedia)
