Paniola Town

Paniola Town is a town on Akala Island in the Alola region. It's the town that Giratina picked long ago to hold Hi no Tama, the Fire Plate. The Mokusetsu visited this town in search of the Plate.

History
Paniola Town is the hometown of Kiawe Miliani. His family has a successful farm here. It generates a lot of income for the family and helps citizens with food and resources. Occasionally, before the Tekiyoku was formed, Team Skull members would rob from the farm.

After several instances of this, Harry, one of Kiawe's childhood best friends and neighbor of the family, was watching on a particular day when the family was being robbed by Team Skull again. Harry's dad was asleep at the time. Frustrated, Harry grabbed a baseball bat and ran to the enemy. However, Team Skull ended up stabbing and killing Harry on the spot, then retreating. Kiawe and the family was saddended by this, followed by extreme anger from Kiawe as he vowed to get revenge for the death of his best friend.

Plate
In ancient times when Arceus created its special move, "Omnipotent Purēto Scatter", it had Giratina pick out several cities and towns around the world to hide all 17 Plates. Paniola Town was one of these locations. The Plate that was hidden here was Hi no Tama, the Fire Plate.

Present
Paniola Town was first mentioned in Episode 30 when the Mokusetsu arrived in Alola to recruit more people. They heard of the town at Kukui's academy. Paniola Town is Kiawe's hometown, which prompted him to travel with the Mokusetsu in the first place after being told they were traveling there to get the next Plate.

The Mokusetsu (Ash, Alain, Dawn, Kiawe, Mallow, Lana, & Lillie) first arrived in Paniola Town in Episode 33. First, they went to Kiawe's house, where Ash, Alain, and Dawn met Kiawe's mother and father, Sima and Rango, along with Mimo, his little sister. Rango informed them that there's been a recent drought that has negatively affected the family farm. After conversation, Alain took the Mokusetsu to an area where Hi no Tama is supposed to be around.

Searching for the Plate didn't go well initially. They were then approached by Tekiyoku enemies, who turned out to be 3 former Team Skull members, Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp. Kiawe was instantly angered, since Team Skull members were the ones who had murdered Harry years ago. Tupp said it wasn't any of those three members who killed him, but Kiawe was still upset. Ash failed in calming him down, as Alain prepared them to fight.

Continuing in Episode 34, the fight for the Fire Plate, Hi no Tama, begins between the Mokusetsu and Tekiyoku. Kiawe fights Tupp. Kiawe, furious, shouts that Tupp must die in honor of Harry. Ash faces off against Zipp and Alain fights Rapp. Dawn, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, and Ash's Pikachu are hiding, but viewing the fight.

Different events happen in the fight, including Tupp almost choking Kiawe, but being stopped by Ash. Alain and Rapp agreed not to use any of their 60% or 80% moves, even though Rapp almost broke that agreement during the fight. The fight ends with Alain using You're My Best Friend twice on Rapp to knock her down decisively, then once on Zipp. Upon threatening to use it on Tupp next, Tupp declared defeat for his side as the enemies prepared to retreat.

Before they left, Kiawe yelled that he wants to kill them right there in honor of Harry, but he was restrained by Ash. Mallow, Lillie, and Lana cheered him up as the former Team Skull enemies left.

After this, the Mokusetsu continued searching for Hi no Tama. The ongoing drought in Paniola Town made the temperature drastically high, fatiguing everyone over time. No luck was made with finding the Plate for a long while. Lana mentions to Dawn that Lillie has changed a lot due to Ash and seems to feel closer to him, which worries Dawn. Ash asks Kiawe what the odds are of them finding the Fire Plate soon. Alain approaches and pulls out a die; two sides of it are purple and three are orange. He says this is called a two-sided die and is meant to be similar to flipping a coin for decisions or problem-solving, just with a die instead. Upon rolling it, it lands on purple, indicating they'll find the Plate soon, which excites Ash,

After more time passes, Ash walks into a nearby silo that was already checked. He looks up, then asks Alain's Charizard to give him a ride to the top of it. This confuses the others. Ash jumps into the top of the silo through an opening and then gets lifted back down. When landing, he reveals he found the Fire Plate, which was a high, barely visible layer of the silo. Clouds then form and rain begins to fall, marking the end of this drought in Paniola Town.

After this, Lillie expresses she doesn't want to stop traveling with the Mokusetsu until they bring her brother, Gladion, back to her. Ash agrees to let her stay, leading to Mallow, Lana, and Kiawe agreeing to stick beside her. Alain has told them there's one more Plate in Alola.

Continuing in Episode 35, everyone goes back to Kiawe's house and speak with Sima, Rango, and Mimo again. They let them know what happened in the fight, explaining how the rain came about, due to finding Hi no Tama. Sima asks the Alolan people if they'll go back to Kukui's academy, but Kiawe lets her know they'll travel with the Mokusetsu again for the last Plate in Alola. Everyone departs the house and is about to go back to Melemele Island to find somewhere to stay for the night, since Kiawe's house is too small. Lillie volunteers for them to stay at her house, since it's big enough to accommodate them. Alain lets them know that the last Plate in Alola is Ganseki, the Rock Plate. They then board a ferry to leave Paniola Town and head back to Hau'oli City.

Characters From Here

 * Kiawe Miliani
 * Mimo Miliani
 * Sima Miliani
 * Rango Miliani
 * Harry Kale

Trivia

 * Paniola Town was named after "paniola", which is Hawaiian for "cowboy".