Pokémon Sword: Went to the Hammelocke Stadium and talked to Rose. Met with Leon, before heading to the vault and meeting Raihan, and then spoke with Sonia about her investigation into Galar's legends. Once everything was done, I moved on to Route 6, where I fought some Team Yell members. Hop seemed to have lost his confidence, and I also met with Opal. Explored Route 6, and eventually made it to Stow-on-Side. Explored the place a bit, and had a battle with Hop. After the battle, my Raboot evolved into Cinderace. Opal showed up again, before leaving. Once I had looked around at everything, I made my way to the gym so I could get my fourth badge. Got through the gym mission, and went to challenge Bea. After having my Cinderace take out her first Pokémon, I had my Alcremie do the rest. Got my fourth badge, another TM and another uniform. After exiting the gym, Sonia showed up, having to come to Stow-on-Side to check out the mural, when we suddenly heard a loud sound from the direction of the ruins.
Current team:
Rouge the Cinderace - Level 37
Sparky the Boltund - Level 34
Ichika the Alcremie - Level 33
Gene the Galarian Linoone - Level 33
Ringo the Flapple - Level 26
Giganyan the G-Max Meowth - Level 32
Pokémon Shield: Did everything I could in Hammerlocke, went to Route 6, explored and so on. Challenged Hop in Stow-on-Side, and once again, my starter, in this case my Drizzile, evolved after that battle. Challenged the gym, and unlike in Sword, this time, it was my Inteleon who did most of the work, while my Thievul took care of the Gengar. Got my fourth badge from Allister, got another TM and uniform, and met with Sonia outside the gym.
Current team:
Seven the Inteleon - Level 37
Rena the Thievul - Level 35
Sparky the Boltund - Level 34
Rarity the Galarian Ponyta - Level 33
Cinnamon the Appletun - Level 25
Giganyan the G-Max Meowth - Level 31