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{{Infobox location
|image=Pledge Grove {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: n}} mod 4}}|0=Winter|1=Spring|2=Summer|3=Autumn}} B2W2.png
|image_size=256
|location_name=Pledge Grove
|japanese_name={{tt|誓いの林|ちかいのはやし}}
|translated_name=Oath Woods
|type=forest
|location=North of [[Floccesy Town]]
|region=Unova
|generation={{Gen|V}}
|map=Unova Floccesy Town Map.png
}}
'''Pledge Grove''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|誓いの林|ちかいのはやし}}''' ''Oath Woods'') is a small forest-like location in southwest [[Unova]]. It is connected to [[Floccesy Town]] to the south. The path here is located directly to the right of [[Alder]]'s house. The {{player}}'s {{OBP|mom|Black 2 and White 2}} claims that the marks on the rock were made by Pokémon.

==Cut rock==
The main feature of the Pledge Grove is a rock with three cuts across it. If the player examines the rock with a [[fateful encounter]] [[Keldeo (Pokémon)|Ordinary Form Keldeo]] in their party, Keldeo will want to come out of its Poké Ball. If the player lets it out, it will excitedly examine the rock, and then is reminded of {{m|Secret Sword}} by the determination of {{p|Cobalion}}, {{p|Virizion}}, and {{p|Terrakion}} that has been carved into the rock. If the player allows it to learn the move, the spirits of Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion appear, then zoom away; Keldeo resolves to battle, and is transformed into its Resolute Form. If the Keldeo already knows Secret Sword but is still in its Ordinary Form, it will skip trying to learn the move but still change forms accordingly.

==In the manga==
[[File:Pledge Grove Adventures.png|thumb|left|200px|Pldege Grove in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|Black & White}}====
Pledge Grove was first featured in ''[[PS515|The Shadow Triad]]'', where the [[Swords of Justice]] were seen teaching [[Kelden|Keldeo]] how to use its {{m|Sacred Sword|sword}}. After one failed attempt, Keldeo managed to use its sword and leave a cut mark on the big rock, accompanied by its three mentors' cut marks. Afterwards, the four Pokémon left to follow the [[Shadow Triad]] whom Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion had encountered shortly before.

===={{MangaArc|Black 2 & White 2}}====
Pledge Grove was seen again in ''[[PS529|Pokédex Lecture]]'', where {{adv|Blake}} took {{adv|Whitley}} there to register Pokémon in her [[Pokédex]] as a way to get closer to her. During their visit, however, they were attacked by Keldeo, accidentally attracted there by Whitley. Blake managed to avoid Keldeo's attack, but Whitley was knocked unconscious.

In ''[[PS533|New Sword Player]]'', Blake revealed that he had later returned to Pledge Grove, offering Keldeo his alliance in order to help it develop its techniques. Agreeing to this, Keldeo had let itself be {{pkmn2|caught}} by Blake.
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==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{locationcolor/light|forest}}|bordercolor={{locationcolor/dark|forest}}
|zh_yue=誓約之林 ''{{tt|Saihyeuk jī Làhm|Oath Woods}}''
|zh_cmn=誓約之林 / 誓约之林 ''{{tt|Shìyuē zhī Lín|Oath Woods}}''
|fr=Bois du Serment
|de=Schwurhain
|it=Bosco del Giuramento
|ko=맹세의숲 ''{{tt|Maengse-ui Sup|Oath Woods}}''
|pt_br=Bosque do Juramento
|es=Arboleda Promesa
|vi=Rừng Thề Ước
}}
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[[Category:Black 2 and White 2 locations]]
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[[de:Schwurhain]]
[[es:Arboleda Promesa]]
[[fr:Bois du Serment]]
[[it:Bosco del Giuramento]]
[[ja:ちかいのはやし]]
[[zh:誓约之林]]