#Narzissenkreuz

[unowers]

love this guy so much. one of the genshin npcs of all time

[autla]

genshin characters as textposts bcz im funny. featuring some narrissenkreuz characters bcz they don't get enough love, so spoilers!!!

[ikusabamukuro]

I support his rights and his many many wrongs

[aryabrier]

I'm not sure if I will finish... so... here's wip

[whalemarch]

[begaydoalchemy]

dream through the looking-glass

[turtlespancakeart]

i miss them so bad (song is キドアイライアー by miwashiba)

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

those narzissenkreuz do be ordoing

[aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Hey guys what the hell.

[aeroblossom]

rene de petrichor is such a guy that i need to dissect. this small town boy from poisson that suffered the violence of a siege, being adopted by a man he couldn't trust, and having to live the life of a child genius. it's imperative that we think of the effects growing up in the narzissenkreuz institute would've had, especially at a time like the cataclysm. from his notes in sumeru you only get the image of a quiet, unassuming boy who's burdened with a task that potentially spells the fate of his people, and possibly the entire world. he couldn't return if he failed. he also had the life of jakob in his hands, and carter too.

the potioneer mentioned in the world quest 'villains' is likely rene, too. this young boy from a small town is behind nearly everything in fontaine, and it's crazy to think about.

in my interpretation, as a child, he was likely quiet and analytic, burdened by shouldering the responsibility of saving lives. he grew up to be rather eccentric, likely a bit full of himself due to his achievements in sumeru ( -- wq 'villains'), and as he reached adulthood and discovered what the truth was meant to be... must have felt a mix of hopelessness and hopefulness at the same time. burdened with knowledge only he could know and no one could understand but him. but he couldn't sit around, he had to do something. he's very furina/erinnyes (who are probably the same entity) in that way. living knowing something that they can't confide in others because they wouldn't understand.

his actions, despite the good intentions, are not seen as good. and as a friend of mine pointed out, though he and the others grew up listening to stories of heroes and dragons, he didn't realize the moment he went from being the hero that would save fontaine to the dragon that would have to be slain. that is, narzissenkreuz.

one of genshin's best npcs ever, if i'm honest. i really hope we get a face reveal soon. i would love if he was playable...

[atypicalantinomy]

If it fails, I won't have to worry about the future anymore.

(open for a surprise if you're on classic theme)

[unowers]

collection of narzissenkreuz doodles from twitter (i included my pre 4.2 ones as you can tell because renes hair color is different)

[gaysexlizards]

This is way funnier to me than it should be

[avibero]

had to get some stupid Narzissenkreuz stuff out of my system

[shinjiroaragaki]

"An old pocket watch.

It seems to have stopped at a certain instant, the beautiful memory of a moment becoming eternal." (x)

[transfem-jakob-ingold]

Thinking about the fact that we see all the other Narzissenkreuz Quartet members as adults except Rene at least briefly. Jakob is an adult when we meet him, Mary Ann is at least a young woman physically, and Alain appears as an adult in a flashback in Neuvillette's story quest. However, we only ever see Rene as a child, or as a hydro being (Narzissenkreuz). It hits harder as he even renamed himself after a storybook villain, as if there was a separation between his childhood self and what he was becoming. He grew up too fast (they all did) and took on too much responsibility to ever view himself as a child, I think.

And in the end, when he's given in and is dying, he chooses to take on the form of a child again.