#dendro archon questline

[chaoticgenderfae]

Fighting off writer's block again and one thing I'm definitely noticing with reading over my earlier stuff to reference it in Seeds of Courage is that there’s one experience from early-game Genshin that's really stuck with me.

That being wandering into Sumeru looking for character ascension materials, stumbling into the Aranyaka questline, and then proceeding to disappear into the rainforest with Rana and the Aranara for an extended period of time. And I think that really shows in my Sumeru-centric fics.

And I hadn't even made it to Inazuma yet. I just got Very Lost in a magical forest rather than do the Archon Quest and it was very fun.

[meguminne]

Love, Lost and Wandered࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ

dainleif is scared of forgetting you, he would traverse the cursed plains of the irminsul to remember you. — cursed grounds that belonged to one of those damned archons just to remember you. his curse now includes you as well. im gonna be honest and tell you straight up idk how the irminsul or dainsleif work and whether or not this is accurate to their lore, i just want to write a devoted lover dain who’s willing to beg to the archons for reader like that one questline. also!! reblogs and follows are very appreciated as it lets me know you guys enjoy my writing!! . (reader x dainsleif) oct. 15 2023 part one (?)

dainsleif is too ashamed to admit this aloud but he finds himself forgetting you. who once was his most precious, his beloved; your voice, your laugh, even your smile. — the gods are merciless but were ‘kind’ enough to spare you from turning you into the hilichurls doomed to wander the earth, loyal only to their most primal instincts. they were ‘kind’ enough to spare you from the curse of immortality, the pain of living and unable to die. he wonders which fate would have been better for the both of you, but he does believe death has been the most merciful outcome.

the only thing he has of you is the memory of your name, the love he can’t forget, and the dreams you’ve left with him. — but they’re not immune to the weathering of time. he finds himself slipping, forgetting the little things that complete your image, the treasures he salvaged from the remnants of his home broken down with the centuries that came with immortality and the dreams you held with him now seem blurry as though he couldn’t fathom to sleep and dream without you. it’s been eons and yet he still hasn’t gotten used to your absence beside him.

when fate is kind enough to grant him the time to paint, his mind goes over to the idea of you and he seems to get the gist of your frame, your figure but your face only seems to be drawn as a mixture of swirls, indescribable and indistinguishable from the fog that surrounds the memory of you.

as much as he hated to admit it, he was slowly forgetting you.

but he’s not ready yet, to forget you is to let you die once and for all. he’s the only one who holds the memory of you and if he forgets, you’re gone forever. — amidst the false gods, their endless pride and the heavens; you were the angel that almost made dainsleif believe in divinity.

he’s desperate to maintain that memory of you, to keep you alive and beside him to the best of his ability for forgetting you might doom to an eternity of restless living cursed only for vengeance.

dainsleif was desperate enough to keep that memory of you that he was willing to trek onto the irminsul, the ‘sacred’ grounds of the dendro archon that records say remembers everything. the memories stored within the ley lines that have touched all of teyvat, the ley lines that rooted itself deep beneath the grounds; roots that listened to every drop of rain, whisper and wind. — he was willing to traverse and resort to the divinities he loathed just to remember you. whether it’s be by force, or if he had to kneel, beg and grovel at the archon’s feet just to be welcomed into the dreamlike plains; he would do it for his pride was nothing next to his devotion for you.

the only obstacle now was whether or not the archon, buer was willing to let a khaenri'ahn survivor step foot into the holy grounds. — or if he could even ask for help from the traveler..

[banjomelodies]

This might sound ridiculously stupid, but.

Why does nobody in Liyue acknowledge how a replacement archon never showed up after theirs supposedly died. The original Hydro Archon was replaced, same with Electro, and if you haven't done the Sumeru questline, the same goes for Dendro. So why are none of them wondering why a new geo archon has yet to surface?? The Archons, seem to always be present, whether if they're an original Archon, or one just created to replace one who fell (excluding Ei), so you'd, assume the people of Liyue would be expecting one, and then go, "Huh.. Why haven't we.. found one yet?"

I don't know if I missed lore somewhere or if the people of Liyue just kinda accepted that they're a godless nation now, but??

Are they not expecting it because new Archons take a while to pop up?? Or??

[dolasach]

Miss Dolasach is super super duper duper cool!!! She seems like an interesting character, and dendro too, that's so cool!

A dendro catalyst... That's rare! Catalyst users are versatile, and their attacks are so cool!

May l sent lesser lord kusanali to her?

What does she think about the archons?

I am so sorry for being such a nosey-posey, but genshin ocs are so cool and interesting!

{Oughh I’m glad and flattered you think so! Tbh even though I’ve had her for a while and even set this blog up for her, I can’t help bur cringe a little when I have to actually talk about her more seriously sgdjshsj

And omg!! Nahida? Yeah feel free to! If there’s any kind of setting you want lemme know too? Though I can also just go with the flow :3

(Also um the next part gets really long sorry agdjshs you got me yapping!!)

Hmm… As for what Dola thinks of the archons, in general she fully understands that they’re beings of great power and influence—divine mostly by virtue of being tied to Celestia. But she doesn’t worship them, and will only consider them wise and worth respect if they prove that they’re worthy of that in her eyes through actually behaving and acting like a good god and nation figurehead.

(Which I guess might be the closest thing to agnostic that anyone within Teyvat can get—gods and ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ and ‘souls’ are undoubtedly real, so how could you not believe in them?)

Honestly they’re also kinda just People to her, especially since she’s met a few, and suspects she’s met more than she knows.

Thoughts on each of them, but like assume these thoughts were thunk during the Mondstadt AQ lol

Barbatos - She grew up being taught to worship the guy, but that was done away with fairly quickly once she fell into the Abyss. Incredibly skeptic of whether he’s even actually still alive or not until she eventually meets Venti during one of her visits to Mondstadt. Like Jean, she doesn’t take long to figure out Venti’s real identity and it kinda just adds to her whole “these guys are as human as the rest of us” ideology lol

Morax - She knows he’s still around and she knows enough Liyuen history to know that he really could be a god walking amongst mere mortals. Has definitely met Zhongli during a visit to Liyue and has her suspicions, but won’t get confirmation for a while. She likes him as Zhongli, and as Morax she genuinely questions how much of it is true and how much of it has just been skewed by historians.

Baal/Beelzebul - She has no intention of meeting this one, but has zero respect for her after hearing about the Sakoku Decree and the Vision Hunt Decree.

Buer - Dola desperately wants to meet her, and thinks it’s strange that there’s no sign of her at all around Sumeru. She’s quite sure that she’s still around, but can’t understand why it looks like she’s as hands-off as Barbatos is.

Focalors/Furina - Dola has real beef with her and doesn’t think she deserves archon status. She spent a lot of time in Fontaine growing up, and with Furina it’s sort of a case of slowly finding out that that celeb you liked is kind of a huge nightmare. Fontaine has a lot of issues and it really baffles her how little seems to be done about them. Her beef with Furina is specifically tied to the Prophecy, and made worse by how I’ve decided that Dola’s the one who goes through the Narzissenkreuz Ordo World Questline and not the Traveler haha

Harborym - I know we’re not done with Natlan but from current impressions, Dola loves her and kind of wishes she ran Mondstadt lmao >w< They’ve met and spoken, and Dola’s actually learned a lot about the Abyss in Natlan thanks to her help. To Dola, Mavuika feels the most like her ideal archon with how proactive she is and her active involvement with her people.

Tsaritsa - Dola has beef with her that mostly revolves around “losing” a good friend to her—which was Childe giving her his utmost loyalty as a Harbinger. We don’t know about her yet so I can’t know for sure, but something tells me that Dola’s sympathetic to the Tsaritsa’s possible reason for trying to gather all the Gnoses.

Also don’t worry about being nosey agdjssh I will genuinely go on and on if you prompt me so >.< No worries!!}

[crownshattered]

|| So I think now would be a good time to address Lyudmila and the ending of Sumeru’s questline… I’ve talked to Mira (my Rukkha) and we’ve figured somethings out!! First off, we’re NOT changing our story with Mila and Ilana, just tweaking it to fit better. And we’re just SLIGHTLY bending canon to have everything fit (and not really even bending it, but just making headcanons that twist a few words). 

To avoid spoilers, the specifics are under the cut.

First off, the Archons DON'T remember Rukkha. However, Mira's top three harbingers (she has all of my main harbingers) do remember for various reasons. Mira’s Pierro (she is also my main for the Harbingers), along with Columbina, weren’t affected by the sudden absence of Rukkhadevata. Ilana also had a failsafe for when this change occurs, which would restore Lyudmila’s memories of her lover when the time came. Pierro was the one to return the memories to Lyudmila, since he, Mila, and Ilana were once friends. THAT is how she remembers now~

So Lyudmila remembers her. And it BREAKS her to realize that her love is now completely gone from this world. No one remembers her except for Pierro and Columbina (that she knows of), so Lyudmila can’t even express her pain since no one will know what she’s even talking about. She didn’t know this would happen. 

Another thing, Nahida is still their daughter. There have been different versions of Rukkha before, but even as Rukkha said herself, Nahida is different. Why is that? Maybe it’s because of the different things she has experienced, like being stuck in her room for 500 years. I like to think it’s more biological. Rukkha needed a new version of herself, but one that would be better than the rest. Asexual reproduction doesn’t bring about change because it’s the same genetic composition. However, two-parent reproduction takes the genes of both, which allows for better rates of survival from the changes that come. 

Ilana knew this and wanted the best “new version” of the Dendro Archon as possible, so that’s what she and Lyudmjila did. Rukkha broke off a small branch of Irminsul, and Lyudmila covered it with a gentle frost. And that’s why Nahida loves her people so much. Rukkha loved them as well, but this is a bit different. It’s part of Lyudmila’s power as the Goddess of Love. 

Lyudmila didn’t know of Rukkha’s plan to disappear from this world entirely, and that’s the only reason Lyudmila helped her. She knew that this isn’t the first time she would “die” and come back as something else, but since they were doing this a different way, she assumed Rukkha could live too. She didn’t realize that she already knew she was going to die, and eventually go completely forgotten. Otherwise Lyudmila would want to find another way when there wasn’t any time.

And lastly, this was caused by Celestia still, so Lyudmila still hates them. They told Celestia together that wiping out a whole civilization is wrong BEFORE the actual battle. That’s when they inflicted the forbidden knowledge back onto Sumeru (or, rather, CAUSED the knowledge to be forbidden by their heavenly principles). They hurt what matters most to Rukkha, which is her people and Irminsul, and they took away what matters most to Mila, which was her lover. 

If you guys have any questions still, ask away and I’ll talk about it with Mira!! ^w^

[girlwith-thecinder-blockgarden]

Truly three types of people

[scaredpigeons]

Reincarnation Theory; an attempted breakdown on Alhaitham and Kavehs relationship that will never come to fruition because Hoyoverse are cowards— by Pidge.

When I finally got my hands on Alhaitham, I was ecstatic. Not only because damn, I finally get to play as this hunky, genius know-it-all pretty boy who would surely never give me the time of day if we were in the same room, but because attaining his character in game gave me first class tickets to learning more about him.

Up until his release as a playable character, we didn’t really know much about Alhaitham. He seemed cocky and aloof, sure of himself and had the knowledge to back up those attributes. It was honestly a little frustrating to see a character who acted so much like one you’d want to hate, but you simply just…. Couldn’t. Because seriously…? He’s not wrong. Dig a little deeper, and a lot of players found his actions and personality type to be extremely autism coded, and honestly refreshing for a lot of neurodivergent players like myself, so used to never seeing “undesirable” personality traits in characters who are designed with the intention for you to love them.

Working on building up Alhaitham to be my main Dps was entertaining, and in doing so I ventured more into the desert, learning more and more about the mysterious King Deshret and his seemingly abandoned society.

The symbolism found within ruins and relics had me jumping to conclusions so quickly. Rushing to message my best friend and fellow genshin impact enthusiast, Kier, to tell them of my theory.

Alhaitham has to be a reincarnation of king deshret! There’s so much symbolic mirroring in his design, his constellation, everything! Even if he isn’t, he has to have something to do with this ancient society, I mean c’mon, look at him.

And Kier, ever the seemingly nihilistic critical thinker brushed me off.

I’ve not payed much attention to the desert lore so far, they’d said. It’s sort of boring and white washed, and I’m focusing on the archon quest line right now. But whatever you say, kiddo.

Of course being in the throes of a questline involving the dendro archon herself, and the questionable nature of the beloved scaramouche becoming a playable character, (I could write a whole essay on the problems of that story’s narrative alone, but I shall save that for another day) was enough to distract me from this thought process, but then he arrived.

Alhaitham’s story quest caused every cyno x haitham shipper to do a collective and dramatic record scratch, because who was this stunning blond bombshell and why is he so hot despite nagging at our boy?

Kaveh stole my heart immediately. One look at that little open back panel on his shirt and I was done for. And as the drip marketing started, and the leaks were sucked up the fans straws like a sugary drink on a hot summers day, I went digging.

Alhaitham has multiple voice lines dedicated to his flamboyant roommate, and several that mention him in passing. They have matching animations for when they are standing idle in game. Their signature dishes mimic foods from each others referenced cultures, even items within their Teapot gift sets are representative of each other in some way. For a game that so seemingly discourages relationships between adult playable characters (in favour of keeping an open ended relationship with the beloved traveller of course,) these two are seemingly more connected to each other than any two characters we’ve seen before.

So with my theory that Alhaitham is a reincarnation of King Deshret, that would make Kaveh the goddess of flowers, yeah?

That was my initial thought too, until I looked deeper and found the mirrors.

Mirror symbolism is extremely important to Alhaithams character. He is literally named after a prolific contributor to our understanding of vision, optics and light— Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham, born around a thousand years ago in present day Iraq. Alhaithams elemental skill and burst involve mirrors of dendro energy, which fly off and bounce off of each other when his burst is activated, much alike to how light bounces off a mirror.

Alhaithams character story lines mention that despite their seemingly tedious relationship, he really respects Kaveh and his intellect. Kaveh helps Alhaitham to look outside of his comfort zone, and Alhaitham helps keep Kaveh’s feet on the ground. He says they are excellent mirrors of one another, and takes their relationship as an opportunity to observe and learn things that he never might have without him.

Here’s where my blatant romanticism comes out to play. What if Kaveh is not the goddess of flowers, but the reincarnation of King Deshret himself? What if the two deities wanted to be reincarnated as perfect mirrors of one another, while still retaining qualities the other loved so dearly?

KD was very clearly an architect himself, the ruins and buildings of the desert are no small feat, which is what drew me to the idea that perhaps Kaveh is the king. Kaveh is an extremely skilled architect, literally known as the ‘light’ of his darshan. KD naturally would retain that love and devotion for aesthetics in design. But he loved the goddess of flowers, so why not reincarnate as someone she might love? Someone thoughtful and emotional, someone who cares, someone beautiful and full of life.

The goddess of flowers loved KD as well, for his undying will in his search for truth, for his strength, intelligence and ability to lead. Hell, she sacrificed herself just so he could get closer to his goal. But of course, she’d not be able to be rid of some of that care-free nature, that free will that lead her followers to love her so, hence her reincarnation into someone that Deshret would have loved, a person who dedicates their entire being to the truth, to the pursuit of knowledge, even if that means seeming self absorbed in the eyes of others (when in reality he’s only going to put effort into what is interesting to him, such is his own use of that free will.)

The GoF still roams the sands for her love, even though she’s not a fan of the sands that destroyed her in the first place, (Alhaithams ascension materials are found deep within desert caverns, “*tsk* there’s sand in my shoes”

And the mourning king still searches for his flowers that represent the love he lost so long ago. (KAVEHS ASCENSION MATS ARE MOURNING FLOWERS????)

Of course, this theory may change and grow as we learn more about Kaveh, as at the time i am writing this, he is still locked away in Hoyo’s basement. But rest assured, as soon as i get my hands on him i will take another deep dive into the lore behind these two morons, and we can further discover how connected they really are.

[mondaymelon]

a day with the archons. pt 2 (honkai impact x genshin impact)

warnings/notes! part 1 can be found here! reader wakes up as elysia from honkai and is in teyvat, somehow - female reader, mentions of alcohol, written headcanon style, NAHIDAS PART IS SO WHOLESOME CRYING RN

(a/n) requested by 🪷 anon! my brain juice needs some refilling hjskskskskskskks - also u have ur own tag now hehe ill tag everything with you included with #🪷 anon so you can read them easier ^^

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raiden

She insisted on having tea with you, quite interested with the fact that you were an outlander not of this world or even of this universe.

You were only able to meet Ei, as the Shogun was out issuing a few decrees and speeches when you had arrived - mainly the ones to abolish the Sakoku Decree that remained since the Traveler had arrived.

You had brought some gifts, as you felt it was polite, and had heard word that Ei liked sweets. She especially enjoyed the dango that you had brought, and you silently promised to yourself to bring more if you ever had a chance.

Ei was incredibly polite and soft-spoken, at least when being compared the Shogun. You remembered the Inazuman questline, and it made you shudder to think actually having to live through that.

"Elysia... or... Elie. Can I call you that?"

Of course you agree, since how could you refuse her?

"It's strange. You're a being like the Traveler, yet you do not carry the essence of the stars, but the very universe itself. You are quite the interesting thing, and I'd like to get to know you more."

Needless to say, the two of you stayed up far into the night discussing hundreds of various topics. At first, Ei had some shogunate stand on guard at the doors and other entrances, but after a while she let them only guard the outside.

I guess you could say she had grown to trust you.

nahida

She almost acts like a kid around you, and you would've believed the farce if not for the extensive Sumeru storyline.

Nahida seems extra bubbly around you, occasionally holding your hand as she leads you through crowded places, like the Sumeru Marketplace or even at times, the Academia.

Through her, you've come to met quite a few of the key figures in Sumeru. Al Haitham, Tighnari, Cyno, Nilou, Dehya, Candace... even Collei, Dori, Faruzan, and Layla! While you are more acquainted with some more than few, you're glad to at least have been able to leave the impression on them.

The two of you decided to have a picnic after the drama in Sumeru died down a bit more, on the outskirts of Sumeru City. For someone so relatively young compared the the rest of the archons, she knows her fair share of stories, and she'll go on and on excitedly as she recites them to you.

Turns out she's actually a skilled arts and crafts maker! It makes you happy to see that she's embracing more of her... creative self after being stuck in the same place for so long.

Nahida teaches you how to make flower crowns out of various Sumeru specialties, like Sumeru roses or Kalapata lotuses! Her knowledge on Sumeru wildlife is an endless stream, which you figure makes sense, considering she is the archon of Dendro.

''Ellie! I have a gift for you." The small girl giggles, holding something behind her back. "But you have to close your eyes, okay?"

As you do so, you can hear her stand on her tippie-toes to reach and place something on your head.

"You can open your eyes now!" As you do, you spot that Nahida's now donning a crown made of delicately thread kalapata-lotuses, and as you glance up, you see that you're wearing one yourself, one made of Sumeru's violet roses.

"Hehe! Now we're matching!"

venti

The first time you see him, it's at Angel Share. Surprisingly, he's not drinking, at least not yet, but instead playing away at his lyre with an otherworldly melody.

His fingerwork is perfectly precise, and you can't help but be entranced by his preformance.

You order a drink and take a seat at the nearest open table, watching and listening until Venti plays the last note on his lyre, which reverberates about the tavern like a reminiscent memory.

No one else in the bar seems to be sober enough to cheer, and it doesn't seem like the bartender cares, so you go up to him and personally give him a compliment, along with a fine bottle of dandelion wine you had bought just for the occasion.

He doesn't seem to be surprised when you tell him you know who he actually is, just grins and says, "Ehe, was it really that obvious?"

It doesn't take long for him to get absolutely wasted, but not before he's told you great deal about the history of Mondstadt and its people. He goes on and on when he gets to Vanessa, Mondstadt's hero like a proud parent before probably noticing your distant expression and changing the topic.

Turns out Venti knows more than he lets on. After a while into your conversation, his eyes light up as he questions, "You were looking for me, weren't you?"

Under his watchful gaze, you can't lie, nor were you planning to. As you tell him as much of your story in hushed undertones, at least as much as you'd like to share, Venti only nods understandingly and occasionally takes a sip or two of the wine you brought.

"I see... a person not of this..." He gestures a wobbly hand around the room. "Reality." You can tell he's going to black out sooner or later, but you try to keep him awake for as long as possible. Staring down at his flushed face and woozy expression, you have to hold back a good-natured giggle.

"Then let me ask you one question. Do you wish to go back?"

"Never."

"Good." And with that, he's out for the count, snoring on his tavern stool peacefully.

zhongli

Zhongli was a busy man, you had concluded after trying to contact him several various times but only to be met by the a negative response each time.

One from Hu Tao - "Zhongli's currently down at the wharf, talking to some clients."

One from a fisherman on the dock - "That man? He's busy doing business in Northland Bank."

One from the kids on the street - "Mr. Zhongli is helping granny pick flowers!"

So when you finally get the chance to invite the distinguished man to Xinyue Kiosk, you do so with reckless abandon.

And, not surprisingly, he shows up. Zhongli is a man of his word, after all, considering he is, or used to be, the god of contracts.

After talking with him yourself, you could confirm just about every compliment you heard about him. He was level-headed, patient, understanding, and was shockingly wise.

Upon seeing you, he had given you a light bow, out of all things, before taking your hand and helping you to your chair. "Now then, the one from another universe, what do you inquire of me?

It had been a shock to see him treat you politely, considering you should've been the one to cater to him. "How could you tell?"

"It's... something in your eyes. People say eyes are the windows into the soul. Mine are filled with deep ombre colors, medals of my legacy and judgement. Yours..." The man paused, glancing up at you before continuing. "They are filled with a kaleidoscope of colorful hues, shades of sapphire, cerulean, ocean, amethyst, violet, lavender... it doesn't stop there, but I shan't bore you."

"Point being, your soul is untainted and brilliant, not one of this world." He gazed at you and smiled, his eyes twinkling. "Now then, shall I pour you some tea?"

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[crownshattered-moved]

|| So I think now would be a good time to address Lyudmila and the ending of Sumeru’s questline... I’ve talked to Mira (my Rukkha) and we’ve figured somethings out!! First off, we’re NOT changing our story with Mila and Ilana, just tweaking it to fit better. And we’re just SLIGHTLY bending canon to have everything fit (and not really even bending it, but just making headcanons that twist a few words). 

To avoid spoilers, the specifics are under the cut.

First off, the Archons DO remember Rukkha. Nahida doesn’t remember because it’s important that she doesn’t, since she is next Archon to lead Sumeru. All of humankind doesn’t remember since they are very much grounded to Teyvat. However, the Traveler DOES remember bc they aren’t from this world, and the other Archons do because their connection to Celestia makes them above Teyvat in a way. 

So Lyudmila remembers her. And it BREAKS her to realize that her love is now completely gone from this world. No one remembers her except for the Archons, so Lyudmila can’t even express her pain since no one will know what she’s even talking about. She didn’t know this would happen. 

Another thing, Nahida is still their daughter. There have been different versions of Rukkha before, but even as Rukkha said herself, Nahida is different. Why is that? Maybe it’s because of the different things she has experienced, like being stuck in her room for 500 years. I like to think it’s more biological. Rukkha needed a new version of herself, but one that would be better than the rest. Asexual reproduction doesn’t bring about change because it’s the same genetic composition. However, two-parent reproduction takes the genes of both, which allows for better rates of survival from the changes that come. 

Ilana knew this and wanted the best “new version” of the Dendro Archon as possible, so that’s what she and Lyudmjila did. Rukkha broke off a small branch of Irminsul, and Lyudmila covered it with a gentle frost. And that’s why Nahida loves her people so much. Rukkha loved them as well, but this is a bit different. It’s part of Lyudmila’s power as the Goddess of Love. 

Lyudmila didn’t know of Rukkha’s plan to disappear from this world entirely, and that’s the only reason Lyudmila helped her. She knew that this isn’t the first time she would “die” and come back as something else, but since they were doing this a different way, she assumed Rukkha could live too. She didn’t realize that she already knew she was going to die, and eventually go completely forgotten. Otherwise Lyudmila would want to find another way when there wasn’t any time.

And lastly, this was caused by Celestia still, so Lyudmila still hates them. They told Celestia together that wiping out a whole civilization is wrong BEFORE the actual battle. That’s when they inflicted the forbidden knowledge back onto Sumeru (or, rather, CAUSED the knowledge to be forbidden by their heavenly principles). They hurt what matters most to Rukkha, which is her people and Irminsul, and they took away what matters most to Mila, which was her lover. 

If you guys have any questions still, ask away and I’ll talk about it with Mira!! ^w^

[jayisabells]

(I realized I forgot to post this a couple days ago, so since I'm in lore brainrot right now, I shall post it. There are no spoilers for the recent quests in this one)

Crazy genshin theory that I will go more in depth with later, but let me tell you about the most important book series in the game: Teyvat Travel Guide by Alice member of that witch order who is especially important because they focus their work on the key lines and Irminsul.

And you know what info people will know after learning about Irminsul, you can change the past? And how do preserve the past? With books.

We already how book series in the game, such as the the Boar Princess and Fischl's stories. I will say that Fischl' stories are possibly a parrelel to the traveler's/their sibling's story, not necessarily made to preserve their story Irminsul, unless the abyss sibling knew they were added/going to be added into Irminsul. The Boar Princess on the other hand, has been a topic of debate regarding lore. What it means, is an an anthology of another true story, etc?

With the interlude quest involving Scaramouche and Irminsul, we know Nahida was able to preserve knowledge of him by creating a story about him. It was pretty vague about it being about a person, using animals and such instead.

Now what about stories involving people in Irminsul? When Scaramouche erased himself out of it, it didn't change the outcome of the tartirigami incident, but it chanhed how it happen. Essentially erasing his involvement.

Teyvat Travel Guide is not vague though, but I believe, similar to how the tartirigami incident remained the same, if this era in Teyvat's history was erased, or more like the people involved in it, the guide serves as a vague basis for it. And possibly it serves as a guide for Alice herself in case she gets erased.

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Other thoughts:

The samsara/era of Teyvat. The reason why I say samsara is because the samsara doesn't necessarily imply reincarnation, or a time loop*, but different time periods in Teyvat where things repeat themselves. For example we have repeats in certain groups. And I cannot say this enough, this is NOT reincarnation, I will scream the next time someone brings up the Alhaithan is the reincarnation of Deshret because no wrong.

Example 1: Venti, Jean, Diluc, and the Traveler fighting Dvalin is reminiscent of the group Venti's friend led against the God of Storms. In this case, Jean and Diluc are descendants of them, but they are not reincarnations. The traveler and Venti represent Venti himself and his friend.

Example 2: Nahida, Alhaitham, Cyno, and possibly Nilou. Nahida being the Dendro Archon, Alhaitham representing King Deshret, Cyno representing the priest, and Nilou possibly representing the Goddess of flowers. They are not reincarnations of the characters they represent, and in my opinion, there is not much to justify saying they descendants either. In Nilou's case, there is not to go on other than, flowers.

Example 3: The traveler and Paimon. Essentially we are repeating the journey through Teyvat the Abyss sibling went through with Dainslef. I mean look at the Aranara questlines, the traveler is doing the same thing as their sibling did for them.

I feel like you can find other examples as well, but they are much more vague or involve a lot more of explaining.

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Could memories other characters have of the travler be erased from Irminsul? We already know the Abyss sibling has been added to Irminsul, but the question is how. Everyone could collectively forgot that someone else was involved in all their quests and stories. And the traveler would remember. And is it possible for the traveler to be added? And would their sibling forget? Maybe if the traveler gets so involved in Teyvat, like their sibling did, Teyvat would recognize them as part of it