#genshin impact khaenri’ah

[foxface001]

The Khaenri’ah last hope🔆

He’s so babygirl just makes me wanna brrrrrrrrr

[visibleclosedeyes]

Rhinenation and Khaenri’ah apologist

Do you guys think Khaenri’ahs are mistreated and discriminated against? Because i do

[lol-draws]

I will never get tired of drawing him

[nightmarearian]

CRYO ABYSS HERALD CRYO ABYSS HERALD CRYO ABYSSHERALD VRYOABYSSHERALD

CRYO ABYSS HERALD

Wait a fuckin minute

Didn’t people say Kaeya is appearing w/ Dain?

O-

…

The Herald seems to have some feather-fur like thing on their shoulder-neck.

Kaeya?

Lol this old theory

I wonder whose the ‘he’ Dainsleif said might have seen us. Well, assumedly us, he could’ve said it to whoever

THEY’RE TAKING OFF THEIR MASK I’M-

This is a win for Khaenri’ah.

AJCBCISNZBAKK-

I’m hyped fuck

[thormanick]

pov a random human alchemist is about to be very arrogant at your work meeting, ALTERNATIVELY-

I have a headcanon that Gold and Sustainer were at each other’s throats since Day 1 and that Gold discovered the truths about the origins of Teyvat. She then laid it out before the Sustainer to turn the Archons and get their help in dismantling the established order, but they did not support her (bc Gold was ready to use all means necessary to overthrow the divine, and the Seven were like. We’ve barely survived the war there’s zero chance we’re anywhere close to beating the divine order).

Anyways she fails to get their help but that’s the moment when Khaenri’ah begins to delve into the forbidden knowledge and stuff. In my headcanon, at least

AND RESPECTLESS FIT THE SITUATION SO WELL LIKE WHAT-

[the-twilight-sword]

The Meaning of the Schwanenritter

I love the naming here, because there are a multitude of meanings. The first, most obvious meaning, is "swan knights", alluding to the Germanic fairy tale about about a knight who rides in a swan-drawn boat and assists a damsel in distress, provided that she does not ask him his name. This is the meaning that the wiki goes with.

However, there’s a second meaning. See, the German word for swan is schwan, not schwanen. The plural would be schwäne, though schwanen is an archaic form.

Schwanen is a verb, meaning "to dread". Though the origin is uncertain, it is connected to the old Germanic association of swans with fate and the Norns. There's a synonymous expression in German “Schwansfedern haben/tragen„ directly translating to "to wear swan's feathers" and meaning “to dread”.

We can even see the connection between fate and swans in English, with the phrase "to sing one's swan song", a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death since they have been silent for most of their lifetime.

I think this connection seems fitting for our Khaenri’ahn knights who piloted the ruin golems in a last-ditch effort to combat the cataclysm. It was a final attempt, a dying song, of a godless nation who, though traditionally pitted against against nations ruled by archons, still felt a kinship and responsibility to their fellow men.

[bookwormlover10]

Would it be funny that in then new archons qest that it revels that dainsleif is kaeya father.

[ataraxy1]

Quick theory about Dainseif or however you spell his name.

The destruction of Khaenri'ah happened 500 years ago. The traveler along with their sibling are 500 years old also. The sibling was partners with Dainsleif, but the sibling also wished to overthrow celestia, perhaps in the goal of making teyvat a world without the rulership of gods. Naturally, you’d think that this goal would rub off onto Dainsleif too, making it a joined ambition.

Now think back to how the whole destruction of Khaenri’ah happened; there was a doctor/experimenter who’s experiment turned the people of the city into monsters. This angered Celestia, causing the gods to go to war with Khaenri’ah.

From the reaction of what the sibling had when they saw the ruins of the city, it’s safe to say that they were fond of the place. Dainsleif had a curse cast upon him around the same time, but after many years later, he sees the sibling after partnering with the traveler.

The sibling isn’t happy with Dainsleif, furious even. “He’s a bad man.” Is what they say.

So, putting this all together: The sibling and Dainsleif were travel partners, they both might have shared similar ambitions, Khaenri’ah had a doctor that caused the ruin of the place, Dainsleif did something so bad that he had the curse of suffering for an eternity placed upon him, the sibling is hostile towards him, also his clothes resemble that of the abyss.

My theory is that Dainsleif was the doctor who caused the destruction of Khaenri’ah. Idk it’s been a while since I last saw him, so I don’t remember his exact explanation for most things.

[visibleclosedeyes]

Lemme chime in and top it all off with angst

Tw: dehumanization

And the majority will never understand her or at least understand her condition or the need to commit these sins since Celestia is, technically speaking, ‘has won’ by nuked their nation to cinder—there is, currently, no one from Khaenri’ah to tell us the truth of what happened

Also, because Celestia has won; Khaenri’ah was reduced in history as spooky country which had become a place filled with monster—a nation of monsters. Rhinedottir was and IS still humans ; same with other khaenri'ahns

But the world will never even considered them as such

like. rhine being called a great sinner when she was trying to find a way to help her nation via khemia because it was the only way they could survive. rhine causing the cataclysm and thus bringing her nation to ruin from celestia's wrath....

[kujousaramybeloved]

bunch of albedos and kaeyas today

[visibleclosedeyes]

Daily reminder that Alice has a whole ass man she has a kid with but never talk about him at all

But she talks about Rhine 😏

[nightmarearian]

Ok but like real quick

If Aether/Lumine are the prince(ss) of Khaenri’ah, to son/daughter or at least descendants to Irmin, then why are their pupils circular?

I’m aware ideas and concept for stories as long as Genshin’s will change over time, but still.

If there’s one person to have the signature mark of Khaenri’ah, it may as well be the royal heirs, right?

That and they don’t follow one of the descriptors of Khaenri’ahn?

Pale Princess & the 6 Pygmies (it’s about the Abyss Order) describe a Moonlight Forest whose denizens have fair skin, pale/light colored hair & blue eyes. If we’re using that as a descriptor for Khaenri’ah then they don’t really follow all of those; Again, if one were to follow the standard of Khaenri’ah, then would it not be the royals of Khaenri’ah?

(Though again, Chlothar has black hair, but otherwise every other Khaenri’ahn we’ve met has had blue eyes, including Kaeya, who only has blue star eyes to indicate he’s a Khaenri’ahn at all.)

Edit: a bit more in the comments!

[visibleclosedeyes]

Khaenri’ah was dehumanized and seen as weird or ‘other’ because their lack of archons as the leader of their state (symbolic or not) really. Like you have mentioned, other nations among the seven have bad people running amok doing bad shit—even back then but they don’t really receive the same treatment as Khaenri’ah because they still lead by archons

Rhinedottir is a bad person but she is a survivor just like any other in Khaenri’ah—they have to tap into whatever that could help their nation since they have no god that would figure that out for them. Rhinedottir is cold and has no passion for others people outside of her people but that is just because of the reality she lived in

Today im thinking about the dehumanization of khaenri'ah. The fact that they intentionally ERASED any kind of history record left by khaenriahns other than the ooh giant scary war machines that shoot lasers they must've CLEARLY had sinister intentions. no one sees the notes left behind by an ordinary citizen stuck at the gates of their country in the middle of the desert because if they moved any further, their starving mother wasnt going to make it. The way they intentionally REDUCED rhinedottir to the sins she committed. (which were sins in the first place by their standards) the way rhinedottir is a bad person but not in a super villain way, she's bad bacause human beings are just as much capable of unkindness and bitterness and evil as they are of being good. The way the khaenri'ahn higher ups very well may have had bad ideas and evil plans that could've altered the world but we can see this with any other nation's governing body (e.g grand sage azar making a literal god), thats a human issue, corrupt government force is A HUMAN ISSUE. We dont know what happened back there, maybe they really did have no choice but to wipe the entire nation out but god, the way they were human and the way no one remebers that when it was their whole ideology in the first place. the pride of humankind robbed of their humanity.

[thormanick]

Delusional thought: Khaenri’ah is said to be VERY deep underground (so deep that from the gates in Sumeru you still need to go down I think to reach it), sO

Option 1: there are 7 doors on the way to Khaenri’ah and we will slowly descend and open each one with the help of remaining singular oculi we collect in Teyvat bc the Seven were there for a reason and their powers can probably be used for containment purposes

Or

Option 2: there are 9 doors separating 9 circles/areas from each other in Khaenri’ah with the central area being the lowest point&the heart of the kingdom, because Khaenri’ah is deep and underground and abandon hope, all ye who enter here-

[unfortunatelyilikebnha]

Thinking about the KaeyaJeanDiluc friendship where they grew up together and they were CLOSE & sure maybe Jean felt like Diluc & Kaeya were closer since they were brothers & sure maybe Kaeya felt like he had to keep secrets from the two of them bc they would never understand but they were like. A trio! A team!

& then Diluc’s 18th birthday comes around and everything goes to shit and Diluc LEAVES so they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc but just Kaeya & Jean & in some ways Kaeya and Jean get closer because of it but there’s also a pronounced DISTANCE where Jean doesn’t know how to reach Kaeya anymore & Kaeya is even more determined not to tell Jean anything & they both lose themselves in their duties to Mondstadt while also missing Diluc and ALSO, despite everything, offering each other unconditional support

& then Diluc comes BACK & in addition to Kaeya & Jean there’s the shaky reestablishment of Jean & Diluc and Diluc & Kaeya but it’s not THE SAME. they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc; Jean & Kaeya are knights and Diluc will never be a knight again & they all changed while Diluc was away & none of them know how to talk to each other anymore AND YET there’s still an undercurrent of trust!! Not fully, especially between Kaeya & Diluc, but Diluc still calls on Jean during the archon quest, trusting that she will keep their secrets even though as the acting grandmaster she should probably not. Jean says in her about Diluc voiceline that she understands why Diluc hates the knights & is working hard to make them an organization he can trust again. Kaeya covers for Diluc’s darknight hero escapades & fondly reminisces about their childhood in front of him. Diluc invited Kaeya to dinner at the winery & (afaik) never told anyone about Kaeya’s origins. Kaeya tells the traveler that they need to give Jean their full support and planned a birthday party for her. Jean left Kaeya in charge of Mondstadt when she went to the golden apple archipelago! On some level they recognize that their goals still align!! There’s still trust and love there but there’s also this gap between them that none of them know how to cross and I just!!!

[ghostofreach117]

OMG MY WIFE???!!

Arlecchino is one of my FAVVVSS (alongside Diluc ofc…)

could we please get a more clear/full body of her? 🙏 I wanna see ur fire design for her cuz I KNOW it goes hard

Hello!!!!! Idk why I didn’t see this but here you go now!!!! These are some colored shots from the original comic and an original doodle from when I was drafting some ideas. I will probably update it eventually I just made this for the comic.

I want to focus on that last comment rn so another yap fest is in session🤑🤑🤑

This is less of a redesign and more of a tonal shift in her design because her role slightly changes in my rewrite/au (I still don’t know what to call this lmao) she is still “father” of course, but she is also actively trying to manipulate/sabotage her fellow harbingers. (not that shes trying to take down the fatui out of the goodness in her heart, she just works for herself only and sees her colleagues as stepping stones for her true goal (not yet known)) To do this, she has created a ‘surveillance system’ in teyvat comprised of multiple ‘children’ and fatui informants. This is not unlike the information network that Diluc, Yelan, etc. are apart of. In fact, they are competing forces.

She retains some of the clever hidden “x”s from her original design, but I gave her a new eye motif that plays well with the diamonds that are present in the rest of her design.

She looks older because I SAID SOO!!! (also kind of adds a maternal feel) I ❤️ age diversity