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welcometoteyvat · 2 years ago

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thinking about it again and my favorite sumeru subregion is probably the girdle of the sands (newest one, released 3.6) just because of the heaps and heaps of zoroastrianism refs and iranian mythology sprinkled all over the place it’s absolutely so cool. also sorush.

#i forgot most of the lore after doing the quest ngl 💀 im sorry i will repent for not being a lore buff and having 0 long term memory #mostly what i remember is a) simurgh and b) some sickass quotes that i have screenshotted but forgor #looking through the wiki tho and til amrita is sanskirt cognate of ambrosia and represents the same concept of an immortality elixir #and then in game its used as something that can purify the corruption and forbidden knowledge that beings of khvarena gather ? pretty cool #oh the quote wasn't rlly related to anything but 'it is as if a thousand birds sing out at once and as if a hundred flowers respond' idk its #nothing special but i think the numbers should probably mean something. i just like it because it sounds so fairy tale myths and legends lik #like. awe inspiring or something #the barsom tree and the scenery around there is soooo pretty #the amrita pool too like what the hell the vourukasha oasis where all the pari are looks so nice #i'll go look at the lore later but the cultural refs insane #vourukasha oasis = cosmic sea ? harvisptokhm literally the tree of all seeds? simurgh sits in that #breaks off a branch... scattering seeds all over the place... sounds a lot like the khvarena backstory #also the pari designs are really cool imo and they did sorush's arc wayyy better than the racist lamp's 💀 shes just a cute little guy #ramblings!#i haven't reviewed the khaenriah lore that came out of that place all i know is fantasy iran is real ig /hj #oh forgot to mention the music mechanic with the drums and songs and stuff. that's so real. idk i love the motif there with like. sing songs #of an older age sing songs to remember #and also the thing that sorush has about wanting to be remembered through song. and the different takes on how Great Deeds tm are recorded #something something erosion and how to deal with it something something #god this was so long #symptom of not having coherent thoughts but instead some kind of random jumble of like 10 loose threads in my head ig

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