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torgawl · 8 months ago

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i was playing luocha's quest "guide for a knight stranger" when i spotted a genshin character. this is like finding beyoncé in a supermarket. what is chang the ninth doing here? i think it's pretty cool that he's a detective romance novel character in this universe instead of a writer, it's like the world is inverted. and he's the killer's uncle, nonetheless. too bad we don't know (as far as i'm aware of) if genshin's chang the ninth has nephews, but with at least 8 siblings it's very likely.

#i'm a curious person so i went to see what book xingqiu wanted to get from him in his quest and it was 'legend of the shattered halberd'#unfortunately i didn't find anything that could relate to hsr so it was just a little detail for funsies probably #but the book is actually crazy!!!#it talks about how in ancient times when the axis mundi was unobstructed there were 9 realms each a world of its own #zhongzhou was the realm of humans (literally translates to central axis or core) and the gods resided in shenxiao (to sneer or laugh at is #the only translation i found). it talks about how there was a war between gods at the end of the last calamity and how the god king fell #which obliterated all living things. but now the realms were reborn and life thrives again although the passageway between the nine realms #by axis mundi has been seeled off #if that isn't intriguing i don't know what is. i should read more books to make sense of the lore better #this just adds to my belief in the theory that there are 9 elements. 9 symbolising perfection and completion is also so good #the quest about the nine pillars of peace in liyue being associated with the calamity that struck khaenri'ah. the pillars symbolising human #vices/desires. the connection to the yaksha tasked to exterminate the blight that originated from the defeated gods of the archon war which #corrupted their body and spirit eventually going mad and slowly vanishing from the people's memory. a lot of things about the archon war #in liyue the number 9 and it's funny that chang the ninth's book also talks about a war between gods. i could go on but anyways fun stuff #honkai star rail #genshin impact

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