#mondstadt songwriter au

[dkniade]

More ideas on “DarkRose” Rosaria (modern band AU)

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Something about being in the shadows controlling the tempo is fitting for her

Will stop playing once a song’s set run time is done and start exchanging tired glances with Kaeya on-stage while Fischl & Childe do their wild improv

(The performance is never-ending and she needs a drink with Kaeya after every set)

Fellow fan input: she’d keep the bass drum going and periodically hit the snare while being dead-eyed

Physically she’s there, mentally she’s at the nearest bar

[neetols]

Who proposed to who in the modern au? (I love your take on them by the way your xiaoven makes me feel so many things at once!!!!)

actually just a mutual decision that was something they talked about for a long time already because they were in a long distance relationship for six years and decided to settle down once venti started considering retiring from performing and just sticking to songwriting/producing. just for 'visa/citizenship reasons' they say except these two had two expensive weddings in both liyue and mondstadt 😗

[eyesofkusanali]

university au headcanons: mondstadt edition pt 2

the library

warnings: spreading my fit!amber and eulamber agenda characters: barbara, albedo, sucrose, amber, eula, rosaria category: headcanons, modern au, university au notes: i didn't expect the next batch to take this long, but hopefully i'll have a lot more to put out over the winter holidays. also, i shat myself when i found out barbara's official last name is pegg.

part 1

barbara pegg

currently attends the music college to study songwriting and performance! she's in her first year

got admitted early because she went on teyvat's got talent and won first place (but she still has a complex about not being as good as her sister jean)

on the weekends, she also joins her church choir because she really likes the anemo archon's message and the music is pretty good too

she's working on an album right now, and really wants to release it soon... but she's still refining it so it can be the best it can be

she met xinyan in university, but recognized her from earlier seasons of teyvat's got talent. they became friends and xinyan is gonna feature on barbara's album.

writes banger tweets and has a very aesthetic instagram

one time the celebrity alice quote retweeted her and she was over the moon to be recognized by someone so popular

she really tries not to let the fame get to her, so she really relies on her sister jean to help keep her sane

barbara also made sure to publish her music with her father's last name so she didn't bring too much attention to the gunnhildr family like... she's very thoughtful about how her actions impact others

doesn't really visit her sister's society, but occasionally finds herself there when she's trying to avoid fans or just wants to spend time with her sister

also, she's not very happy in her degree... why should she get a degree for something she can already do? she thinks her true calling is biomedical science or even medicine but, at least for now, she plans on finishing this degree.

she tells this to her friends from high school, chongyun and xingqiu. xingqiu keeps encouraging her to do a degree she wants, while chongyun seems to have no opinion...

albedo

he may be young, but that hasn't stopped him from being in his second year of his doctorate in inorganic chemistry

when people ask questions about his age, he smiles and deflects (weirdo <3)

he really wanted to go into art school, but rhinedottir sent him to university for an integrated masters in chemistry

he wasn't a huge fan of it at first, but then he started liking it. enough to continue studying it at a higher level

he has the burnt out gifted kid vibes. sitting in the library at 3am, staring at the literary review due at 9am while playing a trivia game on his phone

was taken on as an assistant for a study into visions. he got a little overly invested and creates beautiful graphics and illustrations for the paper

someone convinced him to start an etsy. probably sucrose. actually, definitely sucrose. he sells prints.

albedo became friends with xingqiu when he sold some of his mom's old books on ebay and they realized they could do a local pick up.

when xingqiu mentioned his book, albedo practically begged to illustrate it

is currently a ta for biochemistry class and through this class he met xiangling and sucrose.

he quickly invites sucrose to his research teams because he really gets along with her, and thinks she's quite bright

xiangling, on the other hand, reminds him too much of his adopted little sister klee. their energy is too similar, and albedo simply wants to observe to see what the hell he's signed up for

absolutely no one knows why he is a part of the favonius society. he claims it was for a scholarship, but literally everyone knows he doesn't need it

actually joined on the recommendation of his adopted mother alice, but stayed because he realized he could dump klee babysitting duties on the society

he's probably the reason a lot of people in the society pass tbh

sucrose

nearly finished with her biochemical engineering degree

skipped a year when she was much younger so she's quite young for her degree

she doesn't really talk much in class, but she takes extremely neat notes

dyed her hair mint once when she was convinced she did horrible on an assignment. she did really well, and now keeps her hair mint since she swears its a good luck charm.

she somehow has perfect attendance. i dont know how she makes it to every class. she doesnt get sick and i cant explain this

and even though she doesn't talk much in class (she waits until after class to ask any questions she has), she makes sure to stay after to thank the teachers for teaching

probably buys all her teachers gifts for their birthdays and the holidays

is currently writing a research report on the properties of sweet flowers and how they can be applied in different situations. xiangling is a very big fan of this and happily tested them for sucrose

when her ta, albedo, asked her to stay after class, she nearly started crying right there because she thought she had done something wrong

turns out he wanted to give advice to her and timaeus about their group project. apparently it wasn't intellectually stimulating enough

she stayed in contact with albedo afterward, and started helping out with some of his research

when sucrose stays too long in the lab, normally albedo gets called in to wake her up and walk her home.

its the department's not so subtle way of getting those two to go the fuck home and get some sleep.

amber

i promise you, right here and now that she wouldn't study anything but sports science.

she's in her second year and loving all her classes. might not get the best grades, but the passion is there!

she met thoma in one of her classes on nutrition and they became best friends very quickly

he's also the reason she joined the cooking club

she's able to attend on a soccer scholarship, and she is a very proud captain of the team.

this is my excuse to spread my buff and fit amber agenda. please. i need more people to acknowledge that amber has to be fit as fuck

similarly, she's a health nut. she eats very healthy food and goes to the gym very frequently

she is also the reason that women's soccer suddenly became very popular at the university. somehow friends with everyone at school and she makes them come to her games.

one time she arm wrestled with eula, claiming if she won that she would have to go to a sports game. amber won, and she is very proud of that

joined the favonius frat at the recommendation of her grandpa, stayed because jean was nice and eula was pretty.

she's technically the outreach officer, but everyone just calls her the outrider

she met aether and lumine at the club fair and decided that they would be her friends and took them to the society.

on the weekends she referees kids soccer for a little money

eula lawrence

most people would assume she would study something like politics (which she did for a few years), but she dropped out to join the dance school

a little bit older than most people in her classes, but she is undeniably graceful

she struggles with creating her own dances, but she's learning

her teacher recommended she join the marching band as a featured dancer, so she simply did.

lots of people didnt like her cause... well they knew her family history. they assumed she was here on family money and family influence

little did they know, she had stolen money from her family to go to dance school and was actually a good dancer

anyway, amber noticed her because she's really good at seeing these things. she recruited her to the favonius society

eula wasn't going to join, but amber didn't take no for an answer.

she supposed it would be alright to join for a time, but might leave later

but then when kaeya vomited on her shoes because he was hungover... well she couldn't let that action stand. she declared vengeance and would not leave the society out of spite

she met kokomi, gorou, and keqing back when she took politics, still keeps in touch with them

one night, amber challenged her to an arm wrestling match. eula probably could put up a good fight on most days, but she was so flustered with the contact that she was easily beaten.

she gets tickets to all of amber's games as revenge, even one's she isn't dancing at. definitely isn't doing it to see amber in her soccer uniform. definitely :)

rosaria

third year religious studies. no one knows why she's studying it. she refuses to explain

she doesn't show up to half of her classes. teachers are concerned, but she meets the bare minimum attendance and does well enough in class

widely regarded as a university cryptid. people find her at 4am angrily staring at a statue of barbatos outside the university.

she puts out her cigarettes in the hands of the statue and takes a few shots of vodka there before just... disappearing.

if you try to join her? she'll probably beat your ass and then resume her little ritual

but other people started catching on and doing the same when rosaria wasn't there, and she's a little proud of this influence

literally no one knows why she does it.

occasionally people see her at one of barbatos' church services, which is all the more baffling to the student body

one night, kaeya joined rosaria at the statue for her little ritual. after getting his ass kicked, he stayed after. no one really knows what went on there, but occasionally rosaria shows up at the favonius order

and on one visit, she met albedo's little sister klee.

rosaria definitely steals her every once in a while and is the reason klee says fuck

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Mondstadt Songwriter AU stuff

Inspired by @koriyue’s website mock-up of the boy-band 5wirl’s first album “With The Wind” here

some interactions and concepts I’ve had a while back

Diluc, Venti (ft. Jean), Kaeya (ft. Rosaria), Albedo

(Basic profiles + albums track names at the end. See if you can spot the symbolisms and parallels in the albums…?👀)

Metal musician “Noctua” Diluc trying to find a sound engineer

Noctua: Are the recordings alright?

Jean: Mr. Diluc, with all due respect, I don’t think I can handle even ten seconds of the first track. The genre is… rather intense for me.

Noctua: I see… Thank you for telling me. I apologize for not knowing before.

Jean: Please don’t worry about it. You and I have different styles, after all. Oh, but if you’re looking for sound engineers that work with diverse genres, I’d recommend Bar— Er, Venti.

[later]

Venti: So, you’re the metalhead Noctua that Jean told me about, huh~? I’ll be honest. I couldn’t tell at first. You need a sound engineer?

Noctua: …And you look like you’ve only mixed pop tracks.

Venti: Hehe, you don’t know who I am, do you? I know every song from the past and present, and the ones that have yet to be released!

Noctua: How—

Venti: You could say I’m the god of songs, ehe! Trust me, Noctua. Your tracks will be in good hands with me. Or if you don’t believe me, you can take a listen to DarkRose’s metal album that I’ve worked on?

Noctua: “DarkRose”?

Venti: Doesn’t ring a bell? Maybe the name “Rosaria” would sound more familiar? She doesn’t think I should call myself the “god of songs” but even she came to me for her album.

Noctua: So the musician that Oculus has made friends with is Rosaria…

Venti: Oho? You know Oculus?

Noctua: Nevermind about that. It’s in the past now. So are you available to mix my album?

Venti: I’ll make your vision a reality! Now, tell me more about this album of yours…

Feb 17, 2023.

“Oculus” Kaeya Hides His Album from Venti and Works with Albedo

Venti: A certain Noctua has asked me to master his new album… But I’m a little tight on Mora lately. Say, aren’t you also touching up yours, Mr. Alberich? I can do yours afterwards~

Kaeya: Haha, I appreciate your offer. You’re certainly a talented engineer, but I’m afraid I’ll have to decline.

Venti: Oho? It’s not like you to be so formal. And around your drinking buddy? What’s your album called?

Kaeya: Death After Noon, simply for the taste of it. Anyway, I’ve got some guesses of what Diluc’s album might be about. You must have your hands full with a… fiery style like his, no?

Venti: I’m flexible with genre.

Kaeya: Genre isn’t the problem here.

[beat]

Venti: Is there something in the lyrics you don’t want me to know?

[Kaeya recalls how he has cried on vocal takes because the lyrics are too personal and it’s his first time putting these emotions into a song.]

Kaeya: Me? Secretive lyrics? Come now, I haven’t gone through that much.

Venti: You’ve got good taste, naming it after such a delicious alcohol.

Kaeya: Why thank you~

[later that day]

Kaeya: Kreideprinz—

Albedo: Simply Albedo is fine. Would you like to hear how the mix is—

Kaeya: Make it clear to Venti that I don’t want him to handle my album. I already have you for that role, after all.

Albedo: Is that not obvious to him?

Kaeya: Well, he’s quite the persistent one. Venti’s fame as an audio engineer… is dangerous for these tracks.

Albedo: You… do understand that once the album is released, he will have access to it like everyone else?

Kaeya: Albedo, think of it this way. He’s an engineer and a poet. How long do you think it’ll take him to decipher the symbolisms in the track titles alone?

Albedo: Symbolism and literary devices are not within my field of study, but I imagine Venti would have little difficulty with them.

Kaeya: Right, so you get it.

Albedo: Are you uncomfortable with the idea?

Kaeya: …

Albedo: Forgive me. I won’t pry any further.

Kaeya: Best of luck on the mix.

Albedo: Relax. Have faith in my abilities as an engineer. You have delivered your emotions; the final product’s quality will not undermine them.

Venti, an audio engineer: I know every song from the past and present, and the ones that have yet to be released!

I guess you can even call me… the 🍃God of Music🍃, ehe

Diluc, metal guitarist & songwriter:

Rosaria, also metal songwriter, who Venti has mixed for: He’s not lying this time

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“Oculus” / Kaeya (jazz & funk guitarist & songwriter)

produces groovy tracks with smooth vocals

often puts symbolism in titles

lyrics seem to have lots of hidden subtext that nearly noone can understand

I’m not sure what his fashion sense would be

Used to be part of a pop unit ��burning-ii” with Diluc until a certain argument

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“Noctua” / Diluc (metal guitarist & songwriter)

produces heavy tracks with surprisingly classy vocals

No who am I kidding. He’d absolutely go all out: high-tension vocals, growls if he feels like it. Energy matches his music. The idea is: power.

(Kinda like the whole Diluc/Darknight Hero persona. Calm and professional as “Diluc”, aggressive and unrestrained as “Noctua”)

titles almost always have something to do with birds and flames and dawn

lyrics are so straightforward you could read him like an open book

formal and reserved fashion sense despite his works’ aesthetic

Used to be part of a pop unit “burning-ii” with Kaeya until a certain argument

🥀

“DarkRose” / Rosaria (metal songwriter)

Good friends with Oculus

vocals are cool/chilling/low & smooth-sounding but it’s part of her charm (something like MEMAI SIREN’s vocalist, whose voice I love very much <3)

It balances well with the heavy instrumental

Flowing black clothing with some small spikes and chains here and there

🍃

Venti (audio engineer & poet)

famous audio engineer who claims to be the “God of Songs”

Very flexible with genres despite the indie-pop musician appearance

Comfortable outfit of pastel greens, beige, and browns, lots of charms here and there

Also a poet but does it as a side thing

💫

“Kreideprinz” / Albedo (audio engineer, graphic designer & illustrator)

more well-known for his visual works than audio works (despite the former being a side job and the latter being more high-quality)

Does not care for fame and simply enjoys the mediums

became an audio engineer because he likes the technical aspect of bringing the tracks together in harmony

black and white with gold accents, basically his canon outfit but a bit more techwear-like style

Diluc Ragnvindr & Kaeya Alberich, aka “burning-ii” — pop

1st Single: Together With Our Hands

Vocals/Lyrics: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Crepus Ragnvindr

Arrangement: Crepus Ragnvindr

Mixing/Mastering: Adelinde

Visuals: Kaeya Alberich, Crepus Ragnvindr

1st Album: Dear Winds on High

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Arrangement: Diluc Ragnvindr, Venti

Mixing/Mastering: Crepus Ragnvindr

Visuals: Kaeya Alberich

2nd Album: Mondstadt KNights

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Arrangement: Kaeya Alberich, Venti

Mixing/Mastering: Jean Gunnhildr

Visuals: Kreideprinz, Kaeya Alberich

Kaeya Alberich, aka “Oculus” — jazz & funk

Debut Album: Death After Noon

Vocals/Lyrics/Music/Arrangement: Oculus

Mixing/Mastering/Visuals: Kreideprinz

1. Confidante

2. A Million Reflections

3. Death After Noon

4. Treasure Hoarders (Such As I)

5. Crystal Steps

6. The Only Checkmate

7. Angel’s Share, Not Mine

8. The Knight, the Pawn, the Uncrowned King

9. Arctic Abyss

10. The Peacock Tail’s the Start of It All

11. Grape Juice, So Unromantic

12. If Only I Could Right My Wrongs

Diluc Ragnvindr, aka “Noctua” — heavy metal

Debut Album: Burning Dawn

Vocals/Lyrics/Music/Arrangement: Noctua

Mixing/Mastering: Venti

Visuals: Albedo

1. Justice

2. In Spite of the Night

3. Burning Dawn

4. Mortem Crepus

5. Always So Inefficient

6. Flying Embers in the Rain

7. Delusional Vision

8. Abyssal Intel

9. Falcon’s Return

10. Phoenix Reborn

11. Wind God, Always

12. With These Hands of Mine

Somehow, the track names imply that either Kaeya and Diluc really like mythology and metaphors, or wind gods and the abyss order still exists… in this modern AU- Don’t think too hard about it haha

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Tartaglia/Fischl/Kaeya/Rosaria Modern Band AU

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Tartaglia

Lead Guitar / Vocals

(but really, he’s great with any instrument)

Flashy and dramatic, center of the spotlight

Excellent in complex solos and riffs, overall really skilled in guitar, likes to improvise 

Changes rhythm constantly and ups the tempo half the time, would throw in a key change or two just for the fun of it or change the time signature 

(unknowingly pisses Kaeya and Rosaria off because of this LMAO)

Saying incredibly unhinged stuff on-stage; no one really knows if it’s a stage persona or if he’s got theatrical experience or if he’s actually like that

Each performance is, apparently, a battle to him?

Basically, the musical performance equivalent of his Liyue boss fight phase 1

Dynamic with Kaeya—

Kaeya’s “hidden agendas” on/off-stage are rather annoying to him 

Unknowingly pisses Kaeya off with his constant surprises in rhythm/tempo/key/etc, thinks it’s all a big game

Dynamic with Fischl—

Welcomes Fischl to join him in the spotlight, has a great time ad-libbing with her

She seems to think his unhinged lines are all roleplay; he’s fine with this and plays along with her roleplay too 

Genuinely gets along with her on-stage and off-stage thanks to their love for drama (though perhaps for slightly different reasons?)

Dynamic with Rosaria—

finds her boring since she seems lazy to him

But, he knows of her capabilities so he appreciates her additions to the performances (to make him sound better)

Has no idea why she seems to dislike him

Will not stop playing just because she stops, but finds it boring that the extra noise and excitement is missing 

But it’s okay. Fischl improvs with him so it’s just a different flavour of chaotic noise and excitement

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Modern Songwriter/Band AU

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Band Name: Ad Astra Abyssosque

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(Childe)

lead guitar / vocals

“Immernachtstraum: Prelude of the Summer Fantasia”

(Fischl)

keyboards / vocals

“Oculus”

(Kaeya)

bass

“DarkRose”

(Rosaria)

drums

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Process for Coming up with Childe’s and Fischl’s Stage Names

Research: Childe’s Whale Line

Childe’s phase 3 line “极恶法…「鲸吞噬灭」！” is approximately “Ultimate Evil Technique…” and then—

Whale-Like Swallow of Obliteration

Total Destruction of Whale Swallow

Annihilating Whale Swallow

Syntax is complicated. Something about “whale”, “swallow”, and “obliteration”…

(Just when I thought he couldn’t get any more flashy than “Foul Legacy: The Devouring Deep!”, miHoYo made a pun out of his line)

(鲸吞 jīngtūn = swallow (land or riches)(like a whale))

(吞噬 tūnshì = swallow (metaphorically refers to mass death))

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(Looked up Childe’s boss lines for inspiration for his stage name….)

“Monoceros11”

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(Looked up Fischl’s outfits and Immernacht Apokalypse for inspiration for her stage name)

“Prinzessin der Verurteilung: Evernight Sovereign”

“Prelude of the Everlasting Night”

“Prelude of the Evernight Fantasia”

Chinese version: 终夜幻想的序曲

“Immernachtstraum, Prelude of the Evernight Fantasia”

(Eternal Night’s Dream, Prelude of the Evernight Fantasia)

“Immernachtstraum, Prelude of the Summer Fantasia”

(Translation: Eternal Night’s Dream, Prelude of the Summer Fantasia)

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Band Name: Ad Astra Abyssosque

Alludes to Fischl’s position in the adventurer’s guild, Kaeya’s starry eye, Tartaglia’s Abyss background, Rosaria’s night motif 

(Don’t think too hard about world building. I just wanted to see these four in a chaotic band AU)

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(was thinking about music again)

Diluc would make a great metal producer… I can see it now, again, the Mondstadt Songwriter AU. 

Artist Name: Noctua

True Name: Diluc Ragnvindr

Metal producer

Darknight Blaze is his default fashion

Red Dead of Night is his stage persona’s stage outfit

Lots of albums and live performances, but no music videos 

He finds the concept of a MV for music unnecessary since his music is already a mode of communication that can stand on its own.

Artist Name: Occulus

True Name: Kaeya Alberich

jazz/alt-folk producer

Sailwind Shadow is his default fashion

Icy Featherflight is his performance persona’s outfit

Lots of albums and live action music videos, but no live performances

It helps him play up the public persona, where people have no idea if he’s acting, being honest, or hiding behind his charming music and alluring lyrics.

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“Noctua” / Diluc (metal guitarist & songwriter)

produces heavy tracks with surprisingly classy vocals

No who am I kidding. He’d absolutely go all out: high-tension vocals, growls if he feels like it. Energy matches his music. The idea is: power.

(Kinda like the whole Diluc/Darknight Hero persona. Calm and professional as “Diluc”, aggressive and unrestrained as “Noctua”)

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Yes that’s make the contrast stronger… He’s the sort that’d be really intense on-stage/when performing but calm and chill outside of of that

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Does this track give Kaeya or not? Based on the stuff I got, I think so a bit, but it's also metal-heavy. It's about the discordant lyrics and styles somehow working in a funky jazz kind of way. You could totally do a jazz, metal, or orchestra cover of this song and it's awesome.

Oh yeah the piano bit in the beginning, definitely. These lyrics too

It took me ten years to find the answer to something

I forgot about it in two seconds

That's about it

I’m not sure what to add, haha. You basically hit the nail on the head with your description. Discordant lyrics and styles indeed. I can totally see songwriter Kaeya doing a jazz cover of it. Diluc with metal too.

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1. “burning-ii” is from my old Mondstadt Songwriter AU where it was the name of their band when they were younger

2. 帆影终夜 is basically the names of their alternative skins 帆影游风 (Sailwind Shadow) and 殷红终夜 (Red Dead of Night) combined, together roughly meaning “Distant Sails All Night”, equivalent to “Sailwind Night” if we’re using English titles

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burning-ii / Oculus / Noctua (Kaeya and Diluc band AU)

July 13, 2022.

I had this idea for a while now but got too distracted to make a mock album cover graphic design of it. But here's the idea, with the track names and album names that I came up with, 'cause I love that sorta thing. Put the two albums' track titles side by side and see if you can find some easter eggs and parallels in matching number tracks :D (The 1st single's name... And the two debut albums' final tracks...)

Previously together in a pop unit known as “burning-ii”. Now dissolved, Kaeya performs under the stage name “Oculus” and Diluc performs under the stage name “Noctua”.

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Diluc Ragnvindr & Kaeya Alberich, aka “burning-ii” —  pop

1st Single: Together With Our Hands

Vocals/Lyrics: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Crepus Ragnvindr

Arrangement: Crepus Ragnvindr

Mixing/Mastering: Adelinde 

Visuals: Kaeya Alberich, Crepus Ragnvindr 

1st Album: Dear Winds on High

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Arrangement: Diluc Ragnvindr, Venti

Mixing/Mastering: Crepus Ragnvindr

Visuals: Kaeya Alberich

2nd Album: Mondstadt KNights

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Diluc Ragnvindr, Kaeya Alberich

Arrangement: Kaeya Alberich, Venti

Mixing/Mastering: Jean Gunnhildr 

Visuals: Kreideprinz, Kaeya Alberich

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Kaeya Alberich, aka “Oculus” — jazz

Debut Album: Death After Noon

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Oculus

Arrangement: Kreideprinz

Mixing/Mastering: Noelle

Visuals: Kreideprinz

1. Confidante 

2. A Million Reflections

3. Death After Noon

4. Treasure Hoarders (Such As I)

5. Crystal Steps

6. The Only Checkmate

7. Angel’s Share, Not Mine

8. The Knight, the Pawn, the Uncrowned King

9. Arctic Abyss

10. The Peacock Tail’s the Start of It All

11. Grape Juice, So Unromantic

12. If Only I Could Right My Wrongs 

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Diluc Ragnvindr, aka “Noctua” — heavy metal

Debut Album: Burning Dawn

Vocals/Lyrics/Music: Noctua

Arrangement: Xinyan

Mixing/Mastering: Venti

Visuals: Monoceros11

1. Justice

2. In Spite of the Night

3. Burning Dawn

4. Mortem Crepus

5. Always So Inefficient 

6. Flying Embers in the Rain

7. Delusional Vision

8. Abyssal Intel

9. Falcon’s Return 

10. Phoenix Reborn

11. Wind God, Always 

12. With These Hands of Mine

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Concept Brainstorming utc.

Inspired by koriyue’s website mock-up of the boy-band 5wirl’s first album “With The Wind” here

Previously together in a pop unit known as “burning-ii”. Now dissolved, Kaeya performs under the stage name “Oculus” and Diluc performs under the stage name “Noctua”

Kaeya and Diluc together (pop band) name concepts

- Frost/Burn

- Fruity Dawn

- Peacock and Phoenix 

- burningI (capital i, not lowercase L)

- burning-ii

Kaeya (alt-folk, or maybe jazz?)

Waltz (as in, flowery chords, but probably with light lyrics with a dark undertone)

Oculus (as in his music “sees” and understands you?)

Oculus Stella (“starry eye” in Latin)

Album: Death After Noon? Cypress After Noon?

(Cypress is a class of trees that symbolize sacrifice, death, and mourning. It also has similar spelling to Crepus)

Arrangement: Kreideprinz 

Mixing/Mastering: Noelle

Visuals: Kreideprinz (Albedo)

Diluc (heavy metal)

Dawn

Noctua (probably as a beacon of justice and writes heavy lyrics)

Album: Burning Dawn

Arrangement: Xinyan

Mixing/Mastering: Jean Venti

Visuals: Monoceros11 (Tartaglia)

Rosaria (goth)

DarkRose

Good friends with Oculus

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Dusk’s Genshin Fics — Masterlist

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#Estranged Flower Siblings AU —> Rhinedottir accidentally kills Alice, Klee hates alchemy and Albedo, who receives a Cryo Vision the night of their confrontation, canon Kaeya and Diluc style.

#mondstadt songwriter au —> AU focused on music as self-expression, but in canon’s fantasy setting. “Noctua” Diluc as metal songwriter;“Oculus” Kaeya as jazz/funk songwriter; Venti as audio engineer & poet; and Albedo as audio engineer & illustrator/graphic designer (tl;dr: Canon Diluc & Kaeya now write songs to vent out their feelings. Diluc goes to Venti; Kaeya goes to Albedo)

“To a Certain Cavalry Captain” — personal introspective Kaeya piece

Genre: hurt/comfort

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“In Your Image, the Midas Touch” (以你的形象，��石成金) — platonic Barbatos, Morax, Nameless Bard

Genre: hurt/comfort

Teaser

At the thought of Morax’s shapeshifting ability, Barbatos asks his old friend to shift his appearance into his image. Barbatos then reminiscences fondly on his memories of a certain bard.

Note: Dialogue directly lifted from @popping-greenbean’s comic of the same scenario, with additional inner monologues and descriptions by me. Barbatos' multiple names are used -- might be confusing. Please check out the wonderful comic, too!!

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“Forlorn Child of Archaic Schemes” (万古阴谋的弃儿) — introspective Kaeya

Genre: angst, introspective

Kaeya finds himself alone with his thoughts at night. This is not Kaeya the Cavalry Captain. This is Kaeya the… sad boy.

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“Kaeya is Kaeya” — platonic Kaeya & Tartaglia

Genre: hurt/comfort

Kaeya sits at his office with nothing to do, so he resorts to writing his own name over and over on a piece of paper. As he recalls his bitter relationship with the Ragnvindr name, Childe — better known as Tartaglia — comes knocking at the door.

Note: Non-canon interaction. Character setting is based off of my Genshin team. Inspired by @f-ai-n’s Genshin team interactions, which I love very much, and their Kaeya essay. Please check out their content!!

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“Should Fluff Fall Betwixt Wind and Flames” — Venti’s song about Albedo

Genre: slight angst, poetry

Note: inspired by @/brotato-chibs’s comic about Venti’s Albedo song. Please check it out!

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"Behavioural Report of Sir Kaeya" — platonic Kaeya & Sucrose

Genre: hurt/comfort

Naturally, as a researcher in bio-alchemy, Sucrose is well-versed in the needs of different life forms. She knows that food and water are essential for all creatures. She knows that one must treat others kindly. She knows that touch is essential for one’s well-being. Yet Sir Kaeya is the person who she least expects to be sensitive to touch.

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Permafrost Traitor: Kaeya-inspired Artifact Lore

Genre: introspective. ranges from bittersweet to angst/no comfort

Includes set name, domain, 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses, and of course lore in artifact descriptions!

Permafrost Traitor Thoughts/Concepts with kaeyamonsoon

More Permafrost Traitor Concept Notes and Brainstorming

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Clear Sediment Beneath Solitude — platonic Albedo & Traveler one-act play

Genre: introspective, slight hurt/comfort

Teaser Slideshow

“Could this feeling be considered ‘happiness’? But if that’s so, why does the loneliness come back tenfold when they leave?”

At his campsite, Albedo ponders over the reason why he feels different than usual around the Traveler and their floating companion even though he does not mind exploring Dragonspine alone, as well as why he feels hurt when the Traveler leaves. The Traveler and Paimon arrive at his request shortly after, and the three have a conversation about emotions and relationships.

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“Petrified Cecilia” — Rhinedottir & Albedo

Genre: angst/no comfort

Poems and ballads also tell stories and express feelings, so let this be Albedo’s tale, even if he doesn’t write poetry himself.

“This is a story from a long time ago / of a certain young homunculus… / and his cold master.”

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“Damnatio Memoriae” — Albedo (ft. Rhinedottir)

Genre: angst/no comfort, internal monologue

“Permanence… is not an absolute concept.”

It’s one of my worst fears as an artist and a writer.

The time frame takes place during Albedo’s early days in the Knights of Favonius, as he recalls his past.

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“A name is a song that deserves to be sung” — platonic Nameless Bard, Venti, Mondstadt Bard (OC)

Genre: slight hurt/comfort

Note: Most of the conversation is between Venti and an original Mondstadt character of mine talking about Venti’s friend

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“Flute Song” — in-character Venti poem

“Venti, or Wendy, if you will. I’m only one of the thousand winds… As for this name, see in me a friend, just as he saw in me his, for he led the rebellion that freed Mondstadt.”

“O my friend! This song’s for you!”

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“Song of Feathers Fit For Flight” — in-character Venti poem

“I’m using a bow so no arrow shall harm this body any longer. These arrows are mine now, so pierce through the air like my voice through the skies!”

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“Eve of Ancient Freedom” / “Oath of Ancient Freedom” — Old Mondstadtian drinking and farewell banquet song

Lore-centric English poems adapted from Chinese poems in the lore description of the weapon Freedom-Sworn

Thought Process

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"From One Star to Another" — epistolary Albedo & Kaeya

Genre: neutral (maybe slight hurt/comfort near the end?)

Happy birthday, Kaeya. Many people care for you, you know. I wrote this before I read his birthday mail, so I made some references to previous years’ mails and illustrations instead.

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“The Breeze and the Boy / Mondstadt’s Dawn” — Ancient Mondstadtian Epic

English poem adapted from the Chinese poem in the PV “The Boy and the Whirlwind”

Translation process

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"Offering to Cook Food and Seeing Your Reaction" — Itto, Albedo, Zhongli, Kaeya headcanon voicelines

As it says in the title, they offer to cook food and see your reaction

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Dorian encourages Albedo to care more for his own life. — Dorian & Albedo (ft. Rhinedottir)

I wrote this back in January when I was figuring out how to write Dorian. The idea is that he’s got a stronger will to live than Albedo.

Please heed the warnings.

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Metalhead “Noctua” Diluc trying to find a sound engineer | Mondstadt Songwriter AU

Features Diluc, Jean, and Venti. Rosaria and Kaeya are mentioned.

(Interactions here are platonic/not ships. Diluc and Kaeya’s relationship here is up to interpretation.)

Noctua: Are the recordings alright?

Jean: Mr. Diluc, with all due respect, I don’t think I can handle even ten seconds of the first track. The genre is… rather intense for me.

Noctua: I see… Thank you for telling me. I apologize for not knowing before.

Jean: Please don’t worry about it. You and I have different styles, after all. Oh, but if you’re looking for sound engineers that work with diverse genres, I’d recommend Bar— Er, Venti.

Venti: So, you’re the metalhead Noctua that Jean told me about, huh~? I’ll be honest. I couldn’t tell at first. You need a sound engineer?

Noctua: …And you look like you’ve only mixed pop tracks.

Venti: Hehe, you don’t know who I am, do you? I know every song from the past and present, and the ones that have yet to be released!

Noctua: How—

Venti: You could say I’m the god of songs, ehe! Trust me, Noctua. Your tracks will be in good hands with me. Or if you don’t believe me, you can take a listen to DarkRose’s goth album that I’ve worked on?

Noctua: “DarkRose”?

Venti: Doesn’t ring a bell? Maybe the name “Rosaria” would sound more familiar? She doesn’t think I should call myself the “god of songs” but even she came to me for her album.

Noctua: So the goth musician that Oculus has made friends with is Rosaria…

Venti: Oho? You know Oculus?

Noctua: Nevermind about that. It’s in the past now. So are you available to mix my album?

Venti: I’ll make your vision a reality! Now, tell me more about this album of yours…

Songwriter AU: Kaeya and Diluc

Koriyue’s website mock-up (?) edit of the 5wirl album release “With the Wind” with all the cool titles inspired me to toy around with a similar idea with Kaeya and Diluc. (Kaeya and Diluc’s relationship here is up to interpretation.)

(You’re not usually into modern AUs huh Dusk, one may ask. Ah but you see, I am into symbolic titles and concept/narrative albums)

burning-ii (pop band)

Pronounced “Burning Eye”

Wow in hindsight that sounds so edgy

Diluc and Kaeya’s musical group together when they were young

Released 1 single and probably 3 albums together

Then, suddenly it was dissolved

Oculus (alt-folk or maybe jazz?)

Kaeya’s stage name

Released an album himself after burning-ii was dissolved

Arrangement: Kreideprinz

Sound Engineer: Noelle

Visuals: Kreideprinz (?)

Noctua (heavy metal)

Diluc’s stage name

Also released an album himself after burning-ii was dissolved

Arrangement: Venti

Sound Engineer: Jean

Visuals: Monoceros11 (? Maybe swap with Kreideprinz)

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Looks like she doesn’t care about anything, but cares about her bandmates deeply

Is great at keeping the tempo 

(…or, adapting to whatever Tartaglia and Fischl has going on)

Is a great duo with Kaeya and they do their own little bar sets outside of this band

during bar sets: mysterious, quiet, lurks in the dark on drums while Kaeya takes the spotlight

it’s easier with him. she knows him and what he plans to do. at least he’s not gonna take a one hour set and make it four (unlike the Other Two)

Afterwards they can just chill and drink

More ideas on “DarkRose” Rosaria (modern band AU)

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Something about being in the shadows controlling the tempo is fitting for her

Will stop playing once a song’s set run time is done and start exchanging tired glances with Kaeya on-stage while Fischl & Childe do their wild improv

(The performance is never-ending and she needs a drink with Kaeya after every set)

Fellow fan input: she’d keep the bass drum going and periodically hit the snare while being dead-eyed

Physically she’s there, mentally she’s at the nearest bar