xianyun and Shenhe

Xianyun's dress is black, holding a flowy and tight-fitting style. Her dress has golden engravings and cloud-like shapes while also showing details in different shades of blue. She also wears sheer black tights underneath the dress. Her heels are black, however they are embellished with golden wings and tips. Her Anemo Vision is set upon her right shoulder on an orange knot. Some of Xianyun's accessories include red glasses, an orange tassel earring on her right ear, a black and blue feather pinning her hair up in a high ponytail, and sheer black sleeves extending all the way to her fingertips akin to gloves. Her sleeves also include a deep blue layer of fabric over the top along with golden bands. She also wears a sort of pale, sea-green coat or cape which resembles a texture similar to the feathers of a bird that covers her neck and drapes down her back. A long tassel drops from her throat to her upper abdomen in gold and yellow and she has lime lipstick.

Xianyun (Cloud Retainer) is a witty, chatty, and warm-hearted Adeptus who acts as a caring, "bird mom" figure to her disciples, Ganyu and Shenhe. While appearing formal, proud, and slightly condescending, she is deeply protective, loves inventing gadgets, and is surprisingly easy to get along with once she warms up to someone.

In her crane from, she is bodied in white with blue, gold, and black plumage. Underneath her eyes are red markings, similar to the human forms of Morax and Alatus.

Shenhe is a young woman with braided silver hair with black hair gradients with a black and white hair accessory on her right side of the head and wears a black bodysuit with a white top and wears red tassels and a red tassel earring. Back at then, her hair color is originally black at birth, but it was changed into silver as she grows mature as an "Adeptus", possibly her abnormal genetic trait. She is given red ropes to suppress her homicidal tendencies. Her red rope was tied into a bow and holds her Cryo Vision.

As a child, she had a happy life until her mother died. Shenhe's father started mistreating her and tries to sacrifice her to an evil deity for her mother to be resurrected to make his life happier. Shenhe starts to believe that she is cursed and starts becoming homicidal and was raised by Cloud Retainer and was given Red Ropes to suppress her tendencies. She became Cloud Retainer's student and prominent member of the Adepti.

As an adeptus, Xianyun is devoted to protecting Liyue from external threats and sees Morax in high regard; when she learned of his apparent demise, she flew into a fury and threatened to destroy Liyue Harbor for their crimes, only for the Traveler to placate her by reminding her of her duties. She also has a habit of speaking formally, often addressing herself as "one". In the past, she was revered as a decisive and bold figure, while she was also known by her fellow adepti as solemn and taciturn, rarely speaking outside of activating sigils during battle.

Having lived for thousands of years, Xianyun was good friends with Guizhong and shared a similar like of mechanics; following her death in the Archon War, she modified the Guizhong Ballista to honor her memory. She is competitive and prideful, generally starting competitions over fairly trivial matters, such as cooking and racing. She also shows a caring side to her disciples; she made a special pinwheel device for Ganyu after noticing she was interested in some being sold at a stall, and was pleased to see her enjoy it. When she is with Ganyu, she generally has a habit of reminiscing about her past, much to Ganyu's embarrassment. Likewise, she was curious about how Shenhe was doing in human society and was pleased to see she had no issues.