Archons

The Archons are divine beings who safeguard the human world with great control over elemental energy and whose lifespans are far longer than those of mortals; some even speculate that they are immortal, though they can fail in battle. Most of the gods of Teyvat are beholden to Celestia, although several have shown misgivings or even resentment toward the celestial citadel.

Before the Archon War, many gods roamed the continent of Teyvat. For reasons unknown, seven divine halls opened in Celestia, plunging the continent into a prolonged series of conflicts that ended 2,000 years ago. During the war, most of the gods were killed or sealed away until only seven victors remained; each of them became the Archon of their respective element and went on to rule one of the seven nations, using their powers to reshape the land and govern it according to their ideals.

War of the Archons: The War of the Archons was a protracted conflict between gods for supremacy that began thousands of years ago and ended two thousand years ago. It is unclear exactly how long ago the war started or why it began; however, before that, the gods were able to coexist peacefully.

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2600 years ago, in the midst of the Archon Wars, the Blizzard God Andrius clashed with the Storm God Decarabian. In their bitter draw, Barbatos challenged Decarabian for the freedom of the Decarabian people and emerged victorious. After Decarabian's death, Barbatos became the new Archon of Anemo, while Andrius, deeming himself unfit for the position, chose a more tranquil life, using his winds to nourish the new Mondstadt that Barbatos created.

In Inazuma, the twin goddesses Makoto (Baal) and Ei (Beelzebul) emerged victorious, with Makoto assuming the position of Electro Archon and her sister sharing many of her functions while acting as her kagemusha.

Around 2,000 years ago, the Archon Wars came to an end when the seventh and final victor claimed their position. These victors became known as the Seven Archons. The gods who refused to live under their rule fled to the islands of the Dark Sea, regions beyond the Seven's control, where they became malevolent deities.

Of the seven victors of the Archon Wars, only two remain at the start of the game's story: Barbatos and Morax. Although Ei was present during the Archon Wars, he did not assume the position of Archon Electro until his twin sister Makoto perished during the cataclysm 500 years prior. Most of the current members of The Seven replaced the original founders of the seven nations of Teyvat, with Archon Dendro being the most recent at 500 years old.

Among the Seven, each Archon is associated with and venerated by one of the seven nations of Teyvat. The elemental environment of the nation is based on the element of its Archon.

An Archon's power is directly tied to their level of control over their nation. As a result, Venti—who travels as a bard and refuses to directly control the people of Mondstadt—is, by his own admission, extremely weak by Archon standards, while the Tsarina is extremely powerful.

Humans recognized by the gods will receive a Vision, a God Eye, which allows them to manipulate elemental energy. Those who possess Visions are known as "Primordial Archons" and also have the potential to become gods.

The role of an Archon in relation to Visions is currently unclear; this is due to their design, as there are restrictions on what Archons can say about the distribution of Visions. Since the Electro Archon Ei enacted the Vision Capture Decree a year before the events of the Archon Missions, no new Electro Visions have appeared throughout Teyvat, leading scholars to conclude that the will of the Archons plays a role. However, the Archons do not have direct control over the distribution of Visions, as evidenced by the fact that the news of the lack of new Electro Vision bearers came as a complete surprise to Ei.

Venti appearance: Venti has fair skin, features similar to the female characters in the game, aquamarine eyes, and a slender build. She has dark blue hair bordering on black, with slightly messy bangs falling across her forehead. Her short, twin braids fade to an aqua color that glows bright cyan when she casts magic. She wears a white, ruffled blouse with a corset-like leather midsection, along with teal shorts with gold embroidery and a matching teal cape fastened with a deep blue and gold ribbon. Venti also wears white stockings with three gold diamond shapes along each leg and a beret-like hat adorned with a Cecilia, her favorite flower.

The "Vision" on her hip behaves the same as the other characters' Visions; however, it is actually just a crystal ball she carries to avoid suspicion of her elemental powers. Her Vision can also be seen transforming into "Der Frühling," a wooden lyre with caecilians and blue strings imbued with the power of Anemo.

Venti's personality: Venti has a rather mischievous attitude and enjoys rhyming in his speech, but if told to stop, he will immediately. He sees great value in music, even naming his lyre, saying that "every being deserves a name to be invoked and woven into a song." He is also quite audacious, as shown many times in both the manga and the game, unafraid to insult or disregard those considered powerful.

Venti enjoys wandering around Mondstadt playing songs for its people, most of whom are unaware of his true identity as the Anemo Archon. He is much loved for his musical talent, having won the title of "Mondstadt's Most Popular Bard" three times. Venti is also an avid drinker of alcoholic beverages, such as Dandelion Wine, and has a high alcohol tolerance. He is also fine with apple cider. However, much to his dismay, the form he takes causes most bartenders to mistake him for an underage drinker, but he avoids this by telling people to bring him drinks in exchange for his performances. For reasons unknown, he is deathly allergic to cats and will not perform unless he is certain there are none nearby.

He also enjoys apples, considering them the fruit of the gods, and jokingly claims he would refuse to go to Celestia even if invited because her apples are tasteless and the water is foul, which would make bad cider. He dislikes melted cheese, stating that it is a smelly, sticky, and slimy mess.

Despite his naive personality as Venti, the Anemo Archon himself refers to him as a completely different part of himself: "That's all for the Anemo Archon's warnings! I return to Venti's time!" When Venti assumes his personality as the Wind Archon, he speaks wisely and quite philosophically, guiding the Traveler, just as he guided Mondstadt in its early days.

Zheongli's appearance: Zhongli is a quiet and kind man who knows a great deal about Liyue's history and culture. He has philosophical ideas about money and a deep respect for Liyue's traditions, even those long since lost. He highly values ​​contracts: despite having wealth or information, he tends to be humble and even somewhat insecure about being, as he puts it, a "bourgeois parasite."

One of Zhongli's most notable characteristics is his tendency to forget about Mora in transactions, agreeing to spend large sums of money without having any Mora on hand and even accepting "discounts" as if they were granted, despite it being an obvious scam. He often ends up relying on others or the El Camino Funeral Home for financial support. Although he is friends with Hu Tao, who trusts him the most, Hu Tao dislikes his childish behavior.

It is later revealed that Zhongli's carelessness stems from being the Archon Geo and the creator of Mora. With Gnosis allowing him to create unlimited Mora, he never had to worry about running out of money in his personal finances. Unfortunately, when he chose to live among mortals, he lacked the foresight to find a way for mortals to continue minting Mora in his absence, as well as to create a retirement fund for himself.

Zheongli's personality: Zhongli is a quiet and kind man who knows a great deal about Liyue's history and culture. He has philosophical ideas about money and a deep respect for Liyue's traditions, even those long since lost. He highly values ​​contracts: despite having wealth or information, he tends to be humble and even somewhat insecure about being, as he puts it, a "bourgeois parasite."

One of Zhongli's most notable characteristics is his tendency to forget about Mora in transactions, agreeing to spend large sums of money without having any Mora on hand and even accepting "discounts" as if they were granted, despite it being an obvious scam. He often ends up relying on others or the El Camino Funeral Home for financial support. Although he is friends with Hu Tao, who trusts him the most, Hu Tao dislikes his childish behavior.

It is later revealed that Zhongli's carelessness stems from being the Archon Geo and the creator of Mora. With Gnosis allowing him to create unlimited Mora, he never had to worry about running out of money in his personal finances. Unfortunately, when he chose to live among mortals, he lacked the foresight to find a way for mortals to continue minting Mora in his absence, as well as to create a retirement fund for himself.

The appearance: Ei's modern appearance is that of a woman with dark purple hair tied in a long braid. She has bright purple eyes, like the Electro element, and a beauty mark under her right eye. She also wears red eyeliner. She has the same appearance as the Shogun puppet.

During the prologue of Chapter 2, she is depicted as a woman wielding a tachi and wearing long, loose, violet hair. She wore a kimono similar to the one she wears now.

Ei's personality: According to various descriptions, Ei is portrayed as quite egocentric and boastful: she claims her ideal is "closest to Heaven," calls her body "the noblest and most eminent of all in this world," and considers her reign eternal. She is honorable in her conduct, but due to the losses suffered during the Cataclysm and fearful of the erosion that would follow, she chose to relocate to the Plane of Euthymia to meditate, reflect, and maintain the "eternity" she always remembered. Although she slowly accepts that change is inevitable, she also possesses a curious mind about life in the present. She is relatively slow to grasp trends.

A year before the events of the game, Ei came to regard the Visions as divine blessings, believing they should be under the exclusive control of a deity and that those not under her control posed a threat to her "eternal" rule. Deceived by the Fatui, she initiated the Vision Capture Decree to seize most, if not all, of the Visions within her domain and deliver them to the Statue of the Omnipresent Goddess.

Nahida's appearance: Nahida appears as a fair-skinned young woman with white hair styled in a side braid and a ponytail, and she has pointed ears. She has large green eyes and wears a large green headdress on one side of her head, which is also framed by uneven bangs.

Nahida's outfit consists of a white dress decorated with green and gold details, loose sleeves of patterned green fabric, and a gold bracelet on her right wrist. Her dress is adorned with various green gems and decorated with intricate gold designs. Underneath, she wears white trousers. On her back, she wears a divided pale green cape and white sandals with gold trim that leave her toes exposed. Nahida's personality: Little is known about the personality of the Goddess of Wisdom. However, Dainsleif's comment about her in the plot preview of the Teyvat chapter criticizes her for allowing a "drive to madness" through her own inaction. During her two years of study at Sumeru Academy, Lisa became disillusioned by the "uninhibited erudition" she witnessed; despite being recognized as a student unparalleled in 200 years, she chose to return to Mondstadt and become a librarian. Yae Miko also calls Sumeru's treatment of knowledge as a resource "truly inexplicable," before wondering whether it was developed by the Minor Queen Kusanali or by the sages. Hosseini mentions that some students at Sumeru Academy undergo a "prolonged period of scrutiny by the Goddess of Wisdom" when the Traveler questions Hosseini's prolonged student status, but this may be figurative language referring to having to spend extra years at Sumeru Academy, as Yingzhu deduces.

Furin's appearance: Furina is a fair-skinned girl with heterochromatic eyes: her right eye has a light blue iris and a dark blue, teardrop-shaped pupil, while her left eye reverses the color combination. Her hair is bluish-white with light blue highlights and flecks that change depending on her current Arkhe alignment. She has two forms, the Pneuma form and the Ousia form, but primarily occupies the Ousia form. Her hair is a short, bell-shaped bob that reaches her neck. A single strand of hair also sticks up and out to her right, in front of her hat, which is tilted to the left.

Furina's personality: Extravagant and reckless, Furina lives for the thrill of the courtroom, often speaking in a manner peppered with bravado and drama. She is impatient and has a childish temper, occasionally making rash judgments, which Neuvillette frequently has to rein in while presiding over a trial to avoid complications. Although she enjoys being the center of attention, she only achieves it when it's focused on her positively, and if anything goes awry, she falls apart and tries to save face at the first opportunity.

Nor does he object to using underhanded tactics to influence the outcome of a trial in his favor, such as when he revealed to the court that Lyney and Lynette were members of Fatui.

Furina occasionally acts with seriousness, being the Goddess of Justice when matters require her attention. She doesn't hesitate to bring charges against her own, but only when she believes it's justified, as falsely accusing people seems shameful to her; after being humiliated during a trial against Lyney, she seemed more diligent in ensuring she didn't repeat the same mistake.

Her inner monologue, shown in grayscale next to her in certain scenes, suggests that she has self-esteem issues, especially because she feels insecure about people's opinions.

Mavuika's appearance: Mavuika is a tall woman with pale skin and red eyes with yellow sunbursts around her yellow pupils. She has long, flame-shaped red hair with yellow tips.

She wears a black motorcycle suit with red sunburst details that leaves her sides exposed, and a matching long-sleeved mini jacket over it. She wears black high-heeled boots with red and orange embellishments. Her accessories include black gloves, an intricately detailed gold choker, and gold and red sunburst earrings.

Mavuika's personality: Mavuika cares deeply for the people of Natlan and embraces her responsibilities as the town's Archon. Being human, she is closer to her people than the other Archons. She interacts with all the inhabitants and keeps mementos and personal belongings of the many friends she has met who have inspired her. She greatly admires the heroes of the past and does everything in her power to ensure they are not forgotten.

Columbina Hyposelenia (La Damselette / Lady of the Moon / Kuutar): An ethereal lunar goddess with black hair streaked with pink, eyes covered by a white bandage patterned with tears, and white, dove-like wings. She wears flowing white and blue robes with lunar motifs, emanating a pure and mysterious serenity. Her presence evokes the moonlight reflected on primordial waters, cold yet hypnotic, like an eternal dream beneath the starry night.

Columbina, known as "The Damselette" during her time as the Third of the Fatui Harbingers, is actually a Moon Goddess born from the primordial waters and the light of the Frostmoon. She abandoned her original followers (the Frostmoon Scions) and found refuge in Snezhnaya, where the Tsaritsa offered her a new purpose. Her power manifests as lunar Hydro, controlling unique "lunar" reactions, and she represents purity, solitude, and an identity found through unexpected connections.

The Tsaritsa (Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya): The queen of eternal ice, with long silver-white hair and a cold yet profoundly compassionate gaze. Dressed in noble robes in shades of white, black, and cryogenic blue, with majestic crowns or headdresses and a cape that seems made of snow and crystals. She represents love lost and hardened after the catastrophe: a cold sovereign who declares war on heaven itself, with a gentleness hidden beneath a cloak of implacable ice. Tsarita Anastasya Feodorovna is the Cryo Archon who rules Snezhnaya with an iron fist but a heart that was once pure love. After the catastrophe 500 years ago, she sealed away her emotions and leads the Fatui in a rebellion against the celestial gods.