Durin (flower)

Durin's dragon, one of the creations, or sons, of Reindottir. A world quest with Elinas, Durin's brother, revealed a little more about how they were created: the creator was only responsible for the bodies or vessels, but the souls were ready-made, from the Abyss. Elinas said:

"Before I was born, I wandered in a dark universe, amidst cold and loneliness. I cried often, I was so sad. And then I heard my mother's voice. She wanted me to be born into a beautiful world, to be given life and a strong, healthy body to walk the earth."

Durin also mentioned the origin of his soul: “Life that had no right to be born, the impossibility of realizing desires, fruitless, mournful dreams that exist only in the pitch darkness at the edge of the universe - all this burst into the light through my body.” Corrupted Desire: And all would be well, if not for the peculiar way creatures whose souls were torn from the Abyss perceive the world. For them, chaos and destruction are paradise, the embodiment of happiness. They see destruction as beautiful, while humans see it as ugly. The Reindottir's creations genuinely wanted to enjoy and explore the world, but for a long time they didn't understand that they were causing only harm. Elinas, Durin, and the others burst into the world during the Caenri'ach disaster, and the first thing they saw was the heavenly and fragrant (in their minds) land of Teyvat, to which they brought goodness and happiness. When Elinas realized the reality, he committed suicide to avoid hurting others. But Durin, unfortunately, did not have time to realize this before his death.

He is inquisitive, friendly, wants to become human, kind, calm, slightly anxious, attached to friends and sincere, although with the remnants of the dragon's power, understanding. He took on human form thanks to Albedo and wants to live his own story. Respect for friends: He became attached to the Wanderer and considers Albedo a brother.

Hair: The top of the hair is a soft light purple, fading to a slightly darker purple at the ends. The hair itself is just below the shoulders and has a slightly tousled appearance. Eyes: The top of the eye is a slightly darker purple, and the bottom is reddish-yellow. The pupil is white. Sometimes the eyes become a pure bright red. Horns and tail: Black, like a dragon's. With small light purple elements. Wings: Black with purple-red membranes. The body type is that of a teenager or young man. The skin itself is light. Clothing: He wears a black shirt-like garment with a dark red-pink heart-shaped emblem on the chest—Durin's own heart. He wears a black coat over it. The top of the coat has white edges with silver details, and on the sides, top and bottom, are red crystals that shimmer from red to light yellow. The sleeves of the coat are also white with silver details. He wears white gloves. The front has a dark red-pink pattern with silver edges. He wears white pants. He wears black boots with white soles and a red crystal in the middle. Eye of God: Pyro(fire). He also uses a sword to fight and is a swordsman.

Durin, the black, serpentine dragon, rose from the sea to cast his shadow over Mondstadt. Then the lyre's strings strummed once more, and the Wind Dragon was summoned. As Mondstadt's last line of defense, the Wind Dragon fought the evil dragon to the death in raging storms. The Wind Dragon was victorious. He tore out the evil dragon's throat at the cost of swallowing its poisonous blood. The evil dragon's blood was corrupted gold, capable of destroying mountains and poisoning the land. Durin's remains still lie on the snowy peaks south of Mondstadt, but the story of how the battle ended has been lost to time. It is said that Dwalin tore out Durin's throat, and together they fell from the sky. Durin's body sank into the snow, while Dwalin was summoned by the Archon of Anemo and fell into slumber. (A breeze through the forest.) These events are also described in the "Celestial" series weapon set: In the distant past, the evil dragon Durin coveted the flourishing lands of Mondstadt, and his two black wings blotted out the light of the sun. The envy of the devilish dragon gave birth to evil, poisoning the land and the people who lived there. The Archon of Wind heard the cries of the people, descended to earth, and awakened the wind dragon Dwalin. Blessed by the Archon of Wind, Dwalin engaged the evil dragon in battle, and their clash shook the heavens. Thousands of winds clashed with clouds of poison, darkening the sun and burning the sky, as if the end of all things had come. Amidst the fierce battle, the wind dragon, lashing out with wind-sharp claws, pierced Durin's body, driving the blades-claws deep into his rotten flesh, and then tore out his throat. And then Durin fell to the ground, slain by the Wind Dragon. The Wind Dragon, blessed by the Archon, was victorious, protecting Mondstadt and its inhabitants. But he himself inadvertently drank Durin's poisonous blood, and it slowly poisoned his body. (The Heavenly Sword and the Heavenly Majesty.)

Yet Durin saw everything happening quite differently. He saw the battle with Dwalin as a beautiful dance, and the terrifying cries of the people as if he were singing along with them: He dreamed that he and everyone else had set off on a long, long journey to a land where green grass grew and soulful songs were sung. He dreamed that he sang with the noble people of that land and danced in the sky with a dragon, beautiful as a precious stone. When he opened his eyes, he was in the sky above the mountain, engulfed in roaring snowstorms. The green, tranquil land was already stained crimson with fire and blood, and the song on the lyre of this sky-blue bard was almost drowned out by the howling chaos. And this beautiful, bejeweled dragon, like a tender lover, now pierced his neck with its sharp fangs. "Goodbye, Mom. My journey is over." "To fall into eternal sleep in the snow, shining like silver, isn't so bad..." "Farewell, oh beautiful bard!" "And farewell, oh beautiful dragon!" "Perhaps we will meet again at another time and in another place and we will be able to sing and dance together..." This is what he sincerely thought as he lay dying. (Dragon Spine Spear)

All Durin wanted was to bring good to people; he wanted to make friends and tell them stories about himself: "Thank you, Mom, thank you." "You gave me wings to fly and a powerful figure." "Mom, I want to go to the land of beautiful songs," "I'll tell them about you, Mom, and about everyone else." "I will tell them that the place where I was born is beautiful." (Defiled desire.)

(With the release of the temporary event "Summer! Dragons? A Fairytale!", we visited Simulanka, a world created by the witches, friends of the Reindottir. One of them, Anna in particular, was so saddened by Durin's fate that she decided to give him a new life.) "I want to change everything. In another world, everything could end well. This child... His heart is filled with love. I have to try. He deserves a better life." But history began to repeat itself. The dragon, who meant no harm, not only frightened the paper inhabitants with his menacing appearance and large size, but also wreaked havoc. He plucked stars from the sky, hoping that one of them would be his mother, whom he longed for. His creator abandoned him, and the Simulanians saw him solely as a threat to be gotten rid of; no one wanted to, nor did they even try to talk to him. Although the real Andersdotter had already died by that time, the "Goddess of Fate" in Simulanka continued to exist. Just when Durin was beginning to wish he had never been born, the Goddess of Fate summoned noble and kind-hearted heroes to the fairytale world, destined to save the world and the dragon himself. With the help of Simulanka's magical words and sincere and kind intentions, the heroes helped the dragon be reborn in a new form and became his new friends. And in the end, albeit only in a fairy-tale world, mini-Durin managed to change his fate and not repeat the sad events that happened to the real Durin.

Let's start a bit further back. Rain had long dreamed of creating a perfect artificial life form, like Albedo. But for a long time, all her experiments were unsuccessful, the failed creations being fed to Durin. When the dragon died on the Ridge, the body of one of the failed creations fed to Durin fed on the blood in his belly and was resurrected. The Nameless One began wandering the area and eventually spotted Albedo. He envied him and wanted to take the alchemist's place: first kill him, and then assume his form. Ultimately, nothing worked, and Albedo killed his would-be older brother. Over time, life force began to accumulate in Durin's heart, and the moment of his natural resurrection approached. Under the influence of Durin's remains, the monsters of the Spine grew increasingly aggressive until Durin finally possessed their bodies. With the hands of monsters, he dug up the body of the Nameless One and returned it to himself. The dragon consumed the Nameless One, and with him, his aggressive ideas and negative emotions (envy of Albedo, anger, the pain of being discarded like trash by his mother). All of this became the foundation of the new Durin's personality. The kind and innocent Durin was no more. In the Paralogism storyline, Durin attempted not only to kill Albedo but also to seize Mondstadt. Albedo wanted to somehow prevent this, but Durin was too powerful, and also immortal. So Albedo decided to create a new Durin, combining his evil soul with the good soul of the mini-Durin from Simulan. For six months, he studied the possibility of such an experiment, consulted with other alchemists, and eventually even approached the Witches of the Sabbath with a request for help. Using the soul of a dragon from Simulan, the blood of the real Durin, a piece of Bakunawa's (another brother's) flesh, and an embryo created by Rain, Albedo was able to create a new, humanoid Durin as perfect a creation as he was.