Highlights
- On this planet of Genshin Impact, those with ambition and Visions gain elemental abilities and ascend to influential roles of their communities.
- Some rare individuals in Teyvat wield elemental forces without Visions, often originating from non-human or illustrious origins.
- The Archons, elemental gods governing various regions, possess Gnoses that enhance their elemental abilities and provides them special powers, shaping the world of Teyvat.
Individuals who show great ambition within the vast world of Genshin Impact are rewarded by the gods with a Vision. Visions are holy relics that give people various elemental abilities. In Teyvat, the ambition of Vision bearers often leads them to ascend to essential community roles, akin to influential leaders, stalwart soldiers, savvy politicians, and more.
Amid the defined framework of elemental powers there are abnormalities: individuals who wield elemental forces and not using a Vision. These outliers are rare, with most elemental practitioners lacking Visions originating from non-human or illustrious origins.
Watch out for story spoilers ahead.
10
Venti
The God Of Freedom
Element | Anemo |
|---|---|
Weapon | Bow |
Region | Mondstadt |
The Seven Archons, commonly known as The Seven, are elemental gods who rule over the assorted regions of Teyvat. After the Archon War, each of The Seven received a Gnosis, an internal elemental focus that denotes their title of Archon; Archons don’t need Gnoses to make use of their elemental abilities, but their internal foci can summon a large amount of elemental power and provides wielders special abilities.
Venti, also often known as Barbatos, is the primary Archon the Traveler meets; up up to now, the people of Mondstadt spoke of the Archon with reverence and gravity, but Venti defied expectations, setting the stage for the remaining of The Seven. While Venti holds the strength of an Archon, he can also be flighty, loves his drink, and doesn’t personally oversee the running of Mondstadt.
9
Zhongli
The God Of Contracts
Element | Geo |
|---|---|
Weapon | Polearm |
Region | Liyue |
Zhongli is the oldest of the present Seven Archons. He grew weary of being Morax the Archon and decided to retire by faking his death, so he has built a brand new life as a consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Venti and Zhongli are the last two remaining original members of The Seven.
Over time, Zhongli collected many titles and names, including Morax, Rex Lapis, the Prime of Adepti, Deus Auri, the Groundbreaker, and the God of Commerce.
8
Raiden Shogun
The God Of Eternity
Element | Electro |
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Weapon | Polearm |
Region | Inazuma |
The present Raiden Shogun of Inazuma exists in two forms: a metaphysical and a physical. The metaphysical type of the Shogun is Ei, the Archon’s true form, dedicated to obtaining eternity for the people of Inazuma by meditating within the Plane of Euthymia.
The playable Raiden Shogun character is the puppet Shogun. Living beings can see their breath on Dragonspine, but Raiden and Scaramouche cannot.
Meanwhile, the physical type of the Shogun is a puppet created by Ei. This puppet oversees the day-to-day governing of Inazuma, based on a series of rules and conscripts programmed by Ei.
7
Nahida
The God of Wisdom
Element | Dendro |
|---|---|
Weapon | Catalyst |
Region | Sumeru |
The people of Sumeru call Nahida the Lesser Lord Kusanali. Throughout her life, Nahida was largely ignored in favor of the memory of the previous Dendro Archon, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
Gnoses might be transferred from one Archon to a different, as seen with the succession of Nahida from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
Because the god of wisdom, Nahida can visit people’s dreams and commune with Irminsul, a tree that’s connected to the Ley Lines and holds the memories of Teyvat.
6
Aether/Lumine
The Traveler With Golden Hair
Element | All (Upon resonating with a Statue of the Seven) |
|---|---|
Weapon | Sword |
Region | Unknown |
The Traveler refers to one in every of two different twins, Aether or Lumine, depending on who you select to play firstly of the sport. The siblings are explorers, regarded as gods of their realm, who travel across the universe. Of their adventures, they encounter an unknown god who captures one in every of the twins and sends the opposite into Teyvat.
Disregarding cutscenes, the Traveler is barely in a position to wield one element at a time.
Early in the sport, the Traveler discovers that they will gain elemental abilities by resonating with one in every of the Statues of the Seven; so far, it’s unknown why this offers each twins elemental abilities. Aloy is one other world traveler, introduced during a crossover event, but unlike the Traveler, she receives a Cryo Vision, meaning there’s something integral to the Traveler that provides them an innate ability to organically control the weather.
5
Neuvillette
A Dragon Sovereign
Element | Hydro |
|---|---|
Weapon | Catalyst |
Region | Fontaine |
The Seven Sovereigns are the strongest elemental dragons in Teyvat, and before the age of Archons, dragons ruled as the fundamental Authorities. However the Primordial One overthrew the dragons’ Authority when he got here to Teyvat, eventually replacing them with Archons and binding their abilities, so the Seven Sovereigns can only return to full power after the corresponding Archon dies and returns their elemental Authority to the Sovereign.
Neuvillette oversees Fontaine’s court and trials because the Chief Justice and the choice of the courts is decided by the Oratrice Mecanique d’Analyse Cardinale, a machine that channels Fontaine’s residents’ belief within the justice system that was created by Focalors, the last Hydro Archon. Focalors used her Authority over the Oratrice to sentence herself to death, and he or she believed that the hydro elemental Authority rightly belonged to Neuvillette, so a guilty verdict allowed her to revive Neuvillette’s power as one in every of the Seven Sovereigns.
4
Tartaglia
The Eleventh Fatui Harbinger
Element | Hydro |
|---|---|
Weapon | Bow |
Region | Snezhnaya |
Created by the Fatui, Delusions mimic the skills of Visions, and so they might be utilized by anyone, granting wielders elemental abilities; while delusions are believed to be stronger than Visions, using them drains the person’s life force. Childe is the youngest Fatui Harbinger and acts because the organization’s vanguard, and despite his friendly personality, Childe’s true passion is fighting strong opponents.
Tartaglia’s Delusion is electro. When wielding each his Delusion and Vision, Targalia can dual wield each elements, though the playable character only has access to hydro.
When Childe is first introduced, he has a Vision, but after reuniting with Childe in Fontaine, the Traveler learns that Childe’s Vision has been malfunctioning. To avoid interfering in battle, Childe gives his Vision to the Traveler for safekeeping and relies on his Delusion as a substitute.
3
Xianyun
Cloud Retainer
Element | Anemo |
|---|---|
Weapon | Catalyst |
Region | Liyue |
Adepti are pure elemental beings that were born from the flow of energy between heaven and earth. Adepti normally seem like either humans or illustrious beasts, and Xianyun’s natural Adeptus form, called Cloud Retainer, is an illustrious white crane with red under her eyes.
Xianyun’s Vision disappears when she is in bird form.
Like most adepti, Xianyun has a Vision while in human form, but it surely is unknown how she received her Vision. The Adepti don’t need Visions to access their elemental abilities, but Xianyun uses her Vision on a whim because that is what humans do.
2
Xiao
The Vigilant Yaksha
Element | Anemo |
|---|---|
Weapon | Polearm |
Region | Liyue |
Xiao isn’t simply an adeptus, but additionally a yaksha: a race of fierce illuminated beasts. After the Archon War, residual hatred of the fallen gods caused plagues and hardships across Teyvat, so Morax recruited the yakshas to fight against the gods’ manifestations of hatred.
Before he was rescued by Morax, Xiao’s original name was Alatus.
Over time, their mission tainted the yakshas with overwhelming madness and despair, and one after the other, all of the yakshas fell apart from Xiao. How Xiao received his Vision stays a mystery, because he doesn’t need a Vision to access his elemental powers, and we aren’t sure to what extent Xiao utilizes his Vision.
1
Ganyu
Secretary for the Liyue Qixing
Element | Cryo |
|---|---|
Weapon | Bow |
Region | Liyue |
Ganyu is half-qilin (an illustrious beast) and half-human; she is especially close with Xianyun, who she sees as a maternal figure, and Xiao, her mentor. 3,000 years before the events of Genshin, Ganyu aided Morax within the Archon War, fighting for peace for Liyue; upon its conclusion, as humans began to arrange their government, Ganyu dedicated herself to them, becoming the secretary for the Liyue Qixing.
She sought to change into a bridge between humans and Adepti, and upon making her decision, Ganyu received her Vision. Since Ganyu is half-qilin, her Vision doesn’t grant her access to her elemental abilities but magnifies them, and in contrast to the opposite playable Adepti characters, Ganyu actively uses her Vision to fight for peace in Liyue.
