Last night, I was taking a walk along the river And I saw them together with a young girl And the look that she gave me made me shiver ‘Cause she always used to look at me that way
So I finished the event and I uhh have a theory that may or may not have a basis but I’ll put it under a readmore
Okay so I started playing Genshhin late so I missed the Unreconciled Stars event (I have another thing to say about that but ehh whateverR).
Anyway, with some advance Googling and Wiki-ing, Scaramouche finds out that the stars are fake. I read that the nails were “brought down” to villages that had somehow broken the Heavenly Principles so obvi Celestia punished them.
Anyway, part of my theory is that the nails also do more– they act as a homing beacon, a power source and an invisible barrier. I’ll explain more in detail:
Homing beacon: It’s a fucking nail lol I’m not saying it pulsates as there isn’t really evidence of it but from Celestia, they probably have a general idea of where the nail is.
Power source: On Dragonspine’s peak, it takes an enormous amount of “power” to release the hold the nail has of the peak before it rises up and stays up. Same holds true of the nail in the Chasm as we have seen it inadvertently awaken a Ruin Serpent but also destroy it [that much is pretty obvious]. Again, it too needed some sort of power for it to fall.
Invisible barrier; The main chunk of this theory. From the event, we are told that the Ruin Serpent and other forces of Khaenri’ah and creatuers were sealed to protect Liyue… of which Boyang, Bosacius and the Millelith had no idea what kind of forces live there.
Under the assumption that the Nail came beforeBoyang +company, this nail most likely destroyed an ancient civilization (one that predates the upside-down ruins of the city) Whatever distinctive barrier was there had weakened and continued to do so as wars and battles were fought in and around it. Boyang+company was able to seal the creatures that attacked but also, given the Compass’ powers, it had re-strengthen the barrier a bit. When Itto and Yelan had an elemental show-off, because of the fragility of the barrier, it had triggered a reaction and they all fell.
This is very important to note as by the end of the cutsenes in 2.7, we see that the compass was able to make it past most of the barrier before it breaks and we see Ziao falling. However, he is saved by Zhongli.
Archon or no Archon; Gnosis or no gnosis, Zhongli, by all accounts, shouldn’t have had the ability to save Xiao. If whatever forces beneath the Chasm were able to read and play with a powerful yaksha’s mind (sane or not sane), we can make the assumption that this power predatesCelestia or any of the Archons and their Gnosis.
How is Zhongli able to save Xiao even without his gnosis? The nail acts as a power source as it was from Celestia and even in game play, we are able to see the strength and control that each Archon has over their respective element without their Gnosis. Zhongli used the nail to amplify whatever powers he could plus the compass made it towards the weakest point of the barrier (towards the outer shell) that he was able to save Xiao.
That paleontologist that we meet even speculates that the Chasm was once a part of the ocean [think of Enkanomiya’s aesthetics and the Nameless Ruins]. A meteor basically created the Chasm however.. the ocean is pretty old (both in-universe and in real life).
One can only imagine what kind of creatures lived there… before the Chasm was created… What about what kind of civilization was there prior to the meteor, what kind of powers, what kind of hidden secrets that had.
Can we say this invisible power that read people’s minds is bad? What if it is retaliation for the destruction of whatever civilization was present prior to the creation of the Chasm? How terrifying was this power that even Celestia destroyed it?
SO YEAH… I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS EVENT. Please correct or add on to my theory however you can! I started Genshin back in like Sept 2021 so I’m probably missing a lot of info tbqh. But I hope you enjoyed reading this long ‘what if’ theory [I’m so sorry I wrote a lot!]
Xiao “Yaksha” - The Right Hand of Morax. In charge of troops, official business with other gangs that doesn’t require Morax’s presence.
Ajax “Childe” - The Left Hand of Morax. In charge of “unofficial business” with other gangs like assassination of other gangs lider, info gathering etc. Previously known as “Tartaglia of Fatui”.
Anyway, Childe was in Fatui before but he had his reasons to betray Tsaritsa and come serve Morax.
Ok I have Xiao on my main account but I absolutely can not play him which is honestly super sad to me. That aside, I absolutely adore his design it’s so beautiful. His color scheme alone is just /chef’s kiss
I can post something I finished some time ago! My Christmas/Birthday present for @generalcowslip I found it fitting to gift them a Xiao pencil case since it’s one of their favorite characters and Marnie is the reason I play Genshin!
The lines are somewhat wonky in some parts, but I now have a small heating iron and I hope it will fix the problem in the future. I am still in my trial and error phase with the Cricut and vinyl stuff.
ꗃSUMMARY —- in which xiao find himself in cliché situations with his long-time crush!
ꗃCATEGORY —- modern au, half smau, high school au, adoptive parent! zhongli, siblings! ganyu and xiao
ꗃWARNINGS —- profanity, death of characters for a backstory, to be added
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ꗃRINA’S NOTES —- remake of scrawny, because i do not know how to continue it. also, can you tell that i like wallows?!?!?!??
to you, xiao is just a classmate. he’s the quietest one, in fact. you do admit, he is pleasing to look at and is impressive academically. but to be honest, he’s just a guy that sits behind you.
to him, you are the biggest inconvenience of his life. reasons being:
you used to tease him for being short when you were children despite only being an inch taller than he is. (his payback is volunteering to swing you on the playground and push you a little too high for your enjoyment.)
in kindergarten, you ‘borrowed’ (literally snatched it from him, and it broke) one of his crayons and never returned him. when he snitched to the teacher, they simply said “sharing is caring, sweetie.” (it was the color brown, he was not done coloring a cartoon version of morax’s dragon form.)
his prize that he 'fairly earned’ in a christmas party that his family was hosting was snatched from him because you told his father that he cheated (he did, but still!) and you got the reward for being a honest kid because your parents just assumed you wrte the best of friends! (you were.)
you smashed his birthday cake on his face when he was crying on your chest because the moment was getting 'too sappy’.
your half-brother, ajax, is a nuiscance. literally the most annoying person in the world that he has to deal with. every. single. day.
more utc!
and there are many more reasons that are least significant than these events. you may argue, 'xiao, these are just petty kindergarten things!“, he knows. and this is why he’s embarassed.
he has to shoulder the responsibility of remembering these events because you did not recognize his stupid, bastard child self!
xiao is a shy kid. do you expect him to strut your way and say 'hey, remember when you used to bury me in the sand at the playground when i accidentally fall asleep in it?’ and still have the dignity to show his face to the entire school? no.
all he could do is watch you from afar.
actually, he sits behind you during classes, but that’s besides the point!
xiao, who had a little crush on you when you were children.
xiao, who never came back to the playground ever since you moved to snezhnaya.
xiao, who was overjoyed and nervous when he heard you came back.
he hopes you do remember him. knowing xiao, he was never one to approach anybody. he hopes he’s had significant impact on who you are today. because you did.
xiao was glad you approached him when he was socially awkward at kindergarten.
xiao was glad when you showed up in his 6th birthday party when no one showed up (and also gave him a morax stuffed toy.)
xiao was glad when you slapped one of your classmates when they picked on him.
xiao is still a shy kid, but he was simply glad he spent a portion of his childhood with someone like you.
no matter how ridiculous your ideas are, how stubborn, he relishes those moments.
he wishes he could talk to you, link arms with you, to give you gifts in person, to be your friend again, to be directly by your side.
for now, he’s content by just being the guy that sits behind you
and one day, he will have the courage to speak to you. (and hopefully not embarass himself, but he knows that’s second to impossible.)
˖࣪ ◗ ❝RINA’S NOTES! —- no, i am not back from my hiatus. i just feel like i’ve been making scrawny readers even more desperate. i’m so sorry for discontinuing it. i promise, some of my original ideas will be projected here. the only difference is xiao knew you. i CANNOT do strangers to lovers from scratch.
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