"In this era of fair winds and gentle rains, one needs not marshal the winds to deliver the rainclouds." — "Passerine Herald" Xianyun
Hello, Travelers! The character we are introducing today is Xianyun! She is one of the Mighty and Illuminated Adepti of Jueyun, known as "Cloud Retainer." Expert in all kinds of mechanical contraptions, her heart now turns towards the affairs of the mortal world, through which she walks under the name "Xianyun."
Personal Information
Vision
Anemo
Weapon
Catalyst
Constellation
Grus Serena
Birthday
April 11
Affiliation
Mt. Aocang
EN VA: Stephanie Panisello JP VÀ: NAKATOMI Mana
Xianyun is a support character who can provide continuous healing and aids for powerful Plunging Attacks to teammates.
Xianyun's Elemental Skill can be used to cast Skyladder, which can be used up to three times in a short period of time to perform consecutive leaps. During this time, Xianyun's Plunging Attacks will be converted to Driftcloud Wave, which deals AoE Anemo DMG to opponents.
Her Elemental Burst summons the "Starwicker" mechanism, which periodically heals all party members. Starwicker's Adeptal Assistance also increases the jump height of all party members. When a character completes a Plunging Attack, an additional Anemo-aligned follow-up attack will be triggered.
Additionally, her Talent will increase nearby active characters' Plunging Attack shockwave DMG based on her ATK when Adeptal Assistance stacks are present.
Story
According to the "Thrice Annotated Version of the Full Record of Pristine Pavilion," a roaming adeptus travels with the "Spirit of Eight Pure and Mighty Rose-Clouds," dancing through the air as though "riding light and striding lightning." Their lives, too, are long beyond mortal reckoning. What humans call a millennium is but time for a short rest for the adeptus in their abode. As the saying goes, "Night and day belong not in paradise."
As for where the adepti dwell, the "Full Record of Pristine Pavilion" asserts that the sky is their pillow and the earth their mat, and that they may dwell in the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas - and this indeed seems to explain the countless adeptal encounters recorded in the annals of Liyue's history. This is one school of thought.
Another can be found in the classic treatise on metal and stone, "Void-Pacing Stone Catalog." While showering praise upon the weird and wonderful rock formations of Jueyun Karst, "Stone Catalog also proffers a warning: "The peaks of Jueyun tower up to lofty heights, striving to outdo one another... each belonging to a different master-Qingyun Peak to Moon Carver, Mt. Hulao to Mountain Shaper, Mt. Aocang to Cloud Retainer. The wise climb not a mastered mountain, nor quarry its rocks."
Out of a similar veneration, descriptions of what the adepti actually look like are few and far between. Based on a handful of allusions to Cloud Retainer's appearance in the historian Zichang's "Stone Tablet Compilations," as well as scattered references in ancient songs, we can know that the adepti are ever-changing in form. To take Cloud Retainer as an example, when in human form, she is said to be "of elegant countenance, dressed in purpled robes and made up like a flower in full bloom"; whereas in bestial form, she "flies with grace, soaring among the clouds and crying out to the moon."
Interestingly, one particular tale recounted in "Full Record of Pristine Pavilion" gives a further idea of the sublime character of the adepti. Once upon a time, a traveler happened upon Cloud Retainer while passing through Jueyun Karst. Taking out a self-made timepiece which he proudly dubbed a "Jade Bottle Float-Type Water Clock," he sought to impress his ingenuity upon the adeptus. But to his surprise, she instead summarily pointed out the flaws of using a float-type water clock to record the passing of time. Hearing this, the traveler begged for her guidance, which he eventually received before being sent back down the mountain.
Such tales are apt to make mortals lament - it is only after meeting an adeptus, free and unfettered by the material world, that one can truly realize how insignificant our lives are.
Voice-Over
Hello
What? A cursory change in one's appearance, and you barely recognize me? Hah, then let one dispel any doubt - one is in all things unconstrained and unabashed, free to live as one pleases, go where one desires, and journey with whomsoever one wishes. Nevertheless, ahem... In light of one's considerable renown... please call me "Xianyun" in public.
Chat: Interesting Experiences
If you are presently unoccupied, perhaps we could stop awhile at one's abode for some repose and conversation?
Good Evening
You wish to attend the night market together? Hah, one shall engage in no such fool's errand. Whatever novelty or knick-knack you desire, one can simply make for you.
Hearsay
About Xianyun: Disciples
One has always been a staunch defier of convention and expectation, preferring instead the freedom to live life precisely how one pleases. It is only natural for disciples to follow in their master's footsteps. So focused are they on their individual endeavors that they are quite content to go weeks without writing... Lonely? One is most certainly not! Hm... Still, were one to find time to pay them a visit - you don't suppose they would be unduly inconvenienced by one's presence, do you...?
About Us: Companions
One took the liberty of surveying the land from the skies above so as to fashion this route-finding compass for your future traveling convenience. Heh, when have you ever met such a considerate companion as oneself, hmm?...... Already intimately acquainted with said terrain, you say? Hmph... Well, be that as it may, human memory is notoriously error-prone. One of these days, you'll get yourself hopelessly lost, and then you shall be thanking one profusely for one's foresight.
More about Xianyun: I
You wish to know more about one's past? ...One doubts there would be much worth sharing - it's all ancient history by now. One is more interested to hear about your travels to the far-flung corners of the world... What forms do the gods and immortals of other nations take? Are there any of them as amenable to conversation as oneself? Let us brew some tea, and then you can tell me all about it.
One is still wide awake...
*yawn* But you look dead on your feet. Go on, off to bed with you.
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