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“This will be a romantic story like none that has come before... You think so too, right?“
With the release of 4.2 and even more lore of the Abundance explored through Evanescia, what I want to look into is the following: Abundance Emanators, the trees they're connected to, and how they may be considered the ideal lifeforms according to Abundance-worshipping sects like Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
Abundance Emanators & their trees
In the 4.1 main story questline, Real Holy Laughter!, Evanescia revealed the following: she is the avatar of the Panarch Elwood, a Plaguemark that General Yaoguong believes is part of the Ambrosial Arbor aboard the Luofu.
And she's not wrong to make this assumption. According to the Xianzhou's history, the Ambrosial Arbor was planted thousands of years ago when the ancient predecessors of the Xianzhou Alliance departed the Primeval Imperium on the hunt for immortality, discovering it through Yaoshi who would confer them the first Plaguemark, the Ambrosial Arbor. Readables like Investigation of Ancient Pattern Rubbings from the Luofu explore this.
However, I'm not here to explore Evanescia's past in-depth. But my point is simple: for almost every Abundance Emanator, it can be inferred that they are closely connected to a tree that is either a Plaguemark, or somehow extremely closely connected to the Abundance.
One of the more obscure examples is the Wingperor of the Wingweavers. According to the List of Archenemies found within the Seat of Divine Foresight, Muldrasil can be considered one such Plaguemark and the Wingperor gains their power from Muldrasil until it was destroyed by the Antimatter Legion.
It should also bear mentioning: an Abundance Emanator doesn't necessarily need to be an avatar of a Plaguemark like Evanescia to be valid, but they have to be connected to a Plaguemark to gain their power; without it, as in the case of the Wingweavers, they are not avatars of Muldrasil, but the position of Wingperor is said to be transferable to other Wingweavers when they become the next Wingperor.
Moving on, the more prominent yet mysterious example exists in Shuhu and how he likely derives his power from Plaguemarks, and has on more than one occasion.
Within Planarcadia, Shuhu took the form of a brambly-shaped tree when Silver Wolf sealed him inside of Ren. As we know from sources like Xueyi's third character story, Shuhu tends to take the shape of a tree.
While it's not outright stated, as the Cangcheng existed well after the planting of the Ambrosial Arbor, the most notable instances of Shuhu throughout the game's history have entailed him invading places like the Cangcheng and Luofu that had Plaguemarks, even if their names may be yet unknown.
In Jingliu's first character story and Jing Yuan's fourth, respectively, in the instances that Shuhu invaded these two Xianzhou ships, a Plaguemark was assuredly present. From it, it can be implied that Shuhu has to filch the power of a Plaguemark to wield his power to such a devastating extent.
In Dan Heng's third character story and in the 1.2 MSQ, A Dragon Gallant, Its Oceans Distant, it's confirmed to us that the Shuhu Upheaval Period--noted to be one of the bloodiest invasions that resulted in Dan Feng and Jingliu almost dying and Baiheng sacrificing herself--took place at Scalegorge Waterscape, the site of the Ambrosial Arbor that the High Elder traditionally guards.
In the same patch, during Demise of Immortality, Finale of Calamity, Phantylia usurps the power of the Ambrosial Arbor to combine with her latent powers of Destruction and Tingyun as her host, combining Abundance and Destruction together. This proves that the power of the Arbor can be stolen/borrowed, and may explain why Shuhu was so empowered during the Shuhu Upheaval Period, especially to the point that Dan Feng--noted to be so powerful that even Tengxiao advised that he be given a wide berth in battle (Clouds Leave No Trace)--was on the brink of death.
The next and last is probably the most mysterious is Luocha, one said to be the most antagonistic and openly resistant of the Abundance compared to his peers. Unlike the other three, he's not known to have a tree or Plaguemark that he's connected to, but there are some clues.
From the Church of Purity Palace relic set piece, Knight's Silent Oath Ring, it's implied that a mysterious, Aeonic power visited the Knights' world and drove it to ruin and insanity. Of course, it can be noted that like other canonical Plaguemarks (the Ambrosial Arbor, Red Spring), it follows the familiar trend of a Plaguemark granting boons (in this case, the strength to punish "devils") that later lead to total ruin (self-annihilation, insanity). While Luocha is strongly implied to have been a Knight of Purity Palace, the source of his power as an Emanator is more mysterious.
In the description of his signature LC, Echoes of the Coffin, Luocha is shown speaking with it. While we know by now that it contains part of the remains of Tayzzyronth, it should also be noted that Propagation is typically associated with uncontrollable progenation, not plant-life in the way his coffin seems capable of. Therefore, it's strongly hinted that his coffin may be a Plaguemark and the source of his power as an Emanator of Abundance.
One of the reasons I can believe the former is because, in the A Knight Stranger companion mission, it ends with Luocha communing with the Ambrosial Arbor in the same way he does with his coffin, lending credence to the idea that his coffin is a Plaguemark, or at least part of one, and the means by which he can contain Tayzzyronth's remains. Whether this will come to pass is debatable, but the implications are strong.
Abundance Emanators as the ideal lifeforms
Whether or not Abundance Emanators are represented by specific Plaguemarks or empowered by any they come across, one thing seems sure: the notion that their power is at its most refined from a Plaguemark isn't lost on me, especially when it comes to those that either take the form of/represent a tree (Shuhu and Evanescia) or just derive their power from them (Wingperor and Luocha), Abundance-worshipping sects like the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus seem to view this representation as the highest order of evolution for anyone connected to the Abundance.
In the Overview of the Xianzhou's Materia Medica, the Yellow Pneuma Yang Essence is stated to not only represent the means by which Denizens of Abundance live, but how they are "seeds" waiting to sprout, an "inner secret" should be cultivated to evolution. It's also referred to as an "inner Ambrosial Arbor", the secret to their long life.
In the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Collection of Exhibits, it details a cornerstone of the Disciples' belief: that through Yoashi planting a sacred tree (the Core Esse), it will liberate THEIR adherents from the maladies of a limited life, like aging, sickness, and pain. And to our faces, we're told that this seed for a sacred tree (the Core Esse) will grow into a new Ambrosial Arbor.
Not only is it just their belief, but observable in Xianzhou Natives like Jingliu (in her first character story) that a Core Esse exists, and when exposed to higher orders of Abundance (Plaguemarks, Shuhu), this Core Esse can start to germinate and grow within them and cause them to become Marastruck.
Therefore, as/with fully-realized Plaguemarks like the Arbor, Emanators can be seen as the highest order of evolution/life among those faithful to the Abundance, confirmed by their proximity to Yaoshi and the power THEY bequeath through these manifestations.
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