#emanator

[meebochii]

Since the anniversary art started another round of discourse about Emanators let me add my two cents to the topic;

Even if the game straight up tells us that someone is an Emanator the fandom will find any excuse imaginable to disprove that information.

Yes, being an Emanator is supposed to be special but that's not because they are small in numbers but because of their capabilities.

People need to stop gatekeeping that title so much.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[kirbyfigure]

☆𝚁𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚒 & 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊

[anawakenedduck]

in celebration of me becoming an emanator of Elation, i made a mask Praise to aha, lets have some fun!

[herrscherofmisinformation]

THE ESTEEMED WOLF !!! THE EMPEROR OF THE DARK ZONE!! HAIL THE EMANATOR OF ELATION !!

[the-gequassel-shiro27]

About Emanators, Pathstriders and The Hunt

I haven't played the Ashveil Trailblaze Mission yet, but i kinda want to get this out. This entire thing started because i thought Lan the Hunt hated or didn't approve of the Galaxy Rangers. Due to taking the fact that the IPC, despite worshipping Qlipoth, goes against the original foundations of their path as them being hated by said Aeon. Qlipoth never showed any reaction to it. At the same time i misattributed a similar lack of care by an Aeon, namely Nous in regards to the Intelligentsia Guild as hate. Despite their being no proof for either of my assumptions. Said opinion led to the theory that every Aeon has a faction they don't favor. Strengthed by the fact that Nanook doesn't aknowledge the Annihilation Gang. If anything they only view the Annihilation Gang with contempt, according to the In-Game Data Bank as cited below. Alongside a quote by Dr. Primitive taken from the Wiki.

"[...]The scumbags of the Annihilation Gang fantasize about one day serving as pioneers of Destruction, but they have no idea that their cruelty only incurs Nanook's utter contempt for them.[...] Data Bank. Factions"

"The value Nanook sees in the Annihilation Gang may be less than the value an infant sees when they smash a vase."

— Research Into Destruction by Dr. Primitive

https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Annihilation_Gang

The Galaxy Rangers, as mentioned, would be the one that Which would've turned the case of Ashveils status as an Emanator of the Hunt into a cruel joke.

Anyways I will die on the hill that the Arbiter- Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance are not Emanators the same way as the Lord Ravagers or The Herta. The Arbiter-Generals simply wield the power of one and are therefore equivalent to an Emanator of the Hunt. Their Spirits act as a inheritable Blessing/ Glance from Lan themselves. Until Ashveil/La Mancha was released, I firmly believed that Lan doesn't create Emanators, to further differenciate themself from Yaoshi. Now i think it's a way to show how different the Galaxy Rangers are in comparison to the Xianzhou Alliance are. The Galaxy Rangers have a much less official Relationship with the path of the Hunt. As a faction they don't care about their Aeon itself but rather the Values Lan represented. La Mancha being an Emanator of the Hunt is therefore a personal aknowledgement of them and maybe the Galaxy Rangers as a whole. Something i find worth mentioning about the Arbiter- Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance is that we don't know how much influence Lan has when it comes to announcing a new General. According to the Wiki:

"To become an Arbiter-General, one must undergo three ceremonies: the "Rainbow Ordainment," the "Reignbow's Gaze," and the "Bestowal of Spiritus." Only then can one truly take up the mantle and live up to the title. These ceremonies appear to be presided over by Lan THEMSELVES. In Yao Guang's Reignbow Gaze ceremony, she had to dodge eight arrows in a realm of pure consciousness." https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Arbiter-Generals#cite_note-proffer-4

However the exact details are still unknown. In case of Feixiao, we know she whitnessed Lan shooting their Arrow in her youth. Then there is Yao Guang who already made plans for her successor without even mentioning the Inheritance of the Eye of Isvara. And whose case the wiki cites. Personally i think that the succession of a General is a weird mix of Xianzhou Alliance traditions and some involvement of Lan themselves. While also adding a lot of prophecy or foretold destiny, at least in case of Feixiao. Makes me wonder if there are any past Arbiter- Generals who had job forced upon them or cases of someone lacking the approval of Lan. I personally think that the Arbiter- Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance simply are extremely powerful pathstriders. As the Lore only implies the Arbiter- Generals as Emanators. The in-Game Data Bank isn't calling them Emanators and the same goes for Hoyolab special about Emanators. Meaning there is always room to differenciate them from the other Emanators. As the Entry about the Arbiter- Generals uses similiar wording to the entry before it, about the the Lord Ravagers. Who are called the "executioners of Destruction's will", while the Arbiter Generals are said to have become the"[...] the sharp arrows of the Reignbow.[...]. https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/HoYoLAB/Articles/Pom-Pom%27s_Intel_Emanator_Special

Both being close enough in meaning to count. It's important to show that the Lord Ravagers are always called Emanators as seen by the following entry from the in-Game Data Bank: "[...]A Lord Ravager is an Emanator of the Aeon and an executor of the will of Destruction — Obsessed with the beauty of destruction, they implement the practice of returning all things to entropy — while also being artists on the battlefield and ultimate weapons of destruction.[...] Data Bank Factions" https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Ravager

Other Emanators, besides Diamond and those from the IPC, are less political figures and more if anything representatives of their Path. The Xianzhou Alliance managed to institutionalize or ritualize the Blessing of their Aeon. Incorporating the position into their Government. Which makes me realize that it's actually the inverse, the Xianzhou Alliance as a whole managed to gain more control over the Ascension to Emanatorhood. Conceptually comparable to Diamond splitting his Powers among the Ten Stonehearts making them wield a part of the Power of an Emanator.

Either Way Pathstriding itself isn't a stage within the Powersystem but rather the entire System. Everyone who follows a path and draws strenght from it is a Pathstrider. But there are no named Ranks within it. A pathstrider can be at the same level as an Emanator, because they only refer to a postion and not to a Powerlevel. The power of a pathstrider depends more on personal believes and devotion than the Gaze/Blessing of their Aeon. An Emanator has just a personal connection to their Aeon, wether they like it or not. Which of course allows for individual differences between Emanators. After seeing what Iron Tomb is capable of Welt's quote about the Arbiter- Generals becomes increasingly interesting due to shifting in meaning. "It follows that the Alliance's Marshal and six Generals are in no way inferior to Lord Ravagers."

https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/An_Invitation_Without_Proffer

He puts it very universal, returning to it now makes me realize that Welt never meant to make this statement as a means to scale their power. Instead it serves within the entire explanation to show how important the Arbiter-Generals are. As a whole it's used to point out how complicated the (then) next adventure is. Considering he personally accompanies the TB. His quote is not (just) about the power of the six Arbiter-Generals of the Xianzhou-Alliance, but rather skill as representatives of the Hunt. However as many tend to scale everything at first glance by raw power, the quote tends to be taken that way. To conclude all i just said is based on the larger idea that Emanators are not the only ones who are granted power by their Aeon. Something the TB has shown numerous times. Therefore just because someone has the aknowledgement of an Aeon, even if it's the one whose path they stride, that individual isn't necessarily an Emanator. Meaning there is more than just Pathstriders, Paths, Emanators and Aeons in the Universe of Honkai Starrail. There are other powers linked to the larger power system e.g cloud hymn magic. Admittedly the Arbiter- Generals are Emanators in anything but name. But important enough to be distinguished due to their political role. Something i realized over the course of my resarch.

[96jnie]

LIGHT SLIPS THE GATE, SHADOWS GREET THE THRONE

[n0tamused]

Shards of the lost is a 5 star Light cone of the Nihility path.

Description:

In her world of stillness and nothingness peace only existed when she stood idle on the sidelines. Naive hope of eternity full of quiet and unchanged repetitive cycles kept her there and for a long while she refused to meet the image in the midnight clad mirror that haunted her dreams. There, she could see stars flicker out at the legs of the mirror that did not show her reflection. Mystery shrouded itself around the endless sea of black around, swallowing her whole.

Her peaceful solitude shattered, mirroring the state of the broken glass in which fragments of her likeness appeared. In each fragmented piece, she glimpsed someone else—eyes like hers, but filled with a passion for all things corrupted.

In her dreams she saw herself reaching for the reflection’s neck, fingers slipping through the glass as if it were silk to choke the woman within, squeezing hard until life burst from her and the mirror's reflection showed the dark glimmering skies and only herself, and then the dark swallowed her again. Trembling hands withdrew from the mirror, reaching to brush her fingertips across her own neck. Anger, sadness, pain, confusion, curiosity - it all boiled within.

“Listen here- No matter where you are hiding, no matter how powerful you have become. I will bring your reign of terror to an end. In these vast worlds, justice is true and absolute, always. It will catch up.. I will put this to an end”

“But first you’ll have to catch me” The voice replied from the darkness.

[unaplays]