#haden

[chilliania]

Mangoes on the moon 🥭💫🌕

inspired by: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW1mJ0XmSqX/?igsh=MWhxbHc0c2hoYWZpcQ==

[gece-misin-nesin]

ah yes, dainsleif and all his significant others that he's divorced with

[maryychill]

This quest goes all in with the abyss order keeping us distracted while they set up their plan, Direidyth pulling the Traveler into a time loop, the loom of fate twisting the ley lines with Dainsleif's memories and even the Lord of the Night allowing a fragment of Khaenri'ah to overlap with Natlan's Night Kingdom.

While Natlan is distracted with festivals and competitions, the abyss order shows coordinated moves across the region.

The Traveler joins patrols for Natlan's competition and comes across a hidden cave, where a Hilichurl flees as they arrive, leaving behind a shining key. It's the exact same as the one the Traveler already holds, the key to their spaceship's Hibernation Chamber, which can only mean it belongs to their sibling.

Later, when speaking with Mavuika, the Traveler tells her straight out that their sibling is the leader of the Abyss. Mavuika, cautious after hearing this, questions where the Traveler's loyalty really stands… with Natlan or with the Abyss? Once convinced, she sends them to support the Masters of the Night Wind against the invasion.

After fighting alongside Iansan and Citlali, they manage to hold off the abyss order but no real answers come from the battle. So, with nothing solid to work with, the Traveler and Paimon decide to head back to the cave, hoping to find another lead.

Back at the cave, a girl named Direidyth suddenly appears. She warns of monsters that neither the Traveler nor Paimon can see, until the Traveler takes her hand and riftwolves suddenly appear.

Once safe, she explains she's been searching for a prophesied "Savior" meant to prevent a coming disaster. At first, she mistakes the Traveler for this figure, until it becomes clear the prophecy actually points toward the Abyss Sibling.

Later, under the stars, Direidyth wonders aloud if the sky is even real. That single remark makes the Traveler suspect she might know something about Teyvat's false sky.

The Traveler dreams of the Night Kingdom, catching a glimpse of their sibling speaking with the Lord of the Night. Doomsday and the birth of a "Savior" echo in the vision, leaving the Traveler unsettled. When they wake, they realize Direidyth had been holding their hand the whole time.

Natlan's guards confirm something odd. Instead of fighting, the abyss order has been found meditating.

Dainsleif appears and the Traveler joins him to attack abyss order strongholds. There they encounter an Iniquitous Baptist who reveals himself as Haden, Dainsleif's former master, whose real goal was to take Dainsleif's memories to feed the Loom.

(The way Haden said he had no memories left and asked Dainsleif to share some of his, hit hard. Even if it was a trap, I found myself moved by his longing for a lost nation 😢)

(Although now that I think about it... if he really remembered nothing, how did he know Dainsleif used to call him master? I was a bit too naive there 🥲 just like Dain)

The truth about Direidyth comes out. She is from Khaenri'ah 5 centuries ago.

The Abyss Sibling appears and explains what has been driving them all along. The paradox began five centuries ago when Direidyth showed proof that the Traveler was searching. Faced with the choice of staying to fight for Khaenri'ah or going to see their sibling, they chose the latter and that regret has haunted them ever since. For them, reviving Khaenri'ah is both a way to make up for that choice and the only chance to face the Heavenly Principles as an equal.

They also suggest that Istaroth might have made this meeting possible and explain how the loom of fate pulled everything together, with a fragment of Khaenri'ah overlapping Natlan under the Lord of the Night's permission, the abyss order's meditations feeding shared memories and Dainsleif's memories powering the process. Using an Inteyvat as the base, the loom produced the Atlas of the New World, a blueprint for Khaenri'ah reborn.

Direidyth's tragedy comes full circle. After the Cataclysm she was cursed into a Hilichurl, the same one the Traveler first saw asleep in the cave. Before her curse takes hold, Direidyth asks the Traveler for a memento, something she could show the Savior (the Abyss Sibling) if she ever found them. If the Traveler chooses not to give her a memento (the key) to avoid her pain, the Abyss Sibling throws their own spaceship key at her feet. Direidyth keeps it and, once cursed as a Hilichurl, she is the one who eventually leaves that same key in the cave where the Traveler finds it.

Before leaving, the sibling says that the next step will come at the end of the Traveler's journey.

Characters

Traveler: Aether

Direidyth: a girl from Khaenri'ah displaced in time, later cursed as a Hilichurl

Dainsleif

Haden: former master of Dainsleif, seeking to exploit his memories

Abyss Sibling: Lumine

Mavuika

Iansan

Citlali

Paimon

[solelii]

Dainsleif gets stabbed!

He’ll be fine. All pure-blooded Khaenri’ahns are cursed with immortality and cannot die.

The identity of the Iniquitous Baptist is revealed to be Dainsleif's former teacher.

[musicmags]

[winterfieldfrontiers]

Aiden and Hakon

You can’t change my mind about Hakon, he has a crush for Aiden and do anything to save him,  comparing him to his favorite wife even he said fuck people to stay together with Aiden.

and they could leave this city together 

DON’T TELL ME THEY ARE NOT BI OR GAY!

Aiden (Bi-den) didn’t really regret it and live with Hakon together.

WE HAVE ANOTHER GOTY!!

[gaybugass]

First thing I draw on my new tablet and it's Haden, surprising no one

[fingerdent]

Man I haven’t posted on this blog in so long 0_0 I’m trying to get back into making art semi regularly

Haden and Sergei cuddling <3 My babies... my loves

If u see this pls like it >-< I would love you forever