#imunlaukr

[pastelchaos242]

hiiii, i love reading your Mondstadt lore rambles so much. You seem very knowledgeable, so I'd like to hear your thoughts on this:

What do you think happened to the Imunlaukr clan? Do you have any personal theories on who might be descended or otherwise related to them?

(I have a hard time paying attention to WQ lore as I’m doing it, so I usually get more info from sources online. But I hate the crappy fandom wiki sites, so I always prefer asking people who ramble about lore, especially since its something they love doing :D)

I don’t have a super strong stance on what happened to this family

Although it’s possible for the family to have died out. The sacrificial greatsword lore says that the family was known to die at very young ages. Other important mondstadt families like landrich family also went extinct.

However I don’t particularly care for this mindset just because it wouldn’t a fun story. So I like to believe that there are current descendants however they simply have chosen to stay out of the spotlight.

Seeing how the family prided itself on their protection of mondstadt, having allowed failed to once again protect their homeland from the tyrants would probably cause the family to retreat again to the corners of mondstadt. So that they might regain their honor and continue to protect mondstadt.

If had to point to a descendant of this family I would say Lohen. Imunlauker is heavily connected to the event of cryo, being known as the ice breaking outlander. Lohen had a cryo vision. The clan is known for the combat skill. Many knights talk about Lohen mastery of many kinds of weaponry and great ability to plan battles. The family, long before barbatos came to power, was said to kill for the entertainment of the gods (the shades. Lohen seems to also fight for entertainment but for his own. Ehohc could make sense because the practice of bloodshed for the gods has been outlawed

Lohens design is also very similar to other noble characters. The waste coat and ornate cape make him read as noble character which would make sense if he one. He’s also takes great pleasure from killing poetically abyssal creatures something the lmunlauker clan was also known for.

I also believe that they might have some connect to khaerniah. Unlike every other noble family their name comes from a Norse poem, which is a normal naming scheme for pure khaenriah characters. He’s distinctly noted as a outlander, which could make sense because he’s literally not from this world. Also he’s said to have been greatly disillusioned with Celestia after the fall of Sal vingard, (Don’t get me started on the narrative similarities between this kingdom and khaenriah that’s for another day) this idea that the gods only crave blood is shared commonly by members of khaenriah. Also soon after the fall it’s said that Khaenriah begins its existence, something that’s a little two coincidental for me to ignore

Also the fandom wiki soooo horrible it nukes my phone every time I open it

[mosaicofdreamsanddragons]

We have a Name for the Third Descender!

(But it’s probably not their real name)

Spoilers below for Hymns of the Far North. If you haven’t read it, go read it.

Seriously it’s got so much

So Saarelainen is carved into seven pieces by the Heavenly Principles, when he goes to challenge them in an attempt to win the hand of the daughter of Pakkaisukko (but mainly to keep his love from dooming herself by trying).

So that’s the third descender, it doesn’t get more clear than that.

And this Saarelainen is different from the Voyager, because the Hymn above calls the Voyager Seutervoinen.

So we have two love stories going on (possibly seperated by an unknown amount of time, say from the First Angel’s rebellion to the start of the archon war)

And because the Primordial one and the Shades are all given new names, it’s likely these descenders are too. And I think the third descenders love story has not come out of no where.

So some guesses:

The third descender/Saarelainen is Imunlaukr and this challenge to Celestia was an attempt to get help and stop their love from doing what she does to save the nation.

Things that work for it: Imunlaukr is called an outlander, it would explain why they thought he could do something about this, it’s about the right time what with the Angels being gone. And it would mean his presence was one of the reasons they got nailed

Things that work against it: Imunlaukr has descendants in Mondstadt as late as the Aristocracy, unless he left his lover pregnant before he got ripped to pieces that would be hard

Third descender/ Saarelainen is Ajax the Hero

In Ballads of the Fjords we learn of Ajax the hero (namesake of our Childe) who has various deeds attributed to him. Important for this theory is that he fell into a ruined Hyperborea and found a king there (who would be Pakkaisukko) and loved Snegurochka (the daughter of Ded Moroz/Old Man Frost in some real life traditions). That would line up with the king and his naïve daughter

Troubles with this: in Ballads of the Fjords the lovers are separated because of the tricks of changelings, not a deliberate choice or challenge to the Heavenly Principles. Also if Ajax was fighting a dragon, what time period is this supposed to be?

Ajax the hero is likely a variation of either the third Descender or the Voyager, but I’m leaning to 3rd Descender for one reason.

The Tsaritsa

Her being the naïve daughter would explain why this is being brought up right before Snezhnaya and why they needed to clear this up. Her drastic change in behavior post cataclysm makes sense if she realized the gnosis held her old loved body. And it would explain why she wants them back and no god’s putting up to much of a fight to resist her, as she has claim.

As for her father Pakkaisukko, there would be a few options: Belyi Tsar, a surviving king of Hyperboria, the Cryo Sovereign (he’d have motive) or Nibelung himself

[meili-sheep]

Have you heard of the tales of the Imunlaukr Clan? It's not a story that the citizens of Mondstadt could tell you.

No but seriously in canon lore, there is an Imunlaukr Clan descended from Imunlaukr and even though they're one of the founding families of Mondstadt, no one ever talks about them!

The only thing that they were known for was having gifted warriors that usually died early enough to experience peak physical performance without having to feel it degrade. They fought for the sake of fighting because they thought it was the gods' idea of a sick joke with a shitty punchline.

Of course, after Old Mond was liberated and the snow was swept away, they decided to stick around to protect the only thing worth fighting for. After that, we hear virtually nothing. So either Varka is the last Imunlaukr (likely and I hope that we get more Imunlaukr lore and appreciation) or one's going to pop up somewhere.

~ Demigod Anon (but more like lore anon lmao)

I actually have but there isn't a lot on Imunlaukr other than he helped set up Mondstadt and had lived in Sal Vindagnyr which honestly I need to read up on. I've skimmed it up honestly I should do a more detailed read. as it's really interesting.

And it's also interesting that the gladiator part of old Mondstadt came from Imunlaukr's culture. And as the Lawrence seemingly took it over, it would imply the Imunlauka family died out.

But what might be more interesting is them giving up any power or wealth they might have had as a founding family. So Maybe Varka is a part of them. But I also the idea of possibly someone we haven't heard of yet being a clan member (someone younger than Varka)

Also, know that I'm thinking about it. Imunlaukr was an outlander to the Sal Vindagnyr. AND the Red-Haired Warrior (who I named Faramund) was also an outsider and one of the first to plan the rebellion.

Both Imunlaukr and Faramund stand up to help the new place they now call home. So could they be from the same place?

[celestlian]

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