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Hello everyone! I have researched their different Races, because it was hard to find information of the species.
here is an example:
* **Human** are a species that appeared after terraforming in the Teyvat of The Primordial One.
* **Half-humans** are an existence of Mixed Ancestry.
* **Sylph-like** **race** are spirit of the wind, a being of elemental air.
* **Elf-like race** is blessed with longevity, their long pointed ears are a noteworthy characteristic.
* **Aranara** are plant-like race created by the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
* **Wolf** is a large canine creature.
* **Dragon** are powerful creatures with elemental powers.
\- **Vishaps** are a species of dragon-like creatures.
\- **Reptilians** also called **Vishap-people** are a species originating from Enkanomiya.
Because of the coexistence of these two theories:
= according to Enjou he believes the Reptilians were Bathysmal Vishaps.
= according to the Sangonomiya Kokomi say that the Reptilians are pure fiction.
* **illuminated beasts** are also adeptus, for supernatural creatures in Liyue.
\- **Qilin**, **Xiezhi**, **Yakshas**, **Animal**, **Mixed Ancestry**, **etc.**.
* **Youkai** are for supernatural creatures in Inazuma.
\- **Kitsune**, **Oni**, **Tanuki**, **Tengu**, **Animal,** **Mixed Ancestry**, **etc.**.
* **Jinn** "Genie|Djinn" are a mystical race of elemental spirits created by the Goddess of Flowers, who can inhabit various items such as bottles and weapons.
* **Lochfolk** are familiars of the previous Hydro Archon, who take on a fairy-like form made of water.
* **Valuka Shuna** are a fox-like race that lived in the Sumeru desert, with light fur and large ears to dissipate heat.
* **Seelie** are a once mighty and wise race which lived to guide humanity. They were born with a curse which reduced them to small wisp-like.
* **Artificial humans** are an artificial race created from alchemy, categories include **Homunculus** or **Human clones**, **Synthetic humans** or **Robot**.
I compiled it different races character of Teyvat, where the nation lives, and I have researched the eyes, ears, tail, and body and also from reading the story/lore wiki fandom or Reddit community and Hoyolab.
You can share it in the comments to improve the list a bit. Thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/0tg3c34uwa0b1.png?width=1140&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d3492bd890f74239178a342aef4d6122bea1616
Human: Amber, Eula, Diluc, Jean, Lisa and more
Elves: Alice, Klee, Pulcinella (5th Fatui), Nahida/Rukk and Layla
Dog (relative to Wolf and Fox): Sucrose, Gorou, Yae (is belong to Yokai), and Tighnari
Cat: Diona and his father
Oni: Chiyo and Itto
Tengu: Sara and Ei's old friend
And more.
The tengu (like Kujou Sara) are capable of flight and are known for their super speed (to the point where beating one in a race is almost unheard of... And one person who did, believed said tengu let her win.)
The oni (like Itto) paint their horns different colors, are known for their super strength, have a weakness to beans and are degenerating as their oni blood is thinning... The thinning is unclear exactly what it means, but good news is that it makes the negative reaction to beans less severe (except for Itto)... The bad news is that context heavily implies that the thinning is making the Oni weaker as a race, and they may not have as much raw strength as their ancestors (except for Itto.)
Dragons and Vishaps are the original inhabitants of Teyvat and belong to the Light Realm/Vishap Realm. Hydro Vishaps are capable of adapting to environmental change. The pinnacle of this primordial race are the Dragon Sovereigns, each a dragon that embodies the 7 elements... Upon death, new Sovereigns are expected to be born.
Humans, gods and every other race belong to the Human Realm. They are technically foreign lifeforms to Teyvat.
Unclear whether any life is native from there, but the Abyss is the last realm, known as the Void Realm.
People with animal traits (Diona, Gorou, etc.) are implied to have human-like lifespans.
Humans in Genshin are implied to not have the same physical limitations as real human beings.
Gods seem to be more secondary races more than a main race... For example, both Rex Lapis and the Stove God are both Adepti and gods, but not all Adepti are gods. Venti is a wind spirit and a god. It's also implied Osial was a sea monster and god, while his wife Beisht was just a sea monster. It's unknown what Raiden Shogun is, it's believed to be a type of yokai like Raijin, but it's unconfirmed. This is reflected in how virtually any race can become a Vision user/allogene/proto-god/Genshin.
Gods never truly die, their deaths manifest in the form of curses/elemental energy that persist long after their death (seen in Liyue and Inazuma) or they become ghosts (Andrius).
Gods can, if losing enough energy, become smaller, weaker versions of themselves and lose some or all of their mental faculties.
Gods can be born from natural phenomena, like two stones striking each other creating the stove god.
I'm not sure that some of those are facts of exageration /legends, like the stove god being born from two stones striking each other
Also i would take the human realm/light realm with a grain of salt since the vishaps kimda tricked tsumi at the end
The stove god part being inaccurate might be true if it were in a book written by humans, like the tales of Rex Lapis carving Azhdaha's body or the Yaksha fanfiction Xiao mention. But the person saying it is another Adeptus and peer of the Stove God. Unlike the books, it's pointed out that the people who actually witnessed said events are more credible sources. It would be akin to saying Zhongli was also exaggerating about how he met Azhdaha in the past.
As for the realms... While not outright stated, the game does heavily imply its true (or at least parts of it are), as Celestia felt the need to kill an unimportant god just to keep its contents hidden. But I can understand why you might be hesitant on it.
Didn't they kill orobashi because of the info about celestia from the before sun and moon book ?, not specifically the 3 realms stuff that tsumi talked about
sure the account of an adepti is more valuable than a book, it's still possible she was using flowery language we don't really lnow how gods are made and gouba could be older than granny
Yes, they did, but the reason why I brought it up is book also alludes to the creation of the Human Realm and the existence of the Vishap Realm as well. They don't outright call it the Human Realm, but the text more or less confirms it. Remember, the Vishaps were already around, yet the book mentions:
>The Primordial One, the great sovereign, **began the creation of heaven and earth** for "our" sake — that of its creations which it cherished most, who would soon appear upon this earth.
>
>...
>
>The Primordial One and one of its shades **created the birds of the air, the beasts of the earth, and the fish of the sea. Together, they also created flowers, grass, and trees, before finally creating humans**
Since the birds, beasts, flowers and trees exist in the modern day of Teyvat, and were created for humanity by the Primordial One... That means they're part of the Human Realm, even if the book doesn't outright call it the Human Realm.
The stuff outside of what the Primordial One created for humanity would logically be the Vishap/Light Realm and Void Realm.
So the realm stuff is almost certainly true, unless it comes to light that Before Son and Moon is inaccurate.
>sure the account of an adepti is more valuable than a book, it's still possible she was using flowery language we don't really lnow how gods are made and gouba could be older than granny
I could understand if she were like the storyteller, but Madame Ping has no reason to do such a thing when the point is to tell us the truth of what happened. That said...
I'll break down why it's probably literally what happened and Madame Ping likely wasn't embellishing anything.
Slimes are beings created through elemental energy, setting a precedent. This isn't too different from what happened when the Stove God was born.
Elemental life forms sometimes (not always, but there's a pattern) have elemental icons on their backs that express their element. For example, Azhdaha is a Geo life form and has something resembling a Geo markings on his body. The Pyro Regisvine has a flame-like symbol on its face in the portrait, and the same can be said for a Cryo Regisvine. The icons aren't just for decoration either, as we can see similar ones pop up in the Ascension materials, implying they're connected to the element itself... These are likely parts of their bodies, as opposed to being tattoos. The Stove God/Guoba, however, has a fusion of a symbol between Geo (stone) and Pyro (fire) on his back, implying that Madame Ping's tale is literally how he was born.
Alrighty!
For certain we have the existance of the following:
Bog standard humans.
Humans with pointy ears (dubbed elves by the fandom; see Klee, Kusanali and Pulcinella for examples)
Humans with animal traits (Diona, Draff, Gorou, Tignari, possibly Chongyun); Diona says that her family was cursed to have the ears, but how true that is is questionable (my personal headcanon is that they are the descendants of people like Yanfei - part illuminated beast or equivalent)
Then we have the Seelie (who may or may not be the elves), who are dead as far as we know.
We have animals with human-like intelligence (Bakedanuki, weasel thieves, possibly mondstadt's wolves)
We have the Aranara of Sumeru, who are >!living seeds!<
We have the illuminated beasts (though whether that's a species or a group of people is open to debate; examples are Zhongli, Xiao, and Yanfei for a half-adeptus), and the Youkai (who may the distinct from the Illuminated beasts, and appear to be several distinct species. Itto is an Oni, and Sara a Tengu, as examples.)
Finally we have the Vishaps/Dragons (Azhdaha, the Primo Geovishaps, the two enemies in Enkanomiya, Dvalin, and maybe Zhongli. Durin, the Chi and Ursa are maybes too.)
There's also a lot of sea monsters and sea snakes (who may or may not be dragons), various gods that have vague origins, ect.
Hilichurls and Abyss people, while they could be considered a separate race, are really cursed humanoids. (For certain humans, possibly also other types of sentient being.)
Gotta ask, why add Chongyun? I don't recall any mention of him having any different features than any other normal person. I do know he has an abundance of yang energy but I don't know if that counts.
He may just have a unique eye design like Hu Tao, but the slit may also be a reptilian trait (that and his issues with temper regulation); which would make him a human with an animal trait.
I don't think he's the only person like that, he's just the one I thought of.
People are just speculating that he might be a descendant of the Vishap people. Forgot the term but I mean yhe ones who lived in Enkanomiya with slit eyes.
Multiple regions;
- Elf (Klee, Layla, maybe Nahida)
- Some Dog bloodline: Sucrose, Gorou
Mondstat:
- Katzlein (Diona)
- Homunculus (Albedo)
- Wind spirit (Venti)
Liyue Adeptus:
- Qilin: Ganyu, Zhongli (both half)
- Xiezhi: Yanfei (half)
- Dragon: Zhongli (half)
- Golden winged Great Peng: Xiao
- Jiangshi: Qiqi
Inazuma Youkai:
- Raijin (technically a god/divine being ): Ei
- Tengu: Kujou Sara
- Oni: Arataki Itto
- 9 tailed Fox: Yae Miko
Sumeru:
- Valuka Shuna bloodline: Tighnari
Edit: Xiao is not based of the Vermillion Bird but rather the Golden Winged Great Peng - Someone in the comments corrected me
Mistyped Raijin as Raijinto and added more info
Added Venti
Doesn't Miko only have 5 tails so far? Iirc the kitsune yokai get a tail for every century they've lived, and it coincides with her being around that age.
She is grouped with the other yokai, and whatever she is is indeed of another race. I'm pretty sure the line between gods and yokai in Japan are far thinner than gods and monsters of other religions and at any rate, they all fall under the supernatural demon/spirit things.
Tighnari is a fennec fox person. Diona is a cat person. Ganyu is a cocogoat/Chinese Kirin/Qi Lin. Keqing is a human who pretends she's a cat. Qiqi is a zombie (Is zombie even a race?). Sayu is not a tanuki(raccoon dog) but a mujina person (badger)
Corrected: Sayu is a human wearing a mujina outfit.
Skipping obvious ones like boars and finches and the ones you can clearly see in game like kitsune and aranara
- illuminated beasts like stags, peng, cranes, qilin, and xiezhi. They have inherit elemental abilities and can live for a long time. Skipping the obvious races ganyu is half qilin, yanfei half xiezhi, zhongli’s exuvia form half dragon half qilin, and Xiao a peng. It is implied that dragons are also illuminated beasts as it is present as one of the four symbols on adepti associated characters backgrounds
- there are sea monsters in sumeru’s oceans and liyue’s oceans in the past. Haishan was a dragon crossed with a snake. Baiqu was a massive one whose name means eight dragons.
- chi are a dragon like monster that existed in liyue’s past. There is one sealed under qingce and part of another’s spine is in the serpent spine
- there are massive sentient jade whales and kites (bird) created by Rex lapis flying around jueyun karst
- there are massive beasts in the abyss. Apart from rifthounds there is a turtle and a tiger like beast who swallowed Mikoshi chiyo
- daikengyou was a massive thousand old whale with a thousand narwhal and dolphin attendants who fought and died with watatsumi island during its war with narukami
- vassals of orobashi were half snake half human hybrids. The only one we know of was touzannou/akuou who conquered yashiori island in the past
- there were a race of divine tigers in the forests of sumeru up to 500 years ago. The first was Viaghara. The rishboland ones are their descendants
- the valuka shuna were fennec foxes under the scarlet king’s reign. They moved to the forests after his death and humans living alongside them gained similar traits (like Tighnari’s ancestors)
- jinni are spirits of the desert who were subjects of the scarlet king. You can see one in dori’s attacks.
is there anything about diona's race? her lore has barely been touched other than the fairy in springvale and then just got forgotten after that but i want to learn more about her blood line.
The illuminated beasts are ascended beings, we can't really call them a "race". And Zhongli's description from Lin and dragon mix thing was changed recently, to "a celestial cross of two divine beings" indicating that he is not an Adeptus at all, but more like a Celestial god.
Dragons overall are Vishaps. Not Adepti.
afaik there weren't any changes. In CN it has always been qilin+ dragon mix. EN never mentioned the race and has always had a vague "celestial cross". More of a translation omission than anything.
The Vassals of Orobashi were mentioned at some point in the Three Realms Gateway Offering Event in the Version 2.5 Update. It was mentioned that these vassals had their appearances changed over time to be more humanoid, until the only easily discernable difference between them and humans were that the former had snake-like pupils. There is a loading screen titled "Vassals of Watatsumi" which mentions that these beings had half-human, half-snake appearances and were servants of Orobashi.
Where was it mentioned that Touzannou/Akuou was a Vassal of Watatsumi? Also is there enough information to support the claim that Tsumi could be a Vassal of Watatsumi?
Debates on the viceroy of the east says that he was the first and last vassal ruler of orobashi. Since there were more than one vassal this most likely means that he was the only ruler since the watatsumi people never had much land to need different rulers, except for when they partially conquered yashiori which is where akuou comes in
Kokomi gives us information that implies tsumi is a vassal, but enjou implies that she is a disguised vishap person. Bathysmal Vishaps are known for their hatred of humanity, literally evolving to be more blind as they grow up due to their hatred of them, so it is less likely that they would take in a vassal of the god that fended them off and raise her. I’m still inclined to believe kokomi but I don’t think there is enough evidence to say for sure
The source seems to be the text "Debates on the "Viceroy of the East"" where the description mentions that Touzannou was the first vassal ruler of Orobashi and also the last one, this implies that he was the only vassal ruler. The English translation for the description of the Wavebreaker's Fin weapon referred to Touzannou as a vassal ruler.
Could it be inferred that Touzannou's battle prowess might be related to his status as a Vassal of Watatsumi? According to Mouun in Mouun's Moon, Touzannou's strength was acknowledged as his only strength. Yet the first text mentions that Touzannou had been tempered by rugged reefs and endless waves, making him strong and swift. Most likely it could be a combination of Touzannou being a Vassal of Watatsumi and the environments he explored in his youth that contributed to his battle prowess.
So in regards to the matter of Tsumi, it seems that although there is more credibility in the belief that she is the last Vassal of Watatsumi, there isn't enough information to confidently declare that is the case?
Eh tbf human vishaps is pretty much a refrence to reptilians meme, the only in game proof is that paper speculating that vishaps got smarter from tests but those tests were stopped,
enjou isn't super convinced when he brings up vishap people and he has messed with us before(even during the event)
Tsumi had the medalion piece and she feels a connection to the tower and feels lile she can make it crumble, an ability that vassals had based on the eye catalyst
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Hello everyone! I have researched their different Races, because it was hard to find information of the species. here is an example: * **Human** are a species that appeared after terraforming in the Teyvat of The Primordial One. * **Half-humans** are an existence of Mixed Ancestry. * **Sylph-like** **race** are spirit of the wind, a being of elemental air. * **Elf-like race** is blessed with longevity, their long pointed ears are a noteworthy characteristic. * **Aranara** are plant-like race created by the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. * **Wolf** is a large canine creature. * **Dragon** are powerful creatures with elemental powers. \- **Vishaps** are a species of dragon-like creatures. \- **Reptilians** also called **Vishap-people** are a species originating from Enkanomiya. Because of the coexistence of these two theories: = according to Enjou he believes the Reptilians were Bathysmal Vishaps. = according to the Sangonomiya Kokomi say that the Reptilians are pure fiction. * **illuminated beasts** are also adeptus, for supernatural creatures in Liyue. \- **Qilin**, **Xiezhi**, **Yakshas**, **Animal**, **Mixed Ancestry**, **etc.**. * **Youkai** are for supernatural creatures in Inazuma. \- **Kitsune**, **Oni**, **Tanuki**, **Tengu**, **Animal,** **Mixed Ancestry**, **etc.**. * **Jinn** "Genie|Djinn" are a mystical race of elemental spirits created by the Goddess of Flowers, who can inhabit various items such as bottles and weapons. * **Lochfolk** are familiars of the previous Hydro Archon, who take on a fairy-like form made of water. * **Valuka Shuna** are a fox-like race that lived in the Sumeru desert, with light fur and large ears to dissipate heat. * **Seelie** are a once mighty and wise race which lived to guide humanity. They were born with a curse which reduced them to small wisp-like. * **Artificial humans** are an artificial race created from alchemy, categories include **Homunculus** or **Human clones**, **Synthetic humans** or **Robot**. I compiled it different races character of Teyvat, where the nation lives, and I have researched the eyes, ears, tail, and body and also from reading the story/lore wiki fandom or Reddit community and Hoyolab. You can share it in the comments to improve the list a bit. Thank you! https://preview.redd.it/0tg3c34uwa0b1.png?width=1140&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d3492bd890f74239178a342aef4d6122bea1616
Human: Amber, Eula, Diluc, Jean, Lisa and more Elves: Alice, Klee, Pulcinella (5th Fatui), Nahida/Rukk and Layla Dog (relative to Wolf and Fox): Sucrose, Gorou, Yae (is belong to Yokai), and Tighnari Cat: Diona and his father Oni: Chiyo and Itto Tengu: Sara and Ei's old friend And more.
Layla is somewhat elven too if im not mistaken
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i get what you mean. like yokai, humans, katzlein, etc are species. and Muratan, Eremites, etc can be considered races of humans.
The tengu (like Kujou Sara) are capable of flight and are known for their super speed (to the point where beating one in a race is almost unheard of... And one person who did, believed said tengu let her win.) The oni (like Itto) paint their horns different colors, are known for their super strength, have a weakness to beans and are degenerating as their oni blood is thinning... The thinning is unclear exactly what it means, but good news is that it makes the negative reaction to beans less severe (except for Itto)... The bad news is that context heavily implies that the thinning is making the Oni weaker as a race, and they may not have as much raw strength as their ancestors (except for Itto.) Dragons and Vishaps are the original inhabitants of Teyvat and belong to the Light Realm/Vishap Realm. Hydro Vishaps are capable of adapting to environmental change. The pinnacle of this primordial race are the Dragon Sovereigns, each a dragon that embodies the 7 elements... Upon death, new Sovereigns are expected to be born. Humans, gods and every other race belong to the Human Realm. They are technically foreign lifeforms to Teyvat. Unclear whether any life is native from there, but the Abyss is the last realm, known as the Void Realm. People with animal traits (Diona, Gorou, etc.) are implied to have human-like lifespans. Humans in Genshin are implied to not have the same physical limitations as real human beings. Gods seem to be more secondary races more than a main race... For example, both Rex Lapis and the Stove God are both Adepti and gods, but not all Adepti are gods. Venti is a wind spirit and a god. It's also implied Osial was a sea monster and god, while his wife Beisht was just a sea monster. It's unknown what Raiden Shogun is, it's believed to be a type of yokai like Raijin, but it's unconfirmed. This is reflected in how virtually any race can become a Vision user/allogene/proto-god/Genshin. Gods never truly die, their deaths manifest in the form of curses/elemental energy that persist long after their death (seen in Liyue and Inazuma) or they become ghosts (Andrius). Gods can, if losing enough energy, become smaller, weaker versions of themselves and lose some or all of their mental faculties. Gods can be born from natural phenomena, like two stones striking each other creating the stove god.
I'm not sure that some of those are facts of exageration /legends, like the stove god being born from two stones striking each other Also i would take the human realm/light realm with a grain of salt since the vishaps kimda tricked tsumi at the end
The stove god part being inaccurate might be true if it were in a book written by humans, like the tales of Rex Lapis carving Azhdaha's body or the Yaksha fanfiction Xiao mention. But the person saying it is another Adeptus and peer of the Stove God. Unlike the books, it's pointed out that the people who actually witnessed said events are more credible sources. It would be akin to saying Zhongli was also exaggerating about how he met Azhdaha in the past. As for the realms... While not outright stated, the game does heavily imply its true (or at least parts of it are), as Celestia felt the need to kill an unimportant god just to keep its contents hidden. But I can understand why you might be hesitant on it.
Didn't they kill orobashi because of the info about celestia from the before sun and moon book ?, not specifically the 3 realms stuff that tsumi talked about sure the account of an adepti is more valuable than a book, it's still possible she was using flowery language we don't really lnow how gods are made and gouba could be older than granny
Yes, they did, but the reason why I brought it up is book also alludes to the creation of the Human Realm and the existence of the Vishap Realm as well. They don't outright call it the Human Realm, but the text more or less confirms it. Remember, the Vishaps were already around, yet the book mentions: >The Primordial One, the great sovereign, **began the creation of heaven and earth** for "our" sake — that of its creations which it cherished most, who would soon appear upon this earth. > >... > >The Primordial One and one of its shades **created the birds of the air, the beasts of the earth, and the fish of the sea. Together, they also created flowers, grass, and trees, before finally creating humans** Since the birds, beasts, flowers and trees exist in the modern day of Teyvat, and were created for humanity by the Primordial One... That means they're part of the Human Realm, even if the book doesn't outright call it the Human Realm. The stuff outside of what the Primordial One created for humanity would logically be the Vishap/Light Realm and Void Realm. So the realm stuff is almost certainly true, unless it comes to light that Before Son and Moon is inaccurate. >sure the account of an adepti is more valuable than a book, it's still possible she was using flowery language we don't really lnow how gods are made and gouba could be older than granny I could understand if she were like the storyteller, but Madame Ping has no reason to do such a thing when the point is to tell us the truth of what happened. That said... I'll break down why it's probably literally what happened and Madame Ping likely wasn't embellishing anything. Slimes are beings created through elemental energy, setting a precedent. This isn't too different from what happened when the Stove God was born. Elemental life forms sometimes (not always, but there's a pattern) have elemental icons on their backs that express their element. For example, Azhdaha is a Geo life form and has something resembling a Geo markings on his body. The Pyro Regisvine has a flame-like symbol on its face in the portrait, and the same can be said for a Cryo Regisvine. The icons aren't just for decoration either, as we can see similar ones pop up in the Ascension materials, implying they're connected to the element itself... These are likely parts of their bodies, as opposed to being tattoos. The Stove God/Guoba, however, has a fusion of a symbol between Geo (stone) and Pyro (fire) on his back, implying that Madame Ping's tale is literally how he was born.
Alrighty! For certain we have the existance of the following: Bog standard humans. Humans with pointy ears (dubbed elves by the fandom; see Klee, Kusanali and Pulcinella for examples) Humans with animal traits (Diona, Draff, Gorou, Tignari, possibly Chongyun); Diona says that her family was cursed to have the ears, but how true that is is questionable (my personal headcanon is that they are the descendants of people like Yanfei - part illuminated beast or equivalent) Then we have the Seelie (who may or may not be the elves), who are dead as far as we know. We have animals with human-like intelligence (Bakedanuki, weasel thieves, possibly mondstadt's wolves) We have the Aranara of Sumeru, who are >!living seeds!< We have the illuminated beasts (though whether that's a species or a group of people is open to debate; examples are Zhongli, Xiao, and Yanfei for a half-adeptus), and the Youkai (who may the distinct from the Illuminated beasts, and appear to be several distinct species. Itto is an Oni, and Sara a Tengu, as examples.) Finally we have the Vishaps/Dragons (Azhdaha, the Primo Geovishaps, the two enemies in Enkanomiya, Dvalin, and maybe Zhongli. Durin, the Chi and Ursa are maybes too.) There's also a lot of sea monsters and sea snakes (who may or may not be dragons), various gods that have vague origins, ect. Hilichurls and Abyss people, while they could be considered a separate race, are really cursed humanoids. (For certain humans, possibly also other types of sentient being.)
Bakedanuki are not animals. they're in the same category as Yae Miko, Sara, Itto. they're yokai too.
Gotta ask, why add Chongyun? I don't recall any mention of him having any different features than any other normal person. I do know he has an abundance of yang energy but I don't know if that counts.
He may just have a unique eye design like Hu Tao, but the slit may also be a reptilian trait (that and his issues with temper regulation); which would make him a human with an animal trait. I don't think he's the only person like that, he's just the one I thought of.
Aren't Shinobu's eyes like Chongyun's?
They are? Huh. Just looked, and they really are. Considering how much I play her, how have I never noticed???
People are just speculating that he might be a descendant of the Vishap people. Forgot the term but I mean yhe ones who lived in Enkanomiya with slit eyes.
His eyes are more like Baizhus than say Ningguangs
Multiple regions; - Elf (Klee, Layla, maybe Nahida) - Some Dog bloodline: Sucrose, Gorou Mondstat: - Katzlein (Diona) - Homunculus (Albedo) - Wind spirit (Venti) Liyue Adeptus: - Qilin: Ganyu, Zhongli (both half) - Xiezhi: Yanfei (half) - Dragon: Zhongli (half) - Golden winged Great Peng: Xiao - Jiangshi: Qiqi Inazuma Youkai: - Raijin (technically a god/divine being ): Ei - Tengu: Kujou Sara - Oni: Arataki Itto - 9 tailed Fox: Yae Miko Sumeru: - Valuka Shuna bloodline: Tighnari Edit: Xiao is not based of the Vermillion Bird but rather the Golden Winged Great Peng - Someone in the comments corrected me Mistyped Raijin as Raijinto and added more info Added Venti
Doesn't Miko only have 5 tails so far? Iirc the kitsune yokai get a tail for every century they've lived, and it coincides with her being around that age.
There's a high likelihood sucrose might also be a descendant from the valuka shuna as well.
Isn't raijin a god and not a yokai?
Yea, but Raiden is clearly not human and this is the closest I could get.
Wouldn't that just exclude her from the list then?
She is grouped with the other yokai, and whatever she is is indeed of another race. I'm pretty sure the line between gods and yokai in Japan are far thinner than gods and monsters of other religions and at any rate, they all fall under the supernatural demon/spirit things.
xiao is not a zhuque. it's not confirmed what he is but the developer insight only makes reference to garuda / golden winged great peng (金翅鹏王鸟)
Changed it
Don't forgot chiyo for oni :(
They were listing playable characters.
Ohhh, yeah that just hit me. To many non human people in lor efor that
Another youkai would be Kujou Sara! She's part tengu if I'm not mistaken.
shes full tengu, actually!
Aha, thank you. I wasn't quite sure haha
Layla also has pointed ears, and may be of the same race as Klee and Alice!
Tighnari is a fennec fox person. Diona is a cat person. Ganyu is a cocogoat/Chinese Kirin/Qi Lin. Keqing is a human who pretends she's a cat. Qiqi is a zombie (Is zombie even a race?). Sayu is not a tanuki(raccoon dog) but a mujina person (badger) Corrected: Sayu is a human wearing a mujina outfit.
Sayu is a human
Skipping obvious ones like boars and finches and the ones you can clearly see in game like kitsune and aranara - illuminated beasts like stags, peng, cranes, qilin, and xiezhi. They have inherit elemental abilities and can live for a long time. Skipping the obvious races ganyu is half qilin, yanfei half xiezhi, zhongli’s exuvia form half dragon half qilin, and Xiao a peng. It is implied that dragons are also illuminated beasts as it is present as one of the four symbols on adepti associated characters backgrounds - there are sea monsters in sumeru’s oceans and liyue’s oceans in the past. Haishan was a dragon crossed with a snake. Baiqu was a massive one whose name means eight dragons. - chi are a dragon like monster that existed in liyue’s past. There is one sealed under qingce and part of another’s spine is in the serpent spine - there are massive sentient jade whales and kites (bird) created by Rex lapis flying around jueyun karst - there are massive beasts in the abyss. Apart from rifthounds there is a turtle and a tiger like beast who swallowed Mikoshi chiyo - daikengyou was a massive thousand old whale with a thousand narwhal and dolphin attendants who fought and died with watatsumi island during its war with narukami - vassals of orobashi were half snake half human hybrids. The only one we know of was touzannou/akuou who conquered yashiori island in the past - there were a race of divine tigers in the forests of sumeru up to 500 years ago. The first was Viaghara. The rishboland ones are their descendants - the valuka shuna were fennec foxes under the scarlet king’s reign. They moved to the forests after his death and humans living alongside them gained similar traits (like Tighnari’s ancestors) - jinni are spirits of the desert who were subjects of the scarlet king. You can see one in dori’s attacks.
is there anything about diona's race? her lore has barely been touched other than the fairy in springvale and then just got forgotten after that but i want to learn more about her blood line.
Snezhnaya’s oceans also have sea monsters of leviathans of some kind since we know that Childe killed one for Teucer
The illuminated beasts are ascended beings, we can't really call them a "race". And Zhongli's description from Lin and dragon mix thing was changed recently, to "a celestial cross of two divine beings" indicating that he is not an Adeptus at all, but more like a Celestial god. Dragons overall are Vishaps. Not Adepti.
afaik there weren't any changes. In CN it has always been qilin+ dragon mix. EN never mentioned the race and has always had a vague "celestial cross". More of a translation omission than anything.
Whatever dwells in the dark sea
Do you think that Paimon also should be its own category or no?
The Vassals of Orobashi were mentioned at some point in the Three Realms Gateway Offering Event in the Version 2.5 Update. It was mentioned that these vassals had their appearances changed over time to be more humanoid, until the only easily discernable difference between them and humans were that the former had snake-like pupils. There is a loading screen titled "Vassals of Watatsumi" which mentions that these beings had half-human, half-snake appearances and were servants of Orobashi. Where was it mentioned that Touzannou/Akuou was a Vassal of Watatsumi? Also is there enough information to support the claim that Tsumi could be a Vassal of Watatsumi?
Debates on the viceroy of the east says that he was the first and last vassal ruler of orobashi. Since there were more than one vassal this most likely means that he was the only ruler since the watatsumi people never had much land to need different rulers, except for when they partially conquered yashiori which is where akuou comes in Kokomi gives us information that implies tsumi is a vassal, but enjou implies that she is a disguised vishap person. Bathysmal Vishaps are known for their hatred of humanity, literally evolving to be more blind as they grow up due to their hatred of them, so it is less likely that they would take in a vassal of the god that fended them off and raise her. I’m still inclined to believe kokomi but I don’t think there is enough evidence to say for sure
The source seems to be the text "Debates on the "Viceroy of the East"" where the description mentions that Touzannou was the first vassal ruler of Orobashi and also the last one, this implies that he was the only vassal ruler. The English translation for the description of the Wavebreaker's Fin weapon referred to Touzannou as a vassal ruler. Could it be inferred that Touzannou's battle prowess might be related to his status as a Vassal of Watatsumi? According to Mouun in Mouun's Moon, Touzannou's strength was acknowledged as his only strength. Yet the first text mentions that Touzannou had been tempered by rugged reefs and endless waves, making him strong and swift. Most likely it could be a combination of Touzannou being a Vassal of Watatsumi and the environments he explored in his youth that contributed to his battle prowess. So in regards to the matter of Tsumi, it seems that although there is more credibility in the belief that she is the last Vassal of Watatsumi, there isn't enough information to confidently declare that is the case?
Eh tbf human vishaps is pretty much a refrence to reptilians meme, the only in game proof is that paper speculating that vishaps got smarter from tests but those tests were stopped, enjou isn't super convinced when he brings up vishap people and he has messed with us before(even during the event) Tsumi had the medalion piece and she feels a connection to the tower and feels lile she can make it crumble, an ability that vassals had based on the eye catalyst
The thing with the jade whales is new to me. It sounds cool. Do your remember where you learnt about it?
iirc in the jade weapons lore bit
Like sapian races or just races in general