ꨄ Eliza ~ Mitsuri's #1 fan 🌸 :
If we break it down like this. According to lore from the Narzissenkreuz Ordo and Fatui intelligence, a Descender is an Outlander whose mind and will are powerful enough to challenge, sustain, or rewrite the rules of an entire world. So simply coming from another star system or outside Teyvat, does not automatically make someone a Descender. Many people are just travelers or trespassers without that specific level of cosmic existential weight. Like skirk! Her master Surtalogi, explicitly noted that Skirk is not yet worthy of the title of Descender because her will does not possess the capacity to "rival an entire world". The Abyss sibling woke up in Teyvat CENTURIES before the traveler, (the character that we're plauong as) and lived through a full history tied to Khaenri'ah. Because of this deep integration, the abyss sibling's fate was BASICALLY baked into the fabric of Teyvat, and they were logged into the records of Irminsul. Rather than possessing a foreign will that acts independently of Teyvat's laws, the Abyss sibling's current goals (such as reweaving the destiny of Khaenri'ah) have bound them to the internal system and history of the world itself (throigh irminsul). Like the Abyss Sibling's integration into Khaenri'ah's history, Skirk's entire existence and physiology are heavily bound to the Abyss and the Primordial Sea rather than remaining completely separate from Teyvat's native laws like the Traveler. We know that yhe traveler is classified as the Fourth Descender because they remain completely foreign to Teyvat's native system of fate, leaving no data or record of their existence inside Irminsul. Unlike their sibling (the abyss sibling), the Traveler spent the last 500 years in stasis rather than actively participating in the history and nations in Teyvat, allowing their unrecorded "outlander" status to remain pure and unaltered by the world's laws. I hope I broke this down well, I love genshin lore so this was just fun 🥰❤️
2026-08-13 15:45:36