History Characters / GenshinImpactRaidenShogun

* TookALevelInKindness: [[PlayingWithATrope A peculiar case]] on which events show she actually used to be kindhearted to begin with. Still, Ei eventually comes to [[HeelRealization realize the harm that her policies have been doing]] to her nation and works to undo the damage she caused during her centuries of isolation. Her Story Quests [[DefrostingIceQueen reveal her personable side]], showing [[NiceToTheWaiter how warm she can be outside of her Shogun persona]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: PlayedForLaughs. Because of [[EmotionlessGirl her inability to show emotion]], some of her more cordial voice lines can come off as [[{{Jerkass}} quite caustic]] in nature, compared to Ei who's [[NiceToTheWaiter far more polite]].

** During her second Story Quest, when she, the Traveler, and Paimon visit the Kamisato Estate to borrow a tea set, the guard, humbled and nervous, attempts to be as accommodating as possible, offering to inform Ayato of her visit and he'll get the tea set immediately. Ei [[NiceToTheWaiter says that he can be at ease and informs him that just the tea set will do, even saying that he can take his time with it, and thanks him once he returns with it]].

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the three bosses-turned-playable characters, she is the Nice to Wanderer's Mean and Tartaglia's In-Between.
* NiceToTheWaiter: For a god both highly respected and feared throughout Inazuma, Ei shows to be a polite and reasonable woman whose interactions with her subordinates, Tri-Commission staff, or even just common Inazumans are [[BenevolentBoss nothing but polite and cordial on her part]], and she's never shown antagonizing any of them directly without ''very'' good justification.

* AncestralWeapon: The Musou Isshin was created by [[spoiler:her twin sister Makoto/Baal, which Ei inherited after her death]].

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[-''"Thunder's roar and lightning's flash. So ephemeral. This is why reaching Eternity is desirable. ...Actually, no -- this is why reaching Eternity is necessary."''-]

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[[Characters/GenshinImpactSumeru Sumeru]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Akademiya]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactAlhaitham Alhaitham]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactCyno Cyno]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactEremites Eremites]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactKaveh Kaveh]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactNahida Nahida]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactWanderer The Wanderer]])\\

* PowerStereotypeFlip: The [[ShockAndAwe Electro]] Archon is... [[EmotionlessGirl nigh-devoid of emotion]]. This is in stark contrast to most of the Archons (minus [[Characters/GenshinImpactFurina the Hydro Archon]] [[spoiler:(though she's [[LiteralSpiltPersonality a bit of a complicated case]])]]), [[ElementalPersonalities whose personalities tend to fit their element]]. [[spoiler:This, however, applies mainly to the Shogun Puppet; Ei herself {{avert|ed Trope}}s this.]]

* ArcVillain: She serves as the main antagonist of the Inazuma Archon Quest, who is not aligned with either the Fatui or the Abyss Order, up to that point the primary villainous groups in the overarching story, and is the first hostile Archon the Traveler faces in their journey. The plot revolves around her people facing, resisting, and challenging her rule over the nation and her Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees. However, [[spoiler:[[LockedOutOfTheLoop due to being closed off from the rest of the world for so long and mostly being unaware of the circumstances]], her puppet body (which oversees her affairs in the outside world) became an UnwittingPawn to [[TheMainBehindTheMan the Fatui in tandem with corrupt elements within the Tenryou and Kanjou Commissions]], manipulated into enacting the former decree in order for the two Commissions to consolidate their control over international trade and law enforcement, and the latter so the Fatui can take advantage of the inevitable unrest and use the opposition as unwitting test subjects for their mass-produced Delusions. She still serves as the final boss however, and]] the arc concludes with her HeelFaceTurn.

[[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Liyue]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAdepti Adepti]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyueHarbor Liyue Harbor]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Qixing]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactXiao Xiao]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactZhongli Zhongli]])\\

[[Characters/GenshinImpactSnezhnaya Snezhnaya]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactArlecchino Arlecchino]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactFatui Fatui]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactHarbingers Harbingers]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactTartaglia Tartaglia]])\\

* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Yes, La Signora may be the legendary Crimson Witch of Flames, but the Raiden Shogun is a ''god'' who has slain numerous other gods to boot... and as such [[WorfEffect effortlessly kills Signora]] with a [[SingleStrokeBattle single attack]].]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:Following the end of the Traveler's second battle against Ei. Upon talking to Yae Miko, they discover that Ei had never used the Electro Gnosis all this time, as she couldn't bring it into the Plane of Euthymia, and the Shogun puppet was also unable to use it. It is unclear if the Traveler would have been able to defeat her even with Miko's assistance and the hundred Visions had she been fighting at full power.]]

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[PlayingWithATrope An interesting case]] on which Ei does it to herself. Because Ei was unable to take the Electro Gnosis with her to her Plane of Euthymia, she left it in Miko's care. But even without her Gnosis, Ei is "merely" a seasoned WarGod with countless battles to her name; her powers are fueled by her resolve and the worship of her people, and her MultiMeleeMaster skills with sword and spear are such that she generally doesn't need to use her Electro powers when she (or rather, the Shogun) is down to business and when she does, it's not pretty.

* MaternallyChallenged: [[PlayingWithATrope For a loose use of "maternal"]], due to the Literature/{{Frankenstein}}[=-ey=] nature of her motherhood.]] While Ei had good intentions in leaving Kunikuzushi in Shakkei Pavillion (because she didn't have it in her to either destroy or assert control over him despite considering him deficient and wanted him to live a normal life), she seemingly didn't realize that her actions could very easily be interpreted by him as ParentalAbandonment, especially when said puppet is sentient, practically newborn, and sees her as his mother. This would lead Kunikizushi to have ''massive'' mommy issues, which were amplified when he became Scaramouche.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: {{Gender|inverted Trope}}-inverted and deconstructed. After the first puppet she created, [[Characters/GenshinImpactWanderer Kunikuzushi]], showed emotional weakness (she saw him crying in his sleep), Ei deemed him inadequate to hold the Electro Gnosis, but neither did she have the heart to either destroy or assert control over him. Instead, she put him to sleep in Shakkei Pavillion so the puppet could decide his direction in life once he wakes up, even leaving him a feather containing her symbol, presumably [[PetTheDog meant to help him]]. Unfortunately, regardless of her intentions, Kunikuzushi saw Ei's action as ParentalAbandonment, her symbol only bringing him more trouble than it is worth, thus giving him enormous [[HatesTheirParent mommy issues]]. Parents abandoning artificially created children shortly after the child's "birth" will often [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} lead to tragedy more often than not...]]

* MaternallyChallenged: [[PlayingWithATrope For a loose use of "maternal" due to the more Frankenstein-ey nature of her motherhood.]] While Ei had good intentions in leaving Kunikuzushi in Shakkei Pavillion (because she didn't have it in her to either destroy or assert control over him despite considering him deficient and wanted him to live a normal life), she seemingly didn't realize that her actions could very easily be interpreted by him as ParentalAbandonment, especially when said puppet is sentient, practically newborn, and sees her as his mother. This would lead Kunikizushi to have ''massive'' mommy issues, which were amplified when he became Scaramouche. Perhaps if Ei had the ability to read Frankenstein (and did) she would have seen the writing on the wall....

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: {{Gender|inverted Trope}}-inverted and deconstructed. After the first puppet she created, [[Characters/GenshinImpactWanderer Kunikuzushi]], showed emotional weakness (she saw him crying in his sleep), Ei deemed him inadequate to hold the Electro Gnosis, but neither did she have the heart to either destroy or assert control over him. Instead, she put him to sleep in Shakkei Pavillion so the puppet could decide his direction in life once he wakes up, even leaving him a feather containing her symbol, presumably [[PetTheDog meant to help him]]. Unfortunately, regardless of her intentions, Kunikuzushi saw Ei's action as ParentalAbandonment, her symbol only bringing him more trouble than it is worth, thus giving him enormous [[HatesTheirParent mommy issues]]. Abandoning artificially will often [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} lead to tragedy more often than not...]]

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: {{Gender|inverted Trope}}-inverted. After the first puppet she created, [[Characters/GenshinImpactWanderer Kunikuzushi]], showed emotional weakness (she saw him crying in his sleep), Ei deemed him inadequate to hold the Electro Gnosis, but neither did she have the heart to either destroy or assert control over him. Instead, she put him to sleep in Shakkei Pavillion so the puppet could decide his direction in life once he wakes up, even leaving him a feather containing her symbol, presumably [[PetTheDog meant to help him]]. Unfortunately, regardless of her intentions, Kunikuzushi saw Ei's action as ParentalAbandonment, her symbol only bringing him more trouble than it is worth, thus giving him enormous [[HatesTheirParent mommy issues]].

* MaternallyChallenged: [[PlayingWithATrope For a loose use of "maternal".]] While Ei had good intentions in leaving Kunikuzushi in Shakkei Pavillion (because she didn't have it in her to either destroy or assert control over him despite considering him deficient and wanted him to live a normal life), she seemingly didn't realize that her actions could very easily be interpreted by him as ParentalAbandonment, especially when said puppet is sentient, practically newborn, and sees her as his mother. This would lead Kunikizushi to have ''massive'' mommy issues, which were amplified when he became Scaramouche.

** [[spoiler:Ei was a kagemusha for the ''real'' Baal—her twin sister Makoto—and continued the charade after Makoto's death, succeeding Makoto as the Electro Archon.]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: "Arc," to be precise, towards Morax/Zhongli. Both of them are polearm wielders who [[spoiler:jointly ruled their territory with another god (Makoto/Baal with Ei/Beelzebul, Guizhong with Rex Lapis), were considered the more martial of the pair, and ended up the sole survivor following a devastating war]]. However, Rex Lapis is well-known by many while [[spoiler:Ei was a BodyDouble barely known to the public]], and while Rex Lapis became a wise and knowledgeable god following Guizhong's death, [[spoiler:Ei retreated into her own world after her sister died and is quite ignorant of the modern world]]. Also, Rex Lapis stepped down from ruling Liyue by pretending to be dead and currently lives as Zhongli while [[spoiler:Ei uses an advanced puppet to rule Inazuma in her stead while she lives in the Plane of Euthymia cut off from the world]].

* MeaningfulName: Her divine name, Beelzebul, is a derivative of Baal/Bael, first demon of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'' who teaches invisibility, and is in turn named after an assortment of gods of fertility, rain, and lightning in Myth/CanaaniteMythology, the latter point befitting her dominion over Electro. The invisibility angle also plays into [[spoiler:a major plot revelation about Ei being "invisible" to most of Inazuma, acting as the BodyDouble of her twin sister Makoto, who does hold the divine name "Baal"]].

* OddNameOut: [[spoiler:One of the only Archons thus far that doesn't take her name directly from the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', with her borrowing it from the corruption of Baal, {{Beelzebu|b}}l, instead.]]

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[[Characters/GenshinImpactSnezhnaya Snezhnaya]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactFatui Fatui]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactHarbingers Harbingers]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactTartaglia Tartaglia]])\\

* CompanyCrossReferences: The Raiden Shogun is based on Raiden Mei from ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', one of the three main protagonists of the original base game that [[FaceHeelTurn chose to join the shadowy organization World Serpent]] in order to save her friend Kiana Kaslana from her condition, but eventually leaves the organization at some point within the next 8 years and returns to her friends. [[spoiler:Just like Mei, the Raiden Shogun assisted the shadowy organization known as the Fatui by instating the Vision Hunt Decree due to believing that it goes with her version of Eternity until the Traveler convinced her that her methods were actually destroying her country and causes her to [[HeelFaceTurn change her ways]] as a result.]]

[[Characters/GenshinImpactMondstadt Mondstadt]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactFischl Fischl]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactKnightsOfFavonius Knights of Favonius]])\\

* BeautyIsBad: Subverted. She's [[MsFanservice easy on the eyes]] and the ArcVillain of the Inazuma chapter [[spoiler:until her HeelFaceTurn, where she [[TookALevelInKindness becomes more reasonable]]]].

* EvilCounterpart: {{Downplayed|Trope}} example towards Barbatos. While the Anemo Archon's unwillingness to impose his rule led to the creation of the peaceful and individualistic Mondstadt of today, the Raiden Shogun's rule has created an oppressive atmosphere and civil unrest, albeit [[spoiler:one rooted in Ei's ignorance of what's happening on the outside world. After the Inazuma Archon Quest, Ei decides to be more direct in ruling Inazuma, which ultimately leads to an improvement of life, while Venti still refuses to rule Mondstadt in any way]].

* GodEmperor: Compared to Barbatos, who takes no part in ruling his nation in favor leaving things to the Knights of Favonius and spending most of his life as a bard, and Morax, who at most did an annual appearance before faking his death and eventually leaving the work to the Qixing while spending the rest of his life as a businessman, the Raiden Shogun is much more hands-on about ruling her nation, [[spoiler:though this is ultimately downplayed as it turns out the Shogun is but a puppet for the real titleholder, Ei, and that the Tri-Commission are the ones more in control]].

* MinidressOfPower: The Shogun wears a very short dress that very visibly exposes her lacy underwear while simultaneously being a combat-focused god.

* MsFanservice: Her design emphasizes her good looks and attractiveness. She has a [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline plunging neckline]] ([[VictoriasSecretCompartment from which]] she [[UnorthodoxSheathing unsheathes the Musou Isshin]]) and thigh-high stockings to draw attention to her large breasts and long, shapely legs. Her pose in her promotional art even looks like it came from a model shoot compared to her fellow Archons.

* StartXToStopX: {{Downplayed}}. By necessity, her enforcers of Vision Hunt Decree can still wield Visions, since they potentially will have to fight Vision holders to seize their Visions. However, if any of the enforcers is seen as "unworthy," they can have their Vision taken too, as shown by a former Tenryou officer and Vision holder Ayaka sends the Traveler to meet. And it's implied that once the Vision Hunt Decree is fully enforced, all of the enforcers' Visions will also be taken regardless of circumstance.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The ''[[FinishingMove Musou no Hitotachi]]'' consists of a single swipe of the Musou Isshin, followed with a series of high-speed slashes ending with a BoltOfDivineRetribution. It is her strongest attack, yet thus far she's mostly known to use it as a finisher against opponents who have already been defeated, such as anyone who loses [[DuelToTheDeath a duel before the throne]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Both locals and stranded foreigners alike lament at how better Inazuma was before the Raiden Shogun ordered both the Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees; Yoimiya even likened the idea of "eternity" Inazuma once enjoyed to an easy life of quiet retirement, as opposed to the open tyranny enforced in the present. [[spoiler:In truth, this is due to the Tenryou and Kanjou Commissions, in collusion with the Fatui, lying to the Shogun puppet about the necessity of such measures, with Ei being too complacent and depressed to personally double-check.]]

** Teppei is a good man with noble aspirations, but he is also so desperate to help that he plunges eagerly into combat despite the fact that he's clearly not ready. [[spoiler: His dreams of glory leave him vulnerable to the predations of the Fatui, who provide him with the Delusion that he ultimately burns out his entire lifespan with trying to help.]]

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Due to having no sentience of her own, the puppet Raiden Shogun is only referred to as such.

-->Raiden Shogun puppet: ''("Receiving a Gift: III" Voice-Over (Dislike)) Consuming this would be physically detrimental. '''Remove it from my presence.'''''\\
Ei: ''("Receiving a Gift: VI" Voice-Over (Dislike)) Allow me to decline.''

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Compared to La Signora[[note]]Who is FauxAffablyEvil and proud to both show it off and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown taunt her enemies after overpowering them]][[/note]], Tartaglia[[note]]Who is [[AffablyEvil pretty cordial]], [[FriendlyEnemy genuinely wants to be friends with the Traveler]] and is [[NeverHurtAnInnocent at pains to let a threat loose in Liyue]][[/note]], or even [[spoiler:Ei, who's LockedOutOfTheLoop but [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] and willing to parlay with the Traveler even after escaping following a lost duel]], the Shogun doesn't waste her time. Not on stopping the enforcement of oppressive policies and taking Visions away. Not on analyzing the Traveler's anomalic but ultimately benevolent nature. Not on giving the Traveler a chance for them to convince her that what she's doing is wrong. The Raiden Shogun ''[[KnightOfCerebus will]]'' [[KnightOfCerebus track down the Traveler, and]] [[KnightOfCerebus will]] [[KnightOfCerebus try to kill them]] for, in her eyes, being an exception and a threat to Eternity, [[{{Determinator}} no matter what]].

* UngratefulBastard: It's hard not to paint her as such after the Traveler [[spoiler:defeats La Signora in a Duel Before The Throne]] and sets them up for the Shogun to eradicate a threat to Inazuma... followed by the Shogun trying to ''kill'' the Traveler immediately after said EnemyMine ends, though as a puppet she most likely unable to circumvent outside of her programming to eradicate threats to eternity.

[[Characters/GenshinImpactLiyue Liyue]] ([[Characters/GenshinImpactAdepti Adepti]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactQixing Qixing]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactXiao Xiao]] | [[Characters/GenshinImpactZhongli Zhongli]])\\

* PowerStereotypeFlip: The [[ShockAndAwe Electro]] Archon is... [[EmotionlessGirl nigh-devoid of emotion]]. This is in stark contrast to most of the Archons (minus [[Characters/GenshinImpactFurina Focalors]]), [[ElementalPersonalities whose personalities tend to fit their element]]. [[spoiler:This, however, applies mainly to the Shogun Puppet; Ei herself {{avert|ed Trope}}s this.]]

[[folder:Tropes applying to the Raiden Shogun, the Guardian of Eternity '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)''']]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|Trope}}. During Ei's second Story Quest, when she starts understanding Makoto's philosophy, the puppet begins to resist against Ei, whose change of heart due to coming to understand Makoto's wisdom she interprets as a symptom of erosion. This culminates in Ei confronting the puppet in Makoto's own Plane and ultimately convincing her that her change of heart is of her own volition, leading the puppet to finally stand down.]]

* BattleThemeMusic: Reflecting how the Raiden Shogun is the RidiculouslyHumanRobot extension of Ei, while the music in the first phase of the BossBattle against the Raiden Shogun in Ei's second Story Quest is the same as Ei's own from the Archon Quest, the music during the Shogun's Magatsu Mitake Narukami no Mikoto state swap out the traditional Japanese instruments of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ0f8udERg Thunderings of the Merciless]] for
the rock variant, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GorVRYcOnfU The Almighty Violet Thunder]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: PlayedForLaughs. Because of [[EmotionlessGirl her inability to show emotion]], some of her more cordial voice lines can come off as [[{{Jerkass}} quite caustic]] in nature, [[spoiler:compared to Ei who's [[NiceToTheWaiter far more polite]]]].
-->Raiden Shogun puppet: ''("Receiving a Gift: III" Voice-Over (Dislike)) Consuming this would be physically detrimental. '''Remove it from my presence.'''''
-->[[spoiler:Ei]]: ''("Receiving a Gift: VI" Voice-Over (Dislike)) Allow me to decline.''
* ItIsDehumanizing: [[spoiler:Yae Miko calls the puppet an "it" to distinguish her from Ei and emphasize her synthetic nature.]]

* LostTechnology: [[spoiler:The puppet is noted to be built using technology from an age long past, with potentially no one but Ei even knowing its origins.]]
* MirrorCharacter: To her predecessor, [[spoiler:Scaramouche]]. Their physical appearances, personality, and relationship to their creator could not be more different. [[spoiler:While the Shogun is a tall and imposing woman who serves as Ei's BodyDouble, Scaramouche is a slim young man who could be easily mistaken for a relative. The Shogun has very little personality and loyally carries out her programming, considering herself Ei's assistant, while Scaramouche was found "unsuitable" because he developed a sense of self that Ei could not bring herself to destroy, and his resentful personality is the result of feeling betrayed and abandoned by his "mother." Ultimately, both end up taking on the role of a "helper" to an Archon, though this entails very different roles. The Shogun stays in Tenshukaku to serve as Ei's BodyDouble, rarely taking action and overseeing Inazuma's day-to-day business, while Scaramouche, following his rebirth as the Wanderer, chooses to serve Kusanali as her agent in the outside world]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Whether it was intentional or not, Ei's creations ended up with personalities that sharply contrast as much as she contrasted with her own sister. The Raiden Shogun is the cold, unemotional Blue to the fierce, emotional Red of the prototype, Kunikuzushi/Scaramouche. The Raiden Shogun strikes many people as being robotic, even without realizing her true nature, and she tends to strictly follow her programming with little interest in being her own separate person from Ei. In contrast, Ei released her prototype after witnessing his emotional nature, which led him to develop a sharp-temper and a rebellious attitude.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: [[spoiler:The Raiden Shogun walking around Inazuma is a highly advanced puppet body that Ei created to be a lifelike BodyDouble. In fact, some of Ei's lines and official art even imply that the puppet is fully capable of eating and drinking if she wants to. That said, there are a few giveaways as to her synthetic nature: the Shogun puppet often uses somewhat robotic choice of words, and her demeanor when she's following her directives is devoid of any emotion. She is also one of the only three playable characters (the others being Albedo and the Wanderer, both of whom are also [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots artificial beings]]) to not visibly exhale in cold environments such as Dragonspine, implying she doesn't need to breathe.]]

* UngratefulBastard: It's hard not to paint her as such after the Traveler [[spoiler:defeats La Signora in a Duel Before The Throne]] and sets them up for the Shogun to eradicate a threat to Inazuma... followed by the Shogun trying to ''kill'' the Traveler immediately after said EnemyMine ends.

* BossThemeMusic: Reflecting how the Raiden Shogun is the RidiculouslyHumanRobot extension of Ei, while the music in the first phase of the BossBattle against the Raiden Shogun in Ei's second Story Quest is the same as Ei's own from the Archon Quest, the music in the second phase in the Shogun's Magatsu Mitake Narukami no Mikoto state swap out the traditional Japanese instruments of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ0f8udERg Thunderings of the Merciless]] for

* BossThemeMusic: Fitting for a seemingly hopeless fight against the oppressive Japanese-inspired Electro Archon, the BossBattle against Ei in the Plane of Euthymia is accompanied by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75PlZCOel48 Bane of Ambitions]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ0f8udERg Thunderings of the Merciless]], both of which are fast-paced tracks that combine Japanese traditional instruments such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi shakuhachi flute]] with electronic beats that sound absolutely like Ei throwing ear-shattering thunder right at you. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GorVRYcOnfU The Almighty Violet Thunder]]