Characters / Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact (Main Character Index)
The Traveler (and Paimon)
The Nations of Teyvat
Mondstadt (Eula | Fischl | Knights of Favonius)
Liyue (Adepti | Liyue Harbor | Qixing)
Inazuma (Arataki Itto | Raiden Shogun | Tri-Commission | Watatsumi | Yae Miko)
Sumeru (Akademiya | Alhaitham | Cyno | Great Red Sand | Kaveh | Nahida | The Wanderer)
Fontaine (Court of Fontaine | Furina | Narzissenkreuz Institute | Neuvillette | Wriothesley)
Snezhnaya (Fatui | Harbingers | Tartaglia)
Transnational Organizations: Adventurers' Guild | Hexenzirkel | Treasure Hoarders
Gods
Archons | Others
Others
Khaenri'ah | Monsters (Hilichurls | The Abyss)

A list of all the characters in Genshin Impact.

Characters with their names in bold are playable.

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Main Characters

• The Traveler (and Paimon)

The Nations of Teyvat

• Mondstadt^note Diluc, Diona, Bennett, Mona, Venti, Razor, the Four Winds (Dvalin, Andrius, Vennessa), other Mondstadt citizens and historical figures
  • Fischl
  • Knights of Favonius ^note Varka, Frederica, Jean, Kaeya, Albedo, Hertha, Amber, Lisa, Klee, Mika, Noelle, Sucrose and others, Barbara, Rosaria, and the Clergy of the Church of Favonius
    • Eula
• Liyue ^note Beidou, Chongyun, Gaming, Shenhe, other citizens and historical figures
  • Adepti ^note Xianyun, Xiao, Yanfei, the Yakshas, Illuminated Beasts, and others
  • Liyue Harbor ^note Baizhu and Changsheng, Hu Tao, Qiqi, Xiangling, Xingqiu, Xinyan, Yun Jin, Zhongli and other residents
    • Qixing ^note  Ganyu, Ningguang, Keqing, Yaoyao, Yelan, Uncle Tian, the Millelith and Tianshu candidates
• Inazuma ^note  Kazuha, Yoimiya, Shinobu, Kirara, other notable Inazumans and historical figures
  • Arataki Itto
  • Tri-Commission^note Sara, Heizou, Ayaka, Ayato, Sayu, Thoma, and other clans and personnel working for the Tenryou, Yashiro and Kanjou Commissions
    • Raiden Shogun
  • Watatsumi ^note Kokomi, Gorou, Sangonomiya shrine maidens, Watatsumi army and Enkanomiyans
  • Yae Miko
• Sumeru^note Collei, Tighnari, Dori, Nilou, Sethos, and notable Sumeru citizens
  • Akademiya^note Layla, Faruzan, the Six Sages, the Matra, named robots and scholars from the Six Darshans
    • Alhaitham
    • Cyno
  • Great Red Sand^note Candace, Dehya, Aaru Village, Ayn Al-Ahmar, Corps of Thirty, the Tanit Tribe, other Eremites, the Order of Skeptics, the Pari and historical figures
  • Kaveh
  • Nahida
  • The Wanderer
• Fontaine ^note Navia, Sigewinne, and other Fortress of Meropide inhabitants, the Oceanids, the Melusines, Elynas, Clockwork Meka and others
  • Court of Fontaine ^note Charlotte, Chevreuse, Chiori, Clorinde, Freminet, Lynette, Lyney, staff of the Courts and notable civilians
    • Furina
    • Neuvillette
  • Narzissenkreuz Institute ^note Alain, Carter, Jakob, Mary-Ann, René, Narzissenkreuz, staff of the Institute and Annapausis
  • Wriothesley
• Snezhnaya^note Tartaglia's siblings, Tsarevich
  • Fatui ^note Luke, Lyudmila and Mikhail, Viktor, Persikov and his Escorts, Ekaterina, Katarina, Nadia and Vlad, Nikolay, the Ninth Company, Efim, Lyudochka, Nathan, Alexandra and Przhevna, Trofin, Yurochka, Barnabas, Krupp & Enemy Units
    • Harbingers ^note Pierro, Il Capitano, Il Dottore, Columbina, Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Scaramouche, Sandrone, La Signora, Pantalone
    • Tartaglia

Transnational Organizations

• Adventurers' Guild ^note Katheryne, Cyrus, Reckless Pallad, Roald, Stanley, Lan, Zhiqiong, Eiko and Taisuke, the Gourmet Supremos and others
• Hexenzirkel ^note Alice, Barbeloth, Nicole, Rhinedottir, J., M., Scarlett
• Treasure Hoarders ^note Known Members & Infantry Units

Gods

• Archons ^note Barbatos, Morax, Beelzebul, Buer, Focalors, "The Lady of Fire" Murata, "The Tsaritsa" and Former Archons
• Other ^note Celestia, Seelies, Decarabian, Osial, Guizhong, Havria, Azhdaha, Marchosius, Beisht, Orobashi, Kanna Kapatcir, Deshret, Nabu Malikata, Khvarena, Remus, "The Second Who Came" and the Seven Sovereigns

Other Characters

• Khaenri'ah ^note The Alberich Clan, Dainsleif, Halfdan, Schwanenritter Knights, Durin, Subject 2
• Monsters ^note Elemental Lifeforms, Vishaps, Mythical Beasts, Automatons, Hostile Wildlife, Fellflower, Marana, Miasmic Tumor
  • Hilichurls
  • The Abyss ^note  The Abyss Order & enemy units, the All-Devouring Narwhal, Skirk, The Foul

Miscellaneous

Aloy

Aloy

Voiced by: Mufei (Chinese), Ayahi Takagaki (Japanese), Jo Hyeon-jeong (Korean), Giselle Fernandez (English, uncredited)

Savior From Another World

"Everything I do is in the service of life, not death. That's why I'm here with you."

Rarity: 5★
Element: Cryo
Weapon: Bow
Constellation: Nora Fortis, the Brave Nora

The protagonist of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, a huntress from an After the End Earth where Animal Mecha roam the lands and humanity has regressed to tribal and feudal communities.

Aloy was available for free to PlayStation players that logged in during the 2.1 patch, and during the 2.2 patch for all other players.

For tropes specific to her character in the Horizon games, see here.

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• Adaptational Wimp: Unlike her home series counterpart, this Aloy doesn't come with a polearm/spear (her secondary weapon), instead she is exclusively a bow user which limits her playstyle to ranged combat only.
• Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Her character art is posed in such a way as to show off her bust and backside as she draws a bow.
• Crutch Character: Aloy has great stats and abilities and her Predator bow gives her a decent boost to her attack power. She doesn't have constellation upgrades as of version 4.0 though, so her damage hits a wall that other characters can get through with enough upgrades.
• Doing in the Scientist: While in Aloy's own game, her Freeze Bombs were high tech Elemental Weapons, here Aloy appears to create them using a Vision like some other characters, as one can be seen strapped to her hip.
• Do Well, But Not Perfect: The effect of Chillwater Bomblets granting Coil Stacks has a small internal cooldown, making getting her Rushing Ice buff tricky since the bombs can't all explode too fast. It also locks her out of synergies with characters like Kazuha who have strong vacuums that can bunch all the bomblets up, since they'd all explode at once and only grant one or two stacks.
• Guest Fighter: She's from Sony's Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West originally.
• Hero of Another Story: Has already gone through the events of Horizon: Zero Dawn and saved her own world before somehow winding up in Teyvat.
• An Ice Person: She has the Cryo element in Genshin. Interestingly, ice is just another element in Aloy's toolkit back in her home franchise but in Teyvat, Cryo is deeply associated with outcasts and loners and, coincidentally, Aloy was one of those back in the post-apocalypse Earth.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": It's downplayed due to her serious nature, but Aloy's voice lines and Friendship conversations show that she finds Teyvat's diversity of culture and wildlife fascinating. She even at one point jokes that she'd like to see Sylens try — and fail — to figure out the Adeptal magic behind the Teapot.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: While it doesn't go into detail, her story entries and voice lines make reference to events and important story beats of Horizon: Zero Dawn.
• Magitek: Her Elemental Skill and Burst have her throwing the Freeze Bombs from her home game, crafted from scavenging Machines, only here they're infused with Cryo energy.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Averted. Despite being from a game with photorealistic character designs, Aloy's design in this game fits the anime style of other characters.

Natlan

Natlan

Natlan is the nation of War, under the patronage of the Pyro Archon Murata.

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• Eldritch Location: The Mare Jivari, an ash-black desert in Natlan where "the wind does not blow". It's said that if a Traveler dies there, their soul cannot be collected by the winds and brought home.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: According to various pieces of lore, Natlan is composed of six tribes, with each tribe drawing inspiration from a different Sub-Saharan African or Pre-Columbian Civilizations.
  • Iansan is named after the Latin American name of Oya, an orisha from Yoruba Mythology.
  • Tenoch is named after the legendary Aztec chief who established the city that would become the capital of the Aztec empire.
  • "Tupac" is a male Inca name.
  • "Burkina" originates from the African country of Burkina Faso.
  • "Wanjiru" originates from the Kikuyu people of Kenya.
  • Xbalanque is named after one of the Maya Hero Twins, the central characters of a Mesoamerican myth.
• Hot-Blooded: Downplayed; NPC dialogue mentions the youth from Natlan being very energetic, but not barbarians. While it seems they were "forged for battle from birth", they mainly like street graffiti and showing off their trinkets to others.
• Hot Springs Episode: Has not happened (yet), but two NPC's from Inazuma mentions that Natlan's hotsprings are natural from volcanic activity while Inazuma's hotsprings are artificial. Neuvillette also confirms this in one of his Serenitea Teapot Lines.
• Our Dragons Are Different: According to Neuvillette, Dragons in Natlan have evolved to live alongside humans.
• Out of Focus: Natlan is notable for having the least amount of lore and a lack of characters originating from there before its release despite being the second nation mentioned in the prequel manga before the game was released, especially when even Inazumans appeared in the overworld outside of Inazuma while the Sakouku Decree was in effect. As of Version 4.6, the only confirmed playable character from Natlan is Iansan who unlike everyone else shown in the "Teyvat Chapter Storyline" trailer has yet to appear in either the game or promotional material of any kind.
• Proud Warrior Race: Naturally, as citizens of the nation of war, the people of Natlan incorporate combat in their way of life. In the manga, Venti mentions that "warriors of every tribe would perform rites of combat and celebrate victories in (Murata's) name."

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