I've also seen theories that the guy getting cut up is the historical Ajax but I'll admit my knowledge of that guy begins and ends at the fodder for Surtalogi slander
Ey, migi vuru?
x3 Small addendum I'd like to add: Saarelainen is the Seele stand in to complement the Tsaritsa being a Bronya
ED: Also the Belyi Tsar died because his daughter learned what he did, murdered him, and stole his Gnosis. This is why the Snowland Fae don't follow her, because they view her as a usurper.
Edited by asterism on Sep 15th 2025 at 1:38:38 PM
Bewitching Eyesfurina has been in the game for nearly TWO YEARS how do people still not know how her mechanics work
Bewitching EyesAnybody been seeing the concept art from the Paris artshow?
Apparently Raiden had a lot more "shogun" in her design with more robes and armor pieces before getting scaled back to her kimono look.
Iansan also used to look like a Charmander-girl, I don't know how else to describe her beta look. Maulani went through a lot of iterations too, she used to have a seal instead of a shark and looked closer to Xilonen in style. Mavukia went through a lot of iterations of biker chick, most are pretty stupid looking imo (especially the pointed shoes, yuck!).
Varesa's dad had some really cool concept art that makes me sad he didn't get an npc even. Also 5 other scrapped Natlan characters, including a ram and horse-like tall male with a ton of tattoos. Also a redhead cowgirl with Kamina shades that I wish wasn't cut too.
Edited by Stage7-4 on Sep 15th 2025 at 10:50:50 AM
The tall male was likely Ororon concept art, since he has a shamanistic vibe to him. It looks like at some point the people of Natlan were going to be mostly animal people (bull people, vulture people, horse people) rather than the only one or two catgirls we ended up getting + some vague allusions to animals like with Ororon's bat poncho and Varesa's horns.
We could have had horsegirl Chasca wearing chaps. We could have had gecko hat Mualani. It's not fair...
Also, Iansan is a bull girl in those arts, not a lizard. She was also clearly meant to be a Pyro unit, which was already suggested in the Travail trailer. We also had concept art of Mavuika with dragon/dinosaur/coatl imagery, suggesting they might have considered a dragon ruling as Archon at one point.
On the Raiden art, we were robbed. She looked so much more graceful and fitting as a Lady of War. There was also a wide plethora of better Yae concepts.
Edited by PhiSat on Sep 15th 2025 at 11:23:00 AM
Oissu!It's interesting that Aino's characterization beyond her gimmick of being a kid genius is "is a kid who acts like a kid would," since we haven't really gotten that for any of the kid characters since Klee - and even Klee skews more towards "toddler."
Just finished fighting Sigurd yesterday, liked that one fight more than any of the Local Legends fights in Natlan, most of whom I was either too bored or too annoyed to finish. Still, it had most of the things that bother me about the Natlan Local Legends too note . There being a whole dramatic plotline attached did help me keep the impetus to finish it, though.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 15th 2025 at 11:59:56 AM
Ororon is a bat person, I'm pretty sure. Aside from his actual animal ears, his profile notes that he likes to sleep upside down and prefers being awake during the night.
Bewitching EyesIt's very amusing that I made the comparison that Nefer is basically "what if Yelan wasn't a cop," because Nefer's anecdote strongly implies that the two are nemeses.
Love that anecdotes are permanent now, btw.
On a negative note, I was already starting to get frustrated with the L1+Square input for mechanical interactions in this game - it's too fiddly and often doesn't register - and Nod Krai especially is annoying because nearly all of the region's mechanics require it and some require you do to it quickly and in quick succession.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 15th 2025 at 1:52:48 AM
Somewhat ironic when you consider that if the leaks about Nefer's kit are accurate, then she has insanely good synergy with Yelan
Bewitching EyesNew Stygian Onslaught starts tomorrow. I will say one thing in its favour, it's a really good way of grinding for artifacts.
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Nefer still easy skip for me
But that means either pulling for C1 Arlecchino, C3 Furina or C1 Zhongli...
Also about Abyss 12-2, I haven't tried it yet but the Radiant Moonfly can hit your party for 15 to 20% of their MAX HP, which can KO off-field party members, then reduce every party member's Crit Rate by 100 to 115% until they get full healed, KO'ed, or the Moonfly dies
Edited by lancelot22 on Sep 16th 2025 at 12:19:29 PM
Buffalo Chicken pizzas and Cheez-It pizzas are the GOAT; Aromantic cynic all the wayNew Spiral Abyss: I did waaaay better when I ignored the bonuses to bloom and just powered through with a Natlan team
Bewitching EyesThe C6 Cyno does not concern himself with the moth's mechanics (Baizhu does not concern himself with being on-field to heal him)
The more annoying part was my Bloom team, but that was my own Self-Imposed Challenge bringing in an underleveled Lauma with the few artifacts I've scaped together for her to hold. Still made my Nilou's cores hit for over 100K for the first time, though.
Team 1: Cyno, Ineffa, Baizhu, Furina
Team 2: Nilou, Nahida, Lauma, Kokomi
I'm sure a Natlan team could destroy the second half though, Mavuika likely tears through it
Edited by PhiSat on Sep 16th 2025 at 1:43:30 AM
Oissu!So I went back to Columbina's shrine because there are quite a few of Lauma's local specialties there and she just fuckin teleports in behind you sometimes like some kind of ninja
Bewitching EyesI appreciate the Bounty Board subverting expectations in regards to heinousness. The swindler seems relatively minor and harmless...until you play the World Quests and realize that she tried to send Netochka to her death after taking her money, with only the player's involvement and the fact that she knew that one officer saving her. The bandit seems totally evil, until you realize that he's insane and has no idea of the world around him.
Does anyone actually read these?I believe there's a woman from Inazuma in Nasha Town who's a childhood friend of the bandit; she asks you to give him a mercy kill.
Bewitching EyesHoyoverse is so committed to women in heels that Columbina has to create heels (and ONLY the heel) out of water.
I don't know if I'm disgusted or impressed by the audacity.
columbina's feet moons are stupid
fatui sorority gang
Edited by asterism on Sep 17th 2025 at 5:26:50 PM
Bewitching EyesLauma's outfit has been reported to the CCP as violating the game's 12+ rating, and Hoyoverse is "looking into it".
(Article is in Mandarin, but that the jist of it)
Wild that Escoffier didn't raise the same alarm bells tbh. Last time this happened the only outfits that were changed was of the Mondstadt crew so I don't expect much to come out of it, but we could see a second round of outfit tweaking.
Edited by PhiSat on Sep 17th 2025 at 9:39:01 AM
Oissu!TBF that you can see her underwear uncensored rather easily from various angles raises a few eyebrows. Especially considering that all other characters got censor bubbles and shadows while swimming and climbing.
Edited by Kiefen on Sep 17th 2025 at 6:51:20 PM

I like that theory, and it feels very plausible
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