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vibing to natlan ost bc they're just so good then some ochkanatlan track starts playing and great now i just feel empty and sad

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TELL US ABOUT YIUR REINCARNATION GUY??? We're so intrigued

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOSOSOSOSO MUCH FOR ASKING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long post under the cut

A few things I want to (re)clarify first:

1- He doesn’t have a name, NOT because of any connections to the Nameless Bard, but simply because I couldn’t think of one yet. That being said, his pronouns are he/him

2- The vast majority of his character/story was “made”/created in my head between ~June-August 2024, which is A-prior to Natlan’s release and B- prior to me playing through the Narzissenkreuz storyline. (I promise, any resemblance to Rene de Petrichor is purely coincidental)

3- He’s in a really weird limbo state between canon and oc, au and canon, and canon and original universe. He was originally just “what Decarabian would do in a modern au”, but became an oc via the power of Lots Of Brainrotting. His story only makes sense in a modern AU of Teyvat, but he’s too closely tied to the world and history of Mondstadt (and Teyvat as a whole) to be in a separate universe. Not to mention him being somewhat of a self-insert/sona if I think about it really hard.

4- Most of this au is just Vibes ™, so feel free to let me know if any of this directly contradicts known information about Teyvat. Take any worldbuilding I say with a grain of salt.

With that out of the way:

Assuming this is a Genshin modern au that takes place somewhere post-canon (Traveler plays no significant role in this AU), where the civilizations and societies of Teyvat still exist but with much less emphasis on visions/magic/gods and more emphasis on technology (which may or may not be related):

He (oc) was born somewhere in Mondstadt (or at least grew up there). He started off as a fairly normal guy and had a relatively normal childhood, though was bullied/made fun of for being autistic really into storms/strong weather (which. for the sake of this au, is considered somewhat taboo in Mondstadt.) As he got older he got super into Mondstadt’s history, along with archon-war era Teyvat as a whole.

He went to the Sumeru Akademiya to study it, but then realized he can’t do much with a degree in Old Mondstadt History except become a teacher/professor: So he did exactly that (taught history at the Akademiya for a few years), but realized that A- he didn’t like directly talking to people all day very much and B- his students found him concerning because of his obsession and borderline favoritism over someone who was A- dead for over 2600 years and B- a dictator who was hated by nearly everyone in the city at the time, and is still hated to this day (for many valid reasons).

This is where it starts being relevant that this is a modern au. Left with no other choice, (oc) goes back to Mondstadt, finds somewhere in the city to live, and since there isn’t much else he can do with his level of specialized knowledge, he manages to find a new way to rant about his interests so that other people can know what he can. So he decided to start a youtube channel (or whatever the equivalent of YouTube in this au is.) He doesn’t expect much, since his videos aren’t the best quality and he has no idea what the scope of his target audience is, but somehow he eventually gains a few subscribers. His videos are mostly video essays of him talking in front of a shaky camera and explaining the full history of Mondstadt (along with various other nations from time to time), but every video has him becoming increasingly more unhinged and most of his viewers aren’t actually there for the history lesson, they just find his personality fascinating. (oc) doesn’t really mind, he’s just happy that he has another audience now.

As he gets more popular, he starts having strange… dreams? Visions? About a time that he knows he’s never been before, and a place that only exists in faraway ruins. About a lavish throne and a crumbling spire and isolation and roaring gales and a heavy crown and dying and. At first he excuses it for the natural tendency to have dreams about topics you constantly engage in, but as it keeps happening in increasing frequency and increasing detail, he starts getting concerned. Especially paired with how the weather takes a turn for the worse whenever he doesn’t have a good day (which he is convinced is vice-versa), and voices being even more overwhelming than usual on his rare trips to public spaces (the wind carrying them from afar.)

His viewers start to get concerned too- they start noticing that his eyes start glowing and things start slightly floating up from the shelves in his video backgrounds whenever he gets super into explaining the topic of his videos and at first they think it’s just some kind of cool editing gimmick where he’s playing into the whole “knows so much it’s concerning” aspect. Until he starts doing it on a livestream and as soon as they point it out to him, they realize that he. Has not noticed it at all until now. He immediately ends the stream and stares at the wall in horror. What is happening to him?

So he tries to find out. He tries putting pieces together: Of everything he knows about Old Mondstadt, and Decarabian, and the rebellion, and the god of time that might have been involved with it all somehow. With that combined with the mysterious and unexplained dreams he’s been having, he comes up with some kind of conclusion: that Decarabian is alive, somehow. By this point his videos are less “ex-professor giving a lecture on Old Mond’s history” type content and more. Full on conspiracy theorist. Frantic scribbles and red strings and sticky notes and thumbtacks line most of his room, and eventually his whole [house/apartment/living space] too. It ends up making his videos more popular- other people start wanting to find out the mystery almost as much as he does. By now his channel has ~40-50k subscribers (which for context, considering what we see of Teyvat’s population, is considered to be A Lot in this au.)

Things he say about this time period aren’t as consistently cited now: How is supposed to explain that the source of his information is “prophetic dreams”? He is thankful for more knowledge about his long-time special interest but what are they trying to say to him? And eventually, (in a way that I haven’t figured out yet), it clicks. He can’t directly be Decarabian, because otherwise he probably would have known earlier, he can’t be a descendant of him because (oc) knows they never had any offspring, so he comes the conclusion that he is his reincarnation. He does not take this information very well. He has no idea how to react to the fact that the person he’s been studying and hyperfixating over is. technically. himself. that the dictator who restricted information and expression in Old Mondstadt to the point of being killed in a rebellion is. Well. Himself. (technically. in a way. him but not actually him. “past lives” situation.)

I haven’t thought too far ahead after that. That being said, sometime in the future (oc) finds a way to summon Decarabian’s ghost, and for whatever reason the two of them share a body now. There’s less cool lore and more “I can teach my past incarnation to edit videos so I don’t have to”

Why him? Only reason I can think of is because I said so. I haven’t thought of why Decarabian gets reincarnated into someone else in the first place, it’s For The Sake Of The Oc.

TLDR: Ex-professor makes youtube videos about his special interest as a side hobby, accidentally gets famous, gains power (influence = power in terms of Teyvat gods, or at least for this au), becomes a conspiracy theorist, technically starts a cult, realizes he’s actually the reincarnation of the god he started a cult over, and has a mental breakdown over it. (I also would like to note that he’s ~27, which is. Tidbit of information)

Here’s some fanart I did of him! All of it is from ~June-July 2024 so somewhat older art, but he is still a silly blorbo guy and I should probably draw him more often :) His design is kinda inconsistent and it doesn’t represent how he looks like in my head but. who knows maybe I can fix that

This one is him somewhere in the process of “cult leader that doesn’t know he’s the reincarnation of the god he hyperfixated on.” I had to reduce the quality because tumblr wouldn’t let me upload it normally :( but the pictures in the background are actually ingame screenshots of relevant locations, and the connections aren’t completely arbitrary! <- Oc based on my own theories about genshin lore, here’s the version without effects

If you read through the full thing thank you, if you have any questions about my oc feel free to ask!! (And also name suggestions. I need those)

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most of the time everything sucks but when the sky is blanketed in dark blue-grey clouds after heavy raining and the sun starts to peek through the clouds so that the tops of trees glint pale green and every white structure is starkly, blindingly silhouetted against the sky i’m ok.

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silly little appearance headcanons i think about a lot

Och-Kan with scales, horns and claws and possibly wings... he gradually gets mroe and more draconic features and he hates it also he has short hair (i know dragons usually have long hair... that is why...) and Cocouik color scheme... have I said it before i know i have

Xbalanque is medium height has long red hair looks a little...plain? ordinary? nothing special next to the others? before his ascension

Yupanqui lost his right eye has so many scars from his reckless stunts when he's older and sad the light from his eye is gone. :) not my hc but. look at this peak design for him. this altered my brain chemistry

Maghan's eyes are a swirling mix of blues and purples they change when he's deep in meditation/trance mostly black/blue color pallette i think

Lianca also has short hair tall and muscular very asymmetrical (still has full pants though probably)

Uenuku is shorter than Hineila (both her oceanid and human form if she has any) I like to imagine him with rainbow colored hair now... it might make him stand out a bit too much compared to the others but imagine something subtler like this (with maybe a light blue base...) that or rainbow eyes... i'm still undecided on the rest

Ixquieh & Ahpub are like shapeshifting creatures to me idk but i like the idea that they looked practically identical in their childhood but start looking more different the more time passes (even if it's on small details)

also all of them sure are wearing clothes even when looking up clothes from their cultures on google i'm scared it's not showing me the right pics that is to say - i have no idea for now

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me daydreaming: "oh that would make such a banger passage for my fanfic quick open the writing app"

me after opening the app with a grand total of 2 lines written: "uh, what was i saying again?"

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i will never forget the day i image searched a picture of cocouik

and google was like

prinplup pokemon take it or leave it

to be fair very similar creature i get it

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nathan

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i just finished the quest has anyone done this yet

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hhhi anyone wanna see my genshin oc??? bcs i do hehe

his name is chalco, hes pyro sword user (no way our second pyro sword user in genshin) hes from natlan, people of the springs and hes so stupid and ugly

his name comes from lake chalco but it doesnt exist anymore bcs of urban destruction. axolotls used to live there and woo!!! hes an axolotl :> (hes not really an axolotl he just looks like one lol)

also i have beef w ifa bcs i did chalco a week before ifas drip marketing and i specifically put a ribcage nightsoul thing AND THE IFA JUST. COPIED ME OK??? i need to sue hoyo. /j

yes he has a prosthetic arm bcs of the abyss attacks

his personality is that hes really stupid and dumb and he only has one braincell. hes very naive and has no survival skills whatsoever but he manages to survive anyway because of pure luck

mualani is genuinely scared of him because one time he accidentally stole her surf board(?) while she was surfing and she almost drowned

hes pretty much chiikawa😭😭 look at him hes so pathetic

HE ALSO HAS A KOHOLASAURUS COMPANION AND HES A PART OF HIS KIT IDCCC his name is ermm uhhh *checks google* xolo bcs of xolotl haha and the dog xoloitzcuintle 👍👍👍👍

me and my friend also made a short kit for him teehee;

Normal Attack: he hits idk

Skill:

-Tap: When Chalco has any Nightsoul points, he gives all the characters in the party %25 incoming healing bonus.

-Hold: Chalco summons Xolo

Burst: Chalco gains 20 nightsoul points and summons little axolotls that apply Pyro to the enemy per second for 10 seconds.

Passive: In every Pyro related reaction, Chalco heals all party members based on %15 of his HP and gains 5 Nightsoul points.

Passive: Provides 3 energy to everyone in the team when a character triggers a nightsoul burst

i tried guys

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I realize that I never posted my Genshin Oc and got inspired to do so thanks to @/kayumuo (you guys really should check out her oc, he’s such a cutie) anyway

This is my Genshin Oc, Pumna!! (her name has no meaning, I made it up)

(Fyi, that’s not a tail, just a fabric that looks like the tail of a yumkasaur)

Pumna is a 5 star bow user with a geo vision.

So basically she was a yumkasaurus who was taken care of momentarily by Kinich. Prior to the war, she was experimented on by the fatui as well as other saurians, she ended up becoming human due to it. Shes pretty confident and bold when it comes to her personality, often leading her to underestimate opponents, this of course can be called the Ajaw influence. After becoming human, Pumna does not count on those two anymore and left to do her own thing, searching for any other saurian who might have been in the same situation as her.

For her stats:

Normal attack: She shots multiple arrows in four moves. For the first move she releases one arrow, for the second, she releases two, you get the rest right.

Hold: Geo charged attack like any bow user

Skill: Using her Geo vision, she pulls out arrows from her bracelet (you can see it in the pic) and uses the same move set as normal attack.

Burst (the most important thing that you should focus on when leveling her talents): When her burst is activated, her boots “crystallize” (I couldn’t figure out how to draw it buts its so cool in my head, trust, its like shapes *thumbs up*). She applies powerful hits that deal geo damage onto the enemy.

Exploration: She uses her bracelet like kinich and aims it at where ever she wants to grapple

Passive: When using her, you can interact with saurian npc’s like you would with you indwell within a saurian.

Passive: When in burst mode, anyone in Co-op gains 25% attack buff for a short amount of time; the more nightsoul points she gains, the longer the buff lasts. (I want to give it a dumb name like maybe “Pat on the Back” just for fun)

I have some fun dialogue/voice lines for her so:

About Kinich: “Oh, Kinich! It’s been a while since I’ve visited him… Did you know this scarf—yeah the one with a small bell— was actually a gift from him. When I was a young Yumkasaur, I tended to get distracted by everything, like I mean everything. Noise, something shiny, whatever it was usually caused me to be led astray from him. He got fed up with me constantly running way and no matter how much he got Ajaw to tell me to not go far from them, I could never help myself. Kinich ended up placing this on me in case someone else were to find me so they could return me or for the bell to ring so he could find me on his own…Why do I still have it? So he can hear me coming of course!”

About Xilonen: “Xilonen! Thanks for reminding me, I need to bring back some ores she requested. She was actually the one who helped create my ear muffs, I requested them from her a bit ago when I saved enough mora. Soaring through the winds of the canopy tend to irritate my ears so she came up with a solution. Xilonen is great, actually, do you mind dropping off the ores for me? Thanks.”

About Ajaw: “Did you know I used to purposely do things to get Ajaw in trouble. You can’t blame me, he is SO easy to set off. My favorite thing was to hide my part of the meal and then take his while Kinich wasn’t looking, he of course would get mad at me but Kinich never believed him. Cruel? Please, he doesn’t need to eat… not really at least.”

Favorite food: “Spice! Make it as hot as you possibly can, perhaps even add some liquid phlogiston for a little kick. Don’t look at me like that, I was joking.”

Least Favorite food: “I can’t stand sea food, fine, fish I will eat but anything else? Nope! No way!”

Here is her emote and Special:

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teyvat scenery [1/??] - sea of bygone eras

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if i had a nickel for each time one of the most precious things in the game was made by a dragon sovereign i would have two nickels which isn't a lot but i like that it happened twice

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Bro got his PR package

So,,,I caved and bought one of the Kinich power banks along with an Ajaw cable… it’s so freakin cool and I have no regrets LMAOOOOO

I’m submitting this to the Kinich Mains x UGREEN merch giveaway on Twitter and Reddit eventually 😎 just gotta make sure it follows the rules because idk if they’ll throw it out for like… violence or something lol

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leak for 5.7 (no story spoiler but... leak)

new tcg card!! obsidian codex tcg card!!! im so happy i've been waiting for it forever!!!

(not for the ingame effects - for the design of the card)

is this chaac?? i did have a feeling the obsidian codex tcg card would depict him shsdjs

or is it someone else?? (kukulkan/xbalanque in the obsidian codex lore or some other npc idk or some nonexisting figure like the vermilion is just xiao with bosacius' color pallette)

either way hi king i love you whomever you are

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i managed to get Ifa in 31 pulls, also managed to snag Ororon's C1&C2 and Layla's C6 (finally!!!!!)

three!! slingshots!! yay!!

no 5* (though I wouldn't have minded an early Escoffier too much as a Freeze enjoyer)

i prepared nothing for Ifa

originally i was going to stop at 20 pulls so nothing was sure. then i saw his namecard and i went... one more pull... one more pull... one more pull... til 31 i love cacucu so round...

i had some boss mats (forgot where prob varesa's tribal chronicle rewards)

however i'm missing the last saurian claw succulent to ascend him to level 80.

the last one.

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you know you have yourself a peak lore character when they start being referred to as "God King"

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glorious ovulation or whatever Kukulkan would say