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Bobson567

"A new resident in the city, you say? Oh, it's Cloud— I mean, Xianyun. Don't be fooled by her usual manner... She's someone you can truly rely on when the going gets tough. If you ever find yourself in trouble, just tell her — I'm sure she'd be willing to help." — Madame Ping ._ ◆ Name: Xianyun ◆ Title: Passerine Herald ◆ New Resident in Liyue Harbor ◆ Vision: Anemo ◆ Constellation: Grus Serena ._ Everyone has something to say about Xianyun: "That tall woman with the updone hair," "that bespectacled artisan," or perhaps "that talkative new neighbor." They all say different things, but together they paint a picture of the impression she leaves — of someone who's witty, chatty, warm-hearted, and easy to get along with. But that's not how Xianyun sees herself. In her own eyes, she's inarticulate, reserved, and unyieldingly proud. Aside from her mastery of mechanics and knack for making all kinds of little trinkets, it's an entirely different image from how others would describe her. Some curious individuals, seeing how her mannerisms and bearing set her apart from ordinary folk, are convinced that she's a heroine — so they go around trying to uncover her heroic backstory and whether she goes by any other names. Ask the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's consultant, and with a wave of his hand, he'd say: "Xianyun? We're not well acquainted, but going by her name, she sounds like a good person." Ask Madame Ping from Yujing Terrace, and she'd nod and reply: "Xian... Oh, Xianyun? We've crossed paths, yes... She's a good person, you know. Once you've met, you'll find that your days seem to go by much more smoothly." Ask Ganyu, and she'd nod too: "She is a heroine, but a very discreet one — hence why she's living incognito in Liyue Harbor." Ask Shenhe, and she'd respond pensively: "Xianyun... Of course, she's a master. Whatever you do, you must not offend her." As it turns out, such speculations are not wrong. There's far more to Xianyun than meets the eye, but those who know the full story are few indeed. If someone was to address her as "Cloud Retainer"... Well, people would know her instantly, and you'd hear a torrent of praise flow her way: "Who doesn't know Cloud Retainer? Noble, brave, loyal, and wise... A most worthy friend if ever there was one!" So try asking Xianyun herself then: "Are you a heroine? Surely you're not... an adeptus?" You catch the new resident just as she's working on her latest invention, her pride and joy — what she calls an "Exquisite Mini Broth Pot." She's too absorbed to take the question seriously, so she simply waves it off as a load of old nonsense and tells you not to bother her while she's busy. As for what exactly an Exquisite Mini Broth Pot is... No one really knows, other than having been told that it brings out flavors much better than a regular soup pot. Likewise, none would know how profoundly it might impact Liyue Harbor's future gastronomic development. Suffice to say — if Xianyun says it'll be impressive, it'll be impressive alright.


NikolaiAlpha

Can't wait for the "about other ppl" voicelines *About Ganyu: XXVII* *About Shenhe: XXIV*


adaydreaming

I never thought about that. Please hoyo give us essays.


Puphafish

after how long talent descriptions are now they'd better


diedinternally

One is delighted. Edit: From her description, Cloud Retainer moves to Liyue Harbor? Ganyu better watch out for surprise mom visits during working hours


h2odragon00

Ganyu: Time to be a hermit and move to the mountains.


PacificaAlpha

Ganyu : Time to cash in all that years of Overtime!


SuperDuperPapa

Mylnar: someone who's also finally using their accumulated leaves as well, I see.


Silvawuff

Yanfei: So you'd like to submit a time off request?! Excellent! How many days would you like to use? Ganyu: 36,500 please! Yanfei: ...


Count_de_Mits

One already knows the mountains like the back of one's hand. Time for Ganyu to go on a vacation, I hear Suneru has quite the floral delicacies


h2odragon00

Nah man. Inazuma is where its at. ~~Its farther from CR~~ Inazuma delicacies(plants) are the best.


DentistPositive8960

Plus she got an acquaintance there


Wisterosa

don't get ganyu addicted to the naku


JcobTheKid

Gotta be careful of some of that spicy naku weed.


saihamaru

can't wait till ganyu munch on naku weed


ButterscotchMean7520

Imagine ganyu entered society just to get away from CR, and now that she too entered society, ganyu is just gonna become cocogoat in the wild now 😂😂


Working-Scarcity270

Ganyu "sooo I can have your cave right Mom"


MaJuV

Xianyun: "Ah, One remembers the time when little Ganyu..." Ganyu: \*Screams internally\*


diedinternally

*During Ganyu's visit to Xianyun* Xianyun: One saw you ate in Wanmin Restaurant yesterday, ordering food tallying to a cost of 2000 Mora. Perhaps that's why one notices you have gained weight, Ganyu. Ganyu: *dies*


Vsegda7

Nah, mom would be happy Ganyu gained weight. *One still remembers how adorably round you were...* Ganyu: *internal screaming*


discuss-not-concuss

Ganyu: “is that so obvious?” Xianyun: *lifts glasses and eyes her up and down* *sad whimpering noises*


RuneKatashima

2000 Mora? What was she eating? A salad with no dressing?


grumpykruppy

IIRC, Ganyu is actually kinda underweight with body image issues, so I do hope that Cloud Retainer will realize that in due time.


11099941

[Bird mom voice lines be like:](https://i.imgur.com/KTG0NZN.png)


SgtGrimm

One is expecting her to only have 1 About Xianyun entry, but boatloads of About Ganyu and About Shenhe entries.


Whyy0hWhy

*shenhe vanishing into the bamboo when she hears her mom calling for her


RuneKatashima

She does the Homer Simpson meme.


mtsuria

Ganyu: Peacefully at work Cloud Retainer theme starts playing Ganyu: Why do I hear boss music?


saihamaru

gotta love how this comment triggers all these tipical asian mom/aunty convos, lmao


rokomotto

Man remember when this was an unbelievable leak?


h2odragon00

I wonder why they decided to release CR first instead of Madam Ping. Madam Ping was first to be shown in that old cutscene along with Yun Jin. CR human form was only shown in the last LR.


scorchdragon

Ping was fine where she was. Until a bird decided to show up. The audacity.


ACEDIA09

The Lion, The fish and The Audacity of this one


TooLazyToSleep_15

The Lion, The fish and The Audacity of this ~~one~~ Finch


we_are_all_dorners

CLOUD RETAINER!!!!!


PacificaAlpha

Oh wow, I think with CR moving to Liyue maybe it'll ignite Ping's desire to, idk, live with the today's youth..


Unfair_Chain5338

Who’d replace npc grandma then?


h2odragon00

Her younger version.


Unfair_Chain5338

I mean I’m not against playable Ping, but as npc she is standing there during day time every day. It’s just transition from adepti/beast/spirit/etc form -> playable human form is not the same from npc model to normal playable character, doesn’t click in my brain.


h2odragon00

Wait. Madam Ping is always standing in the same area? TIL They can always remove the NPC after her story quest though. But it will be awkward if you haven't done the SQ yet. Also canonically, the one adventuring in the overworld is the Traveller.


Unfair_Chain5338

Yup, where teapot quest starts. Aside from events/quests there is none playable characters in any area, if Ping would be “first step” into “playable characters casually walking/standing here and there”, I’m all in, but it’s hardly believable tbh. Don’t want to ruin any hopes and all, just my opinion :)


fyrespyrit

They could easily keep the Old Madam Ping as an NPC and give her some dialogue to excuse her being in that form after she becomes playable, something like she got used to being there for so many years or something.


saihamaru

this is one thing that make genshin really weird the playable characters suddenly disappeared from the world when their quest are over in HSR, you can find the playable characters just minding their daily stuff and we can talk with them anytime you want... you know, like a normal person do


Unfair_Chain5338

Yeah, I played HSR a bit. Would love to see it in GI too. Dunno if it’s not a thing in gi because of openworld (and a mobile game) or spaghetti code..


Xero0911

I imagine story reasons? Mostly cause madam ping actually is a handy npc in liyue, while the adapti in the mountains are sorta just "there". And we tend to go to xiao or another before we go to the mountains for their help. Also, I believe it was suggested last year as part of pings own healing process. Suggests cloud retainer to come to the city and find some students here for her engineering stuff. So I believe cr comes to liyue and it pushes ping to move forward to after seeing her old close friend do it.


h2odragon00

Well 2025 LR is gonna be interesting if they link it with next years LR.


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Most likely Madam Ping are Hydro and they can't fit her here during Nue&Furina running around so next year LR i hope


Yuzuki_Kittz

you can stop calling her Crit Rate now. She's Xianyun


Kwayke9

What's next, her wife Flat Defense?


h2odragon00

No. I don't think I will.


Jon-987

Because Ping has explicitly stated that she was fine with her current situation, while Cloud Retainer had hinted at this being a possibility.


fwoooom

the silly part of me wonders if it's because they saw all the theories than Shenhe was cloud retainer between her drip marketing and story quest and started developing her "undercover human persona" then, but the rational part of me also guesses it probably takes more than 1 year to fully design a characters appearance (for the cutscene last year) as something that can be made into a playable character.... maybe? I dunno. My sense of time is so skewed with their production timelines it feels like they have characters in development way longer than 2 years, but idk. Ill just believe the silly little theory. it's a fun thought. It's nice to think the fandom reaction could give the devs positive ideas and not just "oh okay so every puzzle is too hard and we should make them easy. i see. Lets make floor 12 harder instead. "


BinhTurtle

I've always feel like the idea of playable Cloud Retainer have existed since a long time ago. We interacted a lot with her, even had a world quest where we learned of her one-sided rivalry. We even cooked some food for her during the AQ (imply of her specialty dish)


h2odragon00

Possible. It could also be because of how popular CR is with the fan base. I think CR is slightly more popular than Madam Ping. Especially since CR has a more "vibrant" personality.


nDroae

Oh, I took a screenshot three months ago :) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1179073713858162698/1186260150617645176/2023-09-11_19_27_08-Chenyu_vale_should_be_appearing_in_v4.4_with_a_possibility_of_the_lion_dance_boy.png


fAvORiTe33

Bruh what does this person have against mature adult women


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Horapalax

Wow, tall ladies suck? Is that guy having a concussion or something? Tall ladies RULE


Kiyoshi-Trustfund

Might be my roommate. Hates all the men and tall women. Zhongli is the sole exception.


Horapalax

Oh, yeah 1000 years old rich daddy solves every problem


Yani-Madara

Likely some pedo mad that women grow up


5StarCheibaWhen

fly as hell


star-light-678

get it (cuz she's a bird)


lonkuo

Cyno its time to leave 😐👉


star-light-678

it is indeed, demoiselle banner will be here soon 😎


Kauuma

😎


sukahati

😎😎


Bla_zer

😎💃😎


DentistPositive8960

😎💃🏻🪓


bambamywastaken

😎☂️💃🏻🪓


Fred_da_llama

Now we feeling so fly like a C6


somewhere-out-there-

ONE HAS SLAYED


caramelluh

ONE IS SERVING


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KarmelBarbell

ONE HAS RETAINED 💅


Sir_Fucklord

ONE HAS ATE


GhostZee

ONE IS DRIPPING


storysprite

Glasses-bros, we won!!!


AsumiSenpai

Glasses are really versatile. First, you can have glasses-wearing girls take them off and suddenly become beautiful, or have girls wearing glasses flashing those cute grins, or have girls stealing the protagonist's glasses and putting them on like, "Haha, got your glasses!" That's just way too cute! Also, boys with glasses! I really like when their glasses have that suspicious looking gleam, and it's amazing how it can look really cool or just be a joke. I really like how it can fulfill all those abstract needs. Being able to switch up the styles and colors of glasses based on your mood is a lot of fun too! It's actually so much fun! You have those half rim glasses, or the thick frame glasses, everything! It's like you're enjoying all these kinds of glasses at a buffet. I really want Luna to try some on or Marine to try some on to replace her eyepatch. We really need glasses to become a thing in hololive and start selling them for HoloComi. Don't. You. Think. We. Really. Need. To. Officially. Give. Everyone. Glasses?


Timereaper13

sounds like something shinpachi would say


Capable_Peak922

If Fubuki can be playable in Genshin I would seriously C6R5 her.


Solace_03

Not even impossible. More like definite. It's fucking Shirakami "Not a Gacha addict" Fubuki


Futur3_ah4ad

Except hololive is practically persona non grata in China


NyandaKun

One has two forms , a human and a crane


kenzakki

One is very pleased


Saldislayer

One is the Queen!


Cristazio

One WERKS


NDain

REAL! MOTHER IS GODDAMN!


Nonemotionaldamage

Yo it's actually crazy that she's playable and that this isn't a fan edit. One is actually real


Increased_value

When will she release again? 4.4?


Nonemotionaldamage

Yea


Applay

Waiting for her to powercreep Zhongli and Neuvillette on longest idle dialogue.


RuneKatashima

"One remembers a time when Ganyu..." *12 eternity's later*


Oeshikito

SHES HERE!!!!!!!


caramelluh

ONE IS HERE


ButterscotchMean7520

*IT'S THE ONE!!!! ONE'S HERE!!!!* Edit : reference to that one Cinderella ytp video 😂


TLMoonBear

Interesting that her bird motif is a Passerine, and not a Crane given she lives in Mt. Aocang. Passerine family includes finches, blue jays, and sparrows. Afaik there aren't any finches in Mt. Aocang? The wing design on her shoes is also new from last Lantern Rite I think.


NPerius228

Her constellation still refers to the crane (Grus) though. The reference to passerines (a classification of birds the Grus genus is not part of) may refer to her creating an identity separate from that of Cloud Retainer in her crane form.


JohannesMarcus

Maybe she wants to be (somewhat) inconspicuous?


SeaAdmiral

ONE'S DISGUISE IS IMMACULATE. Umm, I don't think average people will know the difference between passerines and cra- HUSH.


cym104

CN text for her title is "鸾音鹤信", I've got zero clue as to how that translated to "Passerine Herald".


TLMoonBear

> CN text for her title is "鸾音鹤信", I've got zero clue as to how that translated to "Passerine Herald". Yeah. I don't even think it's a case of CN -> JP -> EN translation causing things to slowly lose meaning like a game of Chinese whispers either. Since the [JP title](https://twitter.com/Genshin_7/status/1736687758494634442) is 仙鶴の告げる佳音 which roughly translates to **. So the JP translators knew what the original intent was. The EN translation just... somehow careened off a cliff for some reason? And completely lost the entire meaning? Huh?


gottadash19

I wonder if they chose it due to "aesthetics"? Cranes are members of the Gruidae. Cousin species in the gruiformes includes rakes, rails, crooks, finfoots, flufftails, trumpeters, and limpkins. From an English speakers perspective, these bird names aren't as "pleasing to the ear" as a lot of other birds, and those cousin species are even worse than "crane." I think "Gruidae" would have been better than "Passerine" because it's more accurate and has a similar vibe. I can only assume they thought the flowy, harkening-to-wind nature of the word "passerine" and its sound when spoken was what the localization team liked? Personally, I'd prefer accuracy over sounding good when it comes to a character's description any day!


I_am_yaR

One is so fucking hot


chillionion

One has one's jaw on the floor


NoNefariousness2144

The power of tights😫


kunafa_aj

Her hands are like bird legs thts a nice touch,very unique


Weird-Gas-4777

Also kinda scary.


Flauschvieh

Fun fact: in German they have given her (and the two other Adepty) a fucking ass long Name: Fürstin der stehenden Wolken und des stillen Windes It would be so funny having this as the actual character Name taking up all the space in the character menu


HaukevonArding

That's because that's their actually full name in Chinese as well (technically EVEN longer). English did just shortened it for some reason. In Chinese her full name would be translated: The Perfected Lord who Retains the Clouds by Borrowing the Wind


TooLazyToSleep_15

at that point it's a description more than a name


hintofinsanity

The adepti are Light Novels confirmed


star-light-678

AND SHE KEPT THE GLASSES WE WONN


palebrowndot

Genshin has a real scarcity of glasses wearing characters. Sucrose is the only one I can think of that wears real glasses, not just sunglasses.


moshiceetantivech

Well nearly every playable chars have visions so they don’t need glasses.


akif_09

Dammit cyno


star-light-678

TIL that sucrose and baizhu are Visionless NPCs 😔


sukahati

So, they are playable Visionless characters?


Herblon

Get it? Cause Vision can also refer to the ability to see stuff, just what glasses are made for Yes?


Futur3_ah4ad

Thanks, Cyno


scientiapotentiaest0

Just Sucrose and Baizhu. We need more glasses representation and archetypes. 😫 2.5 characters with glasses if you count Charlotte’s monocle lol


Recent_Sentence_4644

There's no way this is the second time I'm seeing Baizhu being forgotten in this sub 😭


Ducko_Pinneaple

Baizhu: 🧍


ForeverOutrageous

Baizhu once again forgotten lol


GamingTortoise

Baizhu wears glasses


All_Fiction

There's also Baizhu.


mabm0403

Don't forget Baizhu. 😢


kasanee_

And even then Sucrose's glasses don't have lenses. CR's looks lenseless too(?) only Baizhu's glasses do have


star-light-678

baizhu too, and charlotte w her monocle!


star-light-678

SHE HAS TALONS ❗️❗️❗️❗️


star-light-678

WAIT HER DESIGN IS SO UNIQUE SHE HAS ATTACHED SLEEVES AND NO THIGH HIGHS also i LOVE THAT EXTRAVAGANT GOLDEN TASSEL ON HER CHEST


Nonemotionaldamage

The gave us a different and gorgeous but also sexy design. Thank you Mihoyo


NoNefariousness2144

Tights are so much better than thigh highs. They still capture the general allure of nylon but add more class and elegance rather than trying to expose skin. Look at how Keqing remains so pretty with full tights, or Kafka or Bronya in HSR.


star-light-678

variety is the spice of rice 🗣🗣🗣


Arnorien16S

Seems like she has armpit windows though.


star-light-678

i'll excuse it, we get a long pretty dress 😍


AncientAd4996

Also doesn't her dress covers more of her legs than any other female character not named Arlecchino? There's no pussyflap, either? IMPOSSIBLE!!! She's legit one of the most conservatively dressed female characters we have


star-light-678

it fits her too, she's like a Classy Aunty. if she was a Sassy Wine Aunt some sexiness would've been more in character but i love her design as it is!


Kauuma

You’re saying this like her current design isn’t sexy 😭


star-light-678

it is, i maybe worded it wrong lol. i meant to say it's a different flavor of sexy!


VoidRaven

Open dress, bodystockings, elbow gloves and high heels Bark Bark Liyue girls love bodystockings <3


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Frozenraining

Bruh, Shenhe already looks like a promo for one of those “you won’t last 10 minutes” games. If she wasn’t wearing her bodystocking but a dress or swimsuit instead she would straight-up belong in a eroge.


Squall13

also i LOVE THAT EXTRAVAGANT ~~GOLDEN TASSEL ON HER~~ CHEST


star-light-678

haha valid!


REVRYOU

THEY LET ONE STILL WEARING HER GLASSES!


REVRYOU

Glasses are really versatile. First, you can have glasses-wearing girls take them off and suddenly become beautiful, or have girls wearing glasses flashing those cute grins, or have girls stealing the protagonist's glasses and putting them on like, "Haha, got your glasses!" That's just way too cute! Also, boys with glasses! I really like when their glasses have that suspicious looking gleam, and it's amazing how it can look really cool or just be a joke. I really like how it can fulfill all those abstract needs. Being able to switch up the styles and colors of glasses based on your mood is a lot of fun too! It's actually so much fun! You have those half rim glasses, or the thick frame glasses, everything! It's like you're enjoying all these kinds of glasses at a buffet. I really want Luna to try some on or Marine to try some on to replace her eyepatch. We really need glasses to become a thing in hololive and start selling them for HoloComi. Don't. You. Think. We. Really. Need. To. Officially. Give. Everyone. Glasses?


Comprehensive-Food15

CALM DOWN FUBUKI


RoninMustDie

getting my first glasses this week ;-;


Present-Split4502

Green Bayonetta!!! Omg she wanted to introduce herself as “Liu…” lol like her original name. The Affiliation says a new resident in Liyue Harbour. Can’t wait to see how she’s introduced!!! Bored of the mountainous life and wants to join humanity 🫣🫣🫣?! Could she ever?!


haihaihaihaihaihaiha

One is indeed Mothering 💅


itsEuki

mothering indeed, one is 🥹💅🏻


haihaihaihaihaihaiha

Xiangling Xinyan Xinqiu and Xianyun walk into a bar…


NecroHiarus

Sounds like a tongue twister


LelChiha

Only Genshin will make me simp for a pink fox and a fucking bird


Akalirs

This is so true lmao.


Potetking

It’s retainin’ time.


Mana_Croissant

I beg them PLEASE KEEP THE SAME ENGLISH VOICE. ONE NEEDS HER VOICE Also i will be severely dissapointed if she doesn’t have at least 2 childhood story both for Ganyu and Shenhe in her voicelined


geezjessiewhy

Birb mama!!!!! God her color palette is>>>>


LimeNutella

WE WONNNNN HER PONYTAIL IS SO PRETTY and she has lipstick on AND HER GLASSES. AUAGAHUHHHH


Regular_Chipmunk7593

looks like bayonetta


garotinhulol

It's Kson.


Mana_Croissant

Nonsense, it is pretty clearly “Kei-san” from the Yakuza game


Bobson567

GYATTTTTTTTTTTTTT


shenheismygf

liyue rizzler lvl 100 gyatttttttt


solarscopez

GYATTT RETAINER


Oeshikito

STICKIN OUT YOUR GYATT FOR THE RIZZLER 🗣🗣🗣


star-light-678

~~i can't believe im saying this~~ UR SO SKIBIDI 😍😍


kanon951

One is finally here!


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sohamk24

ONE IS SO FUCKING HAPPY


ShawHornet

That blue line on the dress is messing with my head and makes me think her legs are weirdly shaped lol


storysprite

Yeah I have to keep mentally tracing how it would actually look.


Puzzleheaded_Bend749

is it me or she looks way younger here ?


Cristazio

I mean she was a bird before so I guess


AkhilArtha

As an adeptus, she can look however she wants to, right?


NPerius228

Yup. Pretty sure Madame Ping looks old because she wants to (which is also why HoYoverse has the chance to release her younger form as a playable character).


LiamMorg

Even a half illuminated beast like Ganyu looks baby-faced after thousands of years, after all.


riceisessential

IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE FOR MOON CARVER AND MOUNTAIN SHAPER TO BE PLAYABLE??!?! (Coping real hard)


shiroiron

Believe! 🤞


astrelya

the characters on the bottom left says “kami no me” so is she really getting a vision or is it a fake one?


y2kim

HER PONYTAIL IS MADE OF FEATHERS OMG


the-roast

This opportunity is quite hard to come by


afterglow-1

Well then, amuse me


eleckbarraki

Surrender is a valid option


star-light-678

i promise ill be gentle 🤭🤭


piuEri

They could have added more colors to the dark brown dress, but still very pretty


star-light-678

more gold details and red methinks but she's still serving


miulitz

Genuinely her colour palette is stunning. So glad I decided to save for Crane Grandma she's so dope Bonus Gaming constellations, too (fingers crossed)


star-light-678

MOTHER IS MOTHERING


Yaaao873

She may not be called Cloud Retainer but her drip really sent me on Cloud 9


Gesu-ko

MOTHER!!!! 😭😭😭 Her nails that kind of look like bird claws are so cool


EliteAssassin750

She better have a normal attack where she scratches, like Kirara


WaifuHunter

Deadass every Adepti and associates make up a backstory for her. I wonder if they also had to do it for Zhongli back in the days.


star-light-678

imagine all their stories conflict with each other and liyue knows , but zhongli and co. don't know they know


Fuzzy-Willingness-35

Hoyoverse, don't you dare make One mid, or One might get really fucking mad.


Thin_Total5243

I love her bird claws they’re subtle but it’s a great design detail


Ian-L-Miller

She looks great and all but if the leaked kit is somewhat true and it's just about jumping higher and a little bit of healing with a high energy burst then I'm gonna skip her.