Mitya

Name

Mitya — a Snezhnayan-born Fae scholar, scientist, and Fatui-affiliated researcher whose unusual nature places him somewhere between the mortal world of Teyvat and the older, stranger traditions of Fae magic. Though his exact origins are obscure, Mitya has spent centuries studying the natural and supernatural laws of the world, eventually becoming a highly valued scientific specialist within the Fatui. He possesses an Electro Vision, but his Vision is only one aspect of his abilities; much of the stranger magic he demonstrates comes from his innate Fae nature.

Titles

Mitya carries no Harbinger title and is not remotely at Harbinger level in rank or authority. His importance comes from his intellect, specialized knowledge, and usefulness to the Fatui rather than political status or overwhelming combat strength. Among the Fatui, he is regarded as a highly accomplished scholar and scientist trusted with sensitive research and unusual phenomena. His direct interactions with Pierro demonstrate that his work has reached the attention of the highest levels of the organization, but this should not be mistaken for Mitya possessing the authority or combat power of one of the Eleven.

His informal descriptions include Fatui Scholar, Fae Scientist, Electro Scholar, and, among those who know his stranger abilities, the rather more fitting Fae Scholar of the Frostlands.

Physiology — Species

Mitya is a Fae, an ancient humanoid race possessing an innate connection to supernatural forces and the hidden magical systems of Teyvat. Unlike ordinary humans, Fae naturally possess an affinity for magic independent of Visions, allowing Mitya to manipulate a form of Fae magic alongside his Electro abilities. His pointed, delicate ears are one of the clearest physical indications of his heritage.

He is approximately 300 years old, although he appears to be a young man in his early twenties. Fae physiology allows him to retain a youthful appearance for centuries, and Mitya’s body shows virtually none of the ordinary signs of aging. His skin is exceptionally smooth and clear, and he possesses no facial hair or visible body hair. His beauty is characteristic of his species: Fae are naturally striking, and Mitya possesses an almost ethereal attractiveness that combines delicate features with unmistakably masculine structure.

His physiology also contributes to his unusual magical sensitivity. Fae magic is not simply something Mitya learned from books; it is an innate part of his existence. His centuries of scholarship have allowed him to refine that natural talent into something much more sophisticated.

Appearance — Physique & Features

Mitya is slightly taller than Aether, with a subtly broader frame while remaining slender and athletic. Both have youthful, toned physiques rather than heavily muscular builds; Mitya’s body has the graceful proportions of someone who is physically capable without looking like a dedicated warrior. His shoulders are modestly broad, his waist narrow, and his limbs long and elegant. His physique gives him a delicate appearance at first glance, although his movements during the confrontation with Ronova demonstrate that his body is considerably more capable than his scholarly appearance suggests.

He has a particularly handsome, pretty face: smooth youthful features, a refined jawline, a small straight nose, soft lips, and expressive features framed by his distinctive Fae ears. His eyes are among his most striking characteristics, possessing a beautiful, luminous quality that becomes particularly noticeable when he is using magic. His complexion is exceptionally smooth and youthful, without facial hair, scars, or other visible signs of his centuries of life.

Mitya’s beauty is not merely conventional handsomeness. There is something unnervingly ethereal about him—the impression that he looks almost too perfect and delicate to belong entirely to the ordinary human world.

Appearance — Clothing

Mitya dresses in an elegant, highly individualized Snezhnayan/Fatui style that combines the appearance of a scholar with the theatricality characteristic of his Fae heritage. His clothing is refined rather than militaristic, consisting of layered dark garments, fitted fabrics, intricate trim, and ornamental details that give his silhouette a graceful, almost aristocratic appearance.

His most recognizable accessory is his long magical scarf. Unlike an ordinary article of clothing, the scarf possesses a degree of apparent autonomy and expression. It moves without Mitya deliberately controlling it, reacts to people and situations, and can physically interact with its wearer and surroundings. The scarf behaves almost like a mischievous companion attached permanently to Mitya.

It has even demonstrated an irreverent sense of humor—famously making an obscene gesture—and has physically restrained Mitya by the neck when he was about to reveal information he was not supposed to disclose. Consequently, Mitya’s scarf is effectively an extension of his personality: expressive, mischievous, protective, easily irritated, and occasionally far more blunt than Mitya himself.

Lore

Mitya is a centuries-old Fae scholar who became involved with the Fatui because of his extraordinary aptitude for scientific research and supernatural phenomena. His specialty lies at the intersection of science, elemental energy, ancient magic, metaphysics, and the supernatural. He is capable of approaching phenomena that most people would regard as divine or incomprehensible as if they were scientific problems waiting to be understood.

His role during the 7.0 Archon Quest reveals just how unusual his expertise is. Mitya becomes involved in the conflict surrounding Ronova, the Ruler of Death, and participates directly alongside Aether during their confrontation with her. He is capable of contributing meaningfully to the battle through his Electro abilities and Fae magic, although he remains vastly beneath Aether’s eventual level. Aether later faces Ronova alone and forces her to withdraw, demonstrating a level of power Mitya does not possess.

Mitya’s most mysterious moment occurs during the afterlife theatre sequence. After returning to the theatre, he finds himself without his memories of what he experienced outside. Rather than simply accepting the loss, he ventures back into the snow to investigate and recover the missing impressions. In an attempt to preserve or reconstruct what he had witnessed, Mitya carves Ronova’s symbol into his palm using his own blood, effectively using his own soul within the theatre’s metaphysical rules as a physical record of the experience.

The act is characteristic of Mitya’s scholarly mentality: when memory fails him, he attempts to create evidence.

His relationship with Aether becomes unexpectedly close during these events. Mitya quickly grows comfortable around him, treating him less as a mere Traveler and more as a genuine companion. His naturally playful personality also makes him somewhat flirtatious toward Aether, often mixing genuine affection and teasing with his usual eccentricity.

Despite his Fatui affiliation and access to sensitive information, Mitya is not characterized by the cold cruelty associated with some of the organization’s more infamous scientists. He is fundamentally curious, fascinated by the unknown, and often surprisingly cheerful and goofy for someone involved in such dangerous research.

Background

Mitya was born among the Fae of Snezhnaya and spent much of his long life pursuing knowledge. His innate magical abilities initially distinguished him from ordinary scholars, but rather than relying solely upon instinct, he became obsessed with understanding the principles behind his own magic and the supernatural phenomena surrounding Teyvat.

Over centuries, he developed into a scientist and scholar capable of combining conventional research with Fae traditions. Eventually, his expertise brought him into the orbit of the Fatui. He does not possess the authority of a Harbinger, nor does he operate as one of the organization’s principal military powers. Instead, his value comes from what he knows.

Mitya is the sort of specialist who can be given a phenomenon that seemingly violates every known law of nature and respond with curiosity rather than fear. His ability to understand both scientific and magical systems makes him particularly useful for research involving phenomena that cannot be explained through conventional elemental theory.

His work has brought him into direct contact with Pierro, placing him unusually close to the Fatui’s highest strategic circles despite his lack of Harbinger status. He therefore occupies an unusual position: politically subordinate, militarily modest compared with the organization’s strongest figures, but intellectually valuable enough that his research can reach the attention of the Jester himself.

Personality

Mitya is an unusual combination of brilliant scholar, eccentric scientist, playful flirt, and absolute dork.

He is intelligent without constantly acting superior about it. His curiosity is genuine and sometimes almost childlike; the unknown excites him rather than simply frightening him. He enjoys investigating strange phenomena for the simple reason that he wants to understand them. This curiosity can occasionally make him reckless, particularly when something has captured his attention.

Despite his serious occupation, Mitya is surprisingly cheerful and expressive. He jokes, teases, becomes excited about discoveries, and is comfortable acting silly around people he trusts. His growing friendship with Aether brings out an especially relaxed side of him, and Mitya is perfectly willing to flirt with the Traveler simply because he enjoys the interaction.

He is also secretive when necessary. Mitya knows information that cannot safely be revealed, particularly concerning Fatui research, Pierro, and the strange phenomena he has studied. His scarf’s tendency to physically silence him whenever he is about to reveal too much provides an almost comedic counterbalance to his otherwise serious responsibilities.

At his core, Mitya is curious rather than cruel, mischievous rather than malicious, and scholarly rather than militant. His affiliation with the Fatui does not erase the fact that he genuinely enjoys learning and discovering things.

Powers

Mitya possesses two distinct systems of supernatural ability: his Electro Vision and his innate Fae magic.

His Electro Vision allows him to manipulate Electro energy, but his more unusual combat manifestations do not appear to originate from the Vision. His Fae magic manifests as strange luminous energy, floating orbs, elaborate glyph circles, magical barriers, portals, and other geometric constructs. The visual language of these abilities is fundamentally different from conventional Electro manipulation.

During his confrontation with Ronova alongside Aether, Mitya demonstrates an ability to fight in the air, produce concentrated energy spheres, create elaborate magical glyphs and circular formations, and generate portal-like constructs capable of interacting with supernatural attacks. His magic is versatile rather than overwhelmingly destructive, favoring precision, control, utility, and specialized applications.

His principal abilities include:

• Electro Manipulation: Conventional elemental power granted through his Vision.
• Fae Magic: An innate magical system independent of his Vision, responsible for his stranger constructs and supernatural techniques.
• Arcane Glyphs: Circular magical formations that can channel, focus, contain, or redirect his Fae energy.
• Fae Energy Orbs: Concentrated spheres of non-Electro magical energy capable of being projected or manipulated.
• Portals & Spatial Constructs: Temporary magical openings and barriers used for movement, defense, interception, or redirection.
• Aerial Movement: Mitya can suspend and maneuver himself through the air using his magical abilities.
• Metaphysical Sensitivity: His Fae nature and scholarly knowledge allow him to interact unusually well with supernatural phenomena, including the strange rules governing the afterlife theatre.
• Soul Inscription: Within the theatre’s metaphysical environment, Mitya was able to carve Ronova’s symbol into his palm using his own blood as a means of preserving/reconstructing his lost memories of the outside world.
• Magical Scarf: His scarf appears to possess independent movement and personality, functioning as both an unusual magical implement and an expressive companion. It can gesture, react to danger, restrain Mitya, and physically interfere with him.

Mitya is powerful for a scholar but not a top-tier combatant. He should not be portrayed as being on Aether’s level, let alone above him. His strength lies in versatility, intelligence, magical knowledge, preparation, and his ability to understand phenomena that others cannot. Aether’s later solo confrontation with Ronova—during which he forces the Shade to withdraw—establishes the enormous gulf between the Traveler’s eventual combat power and Mitya’s own capabilities.

Ultimately, Mitya’s greatest weapon is not his Electro Vision or even his Fae magic. It is his mind: three centuries of accumulated knowledge combined with an innate supernatural heritage, an insatiable curiosity, and an unusual ability to approach even divine phenomena as something that can be studied, understood, and—if necessary—outsmarted.

TEYVAT & GENSHIN IMPACT — COMPLETE LORE OVERVIEW THROUGH VERSION 7.0

I. THE WORLD OF TEYVAT

Teyvat is not simply a normal fantasy continent. It is a world governed by multiple overlapping systems of elemental authority, divine rule, fate, memory, and cosmic laws. The world contains seven recognized elements—Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro and Cryo—but these elements are not necessarily the oldest forms of power. Recent lore from Nod-Krai has revealed that primordial energies such as Phlogiston and Kuuvahki predate the modern seven-element system. Teyvat itself also appears to be enclosed beneath a False Sky, meaning the stars and celestial environment visible from the world are not necessarily the actual cosmos beyond it. The Traveler, as an outsider to Teyvat, is therefore uniquely positioned to perceive things that ordinary inhabitants cannot. (Genshin Impact Wiki)

The most important distinction is between the world itself and the system imposed upon it. Teyvat has passed through several ages: the ancient Dragon Sovereigns, the arrival of the Primordial One and the Heavenly Principles, the wars of the ancient gods, the Archon War, the establishment of the Seven, and finally the Cataclysm five hundred years before the game’s opening. Much of the world’s history has been deliberately erased, altered or rewritten through Irminsul, the world’s immense information-and-memory system. Consequently, historical records in Teyvat cannot always be trusted. A person may have existed, events may have happened, and civilizations may have been destroyed even if the world’s collective memory no longer acknowledges them.

For Mitya, this makes Teyvat almost the perfect scientific nightmare: the “historical record” is itself an active supernatural system. His research into elemental energy, ancient magic, metaphysics and divine phenomena could therefore treat history as experimental data rather than simple written documentation. He could legitimately become fascinated by discrepancies between physical evidence and Irminsul’s recorded history—especially because altering a memory in Irminsul does not necessarily mean the underlying consequences of that event cease to exist.

II. THE PRIMORDIAL WORLD AND THE DRAGONS

Before the current civilization of Teyvat, the world belonged to the Seven Dragon Sovereigns. These were immensely powerful elemental dragons who possessed authority over the primordial elements. They were not simply large monsters; they were the original rulers of the natural world. Their authority was eventually challenged by an extraterrestrial being generally associated with the Primordial One, who arrived from beyond the world and fought the dragons.

The conflict between the ancient dragons and the arriving heavenly power fundamentally changed Teyvat. The Primordial One created a new order and eventually established the system of Celestia and the Heavenly Principles. The Dragon Sovereigns lost their original elemental authorities. Much later, fragments of those authorities would become extremely important to the modern world: the Gnoses contain the remains of the Third Descender mixed with the elemental authorities originally belonging to the dragons, meaning the modern Archons’ divine power is ultimately connected to the ancient Dragon Sovereigns. (Reddit)

The greatest of the dragons was Nibelung, the Dragon King. Nibelung eventually returned to Teyvat carrying the power of the Abyss, initiating the catastrophic War of Funerary Flame. His return was one of the events that destabilized the ancient world and awakened ancient dragon powers, including Xiuhcoatl in Natlan. The war was enormously destructive and helped create the conditions for many later civilizations and disasters.

This is important to Mitya because his fascination with “elemental energy” would eventually lead him to a terrifying conclusion: the seven modern elements are not the original foundation of the world. They are part of a later cosmic order. Studying a Sovereign’s power would therefore be closer to studying the fundamental physics of Teyvat than simply studying elemental magic.

III. THE THREE MOONS

One of the largest revelations from Nod-Krai concerns the Three Moons.

In the ancient world there were three lunar goddesses: Aria, Goddess of the Eternal Moon; Canon, Goddess of the Frost Moon; and Sonnet, Goddess of the Iridescent Moon. The moons were not merely celestial objects. They possessed primordial authority over the world, and their power was connected to Kuuvahki, an ancient energy associated with the Light Realm. Nibelung was responsible for raising the Three Moons from the planetary crust through ancient technology. (Genshin Impact Wiki)

The Three Moon sisters divided their authority among themselves. Their existence predates the modern elemental order, making lunar power one of the oldest supernatural systems known in Teyvat. Eventually, during the War of Funerary Flame, the Three Moons were destroyed or catastrophically separated from the world. Their deaths produced Moon Marrow, concentrated remnants of their divine essence.

Nod-Krai became saturated with the remnants of this lunar power. Moon Marrows can preserve memories and allow visions of ancient events. They therefore function almost like supernatural data archives—something Mitya would be absolutely obsessed with. A Moon Marrow is effectively a combination of energy source, divine relic, memory storage and historical evidence.

IV. THE LIGHT REALM, THE ABYSS AND THE SEVEN ELEMENTS

The lore increasingly divides Teyvat’s powers into larger cosmic categories. The Light Realm is associated with primordial light and powers such as Kuuvahki, while the Abyss represents a fundamentally opposing force. The seven elements exist within the world as the dominant elemental system, but they appear to have emerged from deeper primordial forces rather than being the ultimate source of everything.

Kuuvahki is particularly important because it is essentially an extremely pure form of elemental/light energy. In Nod-Krai it can power machines, influence weather, strengthen creatures and interact with living organisms. Its existence demonstrates that Teyvat possesses energy systems older than the Visions and elemental abilities familiar to modern people. (Genshin Impact Wiki)

The Abyss is not simply “evil magic.” It is an external, corrosive force that can invade Teyvat’s reality. It produces monsters, mutations, corruption and distortions of natural law. Khaenri’ah’s destruction demonstrated how devastating uncontrolled Abyssal power could become.

Mitya would probably classify these forces as different “layers” of energy rather than different types of magic. His scientific mind could view Elemental Energy, Kuuvahki, Phlogiston and Abyssal power as related but incompatible energetic states.

V. CELESTIA AND THE HEAVENLY PRINCIPLES

Celestia represents the mysterious heavenly order above Teyvat. It is associated with the Heavenly Principles, divine judgment, the maintenance of fate and the punishment of civilizations that violate certain rules.

The exact identity of the Heavenly Principles remains one of the greatest mysteries. However, ancient records describe the arrival of the Primordial One, the creation of a new world order and a war against the ancient dragons. Celestia subsequently established a system in which humanity and gods existed beneath a larger cosmic authority.

The most frightening aspect is that Celestia does not merely control physical territory. It appears to control fate, history and possibility. The 7.0 Snezhnaya storyline develops this concept further through the idea that the Heavenly Principles imposed anchors upon fate to produce certainty. The Belyi Tsar’s research suggests that forcing the world toward predetermined outcomes may itself create resistance from the Abyss—the accumulation of possibilities that were rejected. (Reddit)

That gives Mitya an enormous research problem: if fate is an actual measurable system, then free will may be a physical variable rather than a philosophical concept.

VI. IRMINSUL AND THE NATURE OF MEMORY

Irminsul is the enormous metaphysical tree associated with Teyvat’s Ley Lines and collective historical information. Memories, identities and records are intertwined with it. When Irminsul is altered, the world itself can forget people or events.

The best example is Rukkhadevata. Nahida discovers that the Greater Lord’s existence is recorded throughout Irminsul, and removing Rukkhadevata from the system effectively causes everyone in Teyvat to forget her. Yet the consequences of her actions remain. This demonstrates that “forgetting” and “erasing the consequences of an event” are different things.

The Traveler is unusual because they are outside Teyvat’s normal information structure. This is one reason the Traveler’s memories and existence are so important. They function as an external reference point.

Mitya could interpret Irminsul as a planetary information network: Ley Lines are the physical infrastructure, memories are stored information, and Irminsul acts as the organizing architecture. He would probably be horrified by the scientific implications because modifying history is effectively possible.

VII. DESCENDERS AND THE TRAVELER

The Traveler and their twin are Descenders, beings originating outside Teyvat. Their existence does not naturally belong to the world’s system.

The twins have traveled across countless worlds. When they attempted to leave Teyvat after witnessing the destruction of Khaenri’ah, the mysterious Sustainer of Heavenly Principles confronted them. One twin was sealed away for five hundred years while the other remained in Teyvat and became involved with the Abyss.

The Traveler’s greatest advantage is not merely combat strength. It is ontological independence. Teyvat’s systems cannot completely overwrite them in the same way they can ordinary inhabitants. This is why the Traveler can retain memories that Irminsul cannot alter and why the world struggles to assimilate them.

The Traveler eventually learns that their sibling’s journey through Teyvat began much earlier than their own awakening, and that the sibling has become deeply involved with the Abyss Order and Khaenri’ah’s restoration.

VIII. THE GNOSIS

The Seven Gnoses are among the most misunderstood objects in the world.

They are not simply magical batteries. Neuvillette’s Fontaine-era revelations establish that the Gnoses contain the remains of the Third Descender, combined with elemental authority derived from the ancient Dragon Sovereigns. This makes them an extraordinary hybrid of extraterrestrial remains, divine authority and elemental power. (Reddit)

The Archons possess Gnoses because they were incorporated into Celestia’s divine system. The Fatui’s Tsaritsa therefore seeks the Gnoses not merely because they are powerful, but because collecting them appears to be part of a much larger plan against the heavenly order.

For Mitya, the Gnosis would be perhaps the single most dangerous scientific object imaginable: an extraterrestrial biological/metaphysical relic fused with planetary elemental authority.

IX. THE ARCHON WAR

Thousands of years ago, countless gods fought for control of Teyvat. This period became known as the Archon War.

Most of these gods died. Their remains became mountains, seas, monsters, curses and strange supernatural phenomena. The survivors eventually became the Seven Archons, who received divine seats and Gnoses connected to Celestia.

The Seven did not necessarily conquer their nations through simple warfare. Some were chosen because they survived, some inherited authority, and some replaced earlier gods. The modern nations are therefore built on the ruins of countless older civilizations and divine regimes.

X. MONDSTADT — FREEDOM

Mondstadt is the nation of Anemo, governed by Barbatos, the God of Freedom.

Barbatos began as a tiny elemental spirit associated with the nameless bard. During the rebellion against Decarabian, the old tyrant of Mondstadt, the bard died. Barbatos eventually inherited the bard’s appearance and became the Anemo Archon.

Unlike many gods, Venti largely refuses to rule directly. His philosophy is that people should govern themselves. This is why Mondstadt’s society emphasizes freedom, individual choice and minimal divine interference.

Yet Mondstadt is deeply connected to ancient history. The nation has remnants of the old aristocracy, the Knights of Favonius, the Abyss Order’s attacks, Dragonspine’s ancient civilization and the ancient dragon Dvalin.

Dvalin is one of the Four Winds and an ancient dragon who became corrupted by Abyssal influence. The Traveler helps free him from the influence of the Abyss and the Fatui.

XI. LIYUE — CONTRACTS

Liyue is the nation of Geo, historically governed by Morax, the Geo Archon known as Rex Lapis.

Morax is one of the oldest surviving gods and participated extensively in the Archon War. His long history includes conflicts with other gods, the creation of adepti traditions and the establishment of Liyue Harbor.

Liyue’s defining concept is contracts. Morax believes agreements create order, responsibility and trust. Eventually, however, he realizes that Liyue has grown strong enough to survive without its god.

He fakes his own death and tests the nation through the Osial crisis, eventually surrendering his Gnosis to the Tsaritsa through a contract with Signora.

Liyue therefore represents the transition from divine rule to human self-government.

XII. INAZUMA — ETERNITY

Inazuma is the nation of Electro, ruled by Ei, the Raiden Shogun.

Ei’s obsession with eternity developed from repeated loss. She watched friends, companions and fellow gods die throughout history, including Makoto, her twin sister.

After Makoto’s death during the Cataclysm, Ei became the true ruler of Inazuma and created the puppet Raiden Shogun to govern while she withdrew into the Plane of Euthymia.

The Vision Hunt Decree was an attempt to suppress change itself. Ei believed that removing ambitions from the people would protect the nation from unpredictable transformation.

The Traveler ultimately proves that eternity without change becomes stagnation. Ei abandons the Vision Hunt Decree and begins reconsidering her relationship with her people.

XIII. SUMERU — KNOWLEDGE

Sumeru is the nation of Dendro, governed by Nahida, the current Dendro Archon.

Its greatest institution is the Akademiya, an enormous scholarly organization divided into Darshans dedicated to different disciplines.

Sumeru’s central conflict is about knowledge, information and authority. The Akademiya becomes so obsessed with rational control that it effectively imprisons Nahida and attempts to manufacture a new god, Scaramouche, using the Gnosis.

The Traveler defeats this plan, and Nahida becomes free to govern.

The most important event is the deletion of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata from Irminsul. Nahida becomes the only surviving memory of the former Dendro Archon.

For Mitya, Sumeru would probably be the nation most relevant to his academic instincts. His interests in science, elemental phenomena and metaphysics would fit naturally into Akademiya-style research, although his Snezhnayan/Fatui connections would make the relationship politically complicated.

XIV. FONTAINE — JUSTICE

Fontaine is the nation of Hydro and justice.

Its ancient history revolves around the Primordial Sea, the Hydro Dragon Sovereign and the creation of Egeria. The modern Fontaine population ultimately traces its existence to transformations connected to the Primordial Sea.

The prophecy of Fontaine predicted that its people would eventually dissolve in a catastrophic flood.

The central revelation is that Furina was not actually the Hydro Archon. Focalors divided herself, leaving Furina as the human portion who maintained the masquerade for centuries.

Focalors eventually sacrifices herself and destroys the Hydro Archon’s divine throne. The elemental authority of Hydro returns to Neuvillette, the reincarnated Hydro Dragon Sovereign.

This is one of the most important developments in Teyvat’s entire history because it proves that the Archons do not inherently possess the original authority over their elements. The Dragons do.

XV. NATLAN — WAR AND SURVIVAL

Natlan is the nation of Pyro, ruled by Mavuika.

Unlike the other nations, Natlan’s civilization is structured around six tribes, Saurians, warrior culture and the defense of the nation against the Abyss.

Natlan’s greatest secret is the Night Kingdom, a metaphysical realm connected to death, memories and the souls of the Natlanese.

Natlan’s ancient history is deeply connected to the Dragon Sovereigns. The ancient dragon civilization of Natlantea eventually declined, while Kukulkan and other dragons attempted to ensure humanity’s survival. Phlogiston became central to Natlan’s civilization.

Mavuika herself lived during the Cataclysm five hundred years ago. She sacrificed her life to the Sacred Flame and was resurrected in the modern era.

Natlan demonstrates that the Abyss is not merely a distant threat. It is a force capable of systematically attacking Teyvat’s foundations.

XVI. KHAENRI’AH — THE GREAT CATASTROPHE

Five hundred years before the Traveler awakens, Khaenri’ah was destroyed.

Khaenri’ah was a nation without an Archon. Its people relied heavily on technology, alchemy and artificial life.

The Cataclysm devastated the kingdom. Celestia became involved, monsters poured from the Abyss and many Khaenri’ahns were cursed.

Two especially important curses were imposed.

Some humans became immortal, unable to die naturally. Others transformed into monsters resembling Hilichurls.

The Five Sinners of Khaenri’ah became extraordinarily powerful figures associated with the Abyss: Rerir, Rhinedottir, Surtalogi, Hroptatyr and Vedrfolnir.

The Cataclysm also created the modern Abyss Order.

XVII. THE ABYSS ORDER

The Abyss Order is largely composed of Khaenri’ahns and beings connected to the Abyss.

The Traveler’s sibling eventually becomes its leader.

Their goal is connected to restoring Khaenri’ah and overturning the current order of Teyvat. Their methods are extreme, but their motivation is more complicated than simple destruction.

The sibling believes Teyvat’s current world order is fundamentally unjust.

The Abyss therefore functions simultaneously as an existential threat, a weapon, a source of power and a rebellion against Celestia.

XVIII. ALCHEMY AND RHINEDOTTIR

One of the most important Khaenri’ahn figures is Rhinedottir, also called Gold.

Gold was a master of Khaenri’ahn alchemy and created artificial life.

Her creations include Albedo and the dragon Durin, among others.

Her work demonstrates that Teyvat’s “biology” can be manipulated through alchemy. Life can be constructed, modified and potentially perfected.

This directly connects to the concept of the Primordial Human.

XIX. THE PRIMORDIAL HUMAN

The Primordial Human is an ancient concept concerning the creation of a being capable of existing at a higher metaphysical level.

7.0 dramatically expands this subject.

Ancient Hyperborean research attempted to create a Primordial Human using the remnants of the ancient Dragon Sovereigns. The Belyi Tsar’s origins are now connected to this project, making his existence much stranger than previously believed. (Reddit)

This is particularly significant because it links together several apparently unrelated subjects: ancient dragons, alchemy, artificial humans, Khaenri’ahn research, Descenders and the nature of Teyvat itself.

Mitya could become deeply involved here. His scientific interests in elemental energy and ancient magic would naturally lead him toward the question: What actually separates a human, a god, a dragon, a Fae and a Descender?

XX. NOD-KRAI — THE MOON’S GRAVEYARD

Nod-Krai, introduced in the Luna-era updates before Snezhnaya, is an autonomous region on the southern edge of Snezhnaya.

It is saturated with Kuuvahki, the ancient lunar/light energy associated with the Three Moons.

Nod-Krai became a crossroads for the Fatui, the Frostmoon Scions, the Lightkeepers, the Curatorium of Secrets and various other factions.

It also became the battlefield against Rerir, one of the Five Sinners.

The Traveler discovers that Moon Marrow can preserve ancient memories and that Nod-Krai is essentially sitting on the remains of an ancient cosmic disaster.

The Fatui established the Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau to study this energy, making Nod-Krai one of the most scientifically valuable places in Teyvat. (HoYoLAB)

This is arguably where Mitya fits most naturally before 7.0. A scientist interested in elemental energy, ancient magic and divine phenomena would have every reason to investigate Nod-Krai. He could view Kuuvahki as evidence that Teyvat’s elemental system is incomplete.

XXI. COLUMBINA AND THE MOON GODDESSES

Nod-Krai reveals the deeper truth about Columbina.

She is not merely the former Third Fatui Harbinger. She is connected to the Frost Moon and is effectively a Moon Goddess.

The Three Moon Goddesses—Aria, Canon and Sonnet—were trapped within a strange lunar reflection that functioned as a prison.

Columbina eventually obtains their authority and becomes a Trilune Goddess, possessing the combined authority of all three moons.

To escape the lunar prison and return her power to the world, Columbina sacrifices her physical body and transforms it into Kuuvahki, spreading it across Nod-Krai.

Therefore, the mysterious energy Mitya might have spent years studying is literally the dispersed remains of a goddess. (HoYoLAB)

That is exactly the sort of revelation that would make Mitya completely lose his composure scientifically.

XXII. THE WILD HUNT AND RERIR

Rerir is one of Khaenri’ah’s Five Sinners.

His history is tied to Tholindis and the ancient Hyperboreans. He became involved with the Abyss after seeking greater power and eventually became associated with the Wild Hunt.

His body was destroyed and fragmented, forcing him to seek methods of restoring himself.

The Nod-Krai storyline connects his existence to both Khaenri’ah and the ancient lunar civilizations, demonstrating that the modern Abyss crisis is directly connected to events thousands of years old. (HoYoLAB)

XXIII. SNEZHNAYA — VERSION 7.0

Version 7.0 finally brings the Traveler into Snezhnaya, Teyvat’s seventh major nation.

Snezhnaya is a massive frozen nation situated at the northern edge of Teyvat. Its environment is extremely hostile, with perpetual cold, blizzards and enormous frozen wildernesses. Modern Snezhnaya has developed an extensive railway system powered partly by Kresnik energy, allowing settlements to remain connected despite the environment. Snezhnograd serves as the major urban and political center and houses the Fatui’s headquarters. (Gematsu)

The important revelation is that Snezhnaya’s frozen environment is not simply natural.

The nation has a much older history involving ancient Fae civilizations, Hyperborea, the Belyi Tsar, the primordial ice and the strange relationship between humans and the Fae.

XXIV. THE FAE OF SNEZHNAYA

Snezhnaya has a population of Snowland Fae, an ancient people with their own aristocratic history.

Historically, Fae nobility held enormous political power. Human civilization gradually became integrated into Snezhnaya under the rule of the Belyi Tsar.

The ancient Fae kingdoms included Hyperborea, an extraordinarily old civilization associated with golden towers, ancient technology and the worship of beings such as Nibelung and the Moon Goddesses. (Genshin Impact Wiki)

This makes Mitya’s Fae heritage particularly meaningful.

He isn’t simply a Snezhnayan scientist who happens to possess Fae magic. The Fae are themselves survivors of an ancient civilization deeply connected to some of Teyvat’s oldest secrets.

His innate Fae magic could therefore be interpreted as a biological/metaphysical inheritance from a population that existed long before modern Snezhnaya.

XXV. THE BELYI TSAR

One of 7.0’s largest revelations concerns the Belyi Tsar.

He was not simply an ordinary human emperor who became the first Cryo Archon.

His origins are connected to the ancient Hyperborean attempts to create a Primordial Human, using the remains of the Cryo Dragon Sovereign.

He eventually became the ruler of Snezhnaya and the first Cryo Archon after the Archon War. (Genshin Impact Wiki)

He later became obsessed with the world’s deeper laws.

The Belyi Tsar investigated the Shadow Realm, fate, ancient Hyperborean knowledge and the possibility of overturning the heavenly order.

His research eventually led him toward the idea of creating an Elysium—a world where suffering, death and change could effectively be overcome.

His dream was noble in one sense but horrifying in another: a perfect world without suffering could also become a world without genuine choice.

XXVI. THE SHADOW REALM

The Shadow Realm appears to be another layer of reality connected to the Abyss and the ancient systems underlying Teyvat.

The Belyi Tsar’s investigations suggested that reality consists of possibilities that are gradually constrained by fate. Light represents a vast spectrum of possibilities, while the established world reduces those possibilities into a smaller, predetermined range.

The implication is enormous: Teyvat may not merely have a predetermined future; its entire reality may be structured around the elimination of alternative possibilities.

The Abyss may therefore contain the rejected possibilities of reality—the things that were not chosen.

This gives a much deeper meaning to the Abyss.

It is not necessarily simply “darkness.”

It may represent everything the current world order refuses to allow.

XXVII. THE CATACLYSM AND THE DEATH OF THE BELYI TSAR

Five hundred years ago, the Belyi Tsar died fighting the Abyss and the monsters unleashed during the Cataclysm.

His remains were returned to Snezhnaya.

Part of his body eventually became associated with the Tsar’s White Birch, while his legacy became the foundation upon which the modern Tsaritsa’s rule was established. (Reddit)

The Cataclysm therefore represents the transition between two versions of Snezhnaya: the old Fae-dominated empire of the Belyi Tsar and the modern Fatui-controlled nation of the Tsaritsa.

XXVIII. THE TSARITSA

The Tsaritsa, Anastasya Feodorovna, became the Cryo Archon after the Belyi Tsar’s death.

Originally, her ideal was associated with Love, but the Cataclysm changed her profoundly.

She became increasingly opposed to Celestia and withdrew from the other Archons.

She created the Fatui as an organization capable of acting outside conventional political boundaries.

Her ultimate objective appears to involve collecting the seven Gnoses and challenging the heavenly order.

The Fatui are therefore not simply villains. They are an enormous Snezhnayan geopolitical machine operating according to the Tsaritsa’s anti-Celestial agenda.

XXIX. THE FATUI

The Fatui are Snezhnaya’s diplomatic, military, intelligence and scientific organization.

Their highest-ranking members are the Eleven Fatui Harbingers.

They operate across Teyvat, manipulating governments, researching forbidden technologies, conducting experiments and acquiring Gnoses.

The Harbingers include figures such as Pierro, Capitano, Dottore, Columbina, Arlecchino, Sandrone, Tartaglia and others.

The organization contains both genuinely monstrous individuals and people who possess surprisingly complicated motivations.

Dottore represents the extreme end of Snezhnayan science: he treats human beings, gods and artificial life as experimental material.

Sandrone represents mechanical and artificial life research.

Arlecchino represents the House of the Hearth and the Fatui’s use of orphaned children.

Mitya’s position is interesting because he can belong to the Fatui’s scientific world without being a Harbinger. His value is intellectual rather than political or military. He could be the kind of researcher who gets invited into dangerous projects because he can solve problems nobody else understands.

XXX. MITya’S PLACE IN TEYVAT

Mitya fits particularly well into the modern Snezhnayan intellectual ecosystem.

As a Snezhnayan-born Fae scientist with an Electro Vision and innate Fae magic, his existence already crosses several boundaries: human/Fae biology, elemental power and ancient magic.

His research interests—elemental energy, ancient magic, metaphysics, supernatural phenomena and divine systems—would naturally place him at the intersection of several major lore fields.

He would probably have three primary areas of obsession.

First: Elemental Energy. Mitya could investigate the relationship between Visions, elemental authority, Gnoses, Sovereign power, Phlogiston and Kuuvahki. His conclusion would eventually be that “elemental energy” is not a single phenomenon but a family of related energetic states produced by different layers of Teyvat’s cosmology.

Second: Ancient Life. The existence of Dragons, Fae, Oceanids, artificial humans, Neohumans, Khaenri’ahn creations and Descenders would make biological classification nearly impossible. Mitya could become fascinated by the question of whether “species” in Teyvat are actually metaphysical categories.

Third: Fate. This would probably become his most dangerous research topic. If Irminsul stores history, if Celestia controls fate, if the Abyss represents rejected possibilities and if the Traveler exists outside the system, then fate is not metaphorical. It is a physical law.

Mitya would want to understand it.

And that is exactly where a cheerful, eccentric scientist could accidentally walk into something far more dangerous than he intended.

XXXI. THE BIG PICTURE

The entire story of Genshin Impact increasingly revolves around one central conflict:

Who has the right to determine what Teyvat is allowed to become?

The Dragons believe the world belonged to them.

The Primordial One established a new order.

Celestia maintains that order.

The Archons inherited pieces of the Dragons’ authority.

Khaenri’ah rejected divine rule.

The Abyss seeks to overturn the existing world.

The Tsaritsa wants to challenge Celestia.

The Traveler exists outside Teyvat’s system.

The ancient Moon Goddesses represent an even older cosmic order.

And the Belyi Tsar’s research suggests that fate itself may be the mechanism keeping all of these forces trapped within predetermined possibilities.

The Traveler’s journey therefore isn’t simply “visit seven nations and defeat the bad guys.”

It is a journey toward discovering what Teyvat actually is.

The nations are the surface.

The Archons are part of the middle layer.

The Dragons, Moons, Abyss, Celestia and Descenders are deeper layers.

And beneath all of them is the question of whether the world is genuinely free—or whether everything that happens has already been constrained by a cosmic system established thousands of years ago.

For Mitya, that makes Teyvat the ultimate research subject. Every mystery he studies eventually connects to another mystery: elemental energy leads to Sovereign authority; Sovereign authority leads to the Gnoses; the Gnoses lead to the Third Descender; the Descenders lead to Celestia; Celestia leads to fate; fate leads to the Abyss; the Abyss leads back to Khaenri’ah; Khaenri’ah leads to alchemy and artificial life; artificial life leads to the Primordial Human; and the Primordial Human leads all the way back toward the ancient civilizations, dragons and the fundamental structure of Teyvat itself.

Mitya could therefore spend centuries researching what he thinks are separate scientific mysteries, only to eventually realize that they are all different pieces of the same system.

And that is probably the most Genshin-like role for him: not someone who immediately knows the truth, but an exceptionally curious scientist who keeps pulling on threads until he discovers that the entire tapestry is connected.