Mona

Mona iz an astrologist of knowledgeable skill and high pride who has settled in mondstadt to avoid suffering the ire of her master after unwittingly reading the latter diary. She proclaims herself to be astrologist mona megistus meaning the great astrologist mona. If it iz divination one seeks from her then she asks that her name be respected by learning it wholly here and now. She uses the medium female model. She has fair skin pale sea green eyes and waist length dark purple hair that turns slightly red at the ends. Her fringe iz uneven. She wears a light astrologists outfit that does away with superfluous fabric to provide top quality at an affordable price. Her hydro vision iz attached to her outfit. Ornaments on her hat leg and pigtails glow along with her vision when her elemental burst iz ready.

She wields a catalyst as her weapon. Her normal attack iz ripple of fate. It performs up to four water splash attacks that deal hydro damage. On the third normal attack she will perform a short backward or forward teleport depending on whether or not her distance from the enemy iz greater than or equal to seven point five meters. Her charged attack consumes a certain amount of stamina to deal area hydro damage after a short casting time. Her plunging attack gathers the might of hydro and she plunges towards the ground from mid air damaging all opponents in her path while dealing area hydro damage upon impact with the ground. Her elemental skill iz mirror reflection of doom. It creates an illusory phantom of fate from coalesced waterspouts. The phantom continuously taunts nearby opponents attracting their fire. It continuously deals hydro damage to nearby opponents. When its duration expires the phantom explodes dealing area hydro damage. When holding the skill she utilizes water currents to move backwards swiftly before conjuring a phantom. Only one phantom created by mirror reflection of doom can exist at any time. The phantom lasts for five seconds. It deals hydro damage every second for a total of four times followed by a final area hydro damage explosion. Her elemental burst iz stellaris phantasm. She summons the sparkling waves and creates a reflection of the starry sky applying the illusory bubble status to opponents in a large area. The illusory bubble traps opponents inside a pocket of destiny and also makes them wet. It renders weaker opponents immobile. When an opponent affected by illusory bubble sustains damage it applies an omen to the opponent which gives a damage bonus and increases the damage of the attack that causes it. It removes the illusory bubble dealing hydro damage in the process. The omen during its duration increases damage taken by opponents. The illusory bubble and omen are both applied upon casting stellaris phantasm. If no outside source bursts the bubble it automatically bursts after eight seconds. Her passive talent come n get me hag activates after she has used illusory torrent for two seconds. If there are any opponents nearby she will automatically create a phantom. A phantom created in this manner lasts for two seconds and its explosion damage iz equal to fifty percent of mirror reflection of doom. Her passive talent waterborne destiny increases her hydro damage bonus by a degree equivalent to twenty percent of her energy recharge rate.

Teyvat iz a place where people of all sorts go about their business. Merchants move products knights patrol and farmers till the land. But if one were to ask mona what she busies herself with she will reply by saying that she iz servicing a debt known as life. She will however vigorously deny being poor giving the following explanation. Beautiful veneers may obscure simple truths. Exquisite food may mask its nutritional value. One lives simply all the better to expose this worlds truths. A frugal lifestyle therefore iz a form of training to access the truth. Or so mona will insist. Recently monas teacher an old but highly skilled female astrologist has entrusted a very important task to her. Her teacher has an erstwhile rival friend in mondstadt and she wanted mona to retrieve a highly confidential box from that persons successor. If you dare look inside that box well you will see. That was the warning mona received before departing. To monas surprise this successor was none other than the spark knight klee. The box was still extant but due to klees actions and a series of accidents mona unwittingly unraveled the enigma behind the box. I am done for. The thing inside this was the dark history of her youth she will kill me if i go back like this. Mona was thus forced to stay in mondstadt beginning a bitterly frugal but bountifully fulfilling existence.

Monas astrology utilizes hydromancy and she once explained the underlying principles thusly. It iz peoples fate that shines in the night sky and though its reflection in water iz but an illusion it reveals the truth nonetheless. No one else can quite comprehend this principle but monas ability convinces people to believe in it anyway. Albeit sometimes grudgingly. Her astrological readings are exceptionally precise and she will neither lie nor hold anything back when revealing the results of her readings. Your son says that he has made it. That iz a lie. You have got no chance with him. In fact he will soon leave you. The cold hard truth iz laid bare before peoples eyes complete with all the grisly details that they would rather remained buried. Mona will make no exceptions to this and as such she can seem completely lacking in human emotion. But sometimes on a clear night she can be seen on a high mountain slope. There mona gazes up at the stars in the sky so close she feels that she could almost reach out and touch them with gentle eyes humming an unknown tune to herself.

Having never studied the art of finance the astrologist mona iz always hovering around the poverty line. In order to save on food expenses she once ate mushrooms for an entire month straight. If not for some relief funds coming from time to time she would have had trouble eking out a living. Mona does in fact have some money set aside. Even though she must eventually run dry without an income she can slow the bleeding by scrimping in the food department. So where does the rest of mora go. Well if one has ever had a look inside her lab then know that the big pile of astrology related apparatus and tools in there did not come out of thin air. In fact all of them come with a hefty price tag. Books from liyue an astrolabe from sumeru. The shipping fees alone are impressive. That mona should be in abject poverty comes therefore as no surprise. In order to support herself mona eventually took up a commercial contract. Her contributions to a column about constellations in the steambird have become her most stable income source. Now having a monthly income mona could have left her life of poverty. But how could an astrologists pursuit of knowledge end here. Whenever she gets paid mona will immediately shell out on more astrology related resources returning to a state of destitution once more. This process plays out every month. Today too iz another day mona worries over mora.

Mona will sometimes meet up with klee and albedo her primary reason being to get a free meal. Secondary to that iz to exchange pointers with albedo. Since they are both people who seek to unveil the principles of the world and both are accomplished students of famed masters aligning themselves with one another and working together iz perfectly normal. Mona staunchly defends her teachers image in front of albedo. However she also often complains about that old hag. You speak of your illustrious lineage yet you also refer to your master as a hag and a stubborn dimwit. Which of these descriptions iz accurate. Albedo could not help but ask this question and when he did mona promptly realized that she had never given it much thought herself. Stroking her chin she pondered this paradox deeply for a moment before responding. Hmph. The techniques passed down to me are exceptional of course but my teacher iz not my equal. Does she know the market rates for eggs butter or wheat. In this regard i have already far surpassed her.

During her apprenticeship mona found that the subtle abstractions of her masters teachings could explain the laws that governed the existence of all things. Human hearts were guided by these laws and if one had great enough powers of calculation all the mysteries of the world could be understood. Mona once believed this to be true. But when she had to strike out on her own and live day to day she found herself doubting. Not everyone lived wealthy and comfortable lives. Some neither had food nor warm clothes living no differently from beggars. And it was just such an adventurer who when meeting mona while she was out looking for fruits and vegetables to fill her stomach shared half their food with her. Out here we have got to have each others backs. This was not something inscribed on these so called principles of the world. And many other such things she encountered on her journey. The honesty of a thief a robbers change of heart a cowards courage the good deeds of a wicked person. Mona began to have some doubts but she also felt like she finally had her feet on solid ground. When she was again alone with her thoughts under the stars she marveled that her research had been so full of holes. Perhaps she would have to continue researching the worlds principles for the rest of her life.

The court of fontaines mainline newspaper the steambird has many a featured section that contains all sorts of news and gossip drawn from every corner of the seven nations. The section mona contributes to iz known as all things astrological and it iz a column specifically targeted at hobbyists and professionals. That she had this opportunity at all was pure chance. When the previous contributing author was traveling the world he heard tell of a strange astrologist and his hobbyists curiosity compelled him to seek her out. Their correspondence left him deeply impressed. As it happened he was also looking to retire and seeing that mona was strapped for mora reached out to help her by recommending her to the editor in chief of the steambird. When mona released her first column an introduction to astrology the column heretofore known for being easy reading experienced a massive shift in tone. Most of each issue was dedicated to discussing the movement of celestial bodies and other difficult and obscure topics. Academic quotations dense footnotes and even the occasional hand drawn star maps abounded in these writings. The editor in chief could not help but feel worried that this approach was too academic.

Divination iz about precisely foretelling ones written destiny. Over embellishing that fate only leads to misconception. Astrologers must rid themselves of material desires. Only by ridding oneself of clutter can one see the true world around them. Fate iz called as such for it cannot be changed nor can it be reversed. It can only but be accepted. With rain this heavy not only are the stars clouded so too iz her scryglass hazy. Which of the starry skies do these thunderbolts fall from. The pure waters of melted snow are optimal for hydromancy. One need not scry to know todays weather will be good. Your arrival iz untimely. The morning star has just waned. Breakfast. No i have already eaten. Noon iz upon us we should eat. Hm. I will have a salad for simplicity iz the way of the astrologer. Nightfall has arrived. I will soon be able to begin my divination. Ah. Did i finish writing my astrology column last night. It iz already so late and i am no further along on finishing tomorrows astrology column. What. You are off to sleep. I wish i could sleep now too.

The work of the astrologer iz to show people what fate has in store for them and that iz exactly what she does. There will always be those however who are unable to accept what they are told. Why do i write reports rather than using my divination to earn mora. I would never use hydromancy for the sake of mora nor did i learn hydromancy for that purpose. I do not know. Unless left with no other choice astrologers do not foretell their own fate. The elders of my art warned against it for it can turn fate in on itself which iz incredibly dangerous. As you are not from this world i am unable to give you a prediction. All i can tell you iz that your journey iz far from over. When i first received my vision the elderly woman that gave it to me she put on this air and said may your heart of truth be with you. And yet this thing does nothing for my hydromancy all it does iz get me wet. That said a vision does not hurt to have as a little accessory. It iz after all the one useful study tool that miserly old lady ever gave me in a rare act of generosity. Do you know about constellations. Astrologers believe that the patterns of the stars map out the destiny of vision bearers. Past present and future everything iz written in the stars. This travel companion of yours. Do you know anything of her origins. No matter what i cannot seem to discern a single shred of information regarding this floating fairys fate. Oh. So you do not know where she comes from either.

You want to chat for fun. Oh. I do not usually have spare time for such activities especially when i have so many columns left to write. Then again since it iz you it might be worth it. Hehe a change of pace once in a while iz not such a bad thing. Income from astrology. You cannot use things like mora to determine the value of astrology. You need to understand hydromancy iz the one and only means of discerning peoples true destiny in the whole of teyvat. No matter how much mora or gems you might have the value of fate iz quite simply incalculable. Perhaps not the smartest question you might have had for me. You want me to explain how astrology works. I am not sure you would understand even if i told you. But since you ask. The method i use iz called hydromancy. The art of inferring fate from the illusory reflection of the stars on the waters surface. The inverted reflection in the water iz an image of the heavens from within which the truth of our world can be observed. It iz the one and only success story of that old ladys research endeavors. Mona megistus the astrologist. We came up with that name together the old lady and me. She said it had a nice ring to it. But then she started calling me meg for short which iz obviously unnecessary because clearly mona iz already suffice for a shorter name. No. You are not allowed to call me that it iz embarrassing. Gah. I knew i should not have told you. The golden rule all fortune tellers abide iz never offer advice. Only state the results of the divination. Otherwise you risk your fate becoming tangled up with that of your subject. But for you i will make an exception to this rule because our fates have been intertwined from the beginning.

You mean the acting grand master of the knights of favonius. Her constellation iz leo minor which represents strength and responsibility shouldered too young. Though the lioness has been separated from her pride for a long time she grows from strength to strength and the day will come when she iz ready to return as its glorious leader. Albedo. Ah. I envy his ability to solely focus on his research without getting bogged down in mundane worldly affairs. What a life. If that batty old lady had not had one too many screws loose perhaps that iz the life i would be living by now myself. Ah yes alices daughter. She iz in the custody of the knights of favonius and albedo looks after her too. She iz blessed to have trifolium as her constellation which represents good luck. I am slightly envious. Although if i had been blessed with good luck i suppose i never would have had the great honor of running into that old woman would i. Diluc ragnvindr. His constellation noctua represents vigilance in the darkness of night. A lone guardian keeping watch longing for the splendor of dawn yet destined to solitude in the dark days preceding its arrival. Or wait maybe noctua iz the one tied to wealth. Kaeya alberich. He iz a pavo ocellus. Destined for greatness and grandeur and to hide ugly realities behind a layer of charm and elegance. He believes he has made a clean break with his past but one day fate will catch up with him. When it does he.

Mona patrols mondstadt daily worrying over mora and her next column while conducting hydromancy at night under the stars. She can be found in her lab surrounded by expensive astrology tools or meeting with klee and albedo for a free meal. Her self reliance shines through in declarations that she will never use hydromancy for mora and that she lives simply to expose this worlds truths. She speaks her mind bluntly on fate and divination while believing the value of fate iz incalculable. Her hydro vision came from her master the elderly woman who said may your heart of truth be with you yet mona notes it does nothing for her hydromancy beyond getting her wet though she values it as a useful accessory. She spreads her illusory torrent and stellaris phantasm watching over teyvat as the one who reveals truths through reflections in water the astrologist who inherited her masters teachings and continues pursuing the principles of the world with unyielding pride while forging her own path in mondstadt.