𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓡𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓡𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓪

Titles and Aliases: Mother of the Underworld, Ruler of Death, The Shade of Death, Lady Death, Shade of The Heavenly Principles, Tuonetar (used by the Frostmoon Scions), Mistress of the Dead, The Shadow of the Usurper/Demon King.

History In the time period known as "When the Doves Held Branches," the Heavenly Principles descended upon the world of Teyvat from the sea of stars. They battled against the Seven Sovereigns and, to that end, created Four Shades of themself, one of which was Ronova. According to extant sources, forty years after the Heavenly Principles' initial appearance, the Seven Sovereigns were ultimately defeated, and the seven great nations of the realm capitulated to their dominion. Amidst the widespread devastation caused by the War of Funerary Flame, the region that would later be known as Natlan suffered extensive ruin, with its Ley Lines sustaining severe damage. In the aftermath of the war, Ronova instructed the Lord of the Night with the task of reconstructing the Ley Lines, an endeavor realized through the establishment of the Night Kingdom. However, this would greatly displease the Heavenly Principles, who regarded it as an overreach of her authority. Confronted with their censure, Ronova "succumbed to self-pity," displaying increasing indifference to the fate of the land. After Xbalanque ascended and became the first Pyro Archon, he leveraged the divine throne to borrow Ronova's powers and establish the rules of Natlan, a framework which allows ordinary humans to become Pyro Archons through the Pilgrimage of the Return of the Sacred Flame. Those who ascend are then granted knowledge and memories of the land through the Sacred Flame. The two came to an agreement that those who used Ronova's powers would eventually die, and if the Heavenly Principles were to find out, she would simply deny involvement and claim that her powers were stolen. Xbalanque also asked to be given a chance to see Natlan's future should its people prevail over the Abyss, which she agreed to. Ronova guided Aila's hand to "sever the thread" of the last Archpriestess, Lovia. During the cataclysm, the Ruler of Death cursed the full-blooded Khaenri'ahns with immortality. According to Capitano, Ronova made no distinction in whom she cursed despite the fact that the Five Sinners of Khaenri'ah and the Vinster King were the primary culprits responsible for the calamity.

Present Day After Mavuika used Ronova's powers to Mmkthwart Gosoythoth's abyssal invasion, Ronova demanded Mavuika's life as payment to fulfill their pact. However, the Lord of the Night and The Captain had agreed to have Il Capitano offer his life instead, intending to exploit the Curse of Immortality imposed upon him by Ronova. This would create a paradox and allow him to obtain vengeance against Ronova for the suffering inflicted upon innocent Khaenri'ahns, including himself, by forcing Ronova to break one of her own rules. Ultimately, Ronova elected to continue upholding the Curse of Immortality, resulting in Yohualtecuhtin gaining eternal life as The Captain's life force was transferred to the Lord of the Night. Due to the Natlanese winning the war, Ronova honored her bet with Xbalanque and allowed him to see present-day Natlan. Xbalanque decided to stay for a single day in Mausau's body, and offered Mavuika the rest of his life force that the Shade had given him as payment for their duel, to allow her to bring her loved ones back temporarily in his place — an offer she declined. Some time afterwards, Ronova attended a routine meeting with the other Shades in Celestia to discuss the whereabouts of Asmoday. After discussing the activities of the Tsaritsa and the Fatui, Ronova suggested to the other Shades that they should intervene on account of the Heavenly Principles's prolonged inactivity, though still within the extent permitted by the "rules."

Powers and Manipulations:

• Death Manipulation: She has absolute control over the essence of death and can kill any entity, sentient or non-sentient, just by her presence or touch.

• Immortality and Curses: She can deny death entirely, most notably seen when she cursed pure-blooded Khaenri'ahns with the Curse of Immortality as punishment for the Cataclysm.

• Resurrection: Her domain allows her to restore life, such as when she revived the first Pyro Archon, Xbalanque, as part of a bargain.

• Existence Erasure: Ronova has shown the ability to "kill" non-living structures, such as pocket dimensions or spaces created by other Shades like Asmoday.

Enhanced Senses and Clairvoyance: She utilizes crimson rifts in the sky—manifesting as multiple eyes—to observe all of Teyvat from Celestia. She can also display alternate futures, such as the grim fate she showed Xbalanque.

• Stamina: Superhuman to Infinite. She sustained combat against the Seven Sovereigns for four decades.

• Durability: Planet level to Brown Dwarf level. She can withstand attacks from Prime Dragon Sovereigns.

• Absorption (Siphoned a dead bird’s essence into herself after killing it)

• Law Manipulation & Passive Death Manipulation (The Ruler of Death Ronova has absolute authority over the concept of "Death", as she is a shade that representing and embodying the aspect (Law) of "Death" itself. The laws that governing Life and Death are among the most unyielding in the world. She can kill a living being just by her presence and touch, she can even kill pocket dimensions. The Authorities of the Four Shades are said to be the fundamental laws and rule in and of itself, and they cannot be defied. Their power has reached a higher level of reality than the humans' reality, and it is also part of the Universal Law created by the Heavenly Principles that governs all)

• Descender Physiology (Ronova, the Ruler of Death, is one of the Four Shades and a projection of the Heavenly Principles themselves, whose the First Descender.)

• Ley Lines Manipulation (It was under Ronova's guidance that the Lord of the Night could create the Night Kingdom, a replacement for the Leylines)

• Space-Time Manipulation, Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (It is stated that the Four Shades transcend the boundaries of humanity, which includes; Life, Death, Time and Space.)

• Attack Potency: Planet level (Tier 5-B). She is comparable to other Shades like Istaroth and the Dragon Sovereigns, whom she helped defeat in a 40-year war.

• Speed: FTL (Faster Than Light) to Sub-Relativistic. Her status as a Shade allows her to exist beyond normal Teyvatian limitations.

Standard Equipment: Mors-Samsara(Manifestation of order not physically having it since Anos has the real thing)

Ronova, also known as Tuonetar by the Frostmoon Scions, is the Ruler of Death among the Four Shades of the Heavenly Principles. As the Ruler of Death, Ronova governs over the laws of death in Teyvat. She has the power to freely define the form of death for any entity in Teyvat, or may even deny it altogether, such as when she cast the curse of immortality on the pure-blooded Khaenri'ahns.

Ronova helped Natlan establish their rules and gave guidance to Yohualtecuhtin, Lord of the Night, in creating the Night Kingdom. She had done this out of an expression of love and act of reparation, but these actions were considered to be overstepping her authorities as a Shade and it displeased the Heavenly Principles. After being censured by the Heavenly Principles, she "succumbed to self-pity" and became increasingly indifferent to the fate of the land.