All Aeons & Emanators Explained! - Honkai Star Rail Lore & Theory

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All Aeons & Emanators Explained! - Honkai Star Rail Lore & Theory

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

What path do you think you would be placed in? I'd probably get Preservation but I think Ena is the coolest looking - Also I'm aware Aeons are genderless beings so my bad its purely out of habbit I sometimes used she and he terms

[@Aizen2468]

Abundance, because it goes with mah job >_

[@G-jx9gr]

IX, because he is the goat, in hsr game i'm only play kafka, black swan, acheron and fu xuan for tank. All Nihility character are Awesome🌀

[@kayleighdriessen]

In the Path of Preservation.

[@unknownquestion7688]

with my morality and wanting peace in my life. Harmony for sure

[@NessunDorma2]

Preservation or Harmony

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

Tazzyronth has one of the saddest lores among the Aeons. Poor guy just wanted some friends, so desperate to have some friends, they started self replicating and became a god born out of loneliness

[@obsidianstar9089]

He was the last of his kind, I really hope he can find joy(in the lore)

[@GenshitInfantNo.69Glazer]

also one of the strongest aeons bro literally took 4 aeons to kill him

[@notrealatall810]

Still hate him because of his bugs lol

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

@@notrealatall810 That's the very reason why it was ganged up by the other Aeons in the first place 😅😅

[@needless974]

​​@@idontspeakjapanese6289mf was so annoying that every aeon had to go against the mofo Edit: I think even IX had something to do with Tazy death or did i read the Simluated Uni wrong

[@savagepanda268]

there's been a Joke is that HooH the Aeon of Equilibrium and their Arbiters are just the Devs, maintaining the balance of all things within the game like Equilibrium made sure the enemies become stronger as our own characters become stronger as well.

[@xyndraxyndra9645]

you could argue that all of the Aeons are devs/player types

[@Noaaaa3]

Dude probably just nerfed Tayyzyronth so that Qlipoth can kill them

[@wildfire_]

with what they did with acheron, that's not equilibrium that's abundance because we're all turning into mindless zombies.

[@fiqq_riz_]

I thought you're gonna say he's Thanos🤣

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

And Shaoji is the Aeon of Enigmata, change my mind

[@worstpartis20068]

we just gonna ignore that time Nanook shortly after ascending tried to time travel, but got stabbed a bunch of times by Aha and their Masked fools

[@nyommm]

i think Nanook was actually stabbed by Luocha/someone related to him, not a masked fool (?) the recording that talks about this mentions a fool nanook fought with and Luocha’s kit refers to him as one+his counterpart otto was referred to as a fool in hi3 also said fool fought with a rapier, which is luocha’s weapon (and he is very mysterious and was one of the main players in hi3, so he’s more likely to be cause something like this than some random masked fool)

[@notme8652]

Nanook: time to time travel Aha: hey you can't do that!

[@randomdude6446]

​​@@nyommmNope it's aha confirmed in su lore plus otto never met nanook and luocha has no reason to fight him either his enemy is yaoshi

[@nyommm]

@@randomdude6446 k

[@Gesfalthe]

I thought this was one of the entries propagated by followers of the enigmata?

[@gooddoggo2831]

the Aeon of nihility is not “the embodiment of depression” it’s nihility. There’s also a second faction with nihility called the doctors of chaos. essentially when you look at IX you have two results either you reject nihility yet ultimately believe it, you get a self annihilator. But if you see IX and get inspired then you become one of the doctors of chaos. Their goal is to actually make IX see there is value in the universe. Basically self annihilators are forced to feel the ideals of nihility while the doctors of chaos fully accept the ideal of nihility and are fine with it. Also

[@Huyrrou]

What's interesting about the Doctors of Chaos is that they are essentially trying to kill IX. An Aeon isn't allowed to diverge from their Path, or something bad would happen to them. If IX ever stop being nihilistic, it's gonna die. They should look for another solution, which is Aha. Elation in some way a form of Nihility, so just chuck Aha into IX, have them merged.

[@xiangzihua]

​@@Huyrrouthere's a third faction called Device IX

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

I think you got those backwards, the doctors and the annihilators. Doctors don't accept nihility. Annihilators do.

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

Also, to argue that nihility is not a manifestation of depression is to be overly rigid and insincere. Nihilism is not conducive to any mindset besides pessimism, boredom, hopelessness, and stagnation. It is the narrative and metaphorical black hole of Depression.

[@Mandango]

@@ShadowPhoenix82optimistic nihilism anyone?…

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Nihility (IX) embodies nihilism / apathy, not depression

[@ArturioBardi]

Yes but isn't Apathy a symptom/type of depression?

[@box15ck]

@@ArturioBardi not really? its more like someone with depression may have apathy, but someone with apathy doesn't necessarily have depression. the exact definition of nihilism is that life is meaningless, but this does not necessarily mean if life is meaningless, why should we live? some people can take this as life is meaningless. therefore, that we should find meaning in life. the latter idealogy is taken by the doctors of chaos, followers and believers of the path of nihility.

[@ArturioBardi]

@@box15ck oh, ok. I haven't started studying that part of psychology so I may have interpreted some stuff incorrectly. My bad

[@w1nther930]

In my opinion, Nihility is often regarded as "bad" because it seems to disregard human nature. There is no "meaning", meaning is a concept we've come up with. In the grand scheme of things, the universe has no meaning for existence, it just does. That's why we can't understand it, as we give meaning to everything. IX is just the extreme version of that, because if nothing has meaning, why should it even do anything? This is also why there CAN exist an emanator of Nihility, because of Acheron's role. She exists in Nihility, and watches others depart to it, and that is called "absurd and meaningless". Nevertheless, Acheron still exists and serves that purpose without meaning, just like how the universe exists without meaning

[@longps9528]

It's for the LOLs

[@moises16]

I have a theory that Elio is either an Emantor of Finality or the Aeon himself desguised since Elio seems to know about future and prophesized about the MC battling Nanook. Also, no Aeon seems to care about a guy who can literally see the future or have gazed upon Elio as far as we know.

[@joobin814]

Imagine elio is the trailblazer we currently play as. We left the stellaron hunters a script of how the game will progress as we found out in our first playthrough, and then we decided to newgame+ ourselves.

[@Kuwukuru]

Hmm nice theory ​@@joobin814

[@rick30521]

@@joobin814 I don't think they'll repeat Honkai Impact's captain storyline though, like, in that game, the "captainverse" is basically just 2 halfs of the same captain looking for Valkyries that he values, no idea how he split himself but he did it a few times, to the point he lost his memories multiple times and took some time to recover them and saved the Valks that were supposed to be with him. With both captains having their own crew, apparently they fought, Idk how that ended though, since I didn't play the events.

[@Aryasvitkona]

​@@rick30521I think Joobin has the potential to be right, mainly because I feel like you misunderstood. I feel like Elio could be a simulation of the Aeon, then the Aeon made *themselves* a Stellaron and is the one that gets slapped into the shell of the MC. There is no real Elio that still exists, but because he could see the future he literally pre wrote everything and gives the script to the Stellaron Hunters when they need the info. It's less the Aeon trying to refind himself or anything, but that he realised for him to make the universe most beneficial to him, he needed to introduce a new variable as every potential future was negative for him. Thus, he basically made the MC basically, as that variable. And in doing so he had to expend so much power that it basically left him a near worthless shell of an Aeon.

[@greygozhost]

​@@joobin814that would be turned into typical gacha mc trope

[@dan_chen]

Funfact: Lan was actually a Xianzhou native who made a pact with a heliobus called Flint Emperor and ascended into Aeonhood with it's power

[@rickelmehanwinckel2699]

Don't take ALL the things the game says as a truth The characters don't know everything, and this especially is a myth to justify why they helps humans

[@Gesfalthe]

The pact between them did NOT make Lan into an Aeon. An individual must embody a certain concept so strongly that they ascend into a higher level of consciousness, becoming something akin to a sentient celestial body to be classified as an Aeon. Flint Emperor merely helped Lan travel further down their own path. If Lan did ascend into what we now know as the Hunt, shouldn't the Flame Emperor ascend as the Hunt as well since you worded it in that context. Now that I think about it; OP, are you a fictionologist? The misinformation is strong with this one.

[@dan_chen]

@@Gesfalthe damn history fictionologists are actually kinda fire though

[@Khann_2102]

An Emanator of Enigmata I see

[@yixo]

An unnamed Xianzhou native hero, really, REALLY hated the abundance. He was willing to let living starfire into his body just to kill more of them. Those 2 combined ascended as Lan the hunt. It doesn't take you to be a celestial body, you just need to be obsessed enough with something to the point reality starts to break. Nanook was at least presumably just a random guy whose entire planet got molested. Also Nous is a toaster.

[@Marbeary]

Aha is the most unique concept technically a God that is only purpose was to troll the universe. Will inflict destruction and chaos just to get a laugh.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Yeah I agree very curious what they do with aha

[@TPLR15]

And yet the most scary

[@w1nther930]

Aha is just plain scary. It's like humor without any bounds. Blowing up a planet will get Aha to laugh, but that planet ain't gonna be laughing

[@PureLunari]

@@w1nther930 And that why Herta cannot be elated whenever she thinks about Aha.

[@ShinyMineral7231]

I like that about aha and the fact that he and xipe were the closest thing to a friend for akivili, aha cried when akivili died, and xipe in the SU was happy to see akivili again, i liked that.

[@nothmm8582]

HooH The Equilibrium is probably the strongest Aeon that will ever exist. If anything tries to kill it or absorb it, HooH will just wipe them off the face of the Universe to maintain Equilibrium. It is also the Aeon who keeps every other Aeon in check, if HooH didnt exist Aha would have turned the universe into chaos, Mythus and Nanook would have destroyed the universe and so on.

[@gooddoggo2831]

I wouldn’t go as far to say that. HOoh would likely not kill the Aeon to retain the equilibrium. Remember aeons cannot act outside of their path. For example if the Aeon of the hunt were about to kill the Aeon of abundance HOoh might intervene. HOoh is foundational to the aeons but that doesn’t mean they’ll just kill aeons.

[@nothmm8582]

@@gooddoggo2831 if an Aeon wants to kill HooH that means they want to destroy the Equilibrium which would be reason enough for HooH to act against them. He doesn't have to do it himself,he can make the other Aeons do it for him

[@zachattackgaming2327]

​@@nothmm8582 I mean who's to say anything can even approach him. Knowing that HooH has to keep everything in checks and balances they probably know everything about everything in order ro keep said balance. HooH is similar to (bruh how did i forget its name. Uh the eridition aeons) except that aeon seeks to learn, predict, and understand everything while HooH already knows everything because thats how they would keep balance.

[@Extra-Celestial7]

HooH created Mythus to balance out Nous.

[@honkai1424]

​@@nothmm8582 Killing an aeons don't kill his path so the equilibrium will not be destroy

[@finalfantasymad]

28:48 Herta is confirmed to be an Emanator of Erudition. It is confirmed by Silver wolf at the very start of the game when you use Kafka to look at the Herta poster. Most people miss this and/or don't have a clue what it means or implies at the time.

[@braken63]

Being blessed by Nous is not the same as being an Emanator. Still,if anyone is,four sure it's her.

[@finalfantasymad]

@@braken63 She isn't just blessed. She is outright stated as being an emanator of erudition. Directly from the tutorial of the game. Inspect the portrait of Herta. Kafka: "Whos this? Herta? SW: "Yeah" Kafka: "She looks so young. She was already famous in the last Amber Era, No? She has to be at least 100 years old. SW: "She is a member of the genius society and an Emanator of Nous the Erudition. She can probably age backwards if she wanted.

[@jinx3709]

Then the game decided to treat an emanator of nous, a kurukuru 🤣

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Yes I did state that I'm fairly certain but yes she is

[@JRAP47]

​@@TheGamerChronicles999but now you have confirmation 😊

[@XieronDraxin]

Robin might be an Emanator of Harmony. The game briefly mentions that her voice isn't actually a voice, but a resonance with Harmony. Since Harmony is disrupted in Penacony at the time that we visit, this is why her voice is out of whack. It can't resonate with Harmony properly bc the Family is so discordant right now.

[@MajorLawliet]

??? You don't need to be an Emanator to make use of powers related to a Path, though? That's just being a Pathstrider. Emanator is having some measure of power from the Aeon themselves, though how much is entirely up to the Aeon.

[@gridselix]

coming soon Sunday is an emanator of harmony we need to fight as a boss.

[@kontters]

​​@@gridselixi think he's more likely to be an emanator of order, while robin would be an emanator of harmony. if you look at their designs, you can notice a lot of similarities between sunday and ena, and then if you look at robin and the three dots on her cheek, the colors are really similar to xipe's halo.

[@kontters]

​@@gridselixplus, just look at sunday's boss design and then look at ena. if he's not connected to them in any way i will be very surprised

[@iwanttosleep4506]

​@@kontters But didn't Xipe absorb Ena? So how can Sunday be an emanator of order?

[@qwertyqwert2818]

Fun fact: Aha is the one who gave nanook his scar, so aha literally fucked with nanook just for the funsies

[@lemonyz420]

Aha really doesn't give a shit

[@rossalbertdelacruz6751]

​@@lemonyz420 I mean THEY'RE a troll

[@L16htW4rr10r]

What existential crisis did to you...

[@bobuxman1434]

He doesn't give a single fuck about anything, he would do anything to have fun. Remember how he blew up the astral express? Or how made a worm an emanator of Elation and have godlike powers?

[@inFayt_Lies]

what. Wasn’t it hinted that it was Luocha (Otto Apocalypse) that gave Nanook thosr wounds? IIRC Aha only screwed with the Annihilation Gang’s plans to kill IX & directly led to Akavili’s demise.

[@theunknown1760]

Tazzyronth: more multiply Aeons: he needs to go

[@oventuster5591]

i think the difference between destruction and finality is if the universe is destroyed, it still can be built again, but if it ends, it can never begin again.

[@danielnagy8419]

I can see what you mean. For me, what immediately came to mind was "Destruction is an act. Finality is a concept." It's pretty much the same what you said tho. Destruction can't get rid of existence, of time and space, of life as a concept. Finality can.

[@drpaimon2369]

But, considering that Terminus is moving back in time, I don't think THEY actually want the universe to end. And if we allow hi3rd connections (yes I know Finality is written different for both games in CN.), we can take Finality as a test for worthy civilisations. But worthy for what? What if, Terminus was born right at the end of the universe? Like the universe ending caused them to be born, and because at the end of the universe, time just stops existing, at their birth Terminus could literally only go one way in time. Back in time, because at their birth, there was no future, only a past to go to. Maybe it's now trying to prevent the end by scattering warning throughout the universe?

[@arvimnrioveros2859]

​@@danielnagy8419that's what I thought at first but when I remembered the secret ending at the herta space station which mentioned Elio in the credits, I had to think twice... I had to believe that destruction does not mean the end of the world but the collapse of matter (not existence cuz that will be IX) and Finality would be the end of the Universe but not the universe itself, but the HSR universe, in other words, the end of the game where we might see the credit roll one last time... Just a theory though, no proof or evidence

[@zbloodwhisper]

seeing the order/harmony segment after 2.2 is surely something...

[@silentspirit8923]

The lore of the Aeons are fascinating. And the way they operate is also interesting. Like if two paths overlap, one of those paths would eventually be absorbed into the more dominant one. If an Aeon strays from the path, then they face consequences for doing so. How one ascends to an Aeon is a mixed bag, like Nanook became an Aeon after the destruction of his homeworld and Aha became one after climbing the Imaginary Tree (I think) and laughing at a baby falling. Tazzyzronth basically became an Aeon because they were lonely. It's all really interesting....

[@arvimnrioveros2859]

What's more interesting is the replies from other comments with the theories they gained from who knows where LMAO I'm glad someone mentioned the birth of Aeon Aha though, I read the same paragraphs like 7 times in the lore cause I was confused as to how he was born only to conclude that it has no common sense and just a- *Baby falls* Aha: Lmao Also Aha: Becomes aeon 😂

[@silentspirit8923]

@@arvimnrioveros2859 Aha is an interesting case. I mean, this is the same guy who pretended to be a Nameless and goes on to blow up the Astral Express when Akivili was around.

[@windwaker407]

I almost wonder if assimilation is actually theoretically common. We know Xipe assimilated Ena, but is that because that is naturally what happens to two aeons of converging paths, or is it precisely because Xipe is an aeon of harmony and merging together is ultimately the more harmonious thing to do when paths overlap. Would the same happen with any other Aeon?

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

This is my take, the reason why the Aeons are so far the most interesting deities in the Hoyoverse games is because they are the physical embodiment of a concept, or a philosophy which is entirely different from the Archons and Herrschers. Not to mention they actually feel like Gods, you know they are silently watching and they don't appear as much but each time they decide to show themselves its very epic

[@silentspirit8923]

@idontspeakjapanese6289 maybe that's why a person can draw a gaze of an Aeon, but different circumstances are for the Emanators specifically

[@xyndraxyndra9645]

11:52 it isn't weird, as Order and Harmony are essentially the same with a different coat of paint (Order is just Harmony without the veneer of kindness) Finality and Destruction are different: just because something is destroyed doesn't mean it's reached its finality, and something reaching it's finality doesn't mean it's destroyed

[@Doflaminguard]

Yeah, Finality is The End. Destruction of something doesnt mean the End as something might be born from a thing's destruction.

[@bred9901]

​@@DoflaminguardI reckon the Trailblazer might unlock unplayable paths later on, such as the Enigmata for lore purposes. "Infinity has no beginning, no beginning has no end." As someone said, Finality is the end of all things, but what of Enigmata, in which all things have no end? What is the end of the 'end' if not the start? If something ceases to be, it either is gone or changed completely, with creation being the complete opposite of destruction. In this case, the trailblazer might be put out of commission by one of the Finality-related Aeons, emanators, or pathstriders, and will eventually stride the path of the Enigmata to stop the Finality, and might ascend to Aeonhood as the Aeon of Origin, having experienced the culmination of death and birth, the end and beginning, and thus creating the first and final 'start' of all things.

[@thepieofyourlife4799]

True, sometimes, destruction brings a new path. A destroyed wood would become splinters. A destroyed paper could become ash. But Finality is the end, there is no next after it. If you think about it, Finality is related to perfection. Cause what is next after something becomes perfect?

[@opalglass8101]

I'm thinking the Trailblazer will be turned into an aeon at the end of the game in order to defeat Nanook. because an aeon can only die if absorbed or killed by another aeon, right? Also, wouldn't it be utterly freaky if Ena disguised herself as Xipe? Like, there was never a Xipe, and it has always been Ena...

[@ColorlessKing790]

Imagine there will be a term of 'God Slayer' in HSR. Someone who is not a God but can kill God, I think that the reason MC obtaining so many path They design to kill an Aeon like Nanook, that just my theory how HSR during the final chapter.

[@raidenmakoto7168]

I think Elio is either the Finality itself or an Emanator of it with his ability to map out future events through his script. I think at the end, we’ll see the trailblazer thwart Nanook’s universal destruction event which is probably what created the Finality in the first place. At that point, the TB will ascend to become the Aeon of Origin to symbolize a new future for the universe beyond destruction.

[@Aizen2468]

I think that would be kinda lame if we have to kill Nanook the same way that other Aeons have been killed in the past. 'Become an Aeon, because only they can kill other Aeons' Which plays against what Kafka was hinting, of potential secret and unheard of methods for killing Aeons.

[@fightorflight2279]

My theory was that Nanook could be destroyed with his own creations. Collecting the stellarons will be important for trailblazer

[@afiqjohny4017]

Nah i don't like the idea about Trailblazer being an Aeon just to defeat another Aeon. Its will more interesting if Trailblazer can defeat Nanook without become one of them or in the end of the story, Trailblazer can rules over Aeons by gaining highest authority than Aeons

[@AyaCnn]

Aha is a very fitting name for the Aeon of Elation, bringing chaos into the universe just to get a laugh. Aha indeed.

[@Artwolf007]

*elation

[@AyaCnn]

@@Artwolf007 Sorry my bad, I'll edit the comment

[@katherinecai3017]

They even rickrolled us 😢

[@RoyalTfrii]

I have a guess that Sampo is an avatar of Aha with how he breaks the 4th wall in the jarilo-6 quest ending and how he seems to be following the trailblazers everywhere they go as seen with him being mentioned in the Loufu and him somehow being in the penacony dreamscape during black swans quest and sparkle impersonating him in the main story quest

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Or maybe that's just the power of all Masked Fools?

[@koinglmao4059]

He wants to be a side character in our story so bad

[@sofialu226]

All Masked Fools break the 4th Wall. Sampo, Giovanni and Sparkle, the three broke it at one point. But I GENUINLY want Sampo to be an Emanator of Elation, he Getting his Mask back from Sparkle gives me so much hope to at least get a 5* Sampo, he is my favourite Character in all Star Rail

[@_mako]

sampo was never in penacony, it was sparkle all along. idk why people have the idea that he was when she literally reveals herself at the end

[@w1nther930]

@@_mako I guess you didn't pay attention at all in Black swan's and Sparkle's companion quest (or just didn't play it). Sampo was in penacony and was there for Sparkle to give him a key to the tavern, the base of the masked fools, so he could get back his mask

[@LittleProtege]

I got really interested in Idrila after meeting Argenti. I really wonder if they ever existed in a specific form in the first place. That the reason they disappeared was a lie to cover up that the idea of beauty is truly up to the individual, not a collective idea. Sorry if there was stuff I missed I’m still catching up on reading lore bits.

[@poca2481]

if you look at argenti’s e6 eidolon art, you’ll see a person behind him which is most probably idrila, so yes, they prob exist

[@Leothemoose]

This probably wasn't intended but this video is a great way of introducing the timeline of events in HSR and it kinda shows that the overall plot down the line started long ago. This is a chain of events, The Swarm Disaster - a ravaging universal imbalance. The Aeons step in to solve it and return "balance" but this...disorder, entropy, whatever, cannot be killed. It has now manifested in a different way, Nanook the Destruction, just like Tazzyronth, I think his presence and threat will grow to be a universal threat and that is when we will learn a "truth" about the Star Rail Universe and our trailblazer

[@blitzcha0s308]

Isn't Tazzyronth and Oroboros the ultimate stalemate. One has endless hunger while the other can supply infinite food.

[@Doflaminguard]

Yup but their battle spanned galaxies which attracted the attention of Ena. This in turn turned into bullying of Tayzzyronth fighting 1 vs many. Because of this one sided battle, HooH interfered to balance and basically controlled Aha to create chaos within the Alliance vs Tayzzyronth.

[@marcusbullock2753]

Is it safe to say the mask aeon is just a huge troll😂 like damn bro they will meme till the end of time to mess with people.

[@testogel85]

Aha, the ultimate cosmic shitposter

[@Extra-Celestial7]

He's the Aeon of 4Chan.

[@starryskies0]

The expert troll aeon They’re my favourite

[@Supreme-King]

What if Finality is made of or split into multiple other Aeons? We have 3 existing Aeons that bring the end: Destruction, Nihility and Voracity lead to the destruction, erasure and consumption of existence. Maybe I have been reading too much Lord of Mysteries lately but it feels like we have lesser entities presiding over fragments of domains of true cosmic gods. The more of HSR's story comes out the more I think Shaoji is a Cuttlefish fan.

[@fightorflight2279]

What's Cuttlefish? Is that a show?

[@sophiecheng2384]

​@@fightorflight2279 name of the author

[@gunturcokrohadi1009]

It's a good novel. Lord of mystery

[@quantranhong1092]

I wish they will include knowledge power in Throne of Arcana from Cuttlefish too😂

[@heromobslp1096]

This is actually a very interesting theory

[@christopherclayton5500]

Long is indeed dead, which is why the path of Permanence was able to be broken into Abundance and... I forget what else off the top of my head.

[@xiangzihua]

I think this is farfetched

[@christopherclayton5500]

@@xiangzihua The Path splitting? It is stated explicitly somewhere, though I forget where.

[@leonidesbabanto1585]

@@christopherclayton5500 Propagation did take some part of Permanence when they ascended, yes. I don't think it was explicitly stated that Abundance came from Permanence though

[@itsyaboy9829]

Permanence was absorbed by Propagation

[@zanxaa]

Didn't propagation come from permanence?

[@FjChan]

I just felt like march is a path of remembrance since march finding her memories maybe in the future march will encounter fuli herself and maybe march is an emanator who knows? i hope hsr will continue march's story because i really wanna know the outcome of her story

[@Aizen2468]

Gotta say this was a fascinating watch! I find the lore of HSR to actually be pretty fascinating, and deeper the more I read their little collection books in the game. Personally, one path I find very interesting that is often overlooked is the path of the Abundance. Mostly with those that follow her. We all know of Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, as one of the primary antagonists of the Luofu arc. But what we don't hear enough about, but get hinted towards all the time are two mega big races that follow her. The Borisons are a race that are supposedly the primary antagonists for the Xianzhou Fleet. A race whose population numbers exploded after deciding to embrace Yaoshi. And described as basically being the cousins of Foxians, only they're more dog and wolf oriented. Whose numbers are so insane, that they're only stopped from a plague on par with the Swarm due to the Xianzhou keeping their numbers in check. And there's even hints of them having transformations, which gives me werewolf vibes lol! A massive race of werewolves that the Xianzhou have to fight all the time, sounds awesome. And I'd love to see them in game! Also, the Wing Weavers. Which were supposedly a bird like race that once had a gargantuan universal empire in ancient times predating most galactic empires of the present. Followers of Yaoshi, who hope to rebuild their lost empire. Just some really awesome factions there! I'd love to see an Abundance world in the future

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Happy you enjoyed it took almost a month to make so happy someone got some joy out of it 😊

[@gustavomatos6412]

I love Abundance so much. I really think it's funny how Xianzhou demonizes Abundance since they were the ones who sought out Yaoshi to obtain immortality, and when they receive it, they think it's bad when it has consequences after thousands of years of life. In my opinion, Yaoshi is being blamed and hunted for no reason lol.

[@yukimisouzou3036]

Me watching this after the 2.2 story. Oh yeah, that Ena part totally... Happened

[@wiseathena97]

2.2 spoilers!! The way I watched this video the morning of the newest update... only to predict a plot twist with this new knowledge 😭 op youre such a real one for obsessing over Ena lol

[@DrCocofruit]

The aeons are referred with the pronouns of singular 'they/them'. The game emphasises this by italicising when the aeon is being refered with the use of 'THEM' or 'THEY' you can see this in Sunday's voicelines. none of them are he or she, why they take the shape of humanoid figures is unknown, but some of them were beasts before being aeons, so no way are they limited to the stereotypes of what male and female are

[@NeoAstrisk]

All that yappin

[@arnowisp6244]

It's probably how Humans see them.

[@koffee8638]

​@@NeoAstriskthis video is literally abt the lore of aeons u clown lmfao

[@DerillPlays]

I never heard that from Aeon of Beauty, Destruction or Akivili. They/Them felt exclusive to Xipe

[@arnowisp6244]

@@DerillPlays You're right. I always got the impression Idrilla was female.

[@3aalexanderero369]

Sounds like Elio is in the path of Finality that's why it's also called stelleron hunter because there is connection between Finality and Destruction

[@eri55]

Wow you snapped with this one thanks for taking the time to make this!

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Your welcome thank you 😊

[@rcurugan]

"This aeon is crazy, but its kinda hilarious" Do you perhaps follow the path of elation my good sir?

[@LittleLilithLuna]

Can't wait for shaoji to kill most of the cast just for the trailblazer to unlock the nihility path 💀

[@venomantihero3306]

"You're my specialz"

[@melkerbotin7098]

Regarding Terminus, I am fairly certain that there was recently a discovery of some form of cosmic radiation that led some scientist to form a new theory that the universe is in a constant cycle of 'Big Bangs'. First a Big Bang occurs forming the universe, then untold amount of time later the universe once again converges into a single point where the big bang once again occurs and the cycle continues, it's hard to explain for me who is not very into this stuff but you can easily look it up. To me it sounded like the eon Terminus was inspired by this concept hence he has seen the beginning and the end of the Universe. Also awesome video by the way!! :D

[@Khann_2102]

Interesting

[@Clyne69]

Yooo you actually got the order prediction! Never noticed the eye is the real Ena, also never noticed Penacony’s overview map to be an eye. Cool stuff

[@Redishrat_Ch]

Imagine a masked fool.....watching this video.... that would be hilarious

[@taxevasion249]

Nah imagine a history fictionologist watching this and then deciding no one deserves to know any of this

[@Khann_2102]

​@@taxevasion249People who love spreading misinformation are gonna be Emanators of Enigmata so easily

[@xNoyume]

Destruction doesn't always means there's nothing left (= Annihilation). You hear of "destructive war" but there's survivors, later people can grow things back from the earth. While "being anihilated" just means there's nothing left, like a genocide. With destruction comes creation. You can destroy a tower but you will/can build something else there.

[@Ebyruchan]

lmao ngl i already love the beginning of the video bec of the clip you used. I love Couples Retreat, haha. Aside from that, I was confused about some of the aeons so I really appreciate this video!

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Haha watched it bedore I was finishing this video up and decided it fit too well not to add that clip 🤣 happy you the video could help!

[@tomoe-donofanofalot2741]

All of the aeons are really interesting, the ideals of some of these aeons are so fascinating. Your breakdown of these aeons are pretty great👍. My favorite aeons based on design is probably oroboros.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Mine would be Yaoshi

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Thank you 😊 Mine would be Ena I think so much mystery

[@gridselix]

I'm actually waiting for an Aeon for Chaos. Nanook and Aha are not chaos. Nanook is pure destruction while Aha is a troll, path of Joy/Amusement. On the other hand, traditional chaos lacks intentionality. It arises from complex interactions, but it isn’t guided by a conscious force seeking joy or amusement. In general terms, chaos refers to disorder, randomness, and lack of predictability. It often implies confusion and unpredictability.

[@wabbajack8283]

@@gridselix It prob got adsorbed by another Aeon.

[@Khann_2102]

I'd be a follower of Aha fr

[@rusPiglets]

Thanks for that video. I skipped the beginning when I started playing, since I thought this is just a waifu gathering simulator. Which it is, but the amount of lore really slapped me across the face and this video really helped with understanding some of the cosmos entities.

[@lizardwizard8930]

I don't wanna Imagine what trailblazer will go through when they eventually unlock path of nihility 💀

[@evanex3972]

Depression arc gonna go wild

[@battlecatbomb]

Just to mention a thought of my own regarding Terminus and Nanook, their paths are seemingly similar, but one craves the destruction of the universe, one IS the end. Effectively, Nanook’s goal is to kill terminus, and is likely doing so by attempting to destroy futures until one remains. As I see it, Terminus is the one closest to a true God, God who has possibly seen, and molded, the creation of the universe, which now makes me wonder, why haven’t we seen a path based on true creation? ( Yaoshi doesn’t count)

[@arnowisp6244]

If Terminus is the end, Who is the Aeon of Creation. The Beginning.

[@battlecatbomb]

@@arnowisp6244 exactly

[@Caelum_01]

​​​​@@arnowisp6244Still Terminus, An End point can be a new Starting point, thus an Infinite cycles of Origins and Ends (Fun fact: Terminus has 2 definitions, an End point for space and time/Extremity and the other meaning is literally end of the rail road)

[@Zero-zr6xx]

Terminus, IX, Mythus, HooH are the Aeons who are probably in a another level of power compared to other Aeons due to the fact most of their feats can downright affect other Aeons or the "rules" of their power can override other Aeons, most of the other Aeons doesn't really want to interact with them. IX will still live even after the "end" because tbh how can you beat IX? For them is the concept of nothingness and nihilism itself cause killing IX will further prove IX's whole philosophy which creates repeating paradox, (the only way IX gets killed is if a Aeon that proves existence has a purpose rises) then you have Terminus, a literal end point of the universe who somehow travels backwards in time and knows the future, you also have Mythus who can erase concepts and information from the universe. And lastly HooH can bend/change everything just to achieve universal balance. Aeons are scary man

[@AnonWalrus]

W I D E black swan: "another precious memory.... Saves image"

[@arnowisp6244]

The Beauty of Remembrance.

[@rizamboi2776]

I felt like Akivili and Aha is antithesis to Xipe and Ena. Xipe and Ena is Order, Harmony, but also Stillness and Stagnation, Aha and Akivili on the other hand are Freedom, Innovation, and Chaos. Aha might have orchestrated Ena demise or/and Akivili disappearance making Aha the most Chaos of Chaos and Xipe the less Order of Order.

[@weebslegacy]

11:54 I think its mainly due finality does not always end with destruction, it is the end of a journey or story not all ends with destruction some end with a new beginning

[@quaso1949]

It's interesting how in the new update we just saw how there are still remnants of the Order in penacony

[@Khann_2102]

Yeah, an Aeon may be deceased but their path will still exist

[@toaaxxon123]

well we got confirmation of Jing Yuan (and possibly the rest of the generals) being an Emanator of the Hunt

[@QuickQwack]

giving away all your metaphyisical intergalactic power to a small worm for fun is actually mad funny ngl

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Haha right? Literally just to see what will happen

[@lizardwizard8930]

That's why Aha is the goat 🐐

[@janek1031]

It gets even better. THEY did that to see whether a Nobless Worm can get into Genius Society, by turning said worm into an Emantor that possesed unfathomable intelligence. Sadly, the answer was no, nobless worms cannot join Genius Society.

[@QuickQwack]

@@janek1031 having a worm in the genius society would be unimaginably hilarous lmaooo that guy's imagination is out there and I love it

[@wildfire_]

there's actually a pretty big chunk we know about the path of finality thanks to HI3. my guess is that the finality is borne from a galaxy overcome by the nihility or destruction and became ascended into the fermi paradox (the idea that there is a cosmic test or limit that prevents alien civilisations from simultaneously existing). the titular honkai is a sort of manifestation of the finality's will, meant to test and empower civilisations to overcome great odds. the big reason I think finality is the force of adaptation is because of the nature of honkai. we know from interactions with the sugars and sky people that the honkai (primarily the herrschers) adapt to the advancements of the civilisation and can differ between planets because of that. the 13 herrschers leading up to the finality are all adaptations to humanity's current abilities, but are also simultaneously different shades of the herrscher of finality.

[@Powerbomb323]

When we got gazed on by Nanook on the space station, we saw the future. (We saw Stellaron-controlled Cocoliain which we hadnt been on Jarilo VI yet). So I guess you could say THEIR power is able to cross thru time.

[@ForzaJuve9]

Herta is an emanator. If you look at one of her portraits at the very start of the game. Silver Wolf calls her an Emenator of Erudition

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Ya I did state that in the video

[@kmartrewards1429]

8:35 i dont think the express was inactive for thousands of years. Maybe i'm misremembering but mikhail was also on the express before going to penacony so it could be inferred that it was only broken down for a generation unless the flow of time in the dreamscape differs from the rest of the universe.

[@pakboris2268]

We actually know 1 Emanator of Harmony: Dominicus We can see it when Acheron with Welt sneaked in Sunday`s cabinet

[@TalkingSoup]

i think the reason terminus and destruction haven't combined into one is because they represent subtly different paths. destruction is havoc, chaos, and death perpetrated amongst mortal, living beings. nanook wants the destruction of all life and all traces of life. terminus, on the other hand, doesn't seem to actually "want" anything, and instead represents the concept of entropy. if the honkai universe follows the same trajectory as our own, then eventually the universe will experience heat death and reach an end of literally everything--not just life but the end of all matter and energy. finality is the understanding that all things are finite and have an end, a true end separate from the concept of mortal death. i also wonder if maybe terminus and long were involved somehow. permanence goes against the concept of entropy--nothing in the universe lasts forever, therefore nothing can ever be truly permanent. it's possible that permanence died or vanished when it met finality.

[@eshleon4609]

the most interesting for me is finality(might be the honkai) since it might be connected Acheron, a very interesting time travel lore and one of the bridge that connects us to Honkai impact 3rd

[@user-bb7fi7nh1d]

if I understand correctly, then eons cannot be truly killed, Ena still exists inside Xipe, if you look at her dialogue in the simulated universe, you can see that Xipe communicates in red text and Ena in blue, from one book on Lofu you can find Fu Xuan's text about what The pieces of Tayziront prison are trying to come together, the raison existence of the mirror holders is to reassemble Idrila. Kafka mentioned a third way to kill an aeon, perhaps this method can kill an aeon for real and it was in this way that Long or Akivili died, or perhaps they both died in this way (Sorry my english not so good)

[@ipinhathaway]

aeons can be killed but their path is not. in the case of ena, you're right that ena is still exist inside xipe because xipe is the amalgamation of thousands of entities. ena is absorbed by xipe because the colliding of their path like when there's order, there's harmony so the stronger harmony absorb order.

[@misery4388]

Aeon can be killed, but being absorbed doesn't means being killed. It's like making coffee,

[@kirizawa.]

That's actually a nice twist when both fictionologist and memo keepers are in the same place it's like a literal mental gymnastics

[@Hasan-Firas]

Came back from college just now, prepared lunch and now chilling, then I see you've uploaded a 41 minutes long vid, wtf can I even request more than this? Thank you for not making me eat while bored

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

That makes my day cause I do the same thing so glad I can be that channel for someone!

[@jazzyw8455]

Omg that laugh from aha in the fantalia fight is actually so scary and O never even noticed that was there

[@amusician644]

Im pretty sure Aha and Akivili may have been friends at one point considering the bombing was a prank planned by Aha and how Aha when met in the simulated universe sounded sad when he sees the trailblazer(who was disguised as Akivili) despite knowing that the trailblazer is not Akivili(which hints to some theories that the trailblazer may be something left behind from Akivili and the stellaron is used like a battery. We know for one TB was mentored by Kafka and if TB requires a stellaron or several to stay awake then that could explain what happened to all the stellarons stolen by the stellaron hunters)

[@grimm7783]

I just thought aeons can absorb each other if their paths align Like there's order in harmony And that's why xipe can absorb Ena because she can still maintain order while being the aeon of harmony Edit: you got the memokeepers reversed You said every memokeeper is an emanator but it's actually every emanator is a memokeeper but not every memokeeper is an emanator Black swan is not an emanator

[@BernadetteNewberry]

Ooh this video made me realize on Xipe’s close-up that her headpieces look like Ena’s eye (and, by extension, Aventurine’s). Gaiathra Triclops intensifies

[@phongle7245]

My theory is Elio have connect with Aeon of Finality. How he knows what’s going to happen to us (main character) and other characters playing part of the script.

[@jamesroad316]

Me: *steps close to IX* Also me: *nothing changes*

[@InquisitiveMeerkat]

IX is the cutest embodiment of annihilation I’ve ever seen

[@20127461]

The 2.2 tb quest answers the question of if paths existed before eons or eons before paths.

[@Aaaeaeaeeeaeeaeaa]

There’s a theory ratio is the Emanator of aha. His eyes are ahas Color scheme, he has owl motives, just like aha. This owl and overall Greek symbolism makes him very reminiscent of Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategy who often allied with Hermes, a trickster god who a long time ago sprung from pan, a god of insanity. Ratio did not get an invite to Penacony as diamond (?) says to adventuring at the end of story quest he came alone. Ratio was with him tho so did he smuggle himself in? It would also make sense why nous doesn’t gaze upon him and makes him part of the genius society as he is clearly smart enough. Nous simply doesn’t want to take the emanator of another aeon. Ratio is follow up attack, speak elation. And who guessed it, that’s ahas path. Also, most convincing point. Aha would get a kick out of making ratio, a man who despised fools his emanator. That’s his kind of stunt to pull.

[@Paul-vv5ql]

His personality and demeanor contradicts this theory tbh. He is straight forward and doesnt want to entertain what he considers as "fools" long enough. Unlike Sparkle who follows the path, only seeks pleasure and fun. Also gameplay does not follow the lore, as like sparkle's path is harmony but she follows the path of elation, Black Swan too because her gameplay is path of harmony but she follows the path of remembrance.

[@rawr30009]

Nous doesn't just gaze at every genius, nous have a criteria for the genius society, you can be the smartest human ever but nous will never acknowledge when you won't meet their criteria.

[@scyrra9908]

Interestingly Terminus' path Finality shares its name with the entity that attacked Earth in HI3 using the Honkai

[@infernalphantasmlico5280]

Ah yes, Aha, the aeon of gaslighting ☠️

[@materla4102]

haha nice try follower of enigmata

[@aquilesrequiem]

The History Fictionologists made it to the Mythus section it appears. The commentary regarding Mythus being an Emanator of Nous is seemingly sourced from a popular meme, and doesn't have text regarding it in-game. It's in-character and funny, though. Really, we're not supposed to know much of THEM at all other than being born from the Remembrance -it's why Memory Bubbles can be turned into Dream Bubbles. Mythus opens the pathway to endless possibilities and interpretations. THEY'RE kinda cool that way!

[@BernadetteNewberry]

Me before this video: “is Polka Kakamkond connected to Mythus?” Me after: “Is Polka Kakamond Mythus?”

[@Doflaminguard]

Probably or an Emanator. Polka being an Aeon is closer since Mythus ascended to fight Nous. HooH does anything to balance things.

[@cruxxmamy319]

funfact abt aha ascension to aeon hood he climbed a tree of honkai verse (correct me if I'm wrong) and seeing a baby fell from the tree transcending his laughter thru out the universe 😭😭😭thats how bro bcome aeon like aha issa real menace

[@poeticjustice3537]

I wonder if Pom Pom is the aeon of the trailblazer. Watching over the express. It is a good cover being a conductor; hiding in plain sight.

[@Rockalanche]

I'm excited if more playable paths in the game, but I think it's a big task for the development team. They need to either introduce a new gameplay mechanic or figure out a way to use existing mechanics to make the characters of that path feel unique.

[@gustavju4686]

Same. Maybe they will add them in 3.0 like Dendro in Genshin.

[@06lux]

Hello, thank you so so much for this video!! The aeons' lore is super interesting but hard at times to follow in game and piece together, so this is a lifesaver. Quick question, would you consider putting subtitles on the video someday? I know it's quite a big reqiest considering the length of the video so its alright if you don't want to do it, im just partially deaf and the automatic subtitles are messed up at times 🥹

[@Andre-0207]

Very good video! Also loved the theories about the links between some Aeon/their ideals and Genshin's history.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Thank you took alot of work to make so that is very appreciated 😊

[@eleoraukoha3391]

So a crazy thought that just came to my mind that is probably just a crack thought tho but what if elio is actually the aeon of finality, I mean hear me out he somehow seems to know everything that is going to happen and makes scripts for the stellron hunter's so that they can end up with the best possible out come, and like you said in this vedio aeons can change thier appearance and elio is usually depicted as a black cat so it seems kinda suspicious if you ask me. Anyway I don't know about you but to me it seems like he might actually be the aeon of finality or an emenator of finality/remembrance maybe.

[@david_lifeandgames]

Wow I didn't know we could hear Aha's laughter when fighting Phantylia!

[@geraltlewd3474]

Song on 17:15 - The Twilight Realm - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Music Extended

[@rossalbertdelacruz6751]

Some details I found interesting after I saw some shorts: Aha has a body behind the masks and toys in his concept art The real body of Ena is not the puppet but the eye behind the puppet And Nous is a head

[@HZConqueror]

Who knows maybe we will get more playable paths in the future but it’s more likely that just two paths share some stuff like lightcones

[@viieswkit]

Aeons are so cool. Nous is a fave, THEY'RE my goat fr, may THEIR gaze befall upon Sunday ( PLEASE )

[@ucbrowser2447]

I think the concept of Aeons are what makes HSR so interesting, the story seems more open compared to day, GI which is more gorunded

[@aintoni5147]

WAIT AHA was laughing in the battle against phantylia??? guess the music was just too good

[@crablord7934]

The most interesting thing about Fuli's look is that he resembles the silhouette of a Chinese emperor from earlier dynasties. Idk what importance that holds but it's cool.

[@dsfdfsggsgs]

there is a theory that long the permanence was not assimilated, but it give up their meaning when they figure that nothing is immutable, aeos can die too when they go against/don't belive their on path

[@maui.8957]

Nihility Trailblazer boutta go crazy, i will be there

[@keykirsten]

very informative!

[@moo349]

Man what a GREAT video. I can’t imagine how long it took to put together! Really nice work!

[@myaanochan2794]

Bro, I didn’t know Nous was shaped like a human head. I thought it was like a robotic eyeball with wire-like optic nerve

[@ericmogielnicki3101]

Thanks for breaking down the whole game, sometimes it's confusing

[@FirasDuqarael]

Man, it's been 7 months since i last played HSR. I miss the game lore. I'm surprised that the lore didn't change much and practically nothing changed. Anyway, Mythus looks cool. I'm waiting for more lore about Terminus. Even my theory about Terminus and the end of the universe of HSR timeloop and Terminus being from Honkai Impact still stands strong as i see.

[@pondypoo]

Absolutely love the massive lore of HSR. Can’t wait for more updates, Penacony has sealed the deal for me that HSR is the best mobile game for me

[@King_Tap]

i think you forgot that nihility has another faction called the doctors of chaos where they try to prove to IX there is a reason to live despite the lack of meaning in the universe, they try despite the endless cycle of it

[@carnivorousgekkou1388]

Well, since you asked, Herta is actually canonically an Emanator of Nous/Erudition. Silver Wolf mentions that tidbit during her conversation with Kafka in the tutorial iirc

[@easypeasy7268]

Yeah he said herta was an emanator

[@RubyRedJester]

Aha not only gave the worm emanator status but every ounce of power from elatione

[@rogue5648]

1. gesnhin universe is a different universe from hsr but same multiverse, skirk is not emanator of verocity, they wouldnt keep the games lore that coneccted that things happen in between and you need to do both games story to understand one, welt can be understood in hsr without doing hi3 story 2. aha's laughter from the moment they ascened can still be heard through out the universe so no they werent following us