Nibelung

Independent | Selective | Low Activity Lohen of Genshin Impact

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lepushot An independent, selective & low activity portrayal of Lohen from Genshi.n Impact

“Rabbits need dignity and, above all, the will to accept their fate.” ― Richard Adams, Watership Down

The  refusal  of  FATE,  the  pursuit  of  POWER,  the  loss  of  INNOCENCE  and the  joy  of  COMBAT

// Also the implied timeline in Lohen's stories and quest really are quite strange. 'For more than twenty years before Lohen was born, his parents had lived this way, and for more than a decade after his birth, not a single thing had ever disturbed it.' before he was kidnapped. So he was probably 11 or 12. Then, the game mentions it had been a decade since Ursa's attack and Crepus' death. Even with some wiggle room, that still makes Lohen a young adult... but he'd be younger than Diluc becoming a captain if he got the title?

// Lohen's casual cruelty seems to stem entirely from his need for control. He hates the idea of not being in control of his own fate, the idea of being at someone else's mercy. That fear drives his ends justify the means mindset, his underhanded tactics and his love of taking control from others.

And then Rerir humbled him — a loss that drove him over the edge to seek power outside of his own training. To expediate the process, because that sort of loss was devastating to his feeling of safety. In the end, he still gave up the last of the serum because he knew it would be another factor controlling him.