#adepti

Ah, Cloud Retainer’s empty nest syndrome rears its head again. At leasts this Razor!MC is able to articulate that they have a pack/lupical and that their father is Boreas. (That does not stop the adoption attempts. The other adepti are sighing at Cloud Retainer’s antics.)

Maybe have Razor!MC visit the adepti after talking over it with Boreas? Have them be their aunts and uncles (and give Liyuens the opportunity to see Razor!MC and mistake them as an adeptus). (Mondstadt is exasperated at the Liyuens. Why are they so deferential to Razor!MC. That is a wild child. Who just made a member of the Lawrence family cry by insulting them flawlessly. Have a biscuit.)

~ 🐸-anon

The Adepti and Boreas have shared guardianship rights over Razor!MC, Cloud Retainer somehow got it to happen.

And yes, I love how Liyuens would show way more respect to Razor!MC compared to most Mondtsadtians. I mean, wild child they may be but they show way more intelligence and kindness than certain people. *squints eyes at assholes from the Lawrence clan*

Why was Razor!MC in Liyue? I dunno. How was Razor!MC mistaken as an adeptus? Probably by acting wolf-like or being followed around by wolves. If we’re going with the shapeshifter!Razor, then maybe someone saw them shift?

~ 🐸-anon

Hmm... maybe they're in Liyue cause of a missing wolf pup? Maybe a Treasure Hoarder or some Liyuian Poacher stole one away so Razor!MC and some wolves are in Liyue to recover it?

Cue Cloud Retainer or Xiao coming across a wolf ear boy, who was holding a whimpering wolf pup, and some growling wolves scaring some Treasure Hoarders in submission.

Cloud Retainer has only one thought. Baby. That is a baby adeptus-

This is short

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200 years before canon started, Bosacius!MC had saved a village.

This village greeted him warmly and the children climbed over his body and limbs.

Somehow... despite it all, he gave them his name and he didn't change their memories so they'd forget him...

He gave them his name and said they need only call his name and he will appear.

Over the course of the next few weeks they called his name everyday just to hang out with him.

At first he was nervous but over time he relaxed. He visited them every day, even without them calling his name.

He loved this village, and they loved him. He was... he was happy.

Did he deserve it?

No, he knows he doesn't. He's selfish and greedy and he didn't deserve any of this warmth or kindness.

But the village kept calling him back and he felt so guilty when he made the children cry, so he kept coming back over and over. And eventually he realized that the village had decided to take him in, had essentially adopted him.

The villagers... they loved him, and he loved them.

He visited them day after day.

He wept when one of them died.

He cheered when a new life was born.

He protected the village from all threats.

Bosacius!MC was HAPPY for the first time in... centuries.

He even went into his illuminated beast form (dragon like, purple, six legs, horns, no wings) and the village still accepted him.

Then canon came, everything in Liyue + Inazuma + the chasm happened.

And then after Sumeru the Traveler + Paimon were adventuring and they came across this village. They saw Bosacius!MC sitting down, kids clambering over his form.

And so Traveler and Paimon RAN.

They went back to Liyue, and they tracked their friends down (the adepti + Zhongli + Xiao were all together on the mountain where Cloud Retainer's abode is)

(They all totally think Traveler and Paimon are lying at first and Xiao is especially enraged/desperate when Traveler and Paimon first relay the info)

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Meanwhile Bosacius!MC had convinced the entire village to act as if they never knew him, never heard of him, never even saw him. When asked why he says that people are looking for him and he wants to hide.

Cue the village misunderstanding that people are hunting Bosacius!MC to HURT him. So they agree and Bosacius!MC hides in the shadows, going back to the chasm to hide away.

No one will find him.

He can't bare to see THEIR (Zhongli + Xiao + Adepti) faces.

Can't bare to see them look at him with hatred.

Can't bare to see them blame him.

He can't.

He wants them to think he's dead.

Because it's better when they think he's dead.

He deserves to be hated, he knows.

But he doesn't wish to see it.

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Uhhhh...

Oops?

He's hiding away.

Also the kids of the village are a myriad of ages and some of them have looser lips than others mixed with the village misunderstanding and thinking people want to HURT Bosacius!Mc...

ya...

Also he has a hiding spot in the forest near the village, and he hides away there too sometimes but usually it's in the Chasm. Also he WILL show up if someone calls his name, no matter who else is there.

Let's say a kiddo is in danger and screams his name, he's there and using his powers to get rid of the monster, the kid hoisted up on his hip, and he's protecting the kid.

Soooo ya

This was the second part

Very short

I'm tired and I feel like shit but that's ok!! I managed to get this bit out luckily

Anyways hope this made sense, feel free to add or take away whatever

-🦔 anon

Holy- that was fast! I didn't expect another part so soon!

Oh, but Bosacius!MC, honey, I hate to say this, but your family WILL find you. They're definitely coming, and they won't stop till they find you.

Year of the Horse 2026 + new crumbs courtesy of Yanfei = horse-girl fixation time!

step one: retranslate "金目乘黄月驹" into ENG because where the heck did the translators get "celadon" from?

Etymology of a Horse Girl

celadon is the white-person name for a light shade of green named for the jade-green colouring of yuezhou ceramics (越州窯/窑) and now used for any green-tinted asian pottery. while these wares can be light enough to appear "white" (light brown or very light green), they are literally called greenware in english AND in chinese (青瓷).

"金目乘黄月驹" (the courtesy title given for the horse lady adeptus) translates literally to:

金 = gold

目 = eye/s (chinese doesn't have separate words denoting singular or plural)

乘 = to ride or mount [a horse]/to bring truth to humanity (in buddhism)/historical records/a war chariot drawn by four horses

黄 = yellow

月 = moon

驹 = a young horse

a literary translation could be:

Golden-Eyed Lunar Foal (dodging the untranslatable "乘" entirely)

Golden-Eyed Foal Who Reveals The Moon (potentially too similar to the title given to Moon Carver)

Golden-Eyed Foal of the Lunar Chariot (awkward because she's actually related to Istaroth)

Golden-Eyed Daughter of the Lunar Chariot (obscures that she herself is a horse)

Enlightened Golden Foal of the Moon (plays on the buddhist & hindu concept of opening one's "third eye" as a metaphor for spiritual enlightenment)

(etc)

i, the-fixated-fan, know that i have had more time and more points of reference on this subject than whatever outsourced team of overworked underpaid translators working on 2025's Lantern Rite event did. "celadon mare" was likely a means of dodging "乘", retaining [yellow], and somehow implying a sense of ancient beauty.

"celadon" still isn't an accurate translation.

i keep finding myself sidetracking lore essays to re-explain this so figured i'd just dedicate a post to it.

the term "adept" is used as a substitute for the word xian (immortal). unfortunately, the localization spent the first few patches dodging the subject of godhood and divine ascension in a suspiciously pearl-clutching manner... despite the game's name and entire premise being the "origins of god(s)".

as a result, it can be confusing for western players to discover that "adepti" is varyingly used as shorthand for

adeptal: something pertaining to the immortals of liyue or the cultivation of immortality.

adeptal/illuminated beast: an enlightened animal (often a mythic creature).

adept: a cultivator of "adeptal arts" (typically martial but not exclusively).

adeptal master: a teacher of adeptal arts or cultivation (typically an immortal).

adeptal lord: an immortal/god who has been recognised as a master of adeptal arts, oft through heroic deeds or the defeating of powerful enemies.

since many characters are multiple types of "adeptus" simultaneously, confusion is completely understandable. hopefully this post can provide clarity on this subject.

"Adeptibeast" = Enlightened Animal

illuminated beasts & descendants thereof: xiezhi (yanfei); qilin (ganyu); baku (mizuki); laumé (lauma).

in chinese folk tradition & fantasy fiction, auspicious beasts are animals whose self-cultivation or mythic origins enable them to take human form. this same process - their enlightenment or "illumination"¹ - additionally grants these beasts supernatural powers. depending on the text, this may or may not grant immortality/godhood.

in some legends, an animal's enlightenment can be achieved by their simply living in close proximity to humans or an especially supernatural place for a long period of time (e.g. 100 years).

by this definition, some inazuman yōkai (yae miko & kirara) and several other regionally specific mythic entities can be considered "adepti".

note: while dragons are traditionally considered as the most auspicious beasts of all, teyvat's dragons are varyingly considered elementals (ancient dragons & vishaps) or mundane beasts (saurians). the themes at play with teyvat's dragons make me hesitate to use cultivation terms with them so i'd advise against it.

Adeptal Acolyte/Student = Cultivator

self-cultivation [of divinity] requires mastery of one's mind, body, and spirit. this is most stereotypically accomplished through studying martial arts and most of liyue's playable humans are acolytes of such "adeptal arts".

technically speaking, every vision bearer is a cultivator. vision stories tell the moments where an allogene first achieved spiritual enlightenment, knowingly or otherwise, and this occurs differently in everyone.

the parallel between the receiving of a vision and enlightenment is evidenced through the third eyes of ascended beasts (marks of enlightenment for the likes of xianyun & kirara) turning into "visions" upon said beasts taking human form.

playable, non-liyuean cultivators of regionally-equivalent "adeptal arts" include: lisa, razor, kokomi, cyno, sethos, candace, clorinde, xilonen, ororon, & tartaglia (ajax).

Adeptal Lord = Deity

an "adeptal lord" is an immortal who has been recognised as a master of spiritual cultivation ("adeptal arts"/onmyōji/elemental magic/etc).

traditionally, such masteries take thousands of years of diligent study spent in hermetic isolation but, in practice, lordship is awarded to any immortal who publically demonstrates great power and finesse. this may be in the form of a heroic deed, the creation of a miraculous work, or the slaying of a powerful enemy.

playable examples include: lord barbatos (venti); rex lapis (zhongli); "the perfected lord who retains the clouds by borrowing the wind" (xianyun); golden-winged lord peng/alatus nemeseos (xiao); almighty narukami ogosho (raiden shogun); the wanderer; lesser lord kusanali (nahida); the great soul of the primordial sea/leviathan judicator (neuvillette); grandmother itztli (citlali); the blue lantern fae (flins); the traveler; disciple of the cosmic calamity (skirk).

beidou's slaying the leviathan haishan & mavuika's punching out an eldritch horror would, indeed, qualify them into the ranks of adeptal lords: the issue is that neither has achieved immortality... yet.

"Adeptus" = Immortal