#ardenne

I finally finished a piece of my Genshin oc! His name is Ardenne, and he’s originally from Fontaine. He is a traveler of sorts but has settled down in Liyue for a short while. Ardenne currently works for the Bubu Pharmacy as an assistant to Baizhu, occasionally tending to the front desk in the stead of it’s normal employees. If ever one was to come across him, they would find he is soft-spoken, yet quick-witted, never one to pass up a good-natured quip.

He is a dendro catalyst who blatantly refuses to answer queries about his past. Oddly enough, Ardenne insists upon making himself scarce each Sunday. On Mondays, however, he always seems strangely refreshed and smelling slightly of salt and something earthy.

Karnabo from Ardennes folklore.

The Karnabo resembles a man but with an elephant's trunk for a nose and the eyes of a basilisk. The breath of the creature is said to be able to paralyse men and kill animals. Local men are said to have walled the creature up in its lair, a slate quarry, after it abducted a young girl. Folklore states that the moans and trumpet of the creature can be heard during thunderstorms.

The Karnabo story is known in the lower Meuse valley in the Franco-Belgian Ardennes. In folklore the Karnabo is described as the sexual offspring of a demon (in other accounts a 67-year-old ghoul) and a Bohemian who travelled across the Ardennes in ancient times. In some accounts the Bohemian was a powerful sorcerer who cast many spells upon the people and animals of the Ardennes. Before leaving the area for good he passed some of his powers onto the Karnabo, including the making of spells and the ability to cure whitlow on Good Friday.

The Karnabo is said not to attack humans ordinarily though it has to power to render unconscious those that pass close by its lair and to kill animals by means of whistling through its trunk.