#asteriya

Full Name: Asteriya

Pronouns: She/Her

Fandom: Genshin Impact

Asteriya is a goddess of her own world, a planet far from Teyvat. She is a very benevolent goddess who truly loves and adores her people, and she has done her very best to give them everything they could possibly need to thrive under her care. She has a counsel of trusted individuals who administer her rules, especially when she isn't available. She founded a rehabilitation zone for those who had done wrong or simply lost their way, and she provides shelter, food, and a valuable job while they get back on their feet and learn to be a good member of society again.

Riya regularly travels to other worlds. While she's there, her main goal is to exchange information with the locals, helping everyone in the process. She's more than happy to share the wealth of knowledge she's learned over the years of traveling, and if possible, she arranges trade routes between her home world and the new one. Unfortunately, not everyone is so welcoming of a stranger, so she often conducts her learning in secret, blending in as one of the locals. This is how she ends up in Teyvat, becoming trapped by the same god that trapped the Traveler.

She has a variety of powers as a goddess, though she doesn't often use them in Teyvat. She can create things out of a special material that she can manipulate as though it were clay, and she uses this to experiment and learn, copying techniques and figuring out how things work. She can also, of course, craft things from the gem-like substance to gift to her friends. Another of her abilities is changing her shape, something that comes in handy when she needs to mask her identity, though she primarily uses this ability to change the color of her hair.

Upon arriving in Teyvat, she wandered aimlessly around Mondstadt, absorbing the new culture until the Stormterror crisis led her to joining forces with the Traveler. Once it was time to move on, Riya chose to accompany them to Liyue, and then to Inazuma, helping to solve the crises along the way. As a goddess devoted to change and growing, she was horrified by the current state of affairs in Inazuma. Fortunately, they soon discovered a solution, and she accompanied the Traveler into the Plane of Euthymia the second time, to face the Shogun in battle. This is where she first met Ei.

After all was said and done and the Traveler was ready to move on to Sumeru, Riya had difficulty turning her back on Inazuma and Ei herself. As much as her desire to learn more urged her onwards, she chose to stay behind, at least for a little while. Having earned the trust of Ei and her familiar, Yae Miko, she insisted upon visiting Ei weekly, bringing her a different treat from the outside world each time. Eventually, she won her over, and the electro archon agreed to go out with her to see Inazuma's current state - and having a surprising amount of fun in the process. Slowly but surely, Riya coaxed her out more and more, determined to show Ei how wonderful the world could become if given the chance to flourish. She won Ei's friendship, and eventually, her heart.

In the meantime, Riya grew close to Yae Miko, as well as her lover, Asami, the current incarnation of Miko's soulmate. She shared the weird and wonderful things she had learned from other worlds with them, and gained insight on the best ways to soften Ei's eternally frozen heart. After some not-so-subtle hinting from Miko, Riya realized that she had been developing a crush on Asami, who was also falling for her, and asked her friend out on a date. This is how a polycule officially formed between Ei, Miko, Riya, and Asami. She would later be instrumental in helping Asami, the only mortal member of the polycule, to become immortal as well.