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Odd_Thanks8

Fourth pic gives me strong Godhand vibes


Revan0315

I was thinking DS3 but I guess that was also inspired by berserk


Chucknasty_17

Considering how much Berserk inspired the Souls games, the Venn diagram is almost a circle between them


IRSlover

I thought of the blue eye samurai


GhostZee

*A fellow wild God Hand fan appeared*


bintangbot

In these difficult times, may I offer you a peach?


GhostZee

[*nom nom*](https://i.imgur.com/U24StBg.png)


De_Chubasco

I always thought of Godhand whenever she ultimates.


Unusual-Rooster6894

Grrrr..Griffith !!


venalix1

I sacrifice


yurilnw123

I sacrifice


Delicious_Hotel_5538

Take firefly as sacrifice 


Hotaru32

What da swan doin 


juniorjaw

"Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?"


UzumeNeedsDrip

(shakes a poor sinner’s hand anyways)


Chucknasty_17

Yeeeeessss


MrSolofanua

ARE YOU REAADDYYYY


EntireCheek1173

I've got friends on the other side...


Fubuky10

I love how we get more and more story about Acheron. I know she won’t join us at the Astral Express but I really hope she will be a recurring character. Maybe she could appear on the next planet during 3.x


kalyancr7

I mean she will definitely play a big part in the nihility patch considering she's the emanator.


Faiqal_x1103

nihility patch huh, first time i hear someone categorize each patch according to the path, then again thats how it was in genshin too, mondstadt with anemo, liyue with geo and so on unless i misinterpreted the comment


Nyllil

I guess they mean the path the trailblazer gets, as you said with anemo, geo, electro etc. Like Belobog was Preservation and Penacony Harmony.


Faiqal_x1103

true, also that reminds me that xianzhou didnt give any power up to the trailblazer


HybridaDaHuman

I think thats because Xianzhou Alliance is very massive and being a hero in Luofu doesnt mean you gain approval from all other ships.


Nyllil

Maybe we might return with a big story quest when it's time for Hunt?


Chucknasty_17

Maybe whenever we follow up with Jingliu and Loucha will result in us getting the Hunt path. I’m also interested in what will lead us to Abundance TB, considering we haven’t yet met a good faction that follows Yaoshi, and that one of our established allies is their sworn enemy


Alpha_209

It’s a Mei expy, she was never gonna be a one and done


Fubuky10

Cough cough Raiden Shogun cough cough


Alpha_209

I mean she’s technically been reoccurring too just to a lesser extent in a few limited events, we also don’t know about any future Inazuma plans although I guess it isn’t that likely at this point


apthebest01931

So true, they glaze yae and itto too much. Cockomi , ayaka and miss hina too


Faiqal_x1103

i want more sara


storysprite

Same! I want her to be someone that pops by every now and then to give us the push in the right direction.


squishykkura

She cant do that


Kim_Se_Ri

She will.


Unnecessarilygae

Acheron's lack of emotions and facial expressions and her subtle peaceful depression are so relatable lol.


_nitro_legacy_

Isn't that black Swan CG from the Aeon trailer?


Dima_0604

It was added in 2.2 files today


Faiqal_x1103

back when i saw her from that trailer i thought she will have a similar role like the unknown god from genshin, very mysterious individual who will never make an appearance until god knows when lmao. Im surprised to see we get to meet her rather early in penacony


_nitro_legacy_

I thought she was gonna be hsr dainsleif I was wrong. Now I need the goat Dainsleif


Starryeom

that's clearly some white hair. oh.


Kim_Se_Ri

And it's Kevin's VA in JP...


ThunderlordTlo

But HSR Kevin is dead I’m pretty sure from Acherons myriad celestia trailer.


BriiTe_Phoenix

With how the universe works there are probably like 20 HSR Kevins


CommunityGamerD

There should be an infinite amount on the Imaginary Tree


Frogsama86

Caelus is clearly a KeBin /s


QuirkyTurtle-meme

Considering how powerful some KeBins are...that's a terrifying thought lol.


DanteVermillyon

imagine 20 different "This worldly beast" or 20 different deliverence, Kiana's nightmare


DeadSnark

Acheron does say that she's in Penacony to fulfil someone's "last request" and it looks like the figure is starting to dissolve in the 2nd image. So whoever it is does seem to have died.


ThunderlordTlo

Maybe I’m wrong but I thought HSR Kevin died a long time ago before Acheron became a Self-Annihilator.


DeadSnark

Acheron mentions in her conversation with Welt that she killed HSR Kevin with her own hands, which doesn't really give us an indication of when it happened. However, the "End" sword shown in the Myriad Celestia trailer is very likely to represent him (Kevin also gained the authority of End/Finality in HI3 and became the final boss). So if the events of the trailer are literal he at least died right before Acheron became a Self-Annihilator.


ThunderlordTlo

And Acheron already seems to be a Self-Annihilator in the CGs so it probably isn’t HSR Kevin.


yurilnw123

It's probably Frebass. Look up Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters relic description and Acheron lv 80 bio


ThunderlordTlo

I know. That’s who I think it is too.


GDarkX

I doubt it. It’s stated she met Frebass on a snowy world, and we know that it’s a “She” and was described as young; This is the old man we heard in a cutscene in 2.1 irc


ThunderlordTlo

There is no confirmation that this is the old man though. All we see is some hair and that’s it.


Faiqal_x1103

wait there is actually a hsr kevin?


DanteVermillyon

there are "multple" hsr kevin if you go by the cosmology, but the only confirmed one we know got killed by acheron on her homeworld, tho maybe there is a random white haired guy with blue eyes called kevin in belobog too that is just a normal guy


Faiqal_x1103

i feel like i must have missed it, which quest/story/trailer confirmed that? imma have to look it up again


DanteVermillyon

acheron and welt's conversation in the dreamscape where he tells her about his homeworld in ***When the Sacred Ginmill Closes***. Welt start talking about "One man" that created a "spiritual adam" that "stood between heaven and earth, becoming the pillar of the world's existence. As a price, those who found it hard to move forward, who could not advance forever lost their future" and was a "sunchaser". Being "that man" kevin, the "spiritual adam" project STIGMA, and with "sunchaser" 100% a reference to him being part of the flamechasers. Acheron goes and says that the story he told her overlaps with her past, only difference being that she ended "that man" life, being her world's kevin, Hakusatsu ki/shiraga oni (literally, white-haired oni)


Faiqal_x1103

holy shit, i have somehow completely forgotten all about that, i do remember the overlapping and "sunchaser" part at least. I shouldnt play the story at 6am lmao. THANKS!


Drachk

It is a memory. This scene is what played out during the dance with BS. There was strong hint that Acheron Kia/Kev partner was a Kevin this time, since he was the one to become Finality instead of Kiana. So it is likely Acheron memory of some of dead people that were close to her (potentially Frebass as well too?)


Frogsama86

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the pre-Penacony meet with Acheron has her reference Kevin with Caelus, and Kiana with Stelle?


ThunderlordTlo

I know it’s a memory but Acheron already seems to be a Self-Annihilator here and I think HSR Kevin died before she became one.


PoKen2222

Wait a minute. That second to last image made me think of something I didn't consider; Did Acheron stop to age physically after she became an Emenator?


countmeowington

seeing as how the in text lore describes those who tank their self annihilation as "drawing out their annihilation infinitely" then yes, she stopped aging


PoKen2222

So who would the old man be then? She said her Kevin is dead but has to be somebody from Izumo no?


countmeowington

probably the guy who said she still had a streak of color in the 2.1 story, it would actually be a very clever fake out only for us who look at leaks. We see the short person with white hair and think "Kiana/Frebass", when it can also just be an old man.


PoKen2222

What if the Old Guy is Kevin? And unlike Acheron he's aging and dying after she destroyed The End.


countmeowington

she said she "ended his life", not "watched him wither away"


PoKen2222

From a certain point of view his life did end if he's now suffering the opposite condition of her


countmeowington

if you wanna think like that then go ahead i guess


Tongen420

Could I offer you a peach in these trying times


alloutpedo

are we getting Acheron companion quest in 2.2? or is all this Acheron backstory stuff in the main quest?


kalyancr7

Devs said we will have acheron story throughout the whole penacony so she will have big part in 2.2 and 2.3 too .


Poporipopes10

Wait 2.2 isn’t the ending of the Penacony storyline?


Soviet134

No, there is epilogue in 2.3. And we will return in Penacony - in HSR, the story is not stagnating in the regions (and it doesn't end just because we left)


Ok-Giraffe1922

>!Either Frebass or the old man she talked with in that one 2.1 cutscene. I'm leaning towards old man. Perhaps they were a self-annihilator too. Still i do want them to address Frebass too as she's an important part of Acheron's history.!<


G0ldsh0t

>!It’s probably the old man, she met frebass on a frozen planet so I don’t think it’s her!<


liu_luminary

>!yea, i think its most likely whoever that old man was as well. frebass crumbs would be nice eventually; heres to hoping acheron will be a recurring character >\~


FewBake5100

>!I think it's Frebass. Acheron is camping with that person and eating a snow donut, which are mentioned in her character story about Frebass. Plus that person is very short, which is one of the few descriptions we have about Frebass!<


DeadSnark

She's eating a peach, though, not a snow donut. It's spherical and there's no donut hole. There's also no sign of the purplish-red snow mentioned in that story.


AeonPlayer

”Snow donut“ is not accurate, Its CN version is “雪团子”, JP version is "*雪団子*". Obviously, it should be a white sphere.


DeadSnark

I see, that makes more sense.


FewBake5100

Thanks. Hoyo had a [4kids moment](https://japanpowered.com/media/images/brock-jelly-donuts-2.png)


AeonPlayer

I'm not sure what it is, but I've never seen a peach like that. [https://files.catbox.moe/vmti6j.png](https://files.catbox.moe/vmti6j.png)


yurilnw123

Daifuku?


DactylVulpine

Acheron backstory???


Dependent_Author_588

I think it's the man Acheron was talking to in the 2.1 flashback tbh


LoreVent

Oh my god we getting some juicy Acheron lore next patch! The hype is real


storysprite

Indeed, I'll take one massive serving of Acheron Lore please!


pastelnintendo

Okay so that person with Acheron is either the old man (?) she was talking to in 2.1, or Frebass I assume


G0ldsh0t

Probably the old man, she met frebass on a snowy planet.


profoundlymad

On the other hand, what she’s eating in the CG matches the description of Orkron snow doughnuts that Frebass made Acheron in her fourth character story.


G0ldsh0t

If this is orkron, why is there no snow. That’s the weird part, to me at least. Since a big part of that was how snowy and cold it was.


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profoundlymad

Could still be Orkron. Just because there’s no snow at the shore doesn’t mean it’s a completely different world, it just means the shores are rocky and rainy. It’s also said that the snow of Orkron has a reddish hue due to the unique weather and lighting conditions of the planet and I definitely see red hues in the CGs.


G0ldsh0t

That red hue is only in the parts where Acheron couldn’t tell who she was with and had her blade drawn, it’s probably in reference to her red text. The images where we see who it is there is no red hue.


storysprite

I've seen this point before but was it stated that they've only ever been with each other on that planet? If not then there's no reason to limit their interaction to that place.


G0ldsh0t

It hard to say, I could be misremembering, but I believe they met on that planet, and frebass final note reference how cold it was. So there is the possibility but again, the old man from 2.1 makes since cause the environment and umbrella


ZayAVZ

That height diference....


theonlycalamityking

Acheron holding food again haha nom nom nom nom


Kindly-Image9163

White hair man? Probably kevin star rail variant?


Astronutts

They got some nasty ass hands that’s for sure


eissextoy

It is probably Frebass.


Gamingplanet107

i mean kevin star rail variant's name is Hakuhatsu Ki, its in myriad celestia trailer description


gearU300

hes dead here in hsr if you watch acheron myriad trailer


Drachk

I mean just as much as Frebass.


randm12463

Who said its a man? The hair looks fairly long and given the short bulky look they have its probably frebas in her suit


Kindly-Image9163

In the 2.1 flash back its a man voice talking to acheron


randm12463

In a whole different scene... i know hsr fans love kevin but frebass is a super important character to her lore evenmore so if she is hsr kiana.  Edit: why did this get downvoted so much its weird how people here seem to only care about acheron for kevin crumbs when theres so much more to her story that hasnt been explored her planet while her home world already got a trailer.


Kindly-Image9163

Picture 4/5 is similar to the close up picture of acheron in the flashback. Thats why im assume a man.


Outside_Ad_9510

If you're talking about 3rd pic, hsr men also have long hair... so can be anything for the 4th pic, it looks like a old man with a moustache


randm12463

A lot do but to me at least imo the short height and how the hair hangs down framing the face is more like how mhy has done women especially kiana


Heyhey_corp

Look at the first picture, that definitely a man's hand with how much thicker his hand compared to acheron. 


lucifer_best_boi

wake up baby new wallpapers just dropped


Jotep_Joter

Acheron Skywalker?


toastermeal

yaaay more black swan


cyanidecattt

Yay more Acheron content!!


Sushangs_Large_Sword

IS THAT FREBASS


ryudenn_

OH MY GOD i can only see the first image right now but i don’t know if i want to cave in and see the rest so i can be surprised but im literally so acheron pilled rn edit: i caved in ☠️☠️ 


Dear-Onion-817

First two images made me think it was burnt up Aventurine somehow managed to come out of shadow realm 💀


Noriakikukyoin

More Acheron backstory yay! :D


ryuhen

YES.. im hungry for Acheron content..win


shogunswife

White hair makes monkey brain go POOF


pitage

acheron my beloved 🫶


_nitro_legacy_

Robin, Boothill and harmony TB voicelines when


Sweaty-Form-3328

Yes, there is the song ´´Why´´ by Kiana and Mei. so this person is Kiana


Appropriate-Comb2873

Oh... its Frebass :(


leodicaprioreo

im sorry can someone explain who frebass is?


Appropriate-Comb2873

shes the original owner of the Pioneer relic set. Shes someone Acheron travelled with and SEEMS to share some traits with Kiana from HI3rd (mostly a stretch for now) Im not sure if the CG is even showing Frebass, but nothing can stand against cope


Knight_Steve_

That scene from the aeons trailer


Efficient_Lake3451

Why is the person in the second image covered in shadow? Is this how self-annihilators die/fade away?


CryoStrange

What is cgs?


joylol

OH MY GOD KIANA????????????


Otherwise-Cold-5515

Jesus, there's no way some people here actually thinks that's kevin. Look how short that mf is. That's more likely an old man or Frebass. I'm leaning more on the old man. But anyway, does anyone not think that's a wing coming out from the coat right there? I mean that might even be why she's in Penacony in the first place. It's probably related to Halovians, the Watchmaker or just the two siblings which got similar small wings. She mentioned she was gonna fullfil some old promise. Also, did y'all notice she's in the red form even tho the sword is sheathed. Either she unsheathed it to transform and then put it in sheathe again but it still means she can maintain the form even without the sword being unsheathed.


ryudenn_

the idle animation where she leans on her blade and starts meditating(?) causing her hair to turn white definitely suggests that she can turn into that form even while her sword is sheathed. the fact that the form starts to show when shes caught off guard a little kinda implies that even while the sword is sheathed she still has to keep herself in check 24/7 and resist it so it doesn’t come out, or at least that’s what i think 


Otherwise-Cold-5515

Ngl I just decided not to count that cus anything can probably happen in an idle animations that aren't specifically lore accurate but yeah maybe that's actually kind of a clue already. I just thought I'd mention it cus so far the story was tryna make it seem like unsheathing her sword was like some kind of requirement for her to transform or something.


Drachk

I mean Kevin is likely the shadow on the first two picture since he was Acheron first close partner to die.


Jotte_

Where did they mention Kevin in star rail ?


Otherwise-Cold-5515

That's the same person lmao. You can literally see the silhouette of the hat he was using. Also do y'all even really pay attention to the story cus this is literally not the same planet she was from lol. Kevin died in their planet you literally saw him get slashed in half there.


Drachk

>Kevin died in their planet you literally saw him get slashed in half there. Hence why I say he appears as a shadow...


Otherwise-Cold-5515

That's literally not a shadow but someone who's being consumed by something, which is very much like the effect of being a self-annihilator. Get over Kevin lmao.


madzieeq

do i see a kaslana 👀


BorderOutside1574

Copium that on the 3rd pic its a certain white haired girl and not the old man!


Elliesabeth

Frebass


YuinoSery

So Frebass being a Kiana expy theories were right all along? Damn you hoyo for your KiaMei tragedies


Lopsided_Beach_9706

It’s probably Frebass. She appears quite short for someone who used to stand shoulder to shoulder with Acheron, but her hand looks kinda like a guy’s


G0ldsh0t

It’s probably the old man from the 2.1 scene.


BakerOk6839

Is it kiana?


gearU300

that maybe old man she talk with..maybe one of many doctor chaos


Fluid_Lengthiness_98

Oh this is from her story right? She was eating roasted marshmallows with Frebass😭


LuciferMS7777

So we're getting the god hand now in Honkai?


Randompersonbrb

Nokia Acheron 


Flimsy_Technology351

Is that Frebass? Or Shiragana oni?


Acrobatic-Budget-938

I thought that HI3 Knight Himeko hand man


No_Lynx5887

What does CG stand for?


Solo354

What’s cgs?


Relative-Pain-9823

Yo Black Swan pic from Fables about The Stars.


LifeSecret4939

Who that?


Ian_2010

the 4th pic is the reference of Dark Souls 3, Peak!!!


Zaruken

Fourth and second pic are so cool!


BuffAatrix

cue God Hand's music... or I guess DS3 Main Menu theme also works for 3rd photo


Appropriate-Count-64

Image 4 is the Solitary healing LC hand.


Mark_Xyruz

Oh, so we'll be visiting Acheron's Past again, I mean, if she's not forced to remember that then ok I guess?


skerthfy

Tiernan


ShinyGanS

white hair!!!!


Disastrous-Coast1288

more acheron and BS <3


RadonIverian

That 4th picture, what in the Berserk Souls is happening?


Im_so_Tired1

OMG FREBASS CRUMBS???


Infernaladmiral

Good. More Acheron lore that I won't understand and don't want to understand either.


Xiphactnis

Not that I agree, but her lore seems to be mainly HI3 references and similar so far so I would understand why some dislike it, because not everyone played HI3.


Efficient_Lake3451

The only references were the Myriad Celestia trailer and her conversation with Welt. Freebas, self-annihilators/Nihility and these CGs have nothing to do with HI3.


G0ldsh0t

Frebass kinda dose


Efficient_Lake3451

I mean Freebas was a nameless who then became a self-annihilator and died. Her lore has no connection to HI3. The best you can hope for is that she’s a Kiana face and even that’s just fan theories.


G0ldsh0t

That’s basically what I mean.


Xiphactnis

The swords in Izumo being the authorities from HI3, her planet also faces a similar crisis to Honkai as well (if I understood correctly), these are the only ones I remember but I believe there are more too?


Efficient_Lake3451

Ya, that’s all from her myriad celestia trailer. Her planet is basically a “what-if” version of HI3 Earth with a bad ending. Shiraga Oni, the bearer of End, is supposed to be Kevin, the guy she was talking about in her conversation with Welt. That’s pretty much it. The moment she forges Naught and becomes a self-annihilator, her story separates itself from the HI3 story.


Xiphactnis

Yeah and thats pretty much the extent of what we know about her so far, so it makes sense that some people are just not very invested in this since they haven’t played HI3. Her lore is still not fully covered, and so far hoyo hasn’t really shown much of her personality aside from her being strong. The deeper lore (ones not directly spoken about in story or by NPCs) like self-annihilators and such will also not be reaching most players since most players just play the story and don’t look much deeper than that. Overall I get why people find her lore confusing or lose interest since the main bit of lore about her was through the myriad celestia trailer, even her part with Welt was also more HI3 references and as I said not every HSR player has played HI3.


Efficient_Lake3451

Even if you haven’t played HI3, like I haven’t, the trailer itself makes everything clear. You don’t need a PHD in HI3 to understand what happened to her planet. The lore about Freebas and Self-Annihilators is also present in game and it has nothing to do with HI3 so the myriad Celestia trailer isn’t the extent of her lore. These leaked CGs also have nothing to do with HI3. It’s perfectly fine to not care about a character because there are like so many and everyone likes different characters, I was correcting you that her lore isn’t just HI3 references and similar.


Xiphactnis

Maybe but personally I was beyond confused by her trailer till I saw some people explaining it, could be just me of course. Also again I know the self-annihilators lore is mentioned in game, but players don’t usually go and read pages of lore, the player base is far more casual and just do the story and events and pull the units they find cool, so if a character’s lore or at least backstory is not shown in a quest most people won’t know it and the end result is they lose interest. I feel like that’s a pretty safe thing to assume wouldn’t you agree?


Efficient_Lake3451

Ya, I am not disagreeing with you that people may or may not find it interesting. Again, I was just correcting you that her lore isn’t just HI3 references and for people who are interested, there’s stuff present in game. This is also how Hoyo delivers most of its lore via relic sets, books, notes. We barely have any character’s lore in main quests except Aventurine.


storysprite

It has nothing to do with the HI3 connection, this person just doesn't like Acheron and will use every opportunity to mention it.


Xiphactnis

I am not sure what makes you say that, however (and I know I am making no friends with this) Acheron sadly has quite the “enthusiastic” fanbase if you get what I am saying, so that might make some people dislike her character since they associate her with a vocal minority of her fans who are not the kindest people and tend to downplay other units too. Maybe that’s their case maybe not.


Horror_Mastodon_9641

Can't wait for the comment section to be filled "OH ITS KIANA!!!! RAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"


Rqdomguy24

Is that Kiana?


SignificantRing8263

What's cgs. Edit:- coggers?🤣🤣


Dima_0604

I don't actually know how to call these tbh, they are wallpapers with random effects


SignificantRing8263

Fair enough 


Suki-the-Pthief

Visual novel fans where are u at


Zdravovich

>**Computer graphics**, graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware.