The Bard of the Wind
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The (Short) Reign of Barbatos, Regent of Liyue by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
06 Sep 2024
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Contracts are the bedrock of Liyue, as Rex Lapis wills it. Thus, in pursuance of His Ideals, the Lord of Geo has been exceptionally meticulous in all manners of paperwork, and so long ago had assigned the Qixing as representatives of and intermediaries for the people of Liyue, entrusting the institution with copies upon copies of all manners of contracts pertaining to the rule of Liyue.
However, even the Prime Adepti is not infallible, for His Last Contract has given rise to a delicate, and difficult, international situation.
How, you may ask? Well, let us recount the time when the Lord of Anemo becomes the Regent of Liyue and the chaos that ensues — all for the want of an old, forgotten contract Morax has yet to cancel before faking His death.
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- Part 1 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 4 of All the Archons' Men
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revocation; denunciation; castigation by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
15 Apr 2024
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Just as the Blessings of the Gods mark Their Commedations, Their Condemnations are proof of divine Displeasure, and Foçalors is hardly the first in aspiring to judge Her fellow Gods.
Word of the Twin Decrees of Sakoku and Vision Seizure make ripples not merely within the Shogunate, but beyond. They talk of the Decrees, yes, but also of men losing their minds, of stranded traders, of Sangonomiyan protests, and of riots and dissidents alike. Thus, Mora speaks, journals debate, the press gossips... and the Winds whisper, to a certain bard, clad in green.
In less than a month, the bodies start dropping like flies.
Or, what if the Sakoku and Vision Seizure Decrees had compelled the Anemo Archon to rescind His Blessing over wind gliders?
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- Part 2 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 3 of All the Archons' Men
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"Paimon is made for the Traveler's accompaniment whilst he goes back and forth, but those Archons of Teyvat tend to be free for a while, so this story is where the three of them settled on following them."
Whereupon an impromptu decision by Aether and Paimon to invite Venti along their ride snowball into both Zhongli and Ei joining their travels in due time. Beginning their journey in Liyue, only the Archons know how exasperated Aether will get with Paimon, Venti, later Zhongli, and eventually Ei tagging along.
Note: Will not necessarily follow canon; no teleport waypoints. No consistent updates.
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- Part 3 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 5 of All the Archons' Men
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The Northern Wind and the Eastern Lightning by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
28 Oct 2022
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"Seven Ideals for seven Gods, and of them all, Eternity is the closest to Heaven." Thus spoke the Raiden Shogun, promulgating the twin decrees of Seclusion and the Vision Hunt. Soon, dissidents gather, throwing in their lot with the semi-autonomous Watatsumi Island to resist the Bakufu. Afterwards, foreign ships made themselves scarce.
In spite of this, the Shogun is not merciless, for Her Mitsudomoe Seal allows trade of the utmost importance: Crux Shipping Pty. and the Dawn East-Teyvat Company, each sanctioned by Liyue's Qixing and Mondstadt's Favonius Order as intermediary with the Bakufu. This diplomatic privilege, not unlike the Snezhnayan Diplomat Corps', comes with a catch: an annual pledge of loyalty, when the Snezhnayan High Diplomat, the Captain of the Crux, and the Opperhoofd of Ritou perform a dogeza in submission to the Shogun. And thus, three years pass in the realm of the Narukami.
All this ... will simply not do for Barbatos!
"Poor Ei, having to rule;
after losing Makoto, so cruel!"
Thus, as Morax plays His spin of the Liyue Millenial, Venti pulls strings with Diluc, is appointed last-minute as Acting Opperhoofd, and smuggles himself to Inazuma with a secret weapon: desserts!Series
- Part 4 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 9 of All the Archons' Men
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What Faith Truly Means, When You Were Born Godless? by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 May 2021
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Master Crepus' death and Diluc Ragnvindr's subsequent disappearance left Kaeya mourning alone, shaken to the core. He's been brought up to despise and denounce, abhor and detest the Seven of Teyvat, so in his desperation, the Khaenri'ahn rages at Dragonspine's Statue of Lord Barbatos.
Kaeya Alberich's rage does not, however, go unnoticed by the Anemo Archon.Series
- Part 5 of The Bard of the Wind
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The Wind Shall Never Forsake Thee by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Sep 2023
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The ever-luckless adventurer Bennett has always been fated to meet his doom in that accursed ruin; to die lonely and miserably, with none to ever find him — if not for the fact that the winds shall never abandon a Child of Freedom.
As Bennett's unconscious body grapples with his mortal wounds, the gales of Teyvat settle upon Natlan, for the Lord of Anemo soon bargains with the Lady of Fire for the sake of one Bennett of Mondstadt.
(An alternate take on how Bennett gets his Vision, but in an Alternate Universe where Archons bestow Visions, not Celestia.)
(Originally posted on the 14th of May 2021; reworked on the 25th of September 2023.)
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- Part 6 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 12 of All the Archons' Men
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The winds whisper news of Rex Lapis' assassination to the ears of the absentee Lord of Anemo — now ostensibly the last of the original Seven Archons — who then sends off the Archaic Lord of Geo during the Rite of Parting.
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- Part 7 of The Bard of the Wind
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The former Geo Archon and current consultant to Wangsheng, Zhongli, has taken an extended leave to visit Mondstadt in the final days of the Anemo City's Windblume Festival. This is the snippet of two ancient Archons' conversation as they tread the path to the City of the Wind, beginning with a Lord of the Wind's single question, "What is heresy to an Archon, Zhongli?"
[Updated and mildly reworked in November 2021.]
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- Part 8 of The Bard of the Wind
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Seeing Aether defeated by the Shogun in a single strike, Thoma gambles it all on a fling of a spear that should have struck true, but only for it to be parried, dooming him, Aether, and Paimon to death by the Narukami's blade. Even so, in his last moments, Thoma's faith to the Lord of Anemo proves it has yet to falter, however.
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- Part 9 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 11 of All the Archons' Men
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'Tuk Kebebasan Sepenuhnya, Ya dan Amin by themescreant
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
09 Jul 2022
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"Yang Diperkenan Barbatos," begitulah julukan seribu dan satu penyair Teyvat bagi siapa saja yang telah di-Berkahi Angin, sebab ... siapa lagikah yang lebih dikasihi oleh Sang Ilah Anemo?
Namun ialah seorang di antara mereka semua prosais,
berseru-seru lantang di hamparan rumput Windrise;
'nak muda berjubah hijau, akui diri bernama Venti;
suara nyaring berkicau, bantah s'mua meski sendiri:"Semua yang rindu kebebasan,
kepada merekalah Barbatos berkenan!"Series
- Part 10 of The Bard of the Wind
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in which her tears are answered with a teal glow.
or: Furina finds herself counted as one of Barbatos' Favoured.
The first entry of [fervently, towards freedom], a series set on the 'Furina gets an Anemo Vision' canon-divergence.
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- Part 1 of fervently, towards freedom
- Part 1 of All the Archons' Men
- Part 11 of The Bard of the Wind
- Part 4 of celeſtia, deceived