Genshin Impact: Twin Shadows of the Wind

Adapted from Genshin Impact: The Bride of the Anemo Archon

“Barbatos... Please hate me. That way, you can... live on.”

A thousand years ago, his dear friend Dvalin made one final plea before being completely corrupted. It became the only truth left from the Abyssal era.

When the last Dandelion Knight led the entire city to set itself ablaze, using the fire of their lives to briefly drive back the Abyss

The god kneeling on the scorched earth chose to swallow every sin.

He rewrote history, making his people believe that “they had chosen to sacrifice themselves.”

He unfurled his black wings and became the eternal tyrant above Mondstadt.

Because hatred was easier to bear than despair, and ruling was more effective than protecting.

An accident tore open dimensions, and the ruler of the Abyssal era fell into the storybook world of Teyvat.

Here, windmills turn slowly, taverns sing through the night, and bards play and sing songs of freedom.

The traveler from another world, Aether, has only just arrived and has no idea what kind of being he will face.

He is not Venti.

He is the “Sinful God, Barbatos,” who devoured his dearest friend, bears the burden of every truth, and wandered alone through the Abyss for a thousand years

When Aether enters Stormterror's Lair in search of ingredients,

When Venti looks east, his heart suddenly uneasy,

When the Knights of Favonius are still celebrating another victory over the Hilichurls

Atop the tower, the violet-eyed god slowly opens his eyes.

He makes no disguise and sends no infiltrators.

He simply lets the Abyssal aura wash over the ruins like a tide,

A polite yet merciless declaration:

“I have arrived.”

“To witness whether this world’s ‘freedom’ can bear the weight of truth.”