(Adventurer's Guild)

Katheryne requested that everyone from our party come on over to the Adventurer's Guild to see her.

Katheryne: Travelers, please, over here.

Patrick: Is there something you need us for?

Katheryne: It has been a while since you joined the Adventurers' Guild. Are your adventures going smoothly?

Kiana: Yes they have been. We took down boss level monsters, helped a lot of people, solve problems, and beat up a lot of bad guys.

Patrick: And after coming to Liyue, our party is a lot bigger now. However, most of the guild members are jealous that 3 boys are in a party full of cute girls.

Aether: More companions would be nice...

Katheryne: Hmm... is that so? Apart from your own skills, reliable teammates are also indispensable when adventuring. Another person to count on is always good, after all. But recruiting such dependable companions is no easy matter, is it?

Paimon: Yup, and it's even harder to get a guide as good as Paimon.

Katheryne: Ah, yes, I do have some information that may be of help to you... Let me consult our records... Ah, there it is. There's been a certain blond stranger who arrived in Mondstadt lately, dressed in the most unusual clothes.

Paimon: Blond... dresses all funny... It feels like Paimon's heard this one before...

Then we were all shocked with realization.

Paimon: W—wait— do you mean...

Aether: Could it be...?

Paimon: Does that stranger's face look... anything like his!?

Katheryne: Hmm? Like the Honorary Knight's? No, they couldn't look more different. This stranger is a very tall man, and even has an eyepatch...

Aether: So, just some distant relative of Kaeya's, then...

Paimon: Seriously? How does this have anything to do with Kaeya? Eyepatches can't prove that you're related, anyway!

Theresa: Thought it was Durandal for a second there. Not Lumine.

Katheryne: That stranger declined the Guild's invitation, so I can't say that I know anything about the relationship between him and Mr. Kaeya. Nonetheless, you can look for him if you're interested. Perhaps he might accept your commission instead. After all, it is not uncommon for some adventurers to not want to be limited by the Guild, but be happy to accept a fellow adventurer's requests. And should this stranger be a strong adventurer indeed, he would certainly be a big help on your journey.

Aether: But if he's already rejected the Guild...

Katheryne: Please don't talk down on yourself like that. You are the Honorary Knights of the Knights of Favonius, after all.

Patrick: That is true.

Katheryne: Your deeds are the stuff of song for all the bards in the city even now.

Aether: Well, alright then. About that stranger...

Katheryne: Well, as to further news about him... You may want to ask Mr. Lawrence. He stands guard at the city gate, so he may know something about that stranger. I wish you every success, adventurers.

First we asked Lawrence and he gave us some information, then he said to ask Wagner. We asked Wagner and we got some information from him then he said to go to Angel's Share then we went on over to Angel's Share.

Charles: What will it be? grape juice or apple cider?

Himeko: Actually we came here looking for someone.

Aether: Another day, another lack of alcoholic options...

Paimon: Hey Charles, have you seen a blond stranger who wears an eyepatch around here by any chance?

Charles: That I have. He comes here every night — just to drink, though. Doesn't order anything else. He even sometimes mixes his own drinks after he orders them.

Theresa: Anything else about him?

Charles: I don't know anything else about him, but from his selections and mixes, I'd say that he's quite the connoisseur.

Paimon: And what's Master Diluc's opinion?

Charles: Why, I just gave it to you — "quite the connoisseur."

Paimon: Investigating everything as always — guess that's Diluc for you...

Charles: If you're looking for that gentleman, he ordered some new bottle of wine in advance yesterday, so he should be here today, too.

Charles: There's too many raucous patrons on the first floor, so if you want to wait, best to go to the second.

Fu Hua: Ok, we'l do that.

Charles: That customer will most likely be here tonight. You can wait on the second floor until he arrives.

For some time we waited on the second floor.

Charles: Ah, welcome sir. The wine that you previously ordered is here.

Paimon looked down as did the ELFs and Higokumaru and saw the person.

Blood Embrace: So that's what he looks like?

Selune's Elegy: He's quite charming.

Paimon: He's really here!? Let's go downstairs and have a look.

We walked back to the first floor then went up to the mysterious man. He was silent.

???: ...

Aether: Hi, we're adventurers with the Adventurer's Guild.

He didn't speak.

???: ...

Aether: How do you do? We're Honorary Knights of Favonius...

Paimon: Wow, he's got no intention of paying us any mind, huh...

Kiana: Let me try. We're Valkyries. Well actually only the girls and I are called Valkyries.

???: ...

Kiana turned pale white blank.

Aether: So, uh, We're travelers...

???: Travelers... you say? Hmph. Why are you traveling?

Aether: I'm looking for my lost relative.

Patrick: We're looking for our lost friends and family.

???: ... Well, that's as good a reason as any... Sit down over there, then.

Paimon: So... guess we've broken the ice... What a weird guy.

We sat down around him as some of us sat at separate tables.

???: Hmm. That little one beside you...

Aether: My best chum.

Paimon: Uh-huh, we're the best of friends!

Kiana: And Emergency Food.

Paimon: That's not true, and you know it!

Kiana: *giggles*.

???: It's indeed a good thing to have someone accompany you on your travels.

Captain: Yes it is. Especially when having cute girls with you.

Dainsleif: My name's Dainsleif. I suppose you have some business with me?

Aether: Well, I was hoping to invite you to adventure with us...

Dainsleif: Sure.

Aether: ...Huh?

Patrick and Captain: What?!

Valkyires: EH?!

ELFs and Higokumaru: WHAT?!

Paimon in mind: And he was so cold just a moment before... Paimon's got a baaaad feeling about this!

Patrick: Well that was fast.

Patrick in mind: So this is Dainsleif. He is the narrator in those demo videos about the characters and how they fight. I had a feeling that he was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal and I was right.

Dainsleif: But I will require advance payment.

Aether: H-how much?

Dainsleif: 500 Mora, and three answered questions.

Kallen: Isn't 500 Mora kind of short?

Dainsleif: The 500 is a one-time fee, and we'll settle the questions in a moment.

Aether: That's... it?

Dainsleif: That's it.

Paimon: Well, now Paimon's got a really bad feeling. That kind of compensation can't be right...

Aether: Well, here's the 500 Mora...

Aether hands Dainsleif the 500 Mora.

Dainsleif: Ah, thank you. Now, as for my questions, I'd like you to answer them here and now...

Aether: And if we answer wrongly?

Dainsleif: The answer to a question says nothing about right and wrong. Only about differences in attitude. I only wish to know what your choices are. You need only answer.

Aether: Well, alright then.

Kiana: Ask away.

Dainsleif: Question one.

Dainsleif: The crisis Mondstadt faced was resolved by an alliance between yourself and that... Anemo Archon who calls himself Venti. Who, in your view, was the key to ending that crisis?

Aether: How did you know that Venti is...!?

Dainsleif: I know everything that I should. Haha... Well...? Answer the question.

Patrick: Well most of us were there. Only me Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, Aether, and Paimon were there then Theresa and Himeko came.

Kiana: Venti helped us stay in the air to fight against Dvalin to save Mondstadt.

Seele: We went to the 4 Winds Temples to destroy Dvalin's sources of power to save Mondstadt.

Mei: Then Venti used the Holy Lyre to try to save Dvalin but failed.

Bronya: Then when we went to Stormterror's Lair we destroyed the crystals on Dvalin's back and saved him.

Aether: It was mostly us while Venti did some of the work.

Dainsleif: Is that your answer? Hm... I see. Question number two. Rex Lapis, who has defended Liyue Harbor for millennia on end, used his Gnosis to lay down a Contract to End All Contracts, or which the stipulations are still unknown. Who do you think will defend Liyue Harbor in the future, now that they've lost their deity?

Aether: Everyone in Liyue Harbor.

Fu Hua: Ningguang said that she wanted everyone to work together to defend Liyue Harbor.

Dainsleif: So that's your answer... I see. Now for my final question. This world has people who gained Visions, and those who did not. Which of the two do you think hold more importance in the eyes of the gods?

Patrick: Well if people would say those with Visions, that would make them jerks.

Theresa: It could be people who do heroic things.

Himeko: Maybe people who go down in history.

Aether: Perhaps... none of them do.

Dainsleif: So... this is your answer, then... I understand. As I thought... you really are similar to her.

Aether: What do you mean, her?

Dainsleif: ... I'll take that 500 Mora... and now I also understand your views on this world. As we agreed, you may now commission me. That said, I only take commissions related to the Abyss Order. Like you, I am currently on a journey. You intend to find your friends and family, while I wish to oppose the Abyss.

Aether: Well, I have met some Abyss Mages in the past...

Dainsleif: Ugh... Those creatures that serve the Abyss are the fangs and claws by which the Order spreads chaos in this world. I have come to Mondstadt this time while on the trail of an Abyss Herald...

Everyone: An Abyss Herald?

Dainsleif: An even more twisted Abyssal being, one that commands the Abyss Mages.

Aether: Come to think of it, since the Stormterror incident ended, we haven't...

Paimon: Ooh, that's right! We've just been fighting against the Fatui in Liyue, who are human too...

Patrick: And we managed to prove to Liyue that they're criminals however we failed to prove to Mondstadt that they're criminals because they covered their tracks and erased all evidence.

Paimon: We haven't encountered the non-human Abyss Order at all.

Dainsleif: There's some reason behind that, I'm afraid. It's possible that they may have been under orders to redirect your path.

Paimon: That does sound pretty dangerous... Maybe they're looking for a better time to ambush us or something...

Aether: They won't defeat me.

Paimon: Uh-huh! We're super-duper strong!

Theresa: Only we couldn't defeat Signora.

Dainsleif in mind: That manner... it's just like hers.

Dainsleif: Well then, let's go see for ourselves, shall we? According to the leads I have on hand, the Abyss Order has re-infiltrated the Temple of the Falcon. Let's meet up at the temple. Perhaps your questions about the Abyss will be answered there.

We stood up and exited out of Angel's Share with Dainsleif in tow.

(Temple of the Falcon)

Dainsleif: This abandoned temple does bear some marks of the Abyss. The Falcon of the West... though it can soar in the wind, it ultimately does naught but hover under the light of the gods...

Aether: What are you talking about?

Dainsleif: Mm? Oh, it's nothing. Let's head inside.

We walked into the temple dungeon going into the domain where we were following the Abyssal Traces.

Dainsleif: The scent of the Abyss is getting stronger. It's not far now.

Paimon: Paimon wonders what the Abyss Heralds look like. Do they look something like the Abyss Mages?

Seele: Like are they taller Abyss Mages with longer bodies?

Dainsleif: Let's head further in first. If we do see that creature, that'll spare me the explanation either way.

There were hilichurls and Abyss Mages inside which meant that the Abyss Order was inside. We drew our weapons and fought against the hilichurls and the Abyss Mages. We watched how Dainsleif fights. Some kind of energy was coming off of him, he had no Vision but was using the energy as attacks.

Seele slashed an Abyss Mage killing it.

Seele: That energy coming off of him, it looks like my quantum energy from the Sea of Quanta.

An Abyss Mage was about to hit Seele but Bronya eradicated it with a spell.

Bronya: MiHoYo hasn't made any fighting animations of Dainsleif. So we still don't know how he fights.

Bronya healed Seele then got back to fighting.

We got through the dungeon but found no Abyss Herald.

Dainsleif: Just a few Abyss Mages? Seems like that Herald might have already left.

Aether: Could you tell me more about the Abyss Order?

Patrick: There are still some things we don't know about the Abyss Order.

Dainsleif: The Abyss... It is chaos, and it is also destruction. It is a morass of inconceivable madness that encroaches upon this world's very foundations. That... is why even the Dragon of the East, a servant of a deity, was unable to resist its corrosive powers. And the creatures of the Abyss desire nothing less than the overthrow of a world ruled by the archons.

Paimon: You seem to know a lot about the Abyss, Dain.

Dainsleif: Haha, well, we do have... some history. I suppose that's as far as chit-chat goes. We should head to Wolvendom. Judging by the traces I'm following, their next appearance my be within the territory of that old wolf.

Theresa: Wolvendom.

Dainsleif: Perhaps we may find our Abyss Herald there.

(Wolvendom)

Paimon: Well, we're in Wolvendom now. Think Dain's waiting for us up ahead?

Jingwai's Wings: He probably is.

Paimon: We should meet up with him quick, in case the wolves decide they don't like him.

Himeko: Especially Razor.

We met up with Dainsleif where he was waiting for us by some kind of bonfire.

Dainsleif: Lord of Wolvendom, Great Wolf King of the North... Sharp of fang and keen of claw, and yet dwelling here only...

Aether: You know that wolf?

Dainsleif: No, nor does it know me. I only know these things because a previous traveling companion of mine once wanted to hear its story.

Dainsleif: Alright, let's go see if that Abyss Herald has stopped by here.

Paimon: But where do we begin? ...Hmm, are you standing here because of these strange bonfires, Dain?

Dainsleif: Indeed. See that, floating above the flames? It's an Abyssal spell.

Patrick and Valkyries: An Abyssal spell?

Dainsleif: Knowing what I do of the Order's habits, they've probably left similar marks behind elsewhere. Let's have a look nearby.

Patrick: Alright, like Scooby Doo and Mystery Inc would do, we split up into groups.

We split up into groups, Kiana went with Mei, Bronya went with Seele, Theresa went with Himeko, Fu Hua went with Book of Fuxi, I went with Captain and Jingwai's Wings and Blood Embrace, Sakura and Kallen went with Higokumaru and Selune's Elgy, and Aether went with Paimon.

Dainsleif: So, their reach extends here, too... Let's have a closer look.

(With Kiana and Mei)

Kiana was feeling all happy being alone with Mei. A pink sparkly background appeared behind her.

Kiana: I'm all alone with Mei-Senpai. I'm searching for a clue with my senpai.

Mei: Haven't seen her like this in such a long time.

Kiana started dancing around with the background.

Kiana: Mei-Senpai! Mei-Senpai! Mei-Senpai! Mei-Senpai! Mei-Senpai!... Huh?

Kiana suddenly stopped then a serious faced appeared on her face and stopped Mei.

Kiana: Over there.

Kiana pointed out to a bonfire where she saw a Hydro Abyss Mage with a bunch of monsters.

Mei: And there goes her cheerfulness replaced by her seriousness.

Kiana climbs up a tree then takes out her crossbow and puts a scope on it to take aim at the enemy.

Kiana: I'll take the first shot then you take them out with one strike.

Mei: Uh... Ok Kiana-Chan... We've been hearing some people in Mondstadt call Barbara, Barbara-Sama... so now it's ok to use surnames.

Kiana charged up a Cryo arrow then shoots at a random Hilichurl freezing it. Then another one.

Abyss Mage: Huh?

Then she shoots the rest of the enemies freezing them all.

Mei face palmed.

Mei: I guess now I have to take out the trash.

Mei put her hands on her sword and scabbard then her Electro Vision glowed then she opened her eye glowing purple then she speeds in with lightning coming off of her then slashed through the enemies. She stops and when she sheathes her sword, the enemies exploded behind her. Kiana jumped out from the tree then she and Mei examined the bonfire.

Mei: It's exactly like the one that Dainsleif found.

Kiana: You think that the Abyss Harold lit this bonfire?

Mei: It's obvious that one did but we don't know for real. We better meet back with the others.

(With Bronya and Seele)

Seele: It's been a long time since it's just been the two of us.

Bronya: Seele.

Seele: A lot has happened.

Bronya: The Bronya acted like Blanc, raged at Childe, started working at the Cathedral with Barbara, and we helped a lot of people...

Bronya halted Seele then pointed at a bonfire where there was a Pyro Abyss Mage and a bunch of monsters.

Bronya: Leave this to the Bronya.

Bronya brought out the Star of Eden then started chanting a spell then a black and red orb appeared over the monsters and sucked them all in.

Seele: That was amazing Bronya Onee-Chan!

Bronya: Like always, Seele.

They held hands to be safe and walked to the bonfire.

Seele: Were they performing some kind of ritual here?

Bronya: The bonfires contain the same Abyssal power like the one Dainsleif found. The Abyss Order was behind this.

Seele: We better head back to him: I'm startling to feel uncomfortable. That Abyss Harold he was chasing might pop out of nowhere.

Bronya: Project Bunny.

Bronya summoned Project Bunny for extra protection.

(With Theresa and Himeko)

Theresa: Are men at Angel's Share always ogling over you?

Himeko: They sure are. Especially the knights and adventurers. They're all charmed by me...

They found a bonfire with monsters around it.

Theresa: Monsters.

Theresa prepares her Ultimate with the Oath of Judah.

Theresa: Time to take out the trash!

Theresa fires her Electro spears into the sky then landed direct hits on all the monsters. However, an Abyss Mage appeared but Himeko went forward and killed it with her Greatsword.

Himeko: That was too easy.

Theresa: Sometimes it's not too easy.

Himeko: We found our clue. The others have probably found theirs by now.

(With Fu Hua and Book of Fuxi)

Book of Fuxi: This feels like the old days back home when it was just the two of us.

Fu Hua: Now we're out looking for clues. And you are right, this feels like the old days back home when it was just the two of us after Fuxi and Nuwa were gone.

Book of Fuxi: Oh look over there! A bonfire with monsters around it!

Book of Fuxi pointed at a bonfire with monsters around it.

Fu Hua: There's our clue.

Fu Hua and Book of Fuxi charged in then used their Pyro attacks to kill the monsters. Then they went up to the bonfire.

Fu Hua: Dainsleif was right, this was lit up by an Abyss Harold.

Book of Fuxi: Can't you use your elemental sight or sense for an Abyss Harold?

Fu Hua: I'll try.

Fu Hua first used elemental sight then closed her eyes to sense for an Abyss Harold but found nothing.

Fu Hua: The Abyss Harold is long gone now. At least that's what I think. We better head back.

(With me, Captain, Jingwai's Wings, and Blood Embrace)

Patrick: You know, this feels like when you first met the ELFS in that old event.

Captain: I first met Jingwai's Wings I mean Master and Blood Embrace.

Jingwai's Wings: I remember it pretty well.

Blood Embrace: I wanted to suck blood.

Patrick: Those were the old days.

I saw a bonfire with monsters around it then I halted everyone.

Patrick: Now let's go kill some monsters.

Captain: You got it, brother.

Blood Embrace: Hilichurl blood and Abyss Mage blood.

Jingwai's Wings: I'll heal everyone.

We charged in and killed the monsters. Captain had some damage on him but Jingwai's Wings healed him. I examined the bonfire.

Patrick: I know on the Internet that cults have lit up bonfires like this while performing some rituals and some times dance around like tribes do but seeing monsters doing the same things is not something you see in real life back in the real world.

Captain: Yeah, there have been cults who have done this type of thing before.

Patrick: Let's head back to Dainsleif and report what we've found.

(With Sakura, Kallen, Higokumaru, and Selune's Elgy)

Sakura: Being out here in Wolvendom where it's not modern feels like being back in the past from 500 years ago.

Kallen: It was hard getting used to the modern day like Captain America.

Sakura: Being in Inazuma felt like home in the ancient days.

Higokumaru: Now we've gotten used to the modern day world.

Selune's Elgy: And we're in another world.

Sakura felt dark presences and halted everyone. Then she pointed at the bonfire with monsters dancing around it.

Kallen: Do we charge in or do a bunch of sneak attacks?

Sakura: Stealth sneak attacks.

Kallen: I like the sound of that.

Kallen transformed into Rouge Extraordinare then disappeared into the shadows with Selune's Elgy.

Sakura and Higokumaru hid behind bushes waiting to strike. Sakura breathed then drew her sword. Then she instantly slashed through the Cryo Abyss Mage and went into another bush. When she sheathed her sword, the Abyss Mage screamed in pain when sparks came off of it then turned into particles. Kallen and Selene's Elgy attacked while still in the shadows phasing through the enemies taking them out. Lastly, Higokumaru killed the last Hilichurl. Kallen turned back to normal.

Sakura: I sense darkness from the symbols above the bonfire. The Abyss Harold's trace has been left here.

Kallen: You still know how to do these kinds of things back in your village.

Sakura: I do. Now we better go back to the others.

(With Aether and Paimon)

Aether and Paimon had already found a bonfire with monsters around it.

Paimon: Do you think that those monsters by the bonfire are under the Abyss Order's control? Looks kinda scary... Let's beat 'em up first.

Aether fought against the monsters and used his Anemo powers to defeat them.

Paimon: Phew! That's that. Let's go check out that bonfire.

Aether and Paimon investigated the bonfire.

Paimon: Looks like this bonfire's also got something to do with the Abyss...

Before going back to Dainsleif, they found another bonfire.

Paimon: And there's another one of those bonfire-spells! Looks like the Abyss really has been around here...
When they were investigating the bonfire, monsters appeared out of nowhere.

Paimon: Yikes! Where did these monsters pop out from? Let's clear them out, and quick!

Aether defeated the monsters then he and Paimon headed back to Dainsleif. By that time, everyone returned all at the same time.

Dainsleif: Have you finished searching?

Patrick: Yes we have.

Aether: We found lots of signs of the Abyss Order...

Kiana: We all did.

Theresa: We found bonfires with monsters dancing around them with the same symbols above the bonfire you found.

Dainsleif: I searched around these parts and found some signs myself.

Dainsleif: But they were left behind by Abyss Mages, and there was no deeper Abyssal power to them. It seems that even an Abyss Herald would not wish to make trouble with the Wolf King of the North. We should leave as well. If there's anything praiseworthy about that old wolf, it's his territorial nature.

Paimon: But now we're out of leads. Are we going to have to give up?

Dainsleif: No, there is one more place we can go. Let's get a move on, then. I'll wait for you at Stormterror's Lair.

Dainsleif left us.

Captain: Now we have to go to Stormterror's Lair. This will be nice.

(Stormterror's Lair)

We flew on Toriyama so we can get there quicker and we finally got there. I sent Toriyama back then as we were crossing the bridge, Dainsleif was there.

Dainsleif: I've heard about what happened to you during Mondstadt's crisis. When you came, this place was known as Stormterror's Lair.

Theresa: Yes it was.

Dainsleif: But I suppose that this place is more "lair" than "Stormterror" at this point. In fact, if my memory serves, this ruin has had largely nothing to do with that dragon for a long time. The first time I laid eyes upon the ruins of Old Mondstadt, the Dragon of the East had yet to fall, much less come to nest in this place.

Paimon: Huh? But Paimon remembers that Dvalin first got into trouble hundred of years ago...

Dainsleif: Don't think too much about it. Do you remember the Light Actuators that once sealed this ruin?

Patrick: Yes we do. We had to activate them to reach Dvalin.

Dainsleif: If the Abyss Order is interested in this location, then they will not neglect those mechanisms. Let's go see what the situation is at those Light Actuators.

We went deeper into Stormterror's Lair. Being back at Stormterror's Lair brought back memories for most of us. We went up to one of the Light Actuators where there were monsters dancing around it.

Paimon: Look, there are lots of monsters gathered over there!

Kiana: Let's get rid of them!

Paimon: Yeah, let's get rid of them!

We charged in and got rid of the monsters

Paimon: So in the end, we still couldn't find that Abyss Herald. Bummer.

Aether: It is quite a shame.

Seele: Was kind of hoping to see one while also hoping not to see one.

Dainsleif: I wouldn't call not having to gaze upon such a creature a "shame," exactly. Still, I do believe that you will come across one eventually.

Paimon: N—No... You're right. If it's a really powerful monster, it would be best to go around it...

Dainsleif: *sigh* How good it would be if all perils one encounters in their journeys could simply be solved by going around them.

Aether: You seem to be familiar with journeys.

Dainsleif: Once upon a time, yes... I simply have the experience from adventuring together with that traveling companion.

Paimon: Uh, you know, Dain, you keep talking about that person this, and that person that... Where are they now, anyway?

Dainsleif: She... *sigh*. No longer travels. I'm afraid that traveling can be... too exhausting at times.

Paimon: Oh, is that how it is... Well, why are you traveling alone, then?

Dainsleif: I... still have some things left unfinished. Once they are done, I too will return home to rest.

Paimon: Yup, and it's good to have a home to come back to, isn't it? We camp out a lot when we travel.

Kiana: While we also mostly stay at Inns.

Paimon: Hey Traveler, once you find your sibling, we should find a place to stay too, shouldn't we? Hmm... Mondstadt's Fisherman's Toast is pretty tasty, but Liyue's Wanmin Restaurant is great too... Eh, either way, we should settle down in a place where there's good food!

Aether: Getting a bit ahead of ourselves, I think...

Paimon turned to me and the Valkyries.

Paimon: What about you guys?

Patrick: After we've helped Aether find his sister, we'll return back to our home world. They've been traveling through different worlds searching for a home. Once Aether finds his sister, they might go to another world to find a home. And if you want you could go with them to the next world.

Captain: And there are other worlds for us to explore and discover.

Dainsleif: Home... Well, it won't be too late to think about where you stay once your journey reaches its end. While you're still traveling, you should...

All of a sudden, Aether sensed something.

Patrick: What's wrong, Aether?

Aether: ...I sense something familiar. On that cliff.

Paimon: Eh? What's familiar?

Aether: I felt it for a moment the previous time we came here, too...

Then the Valkyries and I felt it too.

Kiana: We feel it too. The last time we were here.

Fu Hua: What did you sense?

Mei: We don't know.

Dainsleif: A familiar feeling, you say? It could be someone you know well, or perhaps a monster.

Aether: Could it be... the Abyss?

Seele: I hope not.

Dainsleif: Whichever it is, we should see it for ourselves, and thus see clearly. We can reach the top of that cliff from over there. Let's go.

Dainsleif got a head start.

Paimon: Dain moves really fast, doesn't he... Let's use that wind current nearby to catch up.

We took out our wind gliders and got up to the cliff where Dainsleif was. There were Ruin Guard footprints.

Dainsleif: Can you still sense that familiar feeling that you spoke of earlier?

Aether: It's nearby.

Paimon: But... it doesn't feel like there's anything around here. No monsters, no people, nothing.

Dainsleif: Indeed, there doesn't seem to be anything strange about this place. It doesn't look any different from the last time I was here...

Aether: You've been here before?

Dainsleif: My traveling companion brought me here on our previous journey.

Paimon: So, Dain, what about you? What's your favorite place?

Dainsleif: Me? I... no longer remember. I merely followed that person around on that journey. That's all there was to it. ...Hmm?

Dainsleif noticed the footprint.

Dainsleif: A Ruin Guard's footprint... A Ruin Guard was wandering around here? No peace to be found, even for a single dandelion...

Aether examined the dandelion and when he touched it, Aether started having a flashback. First coming to Teyvat with Lumine, destruction of a land, then his encounter with the unknown god, fighting against the unknown god, losing Lumine, and getting flung away down to Teyvat.

Paimon: What's gotten into you? You were just spacing out!

Aether: I... could feel her.

Paimon: Eh? You mean your sister? But, how could that be... You only touched that dandelion for a second!

Aether: Yes, the moment I touched it...

I, Kiana: Mei, Bronya, Seele, Theresa, and Himeko decided to touch it then we started having a vision flashback.

(Flashback)

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Across a field was a ruin guard and on its right hand was Lumine.

Lumine in mind: Outlanders do not belong in this world.

Then she flashed back to running down a path with a red background and collapsing structure.

(Back to the present)

She got off and looked at dandelions.

Lumine: One day this journey will reach its end.

Then she flashed back again to arriving at a burning place where something was destroyed and there was also lava and floating red and black cubes flowing in lines.

Lumine steps on the dandelions and walks with the ruin guard following her.

Lumine: But until the abyss has engulfed the thrones my war with destiny will see no end.

???: Your highness.

Then an Abyss Mage appeared out of nowhere in a flash of light.

Abyss Mage: our plan to weaponize the Dragon has been impeded.

Lumine: By the Anemo archon? He rises again for the dragon's sake?

Abyss Mage: No, not the archon. We were well prepared for his interference. Regrettably your highness, the issue is your brother.

Lumine: *gasp*.

Then she flashed back to when she and Aether fought against the unknown goddess and were separated.

Unknown goddess: Outlanders, your journey ends here.

Aether: Lumine!

The flashback ended.

Abyss Mage: But it was not just your brother. The issue is more outlanders.

Lumine: More outlanders? In this world?

Abyss Mage: Precisely your highness. More outlanders have traveled to this world. One of them summoned a dragon that is from their home world. The rest have special powers.

Lumine: How can there be more outlanders in this world?

Abyss Mage: That... we don't know.

(Time skip)

It was now sunset and Lumine ran to a cliff then saw her brother Aether with Paimon, me, and the gang fighting off against Hilichurels at Stormterror's Lair

Lumine in mind: We will be reunited dear brother. But not here. Not now. And as for the rest of you, take care of my brother for me.

We sensed a prescience.

Patrick: You felt it?

Aether: Yes I did.

Patrick in mind: This is like in the trailer revealed at Gamescom. We can't say that Lumine was here.

Lumine got back on the Ruin Guard's right hand and then the Ruin Guard walked away.

Lumine in mind: We will meet at this journey's end.

Paimon touched us to let us know that we had to go and we did.

Lumine in mind: Once the dust has settled, then you will understand.

(Flashback end)

The vision ended then we took our hands away.

Kiana: We felt her too. She must have been here watching us during the Stormterror Incident. The question is why she did not reveal herself to us. And she must of had a Ruin Guard with her.

Dainsleif: ... Perhaps that dandelion bears some sort of "scent" that only you recognize.

Patrick in mind: Like how Tanjiro can smell and recognize people's scents and can remember them all. Aether can probably recognize Lumine's scent like how Tanjiro can recognize scents.

Dainsleif: As for why... has it perhaps experienced something related to you?

Paimon: Uh, you're saying some real confusing stuff. Paimon doesn't get it at all...

Aether: Regardless, I have to get to the bottom of th—!

Dainsleif: Do not rush. Vexation and anxiety are the enemy of rational thought. Your journey has only just begun, has it not?

Kiana: Well... It has been a few months for him while it hasn't been that long since we got to this world.

Dainsleif: At least you now know that she is still on this world. At this time, the most important thing is the journey to find her itself.

Aether: And I will find her.

Patrick: With help from friends.

Paimon: Yes! With help from friends!

Dainsleif: Yes, and this is something you must keep in mind as the meaning behind your journey. May your find your kin at the end of that journey. Well then, let us part ways here for now.

Paimon: Eh? You're leaving? Already?

Dainsleif: Only for now. Don't worry, we will meet again. After all... I did take 500 Mora... and those three answers you gave me.

Kiana: See you around Dainsleif. Hope to see you again.

With that, Dainsleif left us.

Himeko: *yawns*. It's night time already.

Theresa: It's been night since we got to Wolvendom.

Himeko: Let's fly back to Mondstadt and get some sleep. We have things to do.

Patrick: Just leave it to more.

The scene faded into another scene as the new scene showed us riding on Toriyama back to Mondstadt.

Patrick in mind: So that was Dainsleif. He was an interesting character that Yuri Lowenthal voiced. Just like how he voiced Sasuke, Ben 10, Simon, Marth, and Spider Man. I can't wait for more adventure.