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Story Teaser: Gnostic Chorus

Story Teaser- Gnostic Chorus - English Voice-Over - Genshin Impact

Story Teaser: Gnostic Chorus was a video released by official Genshin Impact media on September 15, 2020. It plays at the start of every new Battle Pass period.

Transcript

Venti: Once, there was a glorious kingdom established among the heavens.

Venti: From that kingdom came a crowned heir, tasked with seeking out the Genesis Pearl from the Kingdom of Darkness.

Venti: The first crowned heir began her journey of seeking the pearl.

Venti: But she was deceived, and the memory of her noble origins faded.

Venti: She now believed that she was the queen of the Kingdom of Darkness.

Venti: But take heart, a second crowned heir had already taken up the path where the first had stumbled.

Venti: This is the story of your journey, of your tale to be told.

Soundtracks

No.	Soundtrack Name	Album	Played In
45	Hymn of the Pearl	The Shimmering Voyage	Battle Pass (opening cutscene)

Gnostic Hymn Series

The Gnostic Hymn Series (unofficial name) are 4-star Weapon Series. They are all obtainable through the Gnostic Hymn.

Gnostic Hymn 1

The Black Sword

Serpent Spine

Deathmatch

Solar Pearl

The Viridescent Hunt

The weapons in the Gnostic Hymn Series are part of the stories of five independent historical figures, who each wielded one of the Gnostic Hymn weapons. There is no relation between these figures, but they share a common theme: Going astray from their original goal and losing sight of themselves, typically as a result of another individual's influence or actions.

This theme relates to the Hymn of the Pearl, a Gnostic work that inspired the Gnostic Chorus story teaser.

The Black Sword was wielded by the Bloodstained Knight, a figure who lived in Mondstadt 500 years ago. Originally known by the epithet "White Knight," he upheld justice and virtue as a member of the Knights of Favonius. After the cataclysm, however, his mentor Rostam was slain and monsters rampaged across Teyvat. The White Knight grew obsessed with killing monsters for the sake of "chivalry" and "justice," until his goal deteriorated into killing for the sake of killing — thus gaining the name "Bloodstained Knight." He eventually realized that he had no place in Teyvat and descended into the Abyss to continue slaying monsters. There, he discovered the "ultimate injustice" — the curse that transformed the people of Khaenri'ah into monsters of the Abyss — and swore his loyalty to the Abyss.

Serpent Spine was wielded by the Skipper, who lived in Liyue 1000 years ago. He originally led a crew that hunted sea monsters, and was single-mindedly devoted to that task. The only person he truly cared for was his navigator, a young woman who loved singing. One day, however, the crew met their match against a particularly powerful sea monster. The Skipper was the only survivor, spared as a result of the navigator's distraction. He then became fixated on hunting this monster down and avenging her death, eventually leading himself and his new crew to their deaths for his objective.

Deathmatch was wielded by the Unnamed Gladiator who lived in Mondstadt 1000 years ago as a slave who fought on his master Eberhart's behalf in the arena. While he originally fought for his freedom, Eberhart's manipulations led him to become genuinely devoted to his master, and he lost sight of his goal. He eventually lost his life to Vennessa, who had been enslaved as a gladiator by the Lawrence Clan.

Solar Pearl was created by Kunwu, a craftsman in Liyue who lived an indeterminate time ago. Originally a scholar with plans on studying in Sumeru Akademiya, Kunwu one day came into possession of the Sundial of Enduring Jade, a sundial crafted by Morax himself. Discovering he could find no flaws in the sundial, Kunwu became obsessed with creating something that would surpass it. He abandoned his path as a scholar and became a famous weaponsmith.

The Viridescent Hunt was wielded by Viridescent, the Queen of Hunters who lived 500 years ago. Raised away from human society, she had long been taught to live in accordance to nature and to never use her hunting prowess for personal motives. This changed when the cataclysm struck: she encountered a dying, blind boy who had stumbled into the forest where she lived. She took up his desire for revenge against the monsters and to that end, chose to disregard her teachings. Before she embarked on her quest to slay the monsters of the Abyss, she buried The Viridescent Hunt as to avoid tainting it with the blood spilled on her personal quest.

Gnostic Hymn 2

Ballad of the Fjords

Sacrificial Jade

Wolf-Fang

Scion of the Blazing Sun

Talking Stick

The weapons in the second Gnostic Hymn series each tell the story of a legend from one of Teyvat's nations, which have all been changed or lost in some form over the years. These legends are unrelated to each other besides sharing this common theme.

Ballad of the Fjords is about a boy named Ajax from the snow-covered era of Hyperborea. Stories about Ajax and Hyperborea became legends passed down through generations to teach children not to covet wealth and take only what they need. Most notably, one story depicts Ajax falling into an underground kingdom, which has been perfectly preserved for a thousand years. The story shares many similarities with that of Tartaglia, who is also named Ajax.

Sacrificial Jade is about the tribes of Chenyu Vale and their ancient tradition of going to Yilong Wharf and sacrificing jade to the water out of respect for their ancestors and the dead. As time went by, the tribes in Chenyu Vale changed and they accepted more aspects of Liyue's civilization under the rule of Rex Lapis. They lost the tradition of carving jade ornaments, but retained the tradition of going to Yilong Wharf, and jade can still be found in the wild to this day.

Wolf-Fang was wielded by the wandering Wolf Knight, Boreas, from the time of the first Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius. There are very few records of him besides word-of-mouth stories propagated by bards, but the truth behind his story is that he was a mysterious traveler who stayed in Mondstadt for only a few years, fighting demons for a single silver coin, wearing exquisitely-crafted armor, and paying with unfamiliar coins made of real gold and silver. He refused to join the Knights of Favonius, but made a lasting impact.

Scion of the Blazing Sun is about the "ascetics," a group from Sumeru who are descended from the priests of King Deshret and passed down his art of archery. Some live in the forest and began to worship Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, while some continued to worship Deshret. However, many texts and images about the art and ceremony of archery were lost throughout the years, and the actions of some of the desert-dwelling "ascetics" strayed even further from the original intentions of the priests, resulting in the Falcon system found in the Desert of Hadramaveth.

Talking Stick was wielded by Tenoch, a warrior from Natlan who fought against the a "turbid black tide" by gathering six warriors from each of Natlan's six tribes. Of the five weapons, only Talking Stick does not explain how or if the story became distorted over time.

Trivia

• The story appears to be influenced by the Hymn of the Pearl, a gnostic hymn in which the speaker, a prince, goes in search of a pearl guarded by a serpent and forgets his original role and purpose.