Ending Note is the eighth part in the Teyvat storyline Archon Quest Prologue: Act III - Song of the Dragon and Freedom.
Steps[]
Gameplay Notes[]
- Completing this quest will grant the Wonders of the World achievement Song of the Dragon and Freedom.
Dialogue[]
Quest DescriptionAmber says that Jean is waiting for you at the Cathedral. Apparently, it's something to do with the Holy Lyre der Himmel...
- (At the Cathedral)
- Jean: This is Barbara, the Deaconess of the Church. She is here to retrieve the Holy Lyre der Himmel.
- Barbara: May the Anemo Archon protect you.
- Barbara: I'm not really in a position to speak compared to our Acting Grand Master...
- Barbara: But I still want to thank you all on behalf of all of Mondstadt for your assistance!
- Barbara: Fortunately, everything was resolved peacefully... I can't imagine how an all-out war between the military and the dragon would have ended...
- Jean: Now the Fatui have no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
- Jean: They must be annoyed that things didn't turn out as planned for them.
- Jean: This time, they even lost their best excuse to pressure the Knights of Favonius.
- Jean: Diplomatically speaking, they gained nothing, and on the contrary simply proved just how vexatious they can be.
- Barbara: Sounds like quite the story. So, did you bring the Holy Lyre with you?
- Barbara: We cannot ask you to keep defending the lyre forever. The Seneschal has been pressing me for a while now...
- Paimon: We ahh... did bring it with us... Ummm... It's just... it's a little...
- Barbara: Oh, don't worry! I'm not here to collect rent! The Church has always received special funding...
- (A cinematic plays)
- Cutscene's Travel Log summary:
- (The Traveler hands her the Damaged Holy Lyre der Himmel. The poor state of the instrument shocks her)
- Barbara: Aah...
- Paimon: Ahh...
- Venti: Wow...
- Barbara: AAAAAARGH!!! THE HOLY LYRE!!!
- Barbara: Oh, Lord Barbatos... Even if I atoned for these sins for the rest of my life...
- Barbara: ...it would still not be enough!
- Venti: *sigh* ...
- Venti: Oh, give it here...
- (Venti repairs the lyre with his Anemo power)
- Barbara: How could this—
- Barbara: The Holy Lyre... But how?
- Paimon: Huh? Let Paimon see!
- Barbara: No! No!
- Barbara: I don't know how you managed to fix it, but you'll never touch the lyre again!
- (Barbara storms off with the lyre)
- Venti: ...We ahh... really should get going...
- Venti: That trick I used to "repair" the Holy Lyre...
- Venti: Hehe, I mean the magic I used...
- Venti: ...It isn't going to hold forever you know.
- Paimon: What!?
- Paimon: You— Tone-Deaf Bard!!!
- Paimon: Hey! Don't go!
- (Venti runs out of the Church with the Traveler and Paimon following him. They are ambushed by two Fatui Pyro Agents before a woman, their leader, creates a small ice storm that freezes Venti's legs in place and blows a frozen Paimon away, while the Traveler is subdued by the Pyro Agents)
- ???: At last, Mondstadt's rodent ruler in the flesh.
- La Signora, The Fair Lady — The Eighth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers
- Signora: Scurrying through the streets, looking for leftovers...
- Signora: Mondstadt calls this a god?
- Venti: Resident rodent... beats invasive vermin—
- (Signora slaps Venti)
- Signora: Don't you dare speak back to me, insolent bard.
- (Venti summons the wind and dispels some but not all the ice encasing his legs)
- Signora: Absentee archon of Mondstadt...
- Signora: How impotent you have become...
- Venti: That smirk you wear looks out of place.
- Venti: Did you steal it from your master's face?
- Signora: Should have held your tongue.
- (Signora forcefully grabs Venti's Gnosis from his chest)
- Signora: So. This is a Gnosis?
- Signora: Wouldn't be caught dead wearing this ugly thing in public.
- Venti: Beauty is a waste... when the beholder has no taste...
- (TravelerTraveler): Venti...
- Signora: Well, we have what we came here for.
- Signora: Come. Before our dear Favonian friends arrive.
- Signora: Leave nothing for them to find.
- (Both the Traveler and Venti fall unconscious as the Fatui leave the scene)
- (Cinematic ends)
- After much time has passed...
- Barbara: Ah! Honorary Knight, you're awake!
Venti... is he alright?
- Barbara: Um... I wouldn't say he's "alright," exactly.
- Barbara: I found you lying unconscious outside the Cathedral, and used my elemental powers to heal you...
- What planet... are we on?
- Barbara: Planet?
- Paimon: Ah! Don't listen to (hishis/
herher) nonsense, Miss Barbara! - Barbara: Ahh... Um, okay, well basically, I found you lying outside the Cathedral, unconscious, and used my elemental powers to heal you...
- Paimon: Paimon thinks you could still use a final splash of ice-cold water to the face.
- Barbara: That bard awakened first, but strangely, my healing powers had almost no effect on him...
- Barbara: This is the first time I've encountered such a patient. But he just said "it's completely normal," and then got up and left the Cathedral...
- Paimon: He left? Already? Where'd he go?
- Barbara: The Symbol of Mondstadt's Hero, that's what he said.
- Barbara: I wanted to stop him, but Jean— I mean, Master Jean said to let him leave. How strange.
(I think I understand...)- (I think Jean understands...)
- Paimon: Paimon remembers Venti healing under that tree before...
- Paimon: (It's probably due to the connection between Windrise and the Anemo Archon. Master Jean has figured it out as well, but we can't tell Barbara...)
- (Talk to Barbara again, optional)
- Barbara: The Fatui were the ones who attacked you? That's too much...
- Barbara: Master Jean has already returned to the Knights Headquarters. She said that she will look for evidence.
- Barbara: But she also said that if no traces were left behind, the Knights might find it difficult to lodge a complaint against the culprit.
- (Talk to Venti at Windrise)
- Venti: The wind amongst the branches is good, I love the way it smells...
- Venti: Haha, I said the exact same thing the last time. *sigh* Why do I only say these things when I'm down on my luck?
- So... what is a Gnosis?
- Venti: Ah, so you noticed.
- Venti: *sigh* This isn't something I'm meant to discuss with ordinary people. But I suppose I can let you in on the secret.
- Venti: As you know, Visions are external magical foci that only a small minority of people possess. They use these Visions to channel elemental power.
- Venti: In truth, every wielder of a Vision is one who can attain godhood and ascend to Celestia. We call such people allogenes.
- Paimon: Allogenes? Paimon's never heard of them before.
- Venti: Hehe, that's because this is a secret that only archons are privy to. We don't need primitive tools like Visions.
- Venti: Instead, each archon has an internal magical focus that resonates directly with Celestia itself... known as a Gnosis.
- What about the thing hanging off your hip?
- Venti: Eh-he. It's just a glowing glass ball I carry around to avoid suspicion.
- Huh...
- I feel cheated... but I guess I'm used to that by now.
- Paimon: So who was that nasty woman who sent Paimon flying and stole your Gnosis?
- Venti: Her name is Signora, No. 8 of the harbingers.
- Venti: She and the rest of the harbingers have been given god-like executive authority by the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, and with it, strength surpassing that of other mortals.
- Paimon: The Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya? Isn't that...
- Venti: Indeed. She is one of The Seven, the Tsaritsa who reigns from the Zapolyarny Palace, and the one person that the Fatui Harbingers all answer to.
- Venti: The Seven don't always get along well, but still — I never thought that she would plot to steal another archon's Gnosis...
- What sort of god is the Tsaritsa?
- Venti: Ah... How should I put this?
- Venti: Five hundred years ago, I knew her well. But I can't say the same is true now.
- Venti: You see, a certain catastrophe happened five hundred years ago, and after that, she cut off all ties with me.
- Venti: But we can save discussion of the Cryo Archon and the Fatui for another day.
- Venti: (TravelerTraveler), if you seek the rest of The Seven, many difficulties lie ahead of you still.
- Venti: You should head for Mondstadt's neighboring nation of Liyue. The Geo Archon who reigns there, unlike me, administrates his entire region personally.
- Venti: He only descends once every year to give his divine predictions, which set the direction for Liyue for the rest of that year.
- Paimon: Even so, it sounds like he works much harder than a certain someone.
- Venti: Eh-he?
- Venti: ...In any case, this year's Rite of Descension is soon to begin. If you miss it, you'll just have to wait another year.
- Paimon: WHAT!? Why didn't you tell us before? Well then bye. (TravelerTraveler), we're going!
- Venti: One moment, Windborne Outlander.
- You mean me?
- Venti: Yup.
- Sorry for borrowing the statue's Anemo power without asking...
- Venti: Haha, just use it gratefully — or, better yet, treat me to a glass of dandelion wine.
- Venti: Traveler, as you set off on your journey once again, you must remember that the journey itself has meaning.
- Venti: The birds of Teyvat, the songs and the cities, the Tsaritsa, her Fatui and the monsters... they are all part of your journey.
- Venti: The destination is not everything. So before you reach the end, keep your eyes open. Use the chance to take in the world around you...
- Venti...
- I understand.
- Venti: Great. So that's that for the Anemo Archon's admonishments! Back to Venti Time!
- (Chat with Venti before continuing your journey)
- Venti: If you want to chat, now's the time — a bard stays not always in a single clime.
- About Dvalin...
- Venti: Up till the end, Dvalin remembered his duty as one of the Four Winds.
- Venti: As such, I don't intend to forcibly strip him of that duty and force my ideals of freedom onto him.
- Venti: I just hope that Dvalin will be able to choose for himself and understand what freedom is.
- Venti: Before I became an archon, I too was taught the meaning of freedom in this way by a friend.
- (Dialogue returns to option selection)
- About the Abyss Order...
- Venti: Kaeya shared some new intelligence, you say?
- Venti: ...I see. So, the Abyss Order has a (PrincessPrincess/
PrincePrince) who orchestrated the plan to corrupt Dvalin? - Venti: They were probably trying to turn Dvalin into a weapon of war for the Abyss. But that said, I have never heard of any such (PrincessPrincess/
PrincePrince) of the Abyss Order. - Not an Abyss Order tradition, then.
- So this is a recent development...
- Venti: I think so, too...
- Venti: Apparently, but how does a (PrincessPrincess/
PrincePrince) come out of nowhere and take command over the entire Abyss Order? - (Dialogue returns to option selection)
- About Signora...
- Paimon: That Fatui lady didn't hang around, did she? She just grabbed your Gnosis and left!
- Venti: She wanted to avoid any eyewitnesses from the Knights of Favonius.
- Venti: The slightest slip-up here would have destroyed the Fatui's diplomatic relations with the Knights.
- Paimon: So they're just gonna keep acting like Mondstadt's allies as if nothing happened!?
- Venti: *sigh*... If only the seven nations had banded together against the Abyss Order in the first place.
- Venti: The Fatui possess the strongest military among the seven nations. Yet they've used it to steal the Holy Lyre, covet the power of gods, and use Dvalin as a bargaining chip against the Knights...
- Paimon: Speaking of the Lyre... didn't Diluc say something like this before?
- Paimon: He said that the Fatui can only run amok across the seven nations and threaten the Knights because of the harbingers.
- Venti: Yes. As I said earlier, the Cryo Archon has given them authority and strength beyond that of other mortals.
- Venti: The Tsaritsa... I haven't seen her in five hundred years. What is she thinking? What's her plan?
- Venti: Whatever the answer is, I have a feeling it's only going to make your search for The Seven all the more difficult...
- (Dialogue returns to option selection)
- About deities...
- Venti: As I said before, Vision wielders are known as allogenes and may ascend to Celestia.
- Venti: A Gnosis is a higher-order nexus of elemental manipulation and is emblematic of an archon's status as one of The Seven.
- Venti: But as for which of The Seven took your (sistersister/
brotherbrother)... I'm sorry, I don't know. - Venti: ...Wait, as one of the Seven, I'm not clear of suspicion yet either, am I?
- You don't look like that god at all.
- Paimon: Hang on a hot second! Tone-Deaf Bard is just one of Barbatos' many incarnations, who's to say—
- We've known you long enough to trust you.
- We've known you long enough to trust you.
- Venti: Haha, we're a great team indeed! Say, once you find your (sistersister/
brotherbrother), how would you like to become one of the new Four Winds? - Perhaps...
- Paimon: Hmm, you don't seem too into it, (TravelerTraveler)...
- Paimon: Hey, Tone-Deaf Bard... If being one of the Four Winds means free food, you can consider Paimon!
- Venti: Hahaha...
- (Dialogue returns to option selection)
- There's nothing else...
- Venti: Well then, best be off to Liyue. If the descension ritual you fail to tally, then another year you must dally.
Trivia[]
- When the Traveler stops the Fatui Pyro Agents from attacking Venti, they use Anemo power to do so even if they are not aligned with Anemo, as indicated by the colors on their outfit.
- In the original Chinese version of Signora's introductory line, she says "Well, well... In the end, we still had to retrieve the house hamster." (Chinese: 哎呀，最后还是把家里的仓鼠找回来了啊。) Venti's retort, in turn, was "What you describe is not a hamster, but a rat..." (Chinese: 你说的不是仓鼠，是老鼠——). While it is less insulting towards the Fatui as a whole than his English line, it nonetheless insults Signora by suggesting she couldn't distinguish rats from hamsters and thus misattributed the connotations associated with rats.
- In Gnosticism, Allogenes is a half-human, half-divine figure who, in some stories, becomes fully divine.
- When Venti explains the Harbingers' strength, the term "executive authority" is a translation of 权柄 quánbǐng. This word is almost exclusively used to translate the Biblical New Testament's Ancient Greek word exousia, which itself is typically rendered in English as "power" or "authority." The exact meaning of exousia is unclear, but it is generally taken to mean having the power to be in a position over others.
- When Venti calls the Traveler "Windborne Outlander," the original Chinese term is 「捕风的异乡人」 Bǔfēng de Yìxiāngrén, "the Foreigner Who Caught the Wind", identical to Act I's title The Outlander Who Caught the Wind.
Soundtracks[]
| No. | Soundtrack Name | Album | Played In |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Reminiscence (Genshin Impact Main Theme Var.) | City of Winds and Idylls | That Green Fellow, Crystal Tears, Ending Note, Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land (Quest) (cutscene and dialogue) Special Gameplay |
| 29 | A Cunning Trick | The Shimmering Voyage | Ending Note (cutscene) |
| 30 | L'arrivo Della Signora | The Shimmering Voyage | Ending Note (cutscene) |
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Ending Note | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 尾声的尾声 Wěishēng de Wěishēng | The End of the End |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 尾聲的尾聲 Wěishēng de Wěishēng | |
| Japanese | 最後の最後 Saigo no Saigo | The End of the End |
| Korean | 결말의 결말 Gyeolmal-ui Gyeolmal | The End of the End |
| Spanish | Epílogo del epílogo | Epilogue of the Epilogue |
| French | Épilogue | Epilogue |
| Russian | Эпилог эпилога Epilog epiloga | Epilogue of the Epilogue |
| Thai | จุดสิ้นสุดของจุดจบ Chut Sinsut Khong Chutchop | The End of the End |
| Vietnamese | Cái Kết Cuối Cùng | The Final Ending |
| German | Das Ende vom Ende | The End of the End |
| Indonesian | Catatan Akhir | Ending Note |
| Portuguese | Epílogo | Epilogue |
| Turkish | Final | Finale |
| Italian | L'epilogo | The Epilogue |
Change History[]
Released in Version 1.0
