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A mysterious girl who calls herself "Prinzessin der Verurteilung" and travels with a night raven named Oz. Currently serves as an investigator in the Adventurers' Guild.
Through her unique abilities, eccentric character, and (while she would never admit it herself) hard work, Fischl has become a rising star among the Adventurers' Guild's investigators, earning the recognition of all.

—Description from the Official Website[1]

Personality

A mysterious girl who calls herself "Prinzessin der Verurteilung" and travels with a night raven named Oz.

—In-game character attributes and profile page text

Due to her upbringing as a child, Fischl is obsessed with fantasy stories and roleplays as a benevolent princess. She speaks in a polite and formal manner to all, which greatly confuses those who interact with her. For this purpose, Oz ends up translating most of her speech if they are confused. She is so used to speaking this way that breaking character ends up confusing the people she talks to just as much as staying in character. Fischl has a knack for investigating in part due to her own theories and Oz, which has allowed her to quickly climb up the ranks of the Adventurers' Guild. Even when her ideas sound outlandish, such as claiming a meteor shower to be the result of a curse, Oz is quick to ask others not to underestimate her intuition, as her instincts are very keen.

Outside of guild duties, many people view her strangely due to her her antics and roleplay, while this sometimes bothers her, she continues roleplaying regardless because it's her passion. She has very few friends and appreciates those who are willing to go along with her despite her eccentricities.

Outside of roleplaying, she is a kind and well-behaved yet bashful girl. She gets along well with her parents, even if she doesn't spend much time with them or they disagree with some of her decisions. Lisa, who generally gets in a bad mood when people neglect the books they borrow from the library, states that Fischl always keeps the books she borrows in good condition and returns them early. She cares about her friends and peers, even if not particularly close, showing concern about the well-being of her "retinue" (Fellow Adventurers' Guild members). When she unintentionally breaks character or reveals something about herself, she often gets flustered. She tends not to dwell too much on the past, trying to see herself as Fischl, not as her true identity, who she considers a different person, as thinking of her past brings her sadness. Deep down, she can also be quite self-deprecating and insecure, having a hard time taking setbacks well, this can cause her to cling to the escapism and comfort of her persona.

Appearance

See also: Dunkelnacht Sakrament and Ein Immernachtstraum

Fischl uses the medium female model. She has fair skin and blonde hair that extends to the middle of her back. Her visible eye is light green. Over her left eye, she wears an eyepatch that is almost entirely covered by her bangs.

Fischl styles herself after the titular character of the book Flowers for Princess Fischl.

Official Introduction

Face this false world with pride, my daughter. Enact the 'truth' within your heart.

—Flowers for Princess Fischl - Final Chapter: Princess Tears and Sinful Saints

Fischl, Prinzessin der Verurteilung of the outer realm Immernachtreich, and her kin, the night-bringing raven. Answering the call of destiny, we have descended upon Teyvat.

Fischl introduces herself to every member of the Adventurers' Guild in this way.

Due to her shared vision with the raven Oz, Fischl was able to join the Adventurers' Guild and become an investigator with ease.

Initially, it gave members of the Guild great difficulty to comprehend what Fischl was saying. But thanks to her tireless toil, and Oz's industrious interpretation, everyone was finally able to understand her.

Though eccentric in word and deed, this investigator's reconnaissance is swift and her intelligence accurate, traits that allowed her to gradually win everyone's trust.

It helps that Fischl is also a very kind person.

"Oz, my familiar... spread your wings that eclipse the sun, and keep watch over the one to whom ill fate clings like a shroud."

"Yes, mein Fräulein."

Today, Fischl shall also show concern for the masses of the Adventurers' Guild in her own manner.

Character Stories

Character Details

Fischl is the Prinzessin der Verurteilung who arrived here after being exiled from the otherworld, "Immernachtreich."

She "observes and weaves the threads of fate" together with her talking night raven familiar, Oz.

Owing to reasons she cannot and Oz will not explain, Fischl now serves the Adventurers' Guild as an investigator.

Character Story 1

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 2

As an investigator for the Adventurers' Guild, the single biggest advantage Fischl has over her peers is Oz.

"Milady, please stop sending me out to spy on Stormterror. That chap could eat me for breakfast! Well, I'm so puny I probably wouldn't even get caught between his teeth, but... Anyway, I don't want to die!"

"Hmph! You are supposed to be my familiar. Not everyone gets to be the Prinzessin der Verurteilung's familiar, do you understand? Consider it your honor to dedicate your life to serving me!"

Fischl is able to see through Oz's eyes. Whenever she wants to, she possesses Oz and looks down upon the earth from the sky.

Whether she wants to inspect the flora on the Stormbearer Mountains or observe a disturbance in Wolvendom, through Oz she can see anything and everything.

Thanks largely to her unique ability — and, to a lesser extent, to her own effort and peculiar personality — Fischl quickly went from the rookie investigator of the Adventurers' Guild to a respected rising star of the organization.

She's certainly done well for herself. She only landed the coveted position of Investigator at age fourteen in the first place because her parents managed to persuade the guild master.

Then again, would they really have had to do much persuading? If she's the Prinzessin der Verurteilung... one can only assume that would make them the Kaiser und Kaiserin der Verurteilung.

Character Story 2

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 3

It's said that there is currently a "Fischl Dictionary" in circulation among the adventurers.

Namely, a book that aims to translate Fischl's peculiar way of speaking into something more understandable.

For example:

"I hear... echoing in the abyss of time, the burning winds of the old, all of which shape the spire forgotten in the torrents of karma" would translate into "Stormterror's Lair";

"Servants of the Verurteilung name! As you have requested, prepare to receive the great wisdom of the prinzessin" would be "I'll look into that and let you know ASAP";

"Rejoice! O, ye servants who long for the blessing of the prinzessin; venture now deep into the battlefield with hearts of the tiger" means that the initial investigative work has been completed;

"All has been written in this tome of dark prophecies" simply means that her journal has been updated with the latest reports.

However, the "Fischl Dictionary" is actually just an in-joke, not a real book.

Those who are familiar with Fischl concentrate on what she means to say, not the way in which she says it; she notices this and takes it as a sign of true respect.

"Aha! So you do understand. Then fate does indeed bring kindred spirits together."

Those who manage to adopt her speech mannerisms when they respond to her will find she is both delighted and bashful, and praises their language-learning ability.

"A prinzessin should always give praise where praise is due... Now, let us converse some more. Do not be mistaken; these are to be the foundations of the new world..."

Character Story 3

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 4

Oz and Princess Fischl are not only close friends but also servant and master, with a shared soul and fate.

Their first encounter was mentioned in "Flowers for Princess Fischl (I): End Time Zersetzung"

When the lone pilgrimaging princess reached the kingdom of eternal twilight, the fate-resisting royals chose to deny everything in their desperation.

They refused to recognize Fischl's noble stature and mission as the princess of the Immernachtreich; denied their 13,000-year lineage as a branch of the royal family; and forsook their own nobility and restraints as humans... devolving into clumsy and vicious beasts.

In the palace of Twilight and amidst the teeth of the beasts, the princess shed her sacred blood on the ancient emblem.

At the moment of her peril, the dark wings of the night ripped the trapped, wounded princess from her despair and took her under its wings.

Following the scent of her noble blood, Ozvaldo Hrafnavins, the King of Ravens came to the princess and pledged his eternal loyalty.

Character Story 4

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 5

There is a story that goes as follows. A long time ago in a place far, far away, there was a tiny little girl.

The girl's parents were busy adventurers. She spent most of her childhood in the library, traversing the countless universes that were contained in the pages of the library books.

She became the ruler of the Immernachtreich, summoned Thundering Retribution as a royal princess, and formed a soul bond with a Raven...

...

"▉▉▉, what books did you read today?" Her parents asked her on one of the rare occasions that they were home between adventures.

She proceeded to tell them the story she had read from her favorite series.

"...And then he said, Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort, you are the Prinzessin der Verurteilung, my proud daughter. You shall never surrender your nobility and dreams.'"

"Oh, that's a lovely story. Since you like it so much, ▉▉▉, how about I call you "Fischl" too?" Her father smiled, put his hand on her head and repeated the words from the story to her.

"Fischl, you are my wonderful princess and my proud daughter. You shall never surrender your nobility and dreams."

These kind and loving words lit up her world.

However, the time with her busy parents was always fleeting.

Unable to fit in with her peers due to her obsession with fantasy novels, she often felt lonely and sad. At these times, she would remind herself:

"I am Fischl, my daddy's wonderful princess. It's true, because Mommy and Daddy said so..."

"Never will I surrender my nobility and dreams, for they are... a princess' rite of passage."

Character Story 5

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 6

Just like in the universe of "Flowers for Princess Fischl," entropy begot destruction.

In other words: The girl who loved to dream grew up.

On her fourteenth birthday, those of her peers who refused to accommodate her quirks belittled her once again.

"This is but a minor setback for the noble princess. My parents will understand," she thought to herself.

For if she knew one thing, it was that as a princess she could never surrender her nobility and dreams.

But when she threw herself into her parents' arms in need of comfort, she was met instead with gentle words of exasperation.

"▉▉▉, you are fourteen years old now. It's fun to make-believe, but eventually you need to grow up and put your childish dreams behind you..."

And with that, the same voice that had once lit up her world now tore it apart.

That day at midnight, she hid herself in the library she knew so well. She had a strange feeling that she was being watched... Suddenly, she heard an otherworldly flapping of wings.

Sure enough, she looked up and her red, swollen eyes met with those of a night raven from another world.

What transpired afterwards is another story...

Fischl doesn't much like this story. Thinking about it causes her to feel suffocating pain and soul-devouring loneliness.

Maybe one day, this story will be written. But that would be ▉▉▉'s story, not Fischl's.

Fischl has but one identity: she's the Prinzessin.

As long as she remembers this simple and perfect logic, with a little bit of nobility and a touch of kindness from others, nothing can ever hurt her.

Things are looking up for Prinzessin Fischl these days — not only does she have Oz, but she has finally met a traveler who, just like her, comes from a different world...

Flowers for Princess Fischl: Phantasmagoria

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 4

The novel series "Flowers for Princess Fischl" is available as a collectible set.

Due the tiny numbers in circulation, it is a priceless commodity amongst loyal fans of the author.

But no matter how elegant these works are aesthetically, their worldview remains incredibly bleak:

Every good, bright and noble thing must eventually fall to inexorable entropic destruction, and the final destination of the universe is the realm-in-waiting of the Prinzessin, Immernachtreich.

This is the fate of all worlds, of the universe, and all who live in it.

And the Prinzessin and her loyal companion, the "Night-Severing Raven Oz," Ozvaldo Hrafnavins, are the World Beasts who will swallow all dreams.

At the very end, at the end of karma itself, she will grant all the gathered souls her benediction, and use her Thundering Retribution to cleanse all that is ugly and wicked.

The Prinzessin will then set her own heart ablaze, and the universe shall be born anew in its immortal light.

But before all this can come to pass, the Prinzessin must first roam many universes, and see countless new sights.

Thus it is perfectly within the spirit of the original work that the Prinzessin should be stuck as an investigator for the Adventurers' Guild in a slightly backward world. Just a little twist of fate, nothing more.

The Prinzessin will come to understand someday that each moment of her life, no matter how insignificant their little twists could be, is to be treasured.

After all, the Prinzessin's very own Phantasmagoria is made out of ones such as these.

Vision

Item Companionship EXP Friendship Lv. 6

So, is Oz just an imaginary friend who only exists as a figment of Fischl's subconscious?

Our story begins with the royal heirloom, Edelstein der Dunkelheit — that is to say, Fischl's Vision.

When her wish was acknowledged, the raven Oz and her Vision both appeared before her eyes.

That night, at dinner, Oz got on most well with Fischl's parents:

"Ah, mein Kaiser und Kaiserin der Verurteilung, forgive mine overstep, but the beans in your house are too delicious."

"Oh, then please, help yourself. This is the first time little ▉▉▉ has met a friend she can bring over for dinner since she turned fourteen. This is a special occasion."

"W—What are you saying! I... One does not simply cavort with the plebeians!"

—And that's what happened.

For all intents and purposes, it seems that the Kaiser und Kaiserin der Verurteilung could both see Oz, and both believed Oz to be the Prinzessin's first friend.

As for the "Adventurer Who Bears the World's Curses," the "Visitor From Outer Worlds" and the "Strange Fae-shaped Emergency Sustenance..."

They would become the Prinzessin's new friends, though that would happen even further in the future.

Namecard

Fischl: Night Raven
Item Fischl: Night Raven Obtain:
Reward for reaching Friendship Level 10 with Fischl
Description:
A raven dark as midnight with wings that can block out the sun. "I permit thee to conceive his likeness upon such decoration!"

Constellation

Corvus
CorvusMeaning:
Raven

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Trivia

  • Fischl is one of the characters with ornaments that glow.
    • While wearing her default outfit, Dunkelnacht Sakrament, when Fischl's Elemental Burst is ready, the seven bronze-bordered purple gems on her default outfit will glow along with her Vision. One gem is on the back of her collar, one gem is in the middle of the bow at the front of her neck, two are hanging from her collar in front, one is on her leg garter, and two are at the front of her boots.
    • While wearing her themed outfit Ein Immernachtstraum, when Fischl's Elemental Burst is ready, the pale-colored gem on her collar will glow along with her Vision.
  • Fischl's eyepatch and raven familiar are most likely inspired by the Norse god, Odin.
  • Her chosen name in full is Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort. It is mentioned in her fourth character story, a cutscene during the Unreconciled Stars event, and her 2021 birthday mail.
  • Despite Fischl taking on Oz's form when using her Elemental Burst, her Genius Invokation TCG Character Card's unique Dynamic Skin animation (only seen when using her Elemental Burst) shows her shooting Oz from her bow, before returning to her usual pose.
  • While Fischl's behavior and mannerisms are currently ascribed to roleplaying, there are suggestions that her claims have some credibility, or that the "Flowers for Princess Fischl" series from which she derives her persona is less fictional than believed:
    • Fischl is one of the few currently playable characters who acknowledges (or even seems aware) that the Traveler is from another world.
    • Fischl's favorite food is "Mitternachtsbrot des Sommernachtgartens" (Midnight Bread of the Summer Night Garden). The Sommernachtgarten is an actual place in Mondstadt, now known as Midsummer Courtyard, which was buried underground with the fall of the ancient civilization.
  • Lisa and Fischl share the same Korean voice actress, Park GoWoon.
  • Fischl, along with Keqing, was introduced to a crossover event in Honkai Impact 3rd v4.9.[2]
  • Fischl is one of the four playable characters in the game to wear an eyepatch, the other three being Kaeya, Beidou, and Chevreuse.
    • The description of the Blooming Hedge furniture item indirectly mentions Fischl, and also implies that she frequently snaps her eyepatches.
  • According to Alfry, Fischl is an excellent investigator.
  • Fischl is known by these aliases or titles:
    • Ruler of the Ashen Darkness
    • Mein Fräulein (by Oz)
    • Your Highness/Her Highness (by Mona and Traveler)
  • Fischl is mentioned in the description of the following Furnishing:

Etymology

  • Fischl's name derives from the German word Fisch "fish" plus the diminutive suffix -el. Thus, her name means "little fish."
  • In the English version, Fischl uses many German phrases:
    • Fischl's title, "Prinzessin der Verurteilung," is German for "Princess of Condemnation."
      • Her title is likely derived from the name of the Divine Halberd made by the God King in the book Legend of the Shattered Halberd (VI). As an avid reader, she may have read the whole series and taken the title for herself.
    • Her full name, Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort, translates to "Fischl of the Sky Castle Narfidort."
      • "Luftschloss" is a German phrase for "pipe dream" or an imaginary place. Her name also indicates her royal status since von is usually only used in names of noble families.
    • Immernachtreich, the realm where Fischl allegedly comes from, means "Realm of Eternal Night."
    • "End Time Zersetzung," the title of the first volume of "Flowers for Princess Fischl," means "End Time Decomposition."[3]
    • She calls her Vision "Edelstein der Dunkelheit," which translates to "Gem of Darkness."
    • Her left eye is her "Eye of Judgement" ("Auge der Verurteilung")[4]
  • Her constellation, Corvus, is Latin for "The Raven."[5]
    • In taxonomy, Corvus is the genus of the family Corvidae, which covers the various species of crows. The binomial name for a raven is Corvus corax.
  • In the demonology grimoire The Lesser Key of Solomon, "Amy" is a Great President of Hell in the Ars Goetia.

Other Languages

Character Title: Prinzessin der Verurteilung!

LanguageOfficial NameLiteral Meaning
EnglishPrinzessin der Verurteilung!German: Princess of Condemnation!
Chinese
(Simplified)		断罪皇女！！
Duànzuì Huángnǚ!!		Princess of Judgment!!
Chinese
(Traditional)		斷罪皇女！！
Duànzuì Huángnǚ!!
Japanese断罪の皇女！！
Danzai no Koujo!!		Princess of Judgment!!
Korean단죄단죄의 황녀황녀!!
Danjoe-ui Hwangnyeo!!		Princess of Judgment!!
SpanishLa Princesa del JuicioThe Princess of Judgment
FrenchPrincesse du châtiment !Princess of Punishment!
RussianПринцесса осуждения
Printsessa osuzhdeniya		Princess of Condemnation
Thaiเจ้าหญิงแห่งการลงทัณฑ์!!
Chao-ying haeng Kan-long-than!!		Princess of Punishment!!
VietnameseCông Chúa Định Tội!!Princess of Punishment!!
GermanPrinzessin der Verurteilung!—
IndonesianPrinzessin der Verurteilung!!—
PortuguesePrincesa dos PecadosPrincess of Sins
TurkishAdalet Prensesi!Princess of Justice!
ItalianPrinzessin der Verurteilung!—

References

  1. ↑ Official Genshin Impact Website: Fischl
  2. ↑ Twitter: Honkai Impact 3rd x Genshin Impact Crossover Event
  3. ↑ Wiktionary, Zersetzung
  4. ↑ YouTube: New Character Announcement - "Fischl can't lose just yet!" (Official English subtitles)
  5. ↑ Wiktionary, corvus

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