Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was the original Dendro Archon of Sumeru,[11] the avatar of Irminsul,[12] and the predecessor to the current Dendro Archon, Lesser Lord Kusanali. Like her successor, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata held the title of God of Wisdom.[13]
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was once one of "The Three Eternal Companion-Gods" who co-reigned in Sumeru, alongside King Deshret and Nabu Malikata.[14] When the other two gods propagated a plan to turn against Celestia, Rukkhadevata chose not to stay by their sides and instead established her own territory by nurturing a rainforest with the Varuna Contraption. The Aranara, her creations and familiars, called her Queen Aranyani.[15]
During the cataclysm five hundred years ago, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was one of the casualties of the conflict.[12][Note 2] Before her death, she created the Akasha System to purge forbidden knowledge from Irminsul and created her next incarnation, Lesser Lord Kusanali,[12] who then ascended as the current Dendro Archon and God of Wisdom.[16][17]
At the end of the Sumeru Archon Quests, Rukkhadevata sacrifices herself by having Lesser Lord Kusanali remove all memories of her existence from Teyvat. The only known person to still clearly remember her is the Traveler, which they believe is because they are not from Teyvat, and thus their memories are not under Irminsul's jurisdiction.
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Story[]
Pre-Cataclysm[]
After the war between the Seven Sovereigns and the Heavenly Principles concluded, one of the divine nails cast by the Heavenly Principles to mend the land[18] devastated and transformed most of verdant Sumeru into the desert now known as the Great Red Sand.[19] The nail suppressed the Dendro Dragon Apep, forcing it to adapt to the desert's environment.[20] It is unknown when or how Greater Lord Rukkhadevata came into being, but in the earliest legends involving her, she was the princess of an area where the forest still thrived,[21] which may be due to an alleged divine presence.[22]
Nabu Malikata, a Seelie survivor, heard about Rukkhadevata's wisdom and was impressed by the princess' answers to her riddles. The two forged an alliance which also included King Deshret,[23] who was co-ruling Ay-Khanoum with Nabu Malikata[24] and chose to "share" his throne with them during the Archon War,[18] leading the three to be known as "The Three Eternal Companion-Gods";[14] the three had their own views on "wisdom" and often debated their ideas together.[25] For a period of time, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata co-reigned with them in the desert, with each focusing on a different aspect of their civilization, and this era was remembered by their subjects as one of peace and ease.[26] To this day, a chair with Rukkhadevata's name inscribed on it can be found in the Orchard of Pairidaeza.
At some point, Nabu Malikata foresaw the coming of the cataclysm and realized that humanity might not survive on its own, so she informed Rukkhadevata of the future she saw and entrusted the other goddess with "a part of herself," a Khvarena of flowers.[27] For her own part, the Goddess of Flowers understood and embraced her own fate — to die leading King Deshret on the path of understanding forbidden knowledge, despite knowing that his endeavors were futile, in hopes of one day overturning the Heavenly Principles.[28] Hearing of their plans and finding them unacceptable, Rukkhadevata broke ties with both of them and returned to the forest to pursue her own ideas of wisdom. Though Nabu Malikata waited for her to return, she never did, leaving King Deshret to rule his people alone following the Goddess of Flowers' death.[8][29]
Revitalization of the Forest[]
After her falling out with King Deshret and Nabu Malikata, Rukkhadevata created the Varuna Contraption in a section of the desert,[30] after which the moonlight's reflection off the water created the image of a labyrinth. This labyrinth gave birth to the tiger-like divine beast[31] Viaghara, the first lord of the forest, who proceeded to befriend Rukkhadevata.[32][33] After Rukkhadevata created the Aranara, small plantlike creatures with the ability to control dreams,[34] the Aranara and lords of the forest used "dreams and illusions" and "hedges and streams," respectively, to protect the Varuna Contraption.[35]
With the help of her followers, who would go on to establish the Amurta Darshan of Sumeru Akademiya, Rukkhadevata revived a flourishing rainforest and expanded it furthermore. Sumeru City was built on the Divine Tree, a particularly massive tree located in Sumeru's forest region, and the sages of Sumeru Akademiya assisted Rukkhadevata in managing the nation's affairs.[36] At the border between the forest and the desert, the Wall of Samiel was erected to prevent the forest from undergoing desertification.
Suppression of Forbidden Knowledge[]
Thousands of years ago,[37] after King Deshret and Rukkhadevata had parted ways, King Deshret's pursuit of his ideal world led him to inadvertently release forbidden knowledge into his kingdom.[38] People heard crazed whispers in their heads and the disease known as Eleazar — the manifestation of The Withering on human bodies — began to spread.[39]
After learning of the plight of Deshret's people, Rukkhadevata came to their aid on account of her old friendship with Deshret.[38] She gathered the people,[7] instructing them to build temples into which she infused the divine power of life to suppress the forbidden knowledge. Doing so expended a great deal of her power and caused her to regress into a childlike form. Even this, however, was not enough — in the end, King Deshret sacrificed himself to finally put an end to the outbreak.[39]
Although King Deshret's people were saved, the sudden death of their god led to the fall of Deshret's civilization, whose stability had already been strained by Liloupar's orchestrated destruction of the large vassal state of Gurabad. Its people were divided into numerous short-lived city-states, including Tulaytullah, Saleh, and a state named after the original Gurabad.[40][41] During this time, the fox-like race known as the Valuka Shuna, which had been King Deshret's subjects, only managed to survive due to Rukkhadevata's grace and they moved into the rainforest. In the process, their fur also turned green and those with darker fur have exceptionally low heat tolerance.[42][43]
After the end of the desert's city-states era,[44] Rukkhadevata reconstructed the Khvarena entrusted to her by the late Nabu Malikata into the divine bird Simurgh. She tasked Simurgh with guarding "the border between new birth and death."[27]
During her weakened state, Rukkhadevata also made a promise with one of Apep's Creatures to completely erase the "apocalypse" — the assimilation of forbidden knowledge inside Apep and its creatures, which had occurred due to Apep's consumption of King Deshret's forbidden knowledge-corrupted body following his death. She blessed the creature with enough life force for it to survive in The Chasm, where forbidden knowledge is "transformed" due to the power of the divine nail residing there. She predicted that if forbidden knowledge was eradicated, Apep's creatures, which had "become" the apocalypse, would also lose a part of themselves. By changing the forbidden knowledge into something else, they would still remember it. She and Apep's creatures created the Fire Seed, which could reactivate the Heart of Oasis inside Apep and cure the dragon. However, since she was weakened, the Fire Seed was unstable.[20]
The Cataclysm[]
Five hundred years before the start of the main story, Khaenri'ah's increasing use of forbidden knowledge culminated in an overflow of Abyssal powers and monsters into Teyvat.[45] These Abyssal monsters wreaked havoc on the land under Celestia's control and the Withering spread uncontrollably throughout both the forest and the desert, causing decay and destruction so terrible that it was called "The Black Tide."[46]
To put an end to the devastation, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata embarked on a final journey with some of her followers and never returned.[47] The final king of the forest perished defending the forest,[25] while the Aranara only managed to save the forest with the help of the Traveler's sibling, whom they refer to as "Nara Varuna" due to their assistance in protecting the Varuna Contraption.[48] As a result of Rukkhadevata's death, the "grass and trees never spoke again" to Viridescent.[49]
During the gods' battle at Tunigi Hollow, the main rift where the Abyssal creatures emerged from,[45] they successfully suppressed the power of the Abyss — at a price.[50][Note 3] When the former Hydro Archon Egeria was killed,[51] her remains formed the water called Amrita. Rukkhadevata grew the Harvisptokhm from it to anchor the previous Hydro Archon to the mortal realm,[52] and it maintains the seal on the Abyssal rift by absorbing the defilement emanating from it. Inside the Harvisptokhm lies the giant lotus Gaokerena,[Note 4] within which the deceased Hydro Archon's consciousness slumbers. Simurgh awoke from slumber and fulfilled her destiny, drinking from the Amrita and turning into countless motes of Khvarena, sacrificing herself to purify the Amrita from the taint of the Abyss. The thousands of specks of Khvarena she turned into created various lifeforms, including the Pari race.[52]
It is suggested that Rukkhadevata already died by the time Simurgh completed its sacrifice.[53] At the moment of her death, Rukkhadevata was at Irminsul, which she had been tasked with protecting. Unlike the other members of The Seven, Rukkhadevata was not summoned to participate in the war against Khaenri'ah, since protecting Irminsul was a more important task. The pollution of forbidden knowledge occurred alongside the disaster, and it had already invaded Irminsul and caused great distress to Rukkhadevata. She created the Akasha System to "borrow" her citizens' wisdom in the form of their dreams to aid her in solving the crisis, and used her divine strength to purge the forbidden knowledge, much like how she once drove it back during the incident with King Deshret thousands of years ago. However, she realized that because she was the avatar of Irminsul, when forbidden knowledge corrupted Irminsul, it had corrupted her very existence as well. Even if she died, she would live on in memories, and this meant that Irminsul could not be fully purified of forbidden knowledge contamination. Because it was impossible for Rukkhadevata to erase herself, she created Lesser Lord Kusanali from the purest branch of Irminsul to be her incarnation in the "next samsara," leaving a trail of clues starting with the phrase "Let the world completely forget me."[12]
Legacy[]
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was remembered as a goddess who had protected Sumeru "since time immemorial" by dealing with disasters and creating the rainforest so that the people of Sumeru could live in peace. Some of her most devoted followers who were researchers founded Sumeru Akademiya and assisted her in ruling Sumeru.[36] The Akasha System, which was powered by the Dendro Gnosis,[12] was considered her legacy; it was modified by the Akademiya at some point after her death to become the public information-retrieval service utilized across Sumeru City.[Note 5] [54] While Lesser Lord Kusanali had her reservations about the Akademiya's use of the Akasha, she believed it was Rukkhadevata's wish to see it taken to its maximum potential and thus did not interfere with its affairs until the sages enacted their Samsara plan during the Sabzeruz Festival.
The Akademiya greatly idolized Rukkhadevata — or at least, the wisdom that they believed she personified. After Rukkhadevata's disappearance, the sages searched for her. They found Lesser Lord Kusanali, who bore a great physical resemblance to their former Archon, and brought her back to Sumeru City. Initially, the people rejoiced at her discovery and changed the Sabzeruz Festival's date to commemorate Kusanali's birthday. However, after some examination, the sages found that Kusanali was barely any different from an ordinary human child; she had no great wisdom nor the strength of a god. Disappointed in their new god, the sages locked her up in the Sanctuary of Surasthana and greatly reduced their focus on the new god in favor of espousing Rukkhadevata's legacy.[39][55]
The device in the Sanctuary of Surasthana where Nahida was imprisoned was created by Rukhadevata as a space where she could meditate in peace. After her death, the sages reprogrammed the machine so that it could only be controlled from the outside, then placed the young god inside it. Because the dungeon was created by divine power, Nahida was unable to escape on her own.[56]
Over time, and partially due to the Akademiya's misinformation campaign, the people of Sumeru have forgotten the true history between Rukkhadevata and Deshret. Some believe that a battle between the two was what created Sumeru's desert, and fanatic followers of Deshret view Rukkhadevata as a traitor who betrayed him and took the place of Archon. This perversion of the truth has allowed the sages to maintain tight control over information in Sumeru by pitting the people of the forest against the Eremites, making it easy for the sages to manipulate both groups from behind the scenes.[39]
Over the course of the Sumeru Archon Quests, the Traveler becomes entangled in the nation's affairs when their quest to gain audience with Lesser Lord Kusanali leads them to the Divine Knowledge Capsule, which was extracted from scholars who had come into contact with Rukkhadevata's consciousness. After learning about the sages' treatment of Nahida, their ambition to create a fake god, and the Fatui's involvement, the Traveler resolves to help free Nahida and find a way to end the Withering crisis. After the Traveler defeats the faux god Shouki no Kami, Nahida obtains the Electro Gnosis that had been in Scaramouche's possession and uses it to enter Rukkhadevata's realm of consciousness, which contains her final memories. After reaching the Irminsul where Rukkhadevata's remnant is located, Nahida realizes the purpose for which she was created. Despite her unwillingness to, Nahida has no choice but to eliminate Rukkhadevata from Irminsul to completely remove forbidden knowledge. Afterwards, the consequences of forbidden knowledge (crazed whispers, The Withering, and Eleazar) disappear, but Rukkhadevata herself is written out of history, as if she never existed in the world. While she still existed, no one remembers her and all references to her are rewritten to refer to a generic "Lord of Verdure," which people understand to be a pre-amnesiac Nahida.[12][57] The only individual who still remembers Greater Lord Rukkhadevata is the Traveler, a Descender, although Nahida has mentioned that she instinctively feels as though there was someone before her.
After the removal of the forbidden knowledge, Nahida finally fulfills Rukkhadevata's promise from thousands years ago with Apep's creatures and saves Apep from illness.[58]
Removal From Irminsul[]
Due to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's connection to Irminsul, her existence was polluted by forbidden knowledge and thus continued to pollute Irminsul even after her death. During the Archon Quest Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies in Chapter III: Act V - Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises, Nahida removed Greater Lord Rukkhadevata from Irminsul.
In addition to successfully removing the pollution from Irminsul, the removal of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata had the following consequences:
- The Akademiya's motivation for imprisoning Lesser Lord Kusanali is changed to be purely because of disappointment in her weakness and lack of wisdom following the cataclysm, with nostalgia and devotion towards Greater Lord Rukkhadevata no longer being involved.[57]
- It is unclear to what extent Nahida was believed to have been imprisoned, as references to her imprisonment were also changed, even though it is still known to have happened. The following stories in Nahida's Story interface in the Character Menu are altered with such changes: Character Story 4 and Nahida's "Toy Box."
- All Sumeru NPC dialogue that specifically mentioned Greater Lord Rukkhadevata change to instead refer to Lesser Lord Kusanali, either by name or as "the Dendro Archon."
- All instances of "Queen Aranyani" in the voicelines of the Aranara and the World Quest Series Aranyaka were changed to "Dendro Archon" or "Lord of Verdure," implying that they too have forgotten their creator and that in the end, there are things which even the forest cannot remember.
- All item descriptions referring to Rukkhadevata change to no longer refer to her. Affected items include:
- Archive description of Kalpalata Lotus
- Archive and inventory descriptions of Rukkhashava Mushrooms
- Archive description of Harra Fruit
- Archive description of "The Boon of the Elder Tree"
- Books in both the player's inventory and in the Archive change to no longer refer to her. Affected books include:
- Nahida, Rukkhadevata's next incarnation and one of her greatest admirers, forgets about her senior god. She now believes that she has always been the original Dendro Archon of Sumeru and lost her memories and powers due to combating the darkness during the cataclysm. The following stories in Nahida's Story interface in the Character Menu are altered to reflect this: Character Details, Character Story 1, and Character Story 3.
- Character Story 5 and Gnosis are not unlocked until after the removal of Rukkhadevata and thus do not undergo updates.
- Character Story 4 and Nahida's "Toy Box" are also updated, but the material that was updated is unrelated to Rukkhadevata, as mentioned earlier.
- The other gods also forget Rukkhadevata. "About Buer" voice-overs become available for Venti, Zhongli, and Ei after Rukkhadevata's removal from Irminsul, and they talk of "Buer" as if they had always known her, implying that they believe that Kusanali was always the Dendro Archon. Likewise, Nahida believes that she once knew The Seven personally and that she is only missing those memories due to what supposedly happened during the cataclysm.[59] She believes she should re-establish contact with The Seven, which indicates she has never met with any of them and that in reality, The Seven only met Rukkhadevata and never met Lesser Lord Kusanali.
- Zhongli's Character Story 5 is altered. Only the following phrase is altered: "only two remain of the first Seven" to "only two of the first Seven remain in positions of rulership."
- The Traveler's "About Beliefs" voice-over, in which they discuss Rukkhadevata with Paimon, is removed since Paimon no longer remembers Rukkhadevata.[Note 6]
There are two references to Rukkhadevata's name that are shown to persist even after her removal. The first is in the description of Rukkhashava Mushrooms; its Archive description is changed to clarify that people believe that the name "Rukkhadevata" refers to a giant tree that once existed in Sumeru. The second is in one of the thrones in The Orchard of Pairidaeza, whose inscription spells out "RUKDVTA" in Deshret Script; the location's unique properties may have preserved Rukkhadevata's name from the change in Irminsul.
Additionally, the following Weapon and Artifact descriptions, which have not been affected by Irminsul modifications, retain their references to Rukkhadevata:
- The artifact Viridescent Venerer's Determination
- The weapon Fruit of Fulfillment
There are also a few references to Rukkhadevata where her identity was obscured instead of preserved, changed, or overwritten:
- Nahida's Character Story 5 mentions her meeting with Rukkhadevata but blacks out Rukkhadevata's name.
- In What Shape Does the Self Hold in Nahida's Story Quest, Sapientia Oromasdis Chapter: Act II - Homecoming, the Elemental Being: Grounded Geoshroom's voice from its memories is heard attempting to say something, which comes out distorted beyond recognition and is subtitled as a blacked-out line. Based on the story it shared earlier in the quest and its success in preserving its apocalpyse-corrupted memories, it was likely saying Rukkhadevata's name, making it the only known being native to Teyvat that was able to remember her.
Character Mentions[]
Character Stories
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Trivia[]
- Rukkhadevata is the second god shown to regress into a physically smaller form after imbuing her power into the land (or in her case, towers).[39] The first known case is Guoba, who as Marchosius, God of the Stove and Patron God of the Soil, "placed all of his power into the land itself" to quell the disasters and calamities that threatened it. Divested of his strength, he shrank to his current size and fell into a deep slumber, during which he lost most of his wits, memories and wisdom. After he awoke, few people realized he was a god until it was revealed during the events of Moonlight Merriment.[60]
- Rukkhadevata is the first god indicated to have placed her power into the land twice and shrunk accordingly: The first was to remove forbidden knowledge after King Deshret released it to his civilization, which changed her appearance from an adult's to a child's.[39] The second likely occurred during the cataclysm when she had to remove forbidden knowledge from Irminsul, causing her appearance to regress to an even younger child's, identical to Nahida in stature.[12] When Nahida and the Traveler encounter the Elemental Being: Grounded Geoshroom, it asks her, "Wait, did you... get smaller again?"[20]
Etymology[]
- Rukkhadevatā (Pāli: रुक्खदेवता "tree-goddess") in Shaivism is a Yakṣiṇī who is worshiped as the goddess of wealth or the guardian spirit of practitioners. The Yakṣiṇīs are the female counterparts of the Yakshas in Hinduism and Buddhism, and also appear in Jātaka literature, where they are considered as local deities living in trees and sometimes referred to individually as "rukkha-devatā".
- In Hinduism, Araṇyānī (Sanskrit: अरण्यानी) is a goddess of the forests and the wild animals that inhabit them. As the name derives from the word araṇya (Sanskrit: अरण्य "forest, wilderness"), araṇyānī can also refer to a "large forest."[61]
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ↑ It is assumed "God of the Woods" refers to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata due to the lack of non-Archon gods in present day, the easy link between "woods" or "plants" and Dendro, and the death of the God of the Woods occurring in the same timeframe as that of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
- ↑ Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's conclusion that she died 500 years ago is supported by Viridescent Venerer's Determination's claim about the death of the God of the Woods during "the disaster," which In Remembrance of Viridescent Fields specifies as the cataclysm.
- ↑ It is not confirmed that The Seven were summoned to Tunigi Hollow to fight Khaenri'ah, although multiple gods were present: Egeria died here, and Rukkhadevata is assumed to have been present in order to transform the Lord of Amrita's corpse into the seal over Tunigi Hollow.
- ↑ The term "Gaokerena" is also mentioned in The Folio of Foliage Vol. 2 as the name of either Rukkhadevata's remains or the culmination of the Dendro Archon's wisdom, but it is unlikely to have any intended overlap with the Harvisptokhm's Gaokerena. In fact, the Sumeru Archon Quests state that Rukkhadevata mysteriously disappeared and the sages never found her, even though The Folio of Foliage allegedly records the stories told by the sages who followed her.
- ↑ Il Dottore's quote about the "Gnosis of Sumeru" likely confirms that Rukkhadevata's Gnosis and Lesser Lord Kusanali's Gnosis, which had varyingly been cited as the Akasha's power source in Sumeru Preview Teaser 03 and the Sumeru Archon Quests, are the same item.
- ↑ Removal of the voice-over only happens after completion of the following quest, A Toast to Victory, and thus the entire Act, not after completion of Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies.
Other Languages[]
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Greater Lord Rukkhadevata | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 大慈树王 Dà Císhùwáng | Great Benevolent Tree Lord |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大慈樹王 Dà Císhùwáng | |
| Japanese | マハールッカデヴァタ Mahaa Rukkadevata | Mahā Rukkadevata |
| Korean | 위대한 룩카데바타 Widaehan Rukkadebata | Great Rukkhadevata |
| Spanish | Reina Mayor Rukkhadevata | Greater Queen Rukkhadevata |
| French | Molrani Rukkhadevata | Molrani Rukkhadevata[• 1] |
| Russian | Великая властительница Рукхадевата Velikaya vlastitel'nitsa Rukkhadevata | Great Ruler Rukkhadevata[• 2] |
| Thai | ท่านหญิง Rukkhadevata ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ Than Ying Rukkhadevata Phu Ying Yai | Great Lady Rukkhadevata |
| Vietnamese | Đại VươngĐại Vương Rukkhadevata | Great Lord Rukkhadevata |
| German | Höhere Herrin Rukkhadevata | Higher Lady Rukkhadevata |
| Indonesian | Greater Lord Rukkhadevata | — |
| Portuguese | Lorde Maior Rukkhadevata | Greater Lord Rukkhadevata |
| Turkish | Mahadevi Rukkhadevata | Mahadevi Rukkhadevata |
| Italian | Sua Eccellenza Maggiore Rukkhadevata | Her Greater Excellency Rukkhadevata |
Queen Aranyani
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Queen Aranyani | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 千树之王 Qiānshù zhī Wáng | Lord of a Thousand Trees |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 千樹之王 Qiānshù zhī Wáng | |
| Japanese | 千樹の王 Senju no Ou | Lord of a Thousand Trees |
| Korean | 아란야니 여왕은 Alan-yani Yeowang-eun | Queen Aranyani |
| Spanish | Reina Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| French | Reine Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| Russian | Владычица Араньяни Vladychitsa Aran'yani | Mistress Aranyani |
| Thai | ราชินี Aranyani Rāchinī Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| Vietnamese | Nữ HoàngNữ Hoàng Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| German | Herrin Aranyani | Lady Aranyani |
| Indonesian | Ratu Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| Portuguese | Rainha Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| Turkish | Kraliçe Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
| Italian | Regina Aranyani | Queen Aranyani |
Change History[]
- Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was introduced as an NPC.
- Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was mentioned in dialogue.
References[]
- ↑ Artifact, Viridescent Venerer: Viridescent Venerer's Determination
- ↑ Weapon Ascension Material: Copper Talisman of the Forest Dew
- ↑ NPC Dialogue: Arayash
- ↑ World Quest, Varuna Gatha, Part 2: A Prayer for Rain on the Fecund Land
- ↑ Artifact, Flower of Paradise Lost: Secret-Keeper's Magic Bottle
- ↑ Interactable, Tanit Camps: Akademiya Emblem-Marked Contract
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Book: The Tale of Shiruyeh and Shirin, Vol. 1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 World Quest, The Dirge of Bilqis, Part 5: Dune-Entombed Fecundity: Part III
- ↑ Twitter: EN VA Self Announcement
- ↑ Image: CN VA Self Announcement
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act I - Through Mists of Smoke and Forests Dark, Part 2: Further Observation
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act V - Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises, Part 4: Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies
- ↑ YouTube: Version 3.0 Special Program (Timestamp: 8m 23s)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 World Quest, The Dirge of Bilqis, Part 4: Dune-Entombed Fecundity: Part II
- ↑ NPC Dialogue: Arakarman (Queen Aranyani's Story)
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter I, Act III - A New Star Approaches, Part 3: Solitary Fragrance
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter II, Act III - Omnipresence Over Mortals, Part 9: Wishes
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Artifact, Flower of Paradise Lost: Amethyst Crown
- ↑ Artifact, Gilded Dreams: Shadow of the Sand King
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Story Quest, Nahida, Sapientia Oromasdis Chapter: Act II - Homecoming, Part 2: What Shape Does the Self Hold
- ↑ Artifact, Vourukasha's Glow: Feast of Boundless Joy
Forsaking mad love and majesty, she [Rukkhadevata] chose to return to the rainforest and take up the path of defending life... - ↑ Book: Scroll of Streaming Song, Vol. 1
- ↑ Book: Scroll of Streaming Song, Vol. 3
- ↑ Weapon Ascension Material: Oasis Garden's Mourning
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Artifact Set: Deepwood Memories
- ↑ Artifact, Gilded Dreams: Honeyed Final Feast
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Artifact Set: Vourukasha's Glow
- ↑ Artifact Set: Flower of Paradise Lost
- ↑ Weapon Ascension Material: Olden Days of Scorching Might
- ↑ {{Ref/Domain|The Coordinates of Sun and Rain|note=Chinese version|quote=依照传说，司草木的女神在沙漠的一角唤出能召来甘霖的精灵，名之曰「法留纳」亦即「水天」。 "According to legend, the goddess who controlled plants summoned, in a part of the desert, a spirit of sweet rains, whose name was Varuna, or 'Water-Sky.'"
- ↑ Archive, Living Beings, Wildlife, Beasts: Rishboland Tiger
- ↑ Artifact, Deepwood Memories: Laurel Coronet
- ↑ Weapon Ascension Material: Silver Talisman of the Forest Dew
- ↑ Loading Screen Tip: Aranara
- ↑ One-Time Domain Entrance Description: The Coordinates of Sun and Rain
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 YouTube: Version 3.0 Special Program (Timestamp: 7m 54s)
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act I - Through Mists of Smoke and Forests Dark, Part 5: The Trail of the God of Wisdom
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Weapon: Staff of the Scarlet Sands
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act IV - King Deshret and the Three Magi, Part 3: Secret of the Scorching Desert
- ↑ Item: The Shepherd and the Magic Bottle
- ↑ Interactables: Vaguely-Readable Inscriptions
- ↑ Tighnari's Character Story: Character Story 5
- ↑ Event A Parade of Providence Quest: Act II - Beginnings and Endings, Part 1: Competition on the Sands
Tighnari: My ancestors, the Valuka Shuna, were originally from the desert. But I guess this is what happens when a species migrates — they become intolerant of their original environment... - ↑ Artifact, Vourukasha's Glow: Ancient Abscission
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 World Quest, Khvarena of Good and Evil, Part 1: The Splendorous Sky That Day
Nasejuna: Long, long ago, Dahri [Khaenri'ah] once built a facility here that connected them to realms beyond.
Nasejuna: During the great disaster, which they say the Dahri started, monsters swarmed from that very facility into the nations of the world.
Nasejuna: The monsters tore open a great rift that came to be called the Tunigi Hollow, and though they were sealed away with the new vein of the ancient tree, this mysterious sign appeared along with that. - ↑ Book: The Folio of Foliage, Vol. 1
- ↑ Book: The Folio of Foliage, Vol. 2
- ↑ World Quest, Aranyaka: Part II - Dream Nursery, Part 4: Festival Utsava
- ↑ Artifact, Viridescent Venerer: Viridescent Venerer's Determination
- ↑ YouTube: Version 3.6 Special Program (Timestamp: 21m 40s)
- ↑ Artifact, Vourukasha's Glow: Vibrant Pinion
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 World Quest, Khvarena of Good and Evil, Part 1: The Splendorous Sky That Day
- ↑ Artifact, Vourukasha's Glow: Stamen of Khvarena's Origin
"The lord of sweet dew and the lord of grass and trees shall precede you in losing their divine forms..."
"They shall be forgotten, and only the memory of your sacrifice will be remembered." - ↑ YouTube: Version 3.0 Special Program (Timestamp: 9m 0s)
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act II - The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings, Part 8: Dawn
- ↑ Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act V - Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises, Part 3: Jnagarbha Day
Alhaitham: That isn't something they could've accomplished with their scholarly talents alone. In the Sanctuary of Surasthana, there's a device of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's that she once used to isolate herself while meditating.
Alhaitham: Five hundred years ago, the Grand Sage at the time modified the device so that it can no longer be controlled from the inside. They're effectively trapping one god with the power of another. - ↑ 57.0 57.1 Archon Quest, Chapter III, Act V - Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises, Part 5: A Toast to Victory
- ↑ Story Quest Act, Nahida, Sapientia Oromasdis Chapter: Act II: Homecoming
- ↑ Nahida's Voice-Over: About The Seven: Introduction
- ↑ Event Moonlight Merriment Quest: Part II, Part 2: Three to Get Ready, and Here We Go
- ↑ Wisdom Library: Aranyani, Araṇyāni, Araṇyānī: 9 definitions