We all know Aventurine and his story. How he comes from Sigonia and has incredible luck, how he was invited to the Tavern by the fools. We thought that was where his connection to the fools ended. At first.

With 4.6 we learned that Aventurine actually has control, or at the very least, can tip his luck to an outcome he wants. And which Lord Ravager has the ability to manipulate outcomes and reality to his desire? Asat Pramad. And which Aeon said that they were the "murderer of all certainty"? Aha.

Now this could've the end of it and a nod to Aventurine's power of luck originating from the Elation. But I looked back on Penacony and had a thought. Is Sigonia just another Phantasmoon Games?

I first recalled what Aventurine's sister had said about the Katicans. "Katicans are bloodthirsty, cruel, and* *insatiably greedy. They want everything, only to end up with nothing."

It's not enough damning evidence since they were the Avgin's enemies and it wouldn't be odd for his sister to say something bad about their sworn enemy. But I can't help but wonder.

Avgins have their own belief system and worship Gaiathra Triclops, who's said to reign over all matters related to fertility, travels, and trickery.

Trickery. Wasn't Trickery in Ampherous the simulated version of Elation?

They also believe that every part of the world is a part of the Mother Goddess and that her divine body would perish at the end of each calendar year and this would repeat over and over.

Which Aeon is stated to have a large appetite to have entire planets and star systems in their belly?

I also didn't forget that Sigonia was described as a barren and harsh planet, which is the very opposite of Abundance. But who's to say that Abundance has to be just plants? The Xianzhou plaguemarks bestowed by Yaoshi aren't all flora. Take the Crimson Moon of the borisin for example.

Who's to say that the Abundance in this place takes a different form or that maybe the Abundance has weakend which caused the barren wasteland of Sigonia and yearly cycle of death and rebirth of their Goddess?

My theory is that Sigonia isn't world with a Phantasmoon Games, but rather a world that operates so eerily similar with the cycles and celebration. The Katicans were tainted with Voracity which caused them to become bloodthirsty and Aventurine's luck wasn't from Gaiathra but from Aha heading the wishpower from the prayers of the Avgin to Gaiathra. Aha didn't bless Aventurine directly, but just threw a blessing down on a whim just to see where it would go.

With 4.5 around the corner and Robin Summeretto about to arrive. I'll be analyzing the playable Path of Remembrance, why certain characters are on this path and how it relates to their personal character arcs. And an analysis as to why Robin is also on this path too, and what that would mean for her character development.

This analysis will simply be for fun and through a the philosophical lens that hsr is heavily steeped in; discussions on character arcs and how it fits into that playable Path, and I personally see a lot of common themes and patterns with everything.

Let's start with Fuli.

An excerpt from the data bank says, "...THEY observe in silence the world's tireless repetitions of the same mistakes over and over again. It is said that, after all returns to the silence at the end, Fuli will use the memory of the universe as a blueprint to reanimate all the worlds once again." And in 3.7 we learned that Fuli is only born at the end of time from Children of Anasrava, fragments of Fuli. (Tangent: This may seem like a linear timeline if you lay it out, but it also feels like a bootstrap paradox. No true origin or end.)

With this, we can interpret that Remembrance characters have stories and arcs that look to the past, to move towards a future. That their past is closely entwined with their future. Now we can analyze the arcs of characters on the path of Remembrance and in the spirit of Fuli, work our ways backwards starting with Cyrene.

Cyrene

Cyrene is a child of Anasrava that ascended to become the Fuli of Amphoreus. She gave up her own existence and chance to see tomorrow, just to anchor the past and defeat of Irontomb for the nameless to move forward and give the Chrysos Heirs a future where they become real. Her arc is the literal parallel of Fuli, travelling to the past and anchoring past events that shape our future where we are now.

Evernight

Evernight is the hidden consciousness in March 7th, using her powers connected to the enigmata to pursue her purpose, "As an obsession whose desire and purpose is to protect March 7th" even through extreme means. She is the literal manifestation of March's past that helps her move to the future.

Hyacine

Hyacine confronts Seliose due to the truth that their lineage only survived by a nameless Chrysos heir begging for her life. Hyacine's ancestors (past) caused Seliose to purge them and leave a single skyfolk to flee and tell her epics all so that one day, the descendants (future) may return and face her.

Castorice

Castorice died in a previous cycle in order for Polyxia, her sister to become the Death Titan. In the next cycle, Polyxia broke the rules in order to revive Castorice but also in turn granting her the ability to grant death with a touch but also caused souls to be rejected from the Netherworld. Castorice eventually confronts Polyxia and her past, all in order to return the cycle of life and death to Amphoreus and returning life to us and the chance to head to tomorrow.

Aglaea

Aglaea is the leader of the Chrysos Heirs, leading them to gather coreflames all for the prophesied Miracle of Genesis. She has lost her friends and family, and even her flaw as a Chysos heir causes her to slowly lose her humanity. Yet her past as a noble that was taught to create a "beautiful" art, which leads her to wish to weave together a romantic tomorrow for Amphoreus.

Robin•Summeretto

Now with Robin finally arriving, the only information we have for now is the Version trailer, livestream dialogue, Keeping up with Star Rail and Myriad Celestia. I'll be using all this preliminary information to flesh out a theoretical character arc for Robin Summeretto.

From the livestream and Myriad Celestia we learn that Robin is in Astropolis after taking over as the head of the Oak Family. As she learns her place as the head, she slowly comes to realize the extent of the Family's control and how much Sunday had protected her from all of it by shouldering all the responsibilities as the head of the Oak Family. After the events of Penacony, she also desires to search for a way of the Harmony that "truly resonates with her".She's also in Astropolis for a supposed mysterious legacy left by Gopher Wood, with possibility of it being connected to the harmony.

With this information, we can assume that Robin has become disillusioned with the Harmony and the Family. Learning about the insidious teachings of the Family, and wondering in horror and despair at how much her brother had suffered and shouldered all for Robin to pursue her dreams of bringing hope through her songs.

Perhaps in her arc as Robin Summeretto, we will see Robin in 4.5 reminiscing about her brother and the harmony but will not be dwelling on that, rather this will become the primary motivation for Robin to move forward as her own person and search for Gopher Woods legacy (if there actually is any), a side of Harmony that she can place her hopes in, and strike a deal between the Family and the IPC.

This will be an analysis on the playable path of Elation and how or why specific characters are on this path. (This is simply discussion and theory for fun)

To start with the basics, how did Aha ascend to Aeonhood?

A parable mentions that: "Aha climbed to the highest branch of the Imaginary Tree, and THEY saw how meaningless the universe was. THEY continued looking until THEY saw a baby fall to the ground and cry. THEY burst into laughter."

So in short, Aha isn't simply about laughter. Aha is the combination of staring into the void and laughing despite the meaninglessness of it.

Enlightenment + Joy. Elation is feeling of joy but also comes from the latin root word 'elatus' which means "lifted up".

What does this mean for our characters?

With this in mind, let's take a look one by one at each elation character. (Note that there is faction path and personal path. I'll get more into it later).

Yao Guang

Yao Guang is a Physical Elation character. While she is a general of the Xianzhou Yuque (Faction Path of Hunt), she herself is on the path of Elation (Personal path). This is due to her powers of being a diviner, able to see into the various futures. She is enlightened by being able to see into the future but she also jokes around with Tingyun during 4.0, she's able to enjoy the joys of life despite the misfortune hanging above her head.

Sparxie

Sparkle is already is part of the Masked Fools (Faction path) and a chaos gremlin (Personal path). But while we accompanied her during the Tavern, we heard her monologue when she was stuck to the hospital bed. She laments about how meaningless the universe is and how the masked fools gain a new perspective when they put on a mask. Enlightenment. When she confronted Sparxie at the school and she was told that she was the abandoned mask (up in the air, either way they merged back anyway). What did Sparkle think? She thought that it was cool. She was happy despite confronted about the meaninglessness of her existence.

Evanescia

An Emanator of Abundance that Aha put on Planaracadia. At first she simply searched for immortal life, starting out as a "beast of blind love and hate" but Aha promised her enligthen her and teach her the meaning of true joy. After being the arbitrator of the games, she gained an new appreciation and love for fleeting life and the joys of it.

Silver Wolf 999

She literally is at the pinnacle. 999 is her limit before she reaches to the level of the Aeons. Despite being confronted with the meaningless future Elio foresaw or being stuck at 999, she joined the Stellaron Hunters to make her own future and even have a little found family.

Now what about Aventurine?

I can't say anything for certain, obviously. But we can speculate with the information we currently have. Perhaps while he is searching for the traitor in the stonehearts (mentioned in the livestream), maybe we come to learn and experience how much Penacony changed and affected his viewpoint (at the end of 2.1, he talks to a younger version of himself and confesses that he's not ready to meet his family and plans to prepare for when that time comes to make them proud). Perhaps he's finally learned to not just live, but to live for himself. Or maybe he learns something deeper about the IPC and a means to finally avenge the deaths of his family. Who knows.

There's even Pearl but I'll leave that to when 4.6 is almost here, but with this information I'm sure you can make your own theories about her.