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Well, you remember it. That Dragon-made Phlogiston-ifying Doomsday device that served as gruesome fail-safe method of guarding Teyvat against the Abyss.

Recently, I read about some people stating that Phanes, despite being in coma/sleep/whatever energy saving mode it can manage, still awakens briefly - if something truly world-ending happens.

In their statements, they claimed that Shades only acted somewhat locally: Istarot preserved Zi Bai and gave some powers to Venti, Ronova did the whole Khaenrian punishment thingy and helped Natlan, etc. But nothing among it was, like, really global really fast. Activated Huitzilopochtli, on the other hand, certainly was.

So what if it was Phanes that rewinded the time to "softly" force a survivable option in this quest? Fontaine stuff, Gnoses stolen and even Dottore's experimental rampage were, let's be real, at best local inconveniences. Nothing was globally devastated beyond repair, and locals sort of managed to fix all that at home, to the best of their abilities.

But no amount of local fixing can prevent "LET'S TURN WHOLE PLANET INTO SHINY MAGICAL LAVA!"-machine from doing...well, exactly what I wrote. This shit is unforgivingly permanent in it's work and scaringly fast in it's completion. World might need Reason to kinda awaken, even if unseen, and un-make such terrifying choice, otherwise there's no saving anything.

I can't support this claim by anything valid, as my knowledge is lacking, so I won't be zealously defending it. Take it as, at best, uneducated guess.

Currently the best way to prevent Abyss from winning ever made, by the way. Assuming that after such victory over it life is still worth living.

I am aware that this comparison may be stupid to some people.

BUT

If recent leaks are true, and Phanes is universal in his powers, would that make him equal to Aeons in HSR? I mean, being universal in power is their shtick in general. And, unlike Aeons, Phanes seemingly have no Primum Mobile - and therefore isn't a slave to it's own powers unlike Aeons.

Yesterday I watched Painstation's Shorts about Zephyro and Acheron visiting Teyvat. Comments went about both of them presence-diffing Heavenly Principles.

But if Reason = Logic of everything and nothing in general, can't Phanes just un-create people on a whim? No matter if they operate in powers of something or nothingness, the very fact of them being born/made and recieving said power abides to some principles, mechanisms and laws - which means those processes had some logic. Which Phanes can just reverse, mutilate or erase?

It can maybe explain why the Abyss was the only factor to actually damage Heavenly Principles. If it is multiversal, it scales above him in some way.

I may look extremely stupid while saying about this, as I either misinterpreted something or straight up made some stuff up out of not knowing something, but I fear not - people can be way stupider than that. What dou you think about this, though?

Will try Hyenas after Lan-Kir. Can any of you guys give me a quick guide on how to get all their paths? Including Supremacy if they have any, as in all my recent campaigns they either went Harmony or Neutral. Communist path once.

Mandate of the Eye doesn't count, I'm talking about Hyenia-based Supremacy path, if there is any.

Once again, question is simple. For those of you who are willing to be bothered, in your experience, what are the best division templates for Militarchy? Infantry, motorised/mechanised and tanks specifically.

If you are willing, you can also say about which navy and aviation templates can fit them, but those are optional. I am interested in land ones more than the rest.

Oh, and doctrines. Wanna know which one can synergize with them the most.

Well, exactly that. Playing Sheriff's Adelart. Unified Aquelia. Captured Herzland after defeating Gryphonian Empire. Via Herzland decision, formed a country called...I can't even remember, Dynasty of someone. It was formed after the event in which Sheriff's armies destroyed every image of Idol of Boreas. And then no more content.

Am I missing something? Or Adelart never meant to expand further than that? Or it's exactly Sheriff who can't unify the continent, but other Adelart leaders can? Or Aquelians in general can't do the continental conquest?

I am no lore maniac, like some people over here. But I am lore fanatic - regarding parts that I know.

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Phanes the one who literally created humanity - and maybe other mortal species as well?

If so, then what the heck is the point for people to argue about wherether Phanes is right or wrong? Heavenly Principles creathed these species, therefore they belong to it. And since there is no authority above Phanes, no one and nothing can objectively argue about what actions are appropriate regarding your own creations.

"Glassing entire countries is wrong!" - well, guess what? No country of humans would ever exist without their punisher creating them in the first place. This act alone, forever and ever grants Phanes the infallible judgement and authority over it's species, unless Phanes itself says otherwise. The only option to debate is what it did against Dragons, as they had different creator. Why we just don't stick to that concept as main criteria of analyzing HP and other creator figures?

I am eager and willing to debate about is as much as you want. But if possible, I'd like to remove morals ouf of discussion. In-universe, objective morality is non-existent, I presume, and it's not like Phanes is bound by it anyways.