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Some theories on Ei’s fate next patch and beyond (spoilers act 4 Snezhnaya)
I been thinking (and waiting for YEARS for Ei to return to story) and now that 7.2 is upon us in a few weeks let’s discuss. I have high hopes for her story moving forward as I know each Raiden cooks. Now, neither of these theories I can claim as my own as I am sure a lot of people already discussed similar stuff in the past, but I’d like to mention them all anyway.
I am sure a lot of people heard about the whole “Ei and Makoto are connected to Ronova and Istaroth” thing because of the Sakura seed Makoto planted, and Ronova’s statue being In Inazuma and all the motifs Ronova and Ei share (crows, eyes, wings, eternity, domain expansion, etc.). I find that connection fascinating as well, but this post is about something else I thought of while we were fighting Ronova this patch
In case you don’t know, each Raiden of Hoyo games has some sort of red lighting effect in their power (both Raiden Mei’s in hi3 and hsr) except for EI. This power manifests when Raiden is overcome with grief and has to go against destiny itself to protect those she cares about.
Raiden Mei’s as Herrscher of Thunder manifested when she became a “Sinner” by joining the World Serpent to save Kiana. Just like Ei, her power prior to that was only regular blue / purple lightning while after her armour and power itself gained crimson red lightning effect (and ofc changed her power limits entirely). In hi3 red lightning is a symbol of defying destiny and carving the path you can truly call your own. Just like what Ei has been trying to do for Inazuma
Raiden Bosenmori Mei (Acheron). Her homeland Izumo was under threat of Kami (gods) and her people forged 12 sentinel swords to fight them off, but when they failed - she forged the 13th, “Life” that eventually snapped into Nihility. It is the same sword she uses to this day, and how she draws her power from IX as the emanator of Nihility aka self-annihilator - role impossible to achieve because IX does not care about gazing upon anyone and sharing THEIR power yet she was the exception by creating the Void herself. This once again serves as an act of defying “rules” set by the Cosmos and showing that Raiden follow that pattern. Ei, who now dwells within Mussou no Isshin - a sword left to her by her sister AFTER the Cataclysm - is a parallel to Acheron’s sword left after her planet’s demise.
From 7.1 Snezhnaya quest we already saw manifestation that which is similar to red lightning - Pierro’s usage of complete Delusion pushed to its limits.
>Delusions are vision replicas that in turn for power take your life force instead and are tightly related to Death.
His electro power transformed into something beyond Celestia itself that even Ronova couldn’t hold back. My theory is that Electro, when it becomes unbound from “rules” imposed by Celestia and enters its pure "unbound" form, it becomes the very manifestation of raw power and energy. From Nod-Krai we know that Electro pre-Primordial One was chaotic and uncontrolled, when infused with Abyss / Void.
Since we know that Elemental power cannot harm Celestial bodies,
WHAT IF, in 7.2 Ei will "sin" by tapping into pure Electro uncontrolled by Celestia to fight off the Nail and protect her land - the very same land she and her sister vowed to protect. The very same land she would defy Teyvat "rules" in order to protect and prevent The Cataclysm 2.0.
P.S. Now, this could definitely be worded better and expanded upon even further but unforch couldn't add more than 1 image so yeah. Also, I might be reaching a LOT with honkai universes connections, but would be fun if was true.
Anyways, I am hella excited for next version. Lemme know if you have any thoughts on this or I am just delulu for our queen to make her return. Any further lore input is very appreciated as I haven’t played through Zibai’s story and much of Nod Krai so I might be missing a lot of important details
u/Fegor_ — 11 days ago