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l u m i n e, traveller from beyond the stars. ([personal profile] reillume) wrote2023-02-03 03:23 pm

screams into hands

PLAYER

Name: Kiku
Preferred pronoun(s): she/her
Contact: [plurk.com profile] valyria / zaleho#0829 on discord.

Invited by: Fyn beckoned me from across the abyss.

CHARACTER

Name: The Traveler. (Lumine)
Canon: Genshin Impact.
Canon point: 3.5 update - Windblume's Breath.
Age: Physically about 19, implied to be thousands of years old.

Summary:
A long time ago the Traveler used to journey across the stars with her twin brother at her side, they journeyed for many many years before they landed in Teyvat. Upon arriving, the Traveler fell into a sleep that she did not wake from for an unknown amount of time, not until the day she was awoken by her brother and both twins bore witness to the destruction of Khaenri'ah. They attempted to flee, to move onto the next world, only to be blocked by an unknown god who promptly defeated them both. The Traveler watched her brother being taken away by this unknown god before she was also consumed by red cubes, her powers sealed, and put to sleep once again for the next five hundred years.

Upon waking the Traveler found herself alone and in a world utterly unfamiliar to her, she decided to set out on a journey determined to find the unknown god and reunite with her brother. Although she had no idea where to really begin, and almost like an answer to that solution she ended up fishing up her very own travel companion in the form of Paimon, Tevyat's number one travel guide. Paimon decided to stay with the Traveler, teaching her the language of Tevyat, as well as informing her on the general state of the world. Together they began to travel across the many nations of Teyvat where the Traveler became inexplicably drawn into the various troubles each nation had. Although her main concern had always been information about her brother and the unknown god who took him from her, the Traveler still ended up helping each of the nations she had traveled to, earning her quite the reputation.

While the Traveler has made no effort to hide not wanting to get involved with the troubles of others, especially the other nations (attempting to flee from the scene upon Morax's "death", refusing to initially help the rebellion in Inuzuma), she is ultimately a very compassionate person, always choosing to step in and help with whatever problems are presented to her. The reputation she garnered for herself speaks volumes about the kind of person she is; a somewhat stoic, humble, and helpful adventurer who befriends gods and seems to change the world in her wake.

Powers/abilities:
ELEMENTAL RESONANCE -- One of the very first things Lumine does upon beginning her journey is visit one of the statues of the Seven, there that she discovers that she is capable of resonating with the statues and capable of using their corresponding elements without the use of a vision. Not only is she capable of resonating with these statues and their elements, but she is also capable of manipulating multiple elements at one times as seen in her fight with Tartagila - she summons a vortex of Anemo energy in her hand to block his attack while dragging her foot across the floor and summon Geo spikes to spring up in a similar motion. Currently, the Traveler has access to the Anemo, Geo, Electro, and Dendro elements, one is able to see which element she is currently resonating with based on what color parts of her dress and the inteyvats in her hair are glowing.

WEAPON MASTERY -- Many among her travels note that the Traveler is incredibly good with a sword, capable of overcoming her opponents on the strength of her sword alone. Her fighting style appears to be somewhat headstrong with quick, rapid strikes, unlike her twin's style which is more stable and almost defensive. She does not appear to put as much effort into her strikes as her twin, a possible indicator of her strength, and is very light on her feet. It is also implied that she is fairly good with a bow, capable of shooting down targets with ease in a demonstration of archery to some Inazuma soldiers.

STRENGTH & AGILITY -- Lumine is actually quite strong given her rather demure stature, as seen in her fight against Saracmouche, slamming her sword down on his robotic face that it sends him tumbling backward, in that same fight she is seen slamming her sword into the ground itself as a way to stop herself from sliding too far back. She is also quite agile, capable of dodging attacks an average person wouldn't be able to, and (to site the Scaranmouche once more) able to leap between falling rocks to get to safe ground below.

ENDURANCE -- She is also quite sturdy, it takes a lot for Lumine to be knocked to the ground usually attacks from beings as powerful as gods or gods themselves. She has fallen down multiple floors and lived, shot into a cliff face only to fall to the ground and lived, and she is also capable of withstanding the power of multiple adepti as well as channeling it into a singular blow that aided in Liyue's defeat of Osail.
Inventory: The clothes on her back and inteyvats in her hair, Aquila Favonia, her Serenitea pot (inactive).

OTHER

Sentimental item: Aether's earring. He is her brother, her twin, the one who has been at her side for all the years they have traveled together across the stars. His value to her cannot be understated, she has fought gods in the hopes of finding even a scrap of information about him.
Gemstone: A navy blue, polished, pallasite with smaller gold olivine suspended inside like stars in the shape of a primo gem, the size of a glass marble.

Lost memory #1: Aether's face, her brother is her whole reason for setting out on her journey, he is the reason she keeps pushing forward to discover the truth. While not entirely bad as forgetting him entirely, losing memory of his face will worry Lumine deeply. It will make finding him harder, obviously, and she will begin to worry that she is going to forget him entirely if she does not find him soon.
Lost memory #2: Paimon. Aside from those they have traveled with briefly, Paimon has always been at her side, she is the reason that Lumine is capable of conversing with the people of Teyvat in their language. She will believe she has only ever traveled on her own, instilling a sense of loneliness that she cannot shake. She already misses her brother a lot, now there will be another hollow feeling in her chest for the floating companion she can no longer remember.
Altered memory: The knowledge that the people of Khaenri'ah were outright killed instead of being cursed, aside from Dainslief and Chlothar Alberich. This will fundamentally change her views on hilichurls as a whole, as ever since discovering that they were the people of Khaenri'ah cursed with immortality and wilderness, unable to properly die - save for wasting away in a dark corner of the Chasm where they might find some comfort from their perpetual agony - she began to feel truly bad for them. Now she would view them as nothing more than the monsters most people also see them as. This also means that she no longer remembers the memory she saw of her brother aiding Chlothar with son Caribert, who had been turned into a hilichurl, properly. She will remember following a hilichurl into the unknown sancutary, her encounter with the large purple glowing rock and the "Sinner", but she will not remember why Chlothar Alberich decided to use the power of the Abyss to fight the gods.

Sample: TDM Top Level.