Have you heard that there are lyrics in the boss theme in “The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc”? Me neither — until the moment I came to listen Mare Jivari “default” (I cannot call it “peaceful”) theme, “A Spark Forged in Ash”, and found out the existence of the boss theme, — but anyway, they do exist. It plays when you approach Bakunawa (who resurrects every 72 hours after being defeated).

Since it has similarities in instruments with Albedo’s theme (mechanical-sounding piano?), people often associate it with Bakunawa, and they of course have the point, but — based on lyrics, I think the most part of the song is addressed either to Enjou… or at the very least, to a complex, combined image of the Mare Jivari explorer. And since I am here for Enjou… let me look for references and tell you why I think that it might refer to Enjou.

The song is called “Prayer in a Land of War”, 燹火的祈咏歌 (A Prayer Hymn of Devastating Flames?)

Its Latin lyrics:

Superbus cadet et corruet et non suscitetur

Et ignis mea indignandi succendar

et non sit qui extinguat

Si in loco sine vento es o fortis mea

W: Tu cuius altae, viae sunt in mare

Cui vestigia sunt ignota sunt nunc orbis

te liquens adest qui te vult

O fortis mea (Fortis anima mea)

Ducat te ventus via domum

Its Chinese lyrics:

狂傲的兽呀，何竟跌入烬海，无人将它挽起

唯有如火的怨怒将四周烧却

无人将它熄灭

而你，若你困于无风之地，我无畏的魂灵呀

女：你，若你高贵的旅途通往那灼热的烈火之海

若无风记载你的旅途，若无风记载你的归宿

若世界就此将你遗忘，我仍愿为你奏响颂歌

我无畏的魂灵呀

风呀，愿风指引你归乡

Thank NetEase for providing the lyrics.

Translation from Latin, I (we) tried my best:

The proud one shall stumble and fall, and shall be raised up by none.

And a fire of my indignation will be kindled,

And none shall extinguish it.

If you are in a place with no wind, oh my brave one,

You*, whose noble path lies in a sea,

Whose footsteps are now unknown to the world,

^\QUESTIONABLE, without CN, the next line broke me])

You*, who clearly has one, who needs/wants you, by your side,

Oh my brave one (My brave soul),

May the wind guide you home.

^\accusative case)

Translation from Chinese, provided by yoshikagekira3707 on YT:

Oh, how the haughty beast has fallen into the sea of ashes with no one to raise it up!

Only the flame of resentment shall burn all.

None shall extinguish it.

And if you are trapped in the land where no wind blows, oh fearless soul of mine,

W: if your pilgrimage* leads you to the scorching sea of flames,

if there’s no wind to record neither your journey nor homecoming,

if from that moment on, the world forgets about you, I would gladly sound a hymn** for you once more.

Oh fearless soul of mine,

May the wind guide you home.

^\not the same "pilgrimage" that in Natlan.)

^\*not the exact hymn from the title. In the title:) ^{祈咏歌 - prayer-chant hymn (ritual, almost religious},) ^{in this line: 颂歌 - song of praise / eulogy / ode.}

Though I’d be happy to see someone CN-speaking in a comment section to clarify that. My sources might be not that accurate.

The CN and the Latin lyrics are pretty different. Or, rather, CN version contains much more details.

Let’s start with Latin first.

Superbus cadet et corruet et non suscitetur

Et ignis mea indignandi succendar

et non sit qui extinguat

should be referring to

Et cadet superbus, et corruet, et non erit qui suscitet eum: et succendam ignem in urbibus ejus, et devorabit omnia in circuitu ejus

(The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.

Jeremiah 50:32, English Standard Version)

I don’t know how it might be of use for now, but Jeremiah’s Chapter 50 foreshadows the fall of Babylon in 539 BC.

But also, “Et ignis mea indignandi succendar et non sit qui extinguat” seems to be a reference to recurring in Books an image of non-extinguishing fire which appears to be a divine punishment. Examples: Jeremiah 21:12 (in a shape of “…ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea, et succendatur, et non sit qui extinguat…” aka “lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it”), Isaiah 1:31 (“…et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui extinguat.” aka “and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.”), Ezekiel 20:47.

Funny note: there’s an instrumental break between the first and the second line, and second line is being sung exactly when Enjou is indignant at the fact, that Paimon decided that it was Citlali who opened the portal, and is like “I did that, not her! You hear me?!” In CN he says something close to “I did that! The merit is mine!” I like to think that it’s not a coincidence, or, at least, it’s a funny coincidence that fits his character.

Let’s go further.

“Tu cuius altae, viae sunt in mare

Cui vestigia sunt ignota sunt nunc orbis”

might be a very vague reference to

“In mari via tua, et semitæ tuæ in aquis multis: et vestigia tua non cognoscentur”

“Your way was through the sea, Your path through the great waters; yet Your footprints were unseen.”

Psalm 76:20 (or 77:19).

A path through the sea and the footprints unknown to the world. Haha. Yet, the same thing that’s with undying flame – both are related to God. Though the Abyss Order initially had religious theme, from the structure to the “titles” of their members…

First, this song plays in the Mare Jivari (Captain Obvious), so “a place with no wind” clearly refers to a someone who is in the Mare Jivari. A huge number of adventurers entered it, from various eras. (And many – found their end.)

“If your pilgrimage leads you to the scorching sea of flames”. The scorching sea of flames. Totally Mare Jivari, but now it’s rather… ashen, you know. Maybe somewhere deeper it still burns…

Speaking of ashen, the Chinese name of Enjou’s avatar is in the same format as the name of the Lavawalker set:

渡过烈火的贤人 "The Sage who Crossed the Blazing Fire"

渡过烬海的学者 "The Scholar Who Crossed the Ashen Sea"

Visitors of the Mare Jivari were described that way:

“Back in the day, the Mare Jivari was THE location to spelunk and explore. It drew adventure teams from all over Teyvat.”

“An endless plain of ash where the wind does not blow. The dreams of many an experienced adventurer has ended there, and many a traveler has ceased their sojourn on its account.”

Let’s look closer at the “pilgrimage”, or, rather, noble journey (lofty path? Exalted journey? Elevated, dignified, purposeful?), because we already have Pilgrimage of Return of the Sacred Flame in Natlan and it’s written different. Our noble path is 高贵的旅途. In this case 的 (de) is used to link a noun, an adjective or a phrase to a noun to describe it. 高贵 (gāoguì) is privileged; elitist, precious; rare; valuable, noble; lofty. 旅途 (lǚtú) is path, journey, travel. It seems to highlight this special journey?

In this case, I imply that it describes not every single adventurer whose path led them into the Mare Jivari, but rather, the very key person of the quest the song is sung in. The very person who traversed ruins of many ancient civilizations and investigated documents from various eras, but didn't find any proof of his belonging to any of them, who doesn't know which nation and which era he belongs to, and who delves into it with words "If there truly is a homeland I have forgotten, could it be within this realm of smoldering, shattered time?"

“If there’s no wind to record neither your journey nor homecoming” And again, it’s the Mare Jivari – the place with no wind, with abnormal flow of time, and, speaking of “record” … seemingly inaccessible for the Irminsul. First, Natlan ley lines have been weakened long-long ago, second – I don’t see any way they could be intact after that Venti blew away it from the Teyvat time axis. Initially I thought that Nahida’s “beyond my reach” referred to absence of Mare Jivari data in Irminsul, but after rereading her voice-lines and Sumeru AQs, I’m not so sure. (written before 6.6)

“Neither your journey neither your homecoming”... Homecoming. Homecoming. Homecoming is the main theme of 5.8 – Bennett who visited Natlan – the land of his birth, who faced the threat from the Abyss in Mare Enthymema, and got acquainted with his parents who have fallen in the Mare Jivari when he was a baby; Ineffa who managed to get back to the land, that another “piece” of her and other dragon AIs once ruled, to know of her origin, to break the “curse”, and to get back to her newly found home – to her Aino; Enjou, who’s been wandering around Teyvat and its depths only he knows how long, who finally – almost four years after our (as players) first meeting with him – told us about his goal and his path, who is looking for his homeland. And thus, his story is the only of three what is yet to unfold.

“if from that moment on, the world forgets about you” – this place doesn’t point on direct “erasing from the world’s memory”, like in Rukkhadevata’s and Scaramouche’s cases, but not contradict it either. A weird spot, to be honest. I think of it only as of “the world won’t record your footsteps no more”, because after completing “The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc” no lines mentioning Enjou has been changed.

• Q’ellu, a kid in the same bar where we found Venti in the event quest, mentions “Hayne” (if you ask me, the translators messed up with this name of Enjou. On’yomi reading of kanji which he always uses for his Inazuman names – in all localizations except Japanese, - really reflects the Chinese pronunciation, but it’s still slightly different. 海 (sea) has on’yomi reading kai, 内 – if it’s “inside”/” between”, then nai or dai, and if it’s “to enter”, then nō or dō. So, Kaino would be more accurate than Hayne. This name meets the inner logic of Enjou's previous names - two characters + description of the surroundings),
• and Papar on the tree in the riddle with monetoo on the westmost part of Tete Isle mentions him too,
• he is still mentioned in the flower’s description in our inventory,
• and the real Stanley mentions him as Nocht (this name is not Inazuman, it’s distorted Tenoch, Tenoch = Tè nuò qí (特诺奇), Nocht = Nuò qí tè (诺奇特)).

As for Stanley himself, he’s been actively mentioned by Hans aka fake Stanley.

Or it’s more “even if… I will remember you.” (that matches the Traveler’s role as a backup of Teyvat memory)

“May the wind guide you home.” No comments. First, “...the wind lead…” and “…the wind guide…” are widely used in Mondstadt as a blessing. Second, it still focuses on “home”. Third, Veeeentiiii~ we need your heeelp~ he helped the child of the land of the wind~~ help him too~~\~ I mean, I wonder if Venti will be involved in future quests related to the Mare Jivari.

A few more notes:

• Right after the first line has been sung, there’s a sharp bzzzzzzzing long sound, similar to alarm ring, bell ringing to the class, kitchen timer?
•  And there’re some clock tickling sounds, at 0:59 1:05 1:11 and at 2:29 2:32 2:35.
• Just my humble opinion, but I (delulu maybe) think that 1-3 lines are sung by one lyrical hero and the 4-11 by another, addressing to the first one.
• IMHO again, but the first line and music there (then) give off the strong vibe of a church chorus. Speaking of a Lector, huh...

Well, what do you think about this song? Did you notice its very existence during the quest? Who do you associate it with? And how do you imagine the continuation of Enjou’s story and our role in it? Feel free to share!

Okay, so I don’t have a complete theory and analysis, more like an idea that came to me while watching lore videos and I’m curious to see what others think.

The recent 5.8 world quest with Enjou revealed how he’s THE lavawalker from the artifact set. However I think that’s just the beginning, because I believe Enjou doesn’t really know who he is at all. Not only is he the lavawalker. He’s the voyager from the story of the first seelie.

Kinda out of left field, but it hit me when he was describing how he’s has seen all of these places and seen so many different things from history. He’s seen kingdoms crumble and major events unfold in the world of teyvat but he’s clearly looking for something still. Which is what led me to the idea of him being the voyager or at least the boy the voyager placed her consciousness into. I think his memory was wiped and he’s been traveling the world since trying to figure out who he really is (could be cheesy but I could see them doing a thing where even though he lost his memories his love transcended that and it’s what he’s searching for). He’s also been around so long that he’s clearly not a normal human and this could explain why he’s been around for so long.

Book: Records of Jueyun “Just thirty days later, a sudden disaster struck. The seelie and their lover fled into exile as the world collapsed around them, fleeing until the terrible calamity caught up with and seized them. Their cruel punishment was to be separated from each other for eternity and to have their memories wiped without a trace”. - Taken from the Genshin wiki

But why Enjou you might ask? Well, this is clearly a character that has been hinted at since the start of the game in 1.0 from an artifact set. It makes sense that he could be very deeply tied to other aspects of the lore and this could be a cool way to time him into an even bigger story. Also him being related to the abyss order and trying to prove that the gods were from beyond teyvat could also be seen as him trying to understand his own origins. Maybe his memories weren’t completely wiped and he still remembers things from his past that don’t have to do with the first seelie and he’s trying to piece things together from his memories.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence either that this specific story unfolded right now before Nod Krai. It’s likely we will get more expansions to the Mare Jivari and Enjou’s story in the future(based on Citlali’s comments at the end of the quest) and potentially alongside 6.x, and it would be very interesting if this “veil of lies” starts slipping. I’m very on board with the idea that Columbina or Nicole are the first seelie based on their designs and would be cool to see them get their memories back around the same time in Nod Krai while Enjou does in the Mare Jivari

Just thought about this line from Enjou to the Traveler before he went to Mare Jivari. He asks if the Traveler remembers their "home", but the Traveler could or would not answer.

After this I tried remembering past moments where the Traveler (let's choose Aether) would explain what he knew about their past with the sibling and it all feels intentionally-vague.

When he tells Lumine in the Bedtime Stories quest that he wants to move on from Teyvat with her, Lumine just says that he (Aether) wanted to find a place in the universe where the Inteyvat was in full bloom. The Sword of Descension, the weapon that tells the story of the twins' descent, could be interpreted as only referring to one person. In A Space and Time with You, when you met Lumine after Deirdyrith froze, she says she landed in K'haenriah with her mind wiped and only remembered you over time.

However, their Character Story does explicitly say that they have been through "countless worlds" and there may be no point in disputing this. There is also the fact that there are two Hibernation Chambers, one for each sibling, although again this could be a fabrication since they are perceiving this from Teyvat.

Anyways, basically I'm just following a hunch here, but I think there's a potential angle where one or both of the siblings might have artificial memories. And K'haenriah/the Abyss might have been involved.

This is one way to prove that it is possible one of them is not a Descender: because they are not siblings, one of them is sharing artificial memories with the other, and this was all done in some logic to end the cyclical nature of Teyvat. It could also be that they are still siblings, but their core identity is based on memory like Teyvat is, and that is why the Irminsul tree only counts one of them as Descenders.

This could all lead to an ending where the Traveler could decide with Dainslief whether his journey was worthwhile or not, before taking a particular action which I think may be related to their sibling and Teyvat.

Is it far-fetched? The game has toyed with the idea of false memories and beings made from scratch so I don't think it's beyond them to gag us all with something like this. But I'm also seeing a lot of evidence where this could all be wrong and we could be just counting them as separate descenders when they could be considered two in one.

Thoughts team? I'm so excited for Nod-Krai because we should definitely gain more perspective from Nicole and any Archon Quests that will happen here. Please reply kindly, thank you so much!