Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re returning to Inazuma to discuss Teyvat’s ray of sunshine, Yoimiya! After our hosts talk about our initial thoughts of her design and character, questioning if she’s ever gotten seriously injured by her fireworks, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss Yoimiya’s involvement in the Inazuma Archon quest. This leads our hosts to discuss her spitfire personality, love for yap, and ability to make every...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re going to Chenyu Vale to discuss our favorite carp, Adeptus Fujin! Our hosts start with a recap of Chenyu Vale’s release, location, and important features before taking a trip to the past, thousands of years ago, discussing the sweetest friendship between Fujin, Herblord, and Lingyuan AKA Bluey until the Archon War came and ruined it all. After some much-needed blood rivers, death, and betrayals, our...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re returning to the Pyro nation and discussing Natlan’s war with the Abyss! Our hosts recap the ending of the 5.0 archon quest in Natlan, bringing us back to the stadium to find out who is helping the Fatui and Il Capitano. Afterward, they take travelers through the 5.1 Archon quest, which was emotional, to say the least. We meet Ororon and Citlali, members of Masters of the Night-Wind, one of the tribes...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing our favorite Dragon Sovereign, Monsieur Neuvillette! Before we dive into the Iudex’s history, Tif and Feens talk about their recent experience at New York Comic Con and express their disappointment in Hoyo’s lack of representation at the event. Once the dust has settled, our hosts take a quick look at the history of Teyvat through Neuvillette’s eyes. From his first days on Teyvat, until the...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re journeying out to the farthest extension of the Sumeru Desert as we discuss Pari Land. Our hosts start the episode with a quick recap of who the gods of the desert are, a little bit of information about the original Hydro Archon, and a quick geography lesson to distinguish the differences between the Tunigi Hollow and Vourukasha Oasis. Afterwards, our hosts walk through exactly what happened in the...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing our second favorite detective in all of Teyvat (right after Detective Paimon), Shikanoin Heizou! Our hosts start by discussing Heizou’s traumatic childhood with an overbearing father and, you guessed it, a dead friend! Afterwards, we’ll discuss Heizou’s new life mission of stopping crime doers before they can even commit a crime! From opening up a detective agency with Sango and their...

Ad astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’ll be discussing Natlan so far! Before Travelers dive into this episode, please note that we are not talking about anything in the 5.1 update that launched on October 8th. Our hosts start by discussing their initial reactions to entering Natlan, how they came to Natlan, and some of their favorite parts of Natlan so far... Afterwards, they walk through the 5.0 archon quest, making sure to properly explain...

Ad astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re talking about the littlest mom, our protector and healer, Yaoyao! Our hosts start by discussing Yaoyao’s origins: her hermit parents, life on the homestead, and how Madame Ping chose her to be her Adeptal Disciple. Afterwards, we’ll discuss Yaoyao’s new life in Liyue Harbor where she delays pirate shenanigans and tries to eat the remnants of Osial for breakfast. Later, we’ll review the type of training...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to season 5 of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re putting on our sunblock and grabbing our favorite toys as we discuss this year’s summer event: Summertide Scales and Tales! After reading an odd book left out in Mondstadt and tumbling into a mysterious new world called Simulanka, we’re ready to help its citizens defeat the dragon and restore tonic to the tavern!  Er, however, that’s not really how the story goes. Join us as we do a walk...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re joined in Angel’s Share by Emerald of The Resonance podcast to discuss some of the dark lore lying beneath the Human Realm in Teyvat. We asked listeners to write in and ask questions about the Abyss and Khaenri'ah and we’ll be answering those questions with Emerald. Our hosts will discuss Kaeya’s origins and family history, how old the Abyss is, the difference between the Abyss and...

Ad Astra Travelers! Today at Tales of Teyvat we’re discussing our journey to creating the podcast, one may even say our tale to Teyvat.  After our hosts get over the shock of having made two years' worth of Genshin Impact lore content, they talk about their thoughts and feelings about the podcast - from origin thoughts to the final product. Most importantly, however, we thank everyone who has made Tales of Teyvat so special. From the friends who encouraged us to start, continue to support,...

Ad Astra travelers! Welcome to the season four finale of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're talking all about the Genshin Impact Manga. Never heard of or seen the manga? Don't worry! Our hosts start the episode by explaining where you can read the manga, when it came out, and how to find the elusive final few chapters in English if you need them. They then walk travelers through the basic storyline of the prologue and main story chapters before deep diving into some of...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're stepping into Fontaine as we learn about Zaddy Elynas and the Melusines. Our hosts start with a trip back in time as we learn about the "birth" of Elynas, the dragon that plagued Fontaine during the Cataclysm. Afterward, we'll discuss all the magical beings born from his body, including the Melusines. Our hosts will review some of our major players from Merusea Village, making note of...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the Temple of Silence. Once our hosts reflect on the limited information we have on the organization before Cyno’s second story, we walk through the quest and all the information that comes with it. After a brief disagreement over the speed at the start of the quest, we all agree that the second half of the quest had us on the edge of our seats.  Our hosts discuss Cyrus’...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the event Labyrinth Warriors. Our hosts set the scene in Inazuma during the the 2.2 update. We find ourselves in Ritou running into our favorite Teyvat rockstar, Xinyan, who has been stood up by the Iridescent Music Festival and is now worried about her visa. When Traveler offers to help, they get sucked into a quest involving a paper samurai, a magical domain, and mister...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing Hu Tao and the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. After our hosts realize they’ve talked about two parentless Pyro characters in a row, they discuss our lack of introduction to Hu Tao in the game, the history of the Funeral Parlor, and learn about Hu Tao’s interesting family dynamics. Afterward, we’ll discuss Hu Tao’s special power to maintain the border between the living and the...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Geshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing Outrider Amber! However, before our hosts can start talking about Amber’s terrible flyer-hanging skills, they’re interrupted by a special guest who comes bearing exciting news. Tales of Teyvat is stoked to announce that we’ve partnered with the Shade Chamber Podcast to create a Genshin Community on Discord for our listeners! We are so excited to chat Genshin Lore, Honkai Star...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the Scribe of Sumeru’s Akademiya, Alhaitham! We’ll review Alhaitham’s childhood with his loving grandmother, his journey through homeschooling and applying to the Akademiya, and his newfound friendships after freeing Nahida. Afterward, our hosts will provide an in-depth analysis of Kaveh and Alhaitham’s relationship, review Alhaitham’s different opinions on life, and uncover...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the scaliest scientist in Teyvat’s history: Orobashi! Our hosts start the episode with a quick recap of Enkanomiya’s history before Orobashi took over as their god. Then we’ll theorize on his origins, if he’s cursed by Celestia, and if he’s been reincarnated into a Fatui Harbinger… We’ll make sure to talk about Orobashi’s terrible and unfortunate fate, his death by Ei, and...

Ad Astra Travelers! Tales of Teyvat is excited to bring you another collaboration from The Genshin Impact Podcast Summit! This week, we invited Break (The Shade Chamber), Josh (Genshin Guys), and Melty (The Resonance) onto the show to play a round of Genshin Impact Jeopardy! Despite Feen’s lack of knowledge over Jeopardy rules and her fast fingers not allowing stealing, the summit was able to properly test their Genshin Impact knowledge and see who was the most informed host in all of Teyvat....

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the elder of Teyvat: Zhongli! Of course, we would be remiss to forget his other titles, Morax and Rex Lapis, as we discuss his life as a god, an archon, and a broke funeral parlor consultant. After a quick recap of Zhongli’s involvement in the Liyue Archon Quest, we review both of his story quests and discuss his involvement in the archon war. One thing you won’t hear...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the Deepwood Memories artifact set. After a quick rant about Al’s secret ranch recipe, our hosts review each of the artifacts in the set and the lore they hide in their descriptions. We’ll learn very little about Princess Cinnamon, an important historical figure in Sumeru, and how she’s connected with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and the Viridescent Venerer. Leading us to some...

Ad Astra travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're talking about the best cake- we mean Duke - in all of Teyvat, Wriothesley! After our hosts rehash the best butt in Teyvat debate, with a new category system that allows more than one character to have the best cake in all the land, we head under the sea! Unfortunately, not to Atlantis with Ariel, but to prison! Our hosts revisit our first time visiting Meropide and meeting Wriothesley...

Ad Astra travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re talking all about our favorite Eremite, the Flame-Mane Dehya! Our hosts get back to basics at the start, discussing the Eremites of Sumeru, the Corps Thirty, and Deshret’s Relics to set a base layer of information for the episode. Later, our hosts take you through some of Dehya’s important moments, like being adopted by Kusayla, helping free the lesser lord, and being with Tighnari when...