Genshin Impact is open-world action-RPG in Teyvat. Players control Travellers on a quest to solve mysteries and bring balance back to their lost siblings. Combat mixes classic RPG style with elemental powers for every character. It’s fun, it’s chaotic and it’s definitely not boring!

Meet the characters from Genshin Impact

Ganyu

Okay, Ganyu is peak soft-spoken, like a literal cloud of calm who also files mountains of paperwork and apologizes to rocks, honestly. She’s half-adeptus, half-human and somehow manages to be both anciently dignified and adorably awkward in crowds — like she’ll correct your grammar in a whisper and then forget everyone’s names. Super reliable, loves doing her job with tiny, precise joy, but also will nap in weird places (temple steps? bookshelf?) and you’ll catch her humming to herself. There’s this weird mix of seriousness and kawaii energy that makes her quietly iconic, plus she probably has an embarrassing favorite snack she swears she only eats once a week.

Hu Tao

Hu Tao is chaotic-in-a-sweet-smirk kind of chaos; funeral director by trade, prankster by heart, and also sort of terrifyingly wise when it matters. She makes morbid jokes and somehow turns burial rites into performance art — but like, the respectful sort, mostly, and also the pranks are 60% cute and 40% “why is there a ghost confetti cannon?” vibe. She’s playful, obsessed with tradition yet loves bending the rules, and definitely has a favorite poem she mutters at random times (and maybe hums lullabies to plants?). Also I swear she both hates and hoards incense, it’s confusing but charming.

Raiden Shogun

The Raiden is all regal, very serious, eternity-obsessed, and also low-key tragic if you look too long — like regal marble with a softer candle inside that sometimes flickers. She rules Inazuma with strict laws and a statue-still composure, but there are cracks where you can see how lonely perfection can get (also she probably owns a secret stash of sweets she denies ever buying). Stoic, exacting, and shockingly philosophical about art and duty, and she’ll smite injustice with both elegance and an actual lightning bolt. Occasionally she surprises everyone by being unexpectedly blunt or humming an old folk tune when no one’s listening.

Venti

Venti is the ultimate flirt-with-the-wind bard, a drunk-on-freedom kind of eternal goof who writes poems and then forgets the ending because there’s a kite. He’s playful, mischievous, and wildly tender under the lute — you think he’s avoiding responsibility and then he literally blows a storm to save the town, no big deal. Loves wine, loves songs, loves making people uncomfortable with honest compliments; sometimes he’s ancient and wistful and sometimes he’s a pie-throwing college roommate, which is a combo I’m very into. Also he absolutely pretends to be oblivious to things but 100% knows exactly what’s going on, which is peak trickster energy.

Bennett

Bennett is hopeful chaos embodied — the king of misfortune who grins through everything and refuses to stop helping, even if every plan explodes (literally, sometimes). He runs a tiny adventure team that is basically a “please don’t join” sign but somehow the most earnest heart you’ll meet; stubbornly optimistic, burns his food but will also bake the world’s most inspirational cupcake. He’s clumsy, scarred in adorable ways, and somehow pulls off both reckless bravery and this lilting sincere warmth that makes you want to hand him a map and a first-aid kit. Also he has a lucky charm that’s probably cursed? Or maybe it’s just ironic, I can’t tell.

Xingqiu

Xingqiu is the refined bookworm with secret dramatic tendencies — quiet, bookish, and low-key romantic, like someone who writes tragic poetry and then slips it into your coat pocket. He’s polite to a fault, clever in fights (hydro sword stuff, super precise), and secretly theatrical when it comes to justice and romance — also suspiciously fond of umbrellas and literature puns. Comes from a good family, acts all measured, but will absolutely pull a dramatic poem-out-of-nowhere to make a point or save someone from boredom. He’s the kind of friend who will correct your grammar while handing you a perfectly sealed herbal tea, and that is both infuriating and adorable.

Zhongli

Zhongli is walking calm and gravitas with a penchant for history lectures at inconvenient times — like, he could sell you an ancient contract and a philosophy class in the same breath. Former Geo archon vibes (very old, very wise), he’s composed, classy, drinks tea like it’s a sacrament, and somehow loves both dollar-store trinkets and priceless relics — very mysterious collector energy. He sounds formal and will pull out the right proverb, but also says tiny, surprising things that make you laugh (and then you realize he’s been joking for centuries). Also rumor has it he’s obsessed with rocks and contracts and also possibly obscure desserts — can’t confirm, might be a rumor.

Albedo

Albedo is the soft-spoken genius with paint-splattered hands and a permanent “curious scientist” look, like he thinks the world is a puzzle he’s very gently prodding. Chief alchemist vibes: calm, analytical, low-key protective, and obsessed with creation and the meaning of art — also he probably keeps notebooks with sketches of clouds and tiny notes about existentialism. He’s quiet but intense, kind of like a cat who solves equations, and he’ll help you make something beautiful out of chaos without making a big deal about it. Sometimes aloof, sometimes tender, and often caught smiling at his own eccentric hypotheses (which may or may not involve turning bread into geometry).

Ayaka

Ayaka is elegance with legs — graceful, impeccably polite, and also the sort of person who’ll sprint across roofs just because it’s quicker, which is honestly my aesthetic. She’s honorable, a skilled cryo swordswoman, and balances duty with a mischievous streak (pristine kimono, messy speedruns of errands, you know the type). Deeply respectful and poised in public, but in private she might be the one racing stray cats and stealing local snacks, so there’s layers. Very much a noble heart who can freeze you with a stare and then hand you a hot cup of tea to apologize — classic.