Right now Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse launched a brand new trailer specializing in the upcoming replace 2.1, titled “Into the Yawning Chasm.”
On the floor, the trailer showcases an entrancing scene through which Black Swan dances with the upcoming new five-star character Acheron, however there’s extra to that than meets the attention.
Because the dance continues, some relatively unsettling scenes seem, doubtless introduced forth by Black Swan’s powers.
We additionally get an fascinating description, which sounds cryptic however followers of the sport lore will doubtless adore it.
The twin planets have been intertwined in one another’s tragic future, dancing an everlasting rondo round a pitch-black nice solar. To start with, one of many planets gave rise to people. These individuals appeared down, and named the land beneath “Izumo.”
These individuals appeared up, and named the world above “Takamagahara.” Sooner or later uninscribed within the annals, the Yaoyorozu-no-kami descended from Takamagahara. These demonic beasts named Kami overturned the skies, burned the rivers and oceans, and shattered the land — Folks realized in horror that it was not an invasion for rulership, dominance, or plunder.
The evil Kami got here solely to kill. Because the planet stood on the point of loss of life, Izumo launched into a Kami-slaying journey, exhausting the would possibly of the whole nation to slay the calamity “Sovereign of Revelation” and forging the very first Edict Edge utilizing its bestial physique.
Giving the Kami a style of their very own medication, the wielder of those swords can recite the mantra contained throughout the blade to grasp the divine energy of Takamagahara, and use it to fight the evil Kami and save the lots.
From then on, Izumo began its lengthy and arduous campaign, exchanging inordinate lives misplaced for the autumn of 1 Kami after one other, shattering numerous mortal blades to forge the twelve Sentinels. Within the cruel battle for survival, Izumo used the would possibly of the Edict Edges to mild up their uncivilized world of darkness in lower than ten Amber Eras, constructing cities of dazzling neon lights.
That distant Takama Divine Realm, as soon as so distant, turned so shut inside their attain — But historical past all of the sudden stopped there. The existence of the 2 planets immediately evaporated, disappearing into nothingness. These days, the previous of the border planet Izumo can solely be gleaned from the scattered whispers within the universe.
Teachers maintain numerous views concerning its disappearance, however none can clear up the thriller. Izumo’s historical past ought to have been a protracted flowing river, nevertheless it was severed in a single minimize, and all its previous and future voided on vacancy’ different shore.
Did it by no means exist, and was it not more than a fabricated story? Did its histories by no means happen, and it ran aground on the seaside of reverse causation? Was it yet one more appalling experiment by Dr. Primitive, or was it an indication of the Voracity coming back from the tip of the Cosmos?
Solely that pitch-black nice solar is aware of the reply, but THEY stay silent, by no means talking. As a result of all the pieces that had occurred will in the future regress to the tip, and all the pieces that had ended is assured to occur once more. The universe undergoes an everlasting recurrence below THEIR shadow, and Izumo is nothing greater than the footnote for an ellipsis.
You may watch the trailer in English beneath, that includes the voices of Allegra Clark as Acheron and Arryn Zech as Black Swan. In the event you’d relatively try the Japanese model starring Miyuki Sawashiro and Hitomi Nabatame, you could find it on the the official YouTube channel.
In the event you’re unfamiliar with Honkai: Star Rail, it is a free-to-play sport obtainable for PC, PS5, iOS, and Android, and we not too long ago realized that it has achieved a large 100 million downloads.
Earlier than the brand new model arrives on March 27, 2024, you are still in time to roll for the second new five-star character of model 2.0, Sparkle, whereas we already know two new characters coming in model 2.2, Robin and Boothill.
In the event you’re serious about HoYoverse’s video games normally, the following closed beta of the motion RPG Zenless Zone Zero is coming, and registrations can be found now.