The Aeons are mysterious, godlike higher-dimensional beings in Honkai: Star Rail who preside over the universe.
Description[]
People know very little about the mysterious existence that dwells in the vast stellar seas. With the limitation of knowledge, intelligent lifeforms can only faintly discern that Aeons tread upon paths imperceptible to mortal beings and execute unfathomable powers via some form of belief. In the end, the Aeons became an embodiment of highly condensed concepts of philosophy through the word of mouth spread of their legends.
If anyone finds themselves treading on the Path of an Aeon, they will be inundated by a distant sensation, like being struck by a gaze from light-years across the cosmos. Many believe that this is the only connection the Aeons and mortals can ever have.
Profile[]
The birth of an Aeon gives rise to a Path, which the Aeon then has power over. Aeons also have the ability to bestow access to THEIR power, making a mortal an Emanator of THEIR Path. Aeons can only operate according to THEIR "Primum Mobile" in such that THEY are incapable of doing anything contrary to THEIR Path.[1] The gazes of the Aeons can be felt by those that have been gazed, and a few consider their gazes as a blessing.[2][3]
Mortality[]
According to Kafka, there are three known ways for an Aeon to die. She escapes before she can say the third.[4]
- Through the collision of Paths stemming from overlapping concepts. — This is how Ena was assimilated by Xipe, in a process Herta compares to a "survival of the fittest". However, there have examples of "similar" Paths co-existing for different lengths of time, such as the Preservation with the Remembrance, and the Abundance with the Propagation.[5]
- An Aeon killing another Aeon. — While she used Tayzzyronth as an example, it is later revealed that Tayzzyronth was merely sealed in amber and imprisoned, therefore disproving this method.[6][7]
Appearance[]
The forms of the Aeons that is visible to the mortal eye are assumed to be THEIR projection from a higher-dimensional plane.[8] This is further supported in Dan Shu's diary when she describes how Lan "descended onto the physical plane," which suggests that Lan had not been present in the mortal realm until THEY were summoned by distress signal sent by the previous Yuque's Master Diviner.[9][10]
Categories[]
The Xianzhou's Divination Commission sorts Aeons into three categories:[6]
- "The Arbiters" — who determine mortal births and deaths, and are highly connected to the rise and fall of civilizations. Lan and Qlipoth are among these.
- "The Sacrosancts" — who are difficult to predict as good or evil, with THEIR ultimate destinations often unknowable. Nous, Akivili, Aha, Idrila, and Fuli are among these.
- "The Authors of Calamity" — who are the main culprit behind all disasters. Yaoshi, Nanook, and Tayzzyronth are among these.
Currently Known Aeons[]
There are 18 Aeons:
| Image | Name | Path | Status | Faction(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aha |  Elation
|
Alive | |
| Akivili |  Trailblaze
|
Inactive (disappeared sometime ago) | ||
|
Ena |  Order
|
Inactive[11][12] (assimilated into Xipe during the Swarm Disaster, and briefly active during the Penacony main story) | |
|
Fuli |  Remembrance
|
Alive | |
|
HooH |  Equilibrium
|
Alive | |
|
IX |  Nihility
|
Alive | |
| Idrila | Beauty | Inactive (disappeared sometime ago, said to be missing by the Knights of Beauty but dead by the Mirror Holders) | ||
|
Lan |  The Hunt
|
Alive | |
|
Long | Permanence | Inactive (disappeared sometime ago, said to be deceased) |
|
|
Mythus |  Enigmata
|
Alive | |
|
Nanook |  Destruction
|
Alive | |
|
Nous |  Erudition
|
Alive | |
|
Oroboros |  Voracity
|
Inactive[13] (disappeared during the Swarm Disaster) |
|
|
Qlipoth |  Preservation
|
Alive | |
|
Tayzzyronth |  Propagation
|
Inactive[14] (sealed within an amber prison) | |
| Terminus | Finality | Alive | ||
|
Xipe |  Harmony
|
Alive | |
|
Yaoshi |  Abundance
|
Alive |
Trivia[]
- In Gnosticism, Aeons are one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- From Version 2.1 onward, the pronouns used to refer to Aeons in English were changed from lowercase "they/them" to uppercase "THEY/THEM." This is likely an example of reverential capitalization being used to more accurately reflect the original Chinese word, 祂 Tā being a gender-neutral pronoun for deities, rather than the standard 他/她 used for people.
Etymology[]
- The Chinese term for Aeons, 星神 Xīngshén, means "God of the Stars."
- Primum Mobile, the "law" that restricts the Aeons, comes from Primum Mobile, which means "first movable" in Latin.
Gallery[]
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Aeon |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 星神 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 星神 |
| Japanese | 星神 |
| Korean | 에이언즈 |
| Spanish | Eón |
| French | Aiôn |
| Russian | Эон |
| Thai | เทพดารา |
| Vietnamese | Aeon |
| German | Äon |
| Indonesian | Aeon |
| Portuguese | Aeon |
Change History[]
- Pronouns used to refer to Aeons changed from "they/them" to "THEY/THEM."
- The Aeons were introduced.
References[]
- ↑ Parlor Car Dialogue: Himeko
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, In Our Time: Everything that Rises Must Converge
- ↑ Relic, The Ashblazing Grand Duke: Grand Duke's Ceremonial Boots
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Windswept Wanderlust: Wood Sprouts Anew, Fate Tilts Askew
- ↑ Simulated Universe, The Destruction: Nanook: Dev Log1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Readable: Glimpses into the Beyond
- ↑ Event Simulated Universe: Swarm Disaster Adventure Mission: Swarm Disaster: Exchanging Secret Intel
- ↑ Dialogue: Mare
- ↑ Readable: Dan Shu's Diary
- ↑ Data Bank, Characters, Fu Xuan: Character Story: Part IV
- ↑ Event Simulated Universe: Swarm Disaster Adventure Mission: Swarm Disaster: The End
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, In Our Time: And on the Eighth Day
- ↑ Event Simulated Universe: Swarm Disaster Adventure Mission: Swarm Disaster: The End
- ↑ Readable: Glimpses into the Beyond, "Inquiry Into The Gods: The Authors of Calamity"