The Ambrosial Arbor is an ancient artifact, the plaguemark that was planted on the Xianzhou Luofu by Yaoshi, the Aeon of Abundance. It has the power to shape life and subdue death at will.
History[]
The Xianzhou Alliance embarked on a voyage to seek out Yaoshi for immortality. After finding Yaoshi, the Xianzhou Luofu was gifted with the Ambrosial Arbor, a giant tree that took root on the ship. The ancestors of the Luofu people ate its fruits and became a long-life species.[1][2] They also developed many wondrous technologies from the tree itself, such as starskiffs, Fallow Earth, and the Salvation and Rebirth Pellet.[2][3][4] However, this came with a heavy price: what followed was population expansion and resource exhaustion. Other beings attacked the Xianzhou to take their sacred artifact, and countless atrocities were committed. Those who survived the war realized they were susceptible to mara, a condition long-life species suffer that warps their minds and bodies.[1] Those that researched the Arbor had their minds poisoned by it, obsessing over it more and more the further they pursued it.[5] As a result, the people of the Luofu began to resent this gift from Yaoshi.
During the Era of Bloodshed, the Xianzhou Alliance encountered a "Dyson tree," a living world of trees that feeds on nearby stars. This world, called Muldrasil, served as the homeland of the Wingweavers and was also the mortal enemy of the Primeval Imperium. In Year 3400, Muldrasil began approaching the Xianzhou Luofu, as if attracted by the power of the Ambrosial Arbor onboard. Battle broke out between the Luofu and Muldrasil in a conflict known as the "Flaming Catastrophe War." Fatigued from the Civil War, the aurumaton rebellion, and their emigration plan, the Luofu released all their prisoners in cryo-hibernation to counter the invasion — including the anonymous hero who would eventually become the Reignbow Arbiter (though there is much doubt as to whether this hero was actually Lan). In exchange for the power of the Heliobi, the Reignbow Arbiter gave up their physical body to the Flint Emperor. Inspired by the Reignbow's sacrifice, the Xianzhou residents made the same deal, forming suicide squads and marching alongside the Heliobi. During the battle, the Reignbow Arbiter shot their Sky-Shattering Lux Arrow from aboard the Xianzhou Yaoqing using their famed bow "Xuanyuan". The arrow destroyed the Ambrosial Arbor, also decimating Muldrasil and severing the connection between it and the Luofu.[4][6][7] As a result of this event, most of the technology developed from the Ambrosial Arbor was lost.[2][3]
In the Year 4800 Star Calendar, the Vidyadhara made an alliance with the Xianzhou on the Yuque, with five elders descending on the mortal realm to keep watch over the the respective plaguemarks of each Xianzhou ship.[8][9] The Imbibitor Lunae, a title held by the Vidyadhara High Elder of the Xianzhou Luofu, was tasked with watching over the Ambrosial Arbor. Some time later, Imbibitor Lunae Yubie made the decision to flood Scalegorge Waterscape with the waters of the Vidyadhara's sacred realm in order to seal the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor underneath.[10]
In the Year 7379 Star Calendar, Imbibitor Lunae Dan Feng would go on to commit a great crime and sin by invoking the Transmutation Arcanum, embracing immorality and breaking the ban, thieving immortality and inciting riot.[11] Dan Feng made changes to the Transmutation Arcanum; allowing other species to be incorporated into the Vidyadhara, giving the Vidyadhara the possibility of replenishing their population and created a draconic abomination that wreaked great destruction on Scalegorge Waterscape, which the remaining members of the Quintet were forced to put down, resulting in damage to the seals. The creation of Bailu, her instatement as Dan Feng's successor as High Elder, and the dragon heart going missing were also a result of this incident.[12] The Cloud Knights joined forces with the Vidyadhara Preceptors to assault him, Dan Feng was captured and his punishment was carried out; he went through molting rebirth and his subsequent incarnation was held in the Shackling Prison for a period of time before being exiled from the Luofu, leaving the Ambrosial Arbor unguarded for over 700 years.[13]
Sometime around the Year 8100 Star Calendar, amidst the Stellaron Crisis, the Ambrosial Arbor was revived using the power of a Stellaron that was smuggled aboard the Luofu.[1] The events were masterminded by Lord Ravager Phantylia who intended to dismantle the Xianzhou from within, and used the power of the Arbor to create a new body for herself. General Jing Yuan and the Astral Express Crew headed into Scalegorge Waterscape to confront Phantylia after Dan Heng, Dan Feng's reincarnation, undid the already weakened seals in Dragon Palace. At the roots of the Arbor, they fought a tough battle, but eventually defeated the Lord Ravager.[14] Sometime afterward, Dan Heng would meet with High Elder Bailu at Dragonvista Rainhall in order to help repair the seals to the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor in the Lunarescent Depths, where they discover that Bailu had inherited Dan Feng's healing and restorative abilities while Dan Heng did not.[12]
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Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Ambrosial Arbor |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 建木 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 建木 |
| Japanese | 建木 |
| Korean | 불멸의 거목 |
| Spanish | Árbol de la Ambrosía |
| French | Arbre d'ambroisie |
| Russian | Древо амброзии |
| Thai | Ambrosial Arbor |
| Vietnamese | Cây Kiến Tạo |
| German | Himmelsbaum |
| Indonesian | Ambrosial Arbor |
| Portuguese | Árvore Ambrosiana |
Change History[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Trailblaze Mission, Windswept Wanderlust: Wood Sprouts Anew, Fate Tilts Askew
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Readable: Investigation of Ancient Pattern Rubbings from the Luofu, Ambrosial Arbor's Arrival
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adventure Mission: A Teacher and a Friend
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Readable: Compendium of Remedies
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Topclouded Towerthrust: Desolate Depths of Despair
- ↑ Readable: Annotations from "Ode to Reignbow Path"
- ↑ Readable: Investigation of Ancient Pattern Rubbings from the Luofu
- ↑ Honkai: Star Rail (August 29, 2023). Animated Short: Ichor of Two Dragons. YouTube. Retrieved December 07, 2024.
- ↑ Honkai: Star Rail (August 27, 2023). Myriad Celestia Trailer — "History of the Xianzhou- Exodus of the Five Dragons". YouTube. Retrieved December 07, 2024.
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Topclouded Towerthrust: Oblation Obtained, Order Ordained
- ↑ Readable: Verdict: The Great Rebellion of Imbibitor Lunae
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Companion Mission, Vita Infinita: The Dragon Returns Home
- ↑ Readable: An Appeal from the Vidyadhara
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Topclouded Towerthrust: A Dragon Gallant, Its Ocean Distant