Despairing Self-Annihilators roam the universe in solitude. Most meet meaningless ends.
The Self-Annihilators is a faction in Honkai: Star Rail.
Description[]
"I aim to refine my significance by employing all as a whetstone, oblivious to how all beings are but water. I fade into them, like water dissolving into water."
Everything in the universe is meaningless, and human beings are worthless in the eyes of Aeons. If Aeons are truly above all beings, why would THEY even care about the emotions of mortals? The Self-Annihilators are individuals who have inadvertently stepped into the shadow of IX the Nihility and from that moment have lost the meaning of their own existence.
The shadow of Nihility covers the stars equally, and Self-Annihilators may form in any world. If we call them phenomena, these poor souls do share one thing in common: Their various existential properties — such as corporeal body, mental cognition, and personal memories... will gradually fade away in their journey of self-annihilation.
These phenomena can hardly be explained by the laws of nature. As described in the handwritten notes of the Doctors of Chaos — Some Self-Annihilators have their skin turn into something like rotten wood, full of holes and scars. Some have their endocrine system disrupted, becoming unable to distinguish between pleasure and pain and turning numb to everything. Some lose their memories, others lose their senses... It is as if they have been deprived of the meaning of their lives by some entity, and can only keep watching in dreams and illusions as their own forms disappear into a black hole at the end of the horizon.
However, some Self-Annihilators would conceive the idea of fighting back. They join the Doctors of Chaos, vowing to do their best to cure others of Nihility in what little time they have left in exchange for their own redemption. Moreover, some of them rely on their strong convictions to try to break the curse of Nihility at its root — by slaying the Aeon that slumbers in the abyss.
Dr. Primitive, No. 64 of the Genius Society, once asked before his disappearance: If IX is truly unresponsive to the universe, how could the Path of Nihility exist to this day? Perhaps, as the Self-Annihilators aimlessly traverse the cosmos, they are also casting the shadow of the Aeon around the universe. As for the few who can single-handedly withstand the encroachment of Nihility on their existences, their journey of self-annihilation is drawn out to infinity, and the road they walk is like a shadow of IX cast in the world.
Cures & Other Effects[]
There is a saying amongst the dejected Self-Annihilators that the universe has no purpose and humans are nothing in the eyes of the Aeons. If the Aeons truly stand above all lifeforms and rule supreme, then why would they care about the everyday concerns of mortals? The existence of the sleeping and shapeless IX is proof of that.
The Sealing Waxes of Aeons created by the Doctors of Chaos are able to restore faith in the universe, Aeons, and everything else for some Self-Annihilators' after stamping with the sealing wax.[1]
The Doctors of Chaos' Chaos Trametes is their most common Curio item, used to restore the confidence of despairing Self-Annihilators to have purpose in their lives again.[2]
The Doctors of Chaos' Tonic of Efficacious Chaos side effects can commonly cause Self-Annihilators to behold the "Shadow of Nihility."[3]
Among the various potions offered by the Doctors of Chaos, Revitalization-310 Potion probably belongs to the type that is not very safe. Smear it evenly across the forehead, suck on a leaf of the aster plant, and wait for the gel-like material created from a total of nine ingredients such as Redfeather Wolf tooth powder and Denisova Worms' stomach acid to permeate into the cerebral cortex.
These bizarre ointments start from the patient's cognition and erase the root of the emotion that may give birth to Nihility. Unfortunately, due to the positive feedback that arises from this cognition adjustment, the ointment became a psychological anesthetic used to escape from reality after it was introduced to the border stars.[4]
Known Self-Annihilators[]
Playable Characters[]
1 Character matches the category selection:
| Character | Rarity | Path | Combat Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 Acheron |  |  Nihility |  Lightning |
Other Characters[]
- Leader of the civilization who conquered Lepismat[5][6]
- Self-Annihilator from Xuange whose spiritual form was nurtured by Herta[7]
Faction Mentions[]
Occurrences
Curios
Sealing Wax of Preservation- Sealing Wax of Elation
- Sealing Wax of The Hunt
- Sealing Wax of Destruction
- Sealing Wax of Remembrance
- Sealing Wax of Nihility
- Sealing Wax of Abundance
- Sealing Wax of Propagation
- Sealing Wax of Erudition
- Tonic of Efficacious Chaos
Equations
Simulated Universe Secrets
HoYoLAB Articles
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Self-Annihilator |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 自灭者 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 自滅者 |
| Japanese | 自滅者 |
| Korean | 자멸자 |
| Spanish | Autodestructor |
| French | Auto-annihilateur |
| Russian | Самоуничтожители |
| Thai | ผู้ทำลายตน |
| Vietnamese | Kẻ Tự Hủy Diệt |
| German | Selbstvernichter |
| Indonesian | Self-Annihilator |
| Portuguese | Autoaniquilador |
Change History[]
References[]
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Curio: Sealing Wax of Nihility
- ↑ Simulated Universe Curio: Chaos Trametes
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Curio: Tonic of Efficacious Chaos
- ↑ Divergent Universe: The Human Comedy, Curio: Revitalization-310
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Swarm Disaster, Secrets: Lepismat System: Massacre Saga
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Swarm Disaster, Secrets: Gondola: Helping Gods!
- ↑ Simulated Universe, Occurrence: Kindling of the Self-Annihilator
[]
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||