"Now, after Rex Lapis granted Azhdaha sight, the two became the closest of friends and comrades-in-arms."
"As a being born of the earth, Azhdaha held a profound love for humans and all the creatures that lived upon its surface."
"The Dragon had originally lived beneath layers of rock where daylight never reached. After emerging onto the surface and gaining sight, he fell in love with this strange new world, so colorful and brimming with life."
"He dearly loved everything upon this land, and all the beauty it held."
"He vowed to protect everything upon this land and fight for this beautiful world!"
"And so, he accompanied Rex Lapis, fighting at his side wherever their campaigns took them!"
"When Liyue Harbor was founded, everything still needed to be built from the ground up."
"To develop their industries, Liyue's early inhabitants ventured into the mountains to mine. Yet the disturbances in the ley lines caused by excessive mining brought unbearable pain to Azhdaha, who depended upon those ley lines to survive."
"But as an elder who had witnessed Liyue Harbor's birth, the Dragon King pitied the people's hardships and endured his pain in silence. And he endured it for a thousand years!"
"What a tremendous love it took to endure a thousand years of suffering alone! Yet in the end, those thousand years of pain tormented him into madness."
"And that was why Azhdaha attacked The Chasm a thousand years ago."
"Alas, for the sake of Liyue's people, the Geo Archon could only turn his Geo Spear upon his dearest friend and, with a heavy heart, seal him away with his own hands."
"Alas, Azhdaha endured a thousand years of pain out of compassion for Liyue's people, until it drove him mad. Yet even at the very last moment, his love for