Recaps

Ellin, Lumine, and Feng'er battled Stormterror above Mondstadt, using Venti’s Anemo and Ellin’s newly inspired Divine Age Archery to target his corrupted wounds. Stormterror eventually withdrew, leaving his fate unresolved as the group sought to avoid harming the city and weakening the Abyss Mage’s control over Dvalin.

• Venti supplied Ellin and Lumine with Anemo as they joined the aerial fight against Stormterror, and Ellin called Feng'er to help.
• Ellin used Divine Age Archery, propelling Cryo arrows with Anemo and unleashing a barrage at Stormterror’s blood-clotted tail wound.
• Feng'er attacked with Cryo and lightning while Lumine launched Anemo Bombs, and all three focused on Stormterror’s corrupted wounds.
• After half an hour, Stormterror drove them back with a wide barrage of Wind Blades and flew away.
• Ellin reasoned that the Abyss Mage had recalled Dvalin to protect its control over him, that Aether might be in Mondstadt, and that they had to prevent collateral damage to the city.

After helping drive Stormterror away, Ellin caught the exhausted Lumine as she fell and was hailed as Mondstadt’s new hero. Kaeya invited Ellin and Lumine to the Knights of Favonius headquarters, and they agreed to go.

• Stormterror fled after the battle, but Lumine’s damaged Wind Glider and the fading wind left her falling from the sky.
• Ellin swept Lumine into her arms and carried her safely to the ground, leaving Lumine flustered.
• Mondstadt’s citizens cheered Ellin for her role in fighting Stormterror, while Fischl celebrated and Sucrose watched from behind a wall.
• Jean and Diluc left Ellin to the crowd’s attention, while the exhausted bard slipped away after helping protect the city.
• Kaeya invited Ellin and Lumine to the Knights of Favonius headquarters, and they accepted with Paimon joining them.

Jean asked Ellin and Lumine to help the Knights of Favonius investigate the Storm Barrier and the damage Stormterror caused to Mondstadt’s Ley Lines. Lisa identified the abandoned temples of the Four Winds as the source of the storms, and Ellin set out with Kaeya to clear the Temple of Andrius.

• Jean thanked Ellin and Lumine for helping Mondstadt, then asked them to assist while the Knights were short of personnel.
• Lisa explained that Stormterror was disrupting Mondstadt’s Ley Lines and drawing power from the abandoned temples of the Four Winds.
• Jean assigned Amber and Lumine to the Temple of the Falcon of the West, and Kaeya, Lisa, and Ellin to the other temples.
• Ellin accompanied Kaeya to the Temple of Andrius, where they found traces of Stormterror, Hilichurls, and Slimes.
• Kaeya led the way into the Temple of Andrius with Ellin following close behind.

Ellin helped Kaeya clear Andrius's temple and destroyed Dvalin's Crystal, while Kaeya grew captivated by her unconventional fighting style. Afterward, Ellin left to help Lisa and thanked the hidden Diluc as she departed.

• Ellin questioned why Andrius's temple was filled with deadly obstacles if Mondstadt wanted people to worship there, and Kaeya agreed to seek funding to rebuild the temples after the crisis.
• Ellin charged into battles against the temple's Hilichurls and Slimes, defeating them with an unconventional mix of Cryo, Anemo, swordplay, and fists while Kaeya watched.
• Kaeya asked Ellin what she thought of Diluc, and she called him a good buddy; Kaeya then invited her to share a meal after the dragon crisis.
• Ellin reached Dvalin's Crystal and shattered it with an Anemo-propelled Frost Arrow, preventing Stormterror from drawing on the temple's power.
• Ellin left the remaining fighting to Kaeya and Diluc, waved toward Diluc to thank him, and flew away to help Lisa.

Ellin accompanied Lisa through the Temple of the Lion of the South Wind, fighting monsters and crossing a dangerous bridge. After Lisa teased and flirted with her, Ellin boldly scooped her into a princess carry.

• Kaeya teased Diluc about worrying over Ellin, and Diluc defeated the Abyss Mage before criticizing the Knights of Favonius.
• Lisa greeted Ellin at the Temple of the Lion of the South Wind, took her hand, and asked her to help with the mission.
• Ellin fought the monsters while Lisa playfully flattered and teased her.
• Ellin carried Lisa across a moving platform over a deep drop after Lisa claimed she was afraid of heights.
• Lisa leaned close and flirted with Ellin, so Ellin declared she would make Lisa feel safer and lifted her into a princess carry.

Ellin teased Lisa during their journey through the Temple of Andrius, then helped destroy Dvalin’s Crystal. After the crystals in all three guardian temples were destroyed, Stormterror lost access to their power and the storm over Mondstadt City subsided.

• Ellin carried Lisa and teased her by holding her close and gripping her stocking-clad leg, leaving Lisa flustered and unsteady.
• Ellin left Lisa to rest and went to fight the next group of enemies.
• Ellin defeated the enemies and destroyed Dvalin’s Crystal with a Frost Arrow to avoid a possible trap.
• Amber and Lumine destroyed the crystal in the Temple of the Falcon of the West, while Ellin had helped Kaeya and Lisa destroy the crystals in the other two temples.
• With all three temple crystals destroyed, Stormterror could no longer draw on their power, and the storm over Mondstadt City subsided.

After helping Jean repel a Snezhnayan envoy who demanded that Snezhnaya take control of Stormterror, Ellin joined the Knights of Favonius to discuss Mondstadt’s worsening crisis. She invited Jean, Lumine, and Paimon to the Angel’s Share to hear a plan she and a bard friend had devised.

• After teasing Lisa, Ellin headed home and found Jean negotiating with a masked Snezhnayan envoy beneath a windmill.
• Ellin defended Mondstadt’s right to handle Stormterror, and Jean used her words to counter the envoy’s demand to subjugate the dragon.
• The envoy left after warning that public opinion would turn against the Knights of Favonius.
• Jean explained to Ellin and the others that Snezhnaya was stirring public criticism and that Mondstadt needed to resolve the dragon crisis soon, though she still preferred a peaceful solution.
• Ellin invited Jean, Lumine, and Paimon to the Angel’s Share to discuss a plan she and a bard friend had prepared.

Venti explained that the Abyss Order had corrupted Dvalin and that Lumine could purify the dragon’s curse, leading the group to plan a rescue at Stormterror’s Lair. Ellin left to meet the others, while Fischl blessed the mission and Sucrose asked her to look for dragon materials.

• Venti told Lumine, Jean, Diluc, and the others that the Abyss Order had cursed Dvalin and that the Holy Lyre der Himmel could no longer reach him.
• Lumine purified Dvalin’s Dragon Tear, proving she could cleanse the poison and curse inside it.
• Venti proposed that they defeat Dvalin at Stormterror’s Lair and purify him before the curse consumed him; Lumine agreed, and Jean and Diluc offered personal support.
• The group arranged to meet at Dawn Winery at nine the next morning, and Diluc said he would seek useful information.
• Ellin woke beside Sucrose and Fischl in the Serenitea Pot and left to join the group; Fischl blessed her mission, and Sucrose asked her to look for dragon materials.

Ellin and her companions discovered that an Abyss Mage had gathered a huge force of Hilichurls to guard Stormterror’s Lair, threatening to exhaust them before they could reach Dvalin. Ellin went into the canyon alone and used her newly developed Anemo skills to defend herself, beginning a counterattack against the horde.

• Diluc told Jean and the others that hundreds of Hilichurls had gathered at Stormterror’s Lair, and Venti warned that Dvalin’s corruption ritual was nearing its final stage.
• Jean, Diluc, Venti, Ellin, and the others reached the canyon and saw that commanded Hilichurls blocked the entrance while shooters filled the cliffs above.
• Ellin offered to handle the Hilichurls alone so the others could save their strength for the fight against the Dragon.
• As arrows and Hilichurls attacked, Ellin summoned the Four Winds' Tales and used Returning Wind to destroy the arrows and form her Flowing Wind Shield.
• Ellin recalled that she had developed her Anemo skills with Venti, then began using Gale Sweep against the charging Hilichurls.

Ellin demonstrated her growing strength by cutting through the Hilichurl army with Anemo and Electro attacks while Jean, Lumine, Paimon, Diluc, and Venti watched. After clearing a gap in the horde, she took a Tai Chi stance, prompting Venti to announce that her next move was coming.

• Ellin used Gale Sweep to shred dozens of Hilichurls, then charged into the enemy ranks and unleashed Thunderstorm Slash.
• Paimon and Lumine watched Ellin fight, while Jean reflected on how much she had changed in just over a month.
• Venti proudly claimed he had taught Ellin and urged the others to watch for something more impressive.
• Ellin fought her way through the surrounding Hilichurls, using kicks, her floating book, Anemo, and Cryo to kill more enemies.
• Ellin landed in the opening she had created and assumed the stance for Tai Chi Grasp the Sparrow's Tail, exciting Venti.

Ellin gathered Anemo across the canyon, formed a powerful Storm Vortex, and drew hundreds of Hilichurls into its center. She unleashed Stormfist, obliterating the gathered enemies and sending debris into the Storm Barrier around Stormterror's Lair.

• Venti, Jean, Paimon, and Diluc watched Ellin take an unconventional Tai Chi stance as she prepared her attack.
• Ellin gathered a vast amount of Anemo and formed a Storm Vortex that encompassed the canyon.
• The vortex dragged Hilichurls, trees, stones, and other debris toward Ellin, killing some enemies along the way.
• Ellin used the gathered Anemo to unleash Stormfist at the hundreds of Hilichurls before her.
• Ellin's blast crushed the gathered enemies and launched rubble and remains into the Storm Barrier, staining it blood-red.

Ellin wiped out hundreds of Hilichurls with a powerful Anemo attack, then her companions defeated two Abyss Mages who tried to kill her while she was exhausted. She refused Venti’s healing wind and drank one of Sucrose’s stamina potions, only to discover that it tasted horrible.

• Ellin used a devastating Anemo punch to defeat hundreds of Hilichurls, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Two Abyss Mages attacked Ellin, but Lumine intercepted their spells while Diluc and Jean killed the Cryo and Pyro mages.
• Jean thanked Ellin for her help, and Ellin urged the group to hurry because Dvalin’s corruption could worsen with time.
• Ellin declined Venti’s offer to restore her strength and brought out two stamina potions made by Sucrose.
• Ellin took a sip of the [766-Style Improved Stamina Potion] and recoiled at its awful taste.

Ellin and the others reached Stormterror’s Lair, where Venti used the Abyss Mages’ lingering energy to break the barrier and guided the group to the tower. Ellin’s furious attack on an Abyss Mage provoked Dvalin into fighting them, and the battle to save the corrupted Dragon began.

• Ellin drank Sucrose’s stamina potions, then fell asleep in Lumine’s arms while the others traveled toward Stormterror’s Lair.
• Venti read the Abyss Mages’ lingering magic and used his lyre to break the Storm Barrier.
• At the tower, the group saw Abyss Mages performing a corruption ritual on Dvalin, and Venti used the wind to carry everyone to the summit.
• An Abyss Mage taunted Dvalin into attacking, but Ellin rushed in and repeatedly struck it with an ice brick.
• Dvalin attacked Venti and the others, who fought back to remove the corruption and cleanse his wounds.

Ellin, Jean, Diluc, Lumine, Venti, and Feng'er fought Stormterror in the air while trying to remove his Blood-Clotting Poison Spikes instead of killing him. Stormterror unleashed a vast storm of Wind Blades, leaving the group facing an overwhelming attack.

• Ellin silenced the Abyss Mage, threw it off the tower, and joined the battle as the others defeated the remaining Abyss Mages.
• Jean, Diluc, Lumine, and Venti fought Stormterror in the sky but struggled to restrain him without causing fatal harm.
• Stormterror struck Lumine with a claw and launched a wind sphere at her, but Ellin cut it apart with Lightning Sword Qi and caught Lumine.
• Ellin called on Feng'er, who attacked Stormterror's Blood-Clotting Poison Spikes with ice and lightning.
• Stormterror roared and filled the sky with countless Wind Blades, surrounding the group with a violent storm.

Ellin and her companions battled Stormterror, combining their attacks to break through his tornado and wound one of his wings with Ellin’s Cryo arrow. With Stormterror enraged but slowed, they resumed their assault, aiming to destroy the two poisoned blood spikes and save him.

• Venti drew Ellin, Jean, Diluc, and Feng'er into a protective ice shell that withstood Stormterror’s Wind Blades.
• Lumine, Jean, Diluc, and Feng'er combined their attacks to destroy Stormterror’s tornado and blast him backward.
• Ellin struck Stormterror’s rear wing with a Frostflake Arrow, piercing it and freezing it in ice.
• Stormterror accused Venti of abandoning and hunting him, then attacked the group in a rage.
• Venti restored everyone’s stamina, and the six fighters surrounded Stormterror to target the poisoned blood spikes on his tail and neck.

Ellin destroyed the Blood-Clotting Poison Spike on Stormterror’s tail with a self-taught version of Keqing’s Stellar Restoration, but the wounded Dvalin broke free and fled. Venti recognized Stormterror’s ultimate attack, Finale of the Sky, as a colossal vortex formed and threatened to pull the pursuers into its center.

• Diluc, Lumine, and Jean pinned down Stormterror’s claw, tail, and head, allowing Ellin to strike his tail spike.
• Ellin used her discovery of positive- and negative-pole electro power to perform Stellar Restoration and destroy the Blood-Clotting Poison Spike.
• Stormterror roared in pain, broke free of his attackers, and flew away; Jean and Venti led the group in pursuit.
• Venti realized Stormterror was preparing Finale of the Sky as the dragon plunged into the clouds and created a vast Storm Vortex.
• The vortex darkened the sky and pulled at Ellin and the others, but Venti’s Gentle Flowing Wind shielded them from its suction.

Stormterror trapped Venti and his companions inside his Finale of the Sky and quickly incapacitated Diluc and Jean. Venti prepared to spend all his remaining power creating an opening for Ellin, Lumine, and Feng'er to defeat Dvalin.

• Stormterror gathered thunderclouds into the Finale of the Sky, and Venti and the others used Anemo shields to protect themselves from its lightning.
• Stormterror ambushed Venti, then struck Diluc with a lightning-charged claw and sent him flying, leaving him unable to continue fighting.
• Stormterror trapped Jean in a Thunderstorm Tornado, but Feng'er rescued her; Jean was badly injured and could no longer fight.
• Venti realized Ellin, Feng'er, and Lumine could not defeat Stormterror without his help, so he decided to expend all his power to create an opening.
• Venti apologized to Dvalin, his braids glowing cyan as he slowly extended his hand.

Venti summoned the faith of Mondstadt’s people and used his divine power to pin Stormterror down, but Dvalin’s rage unleashed a massive Wind-Thunder Orb. Ellin shattered Dvalin’s final Blood-Clotting Poison Spike as the orb fell, leaving the crisis unresolved.

• Venti donned his divine attire as the Cathedral bell rang and Mondstadt’s citizens prayed beneath the glowing Statues of the Seven.
• The people’s faith gave Venti enough strength to create a wind domain and force Stormterror onto the tower platform.
• Stormterror resisted Venti’s pressure and summoned a huge Wind-Thunder Orb that threatened to destroy Stormterror’s Lair.
• Venti called for the Blood-Clotting Poison Spikes to be removed while Jean and Diluc were too exhausted to fight.
• Ellin flew to Stormterror and shattered his final Blood-Clotting Poison Spike with the Skyward Blade.

Ellin destroyed the poison spike controlling Dvalin, and Venti helped the dragon understand that Mondstadt had never abandoned him. After the crisis, Jean and Kaeya shaped public opinion in Dvalin’s favor, leaving Mondstadt grateful to him and Snezhnaya’s pressure thwarted.

• Ellin used Lightning Slash to destroy the poison spike at Dvalin’s neck, triggering an explosion that shattered the tower platform and hurled the group into the storm.
• Dvalin regained his senses, realized Venti and the others had come to save him, and carried them out of the tempest.
• Lumine purified the remaining poison and curses as Venti restored Dvalin’s power as the Anemo Archon’s Familiar and urged him to find his own freedom.
• Jean announced that the Abyss had corrupted Dvalin and that the dragon crisis was over, while Kaeya paid bards to spread Dvalin’s story.
• The citizens of Mondstadt built a Temple of the Eastern Wind Dragon to express their gratitude and regret, and Snezhnaya’s pressure came to nothing.

Three days after the dragon crisis, Ellin hosted a joyful feast in the Serenitea Pot where Jean relaxed among friends and Sucrose and Fischl found a sense of belonging. After the guests left, Ellin slipped out alone, while a revealingly dressed woman blocked Venti, Lumine, and Paimon in the streets of Mondstadt.

• Jean and the people of Mondstadt worked to repair the damage and address the threats left by the dragon crisis.
• Ellin welcomed Diluc, Lumine, Paimon, Jean, and Venti to a celebration feast in the Serenitea Pot, where Fischl and Sucrose helped prepare dinner.
• Jean thanked everyone for their help, then joked with Diluc about selling alcohol to a minor and relaxed as her friends teased her about smiling.
• The guests shared stories about fighting Dvalin while Venti drank the Special Dandelion Wine Diluc had brought; Fischl and Sucrose stayed overnight with Ellin.
• After the feast, Ellin quietly left the Serenitea Pot while Sucrose and Fischl slept.
• A woman in revealing clothes and several subordinates stopped Venti, Lumine, and Paimon as they walked through Mondstadt.

La Signora ambushed Venti and Lumine, wounded Venti, and stole his Gnosis before escaping. The next morning, Ellin confronted Venti at Windrise after revealing she had witnessed the attack and demanded to know why he let the Gnosis be taken.

• La Signora froze Paimon, restrained Lumine, and attacked Venti in the plaza.
• La Signora pierced Venti and took his Gnosis, then kicked him unconscious and escaped with the Fatui.
• The Knights of Favonius learned of the attack but could not act against La Signora without evidence.
• Lumine and Paimon met Venti at Windrise the next morning, and he answered their questions about Liyue, the Gnosis, the Fatui, and the Tsaritsa.
• Ellin revealed she had watched the attack from her roof and demanded that Venti explain why he had let the Gnosis be taken.

Ellin confronted Venti about why he had let La Signora take his Gnosis, and he explained that he supported the Tsaritsa’s goal and had staged its theft to avoid trouble with Celestia. Ellin vowed to punish La Signora for hurting Venti and Lumine, while Venti accepted her choice; later, Hermann discovered Ellin had crushed the roof’s ridge beam while holding back her anger.

• Ellin deduced that Venti had deliberately let La Signora take his Gnosis, and Venti said he supported the Tsaritsa and had allowed the theft to make it appear he was not rebelling against Celestia.
• Ellin told Venti she had held back out of respect for his choice but would break La Signora’s arms and right leg and kill her when they met again; Venti respected her decision.
• Venti and Ellin walked toward Mondstadt, and Ellin reflected that losing his Gnosis had not weakened him because the people’s faith continued to sustain his power.
• Ellin asked Hermann for a bottle of wine and mentioned the broken ridge beam; Hermann found deep finger marks in the snapped timber, unaware that Ellin had crushed it while restraining her anger.

After the dragon crisis, Ellin prepared for the Knights of Favonius selection ceremony while supporting Noelle, who hoped to become a full-fledged knight. At the ceremony, Jean honored Ellin and Lumine for their deeds and bestowed the titles of Sun Knight and Honorary Knight upon them.

• As Mondstadt recovered from the dragon crisis, Ellin reviewed knightly regulations with Noelle, though Ellin intended to join only to fulfill Noelle's wish and knew Noelle would fail again.
• Ellin spent the next few days studying with Noelle and spending time with Fischl and Sucrose before the selection exams began.
• Ellin, Lumine, and Paimon watched as the exams concluded and twenty-five successful candidates swore their oaths and received knightly medals from Jean.
• Jean thanked Ellin and Lumine before the gathered crowd, presented them with flowers and medals, and named Lumine an Honorary Knight and Ellin a Sun Knight.

Ellin became a full-fledged knight and received the title of Sun Knight, then said farewell to the brown-haired girl whose wish she had fulfilled. Noelle left the celebration after failing the assessment for the ninth time, questioning whether she should give up on becoming a knight.

• As Ellin received her honors, she met the brown-haired girl in a vision and promised to care for her parents before saying goodbye.
• The brown-haired girl dissolved into golden light, and Ellin returned to her family and friends, who congratulated her.
• Noelle quietly left the crowd, feeling crushed by her ninth failure and by Ellin’s success.
• Noelle recalled her years of training and service, along with Jean’s recognition after her seventh failed assessment.
• Noelle looked back at Jean congratulating Ellin, wondered if she was suited to becoming a knight, and walked away in tears.

After failing her ninth Knight of Favonius exam, Noelle went through work and her day off in a numb daze, unsure whether her efforts mattered. When she heard the Statue of the Seven near Dawn Winery had been stolen, she set out to recover it and entered ruins where a towering lightning-wreathed monster awaited her.

• Noelle mechanically completed her duties at the Knights of Favonius headquarters, ignoring the attempts of others to speak with her.
• On her day off, Noelle wandered Mondstadt and helped people as usual, but felt no fulfillment or certainty that her actions mattered.
• Noelle overheard a vendor say the Statue of the Seven near Dawn Winery had been stolen and that Abyss Mages had entered nearby ruins.
• Noelle hurried home, strapped on her greatsword, and left Mondstadt to recover the statue and prove herself.
• Noelle reached the ruins and found two Abyss Mages alongside a towering purple monster surrounded by lightning.