Chasca - Blog Posts
WE ARE SOOO CLOSE!! SIGN THIS PETITION SO WE CAN GET IT TO HOYOVERSE BEFORE NATLAN COMES OUT!! The erasure and whitewash of the Latin American and places like Nigeria in west Africa culture is undeniably disrespectful. BUT WE AS A PLAYER BASE CAN DO SOMETHING AND EDUCATE HOYOVERSE. A LOT of people use the excuse that “there are light skinned people in ___ culture!” But there are also darker skinned people apart of the culture too, so why not implement that in the game? Before Natlan is released, I implore you, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND THEN EMAIL HOYOVERSE AT genshin_cs@hoyoverse.com
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Part 3 of my drawing every playable genshin character I honestly hate chascas design and ITS EVEN WORSE NOW CAUSE SHE HAS WAY TOO MANY DETAILS THIS TOOK WAY TOO LONG COMPARED WITH AETHER AND LUMINE!!!
Been thinking about the Traveler being reminded of Inazumas War during Natlan, and an Open Arms Reprise I saw/Heard that sparked an idea about Teppei and Vichamas deaths, so i’m about to make it everyone else’s problem.
Spoilers, obviously
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With every scrape of blood off the sole of her once gleaming white boots, the sound of every solider and innocent lost being counted in the rest area, she was reminded of flashing lightning.
Of Gorou returning from unsuccessful search and rescues. Of Kokomis deep eye bags, Of….him. He who never got to try on his uniform.
A dash of moonlight reflected on Paimons hair, now drained from all the tears she had shed, wrapped in the blondes scarf.
She had really been with her through everything. The one constant Lumine could always count on.
“Captain?”
The once familiar voice had the outlander turning immediately.
“Teppei?”
Smiling in his Watasumi uniform, the apparition waved happily . As if he had never died. The friendship bracelet made from his first broken dummy still tied neatly as he stood by a crackling blaze.
“Thats me! It’s been awhile, huh? You look pretty tired, you can rest here by my fire, if you want.”
As if in a haze, she moved forward, an in a foolish leap of faith, jumped to hug her fallen friend, silent tears staining his uniform as he returned the embrace.
When she pulled back, the reality came in.
“You’re dead.”
“Yup.”
“Then how..?”
Rubbing the back of his neck, the former soldier looked off to the side.
“Night…uh…Kingdom stuff? I won’t be here for long, but I met this guy in the afterlife, and he mentioned you made it here, so I wanted to check on you! He helped me out.”
“He?”
Another figure fizzled into view. One she had seen only days ago. But this form was mutilated, ripped apart. He couldn’t have….not after..
“Vichama….?”
He didn’t meet her eyes.
“Rifthounds are the worst, aren’t they?”
Prodding the small flame with a stick, the fallen sighed.
“Once this flame goes out, we’ll be gone for good. You can have my stuff if it’s not too destroyed when….if…you get back. I doubt anyone else will want it.”
“The Captain of Swordfish || will definitely make it out! You haven’t seen what she can do! She’s amazing!”
“You’re weirdly positive for someone who died a long and agonizing death, y’know.”
Eyes of gold welled, the onyx haired patting the log next to him.
“You can let it all out while we wait, Captain. The dead tell no tales, right?”
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And so, Lumine did just that. Told him everything. Sumeru, Fontaine, and what had happened so far in Natlan. Desperately, she didn’t wish for this moment to end. If only she had obtained Pyro from the Statue, she would have made Vichamas Fire burn eternally.
As it began to fade, Teppei rose from his seat, holding out his hand toward her.
“It’s time to keep moving on Captain.”
“…How Teppei?”
Wind was his only response as she took it all in. He was right, and she knew it. As she took his hand, Vichama cut in.
“I….I know you’re probably tired of all this war and bloodshed, but you’ve got the chance to have a life to live. Someone once told me to Keep them in their heart to bring them home.”
“He’s right! And give all the kindness you can, well, if you can.”
Carefully handing Paimon into her arms, the Inazumian smiled weakly.
“Remember how even during the war, our friendship still made us both feel happy and warm? Don’t give up on making friends like me again.”
The Verdette now stood, his ripped canopy outfit getting stuck on a twig for a moment before he was able to respond.
“And I know from..you know..that you probably might feel like we like we blame you for not being able to save us, but we don’t. Atleast I don’t.”
He faded away first, tossing her a dog-tag necklace with a key attached, leaving just Lumine and Teppei, who admired the mountain view, even in the pitch darkness.
“Y’know, life really is amazing. Everyone takes it for granted until they lose it, so…”
Slipping off his identification tag from around his neck, the deceased pressed it into her hand.
“Even after all this, try to greet the world with Open arms, ok? It’s going to be hard, but I think you’re capable of anything, I really do.”
Just like Vichamas, his visage began to fade, ruffling her hair as he disappeared.
“Thanks for everything, Traveler. I couldn’t have asked for a better Captain, or a better friend.”
One final time, he smiled.
“Goodbye, my friend.”
The fire flickered to nothingness as he vanished.
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Paimon stirred, yawning as she shifted around in the swaddle Lumine had made with scarf as the outlander began to prepare the hot air balloon.
“Paimon had this dream about Teppei and Vichama, and a huge war in….”
As she floated to oversee the region from above, the cheeriness in her voice all but faded.
“Oh…Guess Paimon wasn’t dreaming about the war then…is…is it really not over?”
“Not yet Paimon. Soon. Open arms.”
“Open arms? Whats that supposed to mean?”
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Link to the Open Arms Reprise that gave me this idea!:
Yea thats it.
Enjoy.
Chasca and Chuychu Redesigns! (Extra Notes Below!)
Augh, this took me like around 2 weeks, several hours of my sleep and a lot of my little remaining sanity- Also disclaimer I did draw over the outline of Chasca's official in-game weapon because respectfully wtf is that (I always draw weapons by myself as a massive weapon fan, but I was feeling fairly burnt out and that is perhaps the most extremely complex bow design I have ever seen in my whole life-)
ANYWAYS, onto some of the thoughts that went into the redesigns! For Chasca, I changed her vision to Pyro due to Ch'aska (the Inca goddess that Chasca is most likely inspired by) being associated with the morning star (along with being goddess of dawn, the twilight and dusk, as well as the goddess of beauty, virgin women and the flowers). Ch'aska's association with flowers also influenced the decision to add flowers in Chasca's design. I was thinking that Chasca's charged shot on her bow would be like a very bright burning star with ribbons of stardust + fire flowing behind her. The starry motif can be seen in her pants and in the inside of her hat. I had given Chuychu a hydro vision as Chuychu is a rainbow in Inca mythology and a rainbow is created by light that is refracted, reflected and dispersed by water droplets. I also had a fun idea of rainbows being created in the battlefield when Chasca and Chuychu work together.
Overall, I added a lot more gold within their redesigns due to the significance of gold within the Inca civilisation and used textiles from traditional clothes of the Quechua people. I had incorporated aspects from their original canon designs as well. Overall, I hope y'all do enjoy these redesigns! If there is any improvements I can make to these designs, please do tell me! However, if you cannot provide constructive criticism and only have a negative view on these redesigns, please do not interact with this post and move on!!