Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast.This week, our hosts are returning to Natlan to talk about everyone’s favorite Saurian Doctor, Ifa. After a brief discussion over Ifa’s credentials as a doctor and standings as a not-for-profit, our hosts discuss his lack of appearance in the Natlan Archon Quest (unless you count Ororon’s beautiful and spot-on artwork) and his highly anticipated release. Our hosts will then review his sad childhood full of brooms, questioning his future and dead parents before launching into his work as a veterinarian. Afterwards, we’ll revie...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are returning to Nod-Krai as we finish Acts VII and VIII of the Nod-Krai Archon Quest. Our hosts start with a quick recap of where we left off with Act VI, Dottore’s surprise attack, and how dejected the entire party is feeling. Afterwards, we’ll talk about time travel, the dimension of time, and Columbina’s quest to return to Teyvat. Of course, we’ll cover the introduction of Illuga, Nicole’s golden magic, and Dottore experimentations coming to life inside mini bubbl...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are taking you back in time to Hyperborea as we discuss the Finale of the Deep Galleries Artifact Set! After our hosts ponder why Hoyoverse loves to hide the meaning of life.. Ahem… Teyvat… in their artifact sets, they take a time machine to the past through the eyes of Skirk. While Ajax unfortunately does not appear, we do hear the story of the unknown Voyager coming to Teyvat, meeting with Nibelung and falling in love with an Angel! We’ll find out th...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are returning to Nod-Krai to discuss Moon-Prayer Night as we cover Acts V and VI of the Nod-Krai Archon Quest. Our hosts start with a quick recap of where we left off with Act IV, the secrets surrounding our spaceship, and why Varka is passing off all of his assignments on to others. Afterwards, we’ll talk about spirits of the past, the unraveling history of Hyperborea, and Columbina’s untimely disappearance. Of course, we’ll cover the fun stuff too, like our ti...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are heading to Sumeru, avoiding the desert, and going straight to the Akademiya to talk all about Madame Faruzan! Our hosts start by reminiscing on Faruzan’s launch, feedback from the community on her outfit, and of course Miku Miku. After a trip down memory lane, we go deep into Faruzan’s past and what she was up to 100 years ago before getting trapped in a Deshret ruin. We take a deep dive into what type of ruin she could’ve been trappe...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are returning to Nod-Krai to discuss the battle with Rerir. Join our hosts as we cover Acts III and IV of the Nod-Krai Archon Quest. Our hosts start with a quick recap of where we left off with Act II, the new integrated character story quests and if Rerir was truly a good guy before his abyssal corruption. Afterwards, we’ll walk through Acts III and IV to discuss the dynamics among the Harbingers, our introduction and thoughts on Master Varka, and th...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are getting the therapy they damn well deserve as we discuss Mizuki, Eater of Dreams. Our hosts start with a quick recap on what the Yokai are in Inazuma, review the Baku Yokai and their themes, and discuss Mizuki’s casual life before the Cataclysm. Afterwards, our hosts rehash Mizuki and Yae’s friends to enemies plot, Mizuki’s midlife crisis leading her to traveling across Teyvat for a century, and how many therapists there might actually be in Teyvat. Later, we’ll walk...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are going back to 1.0 to discuss the Chi of Yore quest. Many travelers may only remember bits and pieces of this quest as they were button mashing their way through a mile long quest log while turning statues to face various directions. This quest follows Yan’er, one of Teyvat’s biggest treasure hoarders, as she tries to bamboozle us, but we just bamboozle ourselves in return. Join our hosts for a walkthrough of the quest and the important lore entanglements that come...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re at Angel’s Share with the one and only, Beth Curry!  Beth is best known in Teyvat for playing Xilonen, one of Natlan’s heroes. This sly character, in contrast, has a bubbly English voice actor who has been in the industry for years.  Our hosts sat down with Beth to ask her all about her experience recording for Genshin Impact, what it’s like becoming a lesbian icon, and what she hopes comes next for herself in Teyvat. After learning all about the...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast, this week, our hosts are crossing into a lawless land as we discuss Nod-Krai so far. Join us as we cover Acts I and II of the Nod-Krai Archon Quest. Our hosts start with a quick review of important terms, factions and locations to know across Nod-Krai that may have been hard to understand initially when you entered the new nation. No offense to Ineffa, but there were a ton of new words being used as she dropped some lore on the area as well. Afterwards...

Ad Astra Travelers, and welcome to the season 7 premiere of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are returning to Mondstadt to discuss the Paralogism quest! Our hosts start with a quick discussion of how they felt after watching the quest trailer and how Feens nearly lost her mind, thinking Albedo was going to become a villain. Once our emotions settle, we walk through a quest line that brings Mondstadt back to life for travelers across the world. Through the quest recap, our hosts review lore on Durin the Dragon, the Hexenzirkel, Albedo, brothers Kaeya...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to the season 6 finale of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are discussing the most mysterious man in all of Teyvat - Dainsleif. To start, our hosts walk through Dain’s life in Khaenri'ah with his oracle loving brother and assumed parents. We’ll discuss his average upbringing, training in the Serpent Knight arts, and how he rises through the ranks to become the Twilight Sword. Afterwards, we’ll explore his daring rescue mission to free his brother from jail alongside four brilliant minds, all of whom become the Five S...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re returning to prison as we discuss the head nurse of Meropide, Sigewinne! Our hosts start off by recapping Sigewinne’s limited, but total bad ass, involvement in the Fontaine Archon Quest. After, we discuss her life as a Melusine, her road to Meropide and how she got her human-like features. Later, we’ll walk through her story quest and discuss her relationships with the lead men of Fontaine: Neuvillette and Wriothesley. Our hosts will uncover Sigewinne’s secret life of beauty...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re traversing through the lava to discuss our Adventures with Little One! Our hosts transport back in time to their first few steps in Natlan which automatically transported travelers into the heartbreaking and tedious quest with our sickly saurian companion. After we discuss the names for our saurian friends, we do a brief recap of what the Flamelord’s blessing is, why it’s actually a curse, and how not all saurians go to the Night Kingdom. Later, we walk through our st...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re heading to the wacky water cubes in the sky to discuss the Fontaine Research Institute of Kinetic Energy. After a brief recap of the major groups that existed across the Nation of Justice 500 years prior to the game’s start, our hosts discuss the founding of the Institute from our favorite orphan of the Narzissenkreuz Institute - Alain Guillotin. Once we review his textbook of accomplishments, we discuss the original purpose of the Institute: fighting the Fontaine prophecy. But what happ...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts return to Sumeru to discuss the best bitty baby archon, Nahida! First, our hosts will take a look at the history of Sumeru and the gods of the area leading up to the Cataclysm. After this recap of King Deshret, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and Nabu Malikata, we jump into Nahida’s creation and first hours alive. Created to be the next Archon from bits of Irminsul, but cursed to a birdcage by the sages, our hosts go over the damage ca...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re joined by special guest, Beefy from the Shade Chamber Podcast! After making sure our guest has plenty of wine, our hosts discuss the Emblem of Severed Fate Artifact Set. This set, released early in the game, takes a deep dive into the intricate history of Inazuma and its infamous blanket friends. Our hosts will discuss the initial launch of the set, its domain, and who we have them on before deep diving into all the characters associated. We’ll discuss Kits...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re going behind the curtain of Liyue’s government as we discuss the one and only Coco-Goat herself, Ganyu! After our hosts discuss our favorite Aris videos about the half-adepti, we discuss her life as a Qinlin in Liyue living amongst the humans. Afterwards, we’ll discuss her terrible work life balance, affectionate yet embarrassing pseudo mother, and whether or not Ganyu is an orphan or not. What happened to her parents? Who was the human? Who was the adepti? Did they h...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re going into enemy territory as we enter the Cat’s Tail and talk about Diona! We also welcome guest host Vanessa, best known for being our Fischl expert and a Venti, Xiangling, and Honkai enthusiast, to discuss this beloved Mondstadt character! After our hosts discuss their first introductions to Diona, we take a deep dive into her family drama and look at the history of Springvale and the Kätzlein Bloodline. Afterwards, we’ll discuss her life as a bartender, parenti...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re taking a trip to the ancient past as we discuss Ochkanatlan! Our hosts will start by reviewing the thousands of years of history that lead to the creation of Ochkanatlan. Starting with its roots as Ixlel’s home land, and base to the space elevator, and ending with the ghost of adventurers and rulers past. Our hosts will discuss the Dragon Sage, Kukulkan and his brother-son, Och Kan. Then, we’ll take a deep dive into the story of a young...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to a special episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are tackling each boss in Genshin Impact as we decide who’s the worst and best. With categories like “I’d rather hang with Dottore” and “So much fun I thought it was Twink Tank,” we find out our hosts have lots of opinions on your weekly and monthly boss fights.

After listening, you and your friends can make your own Tier List and show us your results. Check out the Tier List Template to make your ow...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re taking a trip to Petrichor to meet up with the Daydream Club! We know many travelers may be confused as to what the Daydream Club is, but you’re more familiar with them than you think! We’ll introduce you to their most famous members: Garcia of Sumeru and Fontaine fame and Xavier, best known for his passion for film and work on Tatarasuna. Then we’ll meet members you’re less familiar with like Grispan, Este, Lady Grobel, Mécantre, and...

Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re at Angel’s Share with the one and only Corina Boettger! Corina is best known in Teyvat for previously playing the best travel guide, our emergency food, and Traveler’s best friend: Paimon! Our talkative companion shares the same lively energy with their former English voice actor who has been acting since they were eight.

Our hosts sat down with Corina to ask them about their experience recording Genshin Impact, where they pulled their inspiration for Paimon, and if Paimon has th...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re heading into the stacks of the Sumeru library as we discuss the ever frazzled Layla. After a quick review of the structure of the Sumeru Akademiya, the academics we’ve met before, and the recent changes that have turned the school upside down, our hosts discuss their initial thoughts on Layla. Afterwards, we take a closer look at her stress levels, reputation across Sumeru, and her shadowself that is really the real Layla that can only appear at night. Did that...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week we’re crossing stormy seas to Inazuma to discuss the most wholesome, yet scary, character in Teyvat: Thoma. After discussing Thoma’s beta design that didn’t see the light of Teyvat, our initial reactions to his design, and his closeness to Childe, our hosts take you on a trip through Thoma’s childhood. Afterwards, our hosts will discuss his homesick feelings for Mondstadt, search for his father in Inazuma, and his found family in the Kamisato Estate. Later, we review his hangout...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re discussing the mysterious person in the shadows as we hunt for intel with Yelan! After our hosts discuss Yelan’s Aventurine spirit, popping lip gloss, and involvement in the Twink Tank, they discuss their initial thoughts on Yelan’s character. Afterwards, our hosts discuss Yelan’s addiction to danger, main character energy, and connection to gambling. Later, we review her story quest and the drama that ensues with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, her involvement in the Perilous Trail chasm quest, a...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we gathered all of the lucky charms we could find before discussing the most unlucky guy in Teyvat, Bennett! After we discuss our initial introduction to Bennett, either through pulling him or playing his hangout, our hosts discuss all the ways the developers trolled Bennett and his bad luck. Afterwards, our hosts walk through Bennett’s hangout and the numerous endings it has, discuss his involvement in the Adventurer’s Guild, and discuss Bennett’s status as an orphan (alert) with at least...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re swinging through the Scions as we discuss Saurian Hunter Kinich! After a brief discussion on our initial thoughts about Kinich, and the controversy over his pixel apparel, our hosts recap his involvement in the Natlan Archon Quest. Afterwards, our hosts will walk through the Scions of the Canopy world quest, trudge through the trenches of Kinich’s tragic childhood, and rehash the traumatic almost-death that led to Kinich getting a Vision during the Night Warden Wars. Later, we’ll discuss his fr...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are heading back to the Sumeru Desert as we discuss the Golden Slumber World Quest and learn about our favorite NPC, Jeht. After our hosts quickly discuss the abomination that is Albedo’s court trial, and Feens holds back tears, our hosts recap important factors and factions in the desert. Our hosts will do a full walkthrough of the quest, from our introduction to our favorite scammers to Cyrus the Sumpter Beast and the eventual discovery of a collective consciousness. Th...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our travelers enter the Court of Fontaine to discuss the false archon, Furina! But first, back at Angel’s Share, our hosts are in for a surprise when someone crawls through the window during the recording! The TOTS are excited to have Melty, co-host of Genshin Impact podcast The Resonance, join us for this recording. As the self-proclaimed number one Furina fan, Melty brings expertise on the character our hosts can’t wait to share and learn from. Once things are settled in M...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we set sail to Inazuma to discuss Guuji Yae Miko! After a quick check-in after last week’s unfortunate schedule change, and a confirmation that our hosts were not killed by a certain Kitsune or Doctor, we discuss our initial thoughts on Yae Miko. From her cunning abilities to her sly tone, our hosts were in a trance and scared of her abilities and antics. Afterwards, we discuss her part in the Inazuma Archon Quest, Squid Games, and all, and do a br...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re heading to Liyue to discuss our favorite Wushou Dancer, Gaming! We start our episode in Chenyu Vale where a demon-esque Gaming lives a happy life with his mom, dad and large extended family. After a brief conversation about his childhood, our hosts discuss the traumatic moments that tore his happy family apart - his move to Broadway and death of his mom. Afterwards, we’ll discuss his move to Yilong Wharf and start as a guard, meeting a Suanni in real...

Ad astra Travelers! Welcome to season 6 of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we’re taking a trip to the past as we discuss 1.1’s Unreconciled Stars Event! We find a fresh-to-Mondstadt Traveler Traveler at the Adventurer’s Guild, where Katheryne pairs us with Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort to investigate mysterious meteors. After a brief confusion over Fischl’s vernacular and her flying translator, we set off to save Mondstadt and Liyue.  Join us as we do a walk through of the event, recap the important lore,  and meet Scaramouche for the first time. Our hosts will then...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to a very short episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are popping by for a quick announcement: we’re releasing playlists! Check us out on Spotify to listen to our Hoyo-Mix Favs, individual playlist based on our music tastes and a playlist that represents each Genshin villain! Don’t forget to join us on April 2nd for the launch of our sixth season, as long as the Fatui don’t get us! 

Let us know your thoughts on the playlists in the comments or on Discord...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to the season 5 finale of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, our hosts are celebrating our 100th lore episode as we discuss the Teyvat timeline. At the start of the episode, our hosts announce an exciting social media giveaway and another surprise to celebrate 100 episodes! Afterwards, we introduce some travelers, and friends, from across Teyvat who have questions and thoughts on the timeline. Throughout the episode, we hear from more friends as we progress through the ages. Our hosts start by going back to eggland’s best: Teyvat. Was Teyvat an eg...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing the number one chef in all of Teyvat, Xiangling! This week we also welcome guest host Vanessa, best known for being our Fischl expert and a Honkai enthusiast (much to Tif’s dismay), to discuss this Liyue character. Our hosts start by discussing our initial introductions to Xiangling through character trials and Spiral Abyss freebies, making many travelers swoon over her Pyro-nado. After, our hosts discuss her Mondstadt introduction that includes illegally hunting boar, discovering three-hundred year old boar and th...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the hardest workers in Teyvat, the almost knight, Noelle! Our hosts start by reviewing our initial introduction to Noelle, outside of the Mondstadt archon quest despite her desperate desire to tackle the evil from the source. After, our hosts debate whether or not Noelle is being coddled or protected by the Knights of Favonius and Acting Grand Master Jean. Later, we discuss her age, super saiyan strength and love of cooking despite the negative consequences it may have...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the worst mothers in all of Teyvat, Rhinedottir, AKA Gold! Our hosts start by giving an overview look at who Gold is: Sinner, Alchemist, Albedo’s terrible mom. After Feens threatens anarchy on her potential mother-in-law, we take a deep dive into all of Gold’s great, and terrible, creations including Durin, Sus-Bedo, and the Rifthounds. After, we discuss her role as one of the five sinners of Khaenri’ah and the part she played in the cataclysm 500 years...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are discussing one of the most anticipated characters in Teyvat, the new Knave, Arlecchino. Our hosts start by remembering our initial introduction to Arlecchino in Hoyo’s video A Winter Night’s Lazzo and what we could expect after talking to her co-workers Childe and Scaramouche. After, we discuss Arlcecchino’s first appearance in Fontaine and how she participated in the Fontaine Archon Quest. Later, our hosts take a deep dive into her Khaenri'ahn roots and affiliation with the Crimson Moon Dynasty. As par...

Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are traveling to Sumeru to discuss Forest Watcher Tighnari! A fair warning, there is lots of Feenster gushing this episode! Our hosts start by reviewing their initial introductions to Tighnari in the game and their opinions on his design and personality. Then, we take a look at the Valuka Shuna scrapbook, reviewing who the Tighnarians are and their part in the history of Tulaytullah and the Temple of Silence. After we solidify history, we review Tighnari’s childhood, family life and entrance in...