Genshin Influence Sumeru: The Six Darshans

Just lately, an online occasion for Alhaitham’s launch made gamers match books from his studying record to its associated ‘Darshan.’ The Darshans are the faculties of the Genshin Influence Sumeru Akademiya, analogous to programs in school. It’s also possible to consider it like the homes in Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, however with an extra two and fewer hate and rivalry between them. College students could have antagonistic relationships with college students of one other Darshan. Nonetheless, that won’t mirror the emotions of the entire faculty of studying itself.

It may be difficult to get all of them straight, so here’s a information and outline of every Darshan. We’ll additionally record some notable characters that belong in every.

Amurta – Biology (Inexperienced)

Because the examine of life, college students concern themselves with biology, ecology, and drugs. It’s the first Darshan to be established, originating from Better Lord Rukkhadevata’s helpers in cultivating the rainforest. Amurta stays essentially the most distinguished Darshan in present instances.

They’ve a constructing devoted to their research referred to as the Pardis Dhyai, ‘the backyard of meditation.’ It’s crammed with greenhouses and vegetation and is the situation of many seminars held by the Darshan. Although Tighnari has left the Akademiya to develop into a Forest Ranger, he nonetheless speaks about caring for the rainforest in Pardis Dhyai. The Birmastan, as a hospital within the metropolis, can be associated to the Amurta.

Notable Amurta Characters:

• Tighnari
• Khedive (Chasm exploration NPC)
• Khayyam (Aranara questline NPC)

Haravatat – Semiotics (Black)

This Darshan is worried with the examine of historical languages. It places them in a battle of method with Vahumana students, because the latter is targeted on historical past. The opposite faculty thinks their system is simply too slender and particular, whereas Haravatat college students suppose they’re being too generalist. Since this faculty is likely one of the smallest, you hardly see college students from this Darshan.

Notable Haravatat Characters:

• Alhaitham
• Faruzan
• Yavanani (frequent apple requester in Sumeru’s Bounty Board)

Kshahrewar – Know-how (White)

In our world, engineers and designers are among the many most respectable jobs. For a very long time, it was so in Teyvat. Kshahrewar students considerably improved the residing high quality of Sumeru’s individuals. They have been those to create the one-story versatile buildings you may see all through the town. Plus, the nation’s textile business boomed by means of their analysis into creating looms.

Pir Kavikavus, a famend Kshahrewar researcher, pioneered many applied sciences. Sadly, whereas researching the Smash Golem in Devantaka Mountain, an accident occurred and all his analysis was misplaced. Issues have been by no means the identical for the Darshan afterward. Strict management for equipment and expertise was applied, severely proscribing the analysis areas of students.

Consequently, they turned underfunded because of the want for extra analysis matters they might produce. That created a vicious cycle the place they couldn’t analysis new issues with out funds. Nonetheless, they don’t have funds as a result of they couldn’t do analysis.

Their saving grace is the service provider Dori, who funded the development of the Palace of Alcazararay. She would additionally favor to work with Kshahrewar students, discovering them extra cheap than the opposite faculties.

Notable Ksharewar Characters:

• Kaveh
• Moseis/Beynuni (Nahida Story Quest unique character)
• Jazari (Aranara questline NPC)

Rtawahist – Astrology/Illuminationism (Blue)

If Mona had ever develop into a Sumeru scholar, she’d be on this Darshan. Rtawahist students examine the celebrities and celestial our bodies, attempting to see reality and future by means of the skies. Astrology and astronomy are a part of what they be taught, although in addition they permit different fortune-telling strategies.

Notable Rtawahist Characters:

• Layla
• Haypasia (Archon Quest important NPC)
• Azar (former Grand Sage of the Akademiya)

Spantamad – Elementalism (Pink)

From a participant’s viewpoint, this may be essentially the most fascinating Darshan. Spantamad students concern themselves with the weather, alchemy, the Ley Strains, and Irminsul. Because of the nature of their matters, it’s the Darshan with essentially the most Driyosh, college students who’re out doing fieldwork.

Notable Spantamad Characters:

• Lisa
• Cyno (implied)
• Hosseini (recurring occasion NPC)

Vahumana – Etiology (Yellow)

The Vahumana may be described as lore keepers or historians. They examine the causation of occasions, in search of to generalize historical past to get perception into the current. Different social sciences additionally fall into their class of examine, comparable to economics and a little bit of psychology.

Their analysis takes them to discover ruins, innovate meals preservation, and even forestall overfishing.

Notable Vahumana Characters:

• Aqaba (Archon Quest unique NPC)
• Kalantari (World Quest’ Previous Notes and New Buddies’ unique NPC)
• Tirzad (World Quest’ Golden Slumber’ unique NPC)

The Matra and Mahamata

Although not a part of the six Darshans, they deserve point out because the disciplinary pressure of the Akademiya. They’re feared by the scholars, as they punish these caught plagiarizing or utilizing funds for non-Akademiya-related issues. The Mahamata handles administrative duties and searches for unlawful sources of Canned Information and, presumably, smuggled books. In addition they managed the dissemination of knowledge to the general public by means of the now-defunct Akasha System.

The Matra investigates all analysis and decides whether or not to ban a selected matter that would result in an instructional ‘sin.’ There are six sins students should not do:

• Interfering with human evolution
• Tampering with life and demise
• Delving past the universe
• Investigating the origin of phrases
• Revering gods with out acts of devotion
• Divulging secrets and techniques with no trace of worry

Any scholar, researcher, or scholar caught collaborating in these sins faces punishment heavier than different offenses incur. Regardless of a excessive place or good fame, transgressors face imprisonment or expulsion from the Akademiya.

Whereas Matra doesn’t have strict necessities to develop into one, the Mahamata are explicitly Akademiya graduates. An instance is Cyno, who studied below the identical mentor as Lisa, establishing his place as a former scholar. Nonetheless, a message on one of many varied boards criticizes Cyno for not having a fame as a famed researcher.

Notable Matra:

• Cyno (as Common Mahamatra)
• Alhaitham (the Scribe, a part of the Mahamata; the Performing Grand Sage as of three.4)
• Afratu (World Quest’ Afratu’s Dilemma’ unique NPC)
• Shohre (Matra stationed on the Home of Daena)

Fascinating Trivia and Lore

Every Darshan is headed by a Nice Sage, whereas the Grand Sage leads the entire group. There’s a fierce combat among the many Sages in regards to the succession of the latter place. Nonetheless, the small print of the method aren’t talked about. They kind a council that oversees the administration of the Akasha System and the governance of the entire nation.

After the occasions of the Archon Quest, the council is stripped naked as the bulk colluded with the plan to make a brand new god. Alhaitham was supplied the place of Grand Sage, however he turned it down. Nonetheless, he ended up with the job, briefly.

In-game, if you see a scholar, their hat denotes which Darshan they’re from. A round portion of the clothes would bear the varsity’s emblem, and a woven thread has the colour. Nonetheless, there are extra NPC college students with no hat than with one. Sages have a unique uniform that doesn’t have an identical figuring out mark.

Cyno’s voice line about Lisa explicitly states that he studied below the identical mentor as her. This assumes that he was a part of the Spantamad as a scholar. Nonetheless, there could possibly be interdisciplinary students who may mentor college students from totally different Darshans, which nonetheless offers uncertainty to Cyno’s former Darshan.

Regardless of being in Haravatat, Faruzan leans towards Kshahrewar in curiosity. She turned trapped within the time bubble because of wanting to unravel a puzzle, one thing that’s within the realm of the latter Darshan. Many Kshahrewar students ask her for assist and typically even ask her to switch faculties. Nonetheless, she insists on staying in Haravatat.

Alhaitham and Kaveh are a pair of Haravatat and Kshahrewar roommates with contrasting personalities. The previous thinks by way of logic and rationality, whereas the opposite places extra significance on feelings and emotions. It’s highlighted additional by their respective colour schemes (black for Alhaitham and white for Kaveh), that are additionally their Darshan colours. Even their accent colour is the alternative within the colour wheel (inexperienced and crimson, respectively)!

As of three.4, there are a number of playable characters from nearly all the Darshans:

• Tighnari (Amurta)
• Alhaitham and Faruzan (Haravatat)
• Layla (Rtawahist)
• Kaveh (Kshahrewar, implied by his design however no official announcement but)
• Cyno (implied Spantamad)

Solely Vahumana is left if Cyno actually was from Spantamad.

The six Darshans appear to correspond to a sin or make it in order that delving too deep can result in one:

• Interfering with human evolution (Amurta)
• Tampering with life and demise (Kshahrewar)
• Delving past the universe (Rtawahist)
• Investigating the origin of phrases (Haravatat)
• Revering gods with out acts of devotion (Vahumana)
• Divulging secrets and techniques with no trace of worry (Spantamad)

Although human evolution, life, and demise all fall below Amurta, tampering with the latter falls below Kshahrewar. In spite of everything, in a non-magical world, what would you utilize to lengthen your life? Know-how. Alternatively, you may swap them, which might nonetheless make sense (physique modification expertise and/or medicines to lengthen life).

By researching the Irminsul, Spantamad students may discover particular data that may trigger panic and widespread havoc. In the event that they don’t have worry in making that public, they’ll trigger unimaginable chaos. Contemplating that its corruption got here from indescribable and incomprehensible information from past, holding this stuff a secret is prudent.

As for Vahumana, varied topics about faith fall below some social sciences, and that is the varsity that research these. All Akademiya students are fairly rigorous of their analysis, and it may be straightforward for spiritual rituals to fall by the wayside. The others have extra obvious connections (Rtawahist and what’s past the sky, Haravatat and the origin of language).

Whereas there’s correspondence, that doesn’t signify causality. Which means college students from any Darshan are at all times at risk of committing any of those sins. They’re simply extra more likely to do yet one more than the others.

Apparently, with the reveal that Katheryne is a bionic puppet, somebody had already succeeded in making a mechanical life kind. Then once more, it was completed exterior the Akademiya borders, making the foundations moot. Nonetheless, Katheryne isn’t alive within the truest sense of the phrase, simply doing what she’s programmed to do. Her life (or lack thereof) is a dialogue for a unique article.

That’s all for the Darshans of the Akademiya. Hope you discovered one thing and that this made it simpler to establish and acknowledge them. Proceed having enjoyable enjoying Genshin Influence!