We introduce our Middle-School Correspondent who goes by “Izumi.” She brings us Keqing from the fictional Liyue, very much alive in the gaming world of Genshin Impact.

By Izumi, Middle-School Correspondent

Hello, and welcome to my first blog. Today, I have drawn a character from the game Genshin Impact, character Keqing (ke-ching). 

Genshin Impact the Game

Genshin Impact is an action-story game made in China. People call it an RPG (role-play game), but I don’t really think it is. The game includes elemental abilities, which are called visions, to fight with, including hydro (water,) pyro (fire), dendro (nature), electro (electricity), geo (earth), cryo (ice), and anemo (wind). Characters are not born with visions, the gods in the game will give a vision once a character has earned it, by doing something heroic or proving their worth of holding a vision. 

Introducing Keqing

Keqing is holding an electro vision. Keqing is a very determined and focused character who is always working; you might as well call her a workaholic. She does well at what she does. Liyue is the city she lives in, and she is a part of the Liyue Qixing (Chinese definition: Seven Stars of Liyue), an organization of seven merchants and business leaders who govern Liyue. The job of the Qixing is to implement the policies laid out by the Geo god, Morax, and manage the day to day governance of the nation of Liyue (genshin-impact.fandom.com).

How Keqing Earned Her Vision

Keqing knew that hard work would be rewarded by the gods, but she never thought she would get a vision from it. At first she hated that she got a vision. She tried multiple times to destroy it, but nothing worked. At one point, she decided to live with it, and in the process found many uses for it. Now, she regrets ever trying to destroy it because she realizes the value of the vision. It is very useful in being able to protect oneself.

Next post, I’ll talk about the story of Genshin and mythology it’s based off of! 

–Izumi