In this week’s blog we get to meet yet another Genshin impact character–Yae. We learn Yae is a very mysterious person and a bookstore owner. Read to the end to see the drawing and the pictures of the mystical land. – Roman Rickwood, Editor

By Izumi, Middle-School Gaming/Animation Consultant

Welcome back! I have drawn another Genshin Impact character. Meet Yae Miko, a woman who oversees the Grand Narukami Shrine and the Yae publishing house, also a woman who has a load of secrets.

Yae is a mysterious person, as an old friend of the Raiden Shogun or Ei. Yae tries her best to keep in touch with Ei. However, Ei’s been in her eternal meditation, not speaking with anyone, so Yae has kept to her own business. Yae is the Guuji of the Grand Narukami shrine, a shrine located at the top of a mountain in Inazuma. Yae also owns the “Yae publishing house,” a bookstore also in Inazuma. She holds many events and has a very nice appearance to people she doesn’t know very well. Her personality underneath is very different though; she’s a blunt and cynical person, maybe even a bit selfish. 

Yae is one of the only friends of the Raiden Shogun that survived through the rages of time (Archon War, etc) and is also one of the few to refer to the Shogun by her first name Ei. That’s how close they are. Ei also calls Yae by her first name–in Japanese culture this means they are very close friends. Yae has taken the time to be shrewd and resourceful while Ei was in seclusion. Yae took advantage of the traveler (the player) coming to Inazuma to mend the damage and sadness caused by Ei’s withdrawal and Yae’s loneliness.

*Yae is not a playable character yet. But, Izumi predicts she will be playable in a future update. Watch for her in Version 2.5.