An Elegy for Faded Moonlight (Nod-krai Archon Quest Act IV) LUNA II

 

SONG OF THE WELKIN MOON ARCHON QUESTS

Act I: https://marismoments39.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-dance-of-snowy-tides-and-hoarfrost.html

Act II: https://marismoments39.blogspot.com/2025/10/elegy-of-dust-and-lamplight-nod-krai.html

Act III: https://marismoments39.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-nation-that-doesnt-exist-nod-krai.html

Act IV: You're reading it right now!

SO! it's finally time

I've really been wanting to do this alot but I heard the quest is long and I hadn't the time

but... I think today's the day

enough riffraff!!! let's just get into it!!

unexpected figure~?d

I looove these new enemies btw I keep forgetting what they're called though

damn

ooh~?

ALBEDO???

SDJFOISJDFOISJD
ALBEDOOO?????????????????????????????

ALBEDO??????

I MEAN LIKE

I KNEW YOU'D APPPEAR

BUT LIKE

STILL??

ALBEDO???????

who whoo

DUUURINNN AAAAAAAAAAAAA

HE'S SO CUTE OMG

BABY BOY

AAAAAAA

LOOK AT HIMM

DURINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

oooohhh his voice??

he's BIG durin now!!!

lol

HE HOOMAN NOW AAAAAAAAAAA

makes sense~

WHAAAAAAAAAAAA HE'S SMILINGGGG

AWWWWWWWW

he's as sweet as ever

albedo has taught him well!!

awww

wait I took a screenshot of the wrong window there oopsies

"BROTHER" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

positive! also HI ARLECCHINO

I wodner how SANDRONE comforts COLUMBINA when she's in a bad mood

HE'S GONNA DRAW US CHAIRS AGAINN

byebyee~

I mean uh

farewell, father!!

"as opposed to my FAKE FRIENDS such as DOTTORE and PULCHINELLA and PANTALONE !!!"

bro WHAT are you doing

???

woo!!

DAINSLEIF???

I thought albedo and durin were the unexpected guests

you're telling me

DAINSLEIF????????

DOES THAT INCLUDE DAINSLEIF????

plus one to paimon!!

CUTEEE

lol 

PFFT

woo!

cuuute

SDJFOISDJFI LOVE HTIS

wait WHAT DOES THAT MEAN DUDE

S(OIDFJOSIDF??

flinny

you can tell me

are you, too, a laufer shipper?

lmao

they're gonna get along well~

hehe

CUTEEEE

cuteee AAAAAAAAA I LOVE DURIN SO MUCH ALREADY AND ALBEDO RETURNING MAKES ME SO AHPPY AND THEy'RE TALKLING TO COLUMBINA OF WHOM I LOVE AA

CUUUTE AAAAAAA

wait really

what!!!

lol

its' crazy how mcuh closer we've gotten with dain now like wowwww

you mean uh YESTERDAY

mhmm

and you've been on an expedition for FIVE YEARS varka\

SDJFOISDJFoidfdf

these guys have such bad chemistry that it's good yk

HELL YEAH !!!!

lmaooo

Y'ALL THE QUEST HAS BARELY STARTED AND I LOVE IT SO M<UCH DUDE CHARACTER EINTERACTIONNN

it's themm~~

jahodaless quest nevermind y'all I take it all back what dystopia are we living in </3

THESE TWO ARE SO STUPID

I LOVE EVERYONE HERE LMAOO

and she toootally is only here for lauma huh

hell yteah!!

wooo!!!!

cooolummmmBINAA!!!!

oh...?????????????

wAIT

SHE'LL RECOGNIZE HIm
FORM RERIR'S MEMORY

OMG

GUYS????? 

lmao

staring riiight into the eyes

oooohhhhh

the atmosphere y'ALL guys

this quest

dude

it ltierally just started and I feel liuke so much has happened

dude I really wanna know more about hroptatyr cuz like what the hell do we know about that guy y'all

ooohh

interesting...

taht's

really interesting??

he WHAT????????????????\

"thought" NOOOOO

wHATTT?????

hehe

LMAO

SARAH MILLER CREWS JUMPSCARE

SJKDFOIJDFOIJKSWEF

SDJKFOIJFWOEIFJOWEIjf

SEE LITERALLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS

JAHODA SPOTTED

oh, nice~!

oh you'll be fineeee

especially with Chekov's Charm on your chest...

thanks paimon~

btw jahoda hasn't said anyuthing this whooooooooooole time

I TAKE IT BACK!

thank you jahoho~

true~~

oh I can actually attack this time

but what if he just wants to talk to his family :(

oh.

I see.

saaad

whaa noooooooo

:(

I'd go insane too if I had your job, buddy

they're crazy...

sIXTEEEEEEEN

probably none :(

are these so-called "other descendants" just her orphanage friends though...

ELEVEN.

dude...

SIX??????

WHO IS THIS

you mean the CHILDREN???

dude who was that...

omg I just realized his mouth was moving the the mirro as he talked wahttt

tholindisss

I see...

makes sense...

also his voice is cool

ohh~?

whaaaaaaaaa

interesting...   

wh..

nooooo...

WHA!

that's cool

true.

I have no respect for king irmin.

...assuming... the vinster king IS king irmin

right..?

you're perfect for each other!!

you still love him..?

awwwwwwwwwwv

they do...

they're just too afraid to speak out

awhh..

bro WHO is talking right now

I thought it was vedrfolnir but definitely NOT

hroptityr??

damnnnnnnnnn

"prey"

sighhh

'

"that power"

nuh uh

...

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I hate how like

you can tell rerir cares abotu these people but

he's convincing himself so hard to

aaa

ooh~?

oh..??

IS THIS RELATED TO THE

MEMORIES WE 
WAIt

THE MARROW

she's not sure...

aaaa

]

:(

wait

traveler!!

I guesss

but

dude

dude...

tholindis..?

mhm...

OH

king irmin is short for irminsul

HELL YAREH

oh goodness

i"m happy he's finally raelizing

sad it took so long but

I"m glad he's not gonna just yk

kill tholindis

mhm..

HELL YEAH

GO

GOGO RERIR!!

AWWW

YESSS

AAA SHE'S SO SWEET

he can TRY

OH

it IS vedrfolnir??

you don't get itttt

HELL YEQAH

GO RERIR

I see..

WHY???

ooohh

we're doggos now

huh!

ah

so this is th4e fateful night

rhinedottir...

2/5 sinners...

interesting...

HROPTATYR

WHOT HE HELL IS HROPTATYR!!!!! GIMME MORE INFO

hm ..

ooh...

interestzing

sighh

knowing that they'll betray him...

so this is the first time they're meeting him?

huh!!

BOTH EYES??

ugggh he's such a good brother

and what does that get him...

the place we saw, right?

woah!!

TRUWE!!!

go go go!!!

ummmm

noooooooooo

it's too late!! either join the cause, move out of the way, or fight us!!!!

TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAHH!!!

LET'S DO THISSSS

aye aye!!!

mhm...

hiya!!!

mhm..

YEAH!!!

HELL YEAH!!!

also interesting how dain's SIBLING is the oroboros

yep.

yyep

oh..?

lemme guess

rhinedottir?

oh??

exactly!!!

ehh

is that true?

I mean

fair ENOUGHH yk

is it not him omgh

IT WASN'T YOU????

whawHDUUAWHAHH???

hmm..

interesting...

OH

did they open the marrow??

stupid irmin

WHAT

HUH

\

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT\

oooh my gooooood

I took way too many screenshots but

WHAT HE HELL AAAA

THOLINDIS

RERIR

AAA
i DOn'T EVEN KNWO WAHT TO SAY

SJADFOIJSDOIFj
WAHTTT

\

yayyyy

huh

uhhh waht

huh??

????????

HUHHH????

THAST 

JHFUIOHSDSD>??

THAT WAS N'T EVEN REALTED

RELATED

HUH

HUH????????????

i saw people quoting this btw

but I thought they were taking it out of context

WDYM IT'S JSUT

IMMEDIATE??

why are we in aaru village

is she from there!!!

OH

her DAD??

she was calling him by his first name I didn't realize

OH WAIT taht was retenu GOD am I dumb

chief??

huh

is this the chief before candace..?

wait

no

uh

is htis even aaru village or is it a differnet one IDK MAN

uh oh.

oh no...

nefer please tell me you aren't watching

HUH??

ALL of them???

OH

the other guys ran away?

damn...

wait

do I know yoiu

AAAH

so she probably moved TO aaru village

setaria!?

nefer!

not anymore

anddd the akedemiya probably sees that as a chance to take advantage of her

lol

where have I heard this before..wva

ohh

interesting..

also

VAHUMANA

I know we had wanderer, but we now have another wahumana student in our playable roster!!

true!

oh

interesting

so it's nto him?

ah...

looking for her dad's letter

mhm...

WHAT

DUDE

I THOUGHT I COULDn'T HATE AZAR ANYMORE

WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

OMG

not to use modern lingo but MY GOAAAAAAAAAATTTTT

OMG

I love tha tguy!!!

mhm...

damn...

oh wow!!

lol

all too well...

ooh~

huh??

uh oh~~

hehe...

mhm...

oaky but

is the fifty million mora real??

they all just killed each other, huh...

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

girl

damnn

oh

okay

you can uh

stop now

this girl knows what she's talking about!!

it's okay!!

ashru?

meowww

HUH???

was rerir disguised as ashru??

aah

forbidden knowledge

OHHH THE CHARMMM

DAIN??

Woo

BINA!!!

hell yeah!!!

oh

nice!!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH

THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE'

dang flins is really liek sleuthing here lol good job man

lol jahoda and ashru

awww

true...

loll

who knows...

aye aye!!

TELL ME!!

WHAT IS IT!!!!!!!!

I'm the honourary knight of mondstadt!! (TELL ME THE PLANNN)

TELL MEEE

hell yeah lumine!!

aaaa the suspense is killing me!!
is this dramatic irony? no, ironic drama??

....

hi it's been uh

like

two weeks??

uh

idk I wasn't keeping track

for reference, the sumeru event started yesterday

sooo

yeahhh

anyways LET'S CONTINUE

WHAT'S THE PLAN!!!!!

DORI????\

why are you here

bro how is ANYONE reaching the food on the table. it's literally. waht.

sick!!!!!

yes...

mhm.

guess you could say he's a crazed...

LUNAtic

haha

ha..

HELL YEAHHH

WHATY'S THE PLANNN

OH MY GOD GUYS!!! WHAT IS IT!!!

what a nice guy :>

yes cuz he has an intelligence network!!

lol

FINALLY SOMEONE ADDFRESSES THE JINNI IN THE ROOM

so true!!

kryryll chudomriovich flins!!

ALICEEEEEEEEEEEEE

smhhhhh

it SAVED her LIFE

looks like a knowledge capsule

SMHSMH

what!!!!!

HUHH???

TAHT'S SO COOL?????

woahhh

nice to see how united sumeru is now that the whole crisis has been solved~

lol

love kaveh

OH

right

sdiofjsdoifjowiejf lol

the doridemption has been crazy

HUH SODIJFSOIDJ

why is THIS art so godo

lemme guess

albedo drew it 

lol

hm!

interesting...

would be nice...

damn...

if we tried to purify him, would he just die..?

interesting...

sad..

cuuuteee

aye aye!!

THE biggest??

he's a good leader! trust!!

sdfjoiwejfowei this man

woah!!

albedocore.

show this to a 3.x player they'll disintigrate

we'll name you!!!

\

that's sad :(

hmm

I think it's just that love and affection are more fragile

it's never too late!!

..uh... well, maybe except in this case...

awwwww

they care about you, see~

and now sandrone's saddddd

o

gasp

awwww

nOooOOo he's distancing himself from old rerir aodsijfoisjdoijaosijd

yeah!!!

awh :(

oh

okay that's good

lol

damn he is NOT happy about being in there

LET'S DO THIS!!!

KILLER LOADING SCREEN WHAT THE HECK

WOAHHHH 

he's so cool

SJDOFISDJOF whaatt

noO!!

omg the spear

HUH

omg what

ohh!!

cuz he's angy!!! crazed!!!

ahh

using the black and white filter to avoid the blood stuff

also

her eyes are WHAT??

you don't gotta do tht man

YEAH!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!

since you asked

your polearm is SO COOL

WOAHHH

MESSED UP

woahhh

firtnamed

NAMESSS

damnn

ALBEDO MY GUYYYY

GOLD!!!!

DURINNN omg the fire wings

sodifjsodi look at her

why is he so COOL

SICKKK

like nahida!

YEAHH!!!!

SICK BURN

bro WHERE ARE WE SENDING HIM

damnit! (getting tribbie flashbacks)

oh?

OMG NOOO

THE BETRAYAL

well not really a betrayal smh rerir betrayed first sorta but

OMGGG

THE

JSODIFJSODIJFSD

oMG

SDJFOISDJF THE DEATHSTARE

DURIN MY BOYYY OMGGG

woah

nvm I guess blood is allowed??

girl I know you're in pain but tha tlooks sorta sick yk

laumaaa

heal her!!

nooo

is she blind now?

like

permanently??

yeah!!!

don't want another jiaoqiu situaiton

mhm...

awwwww

aww yeahhh

awwww

hehe

hm?

emotionally or physically?

awwh...

yayyy

WOOOO!!

the brossss

JAHODA I'VE MISSED YOUUUUUUUUU

oh

I went to talk to them isntead of nefer and uh it just replayed thixs lol

hell yeah!!

yeah! do NOT watch yababaina.

she's asking to borrow jahoda? quick! nefer! tell her how pretty she is!!!

mhm..

would that something good happen to be lauma...

it's gotta be alice! or nicole!!

woo!

huh?>

OH??

OMG

IT'S THE TEA PARTYYYY

we talking about dottore olol

interesting...

I love how much everyone hates dottore

ooh..?

SO TRUE omg

dude the doriredemption has been crazyyyy I love that stupid goober

yeah!! you helped alot!!

lol

yeah!!!

for sure!!!

OMG SANDBINA TEA PARTY YAYYY

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

hmph >:(

awhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sdjfoisdjf sandronee

she is BEYOND that

"DEAR" OMGGG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

wha

WHY ARE WE HERE

we're here to chatttt

we're still allowed to worry for you!!

smh columbina

awww

thank youuu

oh!

sure~

stop snooping!!

taht's so COOL!!!

true!

ALAIN GUILLOTIN MENTION OMG

or you ARE him!?!?

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

sus... suspicious..... 

this is how I react when people ask about my deadname tihnking it's someone else lol

okaynevermindsmhbutumtheorycouldstillworkshh

what about it!!

interesting

hehe

I KNOW THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!!

cater :(

girl I sorted it!!

he WANTED to save fontaine.. but his methods were.. uhh....

ooohhhh

so

I see

hmm..

OH

that's it

so weird how it

ended then it

didn't 

lol

anyways

I LIKED THAT SO MUHC!!!

I love sadndrone

I'm sure people will have complaints about it feeling out of place or whateaver

I

don't really care

I feel like that's why the yput it at the end of teh quest

treat it as an anecdote which happens to be mandatory lol

anywayts

I'M SO EXCITTEDDDDD I'm gonna go read theories now

SANDRONE IS TRANS THEORY CAN STILL LIVE ON I PROMISE

okay

taht's all from me now

toodle-oo~

~Moon