Elsie

The tides they will turn...

Media:VO Elsie 01.ogg "Sooner or later, the tides they will turn... What wonderful imagery!"

(After completing Wind's Breath)

Latest work...

Media:VO Elsie 02.ogg "This is my latest work. I'll read it to you!"

(Talk to Elsie for the first time)

Elsie: Ah! Excuse me! You, the golden-haired adventurer! Please wait a moment!

Do you need our help?

Elsie: Oh, no, it's nothing like that! I just wanted to ask if you happen to have a collection of poems about love.

I'm afraid I can't help. I have other things to attend to. Goodbye.

Elsie: No, no! I didn't mean for you to help. After all, if everyone asked a stranger for help every time something went wrong, nobody would ever dare travel!

Elsie: Ahem. I just wanted to ask if you happen to have a book of love poems.

Elsie: Look, I'm an incredible bard — maybe the most incredible in all of Mondstadt after Lord Barbatos himself! Seriously, I'm amazing!

Elsie: But there's Linus... that pesky bard never seems to admit I'm better! He shows up all the time, reciting poems at me nonstop! No matter how you look at it, he's obviously trying to one-up me.

Elsie: And the worst thing? Every single poem is about love and romance... things I've never even touched!

Elsie: So I'm taking matters into my own hands. I'm going to write a love poem so epic that Mondstadt will never forget it! That'll teach him what real talent is!

Elsie: Of course... since I've been dedicating all my time to the pursuit of truly great art, I haven't had a chance to experience love myself.

Elsie: So if you happen to have a poetry collection about love, please sell it to me! I just need to flip through them for a bit. Once I do, inspiration will start pouring in. With talent like mine, that's practically inevitable!

(Talk to Elsie again)

Elsie: Oh! Golden-haired adventurer! Did you bring any love poetry worthy of inspiring a genius like me?

(Available during the Hidden Exploration Objective Wind's Breath)

(Hand over "The Song of Ay-Khanoum.")

Elsie: Whoa, what a beautiful book! Alright, let's see what it says...

Elsie: "...No throne stands without serpents beneath it, no rose blooms free of thorns. Drink the bitterness to the final drop, Ferigees, and with those sweet eyes of yours, promise me... promise me..."

Elsie: Uh... wait, how do you pronounce this one again?

Elsie: Yeah, that's definitely too profound for me! My tongue's already in a knot! I'll just take it home and read it slowly later... Thanks, golden-haired adventurer!

(Hand over "Revelations of Divine Love.")

Elsie: Oh! I've heard of this one before. It's a poetry collection from the Church of Favonius, right?

Elsie: Let me see... "Her soul is a field aflame, pouring its fiery song into the wind. Between the stars, the moon, and the radiant sun, even my own light is burned by her glow..."

Elsie: What kind of poem is that? It's honestly a bit unsettling... and the Church of Favonius clearly doesn't know much about poetry. I mean, stars, the moon, and the sun all appearing together? As if!

Elsie: Well, that settles it! My confidence is back. If that's the level of poetry in this book, then even I could do better. I'll buy it. Thanks, golden-haired adventurer!

(Hand over "The Dream of Rhonabouillet.")

Elsie: Oh, a Fontaine poetry collection! Let me see...

Elsie: Traveling back to the past... the court of the Lochknight... and he falls in love with a maid at first sight...?

Elsie: Pfft! This is hilarious! You get the chance to go back in time, and the only thing on your mind is chasing romance with someone your own ancestor's age?

Elsie: Oh, so that's the point. It's a love poem!

Elsie: Hah, I get it now. Love really does make people lose their senses. Anyway, I'll buy it and read it properly later. Thanks, golden-haired adventurer!

(Hand over "Breeze Amidst the Forest.")

Elsie: Haha, Breeze Amidst the Forest? Come on, I'm a brilliant bard. You think I wouldn't know that one? I've read it cover to cover more times than I can count! Haven't you got something new?

(Hand over "Ballads of the Squire.")

Elsie: Oh, the story about the Ragnvindr Clan, right?

Elsie: But it doesn't really work as a love poem. That Fontaine musician never actually falls in love with the squire knight. They both just end up dead.

Elsie: And romance is really something best left to the living. So... got any other poetry collections?

(Hand over "Before Sun and Moon.")

Elsie: Huh? A stone tablet? Let me see...

Elsie: "Pigeons... pigeons..."

Elsie: ...Uh, how do you even read this next one? Ugh, never mind. Even if I wanted it, there's no way I'd be able to carry it anywhere! Got another poetry collection?

Available after completing Wind's Breath.

Elsie: Hey! Want to hear a new song I'm working on?

A new song?

Elsie: Hehe, that's right! As the best bard in Teyvat — well, second-best, after Lord Barbatos — I've got a masterpiece in the making!

Elsie: It's still a work-in-progress, but I wouldn't mind giving you a little preview! After all, you've helped me gather all that inspiration!

Be my guest.

Elsie: Ahem! Then I'll start. Just a little bit!

Elsie: "The North Wind blows, the North Wind blows, the West Wind starts when the North Wind goes; the West Wind blows, the West Wind blows, the South Wind starts when the West Wind goes..."

Elsie: "...It blows and blows and blows some more; when will our knights all come back home? When they'll come, we cannot say, let's sit and drink the night away."

Well said. Let's have one!

Elsie: Haha, a listener after my own heart! But the drinks will have to wait. Once I'm done writing by the light of the stars, we'll drink to the last note!

Oof, those lyrics were pretty basic...

Elsie: H-Hey! This is art! Good grief... They even have a saying in Liyue, "The finest songs find the fewest ears"! Yep. That's exactly what's going on here!

Sorry, I have something else to do.

Elsie: Ehh... alright, no worries! Once I'm done writing by the light of the stars, this tune will echo through taverns all across Teyvat!

Sorry, I have something else to do.

Elsie: Ehh... alright, no worries! Once I'm done writing by the light of the stars, this tune will echo through taverns all across Teyvat!