Enjou

Enjou, also known as the Lavawalker,^[5][6] is an Abyss Lector who is a member of the Abyss Order.

He is first encountered in Enkanomiya in the World Quest Series From Dusk to Dawn in Byakuyakoku, where he calls himself Enjou. He later appears in Natlan in Scions of the Canopy's Tribal Chronicles, Yupanqui's Turnfire, where he provides a new alias, Sanka; then again in the Event Story Quest Vision of Ashen Desolation in Iktomi Spiritseeking Scrolls: Volume II, this time calling himself Kokuchuu. He then appears again in The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc, this time using the alias of Hayne and posing as "Tenoyollotzin". This is supposedly 'their last meeting'.

He is the Traveler's translator and sole clerical staff for the duration of Enkanomiya's trial, but later reveals himself to be a Pyro-aligned Abyss Lector. While in Natlan, he is attempting to search for the Mare Jivari.

Profile

Enjou is a "lowly clerk" working in the Abyss Order, primarily focusing on discovering ancient lore. He is not part of the Order's inner circle, though he is aware of their activities. Instead, he is an enigmatic, eccentric individual who, unlike his more hostile colleagues, prefers to avoid bad situations altogether (typically by running away) rather than confront them head on. Still, he is a fully capable fighter and is willing to get his hands dirty and use violence if and when needed, though typically as a last resort. Despite his Abyssal nature, Enjou is surprisingly amicable with the people of Teyvat, including the Traveler, whom he himself admits to have taken a liking to.

History

Enjou was a sage of unknown origin, probably from the era of the unified civilisations.^[5] Due to unexplained reasons, he has had a long lifespan, as he has visited or witnessed ancient civilisations from various eras of Teyvat, such as Gurabad, Sal Vindagnyr, Enkanomiya and Tenochtzitoc, amongst others.^[5] He has had an avid interest in these locations as he has no recollection of his homeland and has been searching for it all this time, even though he admits that “none of these places” in his memory belong to him, and the same goes for the Abyss Order where he currently serves. At some point he entered the Mare Jivari while it was still burning, earning him the Lavawalker name.^[6] As the Mare Jivari is displaced from Teyvat's regular flow of time, it's unclear whether Enjou was the Lavawalker from the past, will become the Lavawalker after he left the Traveler, or was only emulating the Lavawalker he'd read about in his research.

The Traveler first discovers him in Enkanomiya, where he claims to have been sent by Tsuyuko to help the Traveler obtain the Bloodbranch Coral. Throughout the duration of the trial, Enjou helps the Traveler in a multitude of different ways, such as informing them of the Golden Bridle's location and breaking the seal that would otherwise render Dainichi Mikoshi unenterable.

After the Traveler defeats the three Bathysmal Vishaps under the Dainichi Mikoshi, Enjou reveals that he is a colluding member of the Abyss Order and transforms to his original form. He is ultimately bested and reveals that he was searching for the book Before Sun and Moon in order to prove that the gods and Celestia were from beyond Teyvat. As he could not find it, he believed the Traveler to have had it in their possession and thus decided to kill them to check. Despite the Traveler's interruption of his operation, he chooses to overlook it due to having grown to like them. Before he leaves, he casually remarks that Paimon could betray them.

During Three Realms Gateway Offering event, Enjou returned to Enkanomiya and restored the three Towers of the Void with Abyssal technology, causing the darkness to encroach the land and harming everything that wasn't related to the Abyss. The Traveler, who had been sent by Sangonomiya Kokomi, agrees to work with Tsumi to help with their investigation after the Watatsumi Goryou Matsuri only halted the bleached Holy Soil instead of reversing it.

After restoring the Towers of the Void to emit energy from the Light Realm, Tsumi sensed that a faint vortex is still continuously absorbing the darkness inside the Dainichi Mikoshi and believes it is triggered by Enjou's need for Abyssal energy. She reveals Enjou's location and the Traveler confronted him, where he revealed that Tsumi was one of the vishap-people and she was using the Traveler to get her revenge on him. He formed an alliance with the vishaps after promising to plunge Enkanomiya into darkness so that the vishaps could rescue their captive kin in the Dainichi Mikoshi, in return for them allowing Abyss Order safe passage through the vishap's territory. However, the vishaps did not know that the void energies were poisonous to them and thus believed he had betrayed them, although he claimed that it would have been pointless if they were subjected to the powers of the Abyss but remained unaffected. He told the Traveler how to restore the light before the vishaps could cut off the Bloodbranch Coral source, which would doom Watatsumi Island and gave them part of a pendant that he had found while inside the Dainichi Mikoshi before teleporting back to the Abyss.

Enjou later traveled to Natlan. He spoke with two children, Huni and Toba, asking about the "Turnfire," a mythical fire that was said to be found in the Night Kingdom, and feigned promise to help them look for their Yumkasaur Whelps after their mother, Nanna, had seemingly committed suicide by leaping headfirst off a cliff when she was tainted by abyssal energy. In reality, the said Yumkasaur ended up crashing on Enjou's head, and he became intrigued by bungee jumping, befriending the Yumkasaur and tending to her wounds. Learning that the latest successor of the Turnfire name was Kinich, he attempted to ask another story about him, but spotted the Traveler and Paimon walking up the cliff towards their location. Enjou gave the children the alias "Sanka" and told them that the next two people coming up were friends of his that would help them with their problem. When the two expressed doubt, Enjou teleported away while they were distracted.^[7]

Later, he would spy on Kinich and Ajaw, though they were aware of his presence and eventually confronted him in a hidden cave. Enjou was interested in the lore of behind the Scions of the Canopy and stated that he allowed Kinich to catch up to him, as he didn't feel like running and was tired of spying on them. Instead, he offered to negotiate a comfortable operating distance that would work for both parties. To his surprise, Kinich knew that he had other motives and told him to tell him before he would negotiate a price.^[8]

Per a deal made with the two, he would summon a Beastly Rift in return for conducting uninterrupted "historical research" while Ajaw would also ask him to claim Kinich's body after learning from him the fate of all Turnfire name bearers. After finishing up his part of the deal, Enjou came to uphold Ajaw's end of the bargain, but was surprised to see the Traveler and Paimon with Kinich. After Paimon thought he was responsible for tainting Kongamato, Enjou reminded her that he was not part of the inner circle while Kinich confirmed that he was only a passerby. Enjou later made his leave and returned to Nanna, discovering that her wounds had fully healed and that she missed her family. He then returned to Huni and Toba, apologizing to them for his deceit and bringing Nanna as a surprise for Huni.

From what Kinich could discern in his deal with Enjou, the Lector was looking into the history behind Mare Jivari.^[9]

After the Abyss invasion of Natlan, Enjou traveled to the Masters of the Night-Wind, taking on the name "Kokuchuu" and met a man named Leyla. He subjected him to "hypersensitivity training" that resulted in Leyla entering a deep trance. Citlali, Ororon and the Traveler would help break him out of the trance. Citlali tried to trap Enjou so they could question him, but he was able to avoid it and escaped.

Enjou would continue following the Traveler's progress, eventually arriving at the Easybreeze Holiday Resort. There, he found an actor named Papar and got along well with him, having him drink a large amount of Aphimead causing it to become drunk and allowing Enjou to take his disguise. The Traveler ran into Papar during their journey across the resort and with the help of Citlali, managed to purge Enjou's disguise, though he got away at the last moment. Enjou later trailed the two into a unique domain, though he was surprised to find himself not in Mare Jivari. Talking to Citlali, Enjou pledged to help guarantee the Traveler, Paimon and Papar's safety while entering Mare Jivari, allowing her to cast a spell on him to control him briefly so she could communicate with them.

The Traveler and Paimon realized that they were in the miniature Night Kingdom inside the Bakunawa. Enjou caught up to the pair and the three worked together to defeat the Bakunawa, though Enjou remarked that based on the power of the beast they fought, it was only a part of its whole self. Upon being pressed on his true motives for finding the Mare Jivari, Enjou summarized the events of Tenoch and the Muratans, the fall and rise of numerous kingdoms and major events. Claiming that all of these were just fleeting memories in his dreams, he stated that while he worked for the Order, it was not his true home. Deciding to venture further into the Mare Jivari, he told the Traveler that unless they harnessed the Bakunawa's power, they would never be able to enter the true Mare Jivari. Instead, he gave them a gift, the Lavawalker's Resolution and stated that they would likely not meet again. Before he left, Citlali, having simply idled rather than being driven out as he believed, asked him to let them know of any secrets that he would find, or failing that, his real name. Taking her suggestion to heart, Enjou bid the group farewell and ventured deeper inside, hoping to find his homeland in a smoldering, shattered time.

Appearance

Enjou has blue hair that reaches his chin and wears a pair of spectacles. He sports a kimono laced in red and a black waistband. As for footwear, he uses a pair of white tabi socks and zori with light brown straps.

His Abyss Lector form remains the same as any other Lector.

Quests and Events

Story Quests

Tribal Chronicles

• Yupanqui's Turnfire
  • Act I: A Mysterious Visitor From Huitztlan
  • Act II: A Hero's Rite
  • Act III: Kinich's Deal
    • I, Flame Bearer
    • The Last Turnfire Night

World Quests

• From Dusk to Dawn in Byakuyakoku
  • The Subterranean Trials of Drake and Serpent
• The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc

Events

• Three Realms Gateway Offering
  • Aphotic Diffusal
    • Three Realms Gateway Offering: Aftermath
• Iktomi Spiritseeking Scrolls
  • Volume II: Vision of Ashen Desolation

Trivia

• The kanji for Enjou's name, 淵上, does indeed mean "above the depth" as he explained to the Traveler during his first meeting. However, his name is also a homophone of (Japanese: 炎上 "flaming"), hinting at his true identity.
  • His kanji can be also read as Fuchigami (or Fuchikami) by using the native reading, in which case it represents a Japanese surname. It may show his attempt to pretend to be an Inazuman.
  • Enjou's two aliases are a pun to his name, being "Sanka" (山下, "under the mountain") and "Kokuchuu" (谷中, "middle of the valley).
  • Hayne, 海内, is another of his aliases meaning "within the seas", an archaic term to refer to the entire lands of one's own nation.
• Enjou's true identity is hinted several times in-game:
  • When dispelling the seal enclosing the Dainichi Mikoshi, he tells them to stay back in case something bad happened, such as getting "cursed and turn into some sort of flame-flinging monster".
  • After dispelling the seal, he then remarks about a "kind of rush you get from burning a huge library"; it is not known if this was a library either in Sumeru or if he was referring to the events of the "Great Fire of Fall Equinox", the latter being the largest library in northern Teyvat prior to its burning.
• For April Fool's in 2022 HoYoverse released Character Demo - "Abyss Lector: Fathomless Flames: Treasures in Texts" | Abyss Impact via their HoYoLAB account.

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