Adrian Spencer Smith

This article is about the writer and his book "Fables About the Stars". For the soundtrack, see Fables About the Stars Part 1.

Adrian Spencer Smith is a mentioned character in Honkai: Star Rail, and the writer of "Fables About the Stars."

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Not much is currently known about Adrian Spencer Smith besides his status as an acclaimed fabulist.

According to a broadcast created by the History Fictionologists, in 2144 AE, Adrian Spencer Smith won either the first or hundreth Phantasmoon Games. After he was granted the ability to become Aha for a minute—the trophy awarded to the victors of the Phantasmoon Games— nothing obvious occurred, and Adrian Spencer Smith disappeared. It is believed by many he used the Aeon's power to create his most influential work, Fables About the Stars,^[1] which is quoted numerous times in Data Bank entries when discussing topics relating to Aeons and intergalactic factions.

Excerpts from Adrian's Fables

Fable	Subject	Quote
Fables About the Stars	Akivili the Trailblaze	"Countless shooting stars streak across the night sky... If you can pick the right one, it will carry your wish to thousands of distant worlds."[2]
	Nanook the Destruction, in The End and Its Four-Line Endnote	"At the universe's core lies a flame It burns ever so intensely Till entire galaxies are incinerated For the sole purpose of embracing a splendid destruction At the end of all reality"[3][Note 1]
		"There is a coreflame in the center of the universe. It burns brighter and brighter, until it consumes the entire sea of stars — all to welcome a magnificent oblivion at the end of all realities."[4][Note 2]
	Lan the Hunt	"In the first 10,000 years the hunters struggle for survival In the second 10,000 years the hunters fight out of anger In the third 10,000 years the hunt becomes a purpose in of itself"[3]
	Nous the Erudition	"If the truth of the universe is cruel and stale, would you still yearn for the answer to the ultimate question? Knowledge seekers know not how to judge, for their core is cold and unwavering... As are the ends of Paths they set out to seek."[5][Note 2]
		"If the truth of the universe is cruel and stale Would you still yearn for the answer? The knowledge seeker is impassive For their core has been cold and unwavering since its birth As cold as the end of the Path they seek"[3][Note 1]
	Xipe the Harmony	"Behold! A perfect home No sorrows, no disobedience No longings unfulfilled, no memories of agony How enviable"[3]
	IX the Nihility	"All progress toward the void All resist the void All will become the void..."[3]
	Qlipoth the Preservation	"The philosopher gazes upon the stars trying to find the ultimate goal of civilization — 'Build a wall.' A majestic voice echoed in his head. 'Build a wall.'"[6][Note 2]
		"The philosophers gaze up at the sky Contemplating civilization's ultimate goal: 'Build a wall' The resounding echo rings within their head 'Build a wall'"[3][Note 1]
	Yaoshi the Abundance	"She feels sad For eternal life did not let her accumulate infinite wisdom Instead, those she had once cherished Faded into obscurity over time, never to return"[3]
	Tayzzyronth the Propagation	"Hurry and shut your doors and windows if shadows appear at the noontide horizon, for that is no early dusk but the hungering Swarm."[7]
	HooH the Equilibrium	"I stole away the golden weights, and felt proud of the ripples stirred up. The Aeon always sees right through my tricks, and the stars reset the balance to zero."[8]
	The Nameless — Trailblaze	"Mysterious strangers were seen to come and go in many worlds."[9]
	Elixir Seekers — Abundance	"O wanderer cloaked in stars, why are you so obstinate? You seek only a poison that will annihilate the joys that "mortality" gave to life..."[10]
	Antimatter Legion — Destruction	"The emissary in black asked, 'For what purpose do you live?' He could only give a vague and obscure response, even after thinking about it for a while. A deadly smile appears across the emissary's face, 'Let me put it another way. Why are you still alive?'"[11]
	Genius Society — Erudition	"Into the hallowed halls step pride, ardor, and reason, traversing the length of a corridor etched with the inscription of knowledge and truth, transmuting into the embodiment of lowliness, apathy, and frenzy."[12]
	Garden of Recollection — Remembrance	"For people who spend their lives in the desert, even the fleeting memory of aquatic life is priceless."[13]
	Mirror Holders — Beauty	"The mirror-holder gazes into the mirror, but recognizes not the face staring back."[14]
Unknown	Unknown	"The lost seeker found traces of truth in the mist. And so, he set off for the material world."[15]
Unknown	Unknown	"May the flowers in Alpani never wilt."[16]
Unknown	Unknown	"Do not ask where a shadow dwells. You should seek the light that casts it, beyond THEIR throne."[17]

Character Mentions

Readables

• Phantasmoon Games Winner's Traces: The Universe in an Instant

Items

• Road of the Mundanite

Equations

• Architect Scribe
• Fabulist of the Stars

HoYoLAB Articles

• Everything we know about the Swarm Disaster so far
• Galactic Archives｜Aeons
• Overviewing the Ripples of Unknowable Domain

Gallery

Videos

Trivia

• The book "Fables about the Stars" is likely held and narrated by Black Swan in Myriad Celestia Trailer: Fables About the Stars Part 1.
  • Many of the quotes found throughout the video are exact copies or similar transcriptions of Adrian Spencer Smith's work.
  • In Aha's Favorites: Phantasmoon Games Winners Compilation, the excerpts and Black Swan's narration from the intro all the way Xipe's section are a direct correlation.
• Adrian's book Fables About the Stars: The End and Its Four-Line Endnote is referenced in the achievement The Apocalypse and Its Four Footnotes, which is obtained following the completion of Amphoreus' Trailblaze Mission questline, which heavily centers around the Theory of Four Apocalypses.

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Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Adrian Spencer Smith
Chinese (Simplified)	阿德里安•斯宾塞-史密斯
Chinese (Traditional)	阿德里安•史賓塞-史密斯
Japanese	エイドリアン・スペンサー-スミス
Korean	아드리안•스펜서-스미스
Spanish	Adrian Spencer Smith
French	Adrian Spencer Smith
Russian	Адриан Спенсер-Смит
Thai	Adrian Spencer Smith
Vietnamese	Adrian Spencer Smith
German	Adrian Spencer Smith
Indonesian	Adrian Spencer Smith
Portuguese	Adrian Spencer Smith

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