Dan Feng

This article is about the mentioned character. For the related playable character with a similar spelling, see Dan Heng.

Dan Feng (Chinese: 丹枫) was the previous Imbibitor Lunae as well as the prior incarnation of Dan Heng. He appears as an NPC on Amphoreus, located in a "Radiant Scarwood" Grove of Epiphany's Fragments of Recollection.

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Both a renowned member of the Xianzhou Alliance's High-Cloud Quintet and the High Elder of the Luofu's Vidyadhara, Dan Feng was an important figure within the Alliance. Due to circumstances that led to the Quintet's dissolution, he was charged guilty of one of the Xianzhou's "ten unpardonable sins" and sentenced to imprisonment in the Shackling Prison, where he was forced to undergo hatching rebirth and eternal banishment.^{[Note 1]}

History

During Dan Feng's time in the Quintet, he served as both a healer and cloudhymn sorcerer. His signature weapon was Cloud-Piercer, a weapon crafted by fellow Quintet member Yingxing.^[3] He was shown to be close with the other Quintet members, and would regularly drink and spar with them.^[4][5] At some point, Dan Feng allowed Yingxing into the Dragon Palace at Scalegorge Waterscape, a sacred ground for the Vidyadhara, to repay a favor.^[6]

During battle, Dan Feng would seek his comrades' whereabouts and use them as grounding anchors, despite his draconic power dulling mortal empathy when in use.^[7] According to Jing Yuan, many saw Dan Feng only for his immense power, not as a person "with feelings and emotions."^[8]

In the Year 7379 of the Star Calendar,^[5] in an event that later came to be known as the "Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae," Dan Feng caused turmoil by using Shuhu's flesh and invoking the Transmutation Arcanum,^[4] breaking the foremost of ten unpardonable sins on the Xianzhou with the help of Yingxing.^[9] It is implied that this was in the aftermath of a devastating war against Shuhu, an Emanator of Yaoshi, where fellow Quintet member Baiheng lost her life.^[10] Their tampering with the Ambrosial Arbor caused the creation of an abhorrent beast, and for Yingxing to somehow become immortal and struck with mara.^[9] This caused Yingxing, in the present known as Blade, to harbor an immense resentment for Dan Feng, and in turn, his reincarnation.^[11]

With the Transmutation Arcanum in his possession, Dan Feng was able to personally perform the ritual to name a new Vidyadhara High Elder of the Luofu, selecting the Vidyadhara who would be reborn as Bailu. However, the ritual failed, and as a result Dan Feng's power was splintered between Bailu and his next reincarnation, Dan Heng. The draconic abomination that would eventually become Bailu also wreaked great destruction on Scalegorge Waterscape, which the remaining members of the Quintet were forced to put down, resulting in damage to the seals as well as 12 Preceptors, 253 Pearlkeepers, and 116 alchemists and healers being wounded. 1285 Vidyadhara perished in this disaster, and over 3000 were still missing at the time of the incident.^[12]

During his imprisonment, Dan Feng was chained and tortured.^[4] He eventually went through hatching rebirth, the process of Vidyadhara reincarnation, which involved the Preceptors using an exuviation charm against his will.^[13] After his rebirth, the newly born Dan Heng was held in the Shackling Prison for an indeterminate amount of time before being exiled,^{[Note 2]} a lighter sentence, negotiated by Jing Yuan, than what both the Vidyadhara Preceptors and Ten-Lords Commission wanted for him.^[14][15]

In the aftermath of the Sedition, Dan Feng became a sort of legend among Xianzhou storytellers, and even after his passing, many Vidyadhara still worshipped him in secret. There were several dramas and literary works made about the Sedition from the perspective of supporters, which caused groups to form that stood against the Alliance. It was said that the Seat of Divine Foresight originally allowed the works, and only sought to remove them after rebellious groups formed against the government.^[16]

Location

Missions and Events

Trailblaze Missions

• Topclouded Towerthrust
  • A Dragon Gallant, Its Ocean Distant (illusion)
• Back to Earth in Evernight
  • Earth, Bear the Suffering of All (remaining memories within Dan Heng)
• The Lethe Below the Living
  • Primeval and Other Times

Companion Missions

• Vita Infinita
  • Clouds Leave No Trace (flashback)

Character Mentions

Character Stories

Character	Stories
Blade	Character Story: Part IV
Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae	Character Details Character Story: Part II Character Story: Part III
Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae	Character Story: Part III
Jingliu	Character Story: Part III Character Story: Part IV

Character Voice-Overs

Character	Voice-Overs
Blade	About Dan Heng  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ Imbibitor Lunae... When will our retribution come? How can our debt be repaid?
Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae	About Self: Previous Life  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ My previous life is like a faint shadow — hardly visible yet following me wherever I go. It's hard to describe the feeling, but one thing is for certain — I am nobody's shadow. Annoyances  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ I have no interest in commenting on the deeds and sins of Imbibitor Lunae. Given the choice, I would like to cast his name aside... Even so, the consequences of his power will be borne by me alone.
Jing Yuan	About Dan Heng  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ I understand the one I wished to trace... exists now only in memory. But it's probably what's best for him.
Jingliu	About Dan Feng  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ To take the throne, the high elder of the Vidyadhara needs to pass a series of trials during which their physical features slowly transform to resemble that of their predecessors. I see that loss of identity as a curse, rather than a gift. He managed to break free eventually, but should have done it in a different way...
Mortenax Blade	About Dan Heng  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The debts Imbibitor Lunae owes... he has repaid many of them. But the past cannot be so easily erased. Added to Team With Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ Beyond outward appearance, you and he are hardly alike.
Xueyi	About Dan Heng  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ When I was alive, Dan Feng's reputation preceded him. To witness him now — an ousted criminal under a different name... How the world changes.

Readables

• A Page From the Alchemy Commission's Official Gazette
• Amphoreus Trailblaze Log: Before the Era Nova
• An Appeal from the Vidyadhara
• High-Cloud Squadron Power Rankings
• Investigation of Ancient Pattern Rubbings from the Luofu
• Preceptor Assembly Chronicle Fragment
• Ten-Lords Commission Criminal Directory
• Verdict: The Great Rebellion of Imbibitor Lunae
• Vidyadhara Elegy: Insight on "Six Charioteers Adjudicating the Imbibitor Lunae"

Light Cones

• Though Worlds Apart

HoYoLAB Articles

• Tale of the Vidyadhara

Dialogue

Fragments of Recollection: "Radiant Scarwood" Grove of Epiphany

Gallery

Reference Sheets

Artwork

Videos

Cameos

Trivia

HoYoverse Shared VAs

• Dan Feng shares the same Chinese voice actor, Yang Chaoran (杨超然), with:
  • Aventurine
  • Su in Honkai Impact 3rd
  • Alhaitham in Genshin Impact
  • Severian Lowell in Zenless Zone Zero
• Dan Feng shares the same Korean voice actor, Kwon Sung-hyuk (권성혁), with Rerir in Genshin Impact.

Etymology

• 丹 Dān means "cinnabar," and 枫 Fēng means "maple."
  • 丹枫 Dānfēng is a literary term for red maple, which is associated with him, as well as Dan Heng.

Notes

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Dan Feng
Chinese (Simplified)	丹枫
Chinese (Traditional)	丹楓
Japanese	丹タン楓フウ
Korean	단풍
Spanish	Dan Feng
French	Dan Feng
Russian	Дань Фэн
Thai	Dan Feng
Vietnamese	Dan Feng
German	Dan Feng
Indonesian	Dan Feng
Portuguese	Dan Feng

Change History

References