Garden of Recollection

The Garden of Recollection, often shortened to just the Garden, is a faction which worships the Aeon of Remembrance, Fuli. The faction's Memokeepers take on the form of Memetic Entities and travel to different worlds to gather memories.^[3]

Description

"For people who spend their lives in the desert, even the fleeting memory of aquatic life is priceless."

— Fables About the Stars by Adrian Spencer Smith

To think is to exist, and memories are proofs of that. All things that make up the material world will eventually perish, but they can live on in another way — through Remembrance.

Contrary to popular belief that memory is mixed with the imaginary, Memokeepers from the Garden of Recollection believe reality and imagination to be a myth. What is absolutely real and immortal in the universe that is constantly reincarnating? Even stars die and black holes evaporate. On a cosmic scale, they vanish in a breath. In this flood of time and life, the only treasure is the memory that proves the existence of people.

Memokeepers from the Garden of Recollection are dedicated to preserving and sharing memories. Enlightened by their master Fuli, Memokeepers shed their mortal flesh and live on as memetic entities. With this unique gift, they can freely traverse between worlds, unconstrained by physical limits. Memokeepers often disguise themselves as natives of the worlds they visit. They trade, copy, steal, deceive... using every means necessary to collect precious memories.

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Overview

As messengers for the Remembrance, Memokeepers surrender their worldly bodies and traverse the universe in the form of memories. The form their bodies take is known as a dharmakāya, a shell containing their consciousness.^[4] These forms are far more resilient than other memetic entities, as it protects them from the forgetful nature of Remembrance and the corrosion of Enigmata.^[5] Their goal is to search the stars on Fuli's behalf to find the most precious memories, and to make sure the universe is remembered in the face of the Destruction.^[3]

Memokeepers travel to worlds alone. Using their powers to prevent the inhabitants from knowing of their presence, they only reveal themselves if they come across someone who has the potential of being a Memokeeper, after which they will reveal themselves and offer the chance for recruitment.^[6] Due to their elusive nature, Memokeepers of the Garden of Recollection have gained a fearsome reputation.^[7]

Memokeepers follow an extremely strict set of rules in order to ensure that their powers are not misused, and are specifically trained to resist looking into, stealing, controlling, or restoring memories. Violating this rule results in their immediate termination, though a few members are given an exception to this rule, known as "Memosnatchers."^[8]

Technology

Memory Bubbles are a technology developed by the Garden of Recollection to preserve memories. The Garden created a Sentiention membrane to keep the memories wrapped up in it like a bubble, making it easy to carry memories around.^[9]

Similarly, Light Cones are technology that preserve memories created by the Garden, but on a more advanced scale. Because they also preserve experiences and abilities, this technology is under level-2 restriction by the Interastral Peace Corporation.^[10] The memories contained in Light Cones become clearer when infused with substances such as Sparse Aether, Condensed Aether, and Refined Aether.^[11]

Subgroups

The Cremators

While many of the faction hold onto the core beliefs of Remembrance, there exists an off-shot of Memokeepers known as "The Cremators" who don't believe in every memory being valuable. The Cremators will destroy memories they find unimportant in order to "clear out the garbage."^[12]

Memosnatchers

The Memosnatchers, according to Herta, are the radicals of the Garden of Recollection.^[9] They have the ability to avoid some of the rules of the Garden of Recollection and aren't completely aligned with other Memokeepers.^[8]

History

It is widely agreed that the Garden of Recollection was founded by one or several Pure Children of Anāsrava.^[2]

Memokeepers were likely around sometime before the Swarm Disaster. Some of them managed to seal a Shadow of IX inside a Memory Bubble^[13] and took it aboard a Mourning Actor gondola.^[14] It remained there until the Swarm Disaster, where the gondola would find itself entering the Elydichna Starzone,^[13] and the Self-Annihilator who caused Tayzzyronth's ascension would board the gondola. The Self-Annihilator identified the Memory Bubble as his "lost self," and after it was broken and the Shadow of IX released, he embraced the Shadow, killing him. After his death, the Shadow of IX was resealed by the Arbitrators.^[15]

After the Swarm Disaster, Elias Salas invented the Synesthesia Beacon, which he later sold the rights for to the Intelligentsia Guild.^[16] During that time, the Interastral Peace Corporation terminated its existing contract with the Garden to make way for the new technology.^[17]

When Boothill received a new body to begin his hunt against Oswaldo Schneider, who ordered a genocide on his people, he broke into a local Garden of Recollection branch to find memories related to his homeworld. He unintentionally destroyed multiple Memory Bubbles in the process, and the Memokeepers scrambled to recover as much rare and precious memories as possible before kicking him out. In the end, Boothill still managed to learn about Oswaldo Schneider,^[18] and the Garden of Recollection still hold animosity towards him, even believing Boothill to be responsible for the Holstein Aphasia.^[19]

After learning of the Trailblazer's existence, the Garden of Recollection took an interest in them due to their ability to hold a Stellaron, and were curious to see how they would influence the universe.^[8]

At some point in time, the Garden of Recollection discovered Amphoreus through the reflections of their mirror, adding it to their private collection. Black Swan, who figured out the Garden's intentions of learning the secrets of Amphoreus to remodel other worlds into a similar form, decided to approach the Astral Express Crew to trailblaze toward the planet, masking her true goal as simply being her desire to collect the memories of Amphoreus.^[20][21]

A Memosnatcher later trailed behind Herta to steal Nous' memories by tampering with the Audience System to bait Herta into leading the Memosnatcher to THEM. However, Herta noticed, and she imprisoned the Memosnatcher in one of her Mirrors to suffer for a hundredth of Herta's lifetime. After her meeting with Welt and Sunday, Herta probed into the mind of the imprisoned Memosnatcher and learned that many other Memokeepers of the Garden know of Amphoreus.^[22][23]

Due to the importance of Amphoreus, some members of the Garden tried to influence the Nameless in order to access it. This resulted in March 7th falling ill when the Astral Express arrived outside the system, which according to Cyrene, was caused by the members manipulating and warping her memories to use against her. When March found herself in the Path Space, the Garden attempted to convince March to enter Amphoreus by taking on the forms of various friends. Upon reaching the end, Cyrene warned her of their manipulation, telling her that if she stepped into Amphoreus, she could potentially lose her own fate. The manifestations claimed that if she stepped into Amphoreus, she could save the Garden. March was undeterred, knowing that her friends were in there and wanted to help them.^[24]

When the Trailblazer was sealed by Lygus, they were briefly reminded by Herta to figure out which of the four Aeons they had interacted with could help them escape confinement. The Trailblazer ultimately recalled the Remembrance, and several members of the Garden met with them disguised as March, only for the "real" March to appear and force them away.^[25]

It is revealed that several of the Garden's members sent to Amphoreus were under orders from a Pure Child of Anāsrava. Their real role was to act as a sacrifice so the Pure Child could locate her sisters, kill, and then "reclaim" them.^[1]

Various memetic entities from the Garden of Recollection would also arrive on Amphoreus, only to be corrupted by Destruction's golden ichor, creating the Ichor Memosprites.^[26] Following the events in Amphoreus, the Garden of Recollection began issuing summons to its members, forcing Black Swan to depart from the Astral Express and cover up her tracks, as she had defied the organization.^[27]

Known Members

Memokeepers

Playable Characters

1 Character matches the category selection:

Character	Rarity	Path	Combat Type
Black Swan		Nihility	Wind

Non-Playable Characters

• Anna^[28]
• Black Swan's mentor^[6]
• Faye^[28]
• Lark^[29]
• Matilda^[19]
• Messenger
• Mr. Reca^[30]
• Red Herring^[31]
• Zhili^[32]
• Unnamed Pure Children of Anāsrava (founder(s) and implied Leaders)^[1][2]

Memosnatchers

• "Dream Eater"^[33]
• Mausolea^[34][35]
• Unnamed Memosnatcher who invaded the Herta Space Station in Trailblaze Mission A Witch's Scientific Repose

Advisors

• Alia — Honorary Adviser^[19]

Former Members

Playable Characters

1 Character matches the category selection:

Character	Rarity	Path	Combat Type
The Dahlia		Nihility	Fire

Non-Playable Characters

• Roy Hampton (executed) ††Character is deceased.^[12]

Faction Mentions

Character Stories

Character	Stories
Black Swan	Character Details Character Story: Part I Character Story: Part II Character Story: Part III Character Story: Part IV
Boothill	Character Story: Part IV
Evernight	Character Story: Part I Character Story: Part III
Silver Wolf LV.999	Character Story: Part II
The Dahlia	Character Story: Part I
The Herta	Character Story: Part I

Character Voice-Overs

Character	Voice-Overs
Black Swan	Chat: Light Cone  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ Through the course of one's existence, only a scant number of impactful memories— pain, joy, rage, sorrow, can be harvested... The Garden of Recollection was conceived with the preservation of such memories in mind — yet it isn't immune to the corporation's endeavor to openly profit from it. Sharing: Pure Land  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ The most luminous and lavish memories are to be sheltered in the Pure Land of Recollection. In the tales whispered among the Memokeepers, "Fuli" will blend these recollections into the Eden of Blessed Insight, and they shall serve to reshape the entirety of the world after its annihilation. Knowledge  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ A few Memokeepers prefer to covertly penetrate others' thoughts capriciously reshaping their memories, but I harbor no liking for such deeds. Only the recollections that remain untouched by others carry true essence and are treasurable. Anything contrary is just the imposition of another's thought.
The Dahlia	About Self: Betrayal  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ I joined the Garden of Recollection out of my dislike for the unchanging Destruction. Soon after that, I grew tired of the rotten Remembrance and have been walking this universe as a Cremator ever since. Some say that it is in my instincts to betray, but I say that I enjoy the moment of "betrayal." Even if my heart bleeds in pain when I tear apart the shackles of fate, I still feel such an unparalleled delight...

Readables

• Classified: Major Incidents in Dreamscape
• Excerpts from Dreamscape Crime Files
• Herta's Manuscripts
• Paperfold University Librarian Diary
• Penacony Flight Guide
• Supernatural Encounters in Paperfold University
• Ten-Lords Commission Criminal Directory
• The Seven Wonders of Paperfold University

Items

• Lucent Afterglow
• March 7th's "Origin"

Consumables

• Dust of Alacrity

Relics

• Penacony's Grand Hotel

Curios

• Automated Experience
• Book of Heartknots
• Frozen Virtue
• Tangible Luck
• Trailblaze Compass

Equations

• Garden of Recollection
• Memosnatcher

HoYoLAB Articles

• A Letter of Invitation From Penacony
• Astral Express Magazine - Penacony Info Bulletin "The Garden of Recollection"
• Ever So Lovely, Ever So Dangerous
• Great Analyst Pom-Pom
• Past Achievements of the "Former Nameless"
• Scroll of Departure｜Chronicles of Amphoreus' Local Customs

Gallery

Astral Express Magazine: Penacony Info Bulletin

Trivia

• In the main story of Version 7.8 of Honkai Impact 3rd "The First and Last War," Kiana Kaslana refused to trade her memory with a Memokeeper visiting her world, and the Memokeeper claimed that Kiana's power matches that of an Emanator despite no influence of Aeons in her world.
• In Adventure Mission Fleeting Lights, Welt erroneously states that "the Emanators of the Remembrance don't have a physical body and only those they allow can see them" when referring to the Messenger, implying that the Memokeepers of the Garden of Recollection are Emanators. It's ambiguous whether this is a retcon or Welt simply being incorrect with his sources, but story content later on disproves this statement, as Black Swan makes no mention of being an Emanator in relevant conversations with both Acheron and Himeko.^[36][37]
  • The same can be said for Mr. Reca, as he temporarily worked with "Profnana" and made no mention about being an Emanator, though he reveals himself to be a Memokeeper.
  • In the same vein, Himeko theorizes that an extremist faction within the Garden of Recollection are Emanators, and Black Swan does not deny her conjecture.^[37]

Etymology

• 流光 Liúguāng literally means "flowing light," and references time flowing and shimmering like moonlight on water.^[38] 忆庭 Yìtíng means "memory garden," and is used as the faction's abbreviation.
  • The Chinese name for the Garden, 流光忆庭, matches the Xianzhou Alliance's title of Fuli, Glowswather (Chinese: 流光天君 "sacrosanct of glow").

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