Yewliho

Yewliho is a mentioned character in Honkai: Star Rail. Formerly a raider of the Bloodwind Pack and wife of its chief, Yewliho joined the Xianzhou Alliance after her husband and son were murdered in political assassinations, and died fighting on the Xianzhou's side during the Third Abundance War.

Most of what is known about her comes from her posthumous autobiography, My Return to the Path.

History

In the Star Calendar Year 7992, Yewliho was born into a Bloodwind Pack beast ship operator family. The Bloodwind Pack "inspired awe across the universe" with their gigantic fleet of beast ships. Within a society like borisin that honors strength above all, beast ship operators from this generation, like Yewliho, naturally held a relatively high level of political influence.

By Star Calendar Year 8023, Yewliho already had her own personal fleet, the "Preta," at only age 31. She had already independently planned and completed dozens of plunder and ransack missions. As far as Xianzhou pilots at the time were concerned, Yewliho was an unparalleled nightmare. She was renowned for her fearless attacks and many schemes, and could be said to lead the most brutal and efficient fleet at that time.

Before long, thanks to her many military exploits, Yewliho's rank among the pack skyrocketed. In Star Calendar Year 8025, Yewliho and the Bloodwind Pack Chief Hosing Khan were married. As it is borisin tradition for the chief's partner to act as the leader of all officials, Yewliho had suddenly risen to the second-highest rank within the Bloodwind Pack.

In Star Calendar Year 8032, Yewliho gave birth to a child named "Cherluwoo." If everything went as planned, Cherluwoo would become the next leader of the pack. However, there was an unexpected development the year that Cherluwoo turned five.

Originally, Hosing Khan had already exceeded 400 years of age without bearing an heir. If the regular route of succession were to be followed, the title of chief would go to the next "Duran descendant," Hosing Khan's nephew, Kobo Khan. However, the birth of Cherluwoo had shattered this plan. After having prepared all his life to inherit the pack, Kobo led the 3,000-strong beast ship fleet that had sworn loyalty to him to reclaim his power and attacked the chief's great beast ship. Hosing Khan had no time to react before he was murdered by his bodyguards that Kobo had bribed. Naturally, Kobo's next targets would be Yewliho and her son.

Fortunately, Yewliho had always retained her own fleet that vowed loyalty to her, the Preta. Although they only boasted 300 ships, every member was a trusted ally that had accompanied her on pillages for many years. Yewliho and her fleet successfully forced their way out of Kobo's encirclement. However, with the huge beast ship fleet that pursued them like locusts, there was no way for her mere 300 ships to escape.

However, "Kobo Khan" called off his manhunt a short while later and returned to the Bloodwind Pack, successfully becoming the next chief. Yewliho would never say how she managed to escape that lethal pursuit. All that is known is that her only child, Cherluwoo, died during that escape.

In the Star Calendar Year 8038, Yewliho led the Preta, with only 127 men remaining, to the Xianzhou Fanghu, determined to submit and pledge allegiance to the Alliance.

After two long years of careful deliberation, the Alliance decided to pardon these borisin for their crimes and allow them to live inside the Fanghu under strict surveillance. This was on the condition that they comply with all Alliance research on borisin, as well as submitting all beast ship-related technology to them.

This was when Zongguang met Yewliho. As a cultural anthropologist, he was ordered to interview all 127 borisin, in order to deepen the Alliance's understanding of borisin society. Throughout the course of his research, Yewliho and Zongguang developed a deep friendship. He saw her as an intelligent, frank, and courageous warrior who was able to summarize the complex and chaotic world of borisin society and logic to me in concise, clear language. Likely because of her hatred towards Kobo, Yewliho always hoped that she would be able to lead her Preta to fight for the Alliance. However, a request like this was unlikely to receive approval.

Yewliho made this request again and again and was rejected every time. After 30 years, she could bear this cycle no longer and began to seek Zongguang's assistance.

He suggested that she write a long letter explaining her life and background in detail. This would allow her to explain her hatred of her enemies to the Seven Arbiter-Generals and why she longs to fight for the Alliance. When she did this, Zongguang would be willing to put his personal reputation on the line to vouch for her.

Two years later, she wrote My Return to the Path.

In Star Calendar Year 8072, not long after she had written this letter, the third Denizens of Abundance War broke out. With the Fanghu serving as the main battleground, it quickly descended into a terrifying bloodbath. Pressed with their backs up against the wall, no one was free to keep watch over Yewliho. So, without receiving permission from the Alliance, the Preta launched their final assault.

It was never discovered just how many Abominations of Abundance the Preta wiped out in the war. However, what is known is that they managed to transport at least 4,000 civilians to safety before the Lan's Lux Arrow descended. During this process, all 127 borisin warriors, including Yewliho, perished.

Due to the sensitive nature of Yewliho's identity and her undeniable past wrongdoings, her story was concealed under the surface of history, which is why My Return to the Path was never able to be published. Zongguang then worked hard for many years in an attempt to publish My Return to the Path.^[1]

Since the foreword of My Return to the Path is found in the Shackling Prison, it is highly likely that the book remains unpublished.

Character Mentions

Readables

• My Return to the Path Foreword

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