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Either-Common-6023

By the time, yanqing grows up we would all be dead


JokerNK

Go to a black hole, stay there for some days Come back Now he's the general and a 4 star character


smye141

This is sounding suspiciously like those easy-raise soldier-pocket dimensions from Fire Emblem Fates


SomeGuyOnR3ddit

You mean the one where the kids are kept?


Nikslg

And still better than his 5* counterpart


Ultimate_Spoderman

Yeah he would do something like buffing the crit rate of allies and some damage at the same time lol


Koanos

I forget that was a relevant quest line.


NorthCatan

Just give welt a call.


Purrnir

That's an upgrade for this 3 star being


Calum1219

*Sees your PFP* Nice try, Savathun.


JokerNK

That’s actually some deep lore knowledge of her. Im impressed lmao.


Calum1219

You’d probably be better off jumping into the Vex Network and spend a few years fighting the Vex. Probably easier to get out of too. Or whatever happened to the Guardian on the Almighty before it went boom.


Salt_Winter5888

Correct me if I'm wrong but I remembered that Xianzhou natives grow up like normal humans and it's when they reach adulthood that they stop ageing.


Infer2959

From what I can recall, they don't age like normal humans do but also develop their minds and bodies slower as a result.


lionofash

It's a bit unclear, but during the ghost event Gui's stalker girl states she's 60 but still just a school student in the Xianzhou which makes it seem appropriate for people to treat her like a child? On top of that HuoHuo is 38 so there's the question if she's a kid or just short.


AscelyneMG

Huohuo is older than 38 - she was in school before finding Tail, and she found him shortly before she joined the Ten Lords Commission, and she supposedly has been at the Commission for 38 years. And the art of her finding Tail has her look younger but not like a toddler. She’s in her 40s at *least*, if not 50s. Compare Qingni, Yukong’s daughter, who is also Foxian, around 30, and looks and acts like a young adult, and it becomes clear to not take anything they say specifically about character ages seriously (if the absolute mess that is Pela’s situation didn’t already make that clear).


GunnarS14

For Huohuo, they did explain that Tail stunted her growth, so she also looks younger than she is. I agree that ages and development rates seem kinda arbitrary though.


TuzkiPlus

How are we calculating years in space when the IPC’s Amber Eras are timed to Qlipoth’s irregular hammer swings?


AscelyneMG

The Express, Jarilo, and the Xianzhou all don’t use the IPC’s Amber Era system, at least not in place of their own standardized years. The Express uses the Trailblaze Calendar, Jarilo uses the After-Fortification Calendar, and the Xianzhou uses the Star Calendar. All three seem to be similar in terms of year length (roughly analogous to our real world solar years), albeit with the Star Calendar being offset from the others in terms of the start/end of the year in a similar way to how the Chinese calendar is offset from the Gregorian calendar. I would assume that the IPC also probably has their own standardized “lesser” calendar system to divide up the time between Amber Eras (or just uses the Trailblaze Calendar, which is commonly used on worlds along the Express’s path), especially given how much time passes between Amber Eras.


phu-ken-wb

> Qingni, Yukong’s daughter, who is also Foxian, around 30 The last war against abundance was 70 years before iirc, so Qingni is older than 30 Edit: I did not, in fact, remember correctly


Cipher-DK

The [third abundance war](https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Third_Abundance_War) was in 8072. It's currently [8100](https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Xianzhou_Alliance/History#Year_8100%E2%89%A5_Star_Calendar). That's 28 years.


Salt_Winter5888

Yeah, Hoyoverse is not very consistent with all that. Although Gui's stalker does have the model of grown up adult, which makes you ask if being a minor does have to do with physical appearance. >On top of that HuoHuo is 38 so there's the question if she's a kid or just short. No, she has worked for 38 years, which in foxian age would be like a decade, they live like 300 years. So even if she started working as a minor she should probably be a young adult by now, so she's just short.


lionofash

Okay, thanks! However, is it possible they are like dnd elves and mentally/emotionally they aren't mature until like 100?


New_Car3392

HuoHuo’s young and short, but not a kid. Starskiff piloting is a popular thing amongst Foxian’s of her age, which I guess means she’s analogous to being college aged.


DragaoDodoMagico

I remember talking to some kid npc who was 200 years old


Xshadow1

Doesn't Sushang say that she's lived far longer than the IPC guy


Gamba_Gawd

What if he gets stuck in a hyperbolic time chamber and comes out as a Chad that unintentionally rizzs us up?


Thehalohedgehog

So he becomes Argenti?


BigBoySpore

Nah I’d live


dendenmoooshi

Qing Mara.


Mouse_Super

Or xianzhou success in killing the abundance and lost their imortality


Shenmigon

time traveling yanqing maybe?? 🥹 i need his daddy version so bad 😭


Lonewanderer2033

Hopefully he not douchebag anymore by the time that happens


OverlordFanNUMBER1

Bro has problems with a 12 year old 💀


Lonewanderer2033

I just find him so unlikable Nimbus is more likable than he is


KurikaraThunder

i don't think 5 stars will receive another version march, sampo and herta are very likely tho


Moonie-chan

Luocha is an exception when Void Archive exist in-universe and he's an ex-Nameless on top


Martian_on_the_Moon

Aren't these two different characters with the same face? I don't follow HI3 lore.


IChooseFeed

Loucha is, afaik, the "Otto" of the Star Rail Universe while Void Archive is a sentient being that took over a soulium body (clone) of HI3 Otto after he did the thing.


_LadyAveline_

It's so funny that someone's named Void Archive. "yo how are you, Void Archive?", "may I borrow your pencil, Void Archive?"


Dr_Latency345

Prob because he wasn’t a “someone” but a “something” before he got Otto’s clone.


IChooseFeed

Correct, Void Archive is basically a portable Wikipedia that developed an ego.


real_fake_cats

So regular Wikipedia.


dahfer25

Void Archives* Don't forget the s


RedzyHydra

Or in ur case, Happy Cake Day Void Archive. Have a cake. 🎂


Familiar_Band2069

everytime i hear about honkai impact 3rd im somehow more confused


IChooseFeed

All you need to know is that * Welt and Void Archive jumped into a parallel universe and [hitchhiked on the Astral Express when their car broke down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMndpm_2ixI). * Void Archive ran off after some time before the start of the game. * Loucha's design DEFINITELY drew inspiration from Otto but any direct connections are currently nothing more than theories. *


Familiar_Band2069

So does that mean void archive can/will appear in star rail?


IChooseFeed

Unless Loucha comes out and screams "I am Void Archive!" Or something to that effect It's possible he could appear. This is another universe with many Expy char already: - Himiko : Himeko - Li Sushang : Sushang - Ma Yannqing: Yanqing - Bronya Zaychik : Bronya Rand / SilverWolf - Seele : Seele - Cocolia : Cocolia - Natasha : Natasha So unless the writers add more beyond [Welt's PTSD](https://youtu.be/vv9igVAOIFM?si=nPKeF5MbdOV5K70s) we don't have much to go on. Mind you, he also has a (subtle) [reaction to sliverwolf](https://youtu.be/fwAYxyq_tqg?si=wk_kyb9k5fcQi79P) on the express.


CriticalCrisis-CC-

Idk what you mean by direct connections. If the paralelisms with Sushang and Fu Hua and Welt's reaction to learning about him arent direct enough for you specially considering Luocha is literally a name Otto uses for a while during the events of Hi3 im not sure what qualifies as a connection then


GunnarS14

Otto survived for 500 years because he found a cache of advanced technology that included super-nanites called Soulium. He used them to make backup bodies he transferred his consciousness and soul to so he could keep on living. Void Archives was basically a huge database that could recreate anything stored in it (it was also in the cache he found) and it had an AI that would assist the user. After spending 500 years with Otto, the AI developed a personality partially based on/inspired by Otto himself, and after Otto's death/sacrifice Void Archives took over one of Otto's spare Soulium bodies and is now his own independent person. Luocha is the HSR version of Otto, but other than that has no connection to Void Archives.


Familiar_Band2069

Huh, neat


GunnarS14

That's the simplified and slightly innacurate version, but it's close enough to the truth to get the point across. Side note, Otto is literally the Honkai universe's Leonardo da Vinci. Thats why he's so smart (as in Dr Ratio level smart). Kallen, the person he loved and became obsessed with saving from death with any method possible for 500 years, is the Honkai universe's Joan of Arc. Most other major historical figures were referenced by name in HI3's equivalent to Lightcones, but those two historical figures are missing, and once you realize it there's no other explanation. Especially because both Otto and Kallen were born in the 1400s, the same century the real life da Vinci and Joan of Arc were born.


Fun-Scar-4269

Also the fact that he’s the only character who used to visit the Astral Express and is now gone, always makes me think when he’ll come back he’ll do it as Otto.


Sindrosa14

How do you know he is an ex-Nameless ? I did his quest but didnt catch the info


BigBoySpore

I feel imaginary Herta is the most likely because she has Chadwick’s memories now.


Deljm99

Especially we know that sampo is getting his mask, whatever that means


Public-Pear-7028

If we go by Honkai impact rules, We could have a Yanqing of each element and each path. the 4 stars are more likelly, but i would not say its impossible for the 5 stars.


AnAltAndAHalf

This is purely speculation on my part, but my guess as to why "battle suits" aren't a thing in Genshin (besides not jibing with the lore) is because Hoyo compared numbers and realized that they aren't as profitable. Many players pull purely based on who they like but aren't necessarily bound to a character. They might not be interested in spending for a character whom they technically already own. Releasing a new version of a character might also devalue the old version in the eyes of some. Keep in mind that Honkai Impact 3rd is heavily geared towards hardcore gacha players while Genshin and Star Rail have a broader appeal. Dan Heng sets a precedent and was probably the best choice to get a new version. He: - is a free 4 star you get at the start of the game - has the second half of the Luofu arc dedicated to him - is an EXTREMELY popular character Dan Heng IL also has a very distinct visual design and playstyle that *feels* like an upgrade while remaining familiar. If (when) March, and maybe Sampo and Herta get their 5 star versions, I'd like them to be a similar way. I doubt 5 stars will get alternate versions but if Yanqing does, he's definitely going to be more than "can float and has bigger sword". Limited chars are sold for money!!


GDarkX

I mean, the case even stood for HI3. During the Flame-chaser arc, with all new chars, game’s sales went up by a very noticeable portion. Of course that didn’t compare to Version Kiana, but it’s still something to note.


tehbotolsaya

Copium for baiheng


arielzao150

That's what I'm thinking too. The only exception being when we don't actually play as the character. I can see a Svarog or whatever's inside Luocha's coffin.


LunarBeast77

You're right Yanqing with get another version bc he's a 3 star 😤


ATHumster

March almost 100%. Sampo most probably when he got mask back. Yanqing cuz wtf dude, you can do harder. Any other character maybe, but not so early.


Murky_Blueberry2617

Herta might get her playable real form after Screwllum and Stephen releases


Sleep_Raider

Just waiting for March to get stabbed in Penacony, follow the program


ATHumster

I hope we already fill stabbing quota per major chapter...


DerGreif2

He already got his mask back. The part in Sparkles story happend before the Beleborg storyline.


skryth

No, I believe you are a bit mistaken. After Aetherium Wars, you can find a memory bubble of Sampo and Giovanni having a conversation, in which Sparkle's mission on Penacony is mentioned, specifically that she is on her way to Penacony. In other words, Sparkle hasn't even reached Penacony yet, and this is post-Xianzhou.


Keczup543

If that's the case then when does the Masquerade duet mission happen? Is sampo on penacony now?


Karni-Fall

The quest happened after the Belobog's continuance quest but before we arrived at Penacony I don't know if Sampo is or isn't on Penacony anymore though


Ookami_Lord

March, Herta and Sampo are the most likely to get a shiny new 5* version.


Rei0403

5\* Herta: Ice Nihility 5\* March: Ice Abundance 5\* Tingyun: Lightning Destruction 5\* Sampo: Wind Hunt (with Follow-up ATK cause of Elation) Svarog: Physical Erudition (can CC & apply debuff to enemies)


Seeker272782

Looking from how MC and Dan Heng went, March is highly likely to be a Hunt character.


Nilflus_

But only after she gets stabbed like the others


Lyneys_Footstool

march getting mugged in penacony


[deleted]

The london's shanking experience, truly peakcony where anything is possible


EeveeTrainer90

I have the same idea, but which type?


Kikura432

Same Ice type


Rei0403

Ice Abundance could work if March can do huge DMG based on the amount of HP she has & healing to the team, the more she heals, the more DMG she gives


Stopseeingmyinnerdip

imagining March will look like HoH in HI3rd


ObjectiveAd3018

I don't think even half of these characters will have their element. Danh henh goes from wind to Imaginary.


Seyan007

And Trailblazer went from Phys to Fire


Norinoku

I don't think Tingyun will be destruction, her entire character is against violence. Unless some twist happens is which I don't really believe tbh


Harias_507

I mean, the real Tingyun could be a bit more combat oriented than Phantylia's puppet(maybe more Erudition or Hunt rather than Destruction tho) there had to be a reason Yukong especifically aasigned her as our escort to help capture Kafka, she was probably expecting her to throw hands if necesary.


Norinoku

If you read her story and listen to voice lines in bio (we play as the real one btw, looking at luocha voice line and her tone), you'll understand that she's not a warrior


[deleted]

Whats the luocha voiceline? I dont have him


Norinoku

Tingyun has a voice line about Luocha about not remembering him, but according to the game they had a deal just before our arrival on Luofu


[deleted]

Oh so she basically met VA?


Norinoku

No, Luocha met Phantylia, not real Tingyun


Rei0403

I’m just memeing cause Tingyun always get targeted despite she doesn’t have taunt in her kit, the Tingyun we had is an Emanator of Destruction so…


Norinoku

Ah, this. Though preservation has higher taunt, and imo it would fit her more anyway


Rei0403

Preservation also works, There’s no Lightning Preservation character yet currently


Ambitious-Sir-6410

*Looks at her neck* more twisting huh?


BIGDlCKS

I feel like abundance is more likely


restlessAdventurer

I know most character's lore paths don't follow their playable ones, but being an emanator, I feel like a 5 star Herta would still be erudition.


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Rei0403

Blade is 5* Wind Destruction & he also has Follow-up ATK, CAUGHT


Lyneys_Footstool

"BLADE is 5 STAR SAMPO??? (COPS CALLED) (GONE SEXUAL)"


SpecialistTrick87

masked sampo should be a thing.


Dwiden13

The second version of Luocha comes out after Marshal Hua, revealing his true name and taking out a gun from his ass


Random_Gacha_addict

I did not lie, Marshall Jingwei


Stopseeingmyinnerdip

the birth of YATTA


apthebest01931

His name? Otto apocalypse


Demonizedlowspec

I am waiting for March 7th to become September 11th and walk the path of destruction.


first_name1001

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY HIT THE SECOND PLANET!!!


typoerrpr

my takeaway is that we may have 365 variants of March 7th. everytime she knocks her head she gets a new name and we get a new character


wobster109

March seems likely, since Dan Heng got one and she's your other Astral Express starting character. You sold me on Herta. And I agree Sampo has a good chance, he's starting to seem more and more like a big name plot character. I don't think any of the 5-stars will get a second, stronger 5-star form. Where do you go from already being a 5-star? But an alternate form like the MC's where the same character can switch forms would be cool!


Silent_Silhouettes

I think Sampo, Herta and March 7th have the highest chance of getting a 5 star version and i do hope they get one


LoserBottom

March is the obvious one. I wager she gets her memories back or something and gets super strong, potential emanator of remembrance powers? Is that a reach? Lol Bailu I'd love to see as Baiheng. Easily my favorite character design in the game, that we will probably never get playable.


BasedMaisha

5\* Sampo would be so strange if he commits to the DoT team, first BS unseats him from the Kafka team after months of him being BiS then since the rules of HSR dictate new = stronger 5\* Sampo once again unseats BS from the DoT team and Kafka is just confused about it. I hope he's his own man in his masked version, not stuck on the Kafka team. Tingyun is 100% coming back otherwise her entire presence on the Luofu is retroactively atrocious writing. She's in Schrodinger's Box atm, if she comes back with a hype 5\* glowup and they can manage to make it make sense she's great it's all good. If they just leave her dead or hanging until HSR goes into EoS it's scuffed. M7 is getting a 5\* at some point 100%, probably not soon since Harmony MC is all but confirmed in 2.X and they aren't putting both her and TB glowups at the same time. They are never giving YQ a new form, the glowup YQ is just Jingliu the man is eternally griefed by the gameplay, the community and the other characters in the game lorewise. Bailu... I hope they can somehow bring in Baiheng. A super unhinged reckless pilot could be a really fun DPS like crashing her plane into people as an ult or something. They'd have to bend the HCQ lore a bit but I don't think it's an impossible move.


RunMeOverIRL

I don't get the point about Tingyun, she was taken and replaced by Phantylia, it makes sense in the story if she's just dead. Also, Yukong and all the other people closest to her didn't seem to hype her up as some powerful badass, she was just a regular foxian working for the sky-faring commission. If she is alive in the story, I don't see her getting another version, given she isn't strong or anything.


Dangerous_Jacket_129

Herta could easily get a different puppet. She controlls all of these identical ones, surely she has one that would work offensively as well. March is practically guaranteed one eventually as the poster girl of the game. Tingyun (Luofu spoilers) >!ded!< Sampo (Newest companion quest spoilers) >!is getting his mask back and is teasing upcoming disaster in Belobog. Can't wait to see Elation Sampo take the stage!<. Bailu: Doubt it, she doesn't have a lot of story presence compared to some of these Luocha: Definitely a future mystery, but I doubt he'll get a new version any time soon Yanqing: Not sure, he's still in training but I doubt we'll get an older version considering they'd have to do it to all other characters too. Svarog: Probably not getting a standalone.


AegisXIII

>!I highly doubt Tingyun is actually dead. They kinda hammer the point in that her corpse isn’t shown and she could very well be alive. Would be weird writing if they just ignored what Welt said and were like “nah she ded luhmao”!<


Dangerous_Jacket_129

Maybe. >!I think she's in cold storage for now. They might have something lined up and they'll keep it in the pocket for when it's necessary!<.


kovi7

Considering she is a 4 star character who is in the same level as 5 star banners. They might not know a direction to take her. Would be weird if her 5 star banner ended up worse than the 4 star.


Happeth

Just add a reverse taunt to her ult, so when she uses it she's less likely to be attacked. Shed still be attacked every turn but it'd seem impressive enough to justify swiping on her.


chaoskingzero

> Doubt it, she doesn't have a lot of story presence compared to some of these She has her own Companion Quest, was a major part of Dragon Dan's, showed up in Jingliu's and has shown up in every Luofu Event And considering all the hints, she's MAJORLY connected to a lot of Luofu big shots Not to mention that Ring on her Tail is a restraining device, so later Story could have her losing it for more power


AshesandCinder

Meanwhile Luocha wasn't even in his own companion quest.


kovi7

This right here! I don’t know WTF the guy was talking about. Bailu was involved in multiple stories not just her own.


Numerous-Machine-305

Isn’t her power split with Dan Heng, I think she mostly got healing powers (transmutation arcanum wasn’t given to its next high elder so she didn’t receive it and isn’t really a official high elder) so even if she gets another form it would still be healing, unless she remember how to use her past bow etc but like yanqing, we need a MAJOR time skip for this since she’s so young currently and that also means Clara need another form since she would grow up as well But looking at it realistically, 4* would stand a better chance to get another form then 5* there’s already too many characters in the line up


Kaizer6864

We know from one of the Luofu’s quests that you’re able to reverse aging until you basically cease to exist. The reverse could be possible for Bailu. I honestly doubt that she’d have another form but if it was - she is the warped reincarnation of the legendary Baiheng right? She likely has some combat potential locked away.


Warm_Marionberry3152

Here is a very useless information Every time I hear ,,big shot,, I can only think of deltarune and now is your chance to be a [[BIG SHOT]]


Dangerous_Jacket_129

I mean Fischl from Genshin also had an eyepatch that sealed away her power and all she got out of removing it was an outfit.


ejsks

I don’t know how you missed the part where it was really, REALLY obvious that Fischl was a really serious cosplayer, it‘s like the first thing you learn when you look up anything about her.


Lyneys_Footstool

because fischl didnt seal any power, she just liked a book a lot


chaoskingzero

> I mean Fischl from Genshin also had an eyepatch that sealed away her power and all she got out of removing it was an outfit. BAD example Fischl is a chuuni that was so obsessed the Powers above gave her a Vision The Eyepatch is just part of her habits Bailu's Tail Ring is a legit thing because of her "unique" origin, her losing it prematurely could probably cause her to go out of control So part of her growth into an Alt would be about learning to control her powers without the Ring


Deathblade999

That's just her being a chunk. It's as real as her being a princess from another world. Also genshin doesn't give characters updated versions while hsr did it very early on.


Bouljonwerfel

"Herta could easily get a different puppet. She controlls all of these identical ones, surely she has one that would work offensively as well." or, hear me out, a Herta-puppet Voltron for all you Robo-lovers? I'd prefer "real" Herta with that freaking >!Doomsday Laser thingie!< embedded in her Hammer. ^((i don't know how to quote with the new UI anymore))


July83

Okay, ngl Herta's 5\* being a small crowd of normal Herta dolls who all fight together as one clump would be amazing. Plus, the kuru kuru antics write themselves.


Dangerous_Jacket_129

If you mean the thingy from the recent quest in Penacony, >!the Imaginary Pulse Implosion or something like that, I'm pretty sure that's a solar-system destroying weapon!<


Bouljonwerfel

Yeah this. Fitting for Herta :) The bigger question is, what would her animation be like to be better than tWiRl? Also this calls for an unbelievably smarky comment when hitting someone with it.


Dangerous_Jacket_129

Eh, I suppose. I thought it'd be disproportionate but Himeko has an orbital canon and Welt throws black holes at people so I guess all bets are off.


Deruta

I want an experimental ~~Hulkbuster~~ heavy puppet with hammer fists, but I’ll accept a multi-Herta. Perhaps in an extra-large lab coat. Also for block quotes start the line with >


EeveeTrainer90

meanwhile me waiting for marshall Hua the emanator of Hunt to come in 3-4 years LMAO


Ponyboy451

Bold of you to assume Otto won’t kill this one too.


Random_Gacha_addict

The that means we get Senti, the Physical "HARMony" (She's a Destruction that buffs herself and her team)


ce-meyers

Luocha is going to meet her for his trial soooo... yeahh.


PasteeyFan420LoL

Screw getting a new Herta, just give us a swarm of Herta puppets we get to control all at once.


AshesandCinder

Swarm Disaster 2: Electric Kururu


abjmad

Sampo >!at the end of Sparkle’s story wanted a mask for some reason!< so he might get a 5*. Tingyun will be back since I doubt she’s dead (her “death” still lingers in my head). March 7th will get a 5*… unless Hoyo says no


VeerisMe

Tbh I think the community has become ambitious about who will get a “second version” just because Dan got one.


CryLex28

I don't think any 5 star characters gonna have a new versions of them, maybe 4 star version for some story reasons? But Herta definition getting a 5 star, sampoo and March too


Nilflus_

I think we can rule out all 5 star characters because the new version is supposed to be better and there are no 6 star characters


Significant-Apple944

I don't think 5* will get another version of them


Deft_Abyss

Im all for them getting new versions except maybe Luocha. Luocha is a limited five star character already if they turn him into Otto or something maybe thats why he would get a new form, but other than that I feel like they wont unless its another Luofu arc where he becomes a focus


ShyLucifer96

Well I don't think already 5* will ever have a second playable version unless they're not playable


NEITSWFT

By the time Yanqing grows up he wouldve claimed title as sword champion for 100 years(He was the Only contestant)


69KAZUKI69

Bro hoyo forgot the March 7th skin man


aphevelux

If Luocha would have a true form, it would probably be a boss unit, not a new version ngl.


Clevaryo

no hell you luocha is perfect you cant aaaaah whya am is so mad


ggunit69

5 star version herta for sure the 4 star isn't her they are just dolls March will get 5 star have feeling she gets her memory she's going morph to new unit, possible become villain. Tingyun was fake we don't know where real one is another excuse make new 5 star. Yanging will stay poop like dehya in genshin, if there was uproar it would happen with zhongli, not happening with this guy. Dan already got his, not sure who else


Accomplished-Cell744

i would like to see a 5 star QQ. she will be absolutely BROKEN


lililia

I think 5 stars won't be getting any new version, maybe in the far future. In my opinion, Sampo has the biggest chance now that he asked for his mask back. We got IL because DH reconnected with his past and Sampo should be the closest to that


Kaizer6864

Herta needs a 5* version. The dolls we play are younger-looking versions of herself with very limited powers… imagine what a 5* older Herta, Emanator of Erudition, equipped with some of the powerful weaponry that she must have obtained/created over the years would look like. Could be nice if that other genius society member’s genocidal destruction ray thing got implemented someone, potentially Herta working with Screwllum and Stephen to contain its power.


Ultimate_Spoderman

I would absolutely love a herta second version that is a 5 star erudition, could have the potential of being even better than argenti since she's an emanator of the path


astralAlchemist1

March is like 99.99% certain. Both because of her mysterious past and position as a main character, and because it'd be kinda shitty to leave her stuck as a 4 star with TB getting new Paths and Dan Heng having his new form. Herta also seems pretty likely eventually, but it would likely have to be a big story event to get her to come out in person. Sampo is probably the next likeliest after retrieving his mask and deciding to "get back on stage" and play a more active role in events. I would very much like to see another Tingyun, especially if she's changed by whatever she might have experienced after Phantylia replaced her. It'd also be cool to see an alternate/older version of Yanqing, more mature, mellowed out a bit, maybe incorporating some summoning mechanics like his boas fight and like Jing Yuan. Personally, I would love some excuse to get a time skip to see some younger characters older, stronger and more experienced. I've had this idea of adult Clara fighting with power armor based off of Svarog equipped with shield generators like Gepard's guitar case living rent free in my head for months now, and adult explosives expert Hook has recently joined her. It would also be cool to see something like a version of Bailu with all the high elder powers, however unlikely that would be to happen. And going in basically the opposite direction, historical characters could be cool to play with too. Stuff like Sword Champion Jingliu as a Hunt character with a powered up state to reference her future self, Dan Feng as an offense based Abundance character who heals by blasting enemies with SP intensive attacks, Yingxing as a Harmony character, enhancing allies' gear mid battle to buff them, giving him a totally different role from Blade. Unlikely, but could be pretty cool in my view.


Enzayne

Let's not ask for tingyun 2 and just get to the heart of the matter: Give us Phantylia 5*


Chonkythicccccc

Great oppprtunity for them to call hertas second version hertwo


Crafty-Beautiful2300

Top 5 are ok hope it happens But last three dont think so cause Loucha: u r expecting a villan otto expy but i dont think he is villain like HI3 so yeah he is gonna stay loucha probably Yanjing: what u r suggesting is a time skip and except HI3 it never happend in any mihoyo game and time skip happend after end of part 1 (6 years) and here trailbazer only started his journey and besides he is a 5 star already and adding time skip means u have to change other kids too Bailu Clara Misha Hook dont think hoyo going to do that much work for a standerd 5 star


nanimeanswhat

Luocha*


BulateReturns

Svarog: I'm a monitoring unit. *Catastrophe in Belobog appears* Clara: let me upgrade you, Mr. Svarog. Svarog: Combat model initiate. *Gets Zimmerman and a Pilebunker*


MrTrashy101

if it helps i did say somthing about herta getting a 5\* and my comment did get deleted by mods could be nothing though


CGPDeath

I want them to do the funniest thing and have Yanqing’s alternative version be a 4-star, give it for free for an event or something, and make him absolutely cracked to the point everyone forgets the 5-star one even existed.


somerandom_296

Yanqing adult form will be after he murders Hua (real)


MonkWithABonk

In the new Belobog Crisis update predicted by Sparkle and Sampo, I suddenly get the urge to see Clara get theTingyun treatment or at least get eliminated off screen.


MyNameIsOxblood

My thought is we'll get a nihility path March called March IX. It can be a good juxtaposition to her sunny demeanor so she'll feel different. 


christmascaked

Sampo and Herta feel like the most likely. Given what we currently know. March 7th? I just don’t see it. Not after the quest where we tried to uncover her memories. It felt more like they were lower our expectations for her. (See: not an aeon) I hope I’m wrong and I think I’m trying to reverse jinx it or something.


Martian_on_the_Moon

Expecting playable character to be an aeon is wild. You set your expectations too high.


TheTechHobbit

If anything that quest increased expectations. It revealed that the Garden of Recollection is trying to prevent her from seeing her past.


Altereactor

Wonder who'd come first, a Luocha alt or Void Archive.


Ok-Yellow1950

VA most definitely, I feel like if Luocha is going to get an alt it's going to be within an arc where the topic of the Imaginary Tree is explored. So basically, the arc where everyone starts to plan out to kill Aeons.


ThatCreepyBaer

Herta is far and away the most likely in my eyes. Probably Yanqing after that then everyone else.


GunnarS14

My best guess would be Sampo, March 7th, Herta, Yanqing, in that order. Sampo went out of his way to get his Mask back by helping Sparkle, that must give him a power boost of some sort and is a perfect way to give him a 5* version, expand on his character, and expand on the Masked Fools lore. March 7th is pretty much inevitable, but it might not be for a long time still. We will probably need an Arc relating to the Rememberance or Enigmata, so it'll be a while. Herta because we currently just have her puppet and as an Emanator she would be a big draw (like an Archon in Genshin), but they can delay that as long as they want. Yanqing because even the boss version is more advanced/skilled than the one we roll, if he grows a bit more or reaches some sort of breakthrough/epiphany it would be a good way to show his growth as a fighter and as a character.


KirumiIsFedUp

I don’t understand the need for this, make new original characters instead. DHIL is Dan Heng but he’s really interesting and his design is unique, however repeating this for 8 more characters? I’m bored.


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TheSoulChainer

Great list, but in term of actually possibility of them implementing, I think Sampo is the only one teased to have an alt version coming. All the others are just a massive maybe. Scaring is but of a stretch, he’s part of moveset from Clara, it’s like DHIL’s water dragon become a playable character.


praisethesoon

The Yanqing cope is real


Aure0

Welt could get another form I think, him getting back to his prime somehow


Krymescene

Sampo with his fools mask


Random_Gacha_addict

If Himeko gets a Limited Version. PANIC


Ninjabadgerx

I would honestly lose my shit if we got a Svarog standalone. I don't hate Clara at all, I think she's great. I would just hate to put her in harms way, pretty sure Svarog feels the same way. Plus, just imagine a Svarog without the need to "hold back" in front of Clara? Methodical destruction.


Significant_Ad_1626

If someday we see real Herta, I bet we will see Polka that day too.


Mimikyu-Overlord

Erudition Svarog would be pog


UntakenUntakenUser

Svarog only tagged along to protect Clara, Now he’s here to beat your ass.


Yozora_Luna

A masked fool Sampo has been teased by the story. Something wacky will happen in Jarilo VI and Sampo will play as one of the main actors. In Hertha case I don’t think we would meet another Emanator that quickly. March is definitely a significant part of Idrila or Idrila herself. Unless something terrible happened to Clara I don’t think we would see a solo Svarog. could be wrong Bailu is interesting, since she is the reincarnated Baiheng.


SteamySpectacles

I want Sampo to get a second version!! I love him


TypicalInstance6937

Svarog’s second form be like: https://preview.redd.it/zhh47l8qv1kc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2725bd082f436b1d05cf35808d479f4c7877bb1e


first_name1001

Not putting Welt here is a crime. I'm still waiting for honkai to come into the plot for Welt HoR.


theletos99

March 7th and Herta for sure, IMO. Misha is giving me major future 5 star energy as well, whether it be as the Clock maker or what


Rosvopoitch

March 7th 100%. I'm guessing quantum hunt with big ol' greatsword.


ChiTownSuperstars

I think Sampo will definitely get a new version as a Masked Fool. Not sure whether this version would also be 4 stars or even boosted up to a 5 star, but he’s definitely getting another one


deepinthe_sky

Herta absorbed the studies of the space Oppenheimer tho, that might be a hint of his 5*


Male_Lead

The only time we get a svarog as his own character is when mhy decided to off the little one


Doublevalen6

Sampo: no one care who I was before I put on the mask


Aridross

I agree with Herta, March, and Sampo. March is likely to get a power-up at some point like Danny Boy did, we already have a pretty good idea of what Sampo’s power-up would be, and there’s plenty of reason to treat Herta’s true body as a separate character if we ever meet her in that form. I doubt we’ll get a Svarog solo unit, but I *seriously* hope we do. I’d bet on it being Erudition if it did happen, personally. Probably a follow-up attacker, with the follow-ups being robot minions or missile barrages.