The Cult Of Harmony | Honkai Star Rail Lore 

People need to understand that the Aeons are often completely removed from concepts of morality. Nanook is not “evil” for wanting to destroy all life. It’s just his nature. He EXISTS to destroy. It’s stated that if an Aeon ever strays from their ideal, they cease to exist. Nanook CANNOT stop doing what he is doing or he would cease to exist. But also, realize that he’s actually helped the side of good before. He acknowledges the trailblazer’s desire to destroy the Doomsday beast, and grants him the power of destruction. Even though this DIRECTLY comes into conflict with his own forces. He’s completely impartial in his judgement. He gives his power to those who exemplify his ideal. No matter what

When I first read the databank entry about The Family I instantly got such heavy cult vibes and I've felt weirded out by Xipe ever since

Maybe the path of elation ain't so bad after all...

I think the point of the paths is that they all can have a negative impact when taken to the extreme. Too much Abundance leads to cursed unending life, Preservation taken to the extreme leads to a sort of "helicopter parent" protectionism, Elation unchecked leads to destructive thrill-seeking. Likewise, Harmony taken to the extreme could lead to a mind control cult. On the other hand, even the more inherently violent paths can serve the cause of good. Even Destruction might manifest as righteous indignation that drives an individual to help someone else. This latter point makes me wonder if Ellio's plan to have the Trailblazer defeat Nanook might not have unintended consequences, if it were to succeed.

Only beings obsessed with Destruction would see Xipe's smile being twisted. I have never seen an aura so bright and calm. A smile so benevolent, with other faces a sigh of relief that they are freed from the chaos of the universe. Harmony is the only true freedom for the soul, free from desires, free from agony, pain and desperation. Harmony brings joy to life, brings peace to death. Everyone sings as one, one sings as everyone. Harmony is the only way to save us from destruction of everything we created. Hail Xipe, hail true progress, hail Harmony!

xipe themselves is all about harmony, whatever the broad concept entails. just her followers may be crazy. its just like yaoshi who, like all the aeons, embodies the concept and has no "moral" ground to it, as long as they are doing their thang.

With the 2.2 story quest released, you weren’t necessarily off the track. The family never followed Xipe to being with, they followed Ena, The Order, from what I can understand. Anyways, ik this is random and super out of topic but I really wanted to see what an emanator of Harmony and Order could do😭. Idk abt order since their eon is dead so…

I wonder if the Penacony story arc will share some similarities with Wandavision and the town of Westview...

Now, Robin is the main representative of playable Harmony path faction, the family.

As I said in another video. The family gives be a lot of "Brave new world" vibes. The fact that there is only one Faction in the path of Harmony is a red flag. Chaos is the melting pot on where everything creative can come out of it, such as induviuality. Xipe wants to wipe out all what is chaos for the shake of Harmony and it doing so also wipes out the very part that makes a human, a human: their induviuallity, their creativty and their willingness to try new things. I would go as far as to say that Xipe is just as worse as Yaoshi. Yaoshi wants to create life and prevent death at all costs and in doing so creates absolute horrors

There is no war in Penacony

Technically speaking…….ruling with an iron fist and complete brainwashing….DOES result in harmony…for better…or WORSE.

Himeko literally tells us “the next planet we’re going to was recently TAKEN OVER by the Aeon of harmony.” That is a VERY interesting choice of words….how was it taken over? What happened to the people that existed there before that?

Great theory about Xipe and the Path of Harmony! I was thinking the same about them.

OR what if Ena the aeon of Order was the one who actually absorbed Xipe... since 'order' sounds more extremist than 'harmony'

I don’t think the Aeon Xipe herself is evil but her faction probably is a cult or maybe has fake followers among the family.We’ll probably find out in the next update because the next planet for the astral express is penacony where the family is located and it will be interesting how to see the story fold out

I definitelly think it's more of hivemind then just cult, but we will see soon.

4:32 Can we really count the Mourning Actors as followers of Aha? From what I know, the Mourning Actors go around the universe preaching on why elation is bad. They were blessed by because Aha found it very amusing to bless them.

Have you also realized how Xipe's design has 2 frowning faces besides her head?

If the theory that the lightcones we can get from Herta's store represent the paths the Trailblazer will get, we'll get Hunt Trailblazer first (most likely in something that will happen in the Luofu), and then we'll get Nihility Trailblazer in Penacony, which most likely means the Trailblazer will use the path of Nihility to resist or break free from Harmony.

Moderation is key not too much harmony or too much destruction

Every path that taken to an extreme will cause dire consequences. I will not surprise if nanook turn out to be an anti-hero, the great balancer that seek to balance the universe.

It funny. 2.0 shows that people have left the path of harmony with Robin. As well as a family a multi group. With different roles and ideals. Though if you chose to get the bad ending. It sounds like Robin singing brain washing you. Which does show more like a hive mind.

Well we know what the next stop on astral express is and which aeon is based around it so should get more answers next

I'm somewhat certain a while ago I made a comment saying that Harmony and Xipe being "evil" (quotating marks because as we both know when we talk about evil with aeons we mean both the kind that can't be attributed to them and the kind that we attribute to it) was kind of a common trope that I didn't think Penacony was going to do. I guess after 2.2 I feel somewhat vindicated but at the same time the final boss did represent something fairly close to it at the same time.

Well at least we dont have to worry about xipe actively destroying or causing trouble as they are locked to their path

Around the time I made this comment, there are leaks for 2.2 HSR weekly boss and one of the animation is... Quite lore heavy and quite related with this video. Lets just say 2.2 will be super interesting for HSR universe

Nah why she hot😭

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Penacony is known as the planet of Festivities

In a nutshell, Xipe is more like the Aeon of communism and socialism

Reminds me of “there is no war in bah sing sey”

I think since all aeons embody their paths exclusively and entirely, it makes us question the values of human life. Specifically it raises the dangers of excess of any core value (no matter how good the value might be perceived as). Too much harmony is just as dangerous as too much destruction

Path HARMony

I really enjoy this idea of the harmony being cult-like and dictatorial, and I think we are going to see more of that as we head into Penacony. The very idea of the dreamscape ruled by the family--and by extension the harmony--really fits into this idea of forced order. Dreams are by in-game definition chaotic, the opposite of reality, not the place where harmony would typically be found. And though the Golden Hour has some dream-like qualities, it doesn't feel like what most would expect of a dream. It's rather linear and easy to navigate, there are a few perspective puzzles that could be considered dream-like but even then those can only be found on the far outskirts of the Golden Hour, blocked from the public by a guard, almost as if they are purposefully keeping them out of view. Compared to the reverie dreamscape with all its walking on walls, ocean motifs, and general chaotic feel, it doesn't really feel much like a dream at all. Despite it all being a part of the dreamscape, from what we've seen so far, only the reverie dreamscape actually feels like a dream, the one place the family is losing control over. And I typed this all out before remembering that Sparkle practically said all of this in a single line but you know what, it's fun to dig into details.

So for anyone who's reading this I just got goosebumps when I discovered this while exploring the dreamscape so it remember there are clockie's scattered within the dreamscape there's one particular clockie that's is sorrounded by purple memoria that's your target find clockie and I promise penacony just got way darker All I can say shaoji just insanely went all on this story and I'm hyped to where this leads to

Yaoshi the Abundance is another great example yes, as on the surface she only wants to heal and save everyone. But don't forget growing tumours and healing wounds also work on very similar mechanisms. Personally I like these things, as it shows that gods and mortals don't necessarily think on the same scale.

Thanks.pls post more of HSR lore as I'm too lazy to read lol.

so the harmony is christianity

In all honesty, I took one read at Xipe and immediately said hivemind

4:50 is so wrong in many ways its the only faction so far

bruh, you're from south east asia, right?

Just get me to the point where we start offing the gods

We are nearly time will visit path of harmony planet penacony . Wow i imagine a place will full of harmonius choir song.. and a diva who singing with her beautiful voice..

Soo.. Xipe is the honkai.