Who is Gui Zhong in Genshin Impact
Gui Zhong was the Goddess of Dust and, along with the elemental archon Geo (later known as Morax), presided over Guili Valley before the Archon War began.
Gui Zhong was a big part of Genshin Impact, as she was Zhong Li's closest companion and the Goddess of Dust in Li Yue. She has a tragic story that is revealed through snippets of item descriptions, and players learn about her great genius and mechanical prowess, as well as her death during the Archon War. As the creator of Gui Zhong's Ballista and Memory of Dust, as well as being a great source of wisdom for Zhong Li, Gui Zhong had a great impact on the world of Gensin Impact.
Inspiration by Zhongli's story himself with Guizhong, the Yakshas, Guili Plain, the memory of Dust, and how much he lost from those times until the present.
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Personality
Gui Zhong was a benevolent goddess. She sympathized with people, accepting their fragility and fear of the unknown. What the Goddess lacked in destructive power, she made up for in wisdom. She was Morax's close ally and best friend, guiding his powerful abilities in the right direction. Undoubtedly, Gui Zhong was a very capable craftswoman. The ballista she created is considered an incredibly intricate device, and, talking about the devices of the Floating Castle, the Guardian of the Clouds proudly notes that Gui Zhong herself appreciated the complexity of the mechanisms, considering her the bearer of the highest engineering knowledge. She also trained her subjects in agriculture. Gui Zhong was very kind to her people. She wanted them to be wise, strong, to remain true to their moral convictions, not to cause civil strife - so that their home, the Guili Assembly, would always be protected.She hummed a tune that swayed the glazed lilies on the valley. Familiar but different at the same time. Xiao looked at Qiqi. so did ganyu. Both of them knew it was because of the millennia that had passed on. They're holding onto shaky memories of the Geo Archon's lover Guizhong. pic.twitter.com/Wkk7kFI3cC
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Appearance
Gui Zhong took the form of a young woman, her robe had sleeves made of flying fabric.History
Gui Zhong - one of the oldest known goddesses - "gave people four testaments." They sound like this:bring wisdom, be guided by virtue, strengthen vitality, seek solace in aspirations». Covenant tablets are scattered across the Guili Valley - in the west, north, southwest, south and east. On four jade tablets, the covenants are written in full, it is assumed that they were written by Gui Zhong herself. They look like this:look for consolation only in your aspirations, so that you always remain steadfast and unshakable»; "wisdom is like a living stream, in it, like the sun, truth is reflected»; "strengthen your life force and you will be rewarded when the time comes»; "virtue stretches up like a tree, but its flowers are not afraid even of the absence of the sun". Morax, also known as Zhong Li, met Gui Zhong at the Dihua swamp when glaze lilies were in bloom. There she solemnly presented him with a new invention - a stone dumbbell, the Memory of Dust. The device stored Gui Zhong's wisdom. Having shown it to Zhong Li, she, testing him, asked him to reveal the secret of "Memory". This event also cemented a kind of special alliance between them, given the fact that no formal treaty was concluded. Gui Zhong became a loyal companion of Morax. She led her people north of the Tianheng Mountains and taught them how to farm. Then trade and agriculture quickly began to develop in these lands. Zhong Li approved the efforts of Gui Zhong, and the settlement based on this place was called the Guili Valley, which absorbed the names of the patron gods. Gui Zhong and Cloud Keeper built a ballista to protect the Tianheng Mountains; the device perfectly coped with this task and protected Li Yue from enemies for many thousands of years. And today, the people of Li Yue recognize the significance of the creation of the gods: "this weapon is an integral part of protecting the country from the most merciless enemies." During the Archon War, Gui Zhong and other adepts fought to protect the population of the Guili Valley from the evil gods and monsters that flooded their native lands. It is said that during the great battle of the gods, Gui Zhong died, and then thousands of stones split, and the sky was covered with black ash. She also spent her last moments of her life around glaze lilies. There she lit up the world with a sad smile, which, however, kept in itself a trace of rebellious loneliness. Dying, she asked Geo Archon to forget about the stone "Memory". After her death, Morax sent the survivors south of the Tianheng Mountains to found a new city, now called Li Yue's Harbor. The abandoned Valley of Guili fell into complete disrepair.Floating castle
In addition to ruling Guili's lands, Gui Zhong had her own property, called the Soaring Castle, located near Lake Luhua.So, Gui Zhong's influence on the world of Gensin Impact may have ended when she died in battle, but her memory is still stored in Zhong Li and the Dust Memory catalyst, and whenever players visit the Guili Plains, they can pay tribute respect to the late Goddess of Dust.