The Xianzhou Alliance's Worst Enemy Explained | Borisin & Foxian Backstory

Borisin have a very long and brutal history with the Xianzhou Alliance. This is the complete story (with what we know so far) in preparation for their introduction!

Created before Patch 2.4

Referenced Content:
- List of Archenemies
- File Repository
- Prisoner in Deep Confinement
- Moon Rage Fang
- Interrogation With The Wingweaver Xili
- Travelogue on Xianzhou, Long-Life Species 2
- Dan Shu's Diary
- Borisin Folk Song Collection
- Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves
- Overview of Xianzhou's Materia Medica, Compendium of Remedies
- Ten Lords Commission Criminal Directory
- Views of the Universe from a Starskiff
- Nighttales of Fyxestroll Garden: Scene One (Part 2 & 3)
- Xianzhou Alliance Travel Guide
- Record of Reignbow Road
- Clouds Leave No Trace
- Sinners Misled, Credence Falsified
- Fu Xuan Story 4
- DHIL Story 2 & 3
- Jing Yuan Story 4
- Xueyi Story 1 & 4
- Hanya Story 3

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Beginning
01:35 - Yaoshi
06:18 - Religion
07:41 - Interstellar Journey
07:59 - Shuhu...
08:52 - Rise of Hoolay
09:42 - War
11:01 - High Cloud Quintet
12:25 - More War...
14:27 - Intelligentsia Guild
15:47 - Freeing Hoolay
16:20 - Extra Info
17:48 - Crack Theory Time
19:41 - Outro

[miwky]

It always amazes me how much darker the story really is just beneath the surface, and how even playable characters are portrayed as such inoffensive heros, but have committed to actions that would take a helluva a lot of mental gymnastics to claim as "moral"

[Weremole]

I mean, "Imbibitor Lunae" means something like Moon Drinker.

[helpidroppedmydignity]

Everybody shut up it's time for class :)

[mixlavix]

Damn she didn't even cook she cooked, ate than even cleaned after herself!!!

[ohthatwan]

Shuhu sounds like one of those emanators that has access to a large portion of the aeon’s power. Shuhu lore makes them sound so powerful

[xehanort]

Im always surprised at how much lore is hidden behind these small texts, it's a shame so many people don't read them. Thank you for the vid, it's nice to have all the current known info about borisins in one single place!

[WillKMemoria]

Idk if this is a weird thing to say but the Watchmaker is definitely not escaping the furry allegations 👀👀👀👀😂

[MB-tjxh]

Borisin being a mongol equivalent of this game seems like an overlooked detail. Their vicinity to the chinese luofu in the game certainly helps, along with the details of a sky deity, nomad pastural life and conquest. Though that Mihoyo isn't the most sensitive when incorporating real-life equivalents (adventurine) is also a topic that needs discussion

[SupaSaiyanXP]

Great video, thank you. God damn, I already know Feixiao’s lore/story is going to make me bawl my eyes out.

[ExtraAcc]

Ok but the amount of details you explain things into, is amazing to say the atleast somehow you sooo talented that for the lore videos tou make from the images provided to the background to the lore and to the proof of the lore is all high quality like I love it when lore has proof and pics to it and it's exactly what you do and the way you explained the relationship between lBorisin and Foxian is amazing like now I don't have to check if the video you have posted is in my interest or not because I already know even if you picked up a topic it becomes naturally interesting and because my exams for now are over I've love to once again take a deep dive in Hsr's lore because I absolutely love it specially when you explain it❤❤🙃

[Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

Discovered this channel a couple of days ago. I'm about to plunge into the depth. This is all so interesting!

[ADDITIONALBREAD]

Now that u mention foxians also having a transformation. Makes me believe the leaks of new tingyun form having more tails

[Consumeroflemons]

This may be completely out of nowhere but does anyone else see similarities between what happened on Sigonia and with the Old Verdant Home?

Like-

-Two main factions: one known for intelligence and art related culture and the other known for their strength

- both being the only cultures (as far as I know) to worship a god other than the aeons

- harsh living conditions leading to enmity between each clan

- went to a third, more powerful party (the IPC/Yaoshi) to ask for assistance, which ended up worsening the situation overall

- the clan valuing strength ending up crushing the other, leading to the weaker clan being slaughtered and enslaved

[teacanburn]

Keep cooking Lalody
Always looking forward to your vids

[ChaoticIdiot]

With the 2.4 story continuance out (SPOILERS BTW), the idea of the Borisin having a form more akin to Foxians *is* possible, as shown by the trailing segment with Yanqing, Yunli, and March 7th. However, it's implied that the form you see in battle is their actual form since Mok Tok mentions a pill that allows them to blend in with Foxians momentarily. The mech we run into while dealing with Skott (the one about cargo, we see him again with March 7th's training arc) seems to resemble the aforementioned mecha-beasts used by the Borisin, as well as appearing in cargo crates AGAIN in the Shackling Prison, most likely being a part of the 'army' that Mok Tok mentioned earlier. It's mentioned they're made with 'wetware', which is a mix of technology and biological tissue, so they likely are an altered form of the mecha-beasts or a replica made by the Intelligensia Guild. That's all I have to say, sorry about the rant.

[sunbiome]

thank you for making hsr lore more consumable 🙏

[Etc-]

Yooo i just discovered this channel dope. The amount of lore is amazing.

[gniel]

Sincerely thank you for summarizing lore of Borisins

[blackswanxkafkatruther]

i hope that we get playabke borison as playable characters weather it be werewolf form or foxian lookalike form (preferably first one)

[saberstiker]

Holy shit, so it wasn't Lan's fault the Lux Arrow killed Dan Shu's friend. I very much enjoyed this video, and now I have to spend 1 week binge watching all your video T_T