Shenhe/Lore

==Personality==
Originally part of the Tianheng Thaumaturges clan of exorcists, Shenhe originally had a happy life as a child until around the age of six, when her maddened father attempted to sacrifice her to a malevolent god in order to bring back his wife. While Shenhe managed to defeat the remnants of the god herself, the incident scarred her for life, giving her homicidal tendencies and causing her to believe herself to be a "cursed" child. Despite the adepti's attempts to contain her tendencies, they have only done so by binding her soul with Red Ropes, which suppress her emotions and cause her to have an indifferent personality.
Even with the red ropes suppressing her homicidal tendencies, Shenhe often contemplates the most violent means to eliminate others and is almost always easy to anger, obliterating her surroundings whenever her emotions get the best of her. She throws hostile looks at Xingqiu, believing him to be threatening others. Despite this, Shenhe ultimately wishes to fit in human society and places great trust in the Traveler. She prefers speaking with a small number of people at a time.
As a result of living with the adepti, many of her fellow people worship her as one of them, something which deeply troubles her despite stating that she is just an adepti's disciple. She enjoys sampling small quantities of foods in a manner similar to Albedo. Due to having a limited diet in the mountains, Shenhe is used to eating plenty of herbs despite clearly despising their taste. After moving to Liyue Harbor, one of the aspects she cherishes of civilization is having a wide variety of food to choose from.
==Appearance==
Shenhe uses the tall female model. She has a fair complexion, long hair that turns from silvery white at the roots to inky black at the ends, and pale, iridescent eyes with white pupils. She has her nails painted with light blue nail polish.
==Official Introduction==
Shenhe comes from a branch family of a clan of exorcists. Due to certain reasons, Cloud Retainer took her in as a disciple.
To Shenhe, Cloud Retainer is a knowledgeable and chatty master.
To Cloud Retainer, Shenhe stands out as special from amongst the mortals she has instructed.
Living with adepti as a human is by no means an easy task, but Shenhe has a unique constitution, an immensely strong will, and a great talent for adepti arts, all of which have won her the acknowledgment of the adepti. However, the long years of cultivation, coupled with the habit of eating divine herbs and drinking the dew of the mountains, have made her more and more distant from earthly life, and she has even been regarded as a mysterious white-haired adeptus.
The occasional sharpness in her personality and the red ropes adorning her body add to her "mystery". If her past were to be written as a story, there would be multiple versions for sure.
Be it an immortal or a white-haired witch, how will people view this mysterious lady? Her secrets and feelings are as difficult to capture as the drifting clouds in the mountains.
==Character Stories==
==Namecard==
==Quests and Events==
==Constellation==
==Character Trials==
==Character Mentions==
==Mail==
==Trivia==
* The English version refers to Shenhe's murderous tendencies as homicidal, however in the Chinese translation, it refers more broadly to a murderous intent towards one's self as well as others. This is clarified in her Story 5.
* Shenhe's hair changing from black to white taken to mean "combing away worries" is ironic, in the sense that usually the early onset of white hair means that one is full of worries. This irony is also highlighted in her namecard's description.
* Chongyun refers to Shenhe as his "aunt". Based on their voice-overs, they are blood-related and hail from the same clan, although the English translation does not indicate which side of the family they are related by.
** In the Chinese translation, Chongyun calls Shenhe , which specifically refers to "aunt" as the youngest sister/female cousin of the speaker's mother. This would mean that Shenhe is Chongyun's maternal aunt. Shenhe was not mentioned to have any siblings, meaning that she is likely a cousin of Chongyun's mother.
* According to Records of a Changing Village, a branch family of exorcists used to live in the east of the village. However, the mother would die of illness, the young daughter would go missing, and shortly after, the father would hang himself on a tree in the yard of his own house. The young daughter of this family is implied to be Shenhe.
* Although Shenhe's stories clearly state that she did not learn any exorcist arts from her family, she is able to use techniques similar to exorcist arts. Chongyun refers to Shenhe as "an adept exorcist" upon witnessing her abilities. Although there is no clear explanation, it is possible that the adeptal arts which were taught to Shenhe by Cloud Retainer are related to exorcist techniques (the latter might have descended from the former).
** Shenhe is quite willing to help Chongyun in his training should he make the effort to go see her in the mountains.
* Shenhe is seen wielding Calamity Queller in her official art.
* Shenhe is one of four 5-star characters who have not yet received a Story Quest, the other being Keqing, Qiqi, and the Wanderer.
** Out of the four, Shenhe and the Wanderer are the only event-exclusive characters.
* Shenhe is known by these aliases or titles:
** Divine Damsel of Devastation
* Shenhe and Xianyun share the same Chinese voice actress, Qin Ziyi ().
===Etymology===
* means "immortal crane," using an old meaning of the word . In the past, the word meant "immortal" in the sense of Taoist , also known as Chinese immortals, whom the adepti are modeled after. However, the word has now replaced it to describe "divinity" (lit: "god"), while no longer has a standalone meaning. The use of rather than in her name could be a play on her being close to (or mistaken as one of) the adepti, but not being an adeptus herself.
** It may be also intended to be a synonym for a poetic name for the in Mandarin. The red-crowned crane is regarded as one of the most beautiful and sacred birds in the Chinese culture and considered to be a riding animal of xian. The red accent color of Shenhe's attire may be inspired by the color pattern of this crane.
* Shenhe's constellation in Chinese contains the play of the words "comb" and "scatter" found in her namecard's description.
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Lonesome Transcendence===
==References==
==Navigation==
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it:Shenhe/Storia
ja:申鶴/ストーリー
pl:Shenhe/Fabuła
pt-br:Shenhe/Perfil
ru:Шэнь Хэ/Лор
th:Shenhe/เนื้อเรื่อง
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