Yae Miko/Lore

==Personality==
Miko has a mysterious demeanor around her whenever she assumes her duties as the Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine. When she assumes her duties as the boss of the Yae Publishing House, she is known to be very kind and enjoys reading books and stories, although she also shows an obsessive side in making profits at the same time. She has an enigmatic air around her, with her friends growing used to it. When speaking with outsiders or close friends, she shows a blunter and more cynical side to her. Miko does not mince words, even towards her friend and master Ei. Being a kitsune, Miko is fond of fried tofu. She despises pickled foods of all sorts.
As a kitsune and youkai, she's very mischievous, including in her roles as Guuji and owner of Yae Publishing House. She couples this mischievous streak with impressive skills of manipulation and reading people. As such her tricks and pranks are usually elaborate, long-winded affairs towards rather simple ends, which she does out of enjoyment and the fact that she enjoys watching people squirm. This has caused many people, such as Thoma and Gorou to become easily terrified upon seeing her. If not partaking in such affairs, she shows interest in those who get her attention.
She is one of Ei's only friends who survived the ravages of time. She tends to call the Shogun by her true name, Ei. Ei herself also calls Miko by her given name, signifying their closeness and friendship.
Despite her light-hearted, mischievous personality, she showed a more emotional side during the Hyakkiyakou, indicating that she does genuinely care for those in her life and has considered thousands of youkai from across Inazuma to be her friends. Though in typical fashion for her, she quickly turns the Traveler and Paimon's sympathy into an opportunity to trick them into paying for an expensive dinner.
==Appearance==
Yae Miko uses the tall female model. She has fair skin, purple eyes, and thigh-length pink hair.
In her regular form, Miko has purple eyes, and prominent red makeup painted at the corners of her eyes.
Miko has long, muted pink hair that is tied at the bottom. She also has pink fox ears that point downward. While she lacks a tail in this form, they briefly appear as a set of five translucent tails when she uses Great Secret Art: Tenko Kenshin, or as one tail when she uses Yakan Evocation: Sesshou Sakura or when performing a Plunging Attack.
Being a kitsune, Miko also has a fox form, although she refuses to reveal it to the Traveler.
==Official Introduction==
The Grand Narukami Shrine's head shrine maiden and a descendant of Kitsune lineage, Eternity's servant and friend... and the intimidating editor-in-chief of Yae Publishing House, a publisher of light novels.
There's no need to uncover her every facet, as they are all reflective of Yae Miko. Yet, all the same, they are not revealing of her true nature.
Like fragments of a mirror, each attitude reflects a different version of her. By being enveloped in many identities, she has become a brilliant diamond surrounded by countless mirrors.
There are hundreds of facets: solemn or cheerful, sympathetic or aloof.
No one knows the truth, just as how no one can easily spot a kitsune brushing past passers-by in the mystic woods.
But if the kitsune watches humans, where will her destiny lead?
==Character Stories==
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==Trivia==
* Yae Miko is one of the characters with ornaments that glow. 
* In the Genshin Impact 2020 New Years tweet, Miko welcomed Kamisato Ayaka to her shrine as the first guest of the year.
* While the Chinese, Japanese, and French official introductions for Zhongli featured a quote from Raiden Ei to Yae Miko, the English equivalent tweet left Miko's name out.Twitter: Zhongli's JP introduction
* Miko is younger than Ganyu. In her debut in the Chinese version of the Version 1.5 Special Program, she refers to Ganyu as ,Bilibili: Version 1.5 Special Program (Chinese) wherein is a term used that literally means "older sister" but is generally used for any older female, even if they are not blood-related.
** Based on New Chronicles of the Six Kitsune (V), Miko was a young girl 500 years ago, which is when the cataclysm occurred and the Kitsune Saiguu died. In contrast, Ganyu participated in the Archon War over 2,000 years ago and is also suggested to have lived in the Guili Assembly, which fell 3,700 years ago.
* Miko is a kitsune from the Hakushin Clan and possesses a fox form. In Japanese mythology, are spiritual fox-like creatures with a reputation for cleverness. Befitting Miko's close ties with the Raiden Shogun, the God of Eternity, mythological kitsune are believed to live for thousands of years and symbolize eternity.
** While Miko calls herself a Sky Kitsune, or Tenko, based on her age and number of tails she has (five), Miko would only be the rank of Kiko in kitsune society with Ashireiko being the lowest and Tenko being the highest according to Japanese folklore.
* Yae Miko is inspired by Yae Sakura from , another game developed by HoYoverse, and shares a number of similarities with her:
** They share physical characteristics, such as having long pink hair, purple eyes, and fox ears.
** The two share the surname Yae ().
** Both are associated with foxes.
** Yae Sakura is of Japanese origin, while Inazuma is Japanese-themed.
** They are both voiced by Du Mingya in Chinese and Ayane Sakura in Japanese.
* While performing her normal uncharged attacks, Miko does not use her equipped Catalyst, instead using her gohei staff.
* Yae Miko may have studied under the onmyouji Kamuna Harunosuke (who was closely acquainted with the Kitsune Saiguu), the inventor of Onmyoudou; the Chinese and Japanese names of her Normal Attack contain the term shiki ("law," "ceremony," or "formula"), which can mean (Onmyoudou familiars) in the context of mystic arts.
* Ei learned how to transfer her consciousness into inanimate objects from Yae Miko, implying that she herself also has this ability.
* Yae Miko is known by these aliases or titles:
** Guuji Yae
** Lady Yae
** Lady Guuji
** Chief EditorYouTube: Character Demo - "Yae Miko: Anecdote of a Divine Kitsune Guuji"
** Fox Lady (by Akira and Mamoru)
** Fried Tofu with All the Frills (pen name in correspondences with Sangonomiya Kokomi, and name as a competitor during Fabulous Fungus Frenzy)
* During The Almighty Arataki Great and Glorious Drumalong Festival, Yae Miko signs a message with the name "Ramen Buddy."
* Yae Miko, alongside Neuvillette, are the only non-Archon characters to answer the Traveler's questions at the end of an Archon Quest.
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===Etymology===
* Yae () literally means "eightfold," but can also be interpreted as "multilayered" or "doubled."Weblio: 
* Miko () is an archaic form of , or shrine maidens ().
* As the current chief priest of Inazuma, Yae Miko's mystic arts are based on various Japanese spellcraft and religious traditions. See each article for details.
** Spiritfox Sin-Eater perhaps refers to the (familiars) of (yin'yang-based divination, astrology, and astronomy).
** Yakan Evocation: Sesshou Sakura refers to the mantras of /eki, which may mean (7th century), the founder of the syncretic religion , or the eki (spellbinding) magic of that religion.
** Great Secret Art: Tenko Kenshin refers to the mantras of ("Thunderbolt Vehicle"), an esoteric tradition of Buddhism.
** The Shrine's Sacred Shade refers to , or a sacred altar in Shinto.
** Enlightened Blessing refers to , or liturgical texts or incantations in Shinto.
** Yakan Offering may or may not refer to / Zen schools, one of whose temples, , is a major center of worship for (identified with in Shinto, who is known for divine fox spirits).
** Mischievous Teasing may refer to a face of Eleven-Faced , a notable higher being in Buddhism, who is sometimes associated with Inari and Dakini.
** Forbidden Art: Daisesshou refers to Jugon, an ancient Taoist-inspired magic school that employed forbidden arts such as (cursing poisons).
* Likewise, her lore makes several references to Japanese legends and literary works about fox spirits.
** Meditations of a Yako refers to a Zen Buddhist idiom and/or a tale of the legendary kitsune .
** Fox's Mooncall may refer to Konkai, a play of (comic theater) that features Hakuzousu.
** The Seven Glamours may refer to a play of (puppet theater) that features the nine-tail fox .
==Notes==
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Astute Amusement===
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