Albedo/Lore

==Personality==
Having gained fame for his alchemical talents, Albedo is a reclusive person, spending most of his time in Dragonspine. He isn't fond of most social interactions and thus rarely travels to the city of Mondstadt unless it is to meet up with his fellow alchemists or other acquaintances. Yet he's also shown to at least be fascinated or interested in them in some way, often willingly appearing in events that have some sort of social setting going on and helping out the people around him in any way he can. While he does seem to enjoy company and seeing how people interact in a social setting, he finds relationships stressful and tiresome because of the amount of effort needed to maintain them. This doesn't mean he dislikes the relationships he has with others, he simply struggles with them and can get tired out from trying to keep track of everything to keep the relationship from falling apart. He prefers being around children, especially Klee, seeing her as a younger sister. Klee in turn sees him as an older brother figure.
Fueled by the feeling of enlightenment, he researches about the things that pique his interest, and once the feeling is gone, either by uncovering its truth or otherwise, he loses all interest, left with a bittersweet sensation in his mind. Along with his alchemical genius, Albedo is also a respectable artist. Having initially learned the talent as a way to help with his experiments, it is now a form of relaxation for him. He is Xingqiu's illustrator and regards him as a good author.
As much of a positive demeanor he gives off, the people of Mondstadt do not know anything about his personal life and he is particularly secretive about it towards them. To the Traveler, he does not mind sharing most of his secrets with them due to feeling a kinship of sorts as they are both not of Teyvat, him being an artificial lifeform and the Traveler a visitor from afar. He considers himself to be dangerous due to his knowledge on the Art of Khemia, something which Venti and Dainsleif are well too aware of.
==Appearance==
Albedo uses the medium male model. He has bright teal eyes with three dots in each iris, pale skin, and pale blond hair reaching below his shoulders. Due to being a synthetic human, a gold diamond marking can be found on his neck.
==Official Introduction==
Despite his great achievements in the field of alchemy, he does not speak of the nature of things too hastily.
Wandering among ordinary folk oblivious to various truths of this world, he treats them with nothing but sincerity and kindness.
Polite and graceful, he seems withdrawn on the surface, but never hesitates to lend a helping hand. No matter if you go way back, or he has just befriended you, he can always find time to draw an exquisite portrait for a friend.
The Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, Albedo, is a truly remarkable young man. All admire his scholarly attainments — citizens of Mondstadt and members of the Knights of Favonius alike.
"Genius," "Kreideprinz," or "Captain of the Investigation Team"... Such titles and honors are of no consequence to him when there is so much more research to conduct.
The pursuit of fortune and connections cannot hold a candle to his heart's desire — acquiring the limitless, obscure knowledge left behind by previous generations of scholars.
==Character Stories==
==Namecard==
==Constellation==
==Quests and Events==
==Character Trials==
==Character Mentions==
==Mail==
==Trivia==
* Albedo is a synthetic human created from alchemy by his master, Rhinedottir (also known as "Gold"). While he debates whether he considers her his "mother" in Character Story 5, by the events of Shadows Amidst Snowstorms, he openly calls her his mother to the Traveler. On Rhinedottir's part, the description for Concealed Talon implies that she considers him her greatest creation. Later in the cinematic sequence in the quest Joy Above the Clouds, she describes him as her child and muses that this makes her a mother.
* Albedo is the illustrator for Xingqiu's novel, A Legend of Sword. He enjoys reading the novels himself and rejected the Yae Publishing House's offers to have him change series for greater royalties.
* The fact that Albedo was an artificial human who came from Khaenri'ah was heavily suggested before it was directly confirmed in Shadows Amidst Snowstorms:
** In his Character Stories, Albedo deduced the circumstances surrounding his creation through Rhinedottir's notes. Albedo's Constellation takes the shape of a fetus in a bottle, further hinting at the artificial nature of his creation.
** One of Albedo's Talents is named Homuncular Nature. In some branches of alchemy, the creation of homunculi is seen as an alchemist's end goal.Wikipedia: During Shadows Amidst Snowstorms, Albedo is revealed to be the successful product of Rhinedottir's Primordial Human Project.
** Albedo practices the Art of Khemia, a form of alchemy that was developed and practiced Khaenri'ah, and also played a major role in causing Khaenri'ah's downfall during the cataclysm 500 years ago. The Art of Khemia was unheard of in Teyvat before his arrival, while Venti — the Archon Barbatos who was present for the cataclysm — states it has "unmistakable properties." It could thus be deduced that Rhinedottir was from Khaenri'ah and created Albedo there.
** The Khaenri'ah Chapter's featured character, Dainsleif, has the following line from a "self-proclaimed prophet" in his Official Introduction: "Chalk pursues gold, in this time inopportune, the eclipse is swallowed by the crimson moon."HoYoLAB: "Bough Keeper" — Dainsleif "Chalk pursues gold" is a reference to the four stages in creating the Opus Magnum, and may also be an allusion to Albedo's pursuit of Rhinedottir.
*** Albedo's name is derived from the second step in creating the Opus Magnum and he is known as the Kreideprinz (Chalk Prince). Rhinedottir is better known by her infamous alias "Gold," the alchemist from Khaenri'ah attributed with creating the monsters that wreaked havoc on Teyvat during the cataclysm.
*** Rhinedottir's final assignment for Albedo, to discover the "truth and meaning of this world," is similar to the Traveler's Sibling's remark to the Traveler that they will discover the "true nature of this world" after they finish their journey. Albedo seeks to reunite with Rhinedottir by completing his assignment, much like how the Traveler hopes to reunite with their sibling at the end of their journey.
** Albedo has a four-pointed star on his neck. Having a four-pointed star as a birthmark is currently a trait only shared by other people from Khaenri'ah: Kaeya and Dainsleif's pupils take that shape. It was later revealed that Albedo's star is a "birthmark" left where Rhinedottir infused him with his life force.
* Albedo is one of the few currently playable characters who acknowledges (or even seems aware) that the Traveler is from another world. He deduced this based on the Traveler's ability to control multiple elements without a Vision.
* In Version 1.2, players noticed that Albedo didn't breathe like all the other characters did in Dragonspine. This turned out to be an error and was fixed in Version 1.3.
* The Version 1.4 event Invitation of Windblume reveals that Albedo plays the lyre by ear and is apparently very good at it despite a lack of formal education in playing instruments.Event Invitation of Windblume, Festive Challenge: Frost Parable - Windblume Laureate
* Albedo refers to Alice as "Aunt Alice," and considers her daughter Klee to be his younger sister.
* Albedo is known by these aliases or titles:
** The Chalk Prince
** Captain of the Investigation Team
** Cretaceus
** Subject One
** Calx (pen name in Inazuma)
* In his original character introduction illustration, Albedo is seen armed with a Sacrificial Sword. In-game, as of Shadows Amidst Snowstorms, he is seen wielding his signature Cinnabar Spindle in all cutscenes.
* As a Trial Character:
** Albedo is one of three playable characters who wields a Flagship Event weapon in at least one of his Character Trial iterations (Festering Desire prior to Version 2.3, Cinnabar Spindle from 2.3 onwards), with the other characters with this distinction being Xianyun and Chiori.
** Excluding Aloy (who is a crossover character lacking Character Trials) and the Traveler, he is also one of the only two 5-star characters who has never wielded a 5-star weapon in any of his Character Trial iterations to date. The other 5-star character with this distinction is Qiqi.
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===Etymology===
* The word means "whiteness" in Latin. The term is used in alchemy to refer to the second phase in the creation of a Philosopher's Stone (the Opus Magnum) from prima materia.
* His title, Kreideprinz, means "Chalk Prince" in German.
* His constellation, Princeps Cretaceus, is Latin for "Chalk Prince."
* Albedo at times mentions the and the . The terms are used in Tide of Hadean and Opening of Phanerozoic, as well as the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean voice-overs of his Elemental Burst.
** They are a reference to the geologic time scale of the real world. The refers to the eon from 4.6 billion years ago to 4 billion years ago, while the spans from 541 million years ago to the present time. The latter eon includes the period of the (from Latin creta, "chalk"), which lasted from around 145 to 66 million years ago.
** They may be used here as their literal senses. Namely, Albedo is perhaps saying "the primordial dark ancient era was followed by the era in which life has emerged, including me, the Chalk Prince, an artificial life created by alchemy."
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Kreideprinz===
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