Herrscher

A HerrscherGod (German: *lord*, *ruler* or *sovereign*, Chinese: 律Lǜ者zhě) is a human that has merged with Houkai energy and has given into the will of the Houkai to destroy the current era of human civilization. They are exceptionally powerful, and wield otherworldly abilities - in such that S-Rank Valkyrja rarely stand a chance of winning a fight against one.

Since a human body is needed to host them, they are proved to be as strong as normal human if there is no special factor and can be killed if their physical form is destroyed or if their gems are extracted / destroyed from their bodies.

## Background Concept

When Houkai energy in an area reaches 1000 HW (Houkai Welt) or higher, there is a small chance that someone may absorb sufficient Houkai energy to become a Herrscher. But to actually make a condensed Herrscher gem, it requires at least 2000 HW or more.

A Herrscher accompanies each generation of humans. Each Herrscher has different abilities and is considered the midpoint between the human race and between the Houkai beasts. A Herrscher has abilities that far exceed human beings, even S-Rank Valkyrja can barely contend with one. The only thing all potential Herrscher have in common is higher than normal Houkai adaptability.

Herrscher are humans that have been corrupted mentally as well as physically to Houkai. Being near them will subject you to high levels of Houkai radiation. Under normal circumstances, humans with low Houkai adaptability will become akin to a zombie. Unlike normal Houkai zombies, Herrscher have partial human consciousness and have direct contact to the will of the Houkai. If the Herrscher is strong-willed, they can break free of the Houkai and become rogue.

The "Herrscher" title is temporary and may change in the future.

## Herrscher Awakening Process

**Keep in mind that these are all based on what has been observed and pieced together by the community, meaning that the following information you are about to read hasn't been confirmed by MiHoYo yet.**

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* **Phase 1**: The "Will of Houkai" will communicate with the eligible person, give birth to another personality called the "Herrscher consciousness" and will continue to invoke the negative emotions of the eligible person in their heart to bait them into hating humanity and submit themself to the Will of Houkai.
* **Phase 2**: The eligible person will start undergoing a metamorphosis, early signs are flashes of exhaustion and illness. The candidate's phase 2 process depends on the "Herrscher consciousness" requirement of Houkai energy to form a core. Houkai power will attract the zombies and Houkai beasts in order to protect the eligible person before the "Herrscher consciousness" is fully dominant.
* **Phase 3**: "The Herrscher consciousness" will try to suppress and eradicate human consciousness. Upon full control, it begins to absorb massive amounts of Houkai energy and summon Houkai beasts to spread radiation, As it gains more Houkai energy, it will develop exclusive abilities. This is the sign that the eligible human is at the verge of being a true Herrscher.
* **Phase 4**: Tearing the human heart and completely abandoning the goodness in humanity, leaving endless hatred, revenge and become true Herrscher. At this time the Herrscher is completely born, then it will control Houkai beasts and hordes of human zombies. It can maximize the potential of its Herrscher core and create custom Houkai beasts.

**Note 1:** Phase 2 and Phase 3 can be reversed, provided that the eligible person who has very high adaptability and strong will, they can surpass their "Herrscher consciousness".
**Note 2:** If a Herrscher comes in contact with the "Will of Houkai" it can gain enhanced abilities.

## Methods to control / destroy a Herrscher

These are few known methods to control / destroy a Herrscher.

### Self-control

It is known that 1st Herrscher are capable of controlling themselves and betraying the Will of Houkai quite easily.

### Body containers

Some characters (known with 12th Herrscher, K-423 and Wendy) are capable of storing cores without turning into a Herrscher. However, having a core inside of them is still able to trigger the Herrscher awakening process and result in a Herrscher.

### Body destroy

Since most Herrscher require a body to be working, destroying their body is one of most commonly used methods of stopping a Herrscher.

### Core drain / extract / destroy / trap

Some Herrscher will need to their core to be drained, extracted, destroyed or trapped to prevent them from functioning.

* 1st Herrscher: If the 1st Herrscher's core is fragmented (broken but not destroyed), it may still able to work.
* 6th Herrscher: The 6th Herrscher can revive themselves if their core is intact and available for use.
* 12th Herrscher: The 12th Herrscher can spread through others as a virus/gas, and must be trapped in an inescapable containter,

Characters: Welt Joyce, Welt Yang, Bronya Zaychik

## Known Herrscher

### 1st New World: Herrscher of Reason

#### Welt Joyce, the 1st Herrscher of Reason

When Welt Joyce became a Herrscher in 1952, he unconsciously destroyed Berlin and killed 300,000 people, including Carl Gustav, Einstein's first mentor. After capturing him and interrogating him, Welt soon became close with the Shicksal branch. In 1955, this branch renamed themselves Anti-Entropy in belief that Otto had no dedication to defeat the Honkai.

The Herrscher of Logic is capable of recreating anything, bend any physical law so long as they understand the concept of which they want to bend or recreate. The 1st Herrscher's knowledge stretches even further if they are given the chance and time to grow more power, to know every answer to every question, to know every strategy in every battle.

Welt Joyce was remarkable as a Herrscher for he was devoid of the Will of Honkai, unlike Mei, who's Will of the Honkai resonated with her. He was labeled a traitor to the Honkai, with this label passing on to his successors.

#### Welt Yang, the 2nd Herrscher of Reason

Born Joachim Nokianvirtanen, he inherited the name of "Welt" and the 1st Herrscher's core from the dying Welt Joyce. He later became a part of the new generation of Rule-abiding people; a guardian of mankind and human responsibility. **The real lord of Anti-Entropy, the image of Welt is presented to the world.**

#### Bronya Zaychik, the 3rd Herrscher of Reason

Bronya came into possession of the core of the 1st Herrscher in the Sea of Quanta after going through several bubble universes created by Welt Yang. The core grants Bronya the powers of Reason, and allows Welt Yang's conciousness to reside in her mind. Bronya later lost the core in an altercation with Kevin Kaslana, forcing Welt Yang to recreate his body around the core to protect it. After escaping the Sea of Quanta with Seele Vollerei, Welt Yang offers the core to Bronya once again, promising to instruct her on how to use it.

#### Sirin, the 1st Herrscher of the Void

Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, grew to be one of the most horrific sparks of disaster and destruction the world had ever seen. Sirin was born as a poor, abused lab rat in Shicksal's experiments, with her mother dying of illness. In her bitterness and rage of watching all her friends die and suffering the pain of abuse and experiment, Sirin became the Herrscher of Void.

Sirin received 4 fragments of "God"'s power.

#### K-423, the 2nd Herrscher of the Void

The 2nd Herrscher was revived once again in Honkai Impact 3rd in K423's body, a replica of Kiana Kaslana literally made to host the 2nd Herrscher of the Void. The 2nd Herrscher was no longer a naive, overconfident Herrscher when she was revived again, in fact became a cold, void, regal and rageful Herrscher, proclaiming herself the literal being of the Honkai. She led the 4th Honkai Eruption, which although was much more small scaled than her previous Eruption, still managed to destroy a good amount of the world.

She was defeated in Chapter 9 at the cost of Himeko's life, and although she is not dominant nor is she dormant in K423's vessel, she continues to torment Kiana's consciousness in patience, knowing that she will succeed taking over her vessel.

### 3rd New World: Herrscher of Thunder

Character: Raiden Mei

Raiden Mei is the daughter of the former president of Massive Electric (referred to as ME), a second-grade student of Senba High School, and later the student of St. Freya Academy, B-Rank Valkyrja.

Note that this art is compromised and the actual character design is much diffrent than this

**Her ability is to manipulate electromagnetic fields includes "electromagnetic field surrounding the body" and "electromagnetic pulses that destroy chemical bonds within the molecule".**

She awakened during her last stand towards Husk-Nihilus by the Serprents and then became the Herrscher of Thunder shortly after that. She also absorbed Benares that is once a Honkai Beast that is tamed by K-423. She then sergergated herself from K-423 after a long enduring fight (In that moment, K-423 becomes a Herrscher of the Void but neutralized by Raiden Mei). After the long enduring fight, she quickly joins World Serpent.

### 4th New World: Herrscher of Wind

Character: Wendy

Wendy is an A-Rank Valkyrja, and also Theresa's best student and has a high potential of becoming an S-Rank Valkyrja, but she got controlled by the Will of Houkai and became the Herrscher of Wind.

### 5th New World: Herrscher of Ice

Character: 5th Herrscher

Ana Schariac was an A-Rank Schicksal Valkyrja and the leader of the Snow Lotus Squad. She became a Herrscher after the eruption at Coral Island.

The recent alliance with World Serpent and Schicksal look for the 5th Herrscher to make sure that she will not create any serious impact while World Serpent needs her for Project: Stigmata.

She can form ice at her own will, using it however she likes.

### 6th Old World: Herrscher of Death

The 6th Herrscher of the Old World has no elaboration on who she is, however the manga "Divine Key" showed a panel of the 6th Herrscher with a girl who looks similiar to Seele, hinting that Seele's previous reincarnation in the Old World was the 6th Herrscher. Although the core was made into a God Key, the stigmata of Herrscher goes on to be in Seele's reincarnation in the New World.

**Note:** Seele of the New World only has the stigmata of this Herrscher, she does **not** have a Herrscher core.

### 7th Old World: Herrscher of Flame

Character: Captain HIMEKO

The symbol of destruction. She is Himeko's parallel self in the Old World, and her becoming a Herrscher resulted in killing many present at the event. She was the most powerful physically destructive Herrscher, being more destructive than the ones before, and turned the entire continent of Australia into a sea of ​​fire in just one week of synthesis. Later on, she was killed by Kevin Kaslana and the Herrscher core was made into Judgement of Shamash.

Her ability is to freely manipulate fire however she likes.

### 8th Old World Herrscher

Core retrieved by Kevin Kaslana, formed into the God Key, Phoenix Down

### 9th Old World: Herrscher of Rock

The ability to control gravity, core retrieved by Kevin Kaslana, formed into the God Key, Eden Star.

### 9th New World: Herrscher of Stars

Character: Owl

World Serpent Officer codenamed Owl became a Herrscher 5 hours after the birth of the Herrscher of Ice. As Owl was stabbed by the Herrscher of Ice (causing his death), he was shown a vision of his sister's death: Ana Schariac, the Valkyrie who saved him, encountered his sister trapped underneath a pile of rubble, however, instead of saving her, she chose to abandon her and seemingly left her to die. Consumed with rage, Owl became the Herrscher of Stars and triggered a powerful gravitational wave eruption upon his birth, similar to the power the 9th Herrscher of the Old World - the Herrscher of Earth.

Afterwards, he then gave his Herrscher core to Ana hoping that she can "live on her own". This caused the Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher of Stars to fuse into a novel individual Herrscher-class entity, wreaking chaos and destruction in their wake. Fortunately, Mei (as the Herrscher of Thunder), along with Durandal, managed to defeat this entity and retrieve their cores. Schicksal Valkyries then built a tomb for both Owl and Ana, and their necklaces (which formed a heart when joined) were placed on it.

### 10th Old World: Herrscher of Domination

The first 10th Herrscher was a chef working for Fire Moth, who was given the capability to turn invisible. She attempted to attack Dr. MEI however was quickly dismantled by Kevin. When Dr. MEI was studying this core, she discovered something quite peculiar with it, which was the fact that the core had a physical structure identical to a Herrscher, however it was incredibly weak.

Within 3 days, 15 more individuals were turned into this Herrscher-like being. In 10 days, it had become 92. In 4 months, it had stopped after reaching 1000 individuals. Fire Moth called her The Herrscher of Legion, numbered from L10-001 to L10-1000.

Each Herrscher, one after the other, would always be weaker than the one before. Not only this, the Herrscher would have a very simple ability from every other Herrscher, and are able to communicate to each other through mind, allowing many other individuals to attack Fire Moth. As simple their abilities seemed, all together they were incredibly powerful and with so many individuals corrupted, it was too difficult to stop.

Dr. MEI then lured all 1000 individuals into an abandoned island with the God Keys, and wore a battlesuit which had the Herrscher of Lightning's core, and used the Judgement of Shamash to defeat them all. It took less than 10 minutes to defeat the Herrscher.

Abilities:

* Elemental Domination: Possesses the ability to control 6 elements: Lightning, Ice, Wind, Fire, Earth and Magic. However, it's far weaker than any Herrscher controlling a specific element.
* Domination Supply: The core can split itself into 1000 copies which can either be planted into humans who will fall under the control of the original Herrscher. The replications have moderate control compared to the original. However, 1000 cores are only as strong as 1 original core.
* Army of One: All who share the core can communicate through a hive mind.

As many cores as possible were salvaged by Kevin and M.E.I to create keys that can potentially be activated.

### 11th Old World: Herrscher of Binding / Anti-Herrscher

This Herrscher can manipulate and weaken any kind of energy, including Houkai.

Core retrieved by Kevin Kaslana and formed into the God key: Oath of Judah which is given to S-Rank Valkyrja by Otto Apocalypse.

### 12th Old World: Herrscher of Corruption

Character: 12th Herrscher

12th Herrscher had the ability to project her own consciousness onto any object and control it freely. In reality, this Herrscher was actually a self-aware lethal virus which was coloured black and red, which infected everybody and turned them into zombies. Not only that, but she was also able to control machines, launching nuclear missiles and destroyed a part of the old world. Professor MEI had to seal it into the purple box before it managed to destroy the rest of human civilization.

The purple box later fell into Schicksal's hand, causing the Black Death. Eleanor Schariac injected a fragment of this Herrscher onto herself, becoming a large spider beast and later got defeated by Kallen and Otto. After witnessing the inhumane experimentation of Schicksal using Crystal Disillusionment, Kallen stole the purple box and ran away to Yae Village. She was later fatally wounded and discovered by a kindly Yae Sakura. However, Yae Sakura later unwittingly opened the box, releasing Higyokumaru and all her hate accumulated over the centuries, and possessed Sakura, turning her into a large fox beast that was later defeated and sealed by Kallen.

Higyokumaru currently resides in the Stigmata dimension after the events of the Sakura Samsara.

Abilities:

* Self-aware lethal virus: infected everybody and turned them into zombies, also able to control machines too.
* Herrscher Authority: Can control zombies and beasts unless there is another Herrscher controlling them.

## Pseudo-Herrscher

In some cases, there are individuals who possess extremely high Houkai energy similar to a Herrscher but does not possess their own Herrscher core but with a stigmata instead.

* Honkai Beast getting promoted also counted as Pseudo-Herrscher
* Houkai energy from the stigmata can infect their mind at any time.

### Pseudo-Herrscher with stigmata only

* Yae Sakura: who was possessed by the 12th Herrscher of the old world. She given the stigmata to Theresa in Escape from Nagazora comic, destroying her body.
* Theresa Apocalypse: Received from Yae Sakura.

### Pseudo-Herrscher has condensed a crystal close to Herrscher core

* Yu Nai: Killed by Theresa in Escape from Nagazora comic after Sakura given the Herrscher power.

### Pseudo-Herrscher has been promoted

* Benares: A Honkai beast has been promoted by Sirin

## Herrscher "revived" by Sirin

The 3 Pseudo-Herrscher are the old friends of Sirin who died in the Babylon experiments, but were returned to existence after the 1st Herrscher's core was captured. They were then given fake cores constructed from Herrscher of Reason's power to become Pseudo-Flame, Pseudo-Wind, and Pseudo-Death Herrscher.

#### Aphora

One of 3 Babylon experimental subjects resurrected by Sirin, she was given pseudo-Herrscher core of "Eager Storm", possessing the ability of the Wind Herrscher, and was ordered to destroy in Finland-Oulu, bringing more power to Sirin.

#### Agata

One of 3 Babylon experimental subjects resurrected by Sirin, she was given the pseudo-Herrscher core of "Inflammation", possessing the ability of the Fire Herrscher, and was ordered to destroy in Kazakhstan-Astana, bringing more power to Sirin.

#### Galina

One of 3 Babylon experimental subjects resurrected by Sirin, she was given a pseudo-Herrscher core of "Silent Death", possessing the ability of the Death Herrscher, and was ordered to destroy in Russia-Novosibirsk, bringing more power to Sirin.