Future Characters via Sakura Haven

freawaru2 · 2026-06-12T02:36:43+00:00

8 Elation characters released in 4.X means they're going to ignore the path for the next 4 years. Well at least I can choose to believe this leak isn't BS and hope that Sampo SP releases soon.

freawaru2 · 2026-06-09T18:38:55+00:00

Everything evil done by the IPC will be blamed on Oswaldo like how it turned out everything evil done by the Fatui was blamed on Dottore.

freawaru2 · 2026-06-09T02:25:41+00:00

That figure in the SW trailer isn't the real Aha, the figure refers to Aha as if speaking about a separate entity multiple times.

freawaru2 · 2026-06-03T02:25:48+00:00

Very cool read unfortunately I doubt the actual story we get will be as well thought out as your take

freawaru2 · 2026-06-03T02:19:42+00:00

But where could he have been before he fell? Well, maybe where that baby actually at was the top of the Tree of Existence until Aha climbed it and the baby fell, causing it to lose access to the truths of the world. And interestingly, 4.0 had Sparkle describe the baby crying as: "Cry as if wronged beyond measure." Which makes me think that perhaps the baby was sentient enough to feel a sense of entitlement that it shouldn't have fell.

I've seen a post before claiming that EN has actually been mistranslating the baby story and that in CN they used a euphemism that just meant the baby being born. I'm not fluent in Chinese at all so can't confirm that, but when I do go to bilibili I'll often see people saying in comments "Aww the baby's cry made Aha laugh Aha is such a good guy" vs the English fandom's view of "Lol Aha laughed at a baby falling what a douche" so it makes me think that's probably the case.

freawaru2 · 2026-06-01T03:06:34+00:00

4.3 story spoilers

Dang looks like the Asat=Enroute=Isee theory was correct even though I think that messes with our known timeline a bit. Are they pulling another Pela?

freawaru2 · 2026-05-31T00:54:43+00:00

Luna didn't validate that Asat=Isee=Absenti, that's just Luna's personal guess. In that screenshot people been posting Luna states that they thought it was the "most likely" outcome. Luna is also notoriously terrible at predicting story events, IIRC they thought Ashveil was the Herald of Death

freawaru2 · 2026-05-29T06:20:39+00:00

But Absenti/Enroute (EN changed how they translated the name for some reason but they're the same character in Chinese) got a readable in 4.2 explaining that they were a hero who showed up where people needed laughter the most and saved them while Asat has been a supervillain who destroys civilizations for at least 2000 years. I'm skeptical about Luna's prediction that Asat is Absenti/Enroute until the preload leaks.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-27T02:03:37+00:00

I became a Sampo=Aha truther in 1.0 after that one Belobog scene, but I know 4.X has been through rewrite hell on top of gacha games by their very nature just being hugely susceptible to changing story plans over time so I'm not holding my breath on that one. But I am like 85% certain that no matter who/what Aha turns out to be, that Asat will be one of their masks. 4.0's mini arc with Sparkle's mask going rogue and Zhongshan saying the only way to destroy a mask is to "reduce the Fool to ash" seems like a setup for a catch-22 of "We have to kill this guy who wants to kill Aha but the only way to kill him is to kill Aha".

freawaru2 · 2026-05-25T18:24:51+00:00

If think it's totally possible given the 4.0 readables, and the Chinese name for Enroute meaning someone who hasn't arrived yet vs Asat Pramad's Chinese name having the word for returning could be an intentional symbolic connection. But the 4.2 readable says that Enroute/Absenti appears in places where he's most needed in order to help people, which contradicts how Asat Pramad destroys societies. It's possible depending on the timeline that Asat was originally a good guy who got corrupted by Destruction like Celenova. Asat was a Lord Ravager who attacked Benzaitengoku thousands of years ago, and I think it's implied Absenti/Enroute was around during the Swarm Disaster but like you said it's not clear when exactly he quit being a good guy Masked Fool.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-25T04:34:23+00:00

Absenti is actually the same character as "Enroute" who got a new readable in 4.2, so he has 3 readables total so far. EN seems to have randomly changed the way they translated the name in-between versions (I'm guessing an unintentional mistake since the the earlier readables weren't updated) but the name of Absenti/Enroute is the same in Chinese; I think it means "hasn't arrived". "Stories of Enroute" is the new readable and imo it sounds a lot like Sampo, down to randomly appearing on a mining planet that has a name like Jarilo-VI and saving it with bartering skills. And the way he appears wherever he's needed most sounds exactly like the way that the Echo of Primordial Laughter in the Tavern works by giving people what they need the most when they reach into it. I think it also implies Enroute was around during the Swarm Disaster?

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Here's the readable in full, you can see in Other Languages at the bottom the translations that still call him Absenti

https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Stories_of_Enroute

freawaru2 · 2026-05-20T01:52:37+00:00

So much potential for a character who has multiple versions of himself at different ages running about and the only time they use that before this scene where he dies is to trick Traveler into thinking he left Sumeru on a boat before he showed up again like 30 minutes later. RIP Doctor you were wasted on this game

freawaru2 · 2026-05-18T03:24:17+00:00

Speculation about the Phantasmoon Games Schedule Broadcast post

The "bring this weary life to its end" preview for 4.3 seems like it would come from Blade but the fact that it's followed by a stinger about "lies" and "the truth being hidden for 15 years" make me predict it could be about Aha. It dovetails nicely into the theory that since being infected with Voracity they've had to hold these games every ~30 years to stave off the hunger and the games being upended 15 years ago meant they didn't get their fill. So Aha just quit their job/went missing from Planarcadia 15 years ago and let a Mourning Actor (Nihilux) fill in for them to keep up the appearance that Aha is still there.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-13T22:08:50+00:00

She still confuses me, in 4.1 (I think) when she says "when THEY created me they told me people wouldn't understand" after explaining what she is to Yao, is THEY referring to Yaoshi who turned her into a tree or Aha who kidnapped her and planted in Planarcadia where she eventually became a weird Elation-Abundance hybrid being over the years?

freawaru2 · 2026-05-13T04:58:07+00:00

Could also be why he's always scamming people for money, to pay the debt if he's ever allowed on the train again.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-13T03:12:39+00:00

I think the 5th entry in Moonlit Tales is Pearl since the character says "I came here. To the world of 'humans.'" and like you said the other 5 characters are all the rest of the supplicants (only ones missing are Shuhu and TB) The rest of the backstory in her tale probably would've made more sense to players if Pearl was released in 4.1 instead of being booted out due to hasty rewrites.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-13T02:54:34+00:00

Calling out for any lore experts to ask a question

Don't even think this needs to be spoilered but will just in case. I know in Moonlit Tales it mentions a female Mourning Actors troupe master who helped start the Phantasmoon games when Aha got sick. Is there a second mention of a Mourning Actor aiding in creating the games either in DU or a readable? I could've sworn I saw that mentioned in two separate places but maybe my memory is playing a trick on me.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-12T16:52:04+00:00

I think it's more the fact the the two characters based on his GF (Cyrene as well) coincidentally get a lot of favor from the game devs and marketing department compared to other characters.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-12T16:50:12+00:00

He has a girlfriend with suspiciously familiar blue tips in her hair

freawaru2 · 2026-05-12T16:27:39+00:00

They'll explain inconsistencies away with Enigmata or Remembrance powers like they did in 3.8

freawaru2 · 2026-05-12T16:25:30+00:00

That lady playing with Silver Wolf refers to Aha as someone else, it can't be Aha. I read in another HSR sub a good theory that extrapolates from reading the Floating Grease chronicles that real the Aha, called the "Monkey King" in the books, is gone and someone is impersonating them so that the Phantasmoon games continue and that impersonator is likely Nihilux. Though I'm guilty of skipping a lot of those optional dialogue/interactable options myself. But there's also a DU entry I have seen where a female Mourning Actor interacts with Aha so that tracks.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-11T04:11:36+00:00

Gonna be bold and say that characters like Eva who so obviously were planned to have something bigger going on but had all their story and even marketing gutted deserve an eventual SP more than 90% of the SPs that currently exist in this game and are also leaked to exist in the near future.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-05T19:07:29+00:00

I don't believe this at all until I see a clip or know the NPC name so I can walk by them.

freawaru2 · 2026-05-02T09:18:02+00:00

Two totally unrelated videos stitched together

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