Hexerei confusion and lore
I'm lost on Hexerei while watching a Varka Kit leak video where it constantly notes Hexerei.
Haven't played long but either I never paid attention to it in brief passings or I've never heard of it so all I understand is it's some grouping mechanic that leads to buffs and sometimes parts of kits or buffs working that otherwise won't if you don't hexa-team-up. Also that it seems different than the usual "X characters work better with other chars from their nation"
I found a list and they all seem from Mondstadt but not everyone from Mondstadt. Potential exception is Mona (but sounds she was born there even if not raised in Mondstadt) and Durin who I'm not fully sure his origin but current quest at least seems he was partially influenced by Alice who is from Mondstadt.
So what determines who a Hexerei character is? Is there some in-game/lore reasonings?
Also this Varka video is making it sound like he's likely a beast at least paired with another Hexerei character so also wondering if all Hexerei chars are like that? Or specifically Varka is there a chance he could still be really good without Hexerei chars or likely a dud? (yes I know this last one is leaning into speculation).
Haven't played long but either I never paid attention to it in brief passings or I've never heard of it so all I understand is it's some grouping mechanic that leads to buffs and sometimes parts of kits or buffs working that otherwise won't if you don't hexa-team-up. Also that it seems different than the usual "X characters work better with other chars from their nation"
I found a list and they all seem from Mondstadt but not everyone from Mondstadt. Potential exception is Mona (but sounds she was born there even if not raised in Mondstadt) and Durin who I'm not fully sure his origin but current quest at least seems he was partially influenced by Alice who is from Mondstadt.
So what determines who a Hexerei character is? Is there some in-game/lore reasonings?
Also this Varka video is making it sound like he's likely a beast at least paired with another Hexerei character so also wondering if all Hexerei chars are like that? Or specifically Varka is there a chance he could still be really good without Hexerei chars or likely a dud? (yes I know this last one is leaning into speculation).
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Those who kind of do but I'm not sure on: Fischl (she has kinda Chunibyo vibes to me), Sucrose (alchemist vibes so close but not always witchy).
Those that don't: Venti (wind archon/bard/drunk=witch?), Albedo (I know nothing of him but dress doesn't look witchy), Razor (wolf boy=witch?)
EDIT: Seems TheGreatBootOfEb answered how at least most are "Witch and friends".
Meanwhile, Albedo is literally the son of one of the witches
Also I'd bet Venti talked them into a drinking competition.
Alice alone possible can win against venti and there is 2 more that are on this level of power.
Actually Alice can be from mondstadt or not even be from teyvat, ig there is no confirmation so I wil not give one.
\-Klee is the literal daughter of Alice
\-Albedo was created by Gold
\-Durin started as a witch creation
\-Venti as the anemo archon has dealings with the Hex
\-Fischl basically recreated a Hex spell that was never even meant to be recreated
\-Sucrose.... idk honestly, didn't pay attention during her quest, but at the very least is she's basically Albedo's apprentice
\-Mona is the literal apprentice of a Hex member
But yeah, otherwise the Hex stuff is just faction buffs that recently came out (This patch) tat requires 2 characters connected. Most people speculate more people will be added to the Hex buff with time, and that other regions will get their own faction buffs (Liyue might get Adepti faction buffs for example)
Also have no idea who Gold is. Or basically anything else regarding Albedo. Also you left out Razor and not sure how Wolf Boy could equal witch things.
And yeah, Witch Quest's are basically mini story quests that sorta go over their connections, again, I haven't done them all myself.
Gold/Rhinedotter are part of the Witch Group that Alice is part of, idk how far into the story you are so I won't say anything more except that they are basically Albedo's mom.
Even after doing Razor's Witch's Homework, it's not really clear what connection Razor has to the Hexenzirkel. None of the witches show up in the quest, like they do for most of the others, and Razor doesn't know any witches personally, as far as I know. The closest I can get is that Razor gets his education from Lisa, and Lisa once turned down an invitation to join the Hexenzirkel.
As far as I can tell, the writers just lumped him in with the others simply so they could give him buffs.
As for Gold, she's quite an important character, but you'll learn more about her later so I won't spoil.
Alice is one of the Hexenzirkel and, under a contract, has promised to protect Mondstadt. She and the other powerful witches selected a few people from Mondstadt and gave them “homework” in order to receive the buff.
Given how powerful Alice is, it’s assumed that the core founding member of the Hexenzirkel will be game-shatteringly powerful, and that Hexerei will become the next meta. And yes, every Hexenzirkel member uses Hexerei.