one of the moon sisters. specifically the frost moon before bina. spoilers for 6.3aq
>!so bina last aq used a moon gate to hide from dottore who's in god mode now. she went into the "moons reflection" where time went backwards. she saw like two major chars from earlier nod krai AQs and had peak moments with them, then went further back in time and found the three moon sisters. they all look cool as fuck and one of them is Canon (Frost) who bina succeeded. the other two are Aria (eternal) and Sonnet (iridescent). !<
Komiisimp2026-01-15 22:25
as someone who put the quest on autoclicker, thank you for the explanation
gryphon_duke2026-01-15 21:47
but like why are you here if you arent caught up, she gets introduced in the story 😭
acederp2026-01-15 21:48
could be someone who dosen't play anymore but still curious who she is.
gryphon_duke2026-01-15 21:52
in my opinion, i think they should've googled it. just makes more sense to me
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gryphon_duke2026-01-15 22:06
[learn to use your resources.](https://imgur.com/a/mHgH2Ls) it's literally the first search result. you need to stop talking to people like you're perpetually pointing a finger at them, you wouldn't do that in real life and its the reason you're being recieved poorly here. you dont slot into this conversation because the participants are already in the know. its better to consult the wiki to update your info than to interupt discussion by asking about something others will treat as common knowledge here, as we're in the genshin subreddit. if you're friends were all doctors and were discussing a surgery, this would be like asking them questions about terminology at the pre-op, while this discussion in an unrelated subreddit would be like asking at lunch on your guys' day off. the latter is more appropriate, and your place at the discussion isnt questioned.
GuideBusy31022026-01-15 22:29
Bruh you are telling someone about "ounce of sense" but you only need to add "genshin" keyword lmaooo
Zesty_Crouton2026-01-15 22:54
I honestly can't wrap my head around the fact that in this day and age, there's someone out there on the wild internet - on a forum for discussing video games no less - who somehow doesn't know something as basic as how to search for something on Google.
(They also don't even need to edit the keywords - literally the first search result that returns after searching for 'Genshin Canon' is a fanwiki article about the moon sister in question.)
Thundergod2502026-01-15 19:27
Aren't Sonnet, Aria and Canon the Original ones. Sonnet's literally been there and is the only one who opposed the Heavenly Principles.
acederp2026-01-15 19:36
Sonnet and Aria moons are empty husks while Canon remains.
Thundergod2502026-01-15 19:45
Canon's Moon remains which allows reincarnation after Canon, not prior and earlier than Canon since she's the only known Goddess of the Frost Moon
Crusader0502026-01-15 22:55
They probably meant an earlier artistic design of Canon.
Rezkel2026-01-15 19:07
Canon by the hair and the fact columbina is her successor and probably reincarnation
Thundergod2502026-01-15 19:12
I also believed this was Canon since she is being replaced by Columbina, but >!that's not what Canon looks like at all. Canon blue-haired not white. Her hair also parts from the middle.!<
Edit: What's with the downvotes? Have we played the same AQ?
Saiyeh2026-01-15 19:47
On the other hand that looks like short hair at the bottom of the head shape and the two side pieces do resemble the two hair strands Canon has. The blue theme also fits. More likely that the models got updated from the original plans in 1.0 so we have similarities, but not an exact match.
Thundergod2502026-01-15 19:53
Design Change is definitely the most plausible explanation.
Rehcamdar2026-01-15 22:26
These two "hair strands" actually aren't hair strands. They are fabric pieces from her head cover (just like Rosaria). When you look very closely you can see that she wears her hair in a bun. I'm fully with you on the rest of your comment. :)
Saiyeh2026-01-15 22:58
Look again at that left side. That is a continuous shape that flows entirely into the hair with no black lines indicating that it is in fact hair.
Rehcamdar2026-01-15 23:02
I meant Canon. Not the Welkin Moon Lady.
Saiyeh2026-01-15 23:28
Lmao what??? No those are clearly her hair. I'm not talking about behind her, the ones that go over her shoulder and down the front chest.
Rehcamdar2026-01-15 23:41
Ohhhhh you're speaking of the front strands! Got it! XD
IVKILL2026-01-16 00:21
The npc has short hair (the frost moon goddess) and have the same thing as rosaria. The figure also have short hair but has a kinda of hoodie.
Saiyeh2026-01-16 01:30
Yes? That is why I clarified I was talking specifically about her hair in which she has two strands in the front that frame her face along with her hair looking visually short (in a bun on Canon's model), not her hat/trailing fabric that she wears
PandiTati2026-01-15 23:40
Canon's hair isn't short, she has a hair bun under the veil. You can see it from the side
Saiyeh2026-01-16 01:27
That's true, I was thinking more along the lines of visually short (the rest have it free flowing down the back). I definitely didn't word that in a good way.
sir_aphim2026-01-15 21:00
She actually has white hair. The blue part is a veil/headpiece kinda like what Rosaria wears.
LiDragonLo2026-01-15 23:10
Same shade of white as the welkom bro :/
RunImmediate60622026-01-15 23:24
Probably because you said Canon is blue-haired. Which she is not. Look again.
pc_player_yt2026-01-16 02:10
it's very slightly blueish white hair with a dark blue veil, which is almost 1:1 with the welkin art.
pc_player_yt2026-01-16 02:11
the downvotes are because you're wrong dude. Put the two pictures side by side again and reconsider
Decent-Ratio2026-01-16 06:40
Canon is grey hair with a hint of blue, her headpiece makes it a bit hard to discern but she ties her back hair to a bun. Tho I do agree, she's not Canon, looks more like Aria. The color of the moon and hair is the same but the allingment is different. But I disagree that she's Aria also because judging by the Celestia emblem, she's not a moon sister.
icemoomoo2026-01-16 06:44
By the color of the moon behind her it should be Aria, the hair color doesnt match either.
Ezzaroth_VII2026-01-16 11:04
you need to check your eyes lol
Ryuunoru2026-01-16 11:27
It's more likely the previous Welkin Moon goddess was a symbolic combination of the three moon goddesses. The fact that Columbina is the Trilune Goddess and now replaced the symbol lends further credibility to that hypothesis.
Shahadem2026-01-15 19:10
Black Swan.
ashreix2026-01-16 08:19
Aponia
Seangel-zero2026-01-19 22:04
Alexandrina Sebastiane
Vegetto_ssj2026-01-15 19:15
~~Genshin Cyrene~~ Canon probably
SoggyBlood29812026-01-15 19:55
This could be just a collective artistic representation of the moon goddesses because no one really knew how they looked exactly untill Columbina.
PotatoesRSpuds2026-01-15 23:56
This. I have no idea why people are up in arms over who this is as if it isn't just clearly a REPRESENTATION of a moon goddess. Inazuma had their own interpretation of the moon sisters and they also look nothing like the actual ones.
callmefox2026-01-16 03:57
Could you share the evidence saying this was CLEARLY a representation of the moon goddess and not actually one?
Comprehensive-Map2742026-01-16 04:01
the giant fucking moon behind her?
callmefox2026-01-16 04:03
So from the moon you were able to discern this was not a real character but just a concept of the moon goddess? What the fuck is this reach?
MrWhiteTruffle2026-01-16 04:07
Do you have a better idea on who it is? Because we just had an entire story about the deities related to the moon, AND this girl gets replaced by Columbina if you own her.
PossiblyBonta2026-01-16 04:12
They where specifically talking about the welkin moon just before lunar arc.
Unless Mihoyo suffered from ADHD and added the 3 moon goddesses that has no relation to the welkin moon.
callmefox2026-01-16 04:18
And I’m trying to figure out where this massive crowd of people who CLEARLY knew the welkin moon girl was a REPRESENTATION came from.
If it was so CLEAR, then the evidence should be easy to procure. Which no one has done yet.
Outflight2026-01-16 04:57
We didn't, Welkin Moon used to be thought one of the three moons way back then; other two being the one we see normally and the one in spiral abyss.
Old theories were the girl being Unshrunk Paimon, Istaroth or outside the game Hoyo characters like Aponia from Honkai Impact.
callmefox2026-01-16 05:18
Exactly my point. But ig people here are more obsessed with insulting and downvoting than providing evidence because it makes them feel smarter.
Yuki-jou2026-01-16 04:15
Because we saw all of the moon goddesses during the most recent AQ and this is clearly not one of them?
callmefox2026-01-16 04:21
The person i replied to said this girl was clearly just a representation and was flabbergasted over people being up in arms over her identity.
Before this patch’s we had no idea who she was, and after this patch we still don’t. But that person seems quite confident in saying shes not a real character, which is why im asking them for the evidence behind their conclusion.
Yuki-jou2026-01-16 04:36
I am also pretty confident in it contextually, since we’ve now seen all the real moon goddesses, and she is none of them—plus the fact that she has been replaced with Columbina. It hasn’t shown up yet for everyone, but as of this patch, the icon for the Welkin Moon is an adorable chibi Columbina, which seems to me to be the game makers replacing the placeholder with the real thing. Think it might only happen for Columbina owners, so you may not have seen it, but yeah. Columbina replacing her definitely seems to suggest that she is a representation of the Welkin Moon, while Columbina is the real thing.
callmefox2026-01-16 05:23
I’m not here to debate whether Columbina is the Welkin Moon or not, because that’s already backed by the game.
I’m asking people to run me through the thought process that the previous welkin moon girl was “clearly just a representation of the moon goddess”(es). I’m getting personal insults and “it’s logical deduction” and “critical thinking” insult replies but not a single piece of text or evidence? Like do people just take their headcanons as canon now or what?
The person I replied to acted like it was such common knowledge that they’re flabbergasted people are up in arms about it. So I’m dying to know where he got his definitive conclusion that the welkin moon girl was merely a symbol all along.
Yuki-jou2026-01-16 05:31
Well, I personally think that the fact that she was the one giving us our blessing of the Welkin Moon (a thing now done by bina) basically says that the goddess of the Welkin Moon is the one giving the Blessing of the Welkin Moon. I think that’s a normal assumption. And since we now have seen all moon goddesses, and she isn’t one of them, I think it’s pretty normal to conclude that she is most likely a representation of the goddess of the Welkin Moon. If you’re looking for deep complex lore, there isn’t any, because this girl is never shown or mentioned anywhere in the game. So with the context of her being replaced by bina, people make the deduction that she was a representation of the moon goddess, and now that we have the real thing, we don’t need a representation. If other people don’t see it that way, I’m not up in arms or flabbergasted. People are free to come to whatever conclusions they want, and, without official hoyo confirmation, they aren’t crazy for disagreeing. This is just the way that I, (and apparently many others,) interpreted the replacement process with the given information.
callmefox2026-01-16 06:25
Thanks for actually having a discussion with me. I don't disagree with this deduction, in fact it's the same one I came to on my own, but when it comes to the lore we don't equate conjecture to evidence. If there is *clear* evidence backing up this deduction that the previous welkin moon girl was just a symbol, I would welcome it with open arms, but what I have gleaned from this thread is that there is none since no one has provided it.
Having evidence would make things like this not up for debate. It's not something people can just disagree on.
The welkin moon girl has a whole statue dedicated to her in Inazuma which people are also waving away with the same headcanon. She also has uncanny resemblance to Paimon. If we just stopped at "it was a representation all along" then the identity of the previous girl would be fully dead which to me is an utterly wasted mystery built over years.
UltraPotatoPancake2026-01-16 05:27
it gets replaced by columbina if you have her, so it's clearly meant to be a moon goddess. it doesn't resemble any of the moon goddesses, so it's not one of them
rloco2026-01-16 08:06
That one from Inazuma was a youkai, not the moons. That was taken out of context just because there were three of them, that's it.
There was never an image of what Toss looked like; it was all made up by my humans who never met her, and if they did, they never described her.
Captain_Jackson2026-01-16 17:03
To be fair the horns on each of them also match up to the moon goddesses headpiece rather well too so I can see the confusion
KaedeP_222026-01-16 08:34
This is most likely a rendition of Canon, judging from her short hair. As for the clothing, you can see all 3 wearing the same cloaked dress inside Hyperborean murals.
Canon most likely survived the war and set Columbina's original birth in motion before dying.
Due_Woodpecker_75472026-01-16 15:48
My guess would be based on the moon color or most likely a combination of the two.
Due-Bus-87042026-01-19 00:31
Technically speaking columbina was the one who set her birth in motion.
HorribleDat2026-01-16 03:10
I think the 'all 3' angle also make sense if we consider that >!Bina IS the trilune goddess.!<
Its-A_me2026-01-16 04:04
I hate how columbina speaks whenever I log in now, like she is a main chrcter. Leave me alone. I'm not lumine
Dangerous_Ad_23162026-01-16 04:50
Wdym noone knew, Columbina was warshiped for a long time and anyone from Nasha Town could go hang out with their goddess or give her bread
Mashamazzi2026-01-16 06:04
You know what, I read that last word wrong and now I think it’s time to leave the internet for the day…
SoggyBlood29812026-01-16 19:49
I meant the OG ones. Columbina was only one of them and not even original creation, she didn't even know of where she comes from or why and she didn't care. She only went along with the status of the moon goddess because she was instantly taken in by the Frostmoon Scions as such. I could hardly call someone like this a proper benevolent diety the original moon goddesses were. Now there is no more other goddesses except for Columbina since they gave all their authority away to her and then just slowly died out. Now there is only her, so the previous representation of them changed to Columbina specifically.
Past-Muffin76472026-01-16 06:02
Actually she looks like Canon for me tbh. I mean based on the NPC during 6.3 AQ
rW0HgFyxoJhYka2026-01-16 10:05
Its Black Swan and I have proof
Slasherplays2026-01-15 20:05
Its weird cause people say canon but it has the back disc thing in the shape of sonnet but with the color of aria.
Zesty_Crouton2026-01-15 22:56
My guess is it's probably supposed to be an amalgamation of all three moon goddesses
Ryuunoru2026-01-16 11:31
This is not just a guess, but also supported with decent evidence in the form of the current TRILUNAR goddess replacing the drawing.
Adorable_Bar_19002026-01-15 20:08
me
REKLA52026-01-15 20:15
Paimon is Paimon
TheJeep252026-01-16 04:14
Emergency food is emergency food
jhinigami2026-01-16 07:43
Paimon is Ȧ̴̛̤̘͍̟̼̪͂͐̎̽̋̈́̄́̑̕͝ś̸̳̱̬͚̈̊̋̈́̈́͂̓m̷̡̞̥̥͙̘͎̹͇̰̰͋̃̽͘̕ọ̴̢̢̼̿͐̈͛́d̴̨̳͓̘͖̠͎̬̯̩̰͙̬̈́̍̈́͋̾̏a̷̡̢̛̯͚̬͍̤̱̺͇̲̞̮͑͆̉̍̚͝͠ỷ̸̧̡̞̪̺͙̞̥̈́̂̅́̈
StreetWatercress86092026-01-15 20:24
I think she is the tri lunar goddess meaning that she is columbina from the very beginning and not one of the other moon sister
New_Housing_21222026-01-17 07:30
The tri lunar goddess didnt even exist as a concept until this version
Laithoron2026-01-15 20:32
I had always assumed it was Aponia from HI3, but hadn't really put much thought into it.
LarryKingthe42th2026-01-15 20:48
The 4th, not actually dead, moon Paimon. Bina and Paimons interactions are different than paimon with other charaters. They seem familiar with eachother not just friendly.
kiritoLM102026-01-15 21:03
The big sister of the three moons (don't remember the name), judging by the looks/hair color.
scared_of_crows2026-01-15 22:36
She is da GOAT. THE GOAT
🗣💯🔥🔥🔥
Omniholic-2026-01-15 23:18
I thinks its kinda all 3, the shape of her moon behind is Sonett (facing right), the color of it is Arias yellow symbol and the clothing is the same color as Canon, so I assume its just an amalgamation of them all
Edit: it also has the Triquetra symbol on her bowl, which has many meaning that could represent being a combination of all 3... for Celts, the life cycle (life, death, rebirth); for Wiccans, the triple goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone); for Pagans, the three realms (land, sea, sky); and for Christians, a means to convey the Holy Trinity.
Senior-Astronomer3122026-01-15 23:26
Random NPC before Hoyo decided to create this whole "Moon Goddes" plot
NabeXico2026-01-16 04:55
> before Hoyo decided to create this whole "Moon Goddes" plot
So, before 1.0 ?
Abication2026-01-15 23:33
The haircut (minus color) and crescent moon direction suggests sonnet. But the hair is white like Canon's. I think they didn't have designs locked in yet so they made a generic moon godess.
Dardrol72026-01-15 23:57
Canon. Do the AQ
Neospartan_1172026-01-16 00:10
Well, looking at the screenshots I grabbed of the Three Moon sisters... this is either an amalgamation of The Three, or it's just Sonnet's remaining sanity.
She has Sonnet's hair shape, Canon's hair color, and Aria's Moon Wheel but flipped, so a combination of all three... Except, Sonnet's and Aria's Moon Wheels are already mirrors of each other save for the color, so this could really just be Sonnet with a different color scheme.
Environmental-Belt492026-01-16 00:15
that's Mariah Carey.
TheJeep252026-01-16 04:20
Hey! Christmas is over. You don't get to crawl back out of your tomb until next year.
fat_mothra2026-01-16 00:19
It's probably a combination of the 3 moons
Her hair is styled like Sonnet's, the moon behind her is shaped like Sonnet's but it has Aria's colors, her clothes and hair color are closest to Canon's
oceanpalaces2026-01-16 00:29
Lore-congruent answer? probably canon
Real answer? Probably just a general moon-y woman they designed 6+ years ago because they had no idea who the moon goddess or the welkin moon would end up being
TheJeep252026-01-16 04:18
Knowing genshin, they probably knew back then that Columbina was going to be the trilunar goddess. Thye probably didn't know how to design her yet so they went for something generic. Or like others said, it's probably an early representation of one of the three moon goddesses before their designs were done (probably last year when they decided to make Nod Krai a full on region).
nanimeanswhat2026-01-16 09:38
I doubt that Columbina was a moon goddess from the beginning since Nod Krai did not exist back then and it was added to the story later, presumably during 3.x or so. There are also plenty of hints that suggests that she was meant to be an angel at first (the cast notes as well as all the angelic elements in her design) before being revamped to be a moon goddess.
Isa-Lune_2026-01-16 19:48
Yeah, I remember seeing her full chibi having wings
Decent-Ratio2026-01-16 06:54
Nope not Canon, Aria is actually the closest resemblance to her. Canon has grey bun hair and blue moon facing upward. Aria has the same hair and moon color and almost the same hairstyles, however the moon direction is different. Their insignias are also different because this one uses Celestia while the moonsisters have these 3 leaves clover style insignias.
So whoever this is, she isn't one of the moonsisters
Ryuunoru2026-01-16 11:30
Real answer is also lore-congruent. The previous drawing of the Welkin Moon goddess might as well have been a symbolic combination of Aria, Sonnet and Canon together. This is further supported by the fact that the symbol is now replaced by a depiction of Columbina, the *Trilune* Welkin Moon goddess.
googoodown2026-01-16 00:32
Shes just a girl
BlueAlphaShark082026-01-16 00:37
Previously slain Moon Goddess maybe?
Pi-Alamode2026-01-16 00:48
I always assumed she was Paimon in a cosplay
Rayn_Rotten2026-01-16 01:01
If we're being FR FR, probably an early design iteration for one of the moon goddesses that they couldn't just retcon after introducing her into the game and having her be the face of Welkin for years, even if the designs (or even story) have changed.
But in lore, if we wanted to theorize for fun, probably just the concept of a Moon Goddess. Their stories haven't been all that well preserved in the future and I doubt the people of Nod Krai or any nation for that matter knew what the original Moon Goddesses look like, so maybe it's just how they imagine her or something
Savings-Anxiety-55512026-01-16 01:11
Wait where is this screen from?
Perfect_Increase87922026-01-16 01:14
Just a placeholder lmao
Yukilumi2026-01-16 01:19
Moon Goddess art from pre-1.0 before the devs had finalized the actual moon goddess role, character and appearance in the game.
Demonking1YT2026-01-16 01:33
I have a huge theory of that this was the Welkin Moon of the first cycle, before Columbina was born in a loop. Like, Columbina was born due to her influencing the world from the future. I think at some point in time, Columbina was introduced to the world as a new Variable.
Honest_Milk_82742026-01-16 01:34
It's supposed to be Canon (Frost Moon), but it's clear this was just a placeholder, because the moon symbol behind her is wrong:Sonnet (Iridescent Moon) is the one with a waning crescent moon symbol.
Albireookami2026-01-16 01:37
Probably just some "moon goddess" as I doubt they had what they wanted the moon goddess to look like 6+ years ago
silent_soda2026-01-16 02:00
Aponia
SeaBass_SandWich2026-01-16 02:03
People are not gonna accept this fact but it is just a placeholder for moon goddess both from the lore and technical perspective, nothing too deep about it.
Dapper_Natural_44912026-01-16 02:05
Pimon in a hoodie
Tifas-abs-enjoyer2026-01-16 02:18
Wait
It wasn’t Paimon ?
Several_Ad_13222026-01-16 02:26
Dottore in a wig.
manhbeohauan19992026-01-16 02:35
I haven’t played the new AQ but I imagine this is somewhat similar to Fuli Remembrance in HSR. The old image is a shell that will only shed away when the Welkin Moon is realized.
Longjumping_Plum_1332026-01-16 03:02
It looks like all 3 combined into one. Like Aria’s bangs, Sonnet’s hair color, and Canon’s hood/veil thing.
Kitchen-Yak-44632026-01-16 03:10
i think... like a fake sky we have a fake history of Teyvat from start and after our journey we found all answers about this world, transformed casual elements of game and world to their canonical version: for example, Welkin Moon from start its our Paimon, but after one solved puzzle of Teyvat we see true Welkin Moon
Trickster-1232026-01-16 03:17
I'm guessing the previous tri lune, or just one of the sisters dressed up (prob cannon)
And now that Columbina took the power, she got to dress up
gaoGaosaurus_true2026-01-16 03:32
Jane welkin
Morghayn2026-01-16 03:46
Black Swan
BluHor1zon2026-01-16 03:58
Most likely a remnant of 1.0 design of the moon goddess before they finalized it at the latest AQ.
Lore wise currently, closest it's probably Canon.
TakeyoThissssssssss2026-01-16 04:11
Artistic interpretation of the Moon Goddess since none actually known how they look until Columbina.
Different people, religion can interpreted something differently from the real thing, just like in real life, how shocking
Farther_Dm532026-01-16 04:16
This is probably Canon or the combination of the goddesses... her turning into columbina is so cool.
cubangirl5372026-01-16 04:27
I think it’s Canon. Fits the hair and the clothes color.
hxwkmoth2026-01-16 04:35
This is the primogem fairy.
Lost-Soul_Sage1872026-01-16 04:38
My guess is Canon, but, if youre lucky and manage to grab Columbina, it changes to her. Thought that was a really cool addition.
Edit to clean up my comment and say that I dont know how to make a spoiler tag on Reddit 😭
RadRey092026-01-16 04:40
This girl was, according to theorists - Paimon, Tsaritsa, "omnipresent God" from Raiden's garden & even Black Swan(from HSR) lol
Dangerous_Ad_23162026-01-16 04:53
It's a place holder, technically early version of "Columbina", Welkin is from 1.0 and Columbina wasn't designed yet. Same goes to statue in Inazuma that represents shade of death but after Ronova release she looks completely different.
Pitiful_Feedback_7562026-01-16 05:43
Sonnet? it matches the hair and the moon position behinds her back
AmethystMoon4202026-01-16 05:48
I think it's supposed to REPRESENT a moon goddess but not any of them. It's the same as how books in-game are an allegory to something that did happen in Teyvat.
Once we knew that this is supposed to be Columbina, it got changed to her. Mostly as not to spoil the story, but also showing how much the game is changing due to the Traveler's involvement.
I'm sure somewhere in the future, that BP cutscene will make sense someday.
ohoni2026-01-16 05:57
AQ spoilers >!She looks similar enough to Canon.!< Not quite, but close enough for "iconography."
PhiStudios_2026-01-16 06:01
yeah, I really couldn't tell by comparing them through the wiki, the crescent is on the wrong side to be any of them.
Past-Muffin76472026-01-16 06:02
Actually she looks like Canon for me tbh. I mean based on the NPC during 6.3 AQ
NoNeedForSympathy2026-01-16 06:16
Paimon's big sister or mom.
Zerosen_Oni2026-01-16 06:41
I did get jumpscared with Bina jumping out at me yesterday…
Decent-Ratio2026-01-16 06:50
Well she definitely isn't one of the moon sisters but probably someone who took over the fake moon. As we see from the quest, someone from Nibelung or atleast moon sisters have this 3 leaf clover shaped signia while this one uses the Celestia signia. Definitely not Canon because different moon color and hair, she closely resembles Aria with the same moon and hair color but I doubt it's Aria because of the difference in Insignias
HiroshiTakeshi2026-01-16 07:36
Jenny. She was filling in for the girls.
CataclysmSolace2026-01-16 07:40
Likely a prototype design of what they had in mind for a characteristics they wanted to portray the moon goddesses as.
randomizme32026-01-16 07:45
my guess is that she is just a representation of the welkin moon. I doubt hoyo even finallised the design of Columbina when the game first started, but they had the idea of a welkin moon goddess so they worked with that.
DemonSlime_Rimuru2026-01-16 07:52
It's Aria
starmadeshadows2026-01-16 08:01
Nobody we know lol, because they pulled this entire mess out of their ass to avoid writing a complicated female character (again)
Deesha2026-01-16 08:53
I personally believe it is how teyvat people (or at least the people that knew the moon goddess lore like the frostmoon scions) thought how the moon goddess would look like ... Not the moon maiden columbina as they have her actual statue near their settlements.
Aggravating-Host-7432026-01-16 10:02
goddress of the fake moon ??
Logrud2026-01-16 10:48
Obviously it's SonneCanAria
Karuro2026-01-16 11:58
Goddess Eris from KonoSuba.
Overall_Baker2026-01-16 12:21
Black swan
Disastrous_Loss_702026-01-16 14:38
The goddess of sunk cost fallacy
minkymy2026-01-16 20:55
I always just thought this was Paimon dressed up as a moon goddess
New_Housing_21222026-01-17 07:27
Probably the goddess of the welkin moon
Jealous_Brief_66852026-01-17 23:52
That's Paimon dressed up as moon goddess for halloween.
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>!so bina last aq used a moon gate to hide from dottore who's in god mode now. she went into the "moons reflection" where time went backwards. she saw like two major chars from earlier nod krai AQs and had peak moments with them, then went further back in time and found the three moon sisters. they all look cool as fuck and one of them is Canon (Frost) who bina succeeded. the other two are Aria (eternal) and Sonnet (iridescent). !<
(They also don't even need to edit the keywords - literally the first search result that returns after searching for 'Genshin Canon' is a fanwiki article about the moon sister in question.)
Edit: What's with the downvotes? Have we played the same AQ?
Unless Mihoyo suffered from ADHD and added the 3 moon goddesses that has no relation to the welkin moon.
If it was so CLEAR, then the evidence should be easy to procure. Which no one has done yet.
Old theories were the girl being Unshrunk Paimon, Istaroth or outside the game Hoyo characters like Aponia from Honkai Impact.
Before this patch’s we had no idea who she was, and after this patch we still don’t. But that person seems quite confident in saying shes not a real character, which is why im asking them for the evidence behind their conclusion.
I’m asking people to run me through the thought process that the previous welkin moon girl was “clearly just a representation of the moon goddess”(es). I’m getting personal insults and “it’s logical deduction” and “critical thinking” insult replies but not a single piece of text or evidence? Like do people just take their headcanons as canon now or what?
The person I replied to acted like it was such common knowledge that they’re flabbergasted people are up in arms about it. So I’m dying to know where he got his definitive conclusion that the welkin moon girl was merely a symbol all along.
Having evidence would make things like this not up for debate. It's not something people can just disagree on.
The welkin moon girl has a whole statue dedicated to her in Inazuma which people are also waving away with the same headcanon. She also has uncanny resemblance to Paimon. If we just stopped at "it was a representation all along" then the identity of the previous girl would be fully dead which to me is an utterly wasted mystery built over years.
There was never an image of what Toss looked like; it was all made up by my humans who never met her, and if they did, they never described her.
Canon most likely survived the war and set Columbina's original birth in motion before dying.
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Edit: it also has the Triquetra symbol on her bowl, which has many meaning that could represent being a combination of all 3... for Celts, the life cycle (life, death, rebirth); for Wiccans, the triple goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone); for Pagans, the three realms (land, sea, sky); and for Christians, a means to convey the Holy Trinity.
So, before 1.0 ?
She has Sonnet's hair shape, Canon's hair color, and Aria's Moon Wheel but flipped, so a combination of all three... Except, Sonnet's and Aria's Moon Wheels are already mirrors of each other save for the color, so this could really just be Sonnet with a different color scheme.
Her hair is styled like Sonnet's, the moon behind her is shaped like Sonnet's but it has Aria's colors, her clothes and hair color are closest to Canon's
Real answer? Probably just a general moon-y woman they designed 6+ years ago because they had no idea who the moon goddess or the welkin moon would end up being
So whoever this is, she isn't one of the moonsisters
But in lore, if we wanted to theorize for fun, probably just the concept of a Moon Goddess. Their stories haven't been all that well preserved in the future and I doubt the people of Nod Krai or any nation for that matter knew what the original Moon Goddesses look like, so maybe it's just how they imagine her or something
It wasn’t Paimon ?
And now that Columbina took the power, she got to dress up
Lore wise currently, closest it's probably Canon.
Different people, religion can interpreted something differently from the real thing, just like in real life, how shocking
Edit to clean up my comment and say that I dont know how to make a spoiler tag on Reddit 😭
Once we knew that this is supposed to be Columbina, it got changed to her. Mostly as not to spoil the story, but also showing how much the game is changing due to the Traveler's involvement.
I'm sure somewhere in the future, that BP cutscene will make sense someday.