Ok I will admit that when looking at the Aeon encounter side of things, Ena is much more central to the plot. But let me ask you this: doesn't Ena's path seem a little reduntant to HooH's? "Order" and "Equilibrium" to me seem incredibly similar in a way that really doesn't make a whole lot of sense for them to both be in the same place at the same time. To me it kind of feels like Ena is literally just an extension of HooH I also want to point out that, from what I remember (and correct me if I'm wrong on this one because its been a minute since I actually sat down and read the encounters) that Ena didn't necessarily die, especially not on screen, they just kind of vanished as was required of a deal they made with qlipoth. Its still unclear the circumstances around ena's disappearance.

@@WhaleMilk Of course. Ena is important, but she's the VICTIM. It's a conspiracy of Aeons, masterminded by HooH to get rid of Ena. Ena is the main reason that "disasters" like the Emperor Wars, the Denizens of Abundance or the Destruction didn't use to exist within Star Rail's universe, and remember that she is one of the older Aeons, meaning that her path was established fairly early. This meant that HooH was unable to effectively act as the "Equilibrium" since Ena was suppressing all disorder, and thus was compelled to remove Ena. Knowing that Ena is unable to not act when faced with something like the swarm, HooH used Terminus's prophecy to bait Ena into attempting to eradicate all of Tazzy's species, which became a self fufilling prophecy that created the swarm disaster that ultimately ended in Ena's end. And yes we know that Ena died, she is one of the Aeon we know what ended them. Xipe absorbed the weakened Ena at the end of the Swarm Disaster, which is what allowed HooH to flourish. There is also the subplot of Qlipoth attempting to subvert the restrictions of his path by giving the IPC the chance to flourish after his original plan of the Subspace barrier being ruined by Akivili's tunnelling which connected the worlds. But that is less connected to the main conspiracy.

Equilibrium and order may sound similar... But for order to exist, one side has to be stronger.

yeah I definitely think that Nanook is just a temporary end game, they're not even close to a threat in comparison to Finality. I feel like Nanook is more of a Red Herring than anything

Which also kinda means it’s in a Samsara or smth

While the Tridevi ( all wife’s and consort of Trimurti) all represent Ena , Idrila and Ouroboros Ena/Xipe = Parvati Idrila = Lakshmi Ouroboros = Kali Overall I think every Aeon has a hint of Hindu inspiration in their design and lore ( look at Yaoshi f.ex. Multiple arms etc )

Well it hasn't even been a full year so of course the story isn't going to be great. 99% of gacha games in the early chapters/arcs aren't actually great outside characters. The "plot" for star rail hasn't even been fully settled/turned into a goal for the protags outside of one piece adventuring

My point is that it took Genshin 3 years to become decent at story telling, and it seems they have not learned their lesson. I'm strictly refering to the main quests of each game and not the limited events that newer players won't be able to experience.

@@OneM0reUser You definitely do not know a thing about writing if you think pulling out Fontaine/Sumeru level storytelling AT THE BEGINNING of a new gacha will actually be good. Even to this day we're still learning more about the universe and the main cast, throwing in complicated plots and developments is not going to help that

@@darknessknows1235 So holding a multibillion $$ company to a higher standard is wrong then? Why can't the story of a new gatcha be good at the beginning? You seem to be confusing story telling with plot, but you don't need me to tell you that because I am bad at writing. The irony of the word "complicated" under a video about a complicated subject is pure gold. That must have been intentional on your part ofcourse since you are good at writing.

There's a flaw with your point here. One rule among authors is that never pull your best cards at the beginning of a story or else you have to you have to make the next arc better than the last to keep the audience intrigued. This is why a lot of story driven games reach their peak during mid-game rather than earlier - especially in gacha games. Also what're you saying? The Belobog main quest had very decent writing which showed us HSR has potential for a great story while the Xianzhou arc laid the foundation for some important plot points later on. And companion quests flesh out the characters completely if you decide to do them.