Brother Qian (Chinese: 小千 Xiǎo Qiān) is an open-world NPC in Liyue Harbor. He can be found wandering on the path behind the Adventurers' Guild.
Following a certain dialogue branch for the first time gives the player one 3-star Gambler's Brooch.
Location[]
Brother Qian's location
Additional context
Profile[]
Brother Qian is an allegedly-undefeated mahjong player in Liyue Harbor. He is a member of the Adventurers' Guild, which he has apparently been recruiting members for by defeating them in mahjong. He also claims to be in love with Lan, the guild master of the Liyue branch.
Appearance[]
Brother Qian has short black hair. He wears the standard male uniform of the Adventurers' Guild. The uniform consists of two layers of shirt (a long-sleeve white shirt with mandarin collar and a green laced up vest), green vambraces, a red necktie, a green cape collar with a ruffled trim and a triangular back flap, a buckled belt, knee-length green pants with red accents, brown stockings and laced leather shoes. The Adventurers' Guild logo, an eight-pointed star, is printed on the right and back flaps of the collar.
Quests and Events[]
Events
- Lantern Rite Tales
- A Study in Potions
- Duel! The Summoners' Summit!
- Round 2: Roll! A Sea of New Acquaintances
Idle Quotes[]
...A round against me?
- "Ha, adventurer, think you can last a round against me?"
Dialogue[]
- Brother Qian: Hey, you think you can handle a round with me?
- Brother Qian: Don't worry, I'm not here to fight. I mean a round of mahjong. But I've got to warn you, I'm an ace when it comes to mahjong.
Who are you?
- Brother Qian: Oh, I'm nobody really. I do odd jobs here and there for the Adventurers' Guild, but I'm actually the best mahjong player in all Liyue.
- Brother Qian: If you're ever looking for the Master of the Liyue Adventurers' Guild, just let me know.
You play mahjong?
- Brother Qian: Heh, it's what I do best. No one else even comes close.
- Brother Qian: And what I really love to do to my opponents is raise the stakes to "if you lose, you join the Adventurers' Guild."
- Brother Qian: I think more people have joined the guild now due to losing to me than those who've actually volunteered. I kid you not!
- Surely you didn't gain it via fraudulent means?
- Brother Qian: You're right, I didn't. I've never done anything fraudulent in my life.
- Brother Qian: That said, in the interests of knowing your enemy as you know yourself, I have schooled up on all the fraudulent methods used by others so that I don't fall prey to them myself.
- Brother Qian: ...For example, you often see gamblers wearing a flower on their chest. Actually, they're hollow inside. They use them to store cards, dice, and so on.
- Brother Qian: Here, take this. I'd never use it anyways, I'm better than that.
- (Obtain 3★ Gambler's Brooch)
- What's the secret to being a winner?
- Brother Qian: You want to know how to be a winning card player? Alright, I'll tell you.
- Brother Qian: The thing is, it's seventy percent skill, thirty percent luck...
- Brother Qian: Now, thirty percent might not sound very much but when your opponent's skills and your own are perfectly matched, that thirty percent luck is what decides who will win.
- Brother Qian: There is just one exception to this... I've heard that there's a famously unlucky adventurer by the name of Bennett in Mondstadt...
- Brother Qian: If luck's not on your side, it's hopeless, no matter how good your skills are.
- Are you the Master of the Liyue branch?
- Brother Qian: No, I'm not the Master. I'm just a volunteer that helps take care of her more trivial matters, which oftentimes ends up being an arduous and thankless task.
- Brother Qian: You want to know why...? Heh, that's right, I'm in love with her.
- Brother Qian: She's not at all like those delicate and helpless-looking girls. No, it's her strong and resolute character that I'm crazy about...
- Brother Qian: It goes without saying that someone of the Guild Master's disposition won't be easily won. But to me, this is like the ultimate game of chance.
- Brother Qian: Chasing that thrill is what drives any gambler. The higher the stakes, the more we strive to score the jackpot, no matter the odds. You know what I mean?
- Goodbye.
- Brother Qian: Good luck.
- Brother Qian: If you ever feel the itch to try your luck, you know where to find me.
Surely you didn't gain it via fraudulent means?
Event Dialogue[]
Lantern Rite[]
- Brother Qian: Hey, you think you can handle a round with me?
- Brother Qian: Don't worry, I'm not here to fight. I mean a round of mahjong. But I've got to warn you, I'm an ace when it comes to mahjong.
- What are you looking at?
- (Day 1 dialogue)
- Brother Qian: Me? Oh, I'm trying to figure out how to set this thing up...
- Brother Qian: Which way were these lamps supposed to go... I can't remember...
- I'd like to try the Illumiscreen.
- (After completing The Illumiscreen: I)
- Brother Qian: ...Again? Sorry, you'll need to wait until I've got the new lanterns ready.
- Who are you?
- (Same as usual dialogue)
- Goodbye.
- (Same as usual dialogue)
Trivia[]
- Brother Qian's dialogue about how gamblers have hollow flowers to hold trick dice is a reference to the lore for the Gambler artifact set, in which the unnamed woman (the gambler) did that very same trick.
- As he is a skilled gambler, his name is likely to be a reference to 老千 lǎoqiān, "con man" (chiefly Cantonese), which can be also read as a person name "Old Qian."[2]
Gallery[]
Location during Lantern Rite
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Brother Qian |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 小千 Xiǎo Qiān |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小千 Xiǎo Qiān |
| Japanese | 千 Sen[!][!] |
| Korean | 소천소천 So Cheon |
| Spanish | Chian |
| French | Qian |
| Russian | Малыш Цянь Malysh Tsyan' |
| Thai | Qian |
| Vietnamese | Qian |
| German | Qian |
| Indonesian | Qian |
| Portuguese | Qian |
| Turkish | Qian Birader |
| Italian | Qian |
Change History[]
Released in Version 1.0
References[]
- ↑ Niko Gerentes: EN VA's Website
- ↑ Bilibili Post: 【原神】璃月里的名字考据