Four Shades

Four Shades
Members	Istaroth Ronova Naberius One Unnamed Shade
Region	Teyvat

The Four Shades are four gods who serve directly as envoys or emissaries under the Heavenly Principles. They were created by the Heavenly Principles after it descended to Teyvat and battled against the Seven Sovereigns.

Overview

Though little is known about them, they are implied to be more powerful than the Seven Archons, with Istaroth named as a "higher power" compared to the late Electro Archon. According to Yohualtecuhtin, Lord of the Night, the Shades do not like to be mentioned by name by any living being, even including by The Seven, and instead prefer to remain in the shadows as Shades.

Observations by the Voyager suggest that the four Shades functioned as metaphysical instruments—referred to as metaphorically "shackles"—through which the Heavenly Principles maintained its grasp upon its established world order.

Members

Image	Goetic Name	Given Aliases	Other Titles	Domain	Status
	Naberius	None known	Ruler of Life	Life	Alive (fused with Rhinedottir)
	Ronova	None known	Ruler of Death	Death	Alive
	Istaroth	Tokoyo Ookami, Kairos	Ruler of Time	Time	Unknown
	Unknown	None known	None known	Unknown	Unknown

Istaroth

Main article: Istaroth

Istaroth is the Ruler of Time, also known by myriad names including the "thousand winds" and "Kairos." She was worshiped in Mondstadt alongside Barbatos, and in Enkanomiya before the state religion of the Sunchildren was imposed. Time and Wind are known to be deeply connected, with variations of a similar saying arising in Mondstadt, "seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time." Both are hinted to be connected to erosion in the description of Sacrificial Fragments. In the present day, Istaroth has been forgotten to have ever been a deity of Mondstadt.

When Enkanomiya fell into the depths of the ocean, Istaroth responded to the people's pleas for help. However, the Heavenly Principles and the other three Shades were unable to hear them.

Istaroth was likely involved in Raiden Makoto's plan to create the Sacred Sakura, which involved creating a stable time loop that planted the Sacred Sakura in the past while inside Makoto's realm of consciousness, a place where "time was moving forward and backward at the same time."

Ronova

Main article: Ronova

Ronova is the Ruler of Death. She helped Natlan establish its rules and gave guidance to the Lord of the Night, in creating the Night Kingdom out of an expression of love and act of reparation. However, these actions were considered to be overstepping her authority as a Shade and displeased the Heavenly Principles.

Naberius

Main article: Naberius

Naberius is the Ruler of Life. She was given the duty to create life and was responsible for helping the Heavenly Principles create animals, plants, and humans. She is described as the envoy of Celestia. Following the deposition of the Primordial Sea's first heart, the Hydro Dragon, she created Egeria to function as the Primordial Sea's new heart. Later on after the Cataclysm, her heart was devoured by Rhinedottir and fused with her.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Four Shades
Chinese (Simplified)	四重影子 Sì Chóng Yǐngzi
Chinese (Traditional)	四重影子 Sì Chóng Yǐngzi
Japanese	四つの影 Yottsu no Kage
Korean	네 번 겹친 그림자 Ne Beon Gyeopchin Geurimja
Spanish	Cuatro Sombras
French	Quatre ombres
Russian	Четыре тени Chetyre teni
Thai	เงาทั้งสี่
Vietnamese	Bốn Chiếc Bóng
German	Vier Schatten
Indonesian	Empat Bayangan
Portuguese	Quatro Sombras
Turkish	Dörtlü Gölge
Italian	Quattro ombre

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