The Dark Side of Memory is the second part in the Teyvat storyline Archon Quest Song of the Welkin Moon: Act II - Elegy of Dust and Lamplight.
Steps[]
- Go to Hiisi Island and give the medicine to Lauma
- Go to the Silvermoon Hall to see The Damselette
Notes[]
- Completing this quest unlocks Silvermoon Hall: Selenic Chronicles, the quest system with Columbina.
Dialogue[]
Quest DescriptionAfter repairing the giant cannon and successfully dispersing the Wild Hunt, you make for Hiisi Island to attempt to get some clarity regarding the memories of your spaceship.
- (Approach Lauma at the Idol of the New Moon)
- Paimon: Let's see now... What's changed since we were gone?
Not as much as I'd imagined.- Paimon: Yeah. If anything, looks like things are settling down. That's Lauma for ya!
- Paimon: Hey there, Lauma. We're back!
- How have things been these past few days?
- Lauma: The clean up work has been much more complicated than I expected. Solving problems that have built up over time is a tall order, to say the least...
- Lauma: I believe it will take a few weeks more. Fortunately, those who remained appear to have shaken off the initial confusion and are becoming more proactive by the day.
- Lauma: It's as if they've finally been forced to come face-to-face with what their faith actually is.
- Paimon: And it's all thanks to you!
- Lauma: No, I... I should have done this a lot sooner.
- Lauma: I've been focused on taking care of myself these past few days, so I'm in a good place. And since you're looking after the Moon Marrow for us, I should be able to help you investigate the truth of the past.
- Thanks for remembering.
- Paimon: Speaking of which, have you heard anything new about that phantom?
- Lauma: I've tried asking around, but to no avail.
- Lauma: What about you?
- Paimon: We haven't made much progress either, but here's what we've got...
- (The Traveler and Paimon tell Lauma about their investigation with Nefer)
- Lauma: I think I've got the gist of it... Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you too. Don't forget to take good care of yourselves.
- Lauma: In any case, come this way, (Traveler).
- (The Traveler holds out their hand, and the Moon Marrow emerges)
- (Traveler): ...
- (The Traveler sees a hazy memory)
- Paimon: What do you see?
- (Traveler): (This is... Nod-Krai? This all looks familiar...)
- (Traveler): (Is that... a shooting star in the sky?)
- (Traveler): (No, wait! That's our spaceship!)
- (The memory ends)
- Paimon: Is it over already?
- Lauma: This appears to have occurred a long, long time ago. The memories I sensed are highly turbulent and disordered, so that is all my power allows me to discern.
- (Traveler): (At least we now know where our spaceship landed in Nod-Krai... Near Starsand Shoal, or so it seems.)
- (Traveler): (That matches with what (Lumine/
Aether) told me... But I want to know more...) - (The Luonnotar suddenly appears)
- Luonnotar: !!!
- Paimon: Huh? What's the matter?
- (The Luonnotar floats over to some blue flowers nearby, and they turn white)
- Lauma: The flowers changed color...
- (Traveler): (These flowers are a reflection of The Damselette's powers. Does that mean she's...)
- (Traveler): (I remember her mentioning that she wanted to use the Moon Marrow to restore some of her power...)
- Paimon...
- Paimon: Yeah, we should go see her, and see if we can help her in some way.
- Lauma: I'll leave that in your hands, then.
- Paimon: Oh, wait — here you go! This is the medicine you asked the Curatorium of Secrets to help prepare earlier.
- Lauma: Ah. Thanks for coming all this way with it. You've been a huge help.
- Lauma: Also... If I may, I have a feeling that "Kuutar" might be able to help you get a more detailed glimpse at the memories about your spaceship.
- Paimon: Ooh, that's true. She's the Kuutar, after all!
- Paimon: But we'd best check if she's doing okay first.
- Paimon: Seeya later, then!
- (Approach The Damselette at the Silvermoon Hall)
- Paimon: Oh... She doesn't look so good...
- Paimon: S—Sorry for disturbing you, but are you okay?
- The Damselette: ...
- Has your condition worsened?
- The Damselette: ...Dizzy.
- The Damselette: ...It's like... I'm returning to the moon.
- Paimon: Wait, it's not that bad, is it!?
- The Damselette: Hmm? I... sense the moon's power... within you?
- (Traveler): We got the Moon Marrow back from the Fatui. Can it help you in any way?
- The Damselette: Mmm... And what do you require this time?
- Paimon: C'mon, don't even think about that. Right now, you gotta focus on getting better!
- The Damselette: ...
- (Traveler): (Has this just become habitual for her, after living in relationships of mutual benefit for so long...?)
- (Traveler): I might need your assistance in the future.
- The Damselette: ...Oh. Very well.
- The Damselette: Give me your hand.
- (The white flowers turn blue once more)
- The Damselette: *exhale* ...Back to earth. My thanks.
- Paimon: Uhh, your feet never left the ground... But anyway, feeling any better?
- The Damselette: Significantly.
- What did you do?
- ...Or maybe, what did I do?
- The Damselette: The moon within your body... it is as silent as a reflection in the water... Fascinating.
- The Damselette: I merely drew forth a ray of its light from the water. Enough to keep me tethered to the ground for now.
- (Traveler): I think I sensed some other changes as well...
- The Damselette: That is the "Moon Goddess's Favor." All things I come into contact with will bear this mark.
- The Damselette: It is harmless, and will fade over time.
- Paimon: Speaking of which, do you wanna be the Moon Marrow's custodian, now that you've got your power back?
- Paimon: It's supposed to be something that belongs to a "god" in any case, right?
- The Damselette: It is the remains of Aria, Goddess of the Eternal Moon.
- Paimon: So it does have to do with... Wait, what!?
- The Damselette: Did you not know this already?
- Paimon: Lauma just said it was different from the other fragments, and that she could sense divine power within it.
- The Damselette: And she is correct. When I drew that ray of moonlight from the Marrow, I also drew some memories from within.
- The Damselette: That is how I know that it belongs to the Goddess of the Eternal Moon.
- Paimon: But Lauma also saw the past by using the Moon Marrow. Why didn't she see that...
- (Traveler): (Lauma mentioned that she could only catch brief, blurry snippets... Perhaps this is something that only a Moon Goddess could sense...)
- The Damselette: There were once three moons in the sky, each belonging to a goddess who ruled over it.
- The Damselette: But after the war of funerary flame, all three lay slain, and two of the three moons were shattered during the conflict.
- The Damselette: After Aria's death, her power coalesced into this Moon Marrow...
- The Damselette: The Iridescent Moon's remains have never been found, and while the Frost Moon's goddess died herself, her moon was never broken.
- The Damselette: As the prophecy stated, this moon would birth a new deity sooner or later — the entity the Frostmoon Scions call the "Kuutar."
- The Damselette: I can sense that my power belongs to the Frost Moon. But it lies beyond the false sky, too distant from me.
- The Damselette: Forget "controlling" it... "Sensing" it alone requires immense effort.
- Paimon: W—Wait, l—let Paimon count this up... We have the Eternal Moon's Marrow with us, no one can find the Iridescent Moon's... Does that mean you have the Frost Moon's Marrow inside you, then?
- The Damselette: No. It can only form after the moon goddess is dead. Consider it a form of energy core.
- The Damselette: You may as well ask if there are rocks on the moon.
- Paimon: Oh, so you're saying that you represent the Frost Moon's power, right?
- The Damselette: Yes. Now, a god with a Gnosis is named an Archon... Since you bear the Moon Marrow, does that make you a "Moon Goddess"?
- I doubt that's the same thing...
- The Damselette: You do not wish to become one?
- Paimon: That's not really the problem here! Also, why are you so eager to pass that title on to someone else!?
- Paimon: Anyway, never mind this "becoming a Moon Goddess" stuff for now. We're asking if we should return this Moon Marrow to you.
- The Damselette: I do not desire it.
- Paimon: Huh?
- The Damselette: Nor does it desire to come to me.
- Paimon: And... What does that mean?
- The Damselette: When I came into contact with its power, I sensed a kind of... "rejection."
- The Damselette: I can only guess that this is because I, too, am a Moon Goddess. Two moons will not rise at the same time, let alone consume one another.
- (Traveler): Guess it's stuck with me for now, then.
- Paimon: You sure that's gonna be okay? Lauma did say that you've hidden its power well, but The Damselette sensed it just fine.
- Paimon: And it's the Wild Hunt we're dealing with here, not some run-of-the-mill enemy. If it detects the Marrow...
- The Damselette: The Wild Hunt? You speak of that phenomenon as if you were describing a person.
- Paimon: Well, it sure looks like there's a person behind it all — someone with a super clear goal, too. They've been after the Moon Marrow non-stop!
- The Damselette: That seems to ring a bell...
- Paimon: Huh? Does it really?
- The Damselette: My colleagues used to mention someone, back when I was still with the Fatui.
- The Damselette: He hailed from Khaenri'ah, gaining Abyssal power during the Cataclysm... and he had a consuming fixation on the moons...
- Paimon: Khaenri'ah? Well, we don't know if the phantom we saw has anything to do with that, but the details kinda match... What was his name?
- The Damselette: I only know what others called him — the "Rächer of Solnari."
- One of the Five Sinners!?
- The Damselette: Ah... There was that title too, yes.
- Paimon: Eh!? Wait a second... Dain mentioned him, didn't he? D—Does that mean that our enemy is Rerir, one of the Five!?
- (Traveler): If that was the case, surely he'd be stronger than this, though...
- The Damselette: I have heard that he disappeared not long after the Cataclysm.
- The Damselette: But when I asked my colleagues where he went, they replied, "Do you really not know?"
- Paimon: Why would they say that...
- The Damselette: The tale of his final fate has it that he fell into the "moon's reflection," from which there can be no return.
- Paimon: Wait, hold up, pause... There's just... too much information!
- The Damselette: I felt the same. They seemed to think that I should be the one who would know everything about the moons.
- The Damselette: But as I said... My "prologue" lies beyond the false skies. I do not even remember my name...
- Paimon: Oh...
- The Damselette: Either way, following his departure, the Wild Hunt situation worsened drastically — and it has since become a byword for Abyssal disaster.
- The Damselette: The present phenomenon may have inherited the same title, but it far surpasses its past incarnation in both scale and lethality.
- Paimon: Ugh. To think that we're up against one of the infamous Five Sinners...
- Paimon: That's way too much for us to handle! That incident on Starsand Shoal must've been luck, then... or maybe he wasn't giving it his all?
- Paimon: And even then... He still defeated Marionette...
- The Damselette: Oh? What did you just say? Would you mind... repeating that?
- Paimon: Err... That's your... ex-colleague? So... we were on Starsand Shoal together, and she was beaten by the Wild Hunt too...
- The Damselette: ...
- Paimon: Did you just... laugh?
- The Damselette: ...No.
- Paimon: (She totally did!)
- Paimon: Are you two on bad terms, or something?
- The Damselette: No... I simply imagined the put-out expression she must have worn in that moment, and found it... interesting.
- Paimon: She seemed quite shaken.
- The Damselette: Oh, she'll adjust soon enough. She's very good at that.
- Paimon: Okay, anyway... We've gotten off topic. Now that we know how dangerous the guy targeting the Moon Marrow is... You sure you wanna carry it around with you, (Traveler)?
- The Damselette: If Fatui intelligence is to be believed, Rerir would prevail even if all of Nod-Krai were to stand against him.
- The Damselette: Perhaps something restricts him... if only for the moment.
- (Traveler): ...
- (Traveler): Before I decide, there's a favor I'd like to ask you, Columbina.
- The Damselette: What do you need?
- (Traveler): Do you think you'd be able to show me what happened when my (sister/
brother) and I arrived in Nod-Krai? I mean, when our spaceship first landed? - The Damselette: Sure.
- Paimon: That was quick!
- The Damselette: As I said — this, to me, is but a single ray of moonlight. Nothing to it.
- The Damselette: Give me your hand, and ready yourself.
- (Traveler): ...
- (Traveler): (This is what we saw before, only clearer...)
- (Traveler): (It seems we landed safely, at least...)
- (Traveler): (...)
- (Traveler): (A lot of time appears to have passed...)
- (Traveler): (We're still inside the spaceship. To think we were in there for so long... When did (Lumine/
Aether) get out, I wonder?) - (Traveler): (Wait. Is that... (Lumine/
Aether)!?)
- (Traveler): (But, how can that be? No one left the ship from the moment we landed... The door hasn't even been opened yet!)
- (Traveler): Where... is this?
- (Traveler's Sibling): (Aether/
Lumine)! Come on! We have to leave this place! - (Traveler): What?
- Paimon: H—Hey! Are you okay?
- (Traveler): Our spaceship... A long, long time passed after we landed...
- (Traveler): No one left the ship during that time, but (Lumine/
Aether)... found me from outside of it, somehow... - Paimon: Huh!? How would that even be possible?
- (Traveler): I don't know...
- The Damselette: The secrets within memories are like cookie crumbs. Take a bite, and they go everywhere.
- (The Traveler clenches their fist)
- (Traveler): (There's... something seriously strange going on here. I have to get to the bottom of this.)
- (Traveler): (But as Nefer said, there'll be nothing to investigate if Nod-Krai is destroyed first...)
- (Traveler): ...
- (Traveler): Alright. I'll keep the Moon Marrow with me.
- Paimon: Uhh... Well, if you say so, Paimon can't stop you, but still... oooh...
- The Damselette: Will you need any help?
- Help with...?
- The Damselette: I could help you conceal the Marrow.
- Paimon: You could? That'd be great!
- The Damselette: Detecting it within you is already no easy task, but I can teach you to further conceal its presence using kuuvahki.
- The Damselette: Like this...
- (Columbina uses her powers and a bubble forms around the Traveler)
- Paimon: Ooh! Looks like a shield!
- (Traveler): (This... feels so soft and gentle... just like the moonlight...)
- The Damselette: Can you sense it? Now, try to maintain it.
- (Traveler): ...
- The Damselette: You learn quickly.
- Paimon: Huh. Looks pretty sturdy. Could probably be used in self-defense in a pinch, huh?
- Thanks for teaching me that...
- Paimon: Are you always here, Columbina? It's kinda dangerous out there, sure, but have you, like, taken a walk outside or something?
- The Damselette: ...I ...
- The Damselette: ...Dislike strangers.
- And where do we rate on that scale?
- The Damselette: Slightly better.
- Once this whole business with the Wild Hunt is over...
- Let's go out for a walk...
- Paimon: Yeah! The Frostmoon Scions have changed since you last saw them. Who knows, you might actually like 'em.
- The Damselette: ...
- The Damselette: I will consider it...
- (The Damselette rises onto a moon-shaped stone, curling up into a sleeping position)
- Paimon: She seems kinda tired...
- Probably hasn't spoken this much in a while...
- Paimon: Either way, thanks for agreeing to help us.
- The Damselette: ...It wasn't much.
- The Damselette: The flowers here... They like guests like you.
- (Approach Columbina, optional)
- The Damselette: ...
- Paimon: Best let her rest.
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Dark Side of Memory | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 窥见记忆的暗面 Kuījiàn Jìyì de Ànmiàn | A Glimpse Into the Dark Side of Memory |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 窺見記憶的暗面 Kuījiàn Jìyì de Ànmiàn | |
| Japanese | 記憶の裏を覗いて Kioku no Ura wo Nozoite | A Glimpse Into the Inner Side of Memory |
| Korean | 기억 속의 어둠 Gieok Sogui Eodum | |
| Spanish | El lado oscuro de los recuerdos | |
| French | Le côté obscur des souvenirs | The Dark Side of Memories |
| Russian | Тёмная сторона памяти Tyomnaya storona pamyati | The Dark Side of Memory |
| Thai | มองดูด้านมืดของความทรงจำ | |
| Vietnamese | Mặt Tối Của Ký Ức | |
| German | Dunkle Seite der Erinnerungen | |
| Indonesian | Sisi Gelap Sebuah Kenangan | |
| Portuguese | O Lado Sombrio da Memória | |
| Turkish | Anıların Karanlık Yüzü | |
| Italian | Il lato oscuro dei ricordi |
Change History[]
Released in Version "Luna I"
