Developer HoYoverse took to the official HoYoLAB page to unexpectedly drop teasers to seven new and returning Honkai: Star Rail characters, making their appearances in Planarcadia.
Following the adventure in Amphoreus and the brief return to Penacony, we venture to the new region. The threat of Destruction compelled the cosmos to unite once again, and everyone now looks toward other Aeons involved. The Express once crashed into and departed from “Planarcadia.” There, Aha graced the pursuers of Elation with a reward: join THEIR game and become an “Aeon” for a minute.
“An Aeonic game, a paradise of Elation. Geniuses and oddballs, all gathered here. Ready to Become Aha? Of course, you could also choose to surpass Aha, overthrow Aha, manipulate Aha, take Aha hostage, assassinate Aha, ignore Aha… Huh? Hahahahahahaha!
✧ This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events is totally Aha’s fault ✧
✧ Join the Aha-verse and customize your very own Aha ✧”
Here are the seven of the characters that will be joining the stage in Planarcadia:
- Yao Guang and Sparxie, both arriving in Version 4.0, our first two Elation heroes!
- Ashveil
- A new version of Blade
- Evanescia who, based on her ears, is a Yae Sakura expy
- A new version of Silver Wolf
- Nihilux
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- Yao Guang
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- Sparxie
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- Ashveil
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- Blade
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- Evanescia
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- Silver Wolf
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- Nihilux
Note that these aren’t all the characters that will be introduced during the 4.x cycle. For one, we are still missing the Elation Trailblazer, who will likely obtain their abilities similar to the Harmony version. Secondly, that is entirely not enough characters – going by 2 per patch, with one odd one out there – it only covers 4 patches, bringing us as deep as 4.3.
So if no one from the initial lineup has appealed to you, don’t lose heart! There will be at least as many characters in the second half of the expansion.
However, Planarcadia not only adds new heroes, but gives opportunities to some of the older ones. To that end, devs have announced a new round of the Novaflare Enhancements, hitting Black Swan (Wind Nihility) and Sparkle (Quantum Harmony). Use in-game survey tool to share your feedback on which characters you think should be next, and stay tuned for more updates.
