The DARKEST Story So Far... Penacony Trailblaze Mission LORE RECAP | Honkai Star Rail 2.0

Everyone is lying to you. Is that a hard reality for you to accept? I don’t blame you cause I mean it’s not easy with that cute face and beautiful music. And between the two of us I’d fall for the lies too. Penacony has honestly given me more trust issues than any Tinder date has but I think it’s also the planet that made me really fall in love with Honkai Star Rail. The emotional and mental whiplash this Trailblaze Mission put me through is insane and from here on I vow to cover more Honkai Sta

r Rail lore along with Genshin of course. This video will be a summary of the 2.0 Trailblaze Mission “The Sound and the Fury” and will cover all the events in the main quest for Penacony so far. I’m your leify lore streamer Minsleif and I read the Honkai Star Rail lore so that you don’t have to. Today’s video is sponsored by Opera GX! Since we’re in the star-studded land of Penacony have you ever dreamed of more ways to customize your virtual experience? Opera GX lets you customize your browser

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stivities and the Land of Dreams. Before departure, Pom-Pom has 3 important reminders for the crew: 1) Penacony is located in a star system brimming with high levels of memoria - a cosmic phenomenon that blurs the line between reality and dreams. Everyone will experience varying degrees of dizziness, hallucinations, and distorted memories 2) the Family is Penacony’s governing body blessed by Xipe, the Aeon of Harmony. It’s also the first time in centuries that the Family has extended public invi

tations to Penacony to other galactic factions. 3) might be the most important. Himeko explains that several millennia ago Penacony served as a prison for the Interastral Peace Corporation (the IPC) an intergalactic mega corporation responsible for the economy of the entire cosmos. The IPC advocates free trade, issues money, and monopolizes resources and their absolute dominance over wealth and relentless expansion is attributed to their dedication towards the Aeon of Preservation, the Amber Lor

d Qliphoth. During that time way before the current story the Astral Express visited Penacony and some of the Nameless decided to call Penacony their permanent home. Pom-Pom asks us to investigate what became of the Nameless who remained in Penacony. The Astral Express makes the jump to Penacony. However due to the high concentrations of memoria, Trailblazer finds themselves in a dreamscape - the border between reality and the Memory Zone. They end up in a shared dreamscape with a Galaxy Ranger

named Acheron who agrees to help them back to reality. We see visions of people we’ll end up encountering on this journey: Sunday, Robin, Black Swan, Sparkle, Aventurine, Dr. Ratio, Silver Wolf, a mysterious mecha, and Misha. Before leaving the Dreamscape, Acheron has a series of questions that eerily appear in red text. Honkai Impact 3rd players might recognize Acheron as a Raiden Mei expy. If you choose Stelle as your main Trailblazer she’ll reference Kiana and if you choose Caelus she’ll refe

rence Kevin. The creepy thing about the red text is that it varies depending on the players’ choices. Acheron even warns that “in that monochrome world, there will be a glimpse of fleeting red, and when you make a choice, it will reappear before you once more…” Our answers to the red text seem to indicate that our choices might alter reality in one way or another but we’ll delve more into that later. (Does this mean our choices might affect a major outcome in Penacony’s arc? I dunno;;;;;;) Acher

on unceremoniously boops us out of the Dreamscape and we awaken with the Astral Express having landed at Penacony. The Reverie Hotel serves as the main hub for receiving guests in reality. The world of Penacony is actually a world formed by memoria. Essentially the REAL Penacony is a world that exists in dreams. Trailblazer runs into the hotel’s bell boy Misha whom they recognize from their dream earlier. But there’s a problem. Trailblazer’s name isn’t in the reservation list for the Astral Expr

ess. Guests from all over the galaxy have been invited to the planet’s Charmony Festival. Due to the Charmony Festival’s tight security measures, Trailblazer can’t even substitute for Dan Heng who decided to tap out of this expedition after Xianzhou. The crew’s requests to get Trailblazer a room are further denied by Aventurine, a high ranking member of the IPC. Himeko girlbosses and forges a deal with Aventurine and the latter uses his proximity to a representative of the Family to get Trailbla

zer a room. The Family consists of 5 lineages that manage various affairs. The Alfalfa Family is in charge of Penacony’s wealth and economics, the Iris Family manages the planet’s culture and entertainment, the Nightingale Family oversees technology, academics, and construction. The Bloodhound Family is basically Penacony’s police force, in charge of security and order. Sunday is the head of the Oak Family, the family that leads the five lineages and is in charge of political organization. His s

ister Robin is a famous intergalactic singer who is scheduled to perform for the Charmony Festival. After the crew checks in, Himeko informs the group about their rather strange invitation to Penacony from the Family. First the invitation encouraged the guests to search for the “Watchmaker’s Legacy” The Watchmaker is the alleged Father and Founder of Penacony. By doing so, one might find the answer to the enigmatic question: “Why does life slumber?” Second, the invitation was also sent along wit

h a music box. The music box played off-key notes which coincided with a distress call method regularly used by the Nameless. Himeko and Welt speculate that with their odd findings, there must be a third party working behind the scenes in Penacony. Trailblazer enters their room only to find Aventurine already in it. He claims that they happen to have the luckiest room number - that being 666. In Chinese numerology, this is an incredibly lucky number which can mean “everything goes smoothly” but

in Christianity 666 is a number heavily associated with the Beast in the Book of Revelations or more popularly the Antichrist. Aventurine is looking to cash in on Himeko’s deal for securing Trailblazer their room. He’s aware Trailblazer has a Stellaron inside them and wants the Astral Express to help him claim something from Penacony which originally belonged to the IPC. Remember, Penacony used to be an IPC prison. Out of nowhere, Acheron interrupts and declares that this room is actually hers.

She, perhaps knowingly, keeps Aventurine away from Trailblazer for now. She re-introduces herself to Trailblazer and doesn’t seem to remember their previous encounter. Dr. Ratio and Aventurine are later seen conversing. Dr. Ratio mentions that the Family is suspicious of Aventurine. His failure to avoid their suspicions and him losing these so-called Cornerstones may have “ruined” whatever operation is going on behind the scenes. It appears that Aventurine has been sentenced to death and complet

ing this task for the IPC is his one way to appeal that sentence. Meanwhile, Trailblazer descends into the Dream Pool and makes their way to the dream Penacony. Penacony is divided into 12 individual dreamscapes. The Moment of Scorchsand, The Moment of Morning Dew, the Moment of Dusk, and Golden Hour are some of the ones we know of so far. Each Dreamscape corresponds to an hour on the clock. Trailblazer receives an odd vision on their way to the Dreamscape - a vision of Misha calling out to some

one named Mikhail. Misha is there to welcome Trailblazer to the Gallery of Thoughts, the entrance to Golden Hour. The Gallery of Thoughts is a temporary arrival spot since the Reverie Hotel in the Dreamscape is undergoing renovation. Golden Hour’s time is stuck in the moment before midnight. Tomorrow will not come, and this night of revelry will never end. However, to avoid mental or physical burden on guests, time in the dream has been synced with reality’s so I guess that just means Golden Hou

r’s lighting doesn’t change. Trailblazer goes through a portal to finally enter the real Penacony and they have a rather… unceremonious landing. Trailblazer isn’t used to the feeling of weightlessness that come with entering the Dreamscape, so Robin seemingly uses her Harmony powers recalibrate them and… change their state of mind to feel more at ease. Trailblazer explores the Dreamscape and overhears a commotion. The Bloodhound Family is essentially the police force of Penacony, and its members

have been tracking down an intruder - a silver haired girl named Firefly. Trailblazer comes to the rescue, and Gallagher makes an appearance. Gallagher is the commander of the Bloodhound Family, and he defends Firefly stating that the intruder was a silver-haired man not a silver-haired girl. Firefly introduces herself as a member of the Iris Family, the family responsible for the planet’s culture and entertainment industries. She claims to be a local who has a part time job as a tour guide. Fi

refly takes Trailblazer around the tourist spots of Golden Hour. I may have… used up all her money to buy snacks… but hey okay I didn’t know and now I feel bad. Firefly tells Trailblazer that she’d been guiding them through Golden Hour because they’re being followed, and this stalker turns out to be none other than Sampo. Sampo takes the two on an adventure, one involving an arcade mini-game with a creature named Hanu and another involving a Dream Bubble containing a version of Belobog where eve

ryone’s been turned into trashcans. These side adventures are seemingly allegorical in nature with Sampo claiming that these were to help Trailblazer see the truth behind the dreams… Sampo is also suspicious of Firefly, who claims to be a local but doesn’t know Golden Hour as well as Sampo seems to. Trailblazer runs to find Firefly and she admits that she isn’t a local, but a stowaway. She seems genuinely thankful that Trailblazer decided not only to save her, but to stick around and hang out. S

he then invites Trailblazer to visit her secret base. Now this is where things start to get a little eerie… On the way to Firefly’s secret base, we run into Clockie - Penacony’s mascot who claims that “Someone is dying” Trailblazer follows Clockie to find Misha and Acheron in trouble. Apparently only Trailblazer and Misha can see Clockie, and Clockie claims that a man named Stone is a greedy man who wants to drive everyone out of Dreamville so that he can have all the precious stones to himself…

does this somehow have to do with the Cornerstones Aventurine was trying to smuggle into Penacony? Clockie teaches Trailblazer the power of Clockwork which gives them the ability to change people’s emotions, and it’s eerily reminiscent of Robin’s Harmony abilities where she was able to reorient Trailblazer’s mental state to get used to the Dreamscape’s environment. Acheron is apparently here to investigate a commotion concerning some Masked Fools - a chaotic organization which serves Aha, the A

eon of Elation. She also explains that Clockie seems to function similarly to a Memokeeper from the Garden of Recollection. Memokeepers serve the Aeon of Remembrance and have surrendered their physical bodies and traverse the universe in the form of memories. They’re also only visible to certain people. In the meantime Aventurine encounters the Masked Fool Sparkle in an attempt to strike a temporary alliance with the Masked Fools. Sparkle hints that the Masked Fools might be persuaded and that p

ersuasion might involve the Cornerstones that again, Aventurine tried smuggling in. The pair continue on their journey, and Firefly takes Trailblazer to the Dream’s Edge, an area of Penacony that’s under construction. They arrive at Firefly’s secret base and have a sweet moment where she shares some really personal information: Firefly is indeed a stowaway. Her hometown was destroyed by the Legion or the Swarm and she’s an interstellar refugee in Penacony. She claims to have a wish she can’t ful

fill in the real world but can in the dream world. She also suffers from Entropy Loss Syndrome - an irreversible chronic dissociation of the physical body, resulting in it slowly fading away. Meaning, she’s quite literally fading away from existence and the Dreamscape allows her to live as a normal person. She claims to also be after the Watchmaker’s Legacy but wishes to not make an enemy out of Trailblazer. If you enjoyed your emotional date with Firefly, you also have the option of commemorati

ng this talk with a selfie if you choose March dialogue option! Trailblazer receives a text from the Astral Express group chat with members explaining that they’ve experienced some strange occurrences that they should talk about ASAP. Firefly and Trailblazer attempt to go the dream Reverie Hotel to try to return to reality, but keep in mind the Dream Hotel is under renovation. Trailblazer notes the unusual lack of people back in Golden Hour. The pair encounter Sampo once more who expresses disap

pointment in Trailblazer for wasting time with Firefly and failing to learn the truth. We learn that THIS Sampo is Sparkle in disguise, and Sparkle sends the two into the “Real Dreamscape” Now this is one of my favorite parts of this Trailblaze Mission because I LOVE how unsettling everything is. We’re basically in a twisted version of the Reverie Hotel. The Dream Reverie Hotel is off-limits due to renovations and this is exactly why: the Memory Zone Meme “Something Unto Death” It’s a living nig

htmare, a creature that brings “death” Black Swan rescues both Trailblazer and Firefly, and Trailblazer finds themselves back to reality. It turns out the Memokeeper Black Swan has been working with the Astral Express team to bring Trailblazer safely back. It’s here that certain revelations are revealed: Penacony’s dream is sinking, turning back into its original form… and falling into the deep sea (the Memory Zone). The Nameless distress signal sent with the Astral Express’ invite was done inte

ntionally perhaps even by the same third party that could be causing all these anomalies to happen. The Bloodhound Family has been looking for a silver-haired intruder - a dangerous mecha Stellaron Hunter named Sam. We’re given a message from Silver Wolf who has a secret code for us to use in the Dream Pools to access a hidden dreamscape within the Dream Hotel. Black Swan guides Trailblazer through the Reverie Hotel where they run into none other than Acheron, who claims she’s here in pursuit of

a Masked Fool. hmm… The three navigate this hidden dreamscape and encounter Firefly. And.. well.. Awww!! ; - Uh oh they’re sus No not again!!! Oh no it took her! (screams) OHHHHHHHHH O__O The Memory Meme comes in and kills Firefly right in front of Trailblazer. Firefly has SPIRITUALLY died in the Dream Realm and we don’t really know what this means for reality but the game makes it clear that it’s still… PRETTY BAD. I mean they even give you a soundtrack called “The Big Sleep” just in case the

point didn’t get across the first time. The trio further investigate the Dreamscape and follow memories of Firefly to try to deduce what happened to her. Firefly may have been roaming the Dreamscape with someone and this someone betrayed her. They return to where Firefly was killed and there they find Sam, the mecha Stellaron Hunter. A fight ensues, but Black Swan teleports Trailblazer away leaving Acheron with Sam. Trailblazer find themselves in front of Aventurine and Black Swan reveals hersel

f to have been working for Aventurine this whole time. According to Aventurine, Acheron is NOT to be trusted. But I mean.. who is at this point? Do you remember that really cool trailer of the Everflame Mansion that Hoyoverse released? Apparently Acheron KILLED the Duke Inferno and allegedly some members of the Annihilation Gang and stole the Duke’s invitation to Penacony. Not only that, but she’s actually an EMANATOR who brings death and finality. Hoyoverse actually drip marketed her splash art

and in it were these peculiar flowers. These flowers also appear in the relic set the Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters. According to the lore of this set, she might be an Emanator of Nihility possibly? But that’s just speculation for now. Aventurine invites us to join him in order to learn the Truth about Penacony. He leads us back to what would be our room in the Dream Hotel. And there we see Robin’s dead body - with a glowing crack on her chest. Before the story completely ends, we see an epilogu

e with Sunday. Death has descended upon Penacony bringing spiritual death indiscriminately. The two victims so far: Firefly and his sister Robin. Sparkle reveals her Robin disguise and offers to help keep Robin’s appearance for the Charmony Festival. Sunday quickly reprimands her and promises to avenge his sister’s death. Fun fact, and I HIGHLY recommend you do this part. You can actually revisit Firefly’s secret base at the end of this arc to collect the rare Firefly sticker and an Achievement.

Or you know.. if you’re just tryna feel something… Players have pointed out the similarities between this arc of Trailblazer’s with Otto’s arc in Honkai Impact 3rd and it’s important to note that we unlock an Angry gear after this moment. Trailblazer is filled with rage and I have a feeling… this is probably the way things were… planned… Thus ends Act I of the Penacony Arc as well as 2.0’s Trailblaze Mission. I still have so many questions: Who or What is Acheron? What’s actually going on in Pe

nacony? What is the Cornerstone that Aventurine was trying to smuggle into Penacony? Is the IPC trying to gain control of Penacony again? Is Gallagher working for the Stellaron Hunters? Is Firefly actually alive and she’s actually Sam???? Also CLOCKIE. You know how in Belobog, Cocolia could hear the Stellaron talking to her? Are Clockie and friends basically a manifestation of the Stellaron in the Dreamworld? Is that why only Trailblazer and Misha can see them? Black Swan’s Companion Quest and t

he World Quest “Cosmic Star” might allude to what may have happened to Robin and Firefly, so I’ll probably play them first on stream. I plan to cover all of these topics in separate theory videos so for now - if you enjoyed this video please LEIF a like and subscribe and I’ll see you on the next video. I’m your leify lore streamer Minsleif and I read the Honkai Star Rail lore so that you don’t have to!