Kether

Kether is the het ship between Keqing and Aether from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
The two first interact in Act III of Liyue’s Archon Quest, where the Traveler fights and defeats the Millelith troops guarding the Guizhong ballista on their way to the Jade Chamber. The altercation ends when Keqing approaches, asking what is going on. She introduces herself to the two as she realizes that they are Ningguang’s invited guests. They have a brief discussion about Keqing’s skepticism of the gods, afterwards commenting the Traveler is a good listener, before she gives them the directions to the Jade Chamber and then departs.

Keqing would later on be present for the battle against the Overlord of the Vortex, Osial, alongside Aether, the other Qixing and several of the Adepti. She fought alongside the traveler against the Fatui as they attacked the Guizhong Ballista. Following the conclusion of the battle, she approaches him at the Rite of Parting area and offers to repay them for their aid during the Osial confrontation, and Aether requests help in setting up missing person posters around Liyue. She later comments that if he were looking someone, he could have just told her in private.

Fanon
Despite their limited interactions in canon, many people prefer to ship Aether with Keqing, although the ship is usually overshadowed by Ganqing. Many fans were driven to support Kether due to the letter sent to the player by Keqing in honor of her birthday, which could be interpreted as a message to Aether. On AO3, there are currently 59 fanfictions of this pairing.

Fandom
FAN FICTION