DiluVen

DiluVen is the slash ship between Diluc Ragnvindr and Venti from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Diluc usually dislikes any bards singing at his tavern except for Venti, he always gets accepted into singing at his tavern.

In Venti's Voiceline about Diluc, Venti wasn't surprised at the Traveler befriending Diluc, though he thought that the Traveler was able to sample all of the vintage wine that Diluc stored away. But the Traveler wasn't able to sample, not even at the slightest drop he said.

Though Diluc never had a voiceline about Venti, he also have never mentioned about Venti in all of his voicelines, except for Diluc's Voiceline about Mona. Though he was only mentioned as the Anemo Archon.

It's very implied that Diluc and Venti are soulmates, or that they are connected. Not only on Venti's story quest cutscene but in also many weapons lore. It's said that Red haired knights from the Ragnvindr Clan have been meeting the Anemo Archon for thousands of years, and that Diluc is the red haired knight meeting Venti this time.

During the prologue of the game, Traveler can ask Diluc why he decided to help them. In answer, he says he decided to do it for a whim, but that he found Venti interesting. He also protected Venti when he got attacked while calling Dvalin. Diluc also made Venti sing at his tavern when they were caught stealing the Holy Lyre Der Himmel.

During Jean's story quest you can see Diluc keeping count of how much wine glasses Venti drinks, after that, he says he is going to present him the bill once Venti sobers up. But after that he says he's joking and that he's going to spare him the bill.

Quotes
"I'm not surprised you want to befriend Master Diluc, just think of all vintage wine he must have stored away... Mwuhahaha... Huh? He doesn't let you sample it? Not even the slightest drop? Huh... Well, I guess you can still appreciate the aroma. That's still better than no wine at all, right? No?"

- Venti's Voiceline about Diluc

Fanon
Within the its fandom, DiluVen is seen to be a semi-popular ship towards the fandom. Its rival ships consist of the more popular ships for the two such as KaeLuc, Jeanluc, XiaoVen and ZhongVen. Some fanworks show Diluc having a soft spot for Venti and looking out for him. Some show the two mutually looking out for each other or things being the other way around with Venti looking out for Diluc. The ship between Diluc and Venti currently has 350+ works on AO3 while the friendship currently has 139+ works.

On Twitter, DiluVen week was held from May 23-29 and it has an AO3 collection. Also on Twitter, another DiluVen week will be held from August 1-7.

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Trivia

 * Venti's favorite wine is one of Diluc's wine.
 * Diluc has a big garden of Cecilias, Venti's favorite flower that can only been found in one place.
 * Common symbols used by fans to represent this ship include: ❤️💚, 🔥🍃, 🍷🍃