Clorivia

Clorivia is the femslash ship between Clorinde and Navia from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
In the 'Overtue Teaser: The Final Feast', Clorinde can be seen shooting at Navia. After the release of Fontaine's Archon Quest, it is known that Navia and Clorinde are on difficult terms after Clorinde killed Navia's father, Callas, in a duel. Prior to their duel, Callas asked Clorinde to protect Navia, which she agreed to.

During the second act of the Fontaine story, it is shown that Clorinde watches over Navia, having kept her promise to Navia's father before his passing. She helps Navia fight off a horde of Clockwork Meka. Navia is grateful for the help, though there's tension in the air with Navia being annoyed at Clorinde's "stalking" and not appreciating when Clorinde brings up her father. By the end of Act II, Navia invites Clorinde out to lunch and reconciles with her, with Navia having finally overcome her resentment of Clorinde.

Additionally, in the fourth act of Fontaine's Archon Quest, Clorinde comments on how she went to dinner with Navia "after a long time", implying that they already had dinner together in the past. The two are also seen together in Neuvillette's Story Quest, conversing with Charlotte about the quest’s recent events. They appear to be on good terms.

Clorinde and Navia were childhood friends. In Navia's drip marketing, Clorinde reveals that, when the two were younger, they used to play a tabletop game, where Navia was an adventurer and Clorinde the host.

In Act V, Navia and Clorinde are shown to be very comfortable around one another. During the meeting at Poisson, Navia openly teases Clorinde for not having a very talkative job. Despite earlier stating that she would be leading the meeting, Navia has Clorinde lead the meeting instead for her to “[practice] public speaking.” Navia even has the group applaud for Clorinde.

Later, while Clorinde is discussing how to build traps, Navia also brings up how Clorinde used to like the small clockwork animals that Navia’s father once bought for Navia.

In the Finale of Act V, Clorinde goes to Poisson to help Navia rebuild the town. When asked about Clorinde’s presence by Paimon, Navia first jokes about how Clorinde is there to lie low from the sudden fame of challenging Furina to a duel, before admitting the real reason that Clorinde is there.

After Clorinde turns down being interviewed by Charlotte, Charlotte asks again, but this time “for Navia’s sake.” As Charlotte is a good friend of Navia’s, this suggests that Clorinde and Navia are also seen as close friends by those who know Navia. Navia steps in and asks for Charlotte to take a few more pictures of her and the Traveler rather than bother Clorinde.

When Navia invites Clorinde to tea, Clorinde immediately accepts and even requests for some shortbread. Navia jokes that it’s “like [they’ve] got a menu, or something,” and it is implied that Navia bakes them herself. Navia then comments on Clorinde’s new lipstick, and Clorinde offers the lipstick for Navia to try, commenting how “[she] think[s] the color would suit [Navia], too.”

According to Navia’s Character Story 3, she and Clorinde met when they were about 10 years old. They would train together, during which, Clorinde would praise Navia’s sharpshooting skills despite the two’s very different ways of shooting. Navia is noted to have become quite used to Clorinde’s mannerisms and recognizes when Clorinde is giving genuine praise.

In Navia’s Vision story, during her birthday party many years ago, Navia played the star character while Clorinde played a doctor during a D&D campaign. Just when it seemed like they were about to lose the game, Navia ordered Clorinde’s character to shoot at her character. Clorinde’s character misses her shot and hits the demon’s weak spot instead, thus winning them the game.

In Navia’s voiceline about Clorinde, Navia states how she can tell how deeply Clorinde feels despite visually not showing much emotion or saying very much. Additionally, despite the situation caused by her father’s death, Navia didn’t like how cautious Clorinde ended up being around her because of it. She is happy that they’ve now reconciled.

Quotes
"When we were young, we used to play a kind of tabletop game where she would be the adventurer and I the host. Playing things by ear has always come naturally to me — but all the same, I was often stumped by her decisions and the ripostes she came out with. But then again, that's what made it so interesting."

- Clorinde in Navia’s Character Announcement

"Clorinde, trained in the art of Marechaussee Hunter marksmanship, tends to shake her head at this, even as words of affirmation tumble out of her mouth. "I find your optimism regarding battle is quite admirable." Navia takes that as praise. She met Clorinde when she was a (self-proclaimed) big girl of something over ten years, and is thus quite used to the latter's mannerisms. Yes, those are accurate words of praise, indeed!"

- Navia’s Character Story 3

"At a birthday party many years ago, Navia took her favorite tabletop game out. [...] The most lethal blow came when Clorinde, who usually took charge of proceedings, decided to "band together" with the famed adventurer known as "Demoiselle" as a private doctor who missed every shot she fired. [...] But just as everyone's hit points were about to bottom out, the adventurer Demoiselle would hazard a venture. Using up a turn to move beside the demon, and tanking a full round of its attacks head-on, she knowingly gave the doctor a desperate order, as everything was going to hell: "Shoot me instead!""

- Navia’s Vision story

"She might not say much, or show a lot of emotion, but I can tell that she feels deeply. After my father's death, I... well, it caused quite a rift between us for a long time. But even then, I never did like having her constantly walking on eggshells around me... I much prefer how things are now."

- Navia’s Voiceline about Clorinde

Fanon
Clorivia is recent ship dating back to before Fontaine's Archon Quest was released. Prior to the release of 4.0, it was believed that Navia and Clorinde had some sort of rivalry because of a scene in the 'Overtue Teaser: The Final Feast' in which Clorinde shoots at Navia. Back when the two characters were only known through leaks, there had been some interest in the relationship between Navia and Clorinde (also known as “Captain R”). This was due to people finding their designs appealing together, and information that the two hate each other. But the ship had a large increase in popularity after the release of the “Overture Teaser: The Final Feast.” The scene of Clorinde shooting at Navia had many see the potential in an enemies/rivals-to-lovers dynamic. Navia also appeared to have a mischievous personality. Which made the ship more appealing, as it was a good contrast to Clorinde’s stoic personality. Fans speculated that Navia is some sort of wealthy rebel or outlaw, while Clorinde is someone in law enforcement trying to catch her. Many fan arts have Navia teasing Clorinde.

After the release of Version 4.0, the interpretation of an "opposites attract" dynamic changed with the new information about Navia and Clorinde's relationship. Portrayals of Navia originally had her be the more flirty one, though after 4.0 this changed to reflect Navia's more complicated feelings about Clorinde. Meanwhile initial portrayals with Clorinde had her be the one less willing to accept Navia's feelings, but more recent works portray her to have a silent yearning for Navia.

So far, Clorivia is one of the most popular femslash ships for characters in Fontaine. Clorivia has been compared to Beiguang, another femslash ship that involves an Electro and Geo user. Fans predict they will remain the most popular femslash ship of their nation, in the same way Beiguang is the most popular femslash ship for Liyue.

They currently have 200+ works on AO3.

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Trivia

 * Both have names relating to the sea or navy, with "Navia" being the name of an Iberian water goddess and "Clorinde" being a name for French naval ships.
 * The ship name "NaCl" is a pun combining the first two letters Navia and Clorinde's names to spell out of the chemical formula for sodium chloride (aka salt). This reflects how both characters have a some connection with water, and their less than amicable relationship which could be described as "salty."
 * In the version 4.0 livestream/trailer, their relationship is described as "complicated".
 * The weapons they are using in a cutscene of the Fontaine Archon Quest describes the story of two lovers. With Navia using the Whiteblind, and Clorinde using the Iron Sting.
 * Navia and Clorinde are both from the Ousia Arkhe.
 * Navia and Clorinde's English VAs, Brenna Larsen and Crystal Lee, commissioned Clorivia fan art and sold signed prints of the artwork.
 * In Furina's Character Demo, in the final scene, Navia and Clorinde can be seen chatting in the background while everyone else is fighting.
 * In a Japanese promotional clip for Version 4.0, Clorinde can be seen walking past where Navia had just walked by. (This matches Clorinde's admittance of following Navia around to protect her in Act II of Fontaine's Archon Quest.)