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.

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.

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

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 175+ 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.