Dainther

Dainther is the slash ship between Dainsleif and Aether from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Aether (also known as Kōng & Sora) and Dainsleif are fictional characters derived from the game Genshin Impact. The pairing is most notably portrayed with Aether as the Abyss Prince, or the story's antagonist/villain. (If you choose Lumine as your Traveler character in-game)

Their interactions as Traveler Aether are summarised as follows: (not in any particular order)

- Aether and Paimon are notified by Katheryne (Mondstadt) of a strangely-dressed blond individual that's been going around Mondstadt. The pair of traveling companions are alarmed to believe that it was Lumine (his missing sister) she saw, though the suggestion is reportedly proven false. (Katheryne describes Dainsleif as tall and with an eye patch; the Traveler jokingly refers to him as "Kaeya's long lost cousin")

- They opt to search for him around Mondstadt in hopes of earning his assistance in searching for his missing kin. At the end of their interviews with the citizens of Mondstadt, they discover that Dainsleif is to pick up a pre-order of drinks at Angel's Share and, thusly, waits for him there. Upon confrontation, both Aether and Paimon find him unapproachable. Up until they mention that they're Travelers, to which Dainsleif asks for the reason why they travel.

The Traveler and his companion are then asked a series of three questions that determine an interesting dialogue Dainsleif mutters depending on how the player answers them.

- Dainsleif makes references to a Traveling Companion of his own that no longer travels during their mission to retrieve the "Eye of the First Field Tiller". (The companion is confirmed to be the missing sibling)

- At the near conclusion of their quest in the Chasm, Dainsleif asks "which side" the Traveler would be on after witnessing & causing the Abyss Order's purification mission to fail. Aether responds that he agrees with Dainsleif even if he has yet to fully give him his trust.

Their interactions as Abyss Prince Aether are summarised as follows:

- Once traveled together after the cataclysm of five hundred years ago had occured. Seemingly formed a close bond, similarly to what Paimon and the Traveler (MC) have, only for some unknown events that took place that severed this connection.

- Dainsleif concisely words their journey together as him "merely following that person around".

- In Collei's Miscellany, Dainsleif makes an abrupt criticism of the Abyss Sibling stating "for all their years of rumination" they cannot make peace with happened in the past.

- Aether angrily refers to him as "traitor" in We Will Be Reunited. Even taking a step further refering to him as "that man" to disassociate with him and their former friendship.

Fanon
Due to its obscure place in the Genshin Impact community, it's overshadowed by pairings such as Dainslumi, Xiaoether, Dainkae & Childether. On AO3, it has over 170 fanfics.

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