Venneti

Venneti is the het ship between Venti and Vennessa from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Prologue: Songs of the Wind
The bulk of Venti and Vennessa’s interactions take place in the prologue of the webtoon that takes place roughly one thousand years before the start of Genshin Impact.

Character Stories
Within Venti’s character stories, she’s mentioned in both Character Story 2 and Where the Wind Doth Not Blow. There’s an additional mention in Jean’s fourth character story.

Quotes
"Good Lady, you’re hard as stone. Good thing I didn’t break any bones."

- Venti, meeting Vennessa (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"Alright, warrior. That temper of yours is very Muratan."

- Venti, meeting Vennessa again (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"Hear me, fiery-haired dame, every being deserves a name. A name to be called upon, and woven into song. So… will you share your fair name?"

- Venti, to Vennessa (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"You fought bravely for the freedom of your people, so allow me to fight for your freedom as well. After all, we’re very good friends."

- Venti, to Vennessa (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"To defend justice, and fight against the odious, flame-haired Venness founded the Ordo Favonius. At the end of the sagas of flame-haired Venness, the gods gave her a seat in holy Celest."

- Venti’s ballad about Vennessa (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"She’s still keeping watch over Mondstadt after all these years. Now I wonder if the world became a little bit stronger… she always hoped to see that happen."

- Venti, to Aether (Prologue: Songs of the Wind)

"But now, before us stands the Symbol of Mondstadt's Hero, the place from which Mondstadt rose. The wind amongst the branches is good, I love the way it smells… Being here with you beneath this great tree feels like when the tear was purified earlier. Like the poison is leaving my body… Mmmmmmm... Feels much better."

- Venti, about Windrise (Archon Quest: Let the Wind Lead)

"This plain bathes in an everlasting breeze. An ancient, monumental tree left behind by an ancient heroine speaks softly amidst the winds."

- Viewpoint, Windswept Wilderness: Windrise

"A valley surrounded by winds. In its middle grows a large oak tree. The shade of the tree protects the Statue of The Seven built at its feet from the rain and the wind, like Vennessa once protected Mondstadt."

- Expedition description

"Acting Grand Master Jean... Well, what do you think of her? Yes, I couldn't agree more: conscientious, courageous... kind and considerate too. Reminds me of another good friend…"

- Venti, about Jean (The “good friend” he’s referring to possibly means Vennessa)

"The Anemo called upon them, each one in turn; first their leader, the west wind, though he found himself spurned. The Lionfang Knight was less than impressed; “I’ve no time to join you and sing, dance, and jest, for you see to those three while I handle the rest!”"

- Venti, Character Teaser: The Four Winds

Fanon
Due to the fact that Vennessa made her debut in 2018 in the Genshin Impact webtoon, her presence in many fanworks is fairly negligible and small compared to other characters. Most of the content that features her and Venti is platonic with only a handful of people shipping them in a romantic light. There are currently 22 works on Ao3 that features them together in any sort of way, and the ship is largely overshadowed by pairings like XiaoVen, DiluVen, and ZhongVen with minimal contention from those who ship Vennessa and Ragnvindr due to the popular fanon that Vennessa is Diluc’s ancestress who married into the Ragnvindr Clan after her rebellion was waged.

However, given the fact that the webtoon foreshadowed the emergence of characters that gained immense popularity such as Cyno, Collei, and Il Dottore, and with Vennessa being the first character with ties to Natlan and Murata, it’s entirely possible she could serve as a later bridge to both.

Regardless, Venti and Vennessa have a rather warm relationship with each other, works revolving around them centered mainly on Venti’s nostalgia for the past and recounting his past friendships with Vennessa and the other Four Winds, a glimpse of which figures in Venti’s character teaser that shows him interacting with the three. Given how Venti and Aether are shown encountering Vennessa in her falcon form at the end of the webtoon’s prologue, and shortly after Venti awakens after being dormant for five hundred years, it means she’s still active in Mondstadt and possibly keeps up interactions with Venti offscreen.

Many works also like to focus on the time of the Rebellion and showing the pair’s efforts to rebuild Mondstadt as Venti intended before his assumed first hibernation after Decarabian’s fall. Canonically, Windrise is the tree that Venti spends the bulk of time within, often showcased in both the Archon Quest prologue and other media. Compared to even the other lairs of the two other known Four Winds—Dvalin in Old Mondstadt and Andrius in Wolvendom—he seems to favor Windrise the most. This speaks volumes of the closeness that Venti still feels for Vennessa, his “friend so dear.”

Due to the similarly shared ties between an Archon and their dear friend that is a running theme, Venneti’s close relationship shares parallels with EiMiko and ReZhong. This is especially true given how the Geo and Electro Archons and their close friends also share close ties with a notable tree, such and EiMiko with the Sacred Sakura and ReZhong with the Dragon-Queller in Nantianmen. To a familial degree, this is also true of Scarahida with the Divine Tree in Sumeru.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Both share the Anemo element, as Dr. Edith notes in the “Leaves on the Wind” commission, the leaves of Windrise bear Anemo elemental power.
 * "Vennessa" is likely an alternate spelling of the English name Vanessa. The name was coined by poet Jonathan Swift after one of his lovers, Esther Vanhomrigh . Given how Venti also has some talent as a poet, and how he nicknamed Vennessa “Venness” in his ballads, this could also relate to him and Vennessa.
 * The name Vanessa also became the name of a genus of—typically red—butterflies. In some symbology, red butterflies are also indicative of boundless passion and romance.
 * The weapon ascension materials, the Gladiator Shackle, are found in a domain known as the Cecilia Garden; they’re attributed to Vennessa in their descriptions. Cecilias are Venti’s favorite flower and he wears them in his cap and adorns his lyre with them.