Honkai: Star Rail 2.4 explained – Xianzhou lore galore

The Honkai: Star Rail 2.4 story dropped a lot more serious lore on us than expected – what was supposed to be a fun tournament arc for the summer turned into a full-blown opening salvo of a war between The Hunt’s Xianzhou Alliance and the Borisin following The Abundance, which are being manipulated by The Destruction. In the middle of all this we have the introduction of several new characters with their stories and crucial hints to one of HSR’s oldest mysteries – the fate of Tingyun, the friendly diplomat whose body was used by Phantylia to infiltrate the Xianzhou Luofu when we first arrived there. Let’s go over everything we learned in Honkai: Star Rail 2.4. Ruan Mei made an early appearance in update 2.4 – at least by name. The Astral Express has apparently agreed to help her transport some Leviathan fossils, which is why Pom-Pom, Welt, and Himeko are staying on the train while Trailblazer, March 7th, and Dan Heng accept Jing Yuan’s invitation to the Xianzhou Luofu. Leviathans are created associated with