Genshin Impact: Amber Has a Surprisingly Sad Backstory

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Amber is one of the starting characters in Genshin Impact. She’s also one of the first people that the Traveler meets when they arrive in Teyvat. A cheerful and energetic girl, Amber is an easily likable character.

Though, of course, like the rest of Genshin Impact’s playable characters, Amber has some backstory to her. Behind her bubbly personality is a surprisingly sad history.

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As a young girl, Amber lived with her grandfather in Mondstadt. Long before she was born, he was a mercenary hailing from Liyue who took on jobs to protect merchant caravans on the road. Though one unfortunate day, his caravan was attacked by a savage monster. He was the only survivor and was saved by a doctor from the Knights of Favonius in Genshin Impact.

Amber’s grandfather was too ashamed to return to Liyue in Genshin Impact, so he remained in Mondstadt, joining the Knights of Favonius and creating its outrider division. The outriders were a special group of scouts who were skilled at using Wind Gliders, and all of them were trained by Amber’s grandfather. Later, he settled down and raised a family. Much later, Amber was born.

Amber of Genshin Impact was the kind of child who routinely got into trouble. Luckily, her grandfather was always around to get her out of it. The two had a very close relationship, and Amber clearly looked up to her grandfather. She was also eager to learn the ways of an outrider, even sneaking out to watch him train the knights. Of course, her grandfather was happy to teach her everything he knew. It didn’t take long before she, herself, became an outrider.

At some point, Amber’s grandfather met Eula of Genshin Impact and began training her, too. The two grew close