Genshin Impact Lore: What Created The Chasm & Why It Was Closed
The Chasm of Genshin Impact is an explorable zone that was released in Genshin Impact's 2.6 update along with Kamisato Ayato. The release of The Chasm included two new areas to explore: the Surface and the Underground Mines. And even though the Chasm offers a lot of lore about how and why it came to be, putting the story together can be a little hazy.
Genshin Impact has deep lore and has always hinted at bits and pieces throughout the Chasm and its origins, and for the longest time in the game's history, it was a mystery as to why the Chasm was closed off. However, not only does the Chasm's main story quest offer answers to a lot of the Chasm's mysteries, the Archon Quest and several of the Chasm's side quests do as well. HoYoverse has done well to make the Chasm's story a puzzle that needs to be pieced together.
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The Chasm has been the site of several events in the lore of Genshin Impact. It has starred characters like Rex Lapis, Azdaha, and even the Fatui. The zone also has a lot to say about Teyvat's geography, as well as the history of other events like Khaenri'ah and the Archon War. The side quest «Paleontological Investigation in The Chasm» shares a brief history of what the Chasm used to be. Since the fossils found in this quest are those of marine animals, the NPC Khedive speculates that the Chasm actually used to be an ocean and that whatever had preserved the fossils so immaculately had happened in rather an instant. This instant preservation is actually due to a falling star.
A meteorite had fallen onto the land known presently as The Chasm, creating the deep crater now known as the Underground Mines. According to Genshin Impact legend, the meteorite had a
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