Why Genshin Impact Confirming Long-Forgotten Leaked Characters Like Dahlia & Prison Girl Is A Big Deal

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Long-forgotten leaked characters for have essentially been confirmed by developer HoYoverse, even if only subtly. The action RPG has been seeing several character leaks over the past few years and several rumored units like Dahlia and the prison girl from Fontaine have been left out of the game, implicating that the leaks were either fake or that their releases were indefinitely postponed. With all eyes on Natlan, characters from other regions have become more absent, even if players are getting Lan Yan in 5.3.

Now, however, with the majority of the Natlan roster having been released or up for release in Version 5.3, HoYoverse has started teasing the upcoming characters that players may meet in future updates. The developer has made this practice a habit in other games. The Amphoreus characters in , for example, were all teased before the arrival of the patch that introduces the destination, and long before many of the leaks. Now, despite several leaks about these characters, HoYoverse has seemingly brought its attention back to them.

As shown during the Version 5.3 livestream, which was broadcast on the official channel on YouTube, seven new characters should be presented during the next six months. The units are teased by their silhouettes rather than full reveals, but that information is enough to determine who they are, such as the first character on the left, who seems to be Iansan in . This guess is possible thanks to the skull-shaped adornment on her head. Next to her is a character that seems to have elegant clothing and cat-shaped ears, which resembles the description from Dahlia’s leaks.

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Next to them is a tall male figure with a hat, which rumors spread on a Reddit post presume is Ifa, who has been mentioned as a new character from Natlan. Following that, it’s possible to see Skirk’s silhouette, identifiable by the