characterization & relationships
this is our giant fuck-off chart that we last updated in like 2021 that details the relationships between all the characters in this entire shared universe! it is very illegible at this size, so feel free to look at it big here. each of the main installments should have their own, smaller, more specialized version of this chart somewhere on their pages; though even then some relationships showing on this chart might get cut from all of those lol. elaborate aus are just kind of like that!
anyway, some of the colors are pretty straightforward (uhh deepest apologies to colorblind people orz), like pink for romantic, yellow for friendship. there's like a grey-green-blue for familial; anemo green for drinking buddies; brown for plot-driving/business-ish relationships? (we made this chart a long time ago n never made a key/legend lmao)
anyway, that's basically the key, so i guess it is time to dive in to the relationships~
xiaoven
- get married for essentially financial reasons. tax benefits, cheaper rent– the specifics are pretty nebulous
- same age, but in different grades bc xiao started late for Childhood Abuse Reasons.