Cloud Retainer is an adeptus who dwells in her abode on Mt. Aocang, Liyue, her human name in her human form is Xianyun. Shenhe is the daughter of an unnamed exorcist couple, Shenhe was taken in and raised by Cloud Retainer as a disciple following a traumatic incident instigated by Shenhe's father during her childhood. Ganyu is a half-qilin Adeptus under contract with the Geo Archon Morax and serves as the general secretary of the Liyue Qixing, she is also a disciple of Cloud Retainer.