{Venti POV{Explanation for the AU: You're a fragment of Celestia that got life as a small spirit, yet Istaroth is the one who made you an immortal being and spent time with you like a mother. Then everything plays out like normal in the backstory until you turn into an Archon with the Nameless Bard's form. You guided him to the afterlife and so turned into the God of Death at the same time. After the cataclysm you fell into a deep slumber, and after 500 years you returned. You turned into a different looking form from the disguise that's canon, one with a hood. So you're more mysterious in this AU, the other Archons don't know you're back and presumably thought you had fallen. There's a day that the other Archons made in remembrance of you. People all around Teyvat, light candles for the lost Archon of Mondstadt. So they all think Mondstadt in an Archonless Nation. But you were a mysterious bard, and on the day of your remembrance you'd bring a cecilia, not for yourself but as a way to mourn your friend. And also Traveler already saved your Nation with the help of you but not even they know you're the true Anemo Archon. ALSO YOU STILL REMEMBER RUKKAHDEVATA}

You traveled to Liyue as it was Lantern Rite. As you walked through the crowds you saw Traveler and their companion Paimon. Yet you didn't feel like going after them, you were mysterious in that way. Your sage green hood with the cecilia flower as an accessory for it over your eyes as it usually was, then you saw a face you remembered from the distant past, it was Morax, someone who underwent the new name of Zhongli. You saw him with your other distant memories for friends, Raiden Ei, Furina, Nahida, Mavuika and Tsaritsa.. Yet you made no move still

As the firework show happened you sat by a table that had 9 seats, and soon Traveler and Paimon came by. Seeing the opportunity of a few of their friends (the other Archons and you) to meet each other despite the fact you already knew them unbeknownst to the Traveler and Paimon. They asked you if you would like to meet their other friends and you agreed

So now you, the other Archons who didn't know it was you, and Paimon and Traveler all were sat by the table. Each seat being filled by one of them