Yelan is a mysterious person who claims to work for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but is a "non-entity" on the Ministry of Civil Affairs' list. Her real occupation is actually that of an informant working for the Liyue Qixing, dealing with affairs that they consider too "dirty". Yelan is said to be quite secretive and mysterious, with many wondering where she gets her intelligence and information from. She also suffers from physical frailty, a hereditary trait within her family.