Mondstadt is Genshin Impact's first ever released region, and a lot of our comfort characters like Jean and Barbara are citizens of the city of Anemo. However, over the course of the last few versions, Mondstadt always felt a little left behind and especially with Mika being pretty underwhelming, there is not too much going on in Genshin's first city. Luckily, there are some leaks and rumors, which could bring a breath of fresh air to Mondstadt!
Mondstadt is one of the seven regions of Teyvat, and the first in which the Traveler starts to look for their lost sibling. It is the nation that worships Lord Barbatos, the Anemo Archon and God of Freedom.
As I already mentioned, it has gotten a little quiet in Mondstadt over the course of the last few patches, however, there are some pretty exciting rumors, that HoYoverse will be releasing an expansion for the region of anemo in version 5.0! Let's take a look at some leaked characters!
Genshin Impact: New Mondstadt Expansion & Characters Rumored
Disclaimer: Keep in mind that this information is nothing more than a rumor which results from a leak on the Chinese sever. HoYoverse has never confirmed that we will get a Mondstadt expansion!
However, let's trust in these leaks for a second: What would this mean for the state of the game and Mondstadt especially?
As we all know, version 5.0 is in fact reserved for a completely new region. This region will be called Natlan and is the home of the Pyro Archon Murata! It would be quite strange if HoYoverse would draw any attention away from said new region right at its release by adding a new expansion to Mondstadt. However, a completely new area will always be more exciting than another Anemo city.
According to the leaks, we will mainly be given a new lore and general background information on the people of Mondstadt. Next to more details on older characters, however, we will also get at least two completely new ones as well! Some of them you might already know from dialogues or even the Genshin Impact manga!
New Mondstadt Characters
Let's take a closer look at whom the potential new units are:
Nymph
In the leaks, Nymph is described as a girl with orange hair and freckles, wearing a dress with a corset on the back. In addition to that, Nymph wears a small cloak with the symbol of the Knights of Favonius!
Her position is supposed to be the captain of the Eighth Field Corps, a part of the Knights of Favonius, which deals with magical issues. This can also be found in Genshin's official lore, which means, that Nymph actually already exists in the history of Mondstadt and is a pretty close friend to Lisa! She gets described as having a rather explosive character who is led by her emotions most of the time.
Sounds like she could be a very popular character!
Seamus
As well as Nymph, Seamus is also a known character in the Genshin Impact universe, but only a few players have actually noticed him as of right now, since he is only featured in the Genshin Impact manga! He is rumored to be a 5-Star catalyst user, who can take the spot of a healer in your team, and he does look pretty similar to Luocha from Honkai Star Rail!
He has long, blond hair, green eyes and wears round glasses! Furthermore, he is wearing a priest uniform, which makes sense since he is meant to be the father of Jean and Barbara! However, there is one thing that sounds a little off about him: According to the leaks, Seamus is fighting with two pistols! What a strange priest? …
Both characters sound pretty interesting to me! But to be fair, there is one unit, which we are all waiting for since the original Mondstadt released back in 2020. Unfortunately, HoYoverse is really holding back their information on this one, specific character: Alice! She is the greatest mage, who has ever lived in the entire Genshin universe and next to that, the mother of Klee! Many players thought, that Alice might be the new Pyro Archon, however, we do know that this is not the case.
“As well-versed in astrology as she was, my master knew only astrology. Alice, on the other hand, was skilled in a great many other mystical fields.” — Mona about Alice
But there are also some other cool candidates who deserve to become a playable character in the future, like Varka for example. Personally, I'm right there with Alice, just because I love playing Klee! Which story relevant character would you like to see in the game someday?