HoYoverse shows Castorice in Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 Amphoreus teaser

Serene landscapes and the daughter of death
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HoYoverse brought new trailers for Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero to The Game Awards 2024, teasing upcoming story lines for both titles. For HSR 3.0, this meant that we obtained our first glimpse at Amphoreus, The Eternal Land, and one of the upcoming HSR characters, Castorice.

In the first Amphoreus teaser, Castorice was called the “Daughter of River Styx” – giving her a very clear association with death. The footage shown at TGA reinforced that, showing various scenes symbolizing decay and death before she fully came on screen. Very much in tone with Greek mythology, everything she touches seems to decay immediately – she’s basically Midas, only without the gold.

Behind Castorice we were able to see a glimpse of the dragon – undead dragon? – that already appeared at her side during the initial lore teaser. Given the fact that HSR 3.0 will introduce the Path of The Remembrance, which makes use of summoning mechanics, this might be an early hint at her combat abilities.

Honkai: Star Rail Castorice.
Castorice has a rather haunted look on her face. It looks like everything she touches immediately decays. / HoYoverse

Amphoreus itself looks beautiful – and way too serene. Remember, the planet was basically destroyed and became a wasteland during the war between the gods depicted in the initial teaser. But in the latest footage, we see no crumbled ruins or deserts – we see sleek cities, architecture inspired by Ancient Greece, and lots of greenery.

Honkai: Star Rail Amphoreus screenshot.
The Astral Express arrives in the sky of Amphoreus. / HoYoverse

It’s too early to come to conclusions, but there must be more than meets the eye to the planet. After much of what transpired on Penacony turned out to be a dream, the events happening on Amphoreus may well be nothing more than memories, given The Remembrance’s involvement.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg