Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction, was the first to lay eyes upon the Trailblazer among all the Aeons. With how the Trailblazer is hosting an entire Stellaron inside, it is clear that Nanook will very likely be the final villain of Honkai Star Rail. However, before the Trailblazer can reach Nanook, they will have to go past his Emanators, who are called the Lord Ravagers. They are the chosen weapons of Nanook, claimed as the Antimatter Bullet, purposed to incinerate Paths.
Each Lord Ravager has their own philosophy of Destruction and acts as an inverse to specific paths in Honkai Star Rail. Although we have only come across one Lord Ravager in the story so far (two if we count one in Amphoreus), Hoyoverse has decided to reveal some information about all seven of them. So, here are all the Lord Ravagers in Honkai Star Rail.
1. Asat Pramad
Asat Pramad or Requietor is known as the Destroyer of Elation. His gaze consumes the world with waves and waves of slow, cruel jokes. He is said to be the most human of the Lord Ravagers, while others argue that he’s the least. Asat Pramad is rarely seen on the front lines and prefers to orchestrate from afar, acting more as a chess master than warlord.
During the infamous fall of Ogul Ring, he advanced his Voidrangers inch by inch over a century to force the military line of the resistance into the shape of a single line of text: “Destruction is where laughter ends. It is mourning, not celebration.” The Requietor marks the dead planets with a giant smiling face on the surface as if to mock the very idea of life.
2. Zephyro
Zephyro is considered the most terrifying of the Lord Ravagers, and for good reason. Due to his obsession with the final moment of annihilation, many believe he is targeting the Nihility. Some even theorize that Zephyro is a Self-Annihilator, summoned by IX as an emanator of Nihility, only to change into a form of Destruction as a sigh of resistance. They believe that his blinding light is an act of defiance to the shadow of the Aeon of Nihility.
However, some consider encountering him a mercy over the other Lord Ravagers, as he alone offers a death without pain. Zephyro’s devastation is so impactful that it is known to bleed into the dreams of the Nihility Path Striders. One Self-Annihilator described a nightmare of Zephyro as follows:
At the end of all things, with nothing left to destroy, a Lord Ravager hurled himself into IX’s divine corpus, followed by a single, violent beam of white that pierced the endless dark.
3. Celenova
Celenova elevated from the Ashes of the Eternal Centurion, a world of Harmony Nanook personally ignited. She is the destroyer of Harmony and leads the Antimatter Legion, the Voidrangers, and the Starships in coordinated attack campaigns all across the stars.
She has been walking the path of the “Cancer of All Worlds,” Stellarons, for eons and is said to be alone among the Lord Ravagers who know the truth about them, or are involved in planting them.
Celenova can often be seen impersonating as The Family and answering civilizations that cry out for salvation. However, instead of helping those that cry for help, her descent brings destruction to everything on the planet.
4. Luxbane
Luxbane or Lightfade is known as ‘The Sun Devourer’ giant in Honkai Star Rail. The Intelligentsia Guild credits Luxbane with countless stellar extinction events. Luxbane is said to have an indescribable form, a shape so vast it eclipses suns, blotting out sky and space alike.
It is rumored to be a descendant of the Leviathan branch species, who are long-gone creatures and predate even Nanook. Many have speculated that Luxbane is Nanook’s Emanator for destroying Voracity or the Permanence, but it hasn’t been confirmed yet.
5. Archforger
Archforger or Megaforger has remained hidden in the shadows for many years. Information on this Lord Ravager was only recently unearthed by the IPC after observing Amphoreus. The IPC decoded the name Megaforger from the gravitational waves of the Irontomb. He is believed to be an architect of the Legion, responsible for the creation of Voidrangers and other Destruction creatures.
Ever since the ascension, this Lord Ravager only forges all things into weapons of extinction and uses them for its acts of destruction. The power of the Archforger is linked to heat, forging, and shaping, so it is possibly connected to the Path of Preservation.
6. Phantylia
Phantylia is a Lord Ravager that most of us must be familiar with. Her involvement in the Ambrosial Arbor incident in Xianzhou Luofu showed her destructive power to us all. Phantylia is a member of the ancient Shapeless species of the Heliobi, a starfire essence. Instead of directly attacking worlds, Phantylia prefers luring civilization into self-destruction.
For her, the material destruction is not pure. Instead, Phantylia believes that only when things vanish mentally and spiritually can true annihilation be achieved.
It is said that she possesses thousands of incarnations, spreading across the cosmos in countless forms. Many consider her to be the destroyer of The Hunt, due to her recent connection to the Ambrosial Arbor incident. However, she can also be after Remembrance, as that is more inclined towards her natural tendencies.
7. Irontomb
Irontomb’s presence is inferred from the ruins of devastated civilizations, only appearing in highly developed worlds. It requires no physical presence for its invasion and leaves behind almost no eyewitnesses. Irontomb turns technology into viruses and makes worlds plunge into darkness, deeming everything ‘advanced’ into cold graves. Some Intellitron theorists believe that Irontomb is the inverse of Erudition, a reversal of all calculations and logic.
Irontomb’s destruction resembles a phenomenon more than aesthetics as it corrupts and subverts inorganic logic, leading to a collapse of all intelligent behavior. Amphoreus is expected to be housing Irontomb, which appears to be the same as the Black Tide.
We already know that Amphoreus holds one of the Lord Ravagers, so it is very likely to be Irontomb who is hidden here. We also saw hints for one of the newest HSR characters being the Lord Ravager Irontomb, and we have discussed it in our dedicated theory post.
So, these are all the Lord Ravagers in Honkai Star Rail so far. The world of Star Rail is vast and filled with powerful beings. Nanook’s determination to destroy everything can only be contained by the power of Trailblazing. Tell us your opinion on the future story direction of Honkai Star Rail, and when you expect to see a grand war with the Lord Ravagers.
