Blade
Blade is a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail, an immortal swordsman of the Stellaron Hunters. Long ago he was Yingxing, the Furnace Master of the Xianzhou Luofu and weaponsmith of the High-Cloud Quintet, until a forbidden ritual made him unable to die. He is voiced by Daman Mills in English and Miki Shin-ichiro in Japanese.
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Former name | Yingxing |
Age | Over 700 years |
Species | Long-Life Species (formerly Short-Life Species) |
Affiliation | Stellaron Hunters; formerly the High-Cloud Quintet |
Path and type | Destruction, Wind |
Bounty | 8.13 billion credits |
Voice actor (EN) | Daman Mills |
Voice actor (JP) | Miki Shin-ichiro |
Playable since | July 19, 2023 (version 1.2); Mortenax Blade on June 1, 2026 |
Appearance
Blade is a tall man with waist-length dark blue hair tipped in red and red eyes. He wears a black oriental tailcoat lined in red, with a bandaged right arm, a black glove on his right hand and a cracked sword. As Mortenax Blade his hair reaches mid-thigh, his eyes turn amber with flame-shaped crimson pupils, and he wears white bandages across his chest and arms with a crimson coat draped over his shoulders.
Personality
Grim and curt: he speaks in short, heavy lines about wounds, debt and fate.
Death-seeking: for centuries he saw life as a punishment and waited for death.
Soft in small ways: he watches a cat's camera feed, keeps a gaming promise to Silver Wolf, and makes handmade gifts for the Hunters.
Haunted by the past: he carries a craftsman's shame toward his master and grief for the High-Cloud Quintet.
Warmer as Mortenax: he greets people by asking if they have eaten, and says he now knows what he would die for.
Background
Yingxing fled a world destroyed by the borisin and became a prodigy smith on the Xianzhou. He forged the famous weapons of the High-Cloud Quintet and won the Furnace Master trial with a mechanical lion built from sabotaged scrap. After his friend Baiheng died fighting Shuhu, he helped Dan Feng perform a forbidden ritual, more than 700 years ago. Shuhu's flesh made him undying and afflicted him with mara, a madness of the long-lived. He escaped with his memories lost, was killed again and again by his teacher Jingliu, hunted Dan Heng across the centuries, and finally joined Elio's Stellaron Hunters, who promised him a final death.
Spoiler warning: the rest of this section covers the Luofu and Planarcadia stories.
On the Xianzhou Luofu he let himself be captured, exposed Dan Heng's past, and asked Jingliu to kill him. On Planarcadia he tracked down the pieces of Shuhu and dove into Voracity's maw, forging his own body into Shuhu's eternal prison. This turned him into Mortenax Blade, with his mara purged and a reason to keep living.
Abilities
Immortality: his body regenerates from almost any wound.
Swordsmanship: he fights with a cracked sword and turns his own pain into power.
Master smithing: he once forged the greatest weapons on the Xianzhou.
Relationships
Trailblazer: as Mortenax he says their bond holds. He asks if they have eaten and offers them handmade sleep aids.
Kafka: she holds the leash on his mara and calls him "Bladie".
Dan Heng: the rebirth of Dan Feng, and the target of his old grudge.
Jingliu: his teacher, and his executioner.
Silver Wolf: she hijacks his phone and is owed a game rematch.
Firefly: she held him in her armor when he was recruited.
The Herta: she calls him "Bandage Guy".
Likes and dislikes
Likes:
Ice-cold springs
Very strong drinks
Forging
Sesame Cake, a cat
Dislikes:
Immortality
Shuhu
Memories that surface before death
Trivia
His forum alias is "UltimateBladeCritic".
Naming swords is the hardest part of smithing for him.
He sits up all night with his sword across his knees.
He holds a driver's license.
Red spider lilies are his signature motif.
Frequently asked questions
What is Blade's real name?
His original name is Yingxing, the former Furnace Master of the Xianzhou Luofu.
How old is Blade?
His exact age is not stated, but he became immortal more than 700 years ago.
What is Mortenax Blade?
Mortenax Blade is his reforged form, after he sealed Shuhu inside his own body on Planarcadia.
Who voices Blade?
Daman Mills in English and Miki Shin-ichiro in Japanese.
Age Over 700 years
Also known as Yingxing, Mortenax Blade, Bladie (by Kafka)
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