Dragon Authorities , light realm and a bit about moons (Edited)
This post is NOT about raw power scaling /power scaling between those two !!(I dont want to add bias here )So I only extract pure lore extracted from AQ and WQ .
So Columbina was born as a fusion of the primordial water and kuvvahkki, and the fact that primordial water is the origin of most life in teyvat .Because it have the ability to give life as a beginning and also will and consiousness, divinity was NOT from it but the trilune . But before anything , Please read below ....
So we know theres this water varaiable in her timeline which her time traveling didnt really change the reality of her being born as a fusion . The time travel had change the fact that the moon's authority was stored on her frost moon and make lunnotar and her body become moonlight .
This makes powerscaling a bit more complex, cause from seen powers Columbina must be stronger than most atp, but Neuvillette has access to Hydro Sovereignty. I assumed that hierarchy-wise, its tri Lunar authority higher than Dragon Sovereignty?
But if Columbina is made from from primordial waters and Neuvillette has control over the primordial waters, then whose authority is higher? Well forget about this first , lets go straight to the moons and dragons rather then her first .
In lore 7 dragon sovereigns holds the light realm's authority sperated in 7 chunks .And light realm give birth to teyvat and nibelung . So its makes it clear that primordial element came first , even though when the ''innate rulers'' of the light realm calls nibelung as their king because he born with the planet and was a 'white dragon' said by Apep . This means that nibelung himself is directly created from light like the dragons not raised from planet like the moons . And dragons are not created either , They exist as light realm's creatures .
The world was led by nibelung and the 7 , they ruled alongside him rather than his subjects .
They also said to be reborn when their element is pure enough
They are also explicitly said to had control over light and with the hydro one , 'life' which stated as ''original god of life '' But .. don't trilune also wield life ? And since light realm is the origin of both planet and nibelung , so its element existed first in this logic . With void realm being abyssal energy and chaos first .
The 3 moons wield the eternal laws, which I assume is life death time space , though , they are raised from the planet , which is only a mere manifestation of the light realm /7 elements combined , which makes their powers are light .But since nibelung raised it using ancient dagon tech (said in natlan AQ) . and the dragon had the same technology to raise a new moon/4th moon , but it was stopped . And since we know the pyro dragon wields light , we can assume that he have the power to create a new one if it was not stopped. He had also threaten the moon sisters .
3 moons are also to govern the planet , for example changing tides and weave fate .But heres the probelm as well .Dragons sovereigns , a full powered one is not bound by fate . Making them unaffected by the power of the moons.
So ..at the beginning theres light realm , it created teyvat and nibelung , then light realm divides 7 dragon sovereigns to control it's power/source .Then nibelung raised the 3 moons from teyvat , since 7 elements combine is light , the moon sisters also wield light powers .But since they are not the 7 owners of the light , they are mainfestations only and have no control over the rulers and emodiment of the light realm . And since the dragon sovereigns dont abide to 4 laws but reason , for example :
-Born n reicarnate once their element is pure enough ,
-Sense time through the matter on the planet (not time travel cause they cant enter moon prison but columbina/moon sister can do it once )
-And in natlan they have the ability to create another dimension or space where theres no moonlight that piece through / no night
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Also I forgot to mension this , it is said that kuuvahkki is a much more safer source to arkhium by a researcher
Arkhium is "始基矿" (Arkhe rock) while Arkhe is "始基力" (Arkhe power). They are the primordial essence of teyvat , this further reinforces that the dragons are to rule over each primordial element , and live in ts chaotic state , which this state defies laws as its directly linked to light realm .We also see other primordial essence /power defies gravity , space etc , especially in natlan . Emphasis the fact element came first (light ) and then laws . So the embodiment of the element , did not fall under laws .
So how does the moon really governs and hold up the eternal laws ?
Its my way to interpretate this (Moon bias aside;v;)
Light was the origin of everything , it source divide to 7 ruled by the 7 .So moons created from the planet using tech , rised from the 7 domains of dragons and therefore wield light . They are to goveren the cycles of teyvat , so that the dragon race nibelung/7 created (eg vishaps) are able to live , not in the chaotic elements which can explode the whole teyvat (akhium n phlogisten ).By holding power of eternal laws , the creations also have thier fate , life death . Therefore make the moons entirely essential for the creatures!!!
Hierarchy (priority NOT raw power) will be like this - Nibelung>trilune>dragons sovereigns
Because without 7 ruler of light , the moons can still make the cycle happen just the cycle dont affect the ruler of elements . Without moons , the element will dissolve all life form only left with the original state of teyvat 7 dragons n they planet .
Though raw power wise , its more complex , as the moons are from teyvat , and teyvat 7 owners and the 7 rulers of light realm are immune to it's laws or light. And their power wield is light which they are the rulers of it . For this other beigns , all humans , the moons /laws are absolutely more important than the sovereigns.
You can also understand in this way the moons holds 'more ' and 'higher 'authroity than an elemental .But it depends who's the wielder , for example , if Ei who whole the total authority of electro , she still falls under the laws of moons , because she is not the embodiment of the planet / is not the primordial power that gave birth to things . (But we still dont know much about EI and her powers so its just an example of if shes an HP's creation)
But if the electro sovereign has its full dragonhood , with total authority , it wouldnt work on it, because they are the original 7 rulers of light .Which is the power the moon 's using and was raised from .Using the power and body they're given against the origin is futile .Its totally different from niblung , nibelung is not raised from the planet using technology . The shades are not risen from the planet or from the light realm , therefore their power will affect the dragons while products from planet won't . Also parallel to the nibelung bestow all hope to 7 dragons .
Also I have to point out this - the dragons Have the ability to extract back their element from light because they held absolute authority , But they shouldnt as they care for the entirety of the dragon race instead of themselves , similar to nibelung care for the race.
This perhaps explained the no response response from the 3 moons to pyro dragon and why they didnt help them when HP came , as the moon are more goveren the teyvat , not overrule the primordial powers/owners of the light realm . And why they call them sisters instead of goddess.
Also Columbina Hyposylenia is still a fusion of the primordial sea and kuuvahkki (under frost moon's will )she was a product's product of the light realm .Making her tied to Teyvat , her home planet .She only requires the primordial water to provide her matter and will , While her power was not compeltly hydro but she use kuvvahkki .Its necessary if she requires a will and consciousness and a matter , vessel for her kuvvahkki .Cause as we seen before and in Lore , kuvvahkki is an energy form , similarly , without the sea , she will only either be pure moonlight or a giant kuuhenkki ;v; with no will . And she is first born in the 500 yr time stamp as a fusion of the sea n trilune power(moonlight) then bring this body back to 6000 yrs ago to pour over nod krai .And without it , not that she will be dead but she will be separate into 3 , moonlight , soul , authority still on the frost moon
Just to make sure the fact that its only the sea water compose her body NOT her divinity as a moon goddess . Water only gave her matter and allow her to live as a person with will ,not her title .
I see some comments on other platform diminishing those respecitve powers , or putting one above other - trilune is absolute important for teyvat , but also remember the fact that dragon sovereigns dont directly fall under them as they directly link to light realm instead of nibelung or the planet crust .But they can't rule over or control the 7 unless they ahve authority over 'reason' similar to how HP can defeat them
In terms of raw power - em... someone might have said a full power dragon some might said the 3 moons but I dont know , i just know that the dragon last 40 years and Nichole said moons are no where near to even challenge HP .To me , moons seems more passive rather than offensive like the sun or elements .As they are never made as weapons , but only to govern and control .And their power/authority wouldnt work on someone like Skirk/Surtologi either as they are not from teyvat /embodiment of the origin
The base of all things that's the abyss and the light realm,nothing else,everything else is just a different levels of dilution. You have to make sure you know the origin , who's immune to the authority .
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Note :Please dont mind my punctuation and feel free to point out more lore/evidence i need to add or which part is unclear !!Thank you !
Posted Feb 21, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC