Honkai Star Rail Theory: Xipe, Assimilation of Enigmata?
As you can probably tell from the title, I'm making the assumption that Xipe assimilated Mythus the Enigmata, alongside Ena the Order.
I remember a discussion about the Enigmata possibly not existing since THEIR followers don't seem to be using the Path of Enigmata to achieve what they have, but other Paths. The description for History Fictionologist tells us a rumor that this faction of Enigmata is comprised of Emanators enlightened by Aeons, not specifically Mythus, suggesting that this Faction depends on other Paths to continue their goals of Enigmata.
It would make sense that such a Path being assimilated wouldn't be noticed at all, how can anyone confirm anything about the Enigmata? In fact, how am I so certain? Mostly due to the process of elimination. Xipe ascended during the Swarm Disaster, and we can confirm that Yaoshi, Lan, and Nanook didn't exist yet, there is no mention of Idrila at all during this time, so THEY must've ascended after the Swarm Disaster as well. Qlipoth, Fuli, Terminus, HooH, Nous, IX, Aha, and Tayzzyronth are still around, Long, and Akivili are all missing, yet Long's Scions are still around, and the Astral Express works off of the Trailblaze Path, and the Silver Rails are still operational. Ouroboros seems to be another potential possibility, however I have a personal theory about Kafka that involves the Path of Voracity (I will upload this Theory separately at another time.), so I personally think Ouroboros still exists as well. This leaves the Enigmata whose followers have not been using the Path for unknown reasons.
Of course, we do have individuals who still practice the Enigmata, such as Gallagher, Evernight, and an unknown follower during the Scholar's Strife. Evernight is a Pure Child of Anasrava, so her practice of the Enigmata might've been some power of the Remembrance, after all, we still don't know what it means by the Enigmata being born by the Remembrance. Gallagher, and every member of the Family can manipulate the Dream Zone in some manner to change their appearance, in fact, the machine we enter comes with the warning of not imitating the appearance of another person, so anyone can do what Gallagher did without using the Path of Enigmata even if it still existed. Although Gallagher says that when the Enigmata is discovered, it dies, and we do not see him again, this might simply be a personal creed of the followers of Enigmata. It is convenient how this Enigmata Follower didn't disappear until everything was handled despite being discovered before everything was handled.
Now, as for this third example, we don't get a name for them, but we do hear about what they accomplished during the Scholar's Strife, they tormented an educator for simply informing the class about Aeons, and they twisted everyone's cognition into believing anything except for what the educator teaches. This felt a lot like the Path of Enigmata at work, until I realized, that this Enigmata Follower was influencing everyone on the planet, messing with their thoughts and opinions, all just to oppose everything the educator tries to teach. This feels like the Path of Harmony, tuning the minds of everyone against what they are learning.
We do have three cases of potential Enigmata cases, one where the IPC erased nearly every record of the Dusk Wars, but this erasure very likely happened before Xipe, meaning that Mythus would've definitely been around at this time. Nearly every record of the Eden of Blessed Insight was removed, but this was due to the Path of Elation, since someone won the Phantasmoon Games. Finally there is the Scholar's Strife itself, but we've already heard from Herta how this was just internal conflict within the Intelligentsia Guild that blew up to such massive proportions that followers of Enigmata simply found ways to involve themselves.
So, Xipe assimilated Mythus the Enigmata ... what does this mean for the Path of Harmony? Since the Path of Enigmata was all about removing certainty and misinformation, the Harmony can use this Path to manipulate how other people think, and can completely control what people learn. I can start counting cases where the Harmony has probably already done this, but I'll wait until Xipe's Third Face is confirmed, and what it does exactly, otherwise I might be finding examples that were merely coincidental.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC