The Reverie Hotel’s lovely bellboy Misha in Honkai: Star Rail may have a more significant role than most think. Spoilers ahead!
Honkai: Star Rail is a free-to-play turn-based gacha game from the same developers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd. It was released in April 2023 for the PC, Android, iOS, and the PlayStation 5.
In the game, players become the Trailblazer who joined the Astral Express Crew. They would then traverse through space, visiting different places such as Xianzhou: Luofu, Jarilo VI, and Penacony.
When the Trailblazers arrived in Penacony for the first time, they could meet the lovely blue bellboy named Misha. While it seems like the 4-star character has no other role besides this, he might be more important than most believe.
Many Honkai: Star Rail players believe Misha might be the Watchmaker, the Father of Penacony. This character plays an important role in Penacony’s history and founding and even symbolizes dreams for those who wish to follow his legacy.
The Reddit user shared the etymology for Misha, which states that it’s a shortened version of the Russian given name Mikhail. How is this relevant, you might wonder? In the Trailblaze Mission—Cat Among Pigeons, Gallagher revealed that the Watchmaker’s real name is Mikhail. A player strongly believes that these two are the same person, but Misha was reverse-aged through clocks or the power of time and lost his memory.
This sparked debate among Honkai: Star Rail players, as some believe that Mikhail is Misha’s grandfather or somehow related to him instead of being him himself. There are players who think that he’s the Watchmaker’s brother who got into some accident, and the Watchmaker preserved Misha’s form.
Meanwhile, another Honkai: Star Rail fan suggested that Misha and Mikhail are the same person, but Misha is “dreaming” and is currently stuck as he was as a child. They assume that Gallagher is Hanunue (Hanu) who’s trying to end Misha’s dream and bring them back to reality. They continued, “We know the dream is breaking apart and the monsters etc are being affected, I think it’s because this sweet dream of Mikhail’s is becoming a nightmare he can’t escape.”
There’s definitely a lot to unpack, as there are various speculations and theories left and right regarding Misha’s identity at the moment. Whether Misha may be the Watchmaker, and the possibility of him having a 5-star version as “Mikhail” will be up in the air for the time being. Players can only wait until the next parts of the storyline to know who the Watchmaker is in Honkai: Star Rail.