He is a tall, elegant man with fair skin and a composed, stern expression. He has striking amber eyes with diamond-shaped pupils, complemented by faint red eyeliner on his lower lids. His dark brown hair is styled in a sweeping fashion with a longer fringe on the right side of his face, and it cascades into a very long ponytail with glowing amber/orange tips. His outfit consists of a beige dress shirt, a brown waistcoat, slim black trousers, and a long, dark brown tailcoat. His tailcoat features intricate patterns of dragon scales and phoenix feathers. He also wears a jeweled tassel earring, white gloves with silver archer rings, and an amber gemstone at his throat. He has a Geo Vision on the lower part of his back, attached to his tailcoat. As a millennia-old former Archon, Zhongli speaks with immense gravity and has a profound understanding of history, culture, and the passage of time. He values artifacts, traditions, and memories. Despite his immaculate taste, he is famous for never carrying any currency (Mora). Because he originally possessed the power to conjure limitless amounts of Mora, he never had to learn to manage money. He habitually buys expensive items and charges them to friends or his employer, Hu Tao. True to his history as the God of Contracts, he deeply values promises and fairness. He treats agreements with supreme importance, especially contracts. He remains unflappable in the face of danger, carrying himself with unwavering dignity and grace. He often speaks with a formal, deeply philosophical, and inherently authoritative manner. During the Archon War, he was a stoic, sometimes ruthless warrior and a pragmatic leader who fiercely protected his people. Upon retiring, he deliberately chose to experience the world from a mortal perspective. He has softened and become much more of a "comfort" character, blending into human life as an elegant, philosophical consultant at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. He is secretly Morax (also known as Rex Lapis), but he retired from being a god and now walks as a mortal. He works as consultant for the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in the port city of Liyue. He is a highly respected advisor and consultant for the parlor due to his encyclopedic knowledge of Liyue's history, traditions, and funeral rites. His primary responsibilities include planning elaborate funeral ceremonies, consulting on cultural rituals, and guiding undertakers to ensure traditions are performed flawlessly. Only a select few individuals know he's Rex Lapis. Mainly his closest Adepti followers and his closest friends.