4.1 Fontaine Archon Quests RECAP and Theories | Genshin Impact

Definitely enjoyed the Archon Quests in 4.1 (Act III and IV) and I'm looking forward to see what happened to Childe! Will Arlecchino be playable!? And THAT LORE DROP WITH NEUVILLETTE!!! Furina is starting to become one of my favorite archons~
Timestamps:
00:00 Act III - Summary
5:33 Act IV - Summary
12:24 The Seven Dragon Sovereigns
13:46 Remuria - Fontaine's Ancient Civilization
15:08 4.1 Theories & Questions
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[@thomas_the_cat]

neuvillette's voicelines about archons heavily implies that celestia stole the dragons' powers and gave them to the archons, thus neuvillette calling the archons as unauthorized gods... his level 90 ascension dialogue also shows that his ultimate goal is to judge the celestia gods

[@_Nyxus_]

This is mentioned in the quest

[@Crystal323100]

I think Furina is giving the power of the Gnosis back to Neuvillette to judge the gods at this point.

[@sourfar]

he actually outright states this in the archon quest ^_^

[@jeremiahbarriga346]

Come to think of it, the traveler's power was gone after facing that unknown god. Could it be that the god we faced is the 1st descender?

[@manporo5865]

Wait, isn't the gnosis that stolen power? The way it was described by Neuvillette, it seems that way at the very least

[@Raininpain]

If traveller's skill and burst are weker copy of Dragon sovereign than that means traveller is taking power from a dragon not a god. I hope Pyro dragon is alive so that we can test this theory

[@Josh-qt5zi]

The Pryo Dragon is likey Xbalanque

[@hypetrail]

"Someday, when they return, their true ordeal shall begin. - Xbalanque, One Entombed With the Primal Fire" Towards Neuvillette, why would Xbalanque say "they" towards one of the Sovereigns, wouldnt that mean Xbalanque is not of one of them? But who knows bro, Natlan not out yet (could also be Xbalanque has some sort of connection to the Dragons as Primal Fire is Primordial Fire)

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

​@@hypetrail It would be quite weird tbh, Xbalanque in Maya History is a hero god who ascended also as the god of the moon and has no relation with fire whatsoever

[@camelliasinensis219]

@@hypetrailyeah, I highly doubt Xbalanque is a dragon sovereign for that wording. Why would they say it as if they were talking about a group separate from them then? I feel like this Xbalanque is the pyro dragon theory is just some regurgitated info in the genshin community now. If anything, to me it seems way more likely that Xbalanque is the Pyro Archon. And this goes back to the archon intros: Venti was introduced by Zhongli, Zhongli by Raiden, Raiden by Nahida. Nahida however wasn’t introduced by Furina, she was introduced by Neuvillette. And now we have Neuvillette’s introduction by someone clearly from Natlan while Furina was introduced by Nicole from the Hexenzirkel. If we speculate that Neuvillette might gets his gnosis back based on the end of the archon quest part 4 (this might have been Furina’s plan all along tbh). Then the pattern would stand again. And Xbalanque is the Pyro Archon.

[@chrisanonym3473]

@@camelliasinensis219 Good theory. Then this raised another question how can Pyro Archon know about Neuvillette origin as hydro sovereign dragon. Cannot wait for it.

[@GalacosError]

My theory is that after Furina ascended, she was cursed by Celestia by saving/caring for the reincarnation of the hydro dragon sovereign (Neuvillette) during the cataclysm 500 years ago. Furina hid part of herself and the gnosis inside the oratrice, this also explains why Neuvillette cares deeply for her.

[@chrisanonym3473]

I don't think so because Neuvillette think about himself as outsider instead of someone who has been raised in Fontaine.

[@GalacosError]

@@chrisanonym3473 they have been together since time immemorial, do Neuvi's story quest 😇

[@Rozherhn]

I don't think so because there is already a hydro vision user, and for this to exist there should first be a hydro archon. I think that Furina is divided into 3 personalities that when together form the hydro archon, but when they are separated they are not the archon.

[@maiafay]

@@GalacosErrorI don’t think he’s that old though. He doesn’t even remember anything from that first war.

[@elizabethsolorio9837]

@@GalacosErrorno I think a part of her is in the oratorice because if you go back to 3.2 Nahida tells us that Focalors makes the final judgement. So it’s plausible that Focalors is in the oratrice. Maybe the gnosis is what’s giving Fontaine the energy

[@antisocialavarice]

so happy they confirmed neuvillette is the hydro dragon

[@Susumiyahh]

FRR

[@ariqnaufal8049]

i think she is the hydro archon, she separate herself from her counterpart and her memory little bit blurry in certain topic but she still remember that she is the archon. her counterpart with her gnosis is trying to halt primordial water as long as possible.

[@AtoZ-fk8rw]

I agree 👍

[@k.duelist4913]

I BELIEVE Noobelette is the TRUE Hydro R-con! Not the puny Sassy Lost Child 😅😅😅

[@idontspeakjapanese6289]

Well that didn't fair for her counterpart did it? The leakage has already begun and if not Neuvilette and Wriosthley, Fontaine would have been already drowning in primordial sea water. As of right now, the best option is just to transfer her authority to Neuvilette who is obviously much a more powerful and capable entity than her and let him end the crisis.

[@Sidewalk.Enforcer]

I once heard someone calling her​@@k.duelist4913 brattyrina, tho.

[@catmixo]

​@@k.duelist4913Shut up

[@jonslins188]

I want to point something that some may miss in this quest. Many believe that Neuvillette simply tolerates Furina, but this quest showed that we actually care about her and respect her decisions. As such Neuvillette did not put pressure on Furina to find out the reason for her unease, despite the fact that, given his abilities, he knew for sure about the assassination attempt. At the same time, Furina herself did not tell anyone about this incident, despite such strong patrons and knowledge of who tried to kill her.

[@nigelxd3735]

Also he's story quest also kinda showed he can see events that happened if the feeling of set event was captured in water, like Rain maybe

[@sageanimations2463]

Her assasination attempt sounds like a child not telling their parents of them getting bullied so that they wouldn’t be scolded and so that they wouldn’t look weak.

[@KategariYami]

When Neuvillette's dragon status was confirmed, bro I was screaming. It was such a relief they didn't drag out the "Is he a dragon" question to 4.2.

[@Coeurlarme]

Honestly was surprised they revealed it that early. Makes sense with his banner, but it gave me the same feeling as when we saw our sibling after Liyue, or when Dains met Kaeya after Sumeru: "uh? That early?".

[@stathisconstantinou]

​@@Coeurlarmefr, but like neuvilette reveal feels kinda not fully done yet. But maybe its just cuz as a player we wanna know all the ancient knowledge, while the traveler might not care to ask

[@AnArtistInAVoid]

Honestly, I believe the idea of Furina being am archon split in two parts. It also explains the bizarreness that is Ousia and Pneuma in Fontaine. It just kinda felt slightly out of place.

[@That1Weeb]

Also connects to the theme Ei showed us back in Inazuma. She split herself into two beings in order to avoid "erosion" ... Mabye Ousia and Pneuma is a different application of a similar goal?

[@Red423]

good job figuring it out

[@spymadmax584]

People wondering how wrio didn't got dissolved in the cut scene, as at least a drop would fall on him, the reason behind is fairly simple, the primordial water is heavily diluted by the sea water, even wrio mentions this few minutes before we get the cut scene, that the concentration of primordial water in sea water is increased, though minutely. Idk how MINUTE the concentration is, but it's enough to not dissolve him as we already know primordial water at very very low concentration, can be used as a drug, as we've gone through a drink called SINTHE is just that.

[@nigelxd3735]

That was referring to the water mixed with the ocean water, the cutscene was directly above the Primordial Sea, the water that was showed there is pure primordial sea water, not diluted

[@sophiasofafasofa2291]

My theory for child’s case and why he was found guilty is that because he’s connected to that whale we ended up seeing at the end of act 4 and the whale appeared to be in the primordial sea, the oratrice deduced that since he has that sort of connection to the primordial sea water, which dissolved those girls in the serial disappearances case, he was found guilty by affiliation

[@monemori]

We always come back to Albedo's stories/lore and Hexenzirkel, damn. I have been curious about the Heart of Naberious since Albedo came out, so I hope we end up learning more about Rhine and the other witches in the near future. The more we learn about them the more powerful they seem, tbh, they probably know more than the Fatui and possibly even the archons, it's crazy.

[@TyLeeEnjoyer]

I like the idea of the Hydro archon being split between Furina, the body, and Focalors, as the mind who resides (or is?) the oratrice. That theory does explain Furina's confidence in declaring herself as the Hydro archon--in her experience, she is the Hydro archon. But it would also explain why Furina seems so powerless and in the dark; she does quite liteally lack her true mind. And it would further illuminate Arlecchino's doubt. I hope the next Archon quest leads to some kind of reunion of Furina and Focalors again, restoring the true Hydro archon though retaining both distinct personalities (Furina is adorable).

[@siennaplayz3143]

Isn’t dvalin the Anemo dragon and the dragonspine is Cryo or pyro?

[@apachers2807]

​@@siennaplayz3143 Dvalin is AN Anemo Dragon, but he isn't the Anemo sovereign. The only confirmed Dragon sovereigns so far are the Dragon Sovereign of Hydro, Neuvilette and Dragon Sovereign of Dendro, Apep. Durin is werid because he was created by alchemy so he technically isn't an elemental dragon and probably has a completely different physiology.

[@influxgd8569]

crazy to think we dont even know how powerful furina is. every other archon quest we had a taste of what archons could do butseen nothing from furina. we better see something crazy haha

[@nguyenquoctoan6354]

Well her drip marketing is currently the only one lacks a vision symbol in the background, so maybe we have seen nothing from Furina because she is currently powerless. Or even elementless.

[@agirl6848]

​@@nguyenquoctoan6354 How is she elementless if she's hydro? Just because she doesn't have a vision symbol doesn't mean she doesn't have any elemental powers when the rest of her drip marketing background is obviously hydro and it says her element in her description

[@nguyenquoctoan6354]

@@agirl6848 That description also mentioned a lot about lies and deception. Even other Archons as well as being with innate elemental power like Neuvillette have the vision symbol in the background. Adding that to the fact that Furina hasn't showed off a single instant of her power for the entire AQ up to Act IV, unlike every other gods, as OP had stated above.

[@agirl6848]

@@nguyenquoctoan6354 I feel like you are missing one very important thing: Furina is playable. She is a playable hydro character so she obviously uses hydro - she can't be elementless and playable, that's not how genshin works

[@nguyenquoctoan6354]

@@agirl6848 You forget that Mihoyo will also release new drip marketing to reflect new information from the story, like they did with Lyney's brothers. Even if Furina is playable in the future, she could still be elementless at the moment non-vision drip marketing dropped.

[@kesdasan3603]

Furina is saving Fontaine by denying her own Archon status

[@whoami-vf5om]

Maybe she's like trying her best not to fit or not act like an archon to avoid the prophecy but it's a bit complicated since in the recent archon quest the water from primordial sea almost swallow the whole fontaine if it weren't for Neuvilette

[@karna5687]

If this theory is true, then history might repeat itself ... King Deshret fully knows what happens when you reject the gnosis given to you by Celestia

[@walteranurantha5014]

Because we know that the hydro gnosis is placed somewhere in the meropide or the cardinale outside of Furina for Neuvillette to handle the primordial water because Remuria's tyranny over their ancient civilization of Fontaine with the incoming prophecy flood is what lead to their downfall. Maybe Furina abandons her gnosis unlike how remuria wields the primordial water power in his goblet, only to be driven madness by the prophecy, yet, history still repeats itself in Furina's favor.

[@vincejordan532]

Now that 4.2 is out, your theory is right. lmao

[@raisins6201]

It's also interesting how we still don't know neuvillette's first name (it's mentioned in his voice lines) and no one in Fontaine seems to know either which leads me to believe the name is definitely dragon lore related

[@Dogbert24]

The new world quest has given me some ideas about what the other Harbingers like Childe mean when they say 'wolf in sheeps clothing' when referring to Arlechino.

[@qasim920]

Like what

[@Jimjamm7]

exactly my thoughts when that line came up, also caters hands are completely black, just like arlecchinos

[@Dogbert24]

@@qasim920 Spoilers for Game of the Rich questline There's a little boy named Caterpillar you find in the prison that has blackened limbs like Arrlechino. He later turns into a hilichurl and he has connections to Narsizzenkreuz. Arrlechino could be former hilichurl and/or have connections to institute.

[@qasim920]

@@Dogbert24 yeah but she can't be hilichurl as only khanrian cursed PPL can become hilichurl...arrlechino is fontanian....other one seems plausible as jacob dude did become a abyss lector thing

[@Dogbert24]

@@qasim920 It was clarified in Caribert interlude that Khanrians dont turn into Hilichurl, they just cursed to live forever and slowly erode into oblivion. People from other nations who forsook their gods and joined Khanria were given the 'curse of the wilderness' and became Hilichurl. Thats why Clothar was human but his half khanria/half mondstatd son became hilichurl.

[@raven-0621]

I remember Lyney mentioning that the Hydro Gnosis being in the Oratrice so maybe the real archon is there or is the Oratrice itself while Furina is just a counterpart/mortal/puppet kinda like how Raiden Shogun is for Ei.

[@Nakuweed-samurai]

Yeah that what i think it would explain why it has consciousness considering that the oratrice is the final statement to judge the person is guilty or not even if it against the chef justice statements about childe innocent and Neuvillete had to obey the conclusion it gave

[@hebislay]

The lore drops aren’t the only thing getting bigger when Neuvillete is on screen

[@LongDeadArtist]

His presence?

[@kintsunegi]

oh you poor innocent being@@LongDeadArtist

[@amberxv4777]

What? Your ovaries?

[@IDKbruh420]

Gae

[@hebislay]

@@amberxv4777 I’m a guy 😭

[@SamuelEspera]

Also, in the first act where Lyney was being interrogated, Furina threatened Vaughnn that he was going to go to "Coupon Town" which we now know that she was directly referring to the Fortress of Meropide. For some reason, I thought it was something else. Also, the two gossips are my favorite NPCs in the whole game! Can we still find them are the quest?

[@BlueAnimatedArt]

Here is my theory: The whale from the Abyss has the gnosis. The previous Hydro Archon was killed by the Abyss. Then, the Abyssal Whale gets teased a lot in the storyline. I think the Abyssal Whale has a connection to the previous Hydro Archon after her passing, and still has the gnosis. Furina was sent from Celestia to become the new Hydro Archon, but never received the Gnosis, because it was in possession by the Abyssal Whale. Edit: Yes I know this didn’t age well.

[@jakthesac5175]

I don’t think the whale is abyssal in nature

[@pasttense69]

I’d have to disagree purely on the fact that there’s no reason to believe the whale has abyssal power. I like the theory, but it’s massively contradicted by the fact we just don’t know anything about the whale.

[@jakthesac5175]

@@pasttense69 it also implied to be celestial

[@dasgerbil5189]

Interesting

[@DavidJohnson-ib1dh]

So the missing vision image in Furina's card is balanced with Neuvillette having one. They might just be messing around. Lyney, Lynette and Freminet have had two different cards issued. The first had the usual Fontaine background circle and the second had the harbinger wheel background. Therefore they may be going to issue another card for Furina and Neuvillette too.

[@ethenvt]

I think when Arlecchino's statement that there seems to be a curse on Furina might mean that the she may not be the Archon but some being playing the role of Archon or even playing Focalors. I find it a bit strange she stresses herself as Focalors very often that it almost seems like she is consolidating her own role as Focalors. I am inclined in believing Focalors is within the Oratrice whilst her vessel Furina is a separate entity.

[@Gwen1661]

She's a little actress playing in the big boy leagues

[@xXdnerstxleXx]

​​@@Gwen1661Furina always points out that people shouldn't doubt the gods, making it sound like she herself isn't one. Same thing is true for her grand introductions. I feel like she is telling that herself to not doubt a grander plan. It's almost like she has been tasked to play the role of an idol while the actual archon, focalors, be it a split part of her or someone else, is working on preventing the crisis.

[@HydraneousHadokenPent-Striker]

Another thing the statement hints to us is the possibility of Arlecchino herself being under a curse due to her being able to recognize another curse, which makes sense due to her blackened arms.

[@mandyred1]

​@@xXdnerstxleXxthat fits with calling her an idolatress on her drip marketing. Which also fits with the concept of idolatry in general, fontanians worship furina as her archon while she herself is a false god

[@starpeep5769]

This was canon!

[@Osmanthus_wine.1]

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[@Miso-hn1dc]

You don’t have a babe lil bro 💀

[@Osmanthus_wine.1]

@@Miso-hn1dc I know that bro. Just for the comment.💀

[@anonymouscommenter2425]

Assuming that the whale is the first weekly boss of Fontaine I think this is the first time we’re fighting something abyssal instead of fatui since dvahlin(I cannot spell it’s name very sorry)

[@Rikh9000]

Technically when we foght childe in his foul legacy form we are in a way fighting something abyssal in nature

[@ZE.brigitte]

One thing for sure is that Childe just CAN'T catch a breath Liyue ? He is being manipulated to cause havoc.... And we don't talk about his bank account His Story Quest ? Secondhand embarrassement...I FEEL SO BAD BUT IT WAS SO FUNNY- Inazuma ? He have been trying to find Scaramouche, only for Dottore to actually have him in the pocket, tho, he had fun and he returned there a bit after Fontaine: SO -He is having mood swing -His Vision stop working -He get put on trial for a crime he did not commit -He is put guilty, he try to fight the meks but Neuvillette didn't liked the oul Legacy -He got put in jail for a while -He pretty much got lured and kidnapped by the Whale that is implied to be some sort of God of Destruction And since last time he met it, he was send into the Abyss, I'm guessing it's going to happen again, so he'll still be missing for a while, and, it's not a good sign since it's possible that his corruption is getting worst.

[@ArchonKujo]

Whenever we get Genshin lore, we give it all to Minsleif's incredible skills and putting every piece of the puzzle and BOOM! It's content!

[@IcyBryan02]

Neuvillete final ascension lines seems to gave an impression that he gain his original power back, which means he got the hydro archon authority. If the authority here means the gnosis, then this mean that in the end the gnosis is on Neuvillete hand. This assumes that the authority here is the gnosis and the ascension voice are canon events happening

[@GLoLChibs]

His final ascension line is so specific, that as much as I want Neuvillette to regain his full power, I can't help but think Hoyo wouldn't leave such a massive lore drop out in the open like that. It'd completely give away the end of the Fontaine story but all his other lore revealing lines stay locked until you pass that point in the story.

[@thisnewnamingstuffsuck]

I think she is the archon and even mihoyo confirm it on their KZbin channel with the poster of furina. To top it off, The Knaze said "It's like she's on some sort of curse" I'm paraphrasing of course. So yeah she's most likely is the hydro archon but something must have have happened.

[@Sacration]

THAT THEORY AT THE END JUST BLOW MY MIND OMG! And it makes so much sense that Furina would be the body Focalors or the Oratrice would be the Sould. And it would make so much because Fontaine is HEAVILY inspired by Christian teology Celestia (God) Neuvillette (Leviathan) Furina (Babylone) (because her drip Marketing in chinese refers to a lign in the bible about Babylone) Wriothesley (Noah) YOOO ! Good job!!

[@Gheniel_]

They doing so much respect for Neuvillette and doing Furina so dirty that im worried about what are they trying to do. If she gonna just gonna cry and run like she did on 4.1 that's a character (archon btw) with an eccentric personality just being wasted and thrown in the dump

[@GLoLChibs]

Given who he is, it's not odd for Neuvillette to get more respect and focus. We've known for awhile the archons aren't the strongest and best beings in Teyvat. With Sovereigns in play now, an archon or two can be useless.

[@chrisanonym3473]

We don't know about it yet. Let's wait until the end of Fontaine quest.

[@Gheniel_]

​@@GLoLChibs useless? Wrong word I think. But I understand they need to focus more in the Iudex first. Hope furina get her spotlight soon

[@trishapaytasandherfloor]

furina: when i was 600 years old 1 woman tried to kill me and steal my gnosis, when I woke up from my unconsciousness, i still had my gnosis, my 5 mora, and now a traumatic head injury

[@haidarmunir1797]

I want an hour more of this content, cant wait for you to finish all the world quests and story quests and plz make as many and as long theory videos as you want, ill be sitting there with popcorn for a 3 hour long Minsleif theory special

[@sagaevan9641]

i really like your speculation on her status as the hydro archon. her never officially being titled the archon, or her revoking the archon status, in order to break the prophecy via loophole would be pretty interesting

[@waynemancao2944]

I think it would be quite on-brand for her as well if it were true. I can imagine her being all smug about successfully holding off the prophecy by using that loophole.

[@TexasRedFam]

I have to say, Ive seen several video of yours and really appreciate how in depth you get with all the lore, You also have a very soothing voice thats nice to listen too👍 Great Work

[@BalIoonss]

The dude at the start of the Archon Quest that looks at the Traveler and Paimon Suspect, is just an informant for the Hydro Archon. You can see him next to Furina during our First encounter with her.

[@megadeltsmarcy]

she's definitely split into two or has a counterpart who has the gnosis. lyney said he heard a voice when he was going to inspect the oratrice and ran away because he wasnt expecting someone there. and the things she was saying when she was standing up for herself against the knave didnt seem like a lie. she said she was actively doing things to protect fontaine but when asked, couldnt say what they were, right?

[@krazorspoon]

Just found your channel and binged some vids and subscribed. Thank you so much for doing these recaps!! I used to have time to actually play through and enjoy the lore and story through all the time consuming text and runarounds, but now that I'm a full-time college student I cannot and it's been really sad to lose track of what in the world is going on in Genshin. Your recaps are well articulated and no-nonsense, and I enjoy the theories you present as well. You also have a great voice for your videos! I'm going to continue watching your content as it comes out during my food breaks, as I have been. Thanks again! Take care!

[@jsteve_15]

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[@yinnija]

Love your videos! I look at other lore videos every now and then but I always come back to watch at least yours because theyre just top notch! ❤

[@Borderlines]

I still think including the S in Focalor in Genshin is deliberate in implying there are more than 1 Focalor. Every other demon name in the game follows the popular Lemegeton spelling except for Focalor which has an S for some reason

[@kieran1129]

That's a good theory. Her demon name was changed not only in writing but in pronunciation as well. My theory on the pronunciation being different than what it should be is to create an homonym with french. "Foçalors" is pronounced like "Fausse alors" which means "False/fake then".

[@beter954]

If you remember Nahida said that breaking a gnosis is against divine principles , as Neuvi said the gnosis are a part of the dragons power soooo... if nahida broke her gnosis the power would have retourned to Apep and i belive for stopping the primordial water Neuvi will need to get the power of the gnosis by or breaking it or simply using it

[@manporo5865]

He never said that the dragon's power is the gnosis. While I do think that is more than obvious, this has not yet ben confirmed to be true. It could still be the power to just grant visions

[@smxstreet3561]

But during his conversation with the traveller and paimon when paimon asked since he can control the primordial waters why can't he stop the prophecy He said that since he is the successor he doesn't know about what the dragon sovereign of water is capable of the only way to well activate his full power is if the hydro archon dies

[@manporo5865]

@smxstreet3561 The archon and the gnosis are two separate entities, as we've seen multiple times already. The archons don't need it to display great feats (Shogun and Nahida are two great examples). And gods dying is clearly false. He even mentioned the previous hydro archon. Again, it is heavily implied that it is the gnosis, but it could be some other aspect of the archon's power. Hell, it could rven be the fact they resurrect.

[@RizzVybz]

Never fails to amaze me MinsMins , always lovely when you drop the knowledge about this . Keep up the amazing work and also looking forward to your come back lol

[@M33RAKL3]

You’re truly a blessing minsleif, I quit Genshin since the start of sumeru due to being burnt out but I wanted to keep up with the lore cuz the world building is still amazing. Thank you for making these vids

[@aru5008]

My thoery is she is literally suffering from split personality disorder to the point that she can literally split bcos she is an archon. Her stronger self is the one that stops the primordial waters from spilling

[@Roihclem871]

Dainslief getting ever closer 😊

[@mortemangelicus]

I also thought of Furina split either in 2 or 3. Furina herself, the oratrice if 2 parts, or something else that’s pushing the primordial sea and the prophecy if 3. The oratrice prob has the gnosis and it’s prob where most of furina’s authority is hidden. The embodiment of justice and the ability to judge the citizens. Everyone’s emotions and energy gathers there. And it’s proximity to the fountain of Lucille (were all of fontaine’s waters converge) are a hit suspicious. The 3 thrones are also near this location as well. Looking forward to the next part of the story to complete the mystery.

[@WackyChu]

i have a feeling that Neuvillette will regain his powers from Furina given him what was taken from him. Once he gets all of his powers back he’ll become back to his full dragon power he’ll ascend to the highest position in Fontaine and will take over while Furina could be granted a vision and her two forms or personalities will merge from the oratrice and the white clothed Furina we see today. And maybe we will be able to switch between Pnuema and Osuia. That would be cool. But I think she’ll get the Scaramoche treatment honestly. Even if Neuvillette doesn’t become archon he can become Hydro Sovereign.

[@Deepstab1]

Yeah but that doesnt make sense when you finish the last quest, Neuvillete claims that if he had his full power he could stop the crisis permanently but the sovereigns power was take n and given to the archons... I believe Furina really wants to stop the prophecy so why hasnt she given back the power? Maybe she literally cant part from it or doing it could wake the heavenly principles

[@PrashantKumar-ti9ux]

It's not possible for Neuvilett to take back the elemental authority. It will trigger heavenly principal and celestia will interfere. What do you think why did primordial one stole their authority? He didn't stole it give it back.

[@PrashantKumar-ti9ux]

What are you talking about? he's already a dragon sovereign with authority of hydro. You don't know a shit about game and imagining all the crap . And why would hoyo will lie about furina being archon. If hoyo says she's archon she is , just not the we seeing right now.

[@chrisanonym3473]

@@Deepstab1 To be fair, he only say there's nothing much he can do unless the archons return the authority to him. He doesn't promised to solve the prophecy permanently. I am not even sure what is the relationship between the prophecy and dragon sovereign of water.

[@senelclark101]

Why would Celestia allow a Hydro Sovereign reign over one of the nations? You bet if Neuvi get his "powers back" Heavenly Principles will brick him immediately.

[@Gheniel_]

They doing Furina dirty and I'm worried about it. I hope she gets some spotlight and respect soon, I think she needs to act for her people, it's fine to cry and to fear death, but it's not ok to see the people you care die

[@aloneinthelight7754]

Nah, I hope Neuvillete recovers his powers and we help him to raid Celestia.

[@Columbina.Damselette]

They havent die yet :)

[@nameisNICK.F]

Please no hope, since their fate is already set. The right thing we should do is to anticipate.

[@GLoLChibs]

There's a living Sovereign in Fontaine that isn't hostile toward humans, any Hydro Archon would be irrelevant. Best to take a step back to the person who's stolen essence is the only reason you have any status.

[@ShiroTeri]

@@aloneinthelight7754or maybe Furina spotlight will be her willingly sacrifice of archon powers to its owner.

[@themasterdou]

I live for the theory segment of your videos, I always learn some new pieces of knowledge to show at friend meetings lol

[@spymadmax584]

17:27 - since alain discovered the pneumaousia annihilation reaction and since it happened after the cataclysm, it's safe to assume its around 460-470 years ago from the current timeline

[@dana_0612]

My only theory from playing the archon quest is the whale childe saw in the very last part of the cutscene would be the fontaine 1st domain boss and the whale's drops would be for Furina's talent materials 😂

[@Benji-ug4zc]

I saw a comment on another video where someone said what if in the next archon quest furina gives up being an archon and gives elemental authority back to Neuvillette so he can stop the prophecy, no idea how likely that is

[@chrisanonym3473]

I am not sure how can hydro sovereign dragon stop the prophecy. It feels the prophecy is very very ancient, while Neuvillette is just new hydro sovereign dragon. Unless hydro sovereign dragon has something to do with the prophecy. But Neuvillette did say that he had connection with Primordial Seawater though, even though he doesn't remember what it is. It could be the clue.

[@justinbailey1669]

That would be so cool. Imagine how mad Celestia would get, they would definitely try to press the nuke button on Fontaine knowing their Archon betrayed them. But Neuvilette could then be powerful enough to hold it back. That would be such an incredible twist of events and really kick off the climax of the game's story.

[@_Nyxus_]

​​@@chrisanonym3473 He mentioned unless the Archon disappears and he regains authority. So if he had his full power he could stop it from happening.

[@jonathantaylor7167]

I got so much more from this video than I ever could have expected. This was great

[@theolilbe1207]

i feel like there's two furinas, the archon, and the avatar (our girlfailure), also i feel like the archon furina will sacrifice herself so Neuvillette will gain the Hydro authority and save fountaine from the prophecy?

[@cammischoenherr9047]

My thory is that the "abysal whale" we se in Childe's dream is actually the origional hydro dragon, and might also be who Neuvillette is talking to at the end of his cutscene, which makes me wonder what the conneection between the abys and the primordial sea is. Given that Childe is on this whole quest to understand his past in the abys and it's leading him down to the bottom of the primordial sea, I can't imagine the two aren't at least somewhat connected.

[@kazubbyboi]

new subscriber and can i just say, that moving art of you and dainsleif in the start of of the video is so gorgeous

[@Amir_404]

At this point, I am pretty sure the 3 thrones of Fontaine are Furina, Neuvillette, and Wriothesley. Now that we know Wriothesley is the ruler of a sovereign state and Neuvillette is conformed to be the dragon sovereign, it makes sense that their would be 3 thrones for the 3 literal sovereigns of Fontaine; the thrones are also where their 3 domains intersect.

[@isabellascafe4648]

I’m kinda happy about more information about Neuvillette’s and Furina relationship, I had the hunch that he really does care for Furina, but also that makes me more curious? Why would, Neuvillette, a dragon, trust and cares for Furina, an archon, who technically stole their powers? What did Furina do that makes Neuvillette respect and care for her to such degree? (I think if the traveler hadn’t been there, Neuvillette would for sure not have left Furina with Arlecchino, his requests for traveler to “you have to protect Lady Furina!” Sounded desperate and worried to me at least) Excited for 4.2 to focus more on these two!

[@seemsfairr4358]

NAHIDA says that focolors is the archon and when you talk to her, and she has control of the irminsul.

[@AtoZ-fk8rw]

I still believe she is the Archon

[@danicboi7548]

Yet Another Satisfying Minsleif theory video. Here's my thoughts: I think that the gnosis is either in neuvilette's pocket 24/7, either that or maybe the gnosis is what powering the cardinale. That seems most likely the case but I have another bizarre and goofy ahh idea: The hydro traveler holds the hydro gnosis. Hear me out, I got this idea from one statement traveler made after resonating with the hydro statue or rather when the traveler arrived in fontaine. He/she mentioned, correct me if I'm wrong: a weird surge of water or something about water. My memory ain't the best but from remembering that I could put up a theory that maybe in that moment, in some form or way the gnosis was transferred to the traveler. The fact that traveler isn't able to dissolve could also add a bit of proof of him/her coming out to be the "Temporary Hydro Archon". You can debunk this theory with just 1 sentence or less and I wouldn't care cuz my peanut brain can't remember the important stuff well. Aside from that I noticed a small little detail in neuvilette's story quest, when we went to checkup on the melusine that was threaten, we were assigned with her safety and during our walk the melusine mentioned that she was more or less around 400 years old, paimon replied by denying that she isn't that old or rather nowhere near that age, I hope that if needed this information may help your future theories. Aight imma go suffer :D (oh btw I also got hu tao in 40 pulls yay :D)

[@mbuhkah9372]

I love your voice, its so clear, and easy to understand, making the story telling much more easy to for us non english speaker who want to learn english

[@OurChillSpace]

That fact that Furina has no relation to the hydro slimes is interesting, compared to the other archons: Venti’s skill relate to how anemo slimes can fly Zhongli with his shield same with geo slimes Ei having a twin sister just like theres two variants of electro slimes Nahida being a smaller and detached part of her original self similar to dendro slimes being able to sprout smaller dendro slimes

[@Crysis2424]

Love your videos, especially the way you pronounce words like the Oratice's full name! Thank you for a great recap and theory, I really love the idea that Furina is split into 2 or 3 people, that makes so much sense with how she acts, looks and pneuma ousia being a part of Fontaine. Any thoughts on what Neuvillette said during the Archon Quest when he holds the water back? He says something along the lines of "this sentence is too severe"?

[@justinbailey1669]

That line has been perplexing me too. Trying to break it down: A sentence is a punishment given by a judge to a criminal. The punishment in this situation is using the primordial waters to destroy Fontaine and its people. So some powerful force who has control of the primordial waters must be trying to destroy Fontaine as an act of punishment. We know from the first chapter of the Archon quest that the people of Fontaine are all born with "original sin". A sin is "an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law", and "original" implies that it is a sin inherited by all people who descended from the first sinners (like in the Bible). In The History of the Decline and Fall of Remuria vol 2, speaking of Remus, we learn that "Amongst the God King's sins, the most terrible was the attempt to pass power that should have been reserved for the godly domain to humans", and thus Remuria was flooded and destroyed. Speaking of Egeria in vol 3, "When the royal city collapsed, the great power shattered, and the people above the high water were perched on the precipice of barbarism and annihilation, it was our noble Queen who settled the conflicts between the tribes. Around the flowing springs we established cities new, and started a world guided by laws that has endured to this day." Egeria was the God of Justice because she knew that the only way to avoid destruction was to uphold the laws of Celestia. If Celestia is attempting to drown Fontaine once again now that Egeria is gone, this means that something about Furina's rulership is viewed as transgressive to Celestia in ways that Egeria was not. That is the heart of the mystery!

[@MrFruits_]

I dont think its super deep but I think Neuvillette was just referring to the prophecy as too severe a sentence for the people of Fontaine and Furina

[@sourfar]

I’m pretty sure he was referring to a sentence as in “a punishment with a given length of time”, “the sentence” that is referenced is probably the people of fontaine being washed away. saying “this sentence is too severe for the people of fontaine” just means that being dissolved is too great of a punishment for the people of fontaine, I don’t think it has any deeper meaning, but we’ll see ^_^

[@akamario12]

Discord Squad!! Great way to start my Saturday!

[@jacalynnepuder1172]

Thank God you're hear to help us all process everything

[@THExJMC]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Hydro Archon split herself into multiple entities and Furina is just one of them who had some previous function such as keeping the people happy and entertained, while the piece on the Oratrice has the job of passing judgement, another piece potentially is the original Hydro Archon who's job is to defend the people. However, she ended up dying in the cataclysm, hence Furina taking the archon spot and the prophecy coming into effect with no one (other than Neuvilette) to protect the people of Fontaine from the Primordial Sea. While it is stated that only Zhongli/Venti are the original archons of the 7, it seems that the rest of the archons are far more closely related to their predecessors than originally implied. Ei is the twin sister of Makoto and acted in her place during battles. Nahida is a reincarnation of Rukkhadevata. To me it makes sense that Furina is a part of Egeria. Although gods appear to be human and have their own personality, they tend to be extremely duty bound and unable to change from their intended nature. Furina who has a job of being a cheery entertainer has a hard time doing anything but putting on a show or enjoying herself. When she tries really hard she can think about how to rule the people and prevent the prophecy, but this is moreso connecting to her other parts than doing anything about it herself.

[@user-sw3ns4hm8j]

Says very clearly in the new quest that Furina is the archon.

[@sourfar]

it actually says the opposite, arlecchino entertains the idea of furina not being the archon. she says something along the lines of “I know what an actual archon is like, and furina does not remind me of the role”

[@tuhin1757]

Hey,Can you make a video regarding the descenders and what do you think really happend at Khaenri’ah during the cataclysm 500 years ago.Btw I love your videos.Keep it up.

[@Minsleif]

Making note of this 🥰

[@xcaliburalter]

Love your vids!

[@sourfar]

16:46 entertaining the triplet theory and incorporating pneuma and ousia, there might be three different “versions” of furina pneuma, ousia, and pneumaousia, which has been shown to exist in the open world

[@ashlum666]

I think that farina was created by the primordial sea by her twin, whose conscience is in the orbit Reece and farina is just a place holder for the real archon and she’ll probs have an emotional moment with her twin, where she breaks free, and says that she’s more than just her twin’s placeholder, and it will probably be emotional, kinda like when nahuda hugged herself

[@Akari_Sketches762]

As expected of Minsleof!

[@sweetheartia_essa]

something really cool i’ve noticed for 4.2: the final act is called ‘masquerade of the guilty’ and almost everyone in fontaine wears a ‘mask’ of sorts. Furina: pretends to be all knowing, and that she has everything planned out; is really a sort of scared kid Neuvillette: hides the fact he is the hydro sovereign Arlecchino: pretends to be pleasant and ‘friendly’; while according to other harbingers (childe and scaramouche) she’s a ‘wolf in sheeps clothing’ Lyney: puts up a brave front for his siblings and other kids in the house of the hearth (freminet talks abt this in his ‘about: lyney’ voice line) Lynette: pretends to be a robot/puppet to avoid socializing (shes not) Sigewinne: puts up a kind and innocent front, but is actually highly emotionally intelligent and even says she ‘likes the feeling of being trusted’ there are probably way more examples but these are the main ones I gathered; but in the end the title of act 5 is really accurate because everyone in fontaine is guilty of wearing a ‘mask’ that hides their real selves.

[@adityawidarma3803]

Remember Charlotte asked the MC to get some info on Meropide? There no payoff on that

[@sevensatori1249]

These archon quests continue to get more and more confusing, but with your help, I have a much better understanding. Thank you.

[@lingho5956]

I don't play genshin anymore but im definitely finishing the story with yall thanks to minsleif x dainsleif

[@dylan_brauns]

Is it possible that the original Hydro Archon, Egeria, split herself into the two states of Pneuma and Ousia BEFORE she went to the desert as a sort of fail-safe/back up archon in case of her demise? Idk when the Fontainian researchers discoverd Arkium, but maybe the two energies of Arke are a result of that split and were later discovered? Anyways, when the other half of Egeria died, maybe that resulted in Furina losing her memories (or she had none to begin with after the split).

[@Deepstab1]

But pneuma and ousia were not discovered by egeria we had a whole World quest about the narcizen cruz telling how they discovered that, pneuma and ousia are two elements that have always been present in genshin but out of reach, aka the abyss or sea of quanta and primordial or imaginary energy

[@dylan_brauns]

@@Deepstab1 I didn't mean that Egeria discovered Arke, but that it's the result of her splitting herself resulting in the energies, but I see what you're saying on Arke having always been present. I wonder why is it only limited to Fontaine tho?

[@imperial_7776]

@Minsleif One of my absurd Theories : Spoiler alert for general public : The hydro archon ( FOCALOR ) is inside the oratrice and furina is Just a stunt double ( one who looks like focalors but isn't the real one ) . FOCALOR is trapped in oratrice and we don't know, However furina is acting as hydro archon, and FOCALOR in oratrice is " using those powers to possibly charge up the gnosis. Here on i have 2 paths for story' to proceed 1) hydro archon - will use indemnitium ( i may have spelled it wrong) to make entire fonataine float, how did I come to this theory? Because of new area - fonataine research institute - remember why it became sight seeing scene - because of indemnitium i assume. 2) hydro archon and abyssal Whale - possibly have some connection to each other . Childe wasn't deemed guilty just because a) oratrice made wrong decision b) his affection with abyssal powers ( whale) primodial sea water. The real reason Maybe - hydro archon knew that childe has. " It " and she knew that childe would be sent to fortress, and made sure he is deemed guilty hence the plan of hydro archon was successful - as such childe has already found the abyssal whale 🐳🐋. I believe this was all plan of hydro archons. Another speculation : focalor has left her " body " like how ei did, Only her consciousness is alive? Henceforth Furina is under " THE CURSE " Mentioned by arlechino, hence she can't wield the archon powers, and she has technically died and thus she is under the curse. Or so i think. There are 2 paths again in my theory : 1) hydro archon and abyssal whale know eachother . 2) they don't know each other. 1) hydro archon - abyssal whale needs someone who can act as an catalysts. Someone who is powerful enough to wield abyssal powers and save Fontaine. And that's also why i think skirk childe's master Only thought that childe's a potential candidate to wielding abyssal powers from " the whale " and thus she taught him fighting techniques that's why she also played a huge role. 2) the Whale and hydro archon don't know each other. This i have no theory

[@rolandcampbell1809]

This is cute, remember when we did the same thing for Raiden/Yae Miko.

[@johnmanapol9734]

actually it makes sense specially during the final part of Mondstat Archon quest where venti gave some of his power to Dvalin giving back some of the original authority

[@paulsuyosa3746]

neuvillete also stated that there are other sovereign dragons/reincarnation currently living in teyvat tho in depowered forms. I think they too will play a part in the end game war.

[@ryz.1]

so since we got the pew pew hydro gun from neuvilili (idk how to spell his name) trav's anemo tornado (from dvalin, you can see him summoning tornados) trav's meatball (idk is zhongli a dragon?) trav's electro pendants (i dont even use this.) trav's dendro spray (dendro kaeya??)

[@x7OO]

I think Furina trapped herself in the Oratrice using the powers of the Gnosis or her own, people being judged will allow the Oratrice to receive powers and transform it into indamnetium. so both the "sinner" who have being judged to be guilty and the people who watch the trials will help in taking care of the primordial waters. the innocent give indamnetium while the guilty are sent down to the prison to work on keeping the primordial water in check. Furina might didn't get enough indamnetium energy to stop the primordial waters yet. Furina was begging for her life because if she died there all of her efforts will be gone and people would be in actual crisis because in that body she's too weak and vulnerable if she already have all her powers and consciousness inside the Oratrice

[@estudentetser]

19:19 in the Fortress, there's a three-headed dog

[@CrimsonLord777]

The gnosis is inside Neuvillette's cane.. (based on his voiceline)

[@mitsuhadreemurr9857]

which voiceline?

[@ZWZoZo07]

There is a theory that furina was cursed by someone or something and half of her sould resides in the justice machine she created and the other half resides as the furina we know, half in the justice machine is the real hydro archon

[@ZWZoZo07]

Also she doesn't have her gnosis, so she is in a similar situation to zhongli except unwillingly

[@mtscsealer1973]

for my theory for where the Hydro Gnosis is and this is a wild one, what if the abyssal whale has the Gnosis which the former Hydro Archon might have died fighting it during the cataclysm since if we were to take in the fact that its going to be a boss in the next update it might be the whole reason why the primordial sea which Neuvillette stated that it once brought life and now destorys life and with the recent reveal that in order to control it u need the Gonsis which contains the Hydro authority to do so, plus the dam rift wolfs are hostile to everyone except inhabitants of the abyss, it could apply the same with the abyssal whale using the gnosis that has currupted the primordial sea, plus by the time we face it we would retrive the gnosis and thats when Furina will finally asscend to archon hoods and would finally end the prophecy by finishing or purifying the whale

[@Neneiiiii]

What I think is that the furina we are talking to and have met is just a water droplet that was ordered by the real god to disguise as her, And the real furina is the one working the oratrice. But thats just what I think 😅

[@AtlasBigBoy]

Can’t wait for u to do the new world quests

[@kostakonomi]

About the part of childes final vision clip the vision looks more like its absorbing primodial water energy as he is inside the water so he must be geting powering up from the giant beast and his vision conected in a mental level stores the power

[@daxdleader719]

I'd love to see you make a video breaking down all the playable characters' first and last names that we know

[@KaagKagamine5]

I really like the relationship Neuvillette and the hydro archon have (both previous and current) maybe Celestia is punishing Fontaine because they've been hiding Neuvillette as a political refugee. As the new archon Furina is incredibly more doubtful and insecure than her predecessor doing plans that aren't the right thing but still kinda work at the cost of her strength, she's done a lot for Fontaine's safety but because of that she's become vulnerable and weak.

[@NisaWisa-bx7gz]

YAYYY A NEW VIDEO

[@danialhappy7968]

all playable character we got so far is a friends to traveller, so if there's no way of being friends with traveller i dont see become playable. la signora was not a friend and die. scaramouche become playable once he became travelle friend as wanderer.

[@helen_sam8862]

Thanks for the video, incredible as always 😍 I think Hoyos gave us a straight hint of what happened next. No matter where Hydro gnosis is, Furina (or another vision of Hydro Archon) will destroy it to give elemental powers back to Neuvillette and stop the prophecy. That's the only known way for now to keep Fontaine as it is.

[@TsukinoUtokki]

That would be really cool because the Fatui always getting the Gnosis no matter what has become too predictable

[@avisachdeva8716]

Wait, so if a gnosis is truly the leftover power of a dragon sovereign. IF nahida broke the gnosis, of the electro archon, technically, wouldn't a electro dragon sovereign be created if it wasnt already there. And what if orobashi was one of the 7 dragon sovereigns? Maybe thats why it always strikes lightning where his corpse is. And if visions, are like watered down gnose's. WHAT IF, when a vision is destroyed. The gnosis gains power, and when the gnosis is destroyed, there you go, the dragon sovereign gets the power back. Maybe thats why 2 visions were comparable to an archon, even if just for a second

[@Shadonicus0652]

theres a quest to get rid of the lightning and its been there since 2.0

[@primaryhoodies6386]

I’ve yet to finish the video but I have a theory for the next patch. I think furina is going to give up her archon status and give her powers to neuvi (at the very least temporarily) At the end of this quest he mentioned that he isn’t at his full power due to the sovereigns power being stolen by the gnosis/celestia and thus doesn’t have the ability to fully seal the primordial sea. And theres was also the point with the knave saying she doesn’t think furina is the archon. I think furina will show where she hid the gnosis and prove she’s the archon by giving up the role to save fountaine.

[@NoctLC7]

This was definitely my favorite Archon quest besides the event AQ with Yelan.