The Emergency Food Theory [Genshin Impact Paimon Lore And Theory] [The Paimon Chronicles #1]

[@pothaothao]

One of my own silly theory is that Paimon being called emergency food as a joke is foreshadowing that in end game she will sacrifice her power/spirit to save traveler, making us absorb her essence

[@dontshitontravelermains5498]

Sounds like something Hoyoverse would do honestly so I can see this happen

[@deathtrigger6965]

​​@@dontshitontravelermains5498 people say they like too kill people i know they did that in honkai impact 3rd also in honkai star rail but it's already too long in genshin and no death so maybe this time hoyo want to make a different just sad game like noo killing only emotional damage maybe

[@arnowisp6244]

@@deathtrigger6965 Is Cocolia Playable?

[@pweaseadoptme5312]

Sounds cool but its kinda impossible for paimon to die in the story purely from the fact that paimon is used an an in game explenetion to the inventory and menu system, every time you open up the menu she will appear, every time there is a new event paimon starts it, they would need to add a new in game system after her death to take her place and that would just be extremely forced. Even if they want to kill her now they cant really do it in a way that makes sense since she ties the genshin world with the in game system kinda like a vendor, if the vendor dies there needs to be a system to take its place ( Elden Ring Bell bearings )

[@юля801]

Bruh :(

[@helenaap2042]

I would like to point out that Paimon is slowly getting smarter. I notice this more as new quests come out that. She keeps thinking of more complex solutions and ideas than she used to, she also doesn’t ask as much dumb questions and creates her own theories. This isn’t a point but this adds to what ppl are saying that Paimon is recovering her powers.

[@alexfirth21]

In the lantern rite quest before the latest one, Yaoyao mentioned Paimon is still growing. So she's regaining strength and getting wiser.

[@MysteriousFuture]

And yet, she doesn’t wanna read books in Sumeru when this can gain access to unknown info 😂

[@yu-bj1he]

yeah, I thought it was weird she was suddenly able to deduce things about the house and field in caribert so quickly

[@siriusli5674]

@@yu-bj1he just like how aranaras get smarter as they get stronger... 🤔

[@cosmicpanda7712]

Also didn't the VA say they keep telling her to make her voice high and higher pitch? I wonder if that has anything to do lore wise...

[@straymerodach4713]

a thing to add to the theory that Paimon is regaining her power, all your MC talents, his E and Q come with some flavor text, and the flavor text always starts with "You and Paimon studied the" Air/Earth/Lightning/Plants

[@valenroman5642]

waaaaait wtfff whyyyy, it makes no sense that literally of of the traveller's skills include Paimon. I'm now convinced she has to have something to do with their ability to use elements

[@asterology4444]

yo thats a really good point. i think that gives aster's point about albedo's "paimon is the traveler's external organ" comment more substance too. i dont know if there is some other explanation, but maybe paimon is the reason why the traveler can use all the elements without a vision. maybe paimon is their "vision" in a sense. in this context its also worth pointing out that the symbol on paimons clothes is also the symbol used to represent the "omni-element" in tcg, and well as the fact that most if not all paimons tcg cards involve creating omni element dice

[@firby7341]

i once saw a theory saying that in the end, paimon will change to her true form: the travelers original sword. while the abyss sibling still has their sword from the first cutscene, we, the traveler, dont....or do we?! reading this, it makes sense paimons studies the techniques with us if in the end, she will be wielded by us to fight.

[@witheredaway6747]

@@valenroman5642 if i'm not mistaken in voicelines about Inazuma traveler says that she is his vision and that she would be taken under the vision hunt decree

[@milecyt._.8013]

I mean...Paimon loves to eat slimes. Y'know? The gelatinous balls of elemental energy that are freaking everywhere in the game and one of their poster children?

[@skysea7785]

Other than Mona, another person tried to read Paimon's future, which was a character from Enkanomiya. He's actually one of the seven sunchildrens that can read people's fortune/future. (Not sure about his name) He tried but was not able for the same reason as Mona.

[@artist-gj]

Whatever Paimon is, I just gotta say I unironicly love this stupid little fairy. There's just something about her that amuses me, the genuine friendship that's shown between the traveler and Paimon, and how much Paimon really cares and worries about us. I even chuckle at and love how consistent her love of food and money is. One of my favorite bits with Paimon was when we met Yoimiya and she was genuinely happy Yoimiya treated her like a person

[@gabsjr]

I LOVE THAT MOMENT WITH YOIMIYA TOO

[@artist-gj]

@@gabsjr it's such a sweet moment

[@chercherri]

Also at the end of the new archon quest the trav hugs paimon AGHAHSHSHEH MY HEARTTT 😭

[@jpa_crypto]

Paimon is the best travel companion, and Yoimiya is the best girl.

[@atHexenzirkel]

I came to ADORE Paimon so much through our journey that I started to feel real aggro towards her hаters

[@Grzester23]

9:00 She IS slowly regaining (or at least obtaining) power. In 3.0 Archon Quest Nahida states that both the Traveler and Paimon recieved blessing of Dendro. That could mean Paimon, just like the Traveler, gets access to new elemental powers every time we touch a new Statue of the Seven

[@firby7341]

fun fact: if paimon taught us the tevatien language, that means the sustainer of heavenly principals can speak outlander-language bc we talked to her in the very first cutscene

[@mitab1]

Considering that she protects the borders of teyvat it is not that surprising that she can speak outsiders languages

[@jsw973]

​@@mitab1 perhaps there's a universal language out there, and that's what the travellers speak. Its like Lumine and Aether are english speaking tourists, while the sustainer is the immigration officer of another country, but is fluent in english because she has to be

[@Iacon_Optimus]

Or Teyvat's language could be actually Earth's languages but written in a different word symbol

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Or that the travelers can understand any language without knowing it. And possibly make themselves understood without speaking the other person's language too. This might work on the same principle as reading artifacts' backstories.

[@LadyHermes]

Paimon having infinite appetite is something she has in common with time. Time eventually eats everything, and it will never stop to do so... I think this simple trait make Paimon's real identity obvious. This and the "Paimon Menu" being able to freeze or change time in all Teyvat...

[@ojnab85]

She also says she always flies in the Windblume event. They do say time flies. But also sometimes people say time seemed to stand still, so if we're really going with the Paimon menu and the problem of her also freezing, that can be the "time standing still" idiom. Edit: Traveler also jokes that she's a broken clock. It may not be true but even if it isn't, I think the writers know about the theory and are making little jokes about it.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Just because Paimon mentions something about herself, it does not always mean that it is honestly the truth, as she does not/might not want to say the truth about the actual explanation in front of other people as well. The cutscene that I managed to dig up about the content entering the land after you explored all seven regions kind of proves me point as well. I believe that Paimon even mentions that she has been wanting to say this particular bit of information to you privately for some time now, but was unable to because of the fact that you did not explore all seven of the regions; among the fact that you were unfamiliar how the world around you functioned as well. The point here as well is that the game might be worth playing until the very end, despite their actually not appearing to be very much to do inside of the game as well. The content honestly would not let me even go in there as well with Paimon very clearly saying something along the lines of potentially doing everything that they only do here in this realm considering that the land that you are about to enter operates under completely different laws as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Hopefully the person who asked about the end game of Genshin Impact finds this comment, considering that I probably might never even mention this on the exact video idea as well. I have always found it kind of fun to place certain information on other video ideas NOT related, but needed to explain other view points as well. The content that I mentioned about having the ability to actually enter the land DEFINITELY WAS NOT SAFE CONTENT TO BE BROWSING ON AS WELL!!!! There was even honest mention about preferably leaving the webpage soon before you potentially scar yourself as well. Paimon also mentioned something related to actually being aware of the fact that you are actually physically there in the current location as well, more specifically referencing the cutscenes involving Xialang as well I believe. It probably caught Mihiyo's attention as well, as I knew that I eventually saw the playback of the gameplay; it was completely unedited with the full attent of the information only being explained that particular way because of what was actually occurring as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Miyiho even admitted that they DID NOT even plan out any that particular bit of information themselves at that current point in time amongst the fact that they honestly felt the information could have only gotten out because of the way that of what exactly occurred as well. They also immediately questioned Paimon as well, with them questioned what else exactly she might actually know as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

You think that playing Genshin Impact is disturbing? Try playing the game in potentially completely different environments to see how exactly you might be able to successfully handle them as well. Mihiyo even directly blocked anyone from directly commenting what they thought about a particular concept at least right away, considering that they thought they might know roughly what they would be seeing as well. It was definitely completed way too quickly than it could likely have been exactly what took place there as well.

[@Grafii2198]

My theory is that Paimon is the reason why Traveller can resonate with the statues of The Seven. There wasn't even one time when our sibling was shown to be infused with any element, likely because they couldn't resonate with the statue (Or at least I don't remember any of this being shown).

[@saturnleaf]

Paimon, according to the genious invocation tcg game, has something to do with “omni”, which in the game represents sort of a “all and any elements” things… i truly believe this has something to do with her origins and true power.

[@dallyinghualian]

​@@saturnleaf she does have the same symbol on her chest so yeah that could be true lol

[@Gnidel]

Maybe because Sibling is infused with Abyssal energy that is incompatible with elements?

[@Iyala-iyala]

@@dallyinghualian that symbol is meant to represent “reality” the ones around teyvat that’s rent on her are reversed which represents “fake”

[@Iyala-iyala]

@@saturnleaf nah the symbol on paimon means real but everywhere else it means fake

[@Ivy_505]

Whenever i follow a blue selie i see that paimon almost looks like a selie. Floating, cape same as selie , calls herself a guide like all selies do when they guide u to a treasure, and their was a lore saying that selies once had body like humans but they lost their memories and the body so maybe after paimon guides us to the final story and sits on her resting place she will get all her memories

[@shoyuramenoff]

This is my favourite theory about Paimon I've seen.

[@lastsunflower9544]

what if and hear me out on this . PAIMON is actually the husk of phanes . if the primodial one split them self into 4 shades , then there will be a total of 6 entities ( phanes 4 shades and the de power phanes ) . this could explain how paimon can control both space and time as the husk of phanes she should have the weaker version of all the shade abilities . this also corresponded to the artifact theory where Paimon will be the head ( the crown ) who control everything . she is recorded into irminsul because only the fuse version is consider a descender all the shade are teyvat native

[@MondayAgainBip]

So we can all agree that Aster is just Genshin Matpat at this point?

[@celestialarden]

yes this

[@Archetype_Angel]

"But hey, that's just a theory...

[@celestialarden]

@@Archetype_Angel ...A GAME THEORY!"

[@Raventhefemboy]

@@celestialarden A Genshin Theory (I'll see myself out)

[@celestialarden]

@@Raventhefemboy wait that's more appropriate I like it.

[@dallyinghualian]

A silly little speculation of mine is that Paimon is simply the personification of the Traveler's real power that manifested over time while they were asleep.

[@nightlove3574]

I don't think it's silly at all. Remember that Albedo quest where he wondered if Paimon was some sort of external organ of the traveler's? It's possible Paimon really IS a part of the traveler, and since we know "we" lost our power, and somehow Paimon is a conduit for us to use the elements, she is likely a part of us that has been forcibly (or defensively) split off. Why else does Paimon panic whenever we are separated for too long? She was never intended to be apart from us and physically cannot stand it. Not to mention that every region has an additional oculus. What if those are meant for Paimon to consume, and retrieving all seven abilities is how we will regain our true power?

[@joshernsteen2066]

In the strange and weird domain that I did way long time ago regarding the way that she could possibly be dressed inside of the game mentioned specifically that she was well aware of what was going to be occurring inside of the house in version 2.8 event in the game. She also let us know specifically NOT to do the then upcoming hypostatis cube event in the game becuase we were unable to cause any damage to anything of them as well. The domain was also very, very uncomfortable for me wanting to do considering what was actually occurring inside the domain as well, with myself only honestly wanting to progress further in it only to specifically find out what was going to be mentioned inside of it as well. Let me just say that the particular domain might actually be more uncomfortable to do than actually playing more "M" game styles being specifically made that way as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Genshin Impact is more powerful than what Mihiyo is actually showing you, and there might be infact more domains very similar to this particular one considering that Mihiyo did mention to me privately that DID NOT add in the timer restriction on the particular domain that I was currently doing at the then current moment. Also they told me that I could somehow acces it, while they could not as well. They probably also have age restricted domains as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

I was also somehow directly what I mentioned in second to last comment about what I mentioned in the very last sentence way, way, way back then as well.

[@drakensgreed2350]

Theory: Paimon is a living Gnosis currently gathering the power of the seven elements to become an Omni-Gnosis and the final puzzle piece when the Tsaritsa inevitably gets the seven Gnoses snatched away at the last second.

[@nyletower6860]

Paimon being kind of a "backup power" or protector for the traveler would explain why she gets desperate every time we are separated from her.

[@griponreality254]

Did everyone else catch what happened to Paimon’s eyes in this Windbloom when the traveller gives her the sweet madame she keeps angling to get? They went full primogem crazy. Took a screenshot and it looked nuts.

[@CroomTM]

Xianglings eyes were like that to in her story quest

[@manapicrafter6948]

It's a classic anime expression trope for excitement So I don't think the stars are too Special However paimons normal eyes are very interesting

[@Aozora210]

She also had that eye when Zhongli was talking about his Bamboo Shoot Soup in the last lantern rite. It is a generic excited anime eye trope, like if you ever see Anya SxF's "waku waku!" eyes, it's exactly just like that. Paimon just wants her food xD

[@joshernsteen2066]

Paimon is not definitely who you think she is as is capable of a lot more things than she can probably even do now in the public release of the game within valid reasons as well. I did mention in other vdoes what exactly I mean by this as well. She was already very, very specific about NOT saying certain things on social media as well. Literally the content perfectly explains itself that I sourced the information from, despite the content being probably questioned by anyone who might watch it somehow considering that even Mihiyo themselves questioned it as well. Just to alarmed that you will probably question the content being mentioned there as well. Everything that she also mentioned about the content was also completely honest according to what took place then and there as well. Also the content did realistically occur when it did as well.

[@zogar8526]

I've mentioned this in places before. But I think paimon does remember the greater lord and scara. There is one line that just doesn't make sense otherwise. It's after he gets his memories back. And he makes some kind of sarcastic remark to paimon. And paimon says "yep, that's definitely him alright" but she shouldn't know that. She has learned a little bit about him. But not nearly enough to be able to say something like this. I guess I could just be bad writing for the sake of a joke. But it clearly shows her remembering what he was like before.

[@victoria4521]

Based on the aranara quest I think paimon is one of the last seelies. It was mentioned that there still might be some that aren’t the husks we see floating around. She’s around the same size and also floats. I think she may have been trapped under the water. Maybe she was an old exiled leader of them. I agree that’s she’s eating so much because I’m the quest it was revealed that the seelie court withered away because of their love of humans. Maybe that happened during the arcon wars? Either way, if paimon helps the traveler in the end I believe she’ll turn into a seelie husk

[@madenna100]

Paimon theories are so much fun and I find Paimon and Traveller's relationship really fascinating. At a surface level, they're friends and constants on this long and winding journey. But because they are MCs whom we know almost nothing about, it makes me question the particularities of their friendship. To Paimon, Traveller is her whole world and she loves them dearly regardless of the lore hints, and glaringly noticeable Celestia motifs. So even if she ends up being Spymon or some great deity, she is first and foremost, Traveller's friend. Traveller though, is a wild card. They love Paimon as well but I don't think it's nearly to the degree of Paimon's affections, plus I think they have a thin wall between themselves and Paimon. They also had no problems with booking right out of Teyvat the moment they found their sibling. They're star-like immortal aliens and although generally try to be nice to most, the way Traveller treats friendship is a little different compared to Paimon or any one else.

[@jsw973]

Yeah... we don't even know how long the traveller has known their siblings. For all we know, they might have been together longer than Rex Lapis has been together with Liyue. They have been in teyvat for 500 years, but is that really a long time for them, or is it just another world? As far as we know, the only special thing in teyvat for the traveller is; 1. This is the first time they got separated from their sibling 2. They got their power sealed They might appreciate the people of Teyvat, but at the end of the day, its just another world. A world that happens to be where he got separated. So are the people in teyvat. To them, they might be just as fleeting as any other world's inhabitants. Even the gods.

[@madenna100]

@@jsw973 Wel said. If Traveller is truly as long-lived as the game continues to imply, then Teyvat would be remembered with mixed feelings until even that memeory eventually fades. This is probably why they're on such a long journey across the stars, what's the point of settling in even the most peaceful of worlds if they end up outliving it? I can't wait for more Traveller lore, the little bits that are there are already good, and I know more will be scrumptious.

[@CitraCerita]

Honestly with the way they are building the relationship of Paimon (especially in Caribert). What if at one point the Traveler encounters a nigh-impossible situation where its certain death and Paimon just comes in and sacrifice herself? Hence why it's called Emergency Food. A death flag perhaps?

[@gabsjr]

The shop in the menu is Paimon Shop. Highly doubt she will die

[@collectiblestar9694]

Spoiled Alert 💀💀💀 If you watch the cutscene of the new quest"Caribert", when they show the traveler turning into his sister/brother you can see their sibling have a white light color indicating that they don't have elemental power like their sibling. My theory is both of them can't draw power from the statue, our traveler get to use the power of the statue because of Paimon.

[@mosbby4135]

That's very interesting! Is it confirmed that the abyss sibling can't use elements? That might explain why they joined the godless nation Khaenri'ah

[@deathtrigger6965]

In staring it is said that unknown god seal traveller's power but we don't know if their siblings power was sealed or not so maybe that's why their power colour is white.....as you can see in first cutscene that both traveller as well as sibling had white colour power

[@claresluvie]

i saw a theory but i dont remember where - that said our traveler lost his sword but sibling holding the sword all the time when they sealed so maybe their power comes from their sword? edit:btw i play as aether thats why i called his

[@deathtrigger6965]

@@claresluvie so you mean if traveller gain his power from elements and then also obtain his sword again then his power will be 2 fold or something

[@Pascll]

no, black is the colour that indicates they don't have elemental power. white indicates that they have their original power. the siblings had the white colour in the opening cutscene against the unknown god.

[@valenroman5642]

This just made me think the way Paimon thinks of herself is so much alike the way the wanderer thought of himself after he was deleted from Irminsul. He still knew the language and the things he knew about Teyvat, meaning he didn't simply reset his brain, and e thought of himself as just a wonderer. Just like how Paimon is just Paimon. Meaning she could have been deleted from Irminsul and be a shade/god/moon sister and not get recognized by any other deities.

[@yunamoonlight1015]

That makes so much sense!!!

[@sherylannmalaza]

It makes a lot of sense yeah

[@deathsinger969]

Hey, that comment with the artifacts being the four shades plus Phanes was from me. I feel so happy that you remembered, and I‘m looking forward to seeing how much this will be relevant in the future…

[@deathsinger969]

@Harry Shade yep yep, I don’t deny that, but the specifics Aster just mentioned perfectly fit my comment, since Aster replied and we wrote a bit about this topic under my comment.

[@nicolailaude1891]

The more we progress, the more i'm convinced that Paimon is Istaroth. With the 5 artifacts, i feel like the roles are: Life - Phanes Death - "Sinner" Time - Paimon/Istaroth Space - Unknown God Mind - Irminsul Istaroth being the most mysterious one, basically the most important shade to the plot, can only be Paimon to be a satisfactory foreshadowing. Additionaly, the voice the traveler heard after Wanderer altered time was the shade for Logos, the original Irminsul, the one that snapped Rukha's branch.

[@sans6738]

I like this one. I'll stick with this theory for now

[@TheKnizzine]

Then you got where the traveler fished her up, right off the coast of the island devoted to a nameless godess thats also right by the giant sundial.

[@alexprus7953]

I like this

[@nicolailaude1891]

Adding more tin foil to our hats, this theory can tie in with the moon sister's theory. Paimon/Ista, Unknown God, and Irminsul are the moon sisters. Ista and Irminsul are both gone with 1(Asmo) left in the sky. And there are 3 sisters because Sinner is a brother.

[@oscarfunez3806]

That's wouldn't make sense. Since phanes cannot be a part of himself. Those are his shades or in genshins terms. Descenders. Now the only problem with all of these theories is disregarding the facts Nahida already stated based off from the Fatui. They know 4 descenders exist. Nahida does not know two of them. One is the sustainer. The other is us. The two left is unknown. But they are clearly a person. Which we just don't know

[@deathtrigger6965]

Something just struck me Everything related to abyss is upside down just like defiled statue, city in chasm Also that thing in 3.5 version quest Also the symbol on paimon is upside down she is traveling with traveller Traveller sister is abyss princess/prince Did you get it something is wrong here

[@firby7341]

that is a part of the theory that the skys are fake and the abyss is not below the ground but in the heavens. in the spyral abyss, we dont spyral down, we spyral up. if a building with floors had floors underground it wouldnt be floor 1 to 12, it would be -1 to -12 etc. its also visible that behind us are stairs leading down, meaning we get staris up to go to the next rooms.

[@Th3Mystery]

​​@@firby7341 there's another explanation: teyvat is flat, and because of this u can see the sky in one side or the other side of the planet . Meaning that teyvat is not upside down but there's two sides of the planet because its flat.

[@megalith7796]

@@Th3Mystery teyvat is not flat. It is a round ball, it's just that there are two hemispheres. One with teyvat and the other with the abyss presumably.

[@Th3Mystery]

@@megalith7796 I'm sorry but there's nothing suggesting that teyvat is not flat. People in teyvat believe the world is flat as proven by the sumeru researcher flaghani(he said that he has a revolutionary idea... round teyvat theory). This corroborates with zhongli saying "to the four corners of teyvat" Many descriptions of books and materials talk about a dome. Etc, theres a lot of reasons why teyvat is flat.

[@RejectedInch]

Many things are wrong. Kaeya never mentioned a blood related brother, yet he's Kaenriah's prince. So who the heck is Caribert and why Kaeya is never mentioned by his father?

[@ozzie506]

Paimon literally admitting to being a god in “About the Rain on Yashiroi Island” lines to this day floors me. Like it’s literally out there now. It’s not just obvious fannon it’s in the cannon.

[@animae008]

For lazy people: (Traveler): It never stops raining on Yashiori Island. I heard it's because of the lingering evil energy. Paimon: "Evil energy"? What's that? Sounds terrifying. (Traveler): It's caused by the remains of an evil god somewhere on the island. Because its power hasn't fully dispersed, the remaining energy causes all sorts of misfortunes. That's what I meant when I said "evil energy." Paimon: Oh, that makes sense. But Paimon doesn't think rain is a bad thing. Paimon: Maybe that god has been crying all this time because they were bullied. (Traveler): Crying? I don't think gods can cry. I mean, I've never seen Venti or Zhongli cry before. Paimon: There are exceptions! If you pinch Paimon, you'll be able to see a crying god. (Traveler): Hmm? Are you a god? Paimon: Paimon sure is! (Traveler): Okay, let me guess... The flying god of silly questions? The god of slimes? Or the god of being fished out from the water? Paimon: Paimon's none of those! Hmph! Paimon: As your bodyguard, (Traveler), Paimon is the god of protection! Hehe.

[@bshthrasher]

@@animae008, oh thanks! I totally forgot she said that!

[@oshello6940]

first things first there is no way us finding an unconcious drowning paimon is a coincidence. perhaps paimon decided to side with the traveler but lost her memories as one of the shades as consequence

[@pigeonpiupiu]

I think she was deleted from irminsul because from all the theories that paimon is a celestial being/or phanes shade/primordial one, the archons doesn't seems to recognize paimon at all which is weird since archon supposedly knew celestia. Also venti is connected to wind and the god of time/istaroth which many theorise it is paimon but he also didn't recognized paimon. Paimon don't remember who she is before meeting the traveler could also be explained since wanderer also didn't remember who he is before (balladeer) and nahida (rukkhadevata)

[@bignono2439]

I believe it was in a video by ashikai (oh wait it could also be wei?), the triquetra symbol is also used as imaginary type and they said paimon having it upside down could be a sign that she is one of the original/real gods

[@Fog_Fleet]

Paimon is not an emergency food supply. Paimon's best friend!)))

[@-lnsertNameHere-]

I didn't realize how much I liked paimon until the encounter with Raiden shogun at the statue of the omnipresent God, when I thought she was going to get turned in to sushi when (aether) got his a** beat. I agree that paimon won't betray the traveler, unless it's against her own will at some point

[@lilgoujon8180]

I'm also sure you can see that black and white effect at 2 other instances. at the start cutscene with the sustainer and in the aranara quest when fighting that ball thing in that cave at the end

[@Naifukiti]

Why does no one ever says that the pink/peachy flare on Paimon's outfit is exactly the same as the pillars on the opening screen and the nails that fell.

[@kelskinnie]

I haven't finished this video yet, but imagine if the reason paimon is constantly called emergency food is because at some point during the end of the game, you end up having to eat paimon to survive 💀

[@iemanisaac2513]

Isn't that obvious?

[@Unreadablefx]

I honestly thought paimon was underwater because she was so unimaginably hungry that she tried to catch fish and dove into the very pond that the traveler was fishing in the first place lol. She's also very scared to leave traveler's side, or abandonment in general, because the life that she lived before the traveler was prolly a torture given she was at the point of diving into bodies of water for raw fish and almost died lol It also raises a question tho, was paimon abandoned in the past? If so, then by who?

[@Wolf_Spark]

I think we may see some sort of power from Paimon in the next version of the game (4.X). I say this might be a possibility because of how much attention the game put on her in the finale of 3.4 Lantern rite and now with the current Archon quest. I find it a bit weird how they kinda shoved her importance in our face these last 2 patches. Even she as a character changed quite a bit from the Paimon we had at the beginning 3.0 ( let alone 1.0 ), now she's stupidly friendly and even starts questioning our feelings towards her and the world we are in. I'm telling you guys, Hoyo wants us to cry at some point because of Paimon.

[@RejectedInch]

whatever Paimon is i did NOT miss her one bit during the last archon quest. It was nice to hear Aether autonomous thoughts instead of the overriding screeching floating banshee.

[@EloUniversal]

Considering the Samsara's theory, putting all Tayvat into a big loop, I believe Paimon is a type of holder or something that assure's the pace of events of that world. If you notice, everytime we try to cross the boundaries of the map, Paimon is the one that hold us back to the already revealed area. In her current state, she's unable to compute that place, because she lacks memories (energy) to do so, so Paimon make us retreat over and over. For me, Paimon hunger is due the constantly increasing of the processing of elements and stuff in the world update by update. She is some kind of computer, the one who holds the great illusion Teyvat is sat upon and she guides the Travelers to witnesses the events over and over 'til the time that one of them can reweave the destiny of that world, like Dainsleif said in the story trailer.

[@spieds9994]

The reminded theory about the artifacts made me think about the new quest (spoilers): Could "The Sinner" be a shade of Space/void? The dungeon was all about space (getting on the ceiling, teleportation) and the Sinner was directly stated to have the power of the Abyss, which assumed to be the Void realm? And if Celestia/Unknown god is the second who came, it would make sense why Abyss corrupts everything in Teyvat. They fought from the moment second who came.... Well, came. That might also explain paimon's line in the new quest about being separated without knowing why (If she's a shade of Reason). Maybe after the fight all shades were separated, that's why their deeds could be seen all over Teyvat seemingly.

[@zeref7116]

unlikely, he said himself that he is no god, so unless he was lying that is not possible

[@jsw973]

​@@zeref7116 what if the word "god" is only used for deities in power? He could've been a deity that lost the war, or someone that commited a "sin," and cast away from heaven. That would explain why he has the power of the abyss, as it is the enemy of both the light and human realm.

[@pigeonpiupiu]

Someone theorised that the "sinner" is king Irmin, the king of khaenriah I'm not good with theories so just dropping this here for some thought

[@bshthrasher]

The deity that separates the siblings in the beginning of the game is called Herrscher Of The Void in Honkai Impact. If Space and Void is the same thing, then Shade Of Space must be her.

[@KhezuOnYourScreen]

Paimon somehow be related to all the plot armor moments might explain why Kazuha's dead buddy's vision activated. If Paimon is a Shade, and in that moment she was desperate to protect Trav, she might have accidentally activated it or it responded to her silent call.

[@Indian_gae_boii]

i have been waiting for this video! also in the aranara quest paimon says something like "paimon wont ever leave the traveller...right?" which i found to be very interesting, also enjou from enkonomiya says that our little companion may betray us someday, i love paimon and i don't think she will but genshin foreshadows a lot of things...

[@david.g.9349]

I couldve sworn In the new Dainsleif quest Chlothar describes our traveling companion as a floating silver hair thing. But i think i mixed it up with the mail man and Chlothar was just alluding to Dainsleif

[@beeduble]

9:47 all i heard was "hey girlie hold still"

[@TerrisH20]

Those two boxes in the explosion remind me of the opening scene, where the traveler and their sibling are encased in them.

[@chara7500]

i think there is a lot we need to connect all the dots. My most sus paimon moment was at the end of the wanderer quest where everything was changed back to the "normal" state but the vase that was broken by paimon wasn't. suddenly a voice appearing that tells us out of nowhere that its not important what destroyed the vase, its still a broken vase confused me hard considering the only thing that didn't change was an object broken by a certain individual. At the same time she doesn't seem different from others considering she forgot about the greater lord. uurgh all i'm thinking of lately is "how many things does paimon actually touch? is it only food and the traveller?"

[@Nokyyyyy]

"Quick tip: You look like a killer ! A travel companion ? That looks like a weak spot... that's going to be fatal to you" - Masseira, Tanit npc dialogue roughly translated from French

[@GriFteR_Gamer]

I must've watched the jade chamber cutscene over a dozen times and never had any reference as to why it flashed 2 different sized boxes...so much thanks for all your theories!!

[@Simson616]

The connection between Paimon and sanity also makes sense considering the Caribert quest: As Paimon leaves, the traveller meets the maddened Eide. Also note how the set up of the story and its topoi are sort of lovecraftian; we have this unknown, unholy sentient power lingering in an ancient ruin with weird spatial properties. This is providing a connection to madness as a literary topos. The madness happens with paimon not around and ends with paimon returning. On a completely different note: do the boxes in the explosion have swirly markings?

[@Vatharian]

I believe, that Paimon is a time-displaced Seelie - and not the original one, but one of the last ones, before the whole race lost powers. I chalk the whole 'emergency food' joke as a reference to fact that Traveller fished her out of ocean, when obviously going for food, so kind of taken away Traveller's lunch, and jest about how Paimon gobbles up food, so she must be plump an nutricious.

[@TheLoneWolfSin]

I think Paimon is the “good” part of the sibling that was fragmented out to protect the traveler

[@theysisossenthime]

Loved this update on Paimon theories. I've gone back and forth between so many, but I've always kept coming back to the symbology of the triquetra and her crown. These symbols and how they are portrayed just scream next level plot foreshadowing. And while concepts like being a Seelie and such are cool, they are mundane compared to the level of foreshadowing surrounding Paimon's character. I expect that this places her on a higher level, such as potentially being a Shade. What drives my confidence that Paimon is something greater than materially created is less proof in lore as it is looking outwards at other lore that matches in design. Nahida's Archon story revealed so much about Genshin. The powers of an Archon growing into their prime are something amazing. But we also learned something else, no? We more well defined the conceptual limits of an Archon. What other massively, internationally important worldbuilding-centric fiction deals in powers of three with an extremely similar symbology to Genshin's artifacts and has almost the exact same limits placed on its hierarchy? Well, that would be the work's of Tolkien. The divinity of three parts of: Aru Ilúvatar, the Valar, and the Ainur. This in comparison to the Primordial One, the Shades, and the Archon. The symbology of the crown in Tolkien's work has be taken by some as some sort of belief in strong leaders over democratic rule, but I think there is a divine spark at play instead. I would argue that those that bare the crown symbology in Tolkien's work (both on the sides of "good" and "evil") are guided there By Aru Ilúvatar's will via the Valar. They are placed in those positions to help shape the to be history of the people of the world so that the plan of Aru Ilúvatar can come true. That all of the bad things that need to happen to teach the people important lessons happen. That the necessary things are in place to overcome insurmountable odds so the story continues. To me, Paimon embodies this concept of divinity in three and the crown of guidance from the greatest divine. She is not an important character but a divine instrument.

[@bshthrasher]

Good thinking) 1) The triquetra symbolizes Elemental Mastery or the Omni element in TCG or the ability to use any of the 7 elements. And she has it on her chest. I guess we'll find out later why is this symbol sometimes upside down. I've seen theory that one is Imaginary and other is Real as an opposite meaning. 2) In Kabbalah the topmost of the sephiroth in Tree Of Life is Keter (Kether) which literally means The Crown. So yeah this is another sign that she may wield the strongest power in Teyvat.

[@jpa_crypto]

For the odd theory about Paimon betraying the Traveler: She could be a con artist who will one day fly away with the Traveler's Mora once it reaches a certain amount, and then spend it on all of the best food in Teyvat.

[@bangtanssera]

Well, in genshin it’s a common thing all deity symbols which are turned upside down are related to abyss but I agree we have even no much info to speculate on. But that unconscious completion of the phrase was insane

[@mrnissan3262]

haven’t watched one of your videos in a good while so coming back to this is a great way to start binge watching

[@niknar266]

Genshin community: What's that cube in the Liyue archon quest? Hoyo dev that attached the explosion particles effects to a basic cube in Unity3D hoping no one would freeze frame: 😅

[@KukiP]

2 chess theories, what if the traveller represents the horse and paimon is the King, since she shares slot of design elements with the peice OR maybe the traveller is the King peice, the horse is unknown, and paimon is the traveller's 'gnosis'. She shares many design elements with the king peice, stated earlier, because what if paimon is the reason why he can use the elements. She is mainly white which could represent the lack of a specific element, And the triquetra (?) symbol is also on the Omni-element dice in the TCG. Or paimon could just be paimon, who knows!? Great vid btw!

[@splinterstorm360]

I remember Paimon claiming that she was very lonely and sad before meeting the traveler during the aranara questline

[@Aozora210]

Paimon being in the sea is always something I correlate with Paimon Seelie theories since it's said that the Ancestor Seelie who "married" 2nd Who Came actually ran from Teyvat into the Dark Sea before they were being caught and punished by Celestia and losing their memories, and that there used to be a lot more Seelies that roams the land outside of Teyvat in the old world, which probably is the reason why Paimon has been floating in the sea all along. Not many Phanes/Shades Paimon theory mentions the reason about it, but I like the theory about her presence in the sea is a symbol of betrayal. Great job on the video 🙏

[@crt137]

It's worth noting that one of the shades is likely the God of Life, as Before Sun and Moon mentions that beasts, birds, and fish were created by itself (Phanes) and one of its shades. To keep the symmetry, I would think that the four shades are then Life/Death and Space/Time. I'm not sure where Reason fits into this but it's something worth mentioning - though personally, I don't think Paimon is specifically one of the four shades but she could be connected to Reason in a different way, however that manifests.

[@yYSilverFoxYy]

I think she IS Istaroth. Just pause the game. Our floaty turns towards us, time standing still, Paimon still floating. She pauses the game for us.🥰

[@ZE.brigitte]

The grass:

[@butterknight1236]

the way that genshin keeps calling paimon emergency food really just keep me wondering weather she will sacrifice herself in the end when there is no one left to help or save us other than her

[@xiayu6098]

But I’m pretty sure they genuinely only do it for the meme back when it was made an option to call paimon emergency food it became a really popular joke that based on many indications at the time hoyoverse caught onto so I don’t believe it’s anything more than a continuous joke

[@Gnidel]

I don't think they will end the game in a way that will stop us from finishing side quests. And Paimon is in all of them.

[@pozzsicle]

​@@Gnidel they could just... Have us need to finish those that include her first, (as Paimon isn't actually in *all* of them) before doing that final quest?

[@jacobcopeland2101]

I've seen theories that the travelers are the shades of life and death, but I like the idea that they might ascend to those roles since they aren't from the world in the first place. They do fit the iconography of those shades with lumine having both a flower and feather in her hair and aether having a feather in his and giving lumine her flower (if you play as lumine). I personally think the abyss twin would probably become the shade of life since, no matter which twin the player plays as, they have the undying khaenria flower related to them. I also think the abyss twin being the shade of life makes sense because they deny death, they side with the abyss order to keep the people of khaenria alive, who are also cursed with immortality. This would also mean that the player traveler will eventually play the role of restoring death, or even being a witness of "death" in the cases of Zhongli, signora and even kazuha's bloodline.

[@bshthrasher]

Good idea about Life and Death, imo siblings definitely represent Order vs Chaos, Yin and Yang.

[@res6148]

Most people say the circlet is the primordial one but Piamon being the circlet makes sense because she literally has a circlet on her head.

[@alexprus7953]

I really like the idea of Sustainer being the Shade of Space

[@RobbieStarburster]

I geniunely like Paimon and don't mind her english VA. She's grown much as a person with her time spent with the Traveler, including her power/intellect. She's noticably smarter than the beginning of the game, and she's become a great friend of the Traveler. By the end of the game, I think she will finally realize who she is (I personally think Istaroth) but will be forced to do something drastic to save the Traveler, possibly as a sacrifice. If that happened I would legit cry. It's hard to imagine Genshin without her.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Her voice actor is probably really open about saying certain things that she honestly told about in private about the cutscenes where Paimon will be used as well. It was infact a public message where she mentioned that she would be saying more about the seed cutscene when the timing was right. Definitely myself potentially finding the actual cutscene of the encounter made it a lot easier for Mihiyo to make it, and probably more than likely already fully finished it by now as well. Just because I might have dug up the actual cutscene when Paimon chooses to end herself probably does not necessarily mean that it WILL HAPPEN inside of the game, though hopefully as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

There is also more than one "Paimon" as well as Paimon herself was mentioning that there was honestly no one there to double check if she already did it already or not as well. What I am referring to is something that I already mentioned somewhere else that kids might possibly find disturbing to be reading as well. Somehow the land the Teyvat and the people within are perfectly used to it occurring to other people and themselves as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Also for some reason I am capable of writing up comments in this particular way as well, as even Klee herself was not ashamed at using the language she was honestly using at her age; among it was also honestly the truth of the matter that honestly occurred then and there as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Although I do believe that the overall ending of the game is potentially based on how much leftover items AEE NOT PICKED UP from the chests upon opening them up, as well the chest actively playing a role in when that cutscene comes into play; considering that I also told something personal about it specifically among the fact that even Paimon reccomended to me to say hopefully get the chance to say this very similar message online in the future as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

I am talking about the chest that shows up when the energy slams the character into that particular section of the Fontaine Institution subquests for any one who is not that far yet in the game as well. I did believe that I accidentally triggered the world quests that are likely UNABLE to be STARTED if the entire chain of sequences ARE NOT done as well with the characters even mentioning it ONLY because the cutscene WAS NOT triggered inside of the public release of the game as well.

[@lollordfrozen]

I know what paimon is now! It just hit me. She will become our sword. The siblings are shooting stars that travel through the universe visiting other worlds and they use comet shaped swords aswell. And while the abyss sibling still has their sword, the MC uses a dull blade. I am not saying that paimon is the lost sword, but rather a new one bestowed from celestia to take form only in the most dire situations. Her hair pin is shaped like a comet aswell after all. And while carrying symbols of celestia all over her body, she also carries symbols of space and the stars.

[@HelloKitty15937]

Okay but I actually love the theory of her being a sword. She has a crown yes BUT the sword shaped symbol on the crown always left me with a questioning feeling!!

[@joshernsteen2066]

@@HelloKitty15937 This land IS NOT Elispia or something like that where becoming a sword is part of the norm as part of the region. This land very clearly follows different laws that even the characters THEMSELVES were partially describing in detail as much as they could, as it is also honestly all that could honestly get explained as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Even if Paimon was capable of even doing it, she probably would not even be doing it at all considering what she WENT THROUGG LITTERALLY with me physically as well what she personally experienced with the female traveler as well. She is also too comfortable with being with her PERFECTLY ALONE as well as comfortably bringing up thoughts that they wanted to speak about amongst with other people present among being perfectly okay with bringing up other thoughts that she DOES NOT bring up with other people as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Jean was also directly telling her that to wary about potentially waking up on young kids as their clothes more than likely waking up on Klee more than likely as well. Paimon aslo directly had an ability to become young kids clothes that she honestly COULD NOT use herself because her weight was NOT stable herself yet as well.

[@HelloKitty15937]

@@joshernsteen2066 idk what Elispia is but is you remember the limited event with Itto, Ayato, and more, in the forest for the spooky scavenger hunt; the paddle yokai gained sentience. So I think it’s more like that, rather than being connected to the sword directly

[@TinkRomero]

The Unknown God / Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and Paimon share some similarities oddly enough. We see from the Archons that their power is physically imbued into their hair, and that it glows when they utilize their power. Paimon has white hair, just like the Sustainer. They both can fly/float as well. And this is where the similarities end, but strangely so. We’ve seen the Sustainer use her powers, but not Paimon (and whether that scene in Liyue is Paimon using her power or not, we still don’t see Paimon during that scene at all, so it cannot be counted). And while fighting the Sustainer, we can actually see some of her hair glow white (it’s at the ends of her hair, just like the archons) and at the same time, her hair is floating above her as well, and I’m going on the safe bet that this is probably only because she is using her powers at the moment. If Paimon has the same type of hair, then we have yet to see it since she hasn’t used her power in front of us. Now as for Paimon’s identity, let’s get back to the Archons, their identity is to rule over a nation with their respective element, but what is more important in an Archon’s Role, their element or nation? It would be the Element, because each Nation is heavily inflicted with their respective Element. And in a Screen-load Tip, it tells us that the elements are the world’s building blocks. So if that is the extent of the elements, then that is the extent of the Archons. Something that has yet to be pointed out, is that the Statues of the Archons are separate from the Statues of the Seven. In the Moonchase Event we find Marchiossus’s Statue, which is in an indestructible stone that gave away due to Festive Fever that accrued around Marchiossus’s Ideal of the Stove. Sharing a warm meal between friends and family. And the definition of ideal is “a standard of perfection; a principle to be aimed at” and the definition of principle is “a fundamental truth, or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief”. There are 3 types of truths, Objective, Normative, and Subjective. Objective is what exists and can be physically proven. Normative is what a group agrees to be true. Subjective is how an individual sees or experiences the world. (A little example here. There is a Poisonous Plant, this is objective truth. The Poisonous Plant is special, this is Normative Truth. It’s best to stay away from the Poisonous Plant, this is Subjective Truth.) A principle can be either Normative or Subjective Truth. In Genshin, their appears to be 2 types. The Gods with their ideals are Subjective, and the Heavenly Principles are Normative. This is important because in Genshin, it appears that the Heavenly Principles have more power than the Ideals and will refuse any who opposes them. A Sustainer by definition is “someone who upholds or maintains”, so anything that threatens the Principles would be met with aggression from the Sustainer. (This is interesting because this means that Human arrogation isn’t really the main enemy of the Principles, it’s just the Human Arrogation from Khaenri’ah ended up threatening the Principles). The Gods won’t fight against the Principles, so Subjective Truth won’t out Normative Truth, which leaves Objective Truth, which is something that the Traveler is indeed searching for, along with their sibling ofc. (And something that Rheingold asked of Albedo as well, hmm … ) and how does all of this relate to Paimon’s identity? Because I believe she is a Principle. So, without question, the Heavenly Principles are often referred to as if they are physical beings, so I will speculate that they are. The question remains now, how many Principles are there, and which one is Paimon? Well, a Principle is, as we have discussed earlier, proposition that serves as the foundation of a system of beliefs. So, what do the people and Gods of Teyvat, believe in? There is a constant belief of Vision Holders by both the people and Gods, so there is a Principle of Visions. The people have a complete reliance on the Gods, so there is a Principle of Gods. As of right now, this is the furthest I’ve gone, if you can think of any more potential Principles, please do. Now, if Paimon is a Principle, I think that she for a certain reason was kicked to the curb by the other Heavenly Principles, why would that be? Because Paimon was the black sheep of the bunch, she cared about the Objective Truth that could threaten the rest of the Principles. Earlier I talked about the Statues of the Archons and Statues of the Gods being separate, well to get back to that topic, the Statues of the Gods would of existed before the Archon War, so the pedestal that these Statues are placed on, is the Statues of the Archons. Let’s call them “Celestial Pedestals” for now. And here is an odd thing, the Irminsul is connected to these “Celestial Pedestals”, when Rukkha left a message on loop in the Irminsul, it found itself being repeated at the Celestial Pedestals as well. The Irminsul is something that records all information, false or true, especially the Objective Truth, so the Heavenly Principles were most afraid of it, and especially of the Avatar of Irminsul. You see, I think Paimon, is the Principle of Irminsul. We know that people of Teyvat used to pray to Irminsul for things, this was one of their beliefs. And we have also seen these beliefs be punished, and just about utterly destroyed, now the Irminsul isn’t a worldwide belief, but a worldwide curiosity. Also, remember that the first things Paimon lead us to, was a Celestial Pedestal, connecting to Irminsul, connecting us to the Elements. Irminsul is supposed to record everything about this world, but there is no record of us. Is it because we are Descenders, or because we are being recorded by the Irminsul Principle? Because our sibling was recorded, so either they are the unique one of the twins, or we are. I wonder, the Sustainer must of at one point protected Paimon as well, was Paimon’s abandonment something she regretted, or something she supported? … now I am interested in both of them meeting up. Edit: side note, forgot to mention that with Sustainers White Hair Glow, this is another confirmation of an 8th element existing in Genshin. Edit 2: forgot to mention as well, that this may explain why Paimon had no issue with the Ley Lines in Tighnari’s Quest.

[@bshthrasher]

According to Kabbalah the Tree Of Life consists of 11 elements. Physical is also an elements of the Tree.

[@Electronick7714]

Interesting side note, the location where the traveler pulls paimon out of the water is almost directly under the cliff where the broken statue of the time God is. Food for thought

[@user-wt5if6rx8m]

06:07 "Paimon is said to be able to summon (...) knowledge of past and future events (...) remain underwater indefinitely, command fish, levitate, clear doubts and generally accomplish any task or summon any feat by which to please the sorcerer"

[@секутордекаданса]

my theory is that Paimon is the former companion of Istaroth/one of the shining shades, like Yae for Ei or Dvalin for Venti. 1. she feels extremely nervious when the Traveller is not nearby, and we know that Istaroth dissapeared all of a sudden. 2. she knows a lot about the history of Teivat, but doesn't have a clue about more recent events and personalias. 3. also our journey begins on the beach, which is the closest to the secret island with a temple of time. 4. she demonstrates empathy every time our MC talks about their twin and separation and loneliness. 5. it also explains her spontaneous continuation of the Mondstadtian idiom. in that case, her fate is unreadable for Mona, because without the memories of Istaroth left in this world Paimon doesn't have her proper past, and her future is defined by the actions of a descender. btw, she calls herself "the best companion" in the beginning of our story, and does it very confidently, as if she already were one.

[@Wolf_Spark]

Also after debating some stuff, I think Paimon might also give us our elemental powers. Think about it, she was there when we touched one of the statue of the sevens and we received "a blessing" from the Anemo God. But if we go to Raiden she says: "... it is not by my will that Visions are granted or denied. The key is people's desire, and... well, there's another side to it too." So we know for sure that Visions/elemental powers are not granted by Archons, but by something else. What if this something else in our case is Paimon? What if when we touch those statues they act like a beacon that allows us to access some elemental power/core present in Celestia, that we can use because Paimon was next to us? BTW did anyone ever asked, why do these Archon statues are always cracked/chipped off and when we fix them, we get a power boost in the form of a constellation? Also isn't it weird how they all are pretty much the same aside for who sits on top of them ?

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

The word "Genshin" or "Yuanshen" in CN means "Original/ Elemental God", if you look at the Genshin logo, you'll see Paimon's halo over the 2 kanji, straight up indicating that Paimon is the Original God, the Primordial One. Unless there are going to be other beings with the same halo, maybe if she's a Shade, all other Shades may also have this halo. It's kind of sad that EN and by some extension JP by EN speakers who don't actually speak JP, Paimon has been perceived quite commonly as an annoying and unlikable character when in CN and KR she is a very well loved character. So much that in the latest Dainsleif quest, when Paimon disappeared and you couldn't even pause the game to see if Paimon is there, a Korean streamer I watched noted that she actually felt scared because Paimon's presence is completely gone. Paimon has been built up to be an inseparable and lovable character that we actually felt a close bond to(in CN/KR/JP). This level of bonding was demonstrated in Honkai with a couple of extremely important characters that each time they reappear, people literally start tearing including myself. Also one of the crazier Paimon links to Honkai was revealed recently when the characters used a stargate to travel across space. The particle effects that appeared around the stargate is unmistakably Paimon's constellation effects, the exact same graphic assets 1 to 1. It is the only other time in the entire Hoyoverse to show these graphic effects. This shows that Paimon and the stargate has some kind of similar source of power or ability, the power to affect space-time, Shade of Space?

[@dallyinghualian]

I've always used EN since I started playing but for some reason I have never found Paimon annoying, in fact, I actually really like her. I wouldn't know what to do without her 😅

[@alexprus7953]

I think she's the shade of Time rather than space. Space seems very fitting for the Unknown God. And them both being shades would explain the similarities in design

[@cynicalradicand]

I started out playing the game in JP (because I was a weeb) then I switched to english (after I realised that English was actually pretty good) and now I'm playing in Chinese (because I'm Chinese and want to get better at my mother tongue). But honestly I like EN and JP paimon more than CN paimon because to me, paimon isn't paimon without all the sass.

[@oscarfunez3806]

That could most likely just filler effects since multiple kinds of effects are seen throughout their games. So that's a very loose kind of evidence. The universes are connected,yes, but they clearly stated they weren't going to connect their stories at all. Otherwise, it would be annoying and unoriginal since it goes back to the same story towards honkai. ) So far...we just don't know. We can only speculate

[@Th3Mystery]

Just one important correction: that's not a halo its a tiara said by paimon herself. Meaning she's royalty??? Do you who else wears a crown and looks just like paimon? The queen of the abyss(BP cutscene)

[@calypso8582]

The domain that is in desert region where you farm for scara artifact (I dunno the name T T ) doesn't have crowns hanging over the tree. That's what i noticed back when it came out. I am not sure if hoyo changed it or not

[@ardiansejdiu4608]

I just noticed that the inside of her little cape looks like a tapestry of stars or those lines in a microchip, and remembered that theory that the travelers power was tech based since he came from the stars, maybe Paimon is part of his tech like an external "organ" maybe she functions as a transmitter connecting the traveler to the magic of the 7

[@bingbong517]

i love how you touch on gnosticism! would you ever do a video on the term allogenes and the allogene texts? the main character reminds me of aether a bit unless you've already covered that??

[@wadigkin95]

Theres a line from the shadowy husk knight in Chasm Underground where they called them traveler and Paimon being the Calamity and its compnian being "fate". Perhaps this could somehow explain why every near-death situation was unrealistically "intervene", since this cannot be ruled out as Paimon is present there all the time.

[@jamesreese4170]

Wasn't there a very early trailer that spoke about giving the traveler the best guide to go with her. It was before I was playing the game so I didn't spend a lot of thought on it, but I feel like I remember one like that.

[@salilsingla6496]

Maybe paimon was the God of khaenri'ah who was defeated due to a reason unknown to us and lost her memories. The irminsul was then used to just remove the memories of a God

[@sensennsen]

It is written and recorded on the tablets the world was formed and that the other sister has fallen. It is possible that the sister shrunk her power and her form because of her "fall".

[@inigocraft2446]

i just noticed during the jade chamber dropping there was a big cube and a small one so its paimon protecting herself and the traveller

[@freemaneva89carroll20]

sweet video Aster, My take on paimon is that she was the servant of some kind for celestia . Who some how read the travelers fate an rebelled. in losing her powers she made it to hydro nation . A strong current brough her to traveler . Traveler bad luck celestia closing in on paimon, his good luck is of course paimon power isn-t gone yet .

[@pachoperez2540]

After watching the teyvat storyline preview I got a speculation about paimon (It may be wrong and full of loopholes but if I'm right to some extend then I may be into something), the last sentence of dainsleif in the trailer is "my memory has all but faded completely... But I will always remember how much she too loved these flowers". Now if we stretch those words then this means that by now dainsleif has his memory severely affected (I haven't gone through the current archon quest so I may be very wrong) and we know that paimon doesn't remember who she is. What if the she dainsleif is talking about is paimon instead of lumine because lumine (if we talk about the canon hoyoverse is taking) is acting towards a goal instead of looking manipulated (Yeah, the mysterious force that nahida talked about may be manipulating lumine to some extend but let's imagine that the mysterious force is more like a boss to her). Maybe paimon ended in the sea as she was also in khaenri'ah or had ties there or even actively participated in the cataclysm in the shadows, and after falling into the sea and the forbidden knowledge wrecking havoc in irminsul her records got corrupted or altered explaining her memory loss and unknown origin, and because of that dainsleif can't remember her, but he is still able to remember her (paimon before memory loss) love for the flowes, it's just that current paimon may be completely different from her previous self.

[@CitraCerita]

Also I think the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles could not be the Shade of Time because she's a part of the Second Who Came? I feel like there's a theme of the Primordial One being benevolent towards the single unified civilization but then "laws" were introduced when the Second Who Came descended leading to the Archon War. Explaining why Istaroth helps Enkanomiya as a flickering power of the defeated by the Second Who Came. And when the scribe said that "Primordial One" sealed Enkanomiya, it's actually The Second Who Came that took waged war and took hostage of the Primordial One and acted as Demiurge aka the "Fake God". That's why in Traveler's Character Details "The keeper is fading away; the creator has not yet come." The keeper signifies the 4 Shades, and the creator obviously is the Primordial One.

[@leafblade5057]

the jade chamber "cube scene" is a style of animation called yutapon cube. you can see that in animations in my hero academia or other animes like that. could be a hint but considering it looks more like an impact frame it's unlikely. anyway love your content keep it up 👍

[@AevyCh]

We fished Paimon from the sea. What if Paimon fell into the Dark Sea, and for that reason, was assumed dead by the Higher Entities; abandoned for years until we found her? I have nothing to back up this claim but it's an interesting insight in my opinion.

[@alexfirth21]

So if Paimon grants visions, it's possible Kazuha was granted the extra vision from Paimon when facing Raiden.

[@narniamars2810]

I feel like in the midst of everything, pimon was probably reborn version of one of the sades, making it so she doesn’t have any reculations to anything and hasn’t unlocked her powers yet. If this is the case, she could’ve been reborn after or during the cataclysm and was taught by the gods. This could explain y she looks so young and is clingy. I also think interesting that her lines are much more complex than her vocabulary when it comes to explaining new places , and when she had to explain the docs to truser in childes quest she forgot what I’m thinking are pre written lines. It’s only then she slips up, when she’s not explaining to traveler. Mabey she was taught by the ppl on celestia, then thrown down to tevat to guide traveler. Idk just a mini theory, but plz think abt it I want someone else to notice and talk abt this other than me.

[@marcusbullock2753]

Paimon as the last boss would be sick for this game I’d love to see that.

[@dinispedroso8151]

11:06 in Anime theres a popular trope where big explosions or supermoves cut objects into cubes, which obviously is very unrealistic but it looks cool and thats what I believe happens in this scene aswell.

[@Maethendias]

paimon is probably the reason why we wont side with the abyss unlike our sibling, which is probably her real deal

[@joshernsteen2066]

Probably that specific information is locked behind really, really close protection and protocols within the company's information database I guess; considering I did not even locate/write up any information regarding it as well. Neither did any of the information being written up about the content of the game contain any of it, although it was not their primary goal to achieve as certain people even admitted that they learned to write slightly better by reading what they wrote up as well.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Neither was any of the content that they were doing even affiliated with that particular content in mind though as well. Honestly very, very, very few people honestly wanted really wanted to give them more content for them to be using for the public release of the game, although they already had a very good grasp at what they KNEW would be included inside of the public release of the game and the content that they wanted/were going to eventually be creating themselves as well. Also they did ALREADY mention publicly a long time ago that they were going to eventually be creating an electro selee to guide people playing the game as well, also considering that the content itself was kind of confusing to navigate without any assistance and people were infact stuck at where to be going THEMSELVES as well.

[@Maethendias]

@@joshernsteen2066 what the hell are you talking about

[@joshernsteen2066]

The other content involving the Kahuza domain the company ONLY MADE becuase of the fact that I already did the content surrounding what they would eventually be doing themselves if it was not already done already as well. They were definitely caught OFF GUARD at when EXACTLY it was done as well, way before they were even aware it was even done in the first place as well!!!

[@joshernsteen2066]

The content itself IS SO SIMILAR to the other one that I first had to triple check that it was not the other kind as well.

[@nwoDekaTsyawlA]

Paimon's symbol is upside down. I believe that Paimon's crown is also upside down. Do you remember what is also upside down? The original human city, and the defiled statue of the Seven.

[@DeeonleeCobb373]

From the 3.2 Archon Quest, each of the Archon's Story could tie back to Paimon. Zhongli - Traveller to witness Teyvat's TRUE history unfold. Traveller is also meant to unravel Paimon's Origins. Ei - Traveller is introduced to an Archon's mysterious past. As to how this ties to Paimon it could be alluding to her siblings and her tragic past. Nahida - This Archon is a reincarnation of Rukkhadevata. Paimon could be similar. And so remains Hydro, Pyro, Cryo Archons and Venti. We're still yet to get a major lore bomb from Venti.

[@mycdonalds2550]

a dumb little thing i like to think is that the reason why Paimon loves food and eating so much is because she isn't at her full power, and people normally eat to replenish/regain their energy. So because she isn't at her peak, she loves to eat and find food.

[@Junnneee]

Great theory, I'm very curious to see what this series has in store. Thanks Energetic Aster!

[@tigerthebest96]

Something that I want to correct is that you said that there was a 2 months gap between the Traveler awakening and Paimon meeting them... that is wrong. At the start of the game (you even put the cutscene in this video) the Traveler says that "When I woke, I was all alone - until I MET YOU 2 MONTHS AGO", so we don't really know how much time passed since the Traveler woke up, we only know that they met Paimon 2 months before the start of the game (not that 2 months passed from waking up to meeting Paimon). I don't really think it changes much but I was always curious to know how much the Traveler was awake for and what they did in that time, and also where did they fish Paimon up (since the fishing scene does not resemble the beach in wich you start)

[@KaizuoSilva]

Hi hi, nice vid as always

[@stellarmelody2784]

The abandonment issue and gaining power are what i expected for paimon because people already theory about paimon abandonment issue not only the symbolism are betrayl i hope paimon won't betray me... but every time we left like when we talk to xiao for a minute she start to get angry, in the loop dream when we tested to left the gate for an hour and paimon have to stay put while we left she was upsad with us which mean that she doesn't want to lose traveler she doesn't want to get abandon again The funny thing is wanderer against the archon and paimons agaisnt the celestia what are the odds

[@MountSec]

If we have to "absorb" her power to beat the final boss I'm gonna laugh... ....and be a little sad....

[@arnowisp6244]

We will all laugh like Maniacs.

[@mimimi1287]

heavenly principle having domain of space make sense. HoV kiana, the character heavenly principle is based on, has domain and control over space (herrscher of the void)

[@quinkana1]

Tbf paimon being the god of space/heavenly principles makes the most sense. Paimon is connected to the heavenly principles in some manner, and we know that she has no memories of who she is. Her powers (including the blocks and the menu) also connects to that of the void/space more I think, and considering that the heavenly principles' character in mihoyo has always been connected to that of split personality it is very possible that the heavenly principles' want to rebel manifests as paimon.

[@marcusbullock2753]

So the real reason why the Travler is quiet all the time is because he/she may not know the langauage fully and has paimon translate things for them? If so I can finally agree to a silent protagonist.