Genshin Impact Theory - The Tsaritsa’s plan Revealed || Inazuma, The Pawn, and The King's Gnosis

[@TeyvatHistoria]

✔Check out these playlists for more Genshin Impact content: 😢Character Origins: kzbin.info/aero/PLn2_heBLYy7-92SSW4nCc3i71-J85Dp5T 😎Theories: kzbin.info/aero/PLn2_heBLYy78YQkvvNWAoU62yGW-BaHx2 🤷‍♂Things you Might Have Missed: kzbin.info/aero/PLn2_heBLYy79-WDS_sjkaERLIV11A2cnG Catch me on Twitch! Twitch.tv/TeyvatHistoria

[@Frazzled_Chameleon]

It's interesting that Venti is the Queen gnosis. The Queen is the piece that has the most freedom on the board, being able to move in any direction it pleases, as well as backwards and forwards. Venti is the archon of the "city of freedom".

[@The1andonlysharpshooter]

and the fact venti never stays in one place and his people hadn’t have seen him in centuries 😭 he really do be moving places

[@canaldecasta]

Now that I think about this freedom, rook fits Zhongli, having the most movement after the queen and on straight, direct lines.

[@kaijakaslana]

And it also suits his kill count in the archon wars.

[@adamarlei]

@@kaijakaslana it's fake

[@snivygreen2216]

However, most pepole sacrifice their queen to get a advantage on the board.

[@ParadoxAAA]

The traveler must be like a wild joker card thrown into a game of chess, a game piece that can mimic any other game piece and it's from a completely different game and joker cards always come in pairs of two

[@aarokturunen]

Interesting perspective

[@n0nenone]

The celestial kings : surprised pika face lol

[@allisterthebirb4142]

If you get a pawn to your opponent’s end of the board it can become any other piece. Maybe they’re pawns?

[@ParadoxAAA]

@@allisterthebirb4142 the allogenes/vision bearers would be the pawns as they can be promoted to archons and there are many more pawns than there are any other type of piece in chess just like how there are many allogenes but only 1 archon per element at any given time

[@yomamahahahhh6381]

its less likely but what if the king gnosis was with lumine/aether and thats why they can manipulate all elements? theres no proof and i doubt its possible cause both of them can likely do so but still

[@21b4tsumiki9]

The Lore in this game is so complex it really impresses me

[@iloveplumpgrannies174]

It's like watching an anime except that we get to play a role in it through Aether or Lumine.

[@wolfhooks146]

Mihoyo are FANTASTIC writers. Knowing from Honaki Impact. Nothing they do is a coincidence, everything is intentional. And it pains me that there are people who don't care about the lore of this game and skip the dialogues, they missing out. 🙄

[@21b4tsumiki9]

Exactly !!

[@markandreikinkito8253]

yet people skips dialouges for rewards, doesn't read lores in books, in weapons and artifacts and says there's no content.

[@BlairAnsor]

@@wolfhooks146 I’m also a lore fanatic, but some of the content is deserves to be skipped like the mondstadt festival or some of the hangout quests

[@thebokchoy6854]

The fact that the gnoses are chess pieces could also play into them forcing the archons to obey celestia, as it shows that they are symbolically just the celestial god's chess pieces on the board that is teyvat, having to take lives and risk their own to advance the goals of the celestial gods, just like a chess player making trades to achieve victory, even if it means losing almost all their pieces

[@braddl9442]

We have six chess pieces as gnosis. Is the 7th piece the BOARD itself, or the player.

[@lamontcranston13]

@@braddl9442 theres also the missing god of time that was once worshipped in mondstadt with the god of wind

[@w1nther930]

@@braddl9442 the missing piece is the traveller and the king. Traveller is the pawn able to become anything by arbsorbing elemental powers and using them without visions and celestia is the king. but i can kinda see one thing which is there are more pawns 8 in total so this is just my theory of what they could be. Traveller obviously kh'aenri'ah/abyss order kaeya being the last from kh'aenri'ah and maybe even a prince from the royal family. dainsleif being cursed with imortality (also from kh'aenri'ah) the other twin teyvat which is the entire world being able to change with new cultures and just evolution (to your board theory teyvat would be the board) humankind and adepti who wields visions and lastly either it would be paimon since we dont know her role in the game yet either than being our travel companion or it would be someone we dont know yet or it could be the eleven harbingers

[@Khann_2102]

@@lamontcranston13 and this God of Time could possibly be Paimon Remember where we first fished her?

[@w1nther930]

@@Khann_2102 umm she does recemble her and she does have the power to turn forward time somehow and if we take the theory that the god of time is paimon it makes sense. But what if paimon is just from the same race as her like they were a race of gods. i mean it could be a twist she was but why would she assist us in finding the seven and regaining power? paimon might aswell have been knocked out and just got saved by aether and she lost all memories or she is just a messenger

[@ABlackmore721]

I'm excited for Inazuma and the lore going forward.

[@Thatoneguyonyoutube420]

I hope it comes in 1.9 so I can save primogems

[@amanchaturvedi7981]

@@Thatoneguyonyoutube420 it wont come all out at once mihoyo could release inazuma could be released island by island since it has 3 islands and they could releasing it from 1.6

[@mueru3826]

Man, TH Theories are really great. The 500 Five Hundred Years Theory was on point 🤯. Now, I had the hunch that this will also be true somehow. Makes me wonder if TH actually work for MiHoyo in making Stories for Genshin Impact 😆

[@vanessagalang4656]

Your flesh is weak.

[@neloangel117]

Has anyone updatee

[@djixi98]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that Baal's Gnosis was taken away, solely from the narrative and storytelling perspective. Tsaritsa taking Gnosis' away is how both chapters ended. Personally I'm more fond of the theory that visions (eyes of the god, in original translation) are used to spy on mankind and that that's the reason why Baal is taking them away. Her goal is to protect her people, just as Havria once tried..

[@hikari9262]

I agree. Gnosis is also "heart of god" in both CN and JP.

[@haku554]

I'm also not sure about the theory that Baal's gnosis has already been stolen. But if visions are used to spy, like you say, then the Tsaritsa would not allow the harbingers to have visons so she can keep her plans secret, and Baal would put her people in more danger by taking away all visions.

[@cen3684]

@@haku554 maybe thats why she fuses visions with delusions? by doing that the person that wield a vision is able to use it but the delusion ''blocks'' the connection to the celestia?

[@haku554]

@@cen3684 That's a possibility, but it would only explain why the Tsaritsa allows the harbingers to have visions, Baal taking away all the visions in Inazuma would still be very dangerous for her people and herself if they really are tools to spy on humankind. I hope we learn more about visions in Inazuma, there's a lot of interesting possibilities but not enough info at the moment ^^'

[@paprika-1639]

@@haku554 I think Baal is the only person who knows the “truth” about the visions. Even Tsaritsa herself might not be aware of it and telling about it would not give out the best results. Edit: Also her acting like a prideful person might just be a cover up after all for what she is actually planning but who knows lol

[@Pikaman20008]

After hearing Childe’s voiceline about how the Tsaritsa used to be kind, I figured it was probably also a case of the Tsaritsa is also actually a good guy. Edit: I’m honestly surprised by the number of people unaware that the term “good guy” is gender neutral. Yes, I am aware the Tsar*itsa* is a woman.

[@Thatoneguyonyoutube420]

Girl

[@LeaksHater]

@@Thatoneguyonyoutube420 "good guy"

[@ahmadsyabana983]

Good girl

[@peeweeallen517]

Man what a good russian

[@minxxd]

@@Thatoneguyonyoutube420 it’s just a term he probably knows she’s a girl

[@cyno4055]

"None will escape the flames see for yourself"

[@9words40]

i read this in Dain's voice

[@IDKman5020]

@@9words40 because it was originally said in his voice?

[@pyrite2060]

Self-proclaimed prophet: "...the island in the sky set the world to burn...." Description of traveler in the character menu: "...and the world shall burn no longer, for you shall ascend..."

[@thedreamer2321]

@@pyrite2060 The creater is fading, the keeper has not yet come but the world shall burn no longer for you shall ascend

[@raidenuzumaki3367]

I first doubted the Tsaritsa's motivations after reading Tartaglia's voice lines. To find out more, I read the lines written under the Shivada Jade gemstones (each elemental stones have the thoughts of their respective Archons on them) and I knew she's actually the good person instead. Also I think Raiden has decided to side with Tsaritsa rather than having her Gnosis taken, if her personality is anything like Raiden Mei.

[@TeyvatHistoria]

It’s possible they’ve sided together however at this time the only personality traits we know of with regard to Baal is that she believes herself to be eternal and the closest of all archons to the celestial overseers

[@silverhawkscape2677]

The fatui have diplomatic immunity.

[@danielluidalindin1985]

Yassss honkai

[@chanceklippstein]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Haha I'm from the future and I can tell you that immunity didnt do a whole lot for a particular harbinger that was in inuzuma.

[@horizon146]

@@chanceklippstein She 'punished' Sara and didn't get punished herself, despite the Shogun being discontent about it, seems pretty immune to me

[@zelliarie]

Personally, I think the “plot twist” in this game would be that Celestia turns out to be evil and the Tsarista is the “good guy” all along. Since we arrived in Mondstadt, the way we were introduced to visions made Celestia seem like a “heaven” almost. Because of this, the Tsarista seems like the “bad person” at first because she’s stealing every God’s gnosis. In the story trailer, it is said that she is “rebelling against the divine”. I think that’s the reason why Sneznhaya is right before Khaneri’ah (in the order of the regions we travel to). Of course, this is just a theory, so this is just what I think. I’m still not sure what position this puts our sibling and the Unknown God, but I think the Unknown God is somehow related to Khaneri’ah. For starters, the Unknown God (in the opening cutscene) mentions the “arrogation of mankind”. I’m guessing that because Khaneri’ah was built from humans and didn’t have a god, Celestia didn’t like that and forced the archons to destroy it.

[@roni3456]

That would actually make alot of sense, if i learnt anything from reading mythology and religious scriptures is that gods dont like to feel unneeded or challenged. If celestia has a god complex then maybe someone may want to bring an end to it, so maybe that someone really could be tsaritsa

[@XxXPandaGamer25XxX]

I love the explanation for as to why the electro archon would begin the vision hunt, it was a mind boggling journey to figure out exactly why she would be this frazzled and defensive.

[@tinienteabanil2922]

This could also answer as to why there's a civil war going on , loyalist vs (new faction)??

[@Thatoneguyonyoutube420]

She is the god of eternity and wants to be electro archon for an eternal period

[@ulti_mages9200]

their is one massive problem with that, the vision hunt degree was started a year before yae miko gave the gnosis to the 6th harbinger and she stopped using her gnosis 500 year before following the calamity

[@Nightstriker995]

I just did zhongli's second story quest.... the traveler asked about the attack on Khaenri'ah at the end, but zhongli said he can't speak about it due to a contract he made.... I'm starting to think we aren't the good guys anymore.... and starting to believe that the fatui and the Tsaritsa are the good ones....

[@skybattler2624]

For me, I'm starting to think that based on Zhongli's facial expression, it gives the vibe of 'I did not understand that part of the agreement first, but still have to uphold it' kind of face. TeyvatHistoria's hypothesis of the Archon's contract with Celestia is that they would attain Godhood and the ability to protect their people, in exchange of being biological superweapons of Celestia when the time is needed, seems to be the most probable. They each signed the contract at a time when no one dared challenge Celestia, until Khaenriah happened.

[@unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616]

I wouldn't say the fatui are good guys either. In the manga we see that they conduct lethal experiments on children (collei) and we even see one turn his butler into a ruin guard

[@Nightstriker995]

@@unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616 well that dosen't sound like good guys so looks like they aren't good after all neither are the gods, wonder what the travelerers are good? evil? grey? can't be sure.

[@unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616]

@@Nightstriker995 The gods themselves might just be pawns for the celestial overseers to control teyvat they don't have much choice. Our traveller is neither the good or bad guy in this story so far, traveller is only interested in finding their sibling they just get roped in the nations' problems. We don't have enough clues to make a judgement of who's the good or bad guy and tbh there might not even be those as mihoyo also writes morally gray characters in honkai.

[@Nightstriker995]

@@unintelligiblewhispersofwi6616 quite possible. We can only speculate atm more will be revealed as the story progresses. Teyvat could be nothing more then a chess board for all we know, at least to the gods in celestial. One thing is clear though the archons won't tell us anything about it at least not yet.

[@namehere6387]

Great theory on the tsaritsa, the only thing I’m hung over by the whole theory is the, “She is a god with no love left for her people, nor do they have any left for her.” From the story trailer. Even if the tsaritsa for doing this for the sake of saving others but the fatui themselves did questionable things, commit horrible crimes like kidnapping children and experimenting on them which leads to hundreds of deaths and then trying to monopolize mondstat to take more victims in the manga. So I could probably imagine that she’s blinded by her goal to the point that she doesn’t even care if her people becomes power hungry on the idea of the “divinity” or if they attempt to overthrow her

[@crowei]

Rarely do I get this immersed in a games lore.

[@yoganarayan]

should've try hearing dark souls

[@KOKOBC]

Ikr, lowkey hooked to this game

[@nocturnal3427]

@Daniyal Solkar i think things like this are more interesting.

[@tomoca1246]

I recommend the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series also The Witcher

[@gnrngkcntnf]

Same, this is the first game of its kind where I actually read what people are saying in conversations

[@anxioshcrg490]

I think these would be the chess pieces for the Archon's Gnosis, besides Vision weilders being Pawns & Celestia having the King. Anemo - Queen Geo - Rook Electro - Knight Dendro - Bishop Hydro - Bishop Pyro - Knight Cryo - Rook Vision Weilders - Pawns Celestia - King

[@hyon2441]

i do wonder if these chess pieces have varying sides (black and white) since those colors are typically against eachother. I guess if you turn against the king (color white) you'll turn into a black chess piece, trying to fill in the other side of the chess board (tbh idk much bout chess lol)

[@christiangonzalez6945]

Swap the elctro and cryo pieces Cryo its the knight, electro its the tower

[@ejokurirulezz]

wrong. pyro+hydro - knights electro+dendro- bishops. you can tell by the similarities of their corresponding slimes. and no, celestia wouldn't have the king. at least not the one in the side of these

[@ejokurirulezz]

@@christiangonzalez6945 no, cryo is rook is similar togeo, electro is already confirmed bishop from the statue's shape. wth you talking about

[@Gingging47]

probably the element from another world is the King Or Rook?

[@mera6710]

I love how rich the lore is. They really put a lot of effort into the story, backstory, characters and even just enemy slimes. I enjoy it

[@SC-hk6bs]

In the main story quest after Dvalin was seen being corrupted by the abyss mage (at starsnatch cliff, if I remember correctly) There’s a cutscene that plays where the cryo abyss mage says two lines to the evil twin that really piqued my interest • Something about the evil twin’s homeland returning to Teyvat • Something about revelling in its glory once it returns to Teyvat Not sure if you’ve made a theory about this, just thought it was interesting (or I’m stupid, either way- smart people of KZbin please comment what you think)

[@TeyvatHistoria]

Lumine’s goal is to “engulf the thrones” of Celestia. The idea about the home and returning however may yet be tied to what they’re doing with that statue of the seven. For now we don’t know.

[@tripedal2063]

My theory is that means humanity taking over the gods

[@JaneDoe-dg1gv]

it seems like the abyss is working to break the barrier between teyvat and the wider cosmos. the return of our travelers' homeland, given that they came down in meteors.

[@octavian7126]

if tsaritsa is againts the celestia then it makes sense that she give kaeya vision when fighting diluc because kaeya role will be important

[@harukinakamura6630]

Plot twist: kaeya is secretly working for tsarita as both a spy for kaenriah and for harbingers. Not really a formal member of the harbingers but a spy a secret agent. Kaeya also had a list of allies all over teyvat such as thugs, treasure hoarders, fatui, and other factions it was seen in his profile. They feed him information

[@thegekkouga7763]

From Mona we can get to know that Kaeya has a major decision to make. A choice from the 2 options available. He doesn't like the archons probably (revealed by his poem in hilichurlian). So ig he either got to choose between monstad and khaneri'ah when the time comes. It was there in Mona's voice lines ig

[@asitpatel1086]

but its actually Barbatos who gave him his vision. maybe with the help of tsaritsa

[@octavian7126]

@@asitpatel1086 is it really?. i dont know if the vision is given from the seven with matching element or from the seven who rules the land

[@user-ml5jy3ns2p]

@@thegekkouga7763 if the archons are innocent according to this video then why would kaeya hate them if he was being fed information? wouldnt he already know that theyre innocent and that celestia is to blame instead?

[@harukinakamura6630]

I'm just here excited when kaeya finally is centered in the main plot since he is the long lost prince of kaenriah. Imagine if kaeya was given a vision by the tsarita because she knows that kaeya will fullfill something important. That night...kaeya fought diluc and recieved his vision..Tsarita saw something in him, hence she granted the cryo vision as kaeya will be the eyes of Tsarita. This is considering that his constillation is pavo ocellus a peacock and in greek mythology it is known as a peacock with multiple eyes. He will fullfill the prophecy. Also, it was hinted by mona that kaeya is destined for greatness and grandeur meaning it is highly likely that he will triumph over celestia with the help of the cryo archon. This can also be hinted when he said a death threat to venti in his poem " mi muhe ye" it does not mean i love you. It means " i will triumph over you" It was a declaration of war, rebellion against the archons and celestia. Lastly, dainsleif is known as a great sword , powerful and undefeated weapon forged. hence, he is called the "twilight sword" he is a sword longing for his master. Kaeya= the prince/ master Dainsleif= twighlight sword Dainsleif will be kaeya's sword in defeating celestia. We could possibly see both of them meet up sometime.

[@priyankaravichandhran]

That would be so cool!

[@mikuu1083]

holy smokes, imma use kaeya dps now

[@g.gzephyr8302]

Also his talents, it didnt mention favonius blade work but instead ceremonial bladework 🤔

[@lune5146]

YESSSS omg I really hope that this actually happens :D I can't wait for my boi kaeya to get more spotlight in the story

[@tartaglia4086]

Proud to be a kaeya main

[@damomguy2801]

If the timeline is correct.. then the dendro archon didn't know anything about the destruction of khaenri'ah.. which makes sense on what dainsleif is talking about in the trailer for sumeru

[@lapisx8565]

Yeah, the current archon came to be after the old one perished yet at the same time Sumeru will hold tons of lore since they were the ones to lose an archon recently (excluding liyue since morax was there 500 years ago)

[@Saint_8312]

But Dainsleif's narration implies as if the current Dendro archon also knows that something is up, even though he was "born" after the Khaenriah's destruction. Dainsleif stated along the line: "the god of wisdom's enemy is wisdom itself...... ", and *there's a push of folly in Sumeru but the Dendro Archon doesnt care about it* or something like that. Which contradicts the statement of "the dendro archon is innocence about khaenriah's destruction".

[@wraithhe]

What if what Dainsleif is trying to tell us that by discovering the truth,the current dendro archon angers the celestial rulers,that could explain 'the god of wisdom's enemy is wisdom itself'

[@damomguy2801]

@@Saint_8312 he could know something (probably related to how celestia control the archon to destroy khaenri'ah) but play stupid about it.. or could be the current dendro archon didn't know anything and just learnt it when we met him (his enemy is wisdom itself)

[@Saint_8312]

@@damomguy2801 I think the latter option is not possible, because in the Teyvat Chapter video Dainsleif tells us things which he already knows/has information on, not things that he tries to predict/foresee. The Dendro Archon let the push of folly to be happening, which should not be happening in the *Country of Wisdom*, meaning the Dendro Archon already knows a thing or two about Celestia's dirty job on Khaenriah.

[@emmanuel7489]

Amazing analysis! It makes sense for the God of Eternity to try to collect all visions to avoid someone replacing her in case she no longer has power. Another option is that she doesn't want to provide more "pawns" to Celestia, perhaps she was convinced by the Tsaritza. I can't wait to find out what's going on in Inazuma!

[@Thekomokoro]

Exactly. Something will definetely unfold during the Inazuma campaign as to why the Tsaritsa is collecting the Gnosis and why the Electro Archon is locking them away. I think the visions are indeed spy gadgets of the Celestia and you have two options (either collect them all or get hold of the source element Gnosis)

[@mikey-kun349]

Raiden Ei ( Raiden Shogun) already servered her ties with the celestia, after her twin Baal Makoto died 500 years ago the gnosis of Baal was taken by Ei and give it to Yae miko, when our dear traveler was poison by Scaramouche, Yae Miko appeard and offred the gnosis exchange for our traveler Raiden Ei just collecting vision to preserve Inuzuma she doesn’t want to move forward because of the Cataclysm 500 years ago, she’s afraid that the celestia will bring upon destruction to inuzuma if they progress that’s why she want to atain eternity for his/her people.

[@harshittikka5705]

I don't think ei is with tsaritsa though as she Brutally murdered one of her Harbingers haha

[@josueravena3464]

Hmm, the fact that electro archon's gnosis taken is a very interesting analogy. It would makes sense why she closed off the borders of Inazuma in fear of someone else with vision can take her place and become the next electro Archon. Though about the cryo archon we all know about getting the gnosis of each archon and rebelling against celestia, but the fact that Celestia can control the archons through their gnosis is a very scary thought. The archons as killing machines would be scary. Hmm... My guess for the enemies for the Inazuma is probably the fatui and if possible she still has her gnosis and will be given as a form of peace treaty and the other one when we go to Sumeru is gonna be the abyss... Thanks so much for the interesting theory. a very interesting take indeed.

[@__-uk3qx]

The dendro archon died in the most traumatic way possible I think

[@Cmqndlr]

The person in the throne doesnt even look like the tsaritsa. And how crazy would it be, for us to know that Varka is actually colluding with tsaritsa

[@thuglifeganyu7543]

It was PUCINILLA or something, I forgot the spelling

[@sakabambaspiss]

@@thuglifeganyu7543 It was Pulcinella

[@Kneirros]

Umm. . . The person sitting was actually Pulcinella, which is one of the harbingers.

[@minxxd]

It was like the head harbinger

[@lapisx8565]

In the description of the Teyvat chapter trailer it says that the persons name is Pulcinella and is a harbinger. Varka is unknown but we do find Godwin in Windrise that gives us clues on what they were going to do (it was an expedition)

[@dio-samaC4]

I think kings gnosis is owned by unknown goddess. just think about her, she said she is "sustainer of heavenly principles".In the original Chinese text, she introduces herself as the 天理的维系者 "Maintainer of Heavenly Principles" The term 天理 "heavenly principles, natural order" is the same term translated as "the divine" so It would be not so far fetched as it sounds.

[@hikari9262]

Before the Archon War, each of the nations didn't have a ruling/governing god. And Venti and the rest of original seven gained their gnosis right after the Archon War, right? So if it was already starting to get peaceful after the Archon War, why did Celestia and the higher ups deemed it necessary to create a means to control the seven?

[@hikari9262]

Unless they can see the future, and that they would need to control the seven to wipe out a prosperous kingdom.

[@TeyvatHistoria]

There are certainly further details to explore. The kings Gnosis may indeed reside within the unknown god.

[@themrnobody100]

I agree with this theory as well. I believe this also further solidifies the idea that the Celestial overseers are like the chess players, controlling all the other pieces on the board.

[@AnimationStation3000]

I have a feeling electro is a bishop and cryo is a knight

[@Metallicamilo311]

La signora is very misterious and fulfills the role of a pawn , Since Venti said during their meeting that "she borrowed her smile and power from her master" which makes me think that the tsaritsa is the actual Pawn piece that can Claim and become any piece when it reaches the end of the chess board, just as she's collecting all gnosis.

[@pointyearedelf9171]

My goodness I thought I was the only one who actually paid attention to the lore of this game

[@TeyvatHistoria]

Lol.

[@katyork6757]

@A rabbit did you have to say it that way

[@zakariaejamiai4167]

@A rabbit you know when you say "this" to a person it's degrading to them , and it's utterly disgusting to look down on someone cuz of something they had no comment on

[@n0nenone]

@Forsim "disrespect by saying indian" so indian is similar to the 'N' word?

[@Yotsuki10400]

Knew it, visions are supposed to be a test to whom will be the next archon

[@salcalı_tavuk_17]

Think that one of the Harbingers betrays Tsaritsa and steals her gnosis. Lol

[@TeyvatHistoria]

I wouldn’t doubt it.

[@__-uk3qx]

@@TeyvatHistoria probably would happen mid war

[@saberalter1586]

If the Gnosis is used as a mind control device, then did the Tsaritsa destroy hers? Assuming your theory is true

[@IwaNNa1MaLLh]

Signora sus

[@astridmustikasyamsuri6207]

possible might happen. though kinda sus how celestia did not smell tsaritsa's plan, if they control her back then, celestia can just turned snezhnaya into khaenriah 2.0

[@jhk8396]

...And then there's me, who though every gnosis had identical shapes and didn't know they were chess pieces

[@callmeandoru2627]

The fact that Venti has the Queen gnosis makes me think he was the most OP archons out of the sevens.

[@grinch1353]

Funny how Zhongli was a rook when he’s said to be the strongest archon

[@jqrandomuploadsandblips9158]

@@grinch1353 well, it's not the power of the pieces, it's how you play those pieces. rooks can force a king in checkmate if played right.

[@saiavabel6076]

Or maybe it's a freedom that represents them? Venti has freedom like queen and zhongli is restricted by lot cus he is rook cus he has contracts and stuff

[@tofudrien5545]

there's this other theory that connects venti with the god of time. also, i think that there's a chance for venti to be the strongest, its just that him not wanting to rule mondstadt actively makes him the weakest of the seven

[@seikakurumiwari]

In high ranked chess, queen is the strongest AND the weakest piece. Pawns taking central structure is the most important thing, and king safety. Once queens are traded, endgames usually start to develop

[@vaniemaeperin1446]

Tsarista trying to get all the gnosis and also trying to prevent a new archon: Traveler that's gonna get the elements: 👁️👄👁️

[@ovp3606]

I think the traveller has the same amount as the harbingers do according to the video. They hold elemental power but can't be controlled by Celestia if they ascend. Or be spied on according to another theory that Visions are used to spy on their Archon "candidates"

[@Kneirros]

Your theory about the gnoses is very convincing, and I believe in it because I also made a theory about it and Baal _(which I will also discuss here)_ a month ago and it relates so much to yours. I believe the Tsaritsa is starting to collect the gnoses is because these chess piece-like stuffs enable archons to give out visions. Here, we were told that obtaining visions is equal to granting someone to ascend to godhood. Being a god also means being a candidate to the seven seats in Celestia, and thus having more vision holders means more participants in this struggle to power, and therefore more pawns reserved to the benefit of Celestia. If so, then this is why the Tsaritsa approved the making of delusions-because these artificial visions are not connected from the gnoses. Therefore, its users will not be subjects to Celestia, and will have no chance of getting ascended to godhood and get blinded by the glory they present to the gods which are the seven thrones, yet will be able to defend themselves against the wrath of the divine with its powers almost equal to that of visions. Edited part _(I made two separate comments, the other one about Baal, but I feel like its worth mentioning her here too so I deleted the other one and included it here instead):_ This makes so much sense! If so, then this would explain why Baal is confiscating visions and handing them to the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed god. As we were told in the story, Baal declared the Vision Hunt decree because _"she has recently come to see visions as divine blessings, and that they should be under the sole dominion of divinity"._ At least, that's what Zhongli understood, and possibly could also be Celestia's interpretation of her action. But what if the electro archon is also starting to "play her role"? For all we know, Baal may have started this Vision Hunt Decree for the same reason the Tsaritsa is collecting the gnoses- *rebellion against Celestia.* We know that being a vision holder means having a chance to ascend to godhood, and Celestia will then offer them with the seats of the seven. If this is the case, then the cycle of Teyvat being manipulated by the divine will be endless. At this point, Baal could be just making an excuse that because she's the god of eternity, she's ensuring that there will be no threat to her reign and will eternally rule over Inazuma. But the fact might be that she's already on the move of rebelling against Celestia and the act of handing visions to the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed god could be as fake as Zhongli and Venti's visions' function. Baal just doesn't want to get into the nerves of those from Celestia so she made her intentions sound like it's no threat to them, but the truth behind her Vision Hunt decree could be because she's doing what the Tsaritsa does- *_confiscating visions to prevent more mortals in becoming Celestia's pawns._* With this, I fully support your theory!

[@Kneirros]

@@muhammadmarouf4625 exactly! And being the best actors they could be, I'm also starting to think that the archons may have agreed to make up all these drama even before they met the Traveller. 1. Venti not wanting to be worshipped by his people in Mondstadt, making him the *"weakest among the seven"* and thus *giving him a reason how the gnosis is stolen from him and was not able to take it back.* 2. *Zhongli faking his death* so the *Liyue Qixing and the adepti would unite to protect Liyue* and see that the two parties successfully passed his test, which was defeating a god that Rex Lapis himself used to fight during the Archon War. Not to mention that *he gave his gnosis to the cryo archon, which I assume would delay Celestia from immediately appointing a new geo archon since the Zhongli's gnosis is crucial in declaring someone to the position.* And; 3. Now that the oldest among the seven archons is "dead", *this will give Baal a reason to act as if she feels threatened as the god of eternity, and thus validates her otherwise nonsense Vision Hunt decree in the eyes of those from Celestia, which could be her way of reducing their pawns as what I've mentioned.* What do you think?

[@eiko1490]

@@Kneirros wow that’s interesting. If these all are drama that the archons makes up. The 7 would have receives the Oscar because of how hard to prevent it from eyes of Celestia or from the ‘real’ one who controls over the chessboard. Btw I really wanted to meet mihoyo lore writer(s) It’s amazing

[@Kneirros]

@@eiko1490 it really is a tough one to act all along. Plus, we still don't know about the Unknown god's affiliation. Could she be one of the many gods? One of the divine? Or perhaps, the very divine itself? One thing is for sure, she isn't fond of humanity and their "arrogation". If anything, she trapped Aether and Lumine in their world for a reason not yet confirmed to us nor even mentioned in the game. I've always wanted to post my theories in the Genshin Impact community but I always end up losing confidence and not doing it 😅

[@eiko1490]

@@Kneirros I... I actually don’t have enough courage to do too but your theory is really interesting and worth to share! ✨👍✨🥺

[@Kneirros]

@Nicholas Jevon with the risk of it backfiring, that is.

[@jiyanmehta7250]

I believe there are gonna be factions and theres gonna be a huge war against celestia in Teyvat.Maybe the Tsaritsa,Zhongli,Venti against Celestia and Baal,Murata and Fontaine being with Celestia.Maybe there will be another war in Teyvat but this just a headcanon,the way I'd write the story.

[@ccc2839]

there's no way fontaine will sided with celestia since the current hydro archon is god of justice she's basically toned down jyggalag from elder scroll

[@jiyanmehta7250]

@@ccc2839 well sorry I didnt know much about the hydro archon.But yes.

[@elixieliza]

Man I just daydream about the archons just revealing themself in broad daylight, or allowing their people to know they still exist and are fighting for humanity (and against celestia) probably not going to happen, but hey we can dream-

[@Saint_8312]

I think all of the current archons agree that they *dislike* Celestia's way of doing things, even raiden/baal which sounds/seems antagonistic to us, I believe she does that for the greater good of Inazuma, which in the end will work against Celestia's will.

[@ajayyy_3]

I don’t think Murata would care regardless of sides due to the fact she’s the goddess of war. So basically whomever comes to her first gets her to fight for them, I just know she’s bat shit crazy.

[@nyuwumi]

I feel like celestia started the war of gods to pick out the archons that would be the most loyal to them/the strongest - they are more or less the knights of celestia and personally I'm thinking that venti and zhongli willingly gave up their gnosis to help the Tsaritsa - Venti is an archon after all and it felt like it was way too easy for la signora to take away his gnosis. Even if they surprised us, it felt a tiny bit too easy don't you think? It's really interesting and I'm a firm believer that the Tsaritsa never wanted to eradicate an entire civilisation but was forced and has since then rebelled against celestia. That's also why I feel like, if anything, Baal has already surrendered her's and or it's closed of to prevent the fatui from taking hers since she is still loyal to celestia.

[@clockable]

In the back of the board, some are duplicates. Some people say that there’s only one knight, one bishop, etc. making there 6 unique pieces, and there’s one false archon that the tsuritsa wants to expose

[@prishu4897]

Maybe ,but it can also go the other way with the god of sumeru ,who might’ve perished or just not had a gnosis ,leading to sumeru also becoming a desert ,idk it’s all so interesting

[@abhatti326]

This is a really neat theory, but the Tsaritsa must be giving out visions still. We have Cryo vision weilders in the game who have recieved powers relatively recently like Diona or Kaeya.

[@9words40]

and they just up the content length from 5 to 10 years, ffs i just too hype for lore

[@fikridjojo]

Remember when the first episode of attack on titan was release? nearly 7 years ago. And what did we got? A masterpiece

[@9words40]

@@fikridjojo but also a lot of stuff got wasted cause the author keep draging thing out and refused to make progress :(

[@arandomguy3526]

Tbh this still isn't proved to be true. Just a speculation. And even if they were correct, it might actually mean we will get whole new world chapter in the 2nd phase. Keep in mind that Teyvat is chapter 1. So by that, they mean they would expand the story not stretch the story

[@nocturnal3427]

exactly what matt said. this is just a rumour, and probably false, since a very reputable leaker already said we'll be getting inazuma in september and sumeru by the end of the year. judging by the pacing, we'll probably be getting fontaine and natlan next year and snezhnaya + the khaenri'ah chapter after. that would mean we only have about 2 and a half years left of the "teyvat chapter". however, there is some speculation that mihoyo will continue story after teyvat. if they were to extend the content for 5-10 years i reckon that would be the case. it's more plausible than them somehow managing to stretch out 6 more regions across a decade.

[@sasy1533]

Oh God please no. I don't need 10 years of content, 5 years is more than enough. I would be happy with 2 years, then open a new chapter

[@justinchoi5116]

Something interesting is that the story trailer sets up two factions among the archons: those who are loyal to celestia, and those who rebel against them. Here is the estimated factions: Ameno (Venti): Neutral, god of freedom, neither side/not interested. Cryo archon thought it was necessary to forcefully take his gnosis Geo (Zhong Li): Rebelling, made the contract with cryo archon to “end all contracts” (estimated to be his ties with celestia) Electro (Baal): Likely loyal, god of eternity, sees it necessary to preserve status quo (rule of celestia) Dendro: Likely rebelling, youngest archon because previous dendro archon was killed during the cataclysm. He makes “no argument against his people rebelling” perhaps a reflection/projection of his desires Hydro: MOST LOYAL, explicitly stated that “she knows better than to challenge the divine.” During oceanid event, it was mentioned that oceanids are being coerced into working as spies against other nations, foreshadowing conflict against Cryo archon Pyro: Likely loyal (chaotic good/evil vibe?), the strongest shall rule type mentality. If she believes celestia is the strongest force, will submit to celestia. If we defeat her, she may join out cause Cryo: MOST REBELLING, “rebellion against the divine comes at last,” gathering gnosis for the purpose of overthrowing celestia.

[@mellymologist9399]

love this! care to reply something random so i can come back to this?

[@justinchoi5116]

@@mellymologist9399 Aight (also take a look at the ascension gems; cryo and hydro are quite in line)

[@mellymologist9399]

Justin Choi thank you!

[@kizunetri9738]

good theory "A war to end Archon war, war against destiny" lumine "war against destiny" zhongli "contract to end all contract" venti "what freedom really mean, if you demanded by gods"

[@orionh7201]

This is a really cool idea, it would be super cool to see this actually play out. Like the whole chess piece thing and how there's 7 and not 8 means there's a King out there somewhere, it's really perceptive.

[@anasalmatuoq2520]

My loyalty for the Tsuritsa

[@erllukep.2159]

So the Tsaritsa has good intentions but the methods aren't. I feel for her.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodse9995]

Hey i am not afraid to get my hands dirty to do what needs to be done; that’s why I feel sympathy for the Fatui and Snezhnaya even if we haven’t been in the area yet

[@fauxmoon4594]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodse9995 especially the one who got beaten up even though he was just hungry and only getting berries

[@n0nenone]

@@fauxmoon4594 nice pfp lol

[@hotaru5994]

I feel the same with baal

[@srinivasambati4943]

Tsaristsa : maybe I don't want to be the bad guy anymore

[@TarrDan]

Alternative title: Changing your perspective on the Fatui in 17 minute

[@aaroloo5167]

I think that the cryo girl is trying to save what’s coming in the future

[@charcoalmilk]

Which cryo girl?

[@IbukiMoon]

​@@charcoalmilk I think Aaro is referring to Tsaritsa. The Cryo god of Snezhnaya.

[@whatever3948]

I thought that she was the bad one at first,but now she is just tryna save us all

[@OnigoroshiZero]

Lisa as the next Electro Archon by the end of Inazuma's storyline...

[@saberalter1586]

Not sure I want someone who electrocutes drunk people to be an Archon...

[@verneve]

@@saberalter1586 You're safe; she'd decline the role. I'm sure being an Archon is way more work than she's willing to sign herself up for.

[@TheGosgosh]

Fischl 4 Electro Archon, lmao

[@reolsimple7036]

@@verneve she'd be like Venti if she became an Archon at one point

[@venti9925]

Literally I just hope they introduce a new weapon. I can't see the god of eternity with any of the current weapons other than a claymore and uh, Beidou.

[@linz_ripped_gutz]

if the traveler wasnt granted a vision but can hold the elemental powers, does this mean that they hold the "king" gonsis?

[@esshaansushma]

Yeah that's what I thought

[@mothishlakshman1669]

I think that the traveler is like a wild card since he is from another world, put simply he is not a chess piece but something outrageous that should not exist in a chess board.

[@ovp3606]

@@mothishlakshman1669 I agree with that. They don't belong on the chessboard of Teyvat. I think it'd would like a joker card or something to add to the outrageousness. But what about the evil twin? I think their representative card is King/Queen. (Depending on what gender you picked for your mc, for me the other twin would be the King since I picked Lumine) Still outrageous but holds a degree of power that's different than the King & Queen chesspieces.

[@dawidwrobel6543]

@@ovp3606 jokers come in pairs

[@ovp3606]

@@dawidwrobel6543 Good point, they're probably both jokers then.

[@amorimjt]

Man... your videos keep getting better!!!! The editing on this on was flawless !!! Helluva lot of work!!! Thx for being the greatest Historian of Teyvat and bringing the light to all travelers!

[@Melthazar]

Have been on Tsaritsa’s team from day one:))

[@sylvosanevariety]

Great theory, that would really explain the Electro Archon's behaviour. Her reason is confusing if we ask what benefit would it bring to herself? Regardless of having vision wielders in Inazuma, they would not be able to overthrow an Archon such as herself that never gave up her power (much like Zhongli and unlike Venti), but if we think about this theory the reasoning makes much more sense. Either way we'll see when it comes out, but I love this theory

[@TeyvatHistoria]

Thanks!

[@emaitchess3821]

Following the pattern we've seen with Barbatos and Rex Lapis, I always thought Raiden Shogun would be also trying to protect her people, but in a harsher way by taking their visions away so Celestia can have no control over them as well, and that we're gonna see Tsaritsa come and collect her Gnosis during the story line of that region. But ur theory is also very possible to be the case

[@dilucragnvindr4006]

Hmmmmmm maybe childe was referring to this when he said " we are just the pawns in a bigger game."

[@TeyvatHistoria]

I believe it was a veiled effort to do just that yes.

[@LeaksHater]

I really liked your ideas about Baal, I haven't enough thought about that.

[@eiko1490]

Ikr story told us like she’s a bad person from vision hunt, closing boarders etc. First I thought about vision hunting is for refill or fulfill her power but if it’s turns out like TH’s theory, the lore is going to be super complicated.

[@__-uk3qx]

@@eiko1490 the statue where she puts the visions may be a ruin guard And it’s probably giant but then this will be the first act to have Celestia as antagonists?

[@Manny-su7bt]

yo what if the “king” gnosis is the mc/traveler since they can obtain and control the elements of each archon. they can even use them simultaneously.

[@faraway-2009]

Wouldn't that mean that Celestia is able to control them too? Since that would make them the chess players. Personally I think Celestia is the king as the other pieces can only be controlled if the king is alive. Usually there are 2 chessplayers, 2 chessplayers for 2 twins, perhaps.

[@ovp3606]

@@faraway-2009 Someone else mentioned they should be like something totally random like a joker card. And I agree with that but what if since your twin is the Abyss Prince(ss) they have a Queen/King card depending on their gender? That card also doesn't belong on a chess board like the joker but also holds the same royal power as the other twin does.

[@la-di-da9559]

There's no if cus traveler is not from teyvat maybe the traveler have wild pass since they're not from teyvat nor born in teyvat

[@Destrado_]

"Are we the baddies?" - The Traveler probably.

[@richcast66]

Mihoyo is going to take so long fleshing out the story, that I will need to come back to the catalog of deep dives and analysis in the years to come.

[@elknolasshrineofraja3966]

🌸🌙I am to say your warnings of spoiler shall go unheeded for when you tale a tale, so riveting is it that one is powerless to resist its allure🌙🌸

[@vaneck619]

Now we only have to wait like 10yrs for this story to be implemented in the game. :P

[@DiogoPires93]

That makes me wonder if the Archon war was like a chess game, with two sides and two kings. One queen is the Venti, the god of Freedom. The second queen would be the god of Time (and that could be Paimon).

[@jerielchua9272]

Somehow what happened to khaen'riah reminded me of Tower of Babel.

[@Pikaman20008]

Yeah I thought the same as well. And knowing Mihoyo that was probably one of the inspirations when writing this story.

[@saiwaqa2573]

Then you don't understand the Bible at all.

[@Pikaman20008]

@@saiwaqa2573 Well I never read the Bible, so probably not, but I know the gist of that story and it seems pretty similar to how this goes.

[@saiwaqa2573]

@@Pikaman20008 it's not similar at all. Nimrod and his men who are of the occult tried to build a tower that will reach heaven. And the GOD at that time PLURALISED the tongues of men so the men will scatter. No destruction happened.

[@thedawner6311]

@@saiwaqa2573 that's not the right story I suppose. He tried reaching the Heavens yes. But they got destroyed alongside their nation and construction by an army from the heavens (It's History , not just in Bible)

[@croen]

This breaks, the previous theories I knew. But this is mind-blowing and highly probable! I'll mull over this.

[@callyann9921]

"doing the wrong thing for a noble cause" that kind of reminds me of the irony with every cryo vision wielder, like diona being a bartender who hates alcohol, chongyun being an exorcist that's never seen a ghost, eula being a knight of favonius despite being from the lawrence clan, etc etc

[@shadowatch4767]

I think the theory that the King is the Gnosis that grants the wielder power over the will of the Archons is a really interesting one given the massive plume of story progression and thread-rich revelations that is the 1.4 Archon questline. After all, it probably has some basis in the concept of the 'loom of fate' as well, given the Abyss Order's intentions of creating a god of their own and the discovery of the defiled statue. It's also quite a unique and tempting bargain: The power of the gods for the perhaps secretive possibility of being used as puppets of Celestia. However, I feel like the view of the world as a chess game might be too black-and-white for what we definitely know. And my opinion hinges upon Dainsleif, as a character who knows a little more than he should for his position if we assume that the Abyss Order and Tsaritsa are fully aligned. We know that he has no love for the gods; he won't even set foot in a church. And we most definitely know he's an enemy of the Abyss, a fact that he, the Abyss Herald, and the sibling are all very clear to affirm. And yet, he seems quite knowledgeable of a couple points that only we, the Archons, and the Fatui should have any knowledge of: Venti's identity as Barsibato, and Zhongli's Contract to End All Contracts. But notice more specifically who is involved in both (emphasis: both) incidences, who we can be sure aren't directly aligned with Celestia or the Abyss: Ourselves, who have said nothing of those events to anyone other than those who were there, and the Fatui, who are loyal to the Tsaritsa first and foremost. So my theory is as follows: Dain knows the Tsaritsa. And not only does Dain know the Tsaritsa, but the Tsaritsa and Dain are aligned in a third front between the Abyss, who want vengeance against Celestia at all cost which Dain probably betrayed because he couldn't stomach it, and Celestia, who destroyed Dain's beloved Khaenri'ah. Dain would absolutely be aligned with the Abyss if he didn't care how they went about their war, and probably was, but he betrayed them because he realized that the bloody path of revenge for Khaenri'ah had twisted them into true monsters. Not just beings made into the form of hilichurls and Abyss mages and heralds, but such beings filled with a blind hatred and moral indifference for those caught in the crossfire of their war with Celestia that is truly monstrous. But in the end, Love is the ideal of the Tsaritsa. Even if she hardens her heart for the endeavor to seize the Gnoses and wage whatever war is necessary to her own ends, she probably understands that the Abyss which regularly attacks people for vengeful and scheming purposes is no better than Celestia that coerced her to destroy Khaenri'ah, what was itself a warlike and conquering civilization that likely created its own share of suffering in its time. And unlike the Abyss, she does not have her army of the Fatui act out of wanton aggression. If anything, we the player and the populations of the regions are made to be suspicious of the Fatui more because they're (mostly) so civil with common people, despite everyone knowing that they have ulterior motives. Being distrusted is probably part of their task, because too much familiarity with locals presents dangers to their effectiveness as arbiters and trustees of the Tsaritsa's secretive plans. Thus, Dain and the Tsaritsa are a near-perfect match. Both have their motives to despise Celestia and oppose the Abyss simultaneously. And this is why Dain knows about what has been going on around us, and that we were a part of it: Because the Fatui who know report to the Tsaritsa, and Dain is close to the Tsaritsa as well, so close that he would be entrusted with that knowledge. Hell, depending on more specific information on the chronology of things, he might even be the one who convinced the Tsaritsa to open her front in the conflict knowing that out of love she would stand for the dignity of Teyvat against both the Abyss and Celestia. But, that's just my take. It sets a lot of weight on a few points, but points that I think are quite valid at the moment and unlikely to be invalidated by future exposition.

[@KCstark.]

can't believe yt did not recommend me this..! Awesome effort bro!

[@Dylangillian]

I don't think that Hillichurls are also from Khaenri'ah. We have records going as far back as 1000 years that Hillichurls have existed and they are seperate from the Abyss Order as a whole. The Abyss Mages simply conscript them into the order as they can communicate. Also I really have my doubts that a single Harbinger would've been able to take the Gnosis of Baal. We have to remind ourselves that Venti was an exception. He's the weakest of the Archons and also taken by surprise. With Zhongli we saw that Signora wanted to take his Gnosis without a direct confrontation due to him being too powerful to overcome most likely. Now, Zhongli is also an exception as he's one of the most powerful beings in Genshin impact (even before getting his Gnosis). I just don't believe an Archon who is very active in ruling their domain, like Baal is, would be beaten by Harbingers.

[@faraway-2009]

Baal might've already given up her Gnosis willingly, and that's why she's taking all the visions---so no one can defeat her when she's weak.

[@ibronzeackerman5934]

Baal and scaramouche is a brother and sister. ☝🏿

[@Error-gz3pp]

@@faraway-2009 And why would Baal have given up her Gnosis? If her value truly is eternity, then wouldn’t she have aspired to hold onto her Gnosis(y’know, to stay an invulnerable god) instead of giving it away to the Tsaritsa?

[@faraway-2009]

@@Error-gz3pp Maybe Celestia is a bigger threat and that's why she gives away the gnosis---to prevent Celestia from controlling them.

[@n0nenone]

Exactly

[@DiogoPires93]

I think we can assume the gods of Wisdom and Justice are bishops, the Tsarita is also a rook and the gods of War and Eternity are knights.

[@mikethewordsmith4263]

Well done as always. Here's hoping for another surprise story update a la 1.3. EDIT: Oh. OH. Snezhnaya is the most technologically advanced nation. Who knows how much tech they might have amassed/developed while they bide their time?

[@abhiramkapaganty380]

Yeah, Snezhnaya's pretty advanced. How technologically advanced do you think they might be at? I'm getting 1980 Snezhnaya vibes but technology's more advanced in some places, example being Katheryne who is a humanoid automaton with an AI. I imagine Khaenri'ah is sci-fi.

[@SingularityHRT]

Theory sounds all so good. But the thing that bugs Me is the importance of Traveler in this theory. Traveler was in every place a gnosis was taken from the Archon till now as We know. I feel Tsaritsa's actions has some relation to Traveler. Add to that the fact that now We know the Traveler's Sibling is a part of Abyss, I feel the Sibling played a major role in pushing Tsaritsa into collecting all gnoses.

[@aether621]

since we have discovered baal's true intentions and that visions are not gifted by archons, id love to see an updated version of this theory!

[@mulduls]

Wait... Venti’s Gnosis is the Queen, right? That would mean Venti is the one closest to Celestia. The Queen also has the most freedom on the board, perhaps signifying that Celestia grants Venti more freedom than the other Archons? Or maybe it just means he’s the ruler of the city of freedom... but you gotta consider all possibilities in these types of theories and lore!

[@andreasparasian7225]

I have a suspicion that Venti is going to be the only archon that side with Celestia as Venti won't risk another war in his lifetime. Venti "yield"-ing and being obedient to Celestia mean that Venti probably doesn't support Tsaritsa's plan on rebelling against Celestia, hence Signora's undiplomatic approach on taking Venti's gnosis. Signora probably held Venti in high regards since she was a Mondstadt citizen once, but after she knew Venti is in kahoots with Celestia (a suspected dictator and manipulator of Tevyat), she joins the Fatui and now hates Venti.

[@mueru3826]

TEYVAT HISTORIA THEORIES LEZZ GOOO

[@willow-wind9118]

I am so grateful to have found your channel. Everything making so much more sense now, and bringing higher levels of in game enjoyment. Thank you

[@arnolduspurwasunu1183]

Remember this is only one side of the chess board we dont know what we are trully against, something bigger than celestia might exist holding the power of the other gnosis

[@TeyvatHistoria]

I don’t think there is another “side” of the board so far as the story is concerned at this time. If we are to explore the “other side” I suspect it won’t be until this story line has concluded and we’re working on whatever comes next after celestia’s secrets are revealed.

[@KoalaNoMarch]

I'm fairly sure what I take away from all the combined cryo characters is that they seem defined by tempering their passions or nature. Chongyun suppressing his passionate side, Eula who was desperate for close personal connections and people to like her being okay with being disliked or ostracized, Ganyu's actual nature is a bit more voracious and shes very conscious about her weight (after choking a giant monster to death when it tried to eat her.) I thoroughly expect the archon to embody this to the fullest and go full on Ice-Queen. perhaps even removing or hiding away her heart. (Perhaps QiQi doesn't fit, but her case seems to be an oddity where her vision was gifted to her and everything related to the whole endeavor went south, The poor girl can't rebel or walk a new path because she doesn't even know what her old path was. Plus, it's the only recorded instance of someone who was dying being granted a vision." /bug report to celestia. We accidentally killed a little girl. "well damn" so we brought her back to life. "Oh man, thats pretty cool of yo-" yah, so now shes an unstoppable zombie fighting machine we can't reason with and we're kinda freaking out. "..." Don't tell management. "..." We got this man, no problem. "You didn't just like.. temporarily fix the problem. It's not gonna come back and bite us in the-- literally a zombie!!? Bro." ...I'm at least 80% sure we got this handled and its not a problem now. "Now.. I don't like how you phrased that." it's fiiiiiine~!

[@Ekamin1]

Oh my archons, the king chess piece is the genesis pearl. The unrestricted gnosis (maybe a herrscher core ) And maybe because in a war no side is good or evil the unknown goddess was just trying to save her own people by destroying khaenri'ah.

[@williamppl3624]

So happy a lot of popular genshin twitch streamers are watching your work, your videos!

[@chowsoanyways493]

Idk if it was a fan edit or not, but I saw a full body model of Dain on twitter without his mask and cape. It also exposed one of his arms and neck and it showed a sort of corruption that resides on his body. Their was pattern crawling up his neck that reminded me of the symptoms of Honkai radiation. Idk tho 🕺🏻🕺🏻

[@GhostEmblem]

Link?

[@chowsoanyways493]

@@GhostEmblem twitter.com/jared_nyts/status/1384779075563237376?s=21

[@setter_soul_waifu0930]

Link please, I want to see it too Im curious. You can also see the scarring upto his neck on certain angles, I saw it on the latest archon quest.

[@thuglifeganyu7543]

So what can you guys say?

[@joshbrosh6626]

Lol if u played the new quest the abyss herald literally said he reeks of corruption just like the abyss

[@Skyfar1000]

The fact that the Tsaritsa is the one planning a rebellion against the divine and the one who bestows Delusions is itself a hint. If Visions are in fact Celestia’s “monitoring” tools (e.g. Eye of God), she wouldn’t be able to plan a rebellion involving vision holders as Celestia would be aware of her moves. It’s hard to say since the only harbringers introduced to us in the Archon Quests so far were Childe and Signora, with Childe apparently being the only one with a Vision. It seems rather ironic that during Liyue’s Crisis she misled Childe about Rex Lapis and the Gnosis, possibly evidencing that visions are in fact Celestia’s monitoring tools. It’s a long shot, but Genshin’s lore makes me really excited

[@dazaiel8081]

Cool idea.

[@user-hj9kc5xp1c]

The fact that Kaeya's original CN Story refers to him as "a well placed 'pawn/chesspiece'" from Khaenri'ah ...hHHHH

[@mariacandelaarcila3232]

WTF D:

[@quinjae1413]

This reminds me of the anime alternate version of sherlock holmes. Yuukoku no moriarty (moriaty the patriot) where moriarty became the lord of the crime to eleminate the real criminals. Doing the bad thing to reach a noble goal. I feel like the tsarita is like moriarty in this series

[@TeyvatHistoria]

Oh, that’s an interesting analogy!

[@quinjae1413]

@@TeyvatHistoria thanks😅

[@harukinakamura6630]

If you watch psycho-pass moriarty is similar to Makishima Shogo both have wits, manipulative, but their goals are similar since Makishima wants to liberate japan from being controlled by sybil system.

[@TheySayImTubby]

The tsaritsa just wants a dope ass chess set

[@normalpenguin5447]

😹😹

[@adicacid]

An interesting thing about the teased events ongoing in Inazuma is the parallels with real life Japan. Japan adopted an isolationist policy and they also had a "sword hunt" in their history. During the Sengoku era, armies would confiscate swords from civilians to prevent uprisings and weaken the enemies of the current ruler. Also the confiscated swords were planned to be melted down to create a giant Buddha statue. If we compare what Zhongli said during The Fond Farewell quest, you can see the similarities. The "Vision Hunt decree" was the order given to seize the visions from the people to remove threats to Baal's rule. Also they plan to to inlay the seized visions into a "statue of the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God." The Buddha also has a form depicting it with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes.

[@niffleraku]

This game is deadass teaching me more about the rules of chess than I have every learned from my dad, i didn't know the pawns could ascend, my life was a lie--

[@SraimDoggy]

>What faction would then have the "opposing" team to the gnosis board? Since Chess is a two faction game. Currently we are set up with the potential for six factions. Abyss, Fatui (Tsaritsa), Celestia, Khaenri'ah, the travelers, and the unknown god. Now, there is definitely the potential to narrow all of those down to just two factions (Abyss and Khaenri'ah would represent two forces in one faction, Celestia, Tsaritsa, and the unknown god could very well be the other.) But, I'm more curious on what the opposite chess pieces would be. Maybe some of the old gods which is why the Abyss want to revive Osial? It would also help explain why the archon war occurred.

[@faintgrub1017]

Great vid! I think the Fatui are going to end up being the good guys as a plot twist at the end of the game, and we fight alongside them to overthrow celestia while stopping the abyss from doing the same since they aren’t fit to be rulers of celestia. As for Baal, I feel like she’s taking all the visions away because she just doesn’t trust her people with them because of what celestia is responsible of, making the archons destroy Khanreia. After seeing this, she may think visions are just a way for celestia to basically take control of the wielder and use them as a weapon whenever they want.

[@robotman3806]

Fatui are committing crimes like murder, fraud, blackmail, human-experiments, diplomatic deception(r releasing a threat to Mondstadt in secret and showing up to stop it to gain diplomatic relations) and Genocidal acts of war. But as long as the ends justified the means, then it's okay to commit this crimes.

[@faintgrub1017]

@@robotman3806 If your talking about people like Il Dottoire doing experiments, that’s probably his own choice to do that. Other fatui harbingers have different methods. It’s said that most of the harbinger don’t like Scaramouche. People like Childe aren’t nearly as bad as some of their other fellow harbingers. The tsaritsa’s end goal seems to be to overthrow celestia by any means necessary. After that they did, the Fatui almost had to be harsh.

[@robotman3806]

@@faintgrub1017 Still doesn't make them the good guys. Just like you said, overthrow celestia by any means necessary even at the cost of a million lives, as long as the end goal is reached, the tsaritsa won't give a single f*ck.

[@UnizoneDeisman]

Peace cannot be achieve without sacrifices.... Damn Cryo archon Be hurting ;(

[@saberalter1586]

Cryo Archon definitely needs more love in her life

[@renoirrr]

fr i saw that and was like "damn, who hurt u"

[@Ko-oc1cu]

@@saberalter1586 the fact that she’s also supposedly the god of love

[@n0nenone]

Satella of Genshin Impact?

[@_g.m_01]

I can't understand, its lumine fighting at the side of the cryo archon to go against the gods of celestial for a revenge right?

[@bmo3778]

seeing the Abyss Order and Fatui being the anti-hero really makes sense from a storytelling perspective. the perfect build up for the planned climax.

[@kegastamm8273]

this was a good revealation quest, and your theories are well thought out too. Beautiful as this is though, stories dont just need a journey, they need a final destination as well. And a simple predictable ending of happily ever after is going to fall flat after all this beautiful buildup and sweet history. Hope the writers can do justice to their own creation

[@w1nther930]

The fact that venti actually mentioned khaenri'ah's destruction in the dvalin quest "after an incident 500 years ago the cryo archon cut all ties with me" khaenri'ahs destruction was 500 years ago in teyvat so maybe she has another motive. think lumine and aether travel to teyvat and witness khaenri'ahs destruction and lumine stays awake for 500 years while aether sleeps. now lumine is in the abyss order probably second in command with her being princess so maybe a queen or king is there. maybe like lumine she was devastated by the destruction and decides that the seven should maybe not rule and is taking away their power. it doens't fit her character Yet but the gnosis are connected to celestia like you said, so if she takes away their powers coming from celestia itself what happens to celestia? could it be like in math fractions where if you change something on one side it changes on the other side? If she really tends to secure herself as the only archon so that new ones with new ideals dont change the world then she will freeze the progress in the world. life without change is meaningless experiences therefore she freezes the progress of teyvat by making her the only ruler. But if she overthrows celestia she can also do the same as i said before, freeze progress. but maybe she has come to the conclusion that khaenri'ah was right not to have a god or it should be someone like venti who lets them progress with their own will. We view tsaritsa as evil but maybe she has good intent. to defeat evil she will become the greater evil and finally put an end to gods rule

[@cubemage3336]

so, I've been thinking. The gnosis are chess pieces. And there are 6 chess piece types. But Teyvat has 7 Archons. Maybe one Archon doesn't have a gnosis? Or... maybe one Archon CREATED the gnosis for the other 6? Sort of like an allmighty Archon? Maybe that's what the "False god" from the game's intro is, an allmighty being. Anyway, I'm still going through all your videos and this is my second video. So maybe you've already talked about this. But I still find it really interesting :)

[@Kytes93]

I think that 500 years ago Archons tried to defend Khaenri'ah against the gods aka Herrchers (you can clearly see in the opening cutscene that she was a Herrcher), and that's why Denro Archon was changed, because he was killed. At least, that's my theory

[@kuroganeuzumaki5759]

Considering that Genshin and Honkai are connected due to the tree, it wouldn't be surprising if that's the case.

[@Redwood_]

Dainsleif kinda reminds me of botw link. Was a member of the royal guard of a technologically advanced civilization that was destroyed by a calamity, and has survived for hundreds of years.

[@glazinglilly9589]

now if we’re talking about khaenri’ah, in my opinion celestia controls the gods via the gnoses, and celestia wanted the gods to bring destruction to khaenri’ah because khaenri’ah was the only region without a god and celestia wanted to have control of the whole teyvat and khaenri’ah didn’t have a god, therefore celestia couldn’t control khaneri’ah. and the only god that realised this was the tsaritsa, so i think she wants to get all the gnoses so that celestia can’t control Teyvat anymore

[@val6787]

This channel is good, i fell asleep but rewinded it back and oh man is it good! New sub for sure Genshin for life

[@altnfo4408]

All i know is that i should farm more and prepare for future storylines lol

[@jamesnishimura5623]

9:15 This made me make a theory :D "The victors shall burn bright, while the losers must turn to ash." "When the God of War shares this secret with the Traveler, it is because she has her reasons." The archons burned bright as they were painted in a good light because of their victory against Khaenri'ah it would've been different if Khaenri'ah won. If Khaenri'ah won they probably would've been painted in a good light as well. Now the second part of the quote "...while the losers must turn to ash." More generally, ashes have long been associated with sorrow, purification, and rebirth. (Note: Rebirth and Purification) Ashes are most often reminders of devastation, terror and sorrow. Ashes can also be the result of absolute destruction. After the gods decimated Khaenri'ah the losers did turn to "ash". They were "purified" and "rebirthed" into Hilichurls and Abyss Mages, these creatures serve a constant reminder to the survivors (of Khaenri'ah) of the devastation, terror, sorrow, and loss that they faced. The Hilichurls and Abyss mages were the result of the destruction of Khaenri'ah. The Hilichurls and Abyss mages are the ashes of the people of Khaenri'ah. (When you turn something into ash, that ash was that thing but it is now a completely different material. For example, if you burn a chair into ash, that ash was that chair but it is also no longer that chair as it is ash. That is the same case for the people of Khaenri'ah. They were destroyed and turned into ash, those ashes [Hilichurls and Abyss Mages] WERE them but now are a completely different creature.) And if this is true then isn't it confirmed that Murata was involved in the war?

[@XenoWars]

With Zhongli's second quest and his contract preventing him from speaking about Khaenri'ah, how do you feel that affects this theory? I would say it supports the idea of them being controlled and knowing so, especially if the contract is with Celestia (he never stated who he made it with).

[@ashcrow1356]

what I'm really curious about is how you manage to create such elaborate analyses, I'm impressed.

[@hakobangz25]

Raiden Makoto died in the cataclysm, the dendro archon also died 500 years ago. What if they joined Celestia in the war against Khaenriah? and they met their demise their?