The Tsaritsa & All Archons Explained - Genshin Impact 5.0 Lore & Theory

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Who is your favourite Archon and will which would you prefer to follow?

[@sindoray2094]

Rukka and Fufu.

[@brennanwn]

The Tsarista

[@acelim6259]

Morax. He's the safest to be with.

[@amitchell6700]

@TheGamerChronicles999 my favorite archon Zhongli and Venti, maybe because I met them first, when I first saw genshin they were showing Zhongli fighting style and love the way he moved but I missed his banner Venti was just too funny, he pretended to fix the holy lyre and then ran away (wonder if nobody noticed that it is broken)

[@opalakv4ob]

Zhongli will always be my favorite 🤍 the old man's got rizz

[@reabelle811]

The shades of death helping xblanque theory aged like fine wine (watched this after playing the 5.1 AQ)

[@jurassicattack01]

that's exactly what I was thinking as watching this, that he absolutely nailed that theory

[@Gojo-wy9yy]

Wait your comment sound like The shade of death didn't you could have used other words

[@konokai1176]

This comment aged even better

[@cherrycherry4313]

5.3 confirms everything

[@jrbudoybudoy]

5.3 basically crowns the man with a 5d Chess award for theorycrafting.

[@joyhammer3148]

Hi! These are some minor things that I was able to point out, but great video as always! - 10:00 Venti was indeed summoned like every Archon, but he didn't make it to Khaenri'ah. Right after killing Durin, he went to sleep because he too got corrupted by Durin's abyssal energy. - 16:55 Bosacius also got corrupted and went senile because of the Karmic Debt. But during the Chasm's crisis, he somehow managed to regain some shreds of sanity, at least enough to remember that he had a duty to fight for Liyue. When they were both sealed down there, he managed to regain full sanity before his Karmic Debt along his wounds finally killed him, leaving his companion (Yelan's ancestor) alone. - 19:37 Zhongli did NOT think ahead and create enough Moras for himself before retiring, he says so himself. The colossal sums he spends are actually well within his earnings as the most demanded consultant in Liyue (he brings in a LOT of money for the Funeral Parlor, which explains why Hu Tao lets him put bills on the Parlor's name). The richest person in Liyue, and arguably Teyvat but she's in competition with Pantalone, is Ninnguang. - 23:48 Although Chiyo and Sasayuri can be considered undirect ancestors to Itto and Sara, Saiguu wasn't Yae's ancestor. They lived at the same time period, and they would even often go to yokai events together. Yae Miko was born some undisclosed time BEFORE the Cataclysm. Before officially becoming Ei's familiar, she was kind of Saiguu's apprentice and Makoto's favorite yokai. - 25:45 The Raiden Shogun wasn't a dictator, it was just too strict and rigid as a ruler. Also, it's outside influence (the Fatui) that made the puppet's rule go astray, even though Ei agreed later that Inazuma needed more flexibility. "Dura Lex, sed Lex" they say. - 27:20 It's Ei who placed Makoto's consciousness there and sealed it, in order to avoid "Makoto"'s total disappearance. - 29:25 Scaramouche isn't Ei's failure, he's his own. It's said and explained that Scara was a prototype, then put to eternal sleep and sealed away in a domain (sacred places in Inazuma btw, not where just anybody should go in the first place). It was either that or being essentially dismembered and permanently unalived like Miko suggested, but Ei didn't want to kill him.

[@Tigga-no4jn]

Inazuma was indeed a dictatorship

[@ja01n7r8]

But everyone thinks EI is a mother without no love.I think she should be both god of love and eternity

[@joyhammer3148]

@@Tigga-no4jn maybe in western culture, but then again Inazuma isn't based on a western country. As both the Shogun and the GOD of Inazuma, it's normal for Raiden (Makoto/Ei/puppet) to just decide things and see them enacted. If they say walk on your head, it's normal for Inazumians to find a way to walk on their heads. Different rule, different ways. PS: it's said in-game that only vision holders and outlanders (minorities then) actually suffered from the decrees. The casual Inazumians were actually fine with their lives.

[@joyhammer3148]

@@ja01n7r8 Ei is no mother in my opinion. It wasn't out of love that she set Scara free, it's because she recognized that she wasn't able to raise a child right, and certainly not for the position of a ruling Archon.

[@williamsugengjourney]

Ei / shogun hae absolute right to control inazuma. Kokomi war criminal. Victim of vission hunt mostly non vission user. Kokomi worship snake who got unalived. She need new religion.

[@a.j.s.7312]

Rukadevata was almost as much ancient god as Zhongli. She was there in Sumeru before Gods war, because it is said that Goddess of flowers (one of the remaining moon sisters) walked through desert and she established her little kingdom (garden) she was there with two others king gods: King Deshret and lord Rukadevata, all 3 had bond with each other and friendships because they loved wisdom and they refused to participate in Gods war.

[@abelingaw5070]

Nah, remember that Zhongli "descended" (I suspect him as a descender) to Teyvat 6k years ago even before the Archon war, so who knows how old he is prior. He's probably the oldest.

[@mr.gemini459]

@@abelingaw5070he is a descender if I remember because this video I watch said that he besides us remembers Rukadevata

[@haya-l2120]

the flower goddess is not one of the moon sisters she's a seelie/angel

[@catdownthestreet]

​@@haya-l2120 Angels are connected to the Moon Sisters though, you should check out some of the Aranara weapon descriptions (and Moonlit Bamboo Forest)

[@vortexclue]

​@@catdownthestreet he didn't said that Nabu Malikata was not connected to the angels. His pointing on the "Goddess of flower is the remaining Moon Sister."

[@deannerodriguez2208]

Tbh Zhongli could've been oblivious to how mora is spent, he's the Geo Archon, he does a lot of the job of protecting and leading Liyue, he does a lot to the point when he "dies" Kequing had a revelation, realizing how much Morax does for the people and it overwhelmed her taking on the duties he once fulfilled . And he makes the gold and mora, he can just snap his finger or smth just to give it. Or more likely, his people doesn't charge him for anything considering mora is part of his body and all of the work he does for Liyue like making them feel so safe that they don't lock their doors at night... I mean they even made a mansion just for him without his input. So Zhongli may have been spoiled in a way...

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

yeah he is I was joking around fro that part just such a funny concept

[@KinDiedYesterday]

This is like ei case iirc (sorry if its wrong, its been years since i last did inazuma archon quest), she can just took anything she want and get away with it. Eat anything she wants, namely dessert. The way you describe zhongli is so cute too lmao. Like a spoiled kid thinking everything is free lmao

[@grishmakeerthi5692]

That's adorable. Spoiled dragon doesn't know value of money. ​@@KinDiedYesterday

[@serezelveydawn]

​@@KinDiedYesterday I don't think Ei just takes stuff, I remember her saying that one of the commissions will just pay stuff for her?

[@KinDiedYesterday]

@@serezelveydawn still, that does prove that she dont pay for things herself. I mean would you even took money from your own god?

[@Nate-r2m]

wait, Venti literally MOVED mountains with his lyre but got bodied by Signora? na he's hiding sum.

[@kanekihide582]

Yall so annoying he is hiding nothing he is just weak

[@Kuromi_besties]

@@kanekihide582but I thought having the gnosis is stronger 🤨

[@Darkclowd]

Bro was moving mountains shortly after his ascension to Archonhood. In otherwords, basically the whole of Mondstadt was worshipping him at that point. After sleeping for thousands of years, people stopped worshipping him so reverently. But yeah, he was prob hoping that gnosis got taken. For similar reasons we can be sure Ei, Miko, Zhongli, Nahida, and Neuvillette were all quite quick to give away their gnoses.

[@abelingaw5070]

@@Darkclowd He's just done doing whatever Celestia wants. He's the god of freedom but he's chained by Celestia, so he just said "fck you" to them.

[@gjfwang]

@@Kuromi_besties it’s weird. It’s suppose to gather elemental power at least. For venti, he’s weak and probably needs it for really strong effects. Zhongli just used it for making mora though he said he is weaker (but might be him shedding his dragon form). Raiden never used it, said it makes no difference for her, gave it to Yae before she planned to meditate forever after she made a puppet to replace herself.

[@kian-ganji]

I never bought venti's "oh look at me , I'm the weakest archon" act With all the lore we have around archons , barbatos and monstadt he 100% must be the strongest Both him and zhongli have some weirdly close connections to celestia and both lied about it (it also helps that those two are the only original archons left)

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

I agree there is no way

[@xChijouChanx]

I think they both hate Celestia but they also think they need to step back in order for things to play out. Venti is definitely powerful though. He says it depends on how much he's worshipped, but Venti...has a whole ass church dedicated to him? All of Mondstat worships him. He's widely clever. We'll definitely find out more later

[@ceyx1201]

Did Zhongli lied? He's in a contract so lying is not there, he just said he can't tell.

[@Zodia195]

@@ceyx1201 Yeah there's a difference between lying and not saying anything. I speak from personal experience since I am a horrible liar, I just keep things to myself lol.

[@Koutouhara]

yeah agree - it feels like the kinda signed an NDA type contract regardless of their true feeling about it - cause I feel like their motive is to undermine the system from the 'inside' now

[@jikannomajo]

What I hate about all of this is we can only truly speculate on Venti for now. He's my favorite, he's the GOAT for me. However, without his 2nd SQ, we really have no idea about him and we can only make head canons for now.

[@mabilleaudrey2154]

He’s free and let people live their life because he never wanted be the anemo archon.

[@themadderhatter8528]

Morax is in the same boat tbh, esp with all the mentions of celestial horses in 5.1 and what happens in Moonlit bamboo forest which is a story about morax and tells us what happened prior to his arrival in teyvat.

[@DudsO_o]

Both Barbatos and Morax. And the way they let go of their gnosis (Morax literally made a contract for it, while Barbatos played the "I'm weak" card) just doesn't seem right.

[@primus4619]

my favourite Archon is always going to be Zhongli simply because the longer the game goes on unlike Venti who we just have nothing on, there are little hints and things we indirectly learn about Zhongli from other characters and every single time It just makes more questions than it answers, as the main quests and story in general progresses the lingering question of "What's the deal with Zhongli" just keeps getting louder and louder

[@sauce8148]

I swear, no matter how many characters we get, none will ever be as cool as Zhongli. The man has such cool lore and characterization he could have his own game. Bro has the golden AURA. No other characters in Genshin has made me feel emit such presence. The closest rn is probably Capitano.

[@sauce8148]

I swear, no matter how many characters we get, none will ever be as cool as Zhongli. The man has such cool lore and characterization he could have his own game. Bro has the golden AURA. No other characters in Genshin has made me feel emit such presence. The closest rn is probably Capitano.

[@DudsO_o]

From all the characters we have right now, I think only 2 are more mysterious than Morax. Those are the Traveler himself, from which we only know that he's not from Teyvat and has traveled through many worlds, and Paimon from who we know nothing else other than her name. And as you said, the aura Morax gives off is just different. You can feel in your guts that you are not dealing with any of the gods of Teyvat. Even in the other archons and Neuvillette's voicelines, all of them seem to put him apart, as if he's a special case. Even Barbatos, jokingly as he is, seems quite scared of Morax's power. And the way Morax is always depicted as being the Sun, or being close to the Sun in 2D animations, along with many other details that make him sound like an exception, someone on another level, boosts his aura tremendously.

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

Ei and Venti are my faves currently, I think I love the complexity of Ei and also the whole concept surrounding her eternity is quite fascinating

[@alexanderericson8628]

Ei is only one side of the Demon Belzebub from ars Goetia. Ei has no concept of what eternity really is as she needs her sister to fully understand it. If EI is able to learn what Makoto knew she will alter the fate of Inazuma

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

@@alexanderericson8628 I like her cause she is not perfect and doesn't understand the concept fully now she is having a change of heart there

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@nagorepalaciosdelafuente I think she is set to sacrifice herself in the upcoming war. The war she mentioned is coming in the music event while she was talking to Miko. Ei intends to sacrifice herself just like Makoto did

[@AhmedMohammed-pf3jk]

Mine personally Are Venti & Xbalanque/Mavuika

[@komi7051]

@@alexanderericson8628I doubt that, her body is indestructible. She's most likely immortal now

[@RenakoAmaori]

I am honestly shocked how many godly beings exist in the early teyvat even without considering the dragon. My favourite is zhongli and venti due to their mysterious past Erosion/mara struck is a thing that long life species suffer especially dragons/ longs descendants or blessed by long. Venti's statue or istarot's statue in mondstat having "door to celestia" engraving and stuff is just sooooo hype i wish venti get another story quest.

[@Patecraft]

i swear too god if the person the tsaritsa is grieving for is a seele expy.

[@krazy167]

1 hour+ videos about archons? HELL YEAH‼️

[@superfate9424]

My favorite are Ei and technically Focalors/Furina. Idk sadness gets me the most. Immortal twin gone forever?? Strength to want to even stay alive. Immortal self tortures you for 500 years to save a country but you’re mixed about it cause you agree with the cause but still are traumatized beyond belief and now have major trust issues? Also such strength. Zhongli is cool and then Mavuika may come to perfect the trifecta if the Tsaritsa doesn’t and if they both do it’s now the S-Quad!

[@Dazaiburger]

My favourite is zhongli, venti & nahida...venti for being the most down to earth archon atleast that's how he was during the aq and sq and nahida for still trying to help the ppl of sumeru through her consciousness even tho she herself was trapped inside the cage from the day she was born by academiya idiots...and zhongli is my 1st fav archon, he ruled over liyue for many years, protected his ppl from many monsters and gods, even gave protection to those who came as refugees to liyue and finally he let his ppl to grow on their own after every threat subdued (signora did mention that if the crisis was out of hand then he can just step in deafeat them easily so he didn't just leave it to them fully) and imo i think zhongli is the most mysterious archon

[@sauce8148]

I swear, no matter how many characters we get, none will ever be as cool as Zhongli. The man has such cool lore and characterization he could have his own game. Bro has the golden AURA. No other characters in Genshin has made me feel emit such presence. The closest rn is probably Capitano.

[@YukiZero]

24:55 Yae was NOT born after the Cataclysm.... she was born before that because she met Kitsune Saiguu. Kitsune Saiguu was the one to convince her to become a priestess and trained her as her sucessor. If she was born after the Cataclysm there was no way for her to meet Kitsune Saiguu since she died during the cataclysm while protecting Inazuma when Ei went to Khaenri'ah to save Makoto

[@gushernandez25]

What I am so intrigued about is their naming. I convinced it alludes to Celestia's evil intentions.

[@VJusto]

Rukkhadevata and Zhongli are my favorites! Great video btw

[@hutaosimpD13]

I'm willing to bet that the Traveller with have a very close relationship with Tsaritsa

[@hanchengjun275]

Time to marry le Bronya expy

[@catdownthestreet]

Nahida and the three God-Kings of Sumeru are my absolute favorite deities in Genshin. The Goddess of Flowers is by far my favorite though. I just... I wish we could've seen more of her. Same goes for Rukkhadevata and Deshret, obviously, but there's something especially beautiful about Nabu Malikata and her story. I comfort myself by pretending she and Deshret have reincarnated. At least then I can feel like they're not completely gone and that their story didn't really end in such a sad way

[@riverkoi8707]

Nilou and Alheitham are meant to be versions of Nabu and Deshret, no? At least I like to think of it that way, like they live on through the people of Sumeru.

[@catdownthestreet]

​​@@riverkoi8707 Nilou isn't her, I was digging for information and unfortunately I only found connections between Nilou and Shirin, a daughter of Liloupar. Alhaitham is 100% Deshret though, there's just too many parallels between the two for them to not be the same person in different Samsaras (Also, I just think it's super weird for someone who admires the Goddess of Flowers so much to be her. I think it's a neat theory but there isn't much to support it beyond Nilou dressing like Nabu for her performances.)

[@FRaptor-wl6ku]

1:02:05 yeah we DEFINITELY need that power boost considering that Father COOKED us before we even got to Natlan and it’s a clear sign that we need to get stronger because if we can not even scratch much less Tickle Father’s Wolf/ Crazy self that our baby boy Scaramouche warned us about then idk how we’d face the Top 3 harbingers that are as strong as Gods

[@jrbudoybudoy]

My theory is that the battle with Heavenly Principles sealed most of our power. Remember that both Lumine and Aether travelled worlds, which means that they have the power to leave Teyvat, which no other character can do (beside the heavenly principles).

[@imjinkusu7632]

Did a blinker on my pen while scrolling my recommended while doing side quests, not disappointed with my choice of background noise. Thank you for the lore homie :)

[@arturintete2461]

aren't rukkhadevata and nahida the same person just with different memories? That was kinda one of the main themes of Sumeru. People still remember her accomplishments, they just forgot about Nahida's previous incarnation. Also, Im pretty sure they aren't the same race as Klee. They're both the irminsul tree given consciousness. They are the avatars of the irminsul.

[@cokekan2927]

They're clones not the same person but essentially the same being with different body and conciousness And yeah they're not elf like creatures, they're basically the embodiment of irminsul tree and one of their kind being.

[@tekkaikenmega509]

Venti lore suggests he's one of the strongest he definitely threw that match with the 8th harbinger id say it's either the true hydro archon is so far seems the weakest that or nahida she's not a fighter her style is to trap those in illusions and read her opponents mind the pyro while human has shown some pretty great feats that put her over and there isn't enough lore with the cryo to know without a doubt where she scales as for geo and electro they're the most fleshed out they are known to be strong I'd say zhongli is most likely rank 1 still in terms of combat

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

zhongli forsure in combat perhaps raiden contends but venti is a sleeper

[@kitnal4143]

Sadly we never saw Focalors in action- however her intellect was second only to Nahida with her plan to judge herself.

[@tekkaikenmega509]

@@kitnal4143 true her human form is like weaker than mona and all we saw of focalors was her planning her own fall and no books that would show any feats so for now we know nothing of her abilities as a archon

[@nathanielestinopo994]

Judging by Furina's potential Focalor at full power would be something akin to a commander directing the flow of battle. Nahida would be a stategist while Zhongli, Ei, and Mavuika are powerhouses. Venti's a wildcard.

[@Zuvas]

EI is definitely stronger than Zhongli. He could not just hone his fighting because he had to use his brain to do archon stuff for Liyue. Ei on the other hand could focus on fighting because her sister did the thinking/managing part. She’s also able to train/fight hundreds of years in eukemya which means her technical skill is maxed out

[@Zodia195]

Side note about Venti's 2nd Story Quest (or lack of one currently), seeing how we'll be dealing with Durin in the future (thanks to this year's summer event), maybe after that's dealt with, we might get Venti's 2nd story since he does have ties with Durin. I'd be shocked if Venti didn't show up during the Durin situation though.

[@justinbellosa6238]

12:43 He's currently the least worshipped archon. The most worshipped ones so far is a tie between Ei and Morax. Every corner of Liyue and Inazuma has a structure dedicated to their archon.

[@amitchell6700]

We have to remember that Zhongli is not used to pay for things as he is a god and didn't need to buy things, when we were going around with him he was trying to act like a normal person but as I said before he was not used to paying for stuff

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

haha forsure was just joking for that part cause I find it so funny

[@_Kaori_Miyazono_]

If Tsaritsa did everything she did just because she fell in love with someone from Khaenri'ah and acted out of selfish reasons, that would be a terrible plot. Basic, horrible, and uninspired. But if she did everything out of love for all living beings seeing that the Heavenly Principles brought pain to all, including the Archons, witnessing her friends die, and the whole of Teyvat in ruin because she is the God of Love and loves all, she chose to close herself off until she could bring down the Heavenly Principles. Now, that would be inspiring, loving, and heroic. It would truly make her a God of Love. Because true love involves loving ALL. If she ends up like Raiden or Makoto too human she will be a disappointment. Venti lives up to his name as the God of Freedom selfless and caring. He is a true God. Zhongli lives up to his name as the God of Contracts. He cares for all of Liyue and is a true God. Raiden is not a God; she is a child with too much power. Too selfish to be an Archon, she is just a human with powers. Greater Lord Rukkhadevata is a true God. She saved the world, not for selfish reasons, but out of wisdom and love for all. Focalors/Furina sacrificed herself for her people a true God. Mauvika acted partially for her family, making her less of a true God. If Tsaritsa is doing everything for selfish reasons, like avenging a lost family member or partner, and starts a war that endangers all of Teyvat, it would be an enormous disappointment. Such actions would be ridiculously selfish and outright evil. But, if she does it because she loves Teyvat and its people, having witnessed all the pain the Heavenly Principles caused, she would be the best Archon of all. A true God of Love.

[@coral_fw4568]

I'm really amazed at how deep and dark the story of Genshin Impact is and how it reveals more and more information about the characters' history and I would like to thank you for summarizing everything that has happened so far in such detail. I watched your video until now Listened to the end and it's really remarkable how much time and love you put into your videos so thank you for this great content

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

@coral_fw4568 thank you so luch means alot and happy you emjoyed it 😊

[@ashrafhakim379]

Its insane how archon is the peak of archon when most of them aren't even a god to begin with like venti was wind spirit, zhongli is outlander?,ei is lightning incarnation,furina is oceanid,mavuika is a human

[@gayyag-pb1ux]

there's no way they build up this whole thing of sneznaya vs the heavenly principles just for it to not happen

[@patrickbarroso4145]

27:37 wasn't Makoto's consciousness placed on the sword, mussou isshin, rather than the tree? I pretty much recall her saying that on Ei's second story quest...

[@nikitalabelle2385]

Yeah it was only there till ei was able to plant the sakura tree i believe

[@TinkRomero]

I wonder … what if Venti is the weakest of the Archons? Yes, the people of Mondstadt pray to Barbatos, and have incredible amounts of faith in this god. However, what if they aren’t praying to Barbatos, the God, but rather Barbatos, as they see him? We’ve seen multiple times that the people of Mondstadt don’t actually know how Barbatos would act. He would forgive Dvalin for attacking Mondstadt, he would forgive Barbara for the broken lyre, he seriously exposed his identity to a church nun. Heck, even our Twin was surprised to find out that Barbatos awoke for Dvalin’s sake. Mondstadt prays to a Barbatos of their own beliefs, not to a Barbatos of Venti’s own beliefs. To Mondstadt, Barbatos is not mischievous, and we know all to well that this is not true. They pray to the name behind the figure, but they don’t know who that figure actually is. However, I don’t know if this would count as faith in Barbatos or not, I’m just saying that if this faith doesn’t supply Barbatos with power, this would be the reason why.

[@uriel9777]

But they still embody his ideal and simply by upholding freedom they are worshiping him

[@Kyuubi13s]

People of Inazuma didn't know there were ever twin gods, now they don't know they are praying to the puppet People of Fontaine were considering Furina a god, they never knew Focalors existed, yet she still gathered Indemnitium So no, it doesn't matter whether they really know Barbatos for who he is. They worship Anemo Archon and his ideal of freedom, and that's enough

[@TinkRomero]

@@Kyuubi13s that is true, the people can still completely misunderstand their archon and still offer up their faith to them … I guess a part of me wants to believe Venti when he said he’s the weakest of the Archons, and is simply looking for some reason to confirm this. Honestly though, Mondstadt’s own perception of Barbatos differing so much from the actual Barbatos is still an interesting topic. Really goes to show how even Freedom can escape from the God of Freedom.

[@Kyuubi13s]

@@TinkRomero If you are looking for a reason for Venti to be the weakest, how about this: he's unable to use his powers and schems fully because he's being particularly strictly monitored by celestia? His statue is 'the gateway to celestia, his gnosis was the queen, he has connections to shade of time and can probably see into the future (knowing all future & past ballads, sus voicelines). It would make sense if because of this he'd be on a veeery short leash. In case of Zhongli celestia just bound him with a contract without other restrictions, but with god of freedom it wouldn't work tho it's just a theory I came up with on a spot ;p

[@AhmedMohammed-pf3jk]

I think hes hiding his real abilities , He’s probably stronger than EI after her Vision hunt decree = Lower faith in her i think

[@logofamerica]

i love the genshin lore, but i can’t always sit through videos like these explaining it. I watched this whole video, you did an awesome job breaking things down and earned a sub. My favorite archons so far are Zhongli and Focalor. I really like Focalor but not Furina, so I hope one day we get the archon skins of their original costumes.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Thank you I try to make it as digestible as possible cause the lore can get pretty convoluted

[@andrewethan8012]

This was one of my top videos that you made so far. Awesome work!!!

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

thank you :)

[@___.MyArtBook.__]

Greater lord Rukhadevta is the goat we didn't know we needed. A huge "W"

[@drextrey]

The other Archons kill or Help to kill Tsaritsa lover by Celestia order. Mind you, The other Archons dont have a way to reject these orders, or they would suffer the wrath of Celestia for themselves and their people/nations. Their Guilt let them to "give up" their Gnosis, although via various cover stories. Because you can see how powerful these Gnosis is at the hand of a mortal(Mavuika). Let alone in the hands of Gods like Zhongli or Ei.

[@joelreis5366]

The Shivada gemstone has the best inscription by far: "Sorry... to also have you shoulder the grievances of the world. Since you could endure my bitter cold, you must have the desire to burn? Then, burn away the old world for me." I have a weird feeling that Dottore will end up being the final antagonist. A lot of the Fatui Harbingers have a side that you can respect, even Signora just wanting to completely destroy the Abyss even if it means going up against anyone that might stand in her way. But Dottore... damn, that guy is just a scumbag. The upcoming patch is gonna be a giant kitchen for theorycrafters.

[@hualian7346]

You are genuinely my favourite genshin and honkai lore recounter i have ever followed i enjoy listening to your theories and explanations to the storylines as they make it easier for me to recall and further enjoy the story while playing ❤❤

[@sylviagerlach2579]

definitely Zhongli. His story interests me the most. Unfortunately, Hoyo leaves us starving. But there must be a lot behind it if it gets the name Deus Auri. Where does gold come from? In the supernova of a dying sun. Where does his meteorite fall out when he wants order? Holy shit. the guy is hiding a lot from us. And Teyvat means Ark. Ark for who or what? And is Celestia really evil? We know from Neuvi that someone who is not actually the original ruler sits on the heavenly throne. Whoever that may be. But who the fck is sitting there now?

[@jrbudoybudoy]

The original ruler might be the first descender.

[@unixtreme]

I'm no lore connoisseur but hearing about people forgetting about their god gives me vibes of how the memory of the people of Natlan would be affected if Mavuika just raw dogged using the gnosis to save Natlan this patch. But again I'm clueless, in my head cannon it's fun to imagine.

[@catdownthestreet]

Crazy idea: what if the Tsaritsa is a Cocolia export trying to save her daughter, Bronya, from death or Abyssal corruption? The only theme Genshin hasn't explored with its archons in the main quests yet is the theme of motherhood. And if they're basing Snezhnaya on Russian history... There's good reason to believe that the Romanovs will be relevant. I like to think of Pierro as Rasputin in this theory, and that he is tricking the Tsaritsa into believing that he can cure her child, maybe through collecting the Gnoses. Just an idea.

[@inory5460]

I doubt that the traveler will become some kind of pyro archon. The traveler is meant to wittness and not putting on the big shoes. He is helping the ones that will walk in those shoes but the traveler themself? Highly doubt.

[@Pre4xes_]

Well he's gonna ascend to the seat of God and is basically gonna be the God of teyvat.

[@inory5460]

@@Pre4xes_ we will see how it goes. would make sense in a way since he harbors every element.

[@llamabean529]

I feel like the harbingers plan is to get all the knoses and give them to the twins to help them defeat the heavenly principles and finally let the citizens determine their own fate.

[@Pre4xes_]

@@llamabean529 also maybe resurrect the 3rd descender?

[@SeanValenciaaa]

The avatar soundtrack through all out made this video 10x better

[@shoiko]

hmm if u learn something you shouldnt have learned... is that what happened at the beginning of the game?

[@MarkJovitBaria]

Ei mourning alone with no one to talk to really breaks my heart 😢

[@MichaelScarn-cq3lx]

cant wait for that avengers moment at the end of the game just a few more years!

[@bangtanssera]

im already in love with tsaritsa, not gonna lie that's just because im from belarus - a slavic country which is named as "the white rus" because of how snowy it is during winter on braslavskiye lakes, looks like tsaritsa is MY archon ijbol

[@Videl390]

Great video! I do just want to point out that Simurgh was not 'some great desert bird' but a a shard of created of Khaverna (which comes from Nabu).

[@alexanderericson8628]

I think it's deeper I think Paimon is responsible for everything being turned upside down. So my working theory is that Sustainer of Principles create a kind of reversed big bang at the beginning of the game this is why the stars are in the abyss and the tree of life is turned upside down and connected to the abyss instead of the sky, which makes celestial orbits not really working as intended namely the sun and the moon which in turn messes with time as a concept. Paimon is a product of the reversed universe as her triquetra symbol is turned upside down on her cape. I kind of suspect that the archons suspect what Paimon is because they avoid to hold a conversation with Paimon unless it is related to the traveler. I also think Paimon could become the monster the archons had to fight in Khaenri'ah she may very well have killed Makoto which is going to drive Ei mental. I have been thinking that for a while. But since Leylines exist on top of each other there are multiple paths to take and each one is as likely as the other one. That is what the Hexenzirkel is trying to show the traveler in the summer events the hexenzirkel members must exist outside of Teyvats laws and the only way for Alice to communicate is through an imaginary object. She is an actor that stepped of the stage so to speak and joined the audience.

[@youropinionsareshitandsoar1954]

What if it's the opposite what if she knew a stranger from another world would benefit them more, it's it said time and time again that the traveler is a witness and the heavenly principal can't affect them or even acknowledge them. Right now The traveler is defying their ideations just by existing in "their" world not even the principals themselves can defy fate.

[@lunachappell8981]

well if you think about it mavuika is like the genshins's version of hemiko so i wouldnt be surprised if she did die

[@nicolacuarin8367]

I remember clearly, when I finished the Sumeru Archon Quest I literally had an emotional breakdown. My heart still breaks whenever I recall how Rukhadevata vanished into existence.

[@rabbitstars3408]

Maybe the first Cryo archon was the Tsaritsa's love interest/Parental figure and the original cryo archon's successor and because of the celestia's order to the archons in the cataclysm the first cryo archon perishes which led the god of love to be consumed with grief and hatred upon the death of the first cryo archon. Leaks suggests that the model for the tsaritsa will be teen girl model so I bet she is the successor/Daughter of the first cryo archon, besides, she wouldn't grief that much and overthrow celestial if it weren't because of the death of her mother🤷‍♂️

[@jaredwhite200]

I like all of them to be honest but I can’t wait until I finally get to meet the Tsaritsa

[@jeoffreyauscia6841]

I wonder, if Raiden Ei instead was the one that went to Sumeru, how it would look like now. Makoto would still be around, no Vision Decree, Signora might still be alive

[@rinski]

Great video! You really put a lot of effort on this. I love all archons and you can see how much they love their nation through their sacrifice and how they are willing to fight for them. My fave is Ei and Furina.

[@patrykburski2148]

I need Genshin to release those "archon attire " skins! Like I need those for Venti and Zhingli especially!

[@pakman9794]

Props for using Her WIshes and Maidens of Sanctity. Severely under-appreciated tracks.

[@JoaquinRallos]

Props to orobashi for being an actual protecter of his people, he cared for them and fought for them until he died.

[@k-luffydev1686]

Hearing all of this GL Rukkedivata deserves the world 💔

[@milicajakovljevic6288]

I mean, it really comes as no wonder that Istaroth was "involved" with Makoto, especially if all of the shades are variant characters of Kiana lol

[@christopheroleary1452]

I don't think gods themselves get more powerful from prayers. What does get more powerful are the gnoses, which condense the wishes of that nation's people, granting the archon the ability to fulfil those wishes. Since gnoses are fragments of a descender, this is likely a feature of descenders in specific, as opposed to any gods. I think Venti was always powerful, because he's basically a manifestation of Istaroth. But he lies to everyone constantly, because appearing strong would reduce the agency of the people of Mondstadt.

[@FlashKillerX]

I never thought about it that way…what if the traveler does inherit the pyro throne? That would be WILD

[@Zodia195]

You forgot to mention that the Traveler still remembers Rukadevata at least. Also, I don't think Nahida will truly die in the game, for gameplay reasons. Why make her a playable char if she's going to die in the long run? Same reason why I think Paimon will in the end still remain our traveling companion because of the pause screen. The brief time we couldn't access it during the Caribert quest just shows how important she is gameplay wise. Fav archon used to be Nahida, but now it's Mavuika. That can still change.

[@bangtanssera]

ei and furina literally are so great as archons, both failed in some ways but still they did their absolute best, even though I like every single archon the love for these two is insane. they worked not only for their nation but also fought against their own traumas for 500 years one and for eternity the other (raiden puppet fight was who knows how long...)

[@_Velqine_]

Tsaritsa will forever be the best one

[@Daniel-ho2zk]

28:42 Many years of tyranny? Actually was one year according with the lore

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

The visioon hunt decree yes that was one year but the nation was mostly in ruin for 500 years she left a heartless puppet to rule as a dictator for eternity sake while her first puppet murdered people,mant people, civil wars rebellions, atrocities on yashiori island prob forgetting some things but overall ya maybe not the best word I could of used summarize raiden ei's first 500 years but pretty close and definitely worse then just one year

[@user-wm7zy3hm3f]

@@TheGamerChronicles999 That's a whole loot of exaggerating and misinformation. All Archons, maybe except Venti, are or were dicators. They have absolute authority and power over their nations and can outlaw and change any rules without consulting other government entities. After all, they are gods that people worship, not your typical local presidents. Inazuma was mostly in ruin because of the catalysm that nearly wiped out the whole nation. Ei had to save and rebuild them. She didn't let the puppet rule for 500 years either. The tatarasuna incident happened 400 years ago and Wanderer charater story 2 that states Ei retreated into the plane of euthymia that same year. So, it's 400 years at best. And the puppet doesn't murder people. "Murder" is an unlawful intentional killing of another person. Kazuha's friend and Signora were executed under the law of "Duel before the throne". Both agreed to the duels knowing the possible outcome. Civil war/rebellion lasted a year same as vision hunt decree. The astrocities on yashiori island were caused by the orobashi fanactics destroying the wards that Ei created to subdue the tataragami.

[@tunderblood]

​@TheGamerChronicles999 i think it's perhaps a middle ground, its more than the one year of the vision hunt decree but we don't really have an idea what the puppet did during those 500 years maybe she slayed monsters so it wasn't as bad as when the decree came

[@reabelle811]

At first i thought traveler being the next pyro archon is quite far fetched but then again, this may be the reason why somehow he couldnt resonate with pyro archon statue... that the way traveler will acquire pyro element is by getting its gnosis instead 🤔

[@thehearthinn]

God, the addition of Wildfire - Instrumental at the end of the video is an incredible touch

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

@@thehearthinn thank you 😊

[@lunachappell8981]

What am I theories is that we're going to end up working with the fatui or at least siding with them for a bit Cuz let's be honest, the heavenly principal was the reason why we're separated from our sibling And if the cryo archon and fatui are trying to rebel against the heavenly principles and Celestia why wouldn't we? I also have a theory that like all of the archons kind of just gave their gnosis willingly or at least it wasn't that hard for them to give it and that They are all possibly a part of this plan cuz like you said in the video, pretty much all of the archons were affected and traumatized in some way because of the cataclysm that was pretty much at the basics, probably caused by the heavenly principles and Celestia

[@Justanormalguy990]

Thanks man, u save me. Thanks for always uploading lore videos!!

[@CassidyGamrod]

watching this 2 weeks later after new archon quests dropped and well, you were spot on at 55 mins lol

[@tyrekedekock1186]

My current favourite archon without a doubt is the Lord of Geo, but idk why but I've been infatuated with the Cryo archon since day 1❤

[@_Kaori_Miyazono_]

1:03:07 Never heard such name ever, I know Russian, never heard such name especially for a female. And my Russian friends agree Бронья? Серьезно? Никогда такого имени не слышал. Люди думают что мол звучит по русски значит русское имя)

[@Tomouryu]

Not to mention Bronya is also from HI3 and her higher-end battle suits are all ice elements.

[@ethanmiller631]

i like how genshin is light hearted and goofy game on surface level and be so dept into mythologies if you sunk your teeth into it

[@munchielitten5961]

Lumine is going to be the ultimate death of the sustainer and the hp and the thrones if you seen that fan animation then you can see why ppl think shes it but its not the archons shes after cuz they are going to get slapped to another lifetime and thats after they all with aether and paimon gave sustainer a bit of a rough up before getting nuked but then you have the abyss and lumine that will appear and make things very hard to deal with after she failed to leave before and most of all her brother was taken away but now she wants revenge for the innocent and more over the place she had to call home since her orgional place was destroyed years before falling to teyvat this is their journeys end so this is one last chance for humans to be redeemed lumine bringing the abyss to fuition as their leader and aether brining the archons excluding tutitsa to full end of thier contracts as zhongli mentioned even tho gods of all kinds yokai selee spirits and even the archons cant be erased exception rukkah that is if you used the irmansul to do it that would mean that even focalors is in a way still alive but my guess for ones like her are in the sea of souls no doubt her festering desire is whats getting me to think about it she used a sword to end her god hood as the catyalist for saving fontaine and nabu did the oppisit so if the wayob have any part in this they are all lost to the abyss or in the sea of souls likely hell since they are in a since deemed sinners but im certain lumine is the ultimate end here and shes using a pupet like self the one we see as a means to still carry out the abyss order plans but more over she wants to do what the tsuritsa wants to do but once those are out of the way she plans to take her brother back but at this rate shes too far gone by the abyss and is likely corrupted and in dains own words show me that you are more worthy then i to save her which i hope we do and after everything both lumine and aether expirienced its pluasable that aether will bring back alot of stuff with the loom of fate after he takes it by force from his sister and why will aether win simple the archon won the war against the abyss in kheanriah thus lumine will loose but may loose her life as well much like the mountain king the light are on but no ones home is a possible out come for her but aether is going to use the loom of fate with the shades and the powers of the seven to bring everything back to how it was he sadly wont reset the world but he will bring teyvat to a point where its at peace as he knew it but also as lumine once knew due to their shared memories and why is lumine mad phanoes is mad cuz of ppl bringing the abyss which is forbiden to teyvat die to what phanoes has seen prior to coming to teyvat aether was the best choice that phanoes sought after knowing lumine would screw this up she was destined to shoulder the burdin of the abyss by the death of the ppl in kheanriah and order his shade of space and void matter asmoday to send them back down cuz they have to save this world other wise she would have not stopped them

[@sh1tgun2]

Venti having a church isn't an argument since they're different nations therefore different religions and cultures. Ei has dozens of shrines and a grand shrine, Zhongli has his own worshipping place etc. and mond is the only nation with actual atheists

[@beanik835]

Isn’t Khanrieah the nation for atheists?

[@sh1tgun2]

@beanik835 No, khaenri'ahns did not deny the existence of Gods, they were just nonbelievers. Mondstadts doubt that venti even exists

[@beanik835]

@@sh1tgun2 Ei doesn’t really have a shrine. She is mostly acting as a ruler more than a god. Mondstadt worships Barbatos but doesn’t realize that he was Venti the whole time. I don’t see a Zhongli shrine anywhere tho.

[@sh1tgun2]

@@beanik835 The grand shrine and dozens of small shrines around inazuma (not all) belong to Ei. Zhonglis shrine is the place where he "died"

[@LeyraudBrown]

If the cryo archon was in love. It'd probably The 1st descender

[@LanternLightsAnimates]

I love Furina (If she event counts as an archon anymore 😭) and Venti. These two have had darker hints to a lighter character and that is something I love about these two. The amount of theories behind Venti being related to the god of time is also certainly interesting, plus the Fontaine quest is just gorgeous!! I also love nahida though

[@jacoblol901]

do you think that we’ll see the Dandelion Sea if we get a Monstadt expansion?

[@Gabriel-bx3nu]

Venti is a blue spirit who normally gives you chest but got somehow transformed into an archon, zhongli is an adeptus he lives from geo energy, raiden is also some godly race, nahida same, furina(fuckalore) was an hydro spirit(oceanide) and mauvika is human 😂

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

20:45 “does he still bum money out of people? You bet he does.” Zhongli is an unchecked scammer.

[@MyssArt]

Honestly I don't think hoyoverse would miss their chance to give us Genshin's version of Bronya like how they just added Genshin's version of Himeko. I would be really interested to see a much more different version and intertpertaion of Bronya that isn't what we've seen so far in their other games.

[@shandricacooper3256]

My fav archon is Ei. Her story moved me the most considering I am a identical twin so it hit me hard when I learned her twin had died😢

[@munchielitten5961]

The turitsa and lumine are working to the same goal found in the cryo gem and lumine feels tge same way since she saw all the destruction and tried to leave teyvat waking aether and then getting 1v2 by asmoday shade of space and material so this could mean lumine is firefly or silverwolf a different of bronya

[@rock_67]

venti states that an archon can only obtain the power from their people's faith through ruling over their people

[@armanke13]

Hoyo is trying to milk genshin for longer and adding Nod Krai before Snezhnaya

[@seamali4383]

Fr 😢

[@Koutouhara]

Small fact which is interesting Guili Plains is named after pairing the games of 'GUI'-zong and Zong-'LI' ^^ I like and follow Venti! All my most favorite characters are Anemo, with my main being Wanderer

[@THET1RAMISU]

12:29 it's written in the church that "the god of anemo doesn't exist"

[@WalnutWife]

I really loved this summary 😊 thank you for the work! Ei is my favorite because she’s so flawed and human

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

happy you enjoyed it :)

[@sidlarson8374]

thanks for all the hard work man great recap before 5.1

[@no0bzZ1502]

wait. wasn't Ei's main reason to transfer her consciousness to the Plane of Euthymia because to avoid corrosion? i mean ofc she fears Celestia as well. no archon dares to go against the Almighty Heavenly Principles. but wasn't the main reason Ei went to Plane of Euthymia was to avoid getting corrosion? since her consciousness is forever sealed and cannot be corroded? if i am wrong then forgive me

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

you're not wrong that's part of it which I should of mentioned so my bad both are true she was never cut out to be archon like her sister and she did fear celestia big time after HP cataclysm while still sugaring from that loss, but corrosion is also part of it and ultimately making a puppet to uphold eternity while she could be in euthymia made sense to her at the time

[@israsayed]

The volcano lord of Natlan is probably something like the whale in Fontaine or Daevolin in Monstdat.

[@astra4429]

We all hail to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata❤

[@Loopy2000]

I know he was joking when he said Zhongli runs the biggest counterfeiting bussiness but I'm just going to say it anyway what Zhongli made is the only legal currency excluding Fontaines prison, Zhongli was the mint. Also I think Zhongli is actually poor now, there is actually a dialogue option where the traveller asks Zhongli why he didn't make himself a bunch of money so he could get by before he handed over the gnosis and lost the ability to make money and he said he didn't think of it.

[@kingneteoraire]

am gonna call it here dottore is a good guy the reason why he does experiment to collei is to cure alyazar but by doing so he gone mad but he learn the true about iriminsul and decided to burn it

[@char7201]

wait no bc focalors is soooo qunt its crayz

[@unknownkw]

Zhongli is highly likely incapable to create and use Mora at will. In the worst case he may even be forbidden to buy stuff using Mora at all. There should be conditions in the contract he is required to follow. Mora retaining its value for thousands of years indicates that these conditions has never been broken. People trust Mora based on the belief that the "God of Contract" could never break a contract made by himself, as he put it. It is easy to deduce that there are terms and conditions preventing Zhongli to make or use Mora freely, else other nations has absolutely no reason to entrust Mora as their common currency.