The Characters and Culture of Natlan (Genshin Theory and Speculation)

[@Truck-kun11]

How funny would it be if Natlan finally gave us our first Hydro Claymore user and he ends up being a Surfer who uses his own sword as a Surfboard since surfing is very common in Latin American countries

[@bonbons71]

BRUUH INSTANT PULL

[@chantelgriffin7372]

I have a feeling Capitano is going to be our first hydro claymore user.

[@jellybonesmasterfue45]

@@chantelgriffin7372he looks more of a geo character tbh

[@chantelgriffin7372]

@@jellybonesmasterfue45 We will have to wait and see. I only hope he will be playable even if it's only in Snezhnaya.

[@lunatic_nebula9542]

Capitano not having a vision would be even better, he is just THAT strong.

[@DestymphStormboy_]

Half of a side note, but in regard to potential playable characters, we should hopefully get our first Hydro Claymore, more specifically in 5.1, because in x.1 of every version a new element weapon combo was released, and also it was the odd number versions which gave us hydro characters.

[@chantelgriffin7372]

Imagine Natlan being like the first how to train your dragon. With some hunting and others living in harmony with dragons.

[@WhiteKoneko]

Or like hunters and riders in Monster Hunter. Either way I'm stoked

[@veronicapiccinini7956]

Can we get our dragon pet please 🙏? Just hide them from Neuvillette, he might be offended

[@Keiki-kun]

the only thing I want is a Carnaval dancer character full of feathers, jewels and a colorful costume If I have this I will be happy

[@reveriesend4668]

Do you remember how Nymph's Dream don't just foreshadowed Fontaine, but acted as a semi-prequel, as well? A setup, I mean. Well, I think we can expect the same with the Unfinished Reverie. In other words: TREASURE HUNT!!!

[@bonbons71]

ah maaan i absolutely LOOOVE the last months before a new nation drops!! i love going on theory vidoe sprees every day about the upcoming nation, i love re-watching old theories, and cutscene reactions from the current nation to relive the nostalgia, AAHH I'M SO EXCITED FOR NATLAN!! i am so ready to pull for iansan the moment she drops

[@valentineparker]

I’m super excited for Natlan I feel like the archon quest is going to be really good and I’m hopeful that there will be more diversity among the characters there too

[@Shreyash112]

Yeah,hope people wouldn’t hate new characters and their va’s and all just for skin colour 🫡

[@DamianAlejandro05]

⁠@@Shreyash112hating the va is unnecessary and immature, they don’t have the fault, and about the skin tones, Natlan is literally a mix of native Americans and Africans, it would be very weird to not have at least the majority with brown skin and a few with light skin

[@anneoneal3865]

Oh, this is gonna be a disaster. You are never going to get what you want.

[@anneoneal3865]

​@@DamianAlejandro05So remember, kids, if the playable Natlan characters are too pale, send all of your death threats to Mihoyo! It's what they deserve!

[@Mistocloud]

​@DamianAlejandro05 the thing is the African part. Probably, VERY PROBABLY it will never have representation to black people.

[@fractal3729]

an anemo shield would be very useful! to break conventions i think it should swirl any element that would hit the shield….like how jean’s anemo infusion works

[@WhiteKoneko]

The Saurians give such strong Monster Hunter vibes and i love it!! In MH there exists hunters that hunt monsters and protect people but on reverse there's riders that raise monsters and fight alongside them.

[@JackDeath64]

In the movie Rio the bird tribes treated the game of Football/Soccer as a form of warfare. I wonder if Natlan might do the same. It would give Natlan a very unique gameplay.

[@lorenarocha4479]

I’ve had this theory ever since people had speculated that benett was from Nathan and since he left he became unlucky. Imagine we help solve whatever problem in Natlan that’s keeping its people from leaving, we break the curse and benett unluckiness goes away and he becomes stronger (possibly 5 star benett). This is a reach and only a theory so pls don’t come for me but just imagine

[@lemonjuiceboi1034]

I'm looking forward to the exploration mechanics with the Saurians and the history behind why the tribes connect to their respective Saurians.

[@Straw-Hat-20]

This weeks livestream hope contains natlan teaser 👌 excited for the livestream

[@robertmelconde8151]

Good natlan theory video. Bennette and iansan have a different thing. Iansan have a elf ears similar to klee, nahida and layla. I wish we can know why natlan people never leave their nation in the future. I wish we can see the varka expedition forces Still waiting for natlan anemo boy. What natlan foods they gonna show to us. What personality of natlan archon gonna be. Other than south american and african culture what other tribe ref culture it will gonna be. We gonna say goodbye to fontaine arc and say hello to natlan arc.

[@di8085]

Talking about Natlan is gonna make cant wait to see Grand Master Varka, imagine the act of Archon Quest actually starting around Varka's expedition

[@Linc-hm8zkidjd]

6:09 isnt it Yae on inazuma?

[@izusmallmight8953]

I think you're right.

[@SiliconOneFour]

Both Sara and Yae would fit, yeah

[@TinkRomero]

I have two things I wish to discuss. 1.) it’s definitely a likely possibility that the Tribe Leaders will be called Chieftains/Chieftesses. And considering how there was a Grand Sage for Sumeru, I wonder if there’ll be an equivalent to Natlan? 2.) There’s a possibility that Murata is indeed the current Archon. And she might have something to do with the Natlan curse. When Venessa’s tribe left Natlan, they appear to have stopped telling stories of Murata, almost as if … they forgot their Archon, what if that’s the curse? Considering how it deals with memory loss, suggests the effect of Irminsul tampering. It’s kind of a combination of Sumeru and Fontaine’s issues. A Nation where the people of the Nation are inflicted with workings of Irminsul. Leaving the Nation of Pyro will turn your memories of that Nation into ash, and this can be connected to Bennett. “This baby must be a child abandoned by the world itself.” This is how the man who found Bennett described him, and a world abandoning a child would only be probable if the Irminsul was involved. What if Bennett left his home nation Natlan, and the amnesia curse was set upon Bennett, only to find out that this newborn child had a memory of Natlan that the Irminsul could not tamper with, so the curse adapted into a serious of unfortunate mishaps as the next best alternative. (A lot of guesswork there, I know, but I might as well get crazy with my Natlan theories and hope something sticks!)

[@generalalatusfallingin]

Imagine we finally get Xiangling and Bennett powercreep in Natlan…

[@Crysis2424]

I really like the idea of getting to play as the Tribe Leaders, I think that at least 1 of them is very likely to happen. Maybe we can get a Phoenix inspired character too since Natlan is the Pyro nation. They could have a built in glider to there kit maybe as their non combat talent.

[@shavonnelynch6508]

I love these videos so much! Am truly excited for Natlan and also see how your speculations play out.

[@joesunday199]

I'm thinking some sort of Shaman/Priestess might be Playable. Perhaps acting as a Healer. Perhaps we will see some kind of Hunter character as well. I'm hoping we will see plenty of Aztec/Mayan/Incan character designs. Evidently, there will be some African characters which I hope is also true. But, since we likely won't see much in the way of Natlan NPCs; I'm hoping the HUB City will be mostly Aztec/Mayan/Incan. Or maybe each district/portion of the City represents each Tribe. I also hope we get to meet at least 1 Natlan character in 4.8.

[@iosis9324]

We definitely won't meet Natlan's characters OUTSIDE of Natlan. It has already been said that they cannot leave Natlan, and this is proved by the fact that we have never seen a single NPC from Natlan. At most, the Pyro Archon can remotely contact the Traveler in the event, as Nahida did in 2.8.

[@piri_desu]

Very excited to see natlan character designs!

[@i_am_biki_ahmed]

Very excited about Natlan Archon

[@krys9463]

Hoyo seems to add a performer character in each nation any way, but for Natlan I can imagine a Grass dancer, this depends on what different cultures will be in Natlan, there is the more obvious but if they add Native American culture then I think this could be a good option. From what my mom told me I believe they are mostly male however its possible for women to also be grass dancers, and dances were performed after a victory over the enemy. I can imagine that this character would be dendro and a bow or catalyst user. There's also the Aztec dancers, the feathers they wear in their regalia are amazing so if they add this to a character I can imagine them being either pyro or anemo, mostly betting on pyro because this sounds most visually appealing and they could be a bow or polearm user.

[@hatguyfan22]

Praying that this video doesn’t disregard the presence of African names in Talking Stick and thinks Africa will only be a small amount of Natlan. Watching it now! EDIT: I’m so glad I wasn’t disappointed. I like this video and the ideas you presented. I hope the main city has African inspirations behind it. I would hate to see African culture be just a minimal part of Natlan despite four of the tribe leaders of old having names from all over Africa. I have a theory that Iansan is a dragon tamer or caretaker, and the skull she has is a hatchling she took care of or one of her companions that passed on.

[@wooniz1030]

Hi, just wanna say, your editing needs to be appreciated ! Keep it up :D

[@SiliconOneFour]

Thank you!! I've been working on improving my editing recently, so I'm glad it's getting noticed!!

[@EmmaSmoke]

I’m really hoping we get Vennessa in Natlan. She ascended to Celestia, so we know she isn’t dead. I’ve speculated before, but I think she will be an Anemo sword user that focuses on plunging like Xiao and Kazuha. It would be sick if her skill/burst incorporated falcon wings since she’s the Falcon of the West (or bird wings in general because I know the translation is a little off for “falcon” so she might not be that).

[@eertikrux666]

If Natlan is inspired by the America continent and their native cultures, maybe your adventurer character can be a reference to christopher columbus. He can be the opposite side of the coin to the traveler. While the traveler goes to places and respects people, the adventurer goes to places and disrespects the natives

[@TheAngelChaz]

I have a weird speculation that xbal may actually be dendro and have a burning theme

[@kingalex105x7]

an archeologist character would be so cool if they do it well

[@Mono_The_Archivist]

I think humans in genshin evolved from cats or/and wolves since they seem to have some characteristics of those animals in their recessive genes and we also haven't seen monkeys but it seems more possible that the species they evolved from just had similar characteristics to those animals

[@iosis9324]

Humans have not evolved from anything. Primordial One, created humans as well as other creatures (Except for the dragons) himself as he wanted them to be. All kinds of humans, that is, people with animals ears, are either a race created by some random gods before or during the Archon Wars, or they are animals that absorbed the elements and gained intelligence and transformed into humans. It is also possible that one of the races appeared thanks to alchemy, but unlike the others, nothing is said about it anywhere.

[@Mono_The_Archivist]

@iosis9324 so maybe it's a similar case to neanderthal and homosapien where our species just mixed because of breeding? (I just like making theories for the sake of it )

[@iosis9324]

@@Mono_The_Archivist Kinda. Ordinary humans and animal humans can reproduce with each other, for example, an animal can evolve through the elements and become an Adept (an adept is just one of the evolutions of this), the Adept themself has human intelligence and thanks to the magic that their god give them, they can take human form after which they can reproduce with humans. Yanfei is such a child, her father is an Adept, and her mother is a human, also Ganyu half human. In general, in Teyvat, everything that has a human form are somehow very similar to each other (despite the fact that they all came from different sources) and can reproduce with each other without problems.

[@sealgap9068]

we gonna get an artist fs

[@jahirborjas6893]

I cannot thank you enough for saying Xbalanque’s name right 🙏

[@YukiTheOkami]

an anemo shielder would be nice if strong enough Waht also would be nice is a hydro claymore user possibly one of the tribe leaders but honestly an advaturer whos wanting to be free and moove without careing about borders sounds like a short anemo boy lmao just saying

[@johnz7167]

This is probably based on Philippines. It also has volcanoes.

[@diametlzowo]

As a Black/Hispanic player I'm terrified for how they'll illustrate the playable characters and history. If the cast takes names and cultural aspects of latin america and west africa history yet they're all pale I'll be disappointed. The pyro archon leaks don't help my dilemma. We know from the genshin comic that the people of Natlan were once enslaved by the Mondstadt aristocrats, which makes me wonder if they'll mention it when we reach Natlan. I also hope the pyro travler has cool powers.

[@8lefry8]

yeah i saw the pyro archon leaks and was so disappointed in what we could get :/

[@JetstreamTheSexSam]

​​@8lefry8 the Archon is accurate, since it's not African but Latino

[@unavailablemixi]

I saw a theory someone made on twitter that Natlan may be in war because their archon isn’t really the true archon. Seeing that the archon looks awfully similar to the conquistadores, it would check out if it turns out that Natlan’s true archon is somewhere else

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Lol the leaks of the Pyro archon ended up being SO off. They were probably fakes to fool leakers.

[@raidenmiyawaki]

If the pyro archon wouldn't possess every saurian skill like her ultimate could let transform or have every trait or skill of saurian (if you play LOL I mean like Udyr) I don't know what they're going to do with her potential.

[@jolasu]

I like to think that Iansan is a geo character. They seems energetic. Random throw. Maybe Bennet's parents moved away from Natlan and caused them bad luck that is passed down from generation to generation. That's why Bennet is unlucky. What if 6 of 7 the elements Natlan characters teach to us movement mechanics. Cryo will be left out because when Cryo Nation comes.. sometimes... it has its own things. Ice skating..(joke)

[@aayanchiron9770]

1:20 every time I hear “echo” I think of wuthering waves 😂

[@iosis9324]

Every time I hear "echo" I think of rain world

[@aayanchiron9770]

6:09 but Haitham is too lazy and just wants to sit on his sofa

[@luciellawliet]

Oh I love this! And finally people are paying more attention to Benny and his possible connection to Natlan! I swear if you’re right about some tribes not liking dragons because of conflicts with ancient dragons long ago my friend is going to lose their shit because they have a character from Natlan who is an ancient dragon that used to wreak havoc on the people

[@luciellawliet]

I completely forgot to mention they also accurately predicted a shit ton of stuff about Fontaine and its characters (to some scarily accurate degrees) so we both were freaking out about that haha

[@dollsgamescorner]

What if plot twist, murata is still murata? Maybe everytime death strike her, she will reborn with totally memory loss and new identity. Hence xbalanque is immortal. He act as guidance and advisor for millennial. Thats why this current pyro archon is young girl character. She been reborn. Hence the chapter name “Incandescent ode of resurrection “ kinda make sense?

[@iosis9324]

How do you know that pyro archon is a young girl??? 🤨

[@kana9920]

(LEAK WARNING!!!!! SCROLL AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!) Personally, I dont like this “leaked design” of the Pyro archon, Im Latina and from regions Natlan is based off and were are not happy about her being a c*nquistador. Our relationship with Spain is complicated due to the massive abuse that happened to our people and how more than half of my and other countries culture were lost in the process. From the main airport there was a leaked conversation of a Spanish pilot being extremely racist of the way we talk, and its not the first incident of people from the first world country to call us “monkeys” or something that will put us down to them. Currently in Mexico there are a lot of gringos (Americans) trying to ban Mexican music because they are so obsessed on making Mexico their perfect vacation home and we want them to return home because its not fair we have to step our culture aside for a countries that have a “better” situation. Making our representative god based on such horrible people is… a choice. As bad as putting Nahida as a British colonizer. But hey this is my opinion! If you like her design you do you, just please dont defend it. There are so many gods of war in Aztec, Mayan and Inca mythology, so that’s why the disappointment, thank you for reading this!

[@akedia6546]

I do find the design of the arcon.. a peculiar choice.. because, let's remember, this game have to sell you a product in form of a character (and sell figures, cosplay,etc), so make a highly anticipated character like this having clothes inspired by conquistadores in a south america inspired region is very weird. From what I know the sovrein dragon of pyro is present and active in Natlan and he should be inspired by the native coulture, so maybe the arcon is imposed as an authority from an outhsider power on the people of Natlan, like yeah a colonizer. I would be cool if the archon was actually evil, and we side with the pyro dragon, the divinity of the locals, to send her away. I hope hoyoverse is cooking, we need more information before we can judge

[@kana9920]

@@akedia6546 That would be pretty cool! But apparently the pyro dragon is the one who is “teaching” the puro archon according to leaks. Hopefully the design turn into an Emilie situation and the storyline doesn’t end up focusing on racism like Sumeru did. Let’s just pray to Da Wei

[@akedia6546]

@@kana9920 ooof I missed that leak about the pyro dragon, but I saw the one about Columbina diverging paths with the pyro archon, well who knows! Too little official informations to have an opinion right know, let's just hope hoyoverse is cooking and what is cooking is not racism 😭

[@keorishalashaka2064]

Natlan is also based off of West Africa and I don’t see any of that in her design,She looks more white than African or Latin American. As a black person,I have been called a monkey on several occasions so I can see how you feel about it.

[@tartagliasjigglydworshipper]

​@@kana9920didn't the newest leak claimed that Xbal is actually the previous Pyro Archon and is the teacher of the current one?

[@WhiteKoneko]

The Central and South America cultures mixed with African cultures are making a juicy slow cooked stew of Gordon Ramsey deliciousness. Oh I can't wait!!

[@JetstreamTheSexSam]

It's Latino cultures

[@DeltaPixelite]

Saw something about Spain being thrown into the mix as well. The travail music also leads into Spanish themes.

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@DeltaPixelite I can see why people think Spain due to Latin American history. 🙂

[@DeltaPixelite]

@@WhiteKoneko either way the music is gonna go hard like sumeru themes

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@DeltaPixelite Oh I don't disagree. Just imagine Natlan City's main music scores having that romanticism Latin music tends have or spicy flair during epic stuff like fights and the character trailers. I'm practically a kid in candy shop right now.

[@ThePyroArchonMurata]

Engaged

[@zephdo2971]

Sigh. Southeast Asia never gets represented.