"The Song Burning in the Embers" Full Animated Short | Genshin Impact

[@LunaMond2000]

Arlecchino became the opposite of her "mother" who appeared to be a loving and caring mother but instead was cruel and psychotic. Meanwhile Arlecchino appears to be strict and unfeeling but I'm sure she actually cares deep down.

[@dokjakim45]

You got the point haha

[@crystxlized_r0ses]

REAL

[@hendrairawan4964]

I have feeling when traveler fight her in boss form is not as enemies but, more like how House of the Hearth works and some sort of her Trial.. Maybe😅

[@PoyoPoyomfs]

So she is more like a sheep in wolf clothing xD

[@dokjakim45]

@@hendrairawan4964 yeahh you right here

[@justineeugene4231]

“Mother” was killed under the roof of the building that architecturally resembles a cobweb, a detail that is related to spiders and how they catch and kill their prey. That is top tier detail on point to Arlecchino’s character.

[@rewer]

I'm thinking does this hint it was mother who killed the pet spider？so arlecchinno revenge in the spider style。

[@drysoup3017]

​@@rewernext thing you know Arlecchino's bitten by a radioactive spider.

[@D-WP334]

@@drysoup3017 you just leaked the next spiderman movie

[@andrihusainsudra]

@@drysoup3017 considering there are countless universes across the spiderverse... this is canon

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@andrihusainsudra clervie dying was a canon event

[@ErwinAponia78]

In the CN version, instead of saying “my answer is no”, Arle said “you aren’t worthy.” Which is pretty metal

[@crealights4800]

In the JP version from the japanese subtitle, she said: " あなたにはーー 無理だ。" Meaning, "It's impossible for you."

[@metcas]

@@Protocol15 It goes to show that translation and localization are two very, very different and necessary things.

[@starpeep5769]

​@@crealights4800um.... That's not really a good translationmtranslationmore of "No way it could be you"

[@hinarami4302]

​@@crealights4800Japanese version does not matter as CN is the original and the only one that matters

[@BestKazuhaFan]

@@hinarami4302i agree!! so well spoken :)

[@Kayessee]

The fact that you can visit those ruins in Fontaine is pretty epic.

[@velaethia6]

Where are they?

[@Kayessee]

@@velaethia6 when you do arlecchino story quest that's where the big battle with her is.

[@velaethia6]

@@Kayessee yeah I've got to them now

[@Kayessee]

@@velaethia6 nice. I ended up clearing that new underwater region today. The spirit whale is kinda cool.

[@VergilSoSMotivation]

WUTHERING WAVES ANIMATION IS BETTER THEN GENSHINT MIDPACT

[@niafarquem5402]

If i remembered correctly, in Lyney’s story, he invited “Father” to a birthday party in the orphanage where he shows the kids a magic trick and arlecchino appears. Everyone is so surprised to see her even showing up. And they even eat cakes together. It shows that she really cares about the kids. Even the kids really respects her.

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@xiersome.]

we cant be certain yet dont forget about 4.6

[@pigeontoes5421]

@@xiersome. we honestly CAN be certain, if you actually read character stories and voicelines. Especially freminet's, who blatantly feels that she made the house of the hearth a haven for its children, says she taught him and the other children to value their lives, that she doesnt hurt them when they fail like crucabena did, etc.

[@ethiennefogaca3529]

⁠​⁠@@pigeontoes5421 Yet Lyney directly says in 4.6 trailer that Arlecchino will punish them if they couldn’t complete the mission. I’m really excited to the new version. Really want to know how much we can trust the characters opinions about Arlecchino

[@TheDarshes]

@@ethiennefogaca3529 She won't punish them without reason. It like the difference between parents who beats his children because he thinks they deserve it, and a parent who gives hard slap to the child because he did something either very wrong or dangerous. Both hurts and both are "striking a child with force to make them feel pain" but one comes from parent who likes to feel sick pleasure of dominating someone, while the other comes from adult who knows that lives is not always as forgiving as this time and "teach" children, who may yet not understand consequence of theirs action that doing such things brings pain and punishments. After all little pain is the best teacher. No normal human that got harshly burned by flame would be willing to put the hand into it the second time, but it's not so unusual for child to do so beforehand.

[@jhonlhorbae9430]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="97">01:37</a> The line "Do mothers usually argue with their daughters?" in CN version meant Clervie is Crucabena's (The previous Knave) biological daughter. And the fact that Crucabena said the line at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="191">03:11</a> about pruning the Lumidouce Bell, Clervie's flower, is simply gut wrenching. She doesn't care if her own daughter dies.

[@Random-ij1em]

Yeah and the symbolism of the flower is literally lost through the localization. I didn't pick it up at first but when you do it hits even harder. Such a great animated short.

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

Agreed

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Oh yeah the Red Hair also wth

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Part 2: Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmlkoxrr7qGqsU

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@lyraleo4340]

hoyo really gave "mother" the dead mom hairstyle huh, 10/10 detail

[@katelynpowell1449]

HAAHA

[@l4yl4zamani]

HELP

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

I CANT BREATHE, HELP MEEEEE

[@marta-tq8lz]

BROOOO

[@sakutibi1112]

xDDDD

[@kk-cy3sz]

Imagine if Lyney grows up and doesn’t like how arlecchino does things and decides to call himself mother

[@Shadow-kv1cl]

OH- LMAO

[@shaminafiq]

The belt of crimson moon awakens

[@Felis0000]

he'll call himself as a brother

[@bloddrinkeraka]

He likes Arlecchino did you even play her quest he outright says it

[@kk-cy3sz]

@@bloddrinkeraka 🤓

[@cjvaans4484]

So this is why she's called a "Father" instead of "Mother". 10/10 Sad for Clervie, she was really nice.

[@deoxys320dude2]

And worse? She was Crucabena 's biological child (edit)

[@花子-p8m]

@@deoxys320dude2who’s sp?

[@deoxys320dude2]

@@花子-p8m means spelling, don't know if I wrote it right

[@Disttra]

Да жаль Клерви! Так грустно что такое получилось😢

[@railx2005]

@@deoxys320dude2 i mean it was pretty obvious, they have the same hair color and facial features. its just made unclear because of the translation. in the line "does mothers usually argue with their daughter" in Chinese it was explicitly worded as biological mother and daughter.

[@jeffreycao710]

I like how even while imprisoned, she’s given a nice little throne to sit on. Guess killing a harbinger demands a certain level of respect even if they are a criminal

[@nabieladrian]

They said double it and take it to the next person 😂

[@j0doe1]

To be fair, who's gonna treat a person who just killed a Harbinger poorly? Lol

[@MrFox-xr9cc]

Yes... it's a chair with a soft cussion... but have you seen her clothes? It's a huge cold stone cell with nothing in it but freezing sneznayan air. Even the guards have some sort of pelt/fur on their shoes.

[@therranolleo468]

@@MrFox-xr9cc figured she could probably heat herself up lol, a gust of northern wind is nothing to a person who can blow up an entire building with fire

[@gzapray7203]

@@MrFox-xr9cc Maybe at this point she has her Vision there. Or the curse somehow makes her warm lol.

[@HauntedMushroom96]

This explains why childe and scaramouche called her crazy. Both childe and scara are sentimental about their family and loved ones. And their first inpression of arlecchino would be her reputation which is "This b*tch stabbed her siblings THEN BLEW UP THE ORPHANAGE WITH A HARBINGER INSIDE"

[@solarpanda3401]

And she did all this as a teen 😱(by the look of her now versus in the fight). I too would avoid her if you told me she killed a Harbinger in head on combat as a teenager

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@biwnzixebrxb4786]

Scara, is sentimental about family and loved ones? Can’t see how, bud seeks revenge on his own family and killed a bunch of fathers.

[@sleepynoodles6425]

​@@biwnzixebrxb4786 the 3 betrayals beg to differ

[@BashTagg]

Speaking of which, why is scara appearing here? If this is a flashback of her past, shouldn't she forget he ever existed? Very sus detail to include him here....

[@1maTired]

Genshin writers are the only freaking ppl who can get you so attached to a character that only exists for like 2 and a half minutes

[@1maTired]

Wholy crap 2 and a half was a guess. I didn't think I was that close. She dies at like 2:30-2:40 for reference.

[@lllool8404]

You must be very young.

[@GutPoacher]

@@lllool8404 What a random observation for you to comment

[@xcaedes]

@@GutPoacher He's saying that as in: "You must be very young because you are unaware of the many other greater writers throughout history who were able to accomplish the same, if not more than what you said."

[@AquaFellDown]

I just realised that the reason Scaramouche is only partially wearing his coat is because he doesn’t feel cold since he’s a puppet. Like when he’s in Dragonspine, it doesn’t show his breath.

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Yh

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

He da style king

[@melonysnerves]

I think in his dialogs he says that coldness in Snezhnaya is pretty big even he feels it a little and he likes it

[@MoodyBluesRequiem80]

Oooh! I didn't catch that!

[@youreverydaycommentator]

The cold never bothered me anyway~

[@v.v365]

“Mother” pretended to care about her children but only hurt them, so the Knave decided to be a “strict and unfeeling Father” to hide how much she really cares, so no one can use that against her anymore.

[@GetABagOfGrass]

So meaning to say she's more like a Asian Strict Mom? I mean strict Asian moms secretly loves her children if that's what ya mean?

[@v.v365]

@@GetABagOfGrass I wouldn’t know about the Asian parent experience personally but yeah I guess. Plus Hoyoverse is an Asian company so they’d probably know that archetype better in order to write a character with it

[@IlIIlIIIIIlBrianSt0rm]

​@@garudanathanael5257"woke feminist" lmao what.

[@ReySatoshi]

​@@garudanathanael5257You don't get the point in the change. What's the polar oposite of a "Caring and doting Mother"? Obviously it's and unfeeling and strict Father, even still being female, she decided to be nothing like the woman that raised her.

[@venus4724]

​@@garudanathanael5257 dude.... it's not that deep. The symbolism is about her being the exact opposite, and father is a great way to implement that. In fact, depicting fathers as "strict and unfeeling" is actually AGAINST the rules of feminism. Please educate yourself.

[@whit7641]

The fact that Arlecchino, as a child killed a full grown harbinger is just so crazy to me. Makes me wonder how strong she is now😅

[@fabienneleoniekampitsch4693]

I mean we will find out in about 1 week when the update drops ヽ⁠(⁠｡⁠◕⁠o⁠◕⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠.

[@ipot-wr9dy]

It's impressive but it was probably one of the fodder harbingers. Perhaps the 10:th? or something

[@Sandy-ws2wm]

Probably, but at the end scene she was like Goku got ultra instinct😅​@@ipot-wr9dy

[@Byronnnyuh]

@@ipot-wr9dyno she actually the forth

[@jivraj2110]

​@@ipot-wr9dynone of the harbingers are fodder though.

[@dumbee2076]

Y'all assuming Tsaritsa is delicate and kind-hearted because she froze the whole palace for Rosalyn and opened a window for Arlecchino so she could see the aurora, but it's the very same person who tolerates a maniac who experiments on humans and a child abuser...

[@jackelinerose6225]

im very interested in genshin lore and nothing in the game explains her essence better than Shivada Jade Gemstone. "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." She was a very delicate person and might still be but what i understand from every bit of lore ive read is that she is trying to achieve peace with war. Vengence for love. Since cryo is the element of contraditions it might be something like this but there's so many things we dont know yet

[@catpoke9557]

It's probably the same thing as with Arlecchino. Layered. Wanting to do something good but ultimately doing bad things in the process.

[@xOrionNebula2708]

wait she was the one who did that???

[@xOrionNebula2708]

and he tortured scara and collei too

[@xOrionNebula2708]

i meant who did that i meant open the window

[@ThatOneGanyuMain]

That's why she likes cake so much - because her sister loved it. It's probably one of the only ways to relive a warm memory.

[@rednave4489]

Yeah i just remember that she brought a cake when meeting with furina. Damn!

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@Quelialia]

That's not her sister btw

[@IbbyMelbourne]

​@salehaqureshi4338 and Freminet and Lyney aren't brothers

[@Quelialia]

@@IbbyMelbourne well they call eo brothers but arle never called the girl her sister. Just because they were in the same orphanage doesn't mean they're siblings. They're more friends than siblings

[@violetember1504]

You can tell her arm turned black when Arlecchino was losing the fight, I think the sudden drastic combat ability difference happened because she “released” her curse.

[@kamveng453]

Same curse as Caterpillar or Cater I guess. So think sorta proves that she's a neohuman just like him

[@warriorofhyperborrea]

@@kamveng453he’s not a neohuman tho. he’s multiple people in a body of a hilichurl, a prototype of sorts for rene’s final plan. neohumans were his first plan, which didn’t work out as not everyone turned out to be compatible, jakob is an example of one. arle’s curse is still a mystery to me, as well as what her connections to the crimson moon and khaenriah are. hopefully they explain all of that in the story quest, tho the trailer didn’t show anything like that, so it’s gonna have to be a very packed quest. at the very least we’re sure to know more about that from her voice lines.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@kamveng453 or Caterpillar is her true offspring.

[@KamikiSoregaia]

In my thought process, which I highly doubt it this theory I'm cooking up right now. What if she's born of someone of Fontaine and someone who was from Khanriah? The curse of immortality was for pure blooded Khanrian's, but the curse of turning into a monster affected all, including mixed bloods. So what if being born between this union of a Fontainian and a cursed Khanrian slowed the curse of monsterfication on Arrleccino. The people of Fontaine are originally Oceanids water spirits so a half oceanid half khanrian would be something.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😦

[@mrpinkpajamaguy]

Hoyo didn't have to draw Scaramouche and Rosalyne in the Harbinger cloak since yk, but I am grateful they took the opportunity from Arlecchino's backstory to do so.

[@giraffyboi_]

This might be one of the only times we see those two in Harbinger cloaks

[@zerotodona1495]

I mean… this was before one died and the other became our bbf.

[@captaingeek7798]

But wasn’t Scaramouche erased?

[@jpnapz]

@@captaingeek7798 Who's that? Scara-who? The guy looks like a certain Wanderer though...

[@mintpudding7908]

​@@captaingeek7798 I believe this short animation is about a true memory of the past that is not being tempered by Irmunsul yet.

[@a.j.ltargaryen5995]

A lot of details are hidden from the 7 min short animation, so hoyo decided to explain them with a 3h story quest.

[@rekoxx346]

And God it was good.

[@alessozan4249]

And the players always skip cause they can't read

[@damnit1176]

@@alessozan4249illiterate ahhh fanbase 😭

[@angelicasichon4516]

​@@rekoxx346 Agreed, it made me like arle even more

[@VergilSoSMotivation]

WUTHERING WAVES ANIMATION IS BETTER THEN GENSHINT MIDPACT

[@wreckingvi2265]

Her Majesty is real, She froze a whole Palace for Rosalyn and here she opened the window for Peruere to see the lights in the sky.

[@solarpanda3401]

Childe does say she is a gentle and kind soul. Makes you wonder how the Fatui came from that

[@queenlygoddess1348]

Both of them are not Snezhnayan, which makes it even sweeter that the Tsaritsa did that for them.

[@pccnamusic]

who's rosalyn? that's signora right?

[@queenlygoddess1348]

@@pccnamusic yes signora's original name was Rosalyn, a Mondstadt born girl who became known as the "Crimson Witch Of Flames"

[@dani2480]

I whonder why dainsleif said that she has no love for her people, it must mean something

[@augmenautus]

Guards: omg she killed the harbinger Tsaritsia: we grant you the rank of master young knave

[@rednave4489]

Its not a "we" it "I" jester said "her majesty's decree" so tsaritsa the decides

[@urami54]

the tasrita ate that

[@erwinsmith1811]

This isn't outrageous, it's fair!

[@LydsTherinNotamon]

She killed all the younglings too

[@NotTakenPls]

Tsaritsa is smart, she avoided a new Darth Vader being born

[@T-t047]

Fun fact : The flowers seen in the trailer are lumidouce bells and according to the lore they mean separation and the desire to be reunited.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

Reunion with who?

[@T-t047]

@@SpikeTheWolf idk maybe that arlechinno and her friend ( I forgot her name) are gonna be reunited in death

[@xOrionNebula2708]

@@T-t047 Clervie

[@shaminafiq]

She gonna reunite crucabena and dottore together

[@AmyKaitline]

​@SpikeTheWolf Reunited with Clervie, her friend that she killed in death. In Arlecchinos story quest she says goodbye to Clervie's shadow and says to her "May we meet again someday..."

[@Sle3pyRuu]

After doing her story quest, this animation just hits diff. When Hoyo cooks, they are no less than any 5 michelin star's chef.

[@KavehsSecretary]

im sorry i know it isn't related but your last line reminded me of the line from stray kids' gods menu 😭

[@w8ingforus]

​@@KavehsSecretary same ahaha

[@mistergrieves]

FYI it’s a three star system

[@FunkyGhost37]

She doesn't want to be like her old "Mother", so she becomes a "Father" instead.

[@mementomori1590]

Well now we have the answer why she does by father

[@debbie_uppie]

probably also got some more connections with traditional gender roles and such but I think I’d need an entire formal dissertation to fully explore that and also all of Arle’s in game texts and also full understanding on the HoH history and also-

[@luisreynamboarcos2958]

The homophobic localizers in spanish fucked up big time. They translated her title as "Madre", mother, for some stupid reason and Hoyo never made them change that. Well, now we know she goes by "Padre", father becouse she hates her "mother". It's not a gender politics choice, is a character driven one and they ruined it for us spanish peakers. Thankfully a lot of us know a little bit of english.

[@mementomori1590]

@debbie_uppie we'd probably have to wait for her story quest to get a. More in depth explanation

[@killuad0]

​@@luisreynamboarcos2958thats sad, in portuguese we got Pai that is basically father

[@Kneirros]

For those of you who missed it, the Bulle fruit _(the orange-looking fruit)_ adorned on a sword at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="171">2:51</a> is a hair accessory of the blonde girl which can be first seen on <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="26">0:26</a>, implying that she also lived long enough along with Arlecchino and Clervie, only to die along with her brothers and sisters in a fight their "Mother" forced them into. Truly a heartbreaking reality for them.

[@O-P-96]

Yeah, the moment I saw Clervie (and Bulle Girl - wish we had a name) bond with Peruere, I knew we were in for a world of pain. 😢 I like how Arlecchino, as much as she dislikes Furina for her "uselessness", is so similar to her: both carry their own curse, and care about the people they're meant to protect, although they don't really show it. A big difference however is that where Furina always remained distant from her people so that she could maintain the facade of Archon, and also because getting too attached to someone when you don't have the ability to process the drawbacks of immortality as well as a god seems like a dangerous thing for your psyche, Arlecchino is cold and un uncaring because she already had to kill the ones she saw as her friends and family. Who said Genshin couldn’t be tragic or sad?

[@DENDROSMOK3]

Side note…Bulle fruit or orange we would say, is often depicted in film to show death or loss is about to occur. It’s coined back from the Italian mafia movie the God Father, and is referenced throughout media. Very apt for the name Arlecchino 🤌🏻

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😢

[@alexia795]

I wonder if Arlecchino sees herself, Clervie and Bulle Fruit Girl in the trio of Lyney, Lynette and Freminet :( they probably loved each other like siblings the same way.

[@shrimpman.]

why does everything gotta be about sexuality n genders, shit’s draining

[@DanielMacLir]

So now we have confirmation that Crucabaena is the previous Arlecchino. The current Knave’s real name is Peruere. And that once again Pierro is called Director of the Fatui and not a Fatui Harbinger

[@Nick-tz3ke]

that confirms pierro to be the harbinger zero, not included in the ranks

[@snowparody]

Which also means the 10th is still a mystery. Hoping for more crumbs when Arle comes by 🙏

[@ThebestNiloumain]

@@snowparodyMaybe Crepus when he was alive

[@snowparody]

@@ThebestNiloumain it's a popular theory, i like it

[@haridevrajesh7426]

@@snowparody What if, I just thought of it rn. The 10th is actually gonna be revived in the Natlan arc. It's called Road to Resseruction iirc. And imagine if the 10th was actually the 1st and very very op

[@fruity874]

crucabena really broke clervie until death was the only option she saw for a chance of freedom im crying

[@darvinoschannel9826]

Especially the part in this video where you can see Clervie's bandages and bruises

[@VergilSoSMotivation]

WUTHERING WAVES ANIMATION IS BETTER THEN GENSHINT MIDPACT

[@Big_Boss_Venom_Snake-DD]

​@@VergilSoSMotivationim gonna grow the Qliphoth tree in the middle of Teyvat for fun

[@Hinoirocks]

it's really painful, but i think they're hinting at something. i mean, most Archons have "died" in some sense, if not outright physically died. and Erynas, and Azhdaha, Deshret, etc.

[@Hinoirocks]

or, to put another way. A God can only truly find freedom by ceasing to exist.

[@rachelisverycoo]

A full 7 minute animated short is incedible

[@andrefarfan4372]

Same apart

[@isaacjames9732]

For real, I was expecting 2-3 mins. I was surprised to see 7 mins

[@ArchonKujo]

It's actually crazy how they're doing it for Genshin now

[@rachelisverycoo]

@@isaacjames9732Nah bcuz I fr was expecting like a 30-1 minute at most kinda thing

[@dangte6625]

A fun fact too! This is the first ever Animated Short from Genshin that isn't a Promotional Video

[@RheaZenko]

Something I noticed when Arlecchino was fighting the old Knave and the song started up, one woman's voice was singing and then it was joined by children's voices. It's Clervie and all the children who died under the old Knave supporting Arlecchino to help her win and get their revenge. It's very cool and fits the Fontaine theme. Also, and I might be mistaken, but that shot of the hole in the ground by the dead tree seems to be where Arlecchino buried her spider. The hole being empty symbolizes that Arlecchino has become the spider and harnessed it's powers to fight the old Knave.

[@kirbo2929]

The shots we see of the ruined orphanage are actually direct parallels to the scenes we saw earlier. The tree where they picked bulle fruit cut down, the kitchen now holds weapons. Another detail was the sword that has the ornament on it, the same one that was in the blonde twintailed girl’s hair

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@andrihusainsudra]

@@kirbo2929 and don't forget the big hole next to the tree where arle buried her pet spider

[@wildandbrey]

Omg????????????????

[@cdayo8393]

Scaramouche’s outfit is so funny- they just stuck an oversized coat on his head XD

[@nah4073]

He looks so sillyI love him

[@Certifiedprecog27809]

Another scara bot in character ai

[@ms.pirate]

They had to stick to the theme of big hats on that tiny angry goblin

[@elizabeth-lmhxmx]

always gotta have some type of hat

[@MakoShiruba]

He does not give a damn, he can't even feel the cold, so he doesn't bother to put it in proper.

[@holysheep8476]

Just came back here after finishing arlecchino's Quest and i am now 100% convinced that "The Knave" that scaramouche was talking about was def not about arlecchino bout instead about the Crucabena

[@gacharosaroyal1933]

Oh ye!

[@adir6094]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="227">3:47</a> I noticed she has a habit of scraping the ground with her blade a lot, she does that in her normal attack animations too. Really cool attention to detail

[@stickstriker]

I haven’t played the game in a long while so idk what exactly she does. But with this note, my guess is her general fighting style is very hot, very fire, and having a more aggressive style vs the “water mother” who was very much on the defensive for most of the fight. Scraping the blade was like forcibly creating friction to produce heat in prep for a hot strike

[@vergiltasev7108]

@@stickstriker To me it seemed like the mother was using the Cryo element, or you meant water solely in relation to her fighting style?

[@tagnk6136]

​@@vergiltasev7108 to me it seems she's a hydro user - at around 4:17 she condenses the water sword she throws at Arle/Peruere. The particles seem more water-like and there even a splashing noise when it condenses.

[@vergiltasev7108]

@@tagnk6136 Yeah, you are right or rather it seems that wiki is agreeing with you. Perhaps, she could have had a hydro vision and a cryo delusion or something like that.

[@Lumeisite]

it's pretty clear that Clervie is the old Harbinger's daughter 1. She has a necklace of the Lumidouce bell, 'Mother' had a pot of real Lumidouce Bells. 2. As 'Mother' held the flowers, she was clearly referring to her dead daughter. "I should have pruned this flower long ago, not waited till it wilts.' (speculation) It could be her planning to kill Clervie before Preuere/Arlecchino killed her

[@mistyumu]

Actually in the CN version the lines did say that she is the biological daughter of "Mother". The EN version just simply doesn't show enough.

[@killercat905]

yeah yeah. I already watched transformers revenge of the fallen.

[@davidmcmillian1488]

The 2d animation on this is absolutely stunning like omg this is fire 🔥

[@Lumeisite]

​@@killercat905 💀

[@kitatds]

+ their eyes and hair color

[@moonlight.z6543]

She killed the Harbinger before her so hard she literally opened up the position for hire.

[@braddl9442]

Yeah, and she was the previous rank 4. And used Hydro.

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Part 2: Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmlkoxrr7qGqsU

[@oniplus4545]

Tsaritsa and Pierro was like : "you go girl, now be the new harbinger with your awesomeness"

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

@@braddl9442 She used Cryo actually.

[@electroenthusiast]

literally the same as "she mothered so hard she gets called father"

[@KrimYT-649]

I came here after finishing her story quest, and it still hits so different

[@salty_grave]

I also held off watching this until after I finished. Absolutely incredible 🙌🏼

[@HonkaiMain]

Just realizing that Duke Inferno, a literal fire demon, treated his children better than "Mother" did.

[@arnowisp6244]

Best Fire Daddy. Was willing to join his kids Suicide mission to lead by Example.

[@MythrasCrush]

He is a gangsta that’s why

[@plaguedoctor7811]

He's dead anyway 💀

[@botanshishiro8669]

Too bad he met Acheron...

[@imranahmedkhan2853]

Huh? How is this connected? Sorry my lore consumption is bad. Or is this fanon

[@antcha]

I love the dark easter eggs laid around the short. the sewn-up bunny doctor with sharp teeth at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="16">0:16</a> is probably dottore experimenting and augmenting the children of the hearth just as he does with every Fatui soldier. but the “halo” on his head implies the Knave most likely tricked the children into thinking they were just “check-ups” by a “good” doctor

[@partiya_vaginodictatury_Aliyi]

yes! I also feel like at 0:19 we see a sick puppy(?) with a bow and bunny with an orange, and then immediately two girls, one with a bow and closes in the same color as that puppy and another with an orange in her hair; I guess that girl with a bow, the one that dies at Peruere hands, is a sick daughter of "Mother" that couldn't keep up with challenges (scene at 1:34) and whom her mother decided to kill because of that as a "useless flower"

[@MrFox-xr9cc]

Ooooh I saw that bunny/bat and thought about the same implications with the halo but instantly went to child experiments (especially with the unholy amount of syringes shown laying around), but the possibilty of that being dottore went completely over my head. Would make sense though.

[@sofkafurry]

I'm waiting for Dottore to appear in the plot)) favorite character

[@Bloeb731]

Damn that’s a cool detail

[@_MaryRed_]

I take all the Dottore crumbs I can get 😭

[@JerryMouse.]

The location where Crucabena (Former Knave) died was located at Mont Esus East. Is the same place when we fight Arlecchino weekly boss. OH MY GOD I can’t believe it.

[@reimose]

​@@truestrose234you mean dub?

[@sriyasreejith4106]

it looks more like the place Clervie died actually

[@gucciyae312]

I think they both died at the same place. As in the area is same. Crucabena died inside the house while Clervie died outside

[@mariabasile9961]

And it kind of seems like the world quest writ large is meant to parallel this scene; with lyney and Lynette believing father has framed them.

[@lemmingming2799]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="313">5:13</a> Girl made sure she could NEVER have a child again after that lmao, ouch.

[@jiarong0823]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="313">5:13</a> In the CN version, instead of saying "Mother, my answer is no", she said "Mother, you are not worthy."

[@nooransar5413]

Can you link the CN version I can't find it

[@reinhartnata47]

Same with jp, she says mother you aren't capable (to teach me)

[@rdxzero]

That hits so much harder than "no" . english dub kinda scuffed

[@mirror452]

@@nooransar5413 Can't really use links in yt comments, but here's the title of the chinese YT video. Also, I recommend following the account, chinese dub is always better. 《原神》动画短片--「烬中歌」完整版

[@maya9177]

@@nooransar5413 I am sorry, it's impossible to answer this question without getting caught by the censorship algorithm. There is an official cn genshin channel on yt though.

[@Scimmietta_oscura]

Actually it's a great detail that Scaramouche doesn't have his coat closed like the others, being a puppet he can't feel the cold

[@ennaid7077]

He is indeed a fashionista 😂

[@XSacredX27]

Weirdly they still gave him boots, but maybe it was to help traverse the snow.

[@burnellll]

​​​@@XSacredX27 definitely, especially if they had the attention to detail of making him the one who isn't dressed warm. they also look more like boots for utility than for warmth/comfort

[@ZeiZei990]

Technically none of them do, but he is only one sporting shorts

[@Jaxionisnum2]

Yet In game he still gets affected by sheer cold😭 gets his joints were feeling the effects

[@migolmigol4874]

I dont know why noone is mentioning this, but I always thought that you could see the Surprise in Arlechinno's eyes when her best friend is stabbed. I think she refused to kill her friend so she instead did the trope where she jumped into Arle's sword and that's why she said sorry and "youll be a great King"

[@supremeoverlord0]

I'm glad you pointed it out, I think the same.

[@xero9082]

. . . . . why did they give her the pain treatment another reason why naruto villains shouldnt have to suffer (some)

[@_.Axelkk._]

I THINK THE SAME!!! AND IDK WHY NOONE IS MENTIONING THIS, LIKE???

[@webbedshadow2601]

I WAS CONFUSED THANKS FOR EXPLAINING! I didn't realize Arle's eyes were conveying shock cause she just killed Clervie/Clervie died on purpose?? 😭 idk how you fall on a sword like that

[@nabieladrian]

... do people lost the ability to understand subtlety?

[@NeroTheBoop]

Man, Clervie and Arlecchino's story is so sad and tragic, the only freedom Clervie had was choosing to die, till the end her mother made her live hell on earth, and Arlecchino had to kill her best(and possibly) only friend💔

[@AniBuggy]

I would say more than a “friend” or “best friend”. She knew she would be imprisoned, and likely killed for what she did, but she trained for a year, embraced her curse, had a flashback, AND KILLER HER ANYWAY. So yes, what I mean to say is 🏳️‍🌈

[@zoe_401]

​@AniBuggy they literally grow up together and were like sisters go project on other characters

[@ScarlettUsagi]

The old knave had the "dead mom hair" lol, she was already asking to be killed from the beginning by the plot.

[@TheBilayer]

Omg 😱

[@capriciaelcid4743]

XDDDDDD exactly!

[@febbbm2002]

Lisa also has the same hair style, so…. 💀

[@So_Viet8032]

​@@febbbm2002oh nooooo

[@capriciaelcid4743]

@@So_Viet8032 well we know since the beginning of the game she is condemned, the question is : when? (the final chapter when we come back to Mondstadt I think) I hope Mihoyo will cook something for traumatize us. XD

[@bastil5856]

Glorious subtext moments: 1) The music as Mother tells the story, along with her voice, seem caring and welcoming. While the story depicts cruelty and death. The kids, ignorant of the images, are amazed and happy. 2) "Her curse must be flaring up again." The black fingers being referred to as a curse implies it's either bad for Arle, or makes her more dangerous. Mother just sent her biological daughter to confront an emotionally unstable person while her 'curse' is flaring. The first sign of Mother not caring for her true child. 3) The injuries on Clervie as Arle asks "Do mothers usually argue with their daughter?", paired with the satisfied expression at the well-done bandages, combined with Arle being spotless, implies abuse on Clervie specifically. More maternal hatred. 4) The Lumidouce Bell on Clervie's necklace, giving a possible reason for the maternal hatred: A partner that was taken too soon, perhaps, that Clervie either reminds her of in a bad way, or falls drastically short of. 5) "I heard that in Snezhnaya, the colored lights dance in the sky at night." Arle's BFF here suggests a way for them to escape the pain of their situation, a better life, together. Arle's shocked face at the proposition will come in again later, but already implies a certain amount of hope/listlesness that only Clervie seems to be able to get her out of. 6) Judging from how Clervie is standing up against Arle, and Arle is just standing straight, it can be implied that Clervie impaled herself on Arle's sword. Clervie also seems entirely unruffled as opposed to Arle having blood on her face from someone else's injuries; Not impossible to assume that they teamed up, and that Clervie decided she couldn't live with the situation. "Thank you." for protecting me. "I'm sorry." for making you go through this/not following our promise. It's also possible she had someone elses' sword through her, but that doesn't quite have the same Hoyo touch. 7) Rain. Obvious thematics, but can't help but hear the "Hydro dragon, hydro dragon, don't cry." 8) Bloody sword with the orange and crater with the spear to send the message that yes, the other kids fought and died too. 9) The bandages as Arle walks up to face Mother are a mirror of the bandages Clervie used to patch herself up after Mothers' abuse. 10) The music picking up Opera style to hint that Mother is in fact a Harbringer of the Fatui 11) The plushies of Arle and Clervie on the ground, Clervie's dead on her back and Arle's hanging over it, while a syringe on the foreground tells of the experiments that led to the end of Clervie's life and Arle's childhood innocence. 12) Mother holding the wilting Lumidouce Bell, a plant with 3 flowers now down to 2. Mothers' comments serving both as a disparagement of Clervie, and through the symbolism of the flower, Arle's attachment to Clervie. 13) The early stage of the fight is set to highlight Mother being the more skilled combatant, but also already showing Arle's incredible strength through the cracking of the floor, the wall, and the way Mother keeps being pushed back. 14) The clash of Hydro and Pyro, in all accounts another way of Mother and Arle being of opposite natures. 15) "A bird tied down will never leave the nest. You are no exception." - A direct contrast to the happy-sounding (but kinda depressing) song of the beginning; "May the birds soar from their cage" 16) Arle loses a clash of Elements, as Water and Fire clash into a Vaporize right up in her face. Not power, but attribute. She's been fighting like a berserker, and Mother has been having a fairly good time seeing the fruits of her plan. 17) The curse, triggered by not just sadness, but sadness being worked through? (last time seen to advance with the funeral of her spider), advanced as Arle stares at the Lumidouce Belle. The memories, the childhood, the desire to reunite and the parting. The way is long and the gloom is deep, but there are still embers glowing in the hearth, and those who sing the song hope that she will not be tainted by fate. Nothing to fear. Never look back. Go ahead, as the skipped lyrics state. The curse advances. Arle's emotions settle. Not removed, but controlled, and with her rediscovered cool, pushed forward not by loss but by the sentiments of her fellows; "Though bones and minds were chained You cut down the thorns again and again Your pride will not be slain From the heart to the veins" She rises, her (super)natural strength proving more than enough to practically ignore Mothers' relentless assault. And then the children join the song in truth, the latin being something like 'Fate won't end you, this tribulation won't stop you'. And most pointedly: As Arle's emotions are restrained, Mother becomes more emotional. And ultimately, Arle's cold-minded flames destroy the very foundation of Mothers' pride, before ending her entirely. 18) As Arle is sitting in jail, a snowflake unnaturally waves through the air, showing Arle the Snezhnayan night, with colored lights dancing in the sky. Her face of shock at the sight a direct mirror to the time where Clervie invited her to go see it when they were older. 19) The snowflake being the thing to show her the light and breaking her out of her stupor can be seen as a strong hint that the feelings of hope and trust inspired by Clervie will move on to the Tsaritsa. 20) As the Knave, she adopts the title of Father, vowing to stand in direct contrast to Mother. Mother feigning care and affection, only to treat her Children with callous disregard, as ingredients to be used. Father feigning aloofness and stoicism, while genuinely caring for those in her charge. 21) Costume design. Especially with the more recent stuff, Arle's tux is a great blend of showing an extreme strictness and being tightly wound up emotionally, while also showing off a butler-esque atmosphere; Of someone who cares, and looks after others. If you look deep enough. 22) The Curse, with its coloration and the lines, really remind of Hilichurls, implying connections to the Abyss. Feels like there's something to Arle of all people being the one trusted with Childe's vision with that in mind. But that's probably reading too much into it.

[@metalgearsenshi]

Bless you bc I wouldn't have understood 90% of anything I just saw. I was so confused like "this barely gives me any why's"😂

[@bastil5856]

@@metalgearsenshi Haha, glad it helped? :D Really just wanted to gush about it because Hoyoverse just does subtext stupidly well in nearly all of their animations. Between the lyrics of their songs, the visual references and the voice acting itself, there's almost always something new to pick up if you pay attention.

[@metalgearsenshi]

@@bastil5856 They really do. I just had so many questions because everything was going over my head. 😂 Couldn't catch that one of "Mother's" kids was her own womb nugget. But that's why I enjoy reading the comments.

[@GTChow]

Wow this is really good, I read everything and feel that you could create your own lore channel and I'd follow it. Great attention to detail. Thanks for sharing man

[@dalalalani2261]

Just a little note that mother seems to actually use cryo not hydro, in 4:20 you can see that the blade she throws seems to be crystallised? At the edges, making it look more ice than water, making her and arle’s abilities more contrasting, and another comment pointed out that mother uses ice because it looks nice and pretty it’s very dangerous and usually not a good thing, mirroring her demeanour, while arle’s fire looks dangerous, it can represent warmth and the safety that comes along with it, otherwise these are all amazing details so thank you ❤️

[@Jessicadontlikespider]

this is rare, genshin showing blood to their creation

[@abdollahelghadoui5701]

Blood started been shown from 4.0 (neuvi fight against childe)

[@Jessicadontlikespider]

@@abdollahelghadoui5701 damn really?

[@CodenameVODID]

@@abdollahelghadoui5701 blood was shown as early as chapter 1, when you discover the upside down statue. the treasure hunters laying deceased had blood around them iirc

[@abdollahelghadoui5701]

@@CodenameVODID good eye its been a long time since that dain quest

[@abdollahelghadoui5701]

@@CodenameVODID and also i think kujou kamaji againt raiden has blood

[@cristofergamingisthatdush6199]

I feel the vibes of "promise Neverland" But in a different way.

[@MinglesLingles]

Hopefully season 1 vibes

[@blank_2985]

I totally see it tbh. Either it's Emma or Ray becoming the Arlecchino to Isabella's Crucabena but then again, Isabella does actually care for the children and only did what she did to survive whilst Crucabena is just straight up cruel.

[@thewolf6943]

So, she just killed a lvl 90 triple crowned harbinger at that age?! MUST PULL!!!

[@xOrionNebula2708]

lol

[@UzawaReisa1704]

She's also C6 R5 with 90/250 crit ratio too

[@Wookster5]

She actually admitted in the story that she was no match here, instead relying on an opportunity when her guard was down.

[@shaminafiq]

@@Wookster5I think that’s how arlecchino sees it , she’s no match for her since she’s a harbinger triple crown as well , but when rage and vengeance took over her , fck it imma yoko , that’s why she adviced her children “anger makes you (I forgot the word) sorrow makes you waver”

[@NormalSpeedGamer]

@@shaminafiqbut she only started winning when she remained calm, mother dominated her when she was angry and aggressive, which is probably why she taught her children to never lose their temper

[@loserkitty.]

I love how scaramouche being in the harbingers was entirely Dottore’s fault meaning if scara is there then Dottore was a harbinger at the time and just decided not to show up ( <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">6:16</a> )

[@patrickcarter2829]

Knowing Dottore, this would be considered not worth his time; likewise for Sandrone and Pulcinella. As for Columbina, who knows, maybe the same idea.

[@josegil8996]

One of the plushies has a big resemblance to Dottore, so i bet he already was there

[@ms.pirate]

He's too busy making one of his segments

[@ИванЛадугин]

Dottore was presumably the very first Harbinger besides Pierro, with Scara being recruited second

[@xXNickFosterXx]

Which is crazy since he could've literally just had one of his clones stand-in for him

[@Yukii_tora]

An interesting paralel seems to be how mother use cryo abilities alluding to the beautiful and serene appearance of ice but yet cold and unfeeling nature of it as well whereas peruere uses pyro abilities mimicking her scary and dangerous surface but potential for warmth and growth like a bonfire or a hearthflame

[@PieaterProducts]

Two fun details: Elements have meaning in Teyvat. Cryo is the element of misfits; people with two contradictory sides. 'Mother' is a gentle caring parent on the outside but a torturous, child-murdering psycho on the inside. Pyro is the element of inheritors; those who have the torch passed on to them. Funnily enough, neither of them can be seen with a vision in this animation. Peruere's fist glows with flames inside before igniting, showing the power comes from within and likely from human experimentation. 'Mother' is a Harbinger and likely uses a delusion, explaining why she uses cryo sparingly.

[@RuneKatashima]

@@PieaterProducts I don't know that your categorization would be comprehensive and therefore accurate. Xinyan isn't an inheritor, for example, she was ostracized and went on her own path. Klee is unknown and I could probably bring up others. Ganyu and Chongyun may fit the misfit category to a T but Mika and Charlotte not so much. Charlotte is very much in harmony with herself and while Mika may be awkward, he isn't at odds with himself either. There's always exceptions whenever you try and box in the allogenes.

[@LinkstaLink]

see, that would make sense.... if she was using cryo. But you can clearly see her using hydro, not cryo, when she forms the blade. If she was cryo, there would have been cold/frost clouds forming around her when she was making the sword, but instead, you hear the sound of flowing water slightly when she makes her blade.

[@PieaterProducts]

@@RuneKatashima Klee is said to be exactly like her mother Alice. Xinyan, however, suffers from my simplified, catchier definition. Pyro characters carry a legacy to the next generation, be it family, teacher or concept. What Xinyan did was spread rock and roll to a whole new culture. (Her lore specifically states her deciding to force rock and roll into the culture.) The other not-so-obvious Pyro users are Thoma and Yanfei. When Thoma moved to Inazuma, his father taught him a new life lesson to always repay your debts. When the Kamisatos who took them in fell on hard times, Thoma refused to run away, following his father's words. Yanfei has embedded herself fully into the laws of the Nation of Contracts. For all practical purposes, she IS the law. For cryo: Charlotte's dream is not reporting. She is a master photographer and there is no subject more challenging to capture than the truth. Mika is a timid, nervous knight assigned to one of the most dangerous posts. Freminet is also a little tricky. He feels no love for his family, yet when death came for his siblings, he put himself in incredible peril for them. He never told anyone of his heroics while they were unconscious. Ayaka is also a bit vague. She is a princess who is isolated from her people. She also strives to be a princess that can defeat an opponent in a single strike of her sword. Once she accomplished this feat, her vision appeared. And just to throw it out there, Hydro characters are devout to a code or similar ruleset. They have a constant goal instead of a definitive start and end. Anemo characters are determined to help themselves when no on else will. They are self-reliant. Electro characters reject reality and substitute their own. They're determined to live their lives in ways that defy the norm and expected course of action. Dendro characters are self-sacrificial. Geo characters are stubborn and (usually) have impossible goals.

[@Yukii_tora]

@@LinkstaLink oh thats a good point i didnt really notice that. But either way my point on their differences in naturestill stands whether mother is cryo or hydro seeing as both elements are still considered opposites to pyro

[@trucecastle]

Just watched this again and I just noticed the symbolism of cleurvine as the flower that wilted, but never died and was with Arlecchino until the end of the fight. The lyrics of the song made this immensely more powerful too

[@xaiiphon]

Scaramouche wearing his coat in the most inefficient way possible because I assume he can't feel the cold anyway lmao

[@missyFRRs]

The cold never bothered him anyways😍❄🧊❄

[@catpoke9557]

The fact he's even there is really odd

[@marycruzship5652]

​@catpoke9557 Alre has a lot of glitch symbolism so people theorize that the laws of Tyvet don't apply to her the same way so she could still remember Scara

[@catpoke9557]

@@marycruzship5652 That's true, that is possible

[@parthbhawsar-q8y]

They ram out of S sized coats for scara so they gave him a M size

[@Mennion3]

The Genshin anime has a lot to live up to if we're getting these kind of quality of animated shorts

[@johnnyjoestar1249]

They are hiring the best drawer,writer,animator and any others that you would need for a animation studio

[@requiem1000]

Oh don't worry brother Ufotable has go t it covered

[@eclipsewaves]

You don't know ufotable?

[@T_Raffety]

So real

[@donovanlee8461]

This is gonna be the most successful game adaptation, it's made by Ufot, and they can't fail!

[@AKA-Francisco22]

Genshin should release this kinda animated lore so often This is so so good

[@Zacres]

what was the song called

[@imi5066]

An anime is being made so…

[@M4Xymo]

@@imi5066wait what?

[@Amalthea_1]

yep! now I am waiting for an anime even more! :3

[@Not_obligated2care]

@@M4Xymothis was announced years ago lmao and ufotable is taking a big part of it. It’s in the works as we speak we were just never given a release date.

[@pampuneather]

This hits a lot harder after her legendary quest

[@MikuHatsune-tz3qu]

It's rather interesting to know that Arlecchino's title 'Father' isn't because she prefers masculine titles being androgynous herself, though that may be part of it but not the whole of it. The real reason why she adopted the title 'father' and not 'mother' is because she did not wish to pretend like she cared for the children of her orphanage but would rather appear cold and unfeeling like a typical father while caring for her children deep down.

[@AuthorityCat]

Which is kind of unfortunate. Other gacha games have actual non-binary representation. You don't trauma into it, it's how you identify yourself. But you can't expect deeper characterization from Genshin I guess, just surface level drama. We'll probably never know more about Arlecchino herself, just more about her past trauma.

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXVdamgq96cg5Isi=NBsBbCBAEsOlQiW_

[@wynaut2136]

​@@AuthorityCat How is someone's gender identity a form of "deeper characterization"?

[@dea8408]

@AuthorityCat what🗿💀 Genshin community missing the point soooo f much again 💀💀🙏🙏

[@sakuragenji9864]

@@AuthorityCat Thank god genshin does not have it, literally the more of the representation it has the more annoying it becomes. All the non-binary stuff is just so random.

[@robster7787]

At this point, Arlecchino has solidified my decision as a guaranteed must pull. Also, its now canon that Signora was already a harbinger when the knave joined, yet she outranks her, so seniority isn’t a factor.

[@rebecca4680]

It was confirmed that harbingers are ranked by strength

[@dionysusleitch1393]

according to Childe's voiceline about Columbina it's about strength (or more accurately in chinese, ability strength). So the fact Arlecchino killed a harbinger is impressive and explains why she's so high up on the list.

[@roxas5071]

​@@rebecca4680strength AND status

[@nashhm7693]

tsaritsa is their leader her strength must be incomparable. 😅 No dragon or pets can defeat an archon like tsaritsa. All harbinger strength are equal tsaritsa strength combine🤣

[@hideyoshi6708]

i kinda wonder what are scara and signora's rank as of that moment cus they only showed few harbringer + capitano still remained as 1st rank as of today is kinda interesting

[@mariobrothersfan2792]

It’s absolutely crazy that Arlecchino is like the first solo character (or first time PERIOD) that there’s been a full animated short this long, she’s getting some SPECIAL treatment, *as she deserves!*

[@blancange1872]

Yeah this is like the longest hoyo animated short I’ve seen since Honkai impact.

[@atx6804]

Unlikely her kit, she had potential

[@525sixhundredMinutes]

took hoyo some time, no? they've been doing it to HI3

[@omsharma9523]

​@@atx6804We have yet to see her damage potential,if her damage and gameplay are good ,I will pull .From recent leak I saw her do 80-130k NA attack damage .Lets hope for best . All Arleccino wanters will be arleccino havers

[@sh1tgun2]

I think all top ranked fatui Harbingers are gonna get one, well, depends on their hype

[@Eyesofchicco]

Rewatching this after completing the quest is another feeling, more goosebumps..

[@DragonMJE]

The Fatui have certainly turned out to be a far more interesting bunch than what we could have ever expected when the game came out.

[@GothicAngel11037]

Tbh they seem like the good guys to me XD

[@KatsuImagitian]

​@GothicAngel11037 The Fatui were never the main threat, they're the grey faction "the end justify the means." Celestia or the Abyss are the clear endgame Antagonists that will threaten Teyvat as a world.

[@nivektheidk]

I really wonder what you will be bringing to the kitchen with the release of this and when she comes out

[@GothicAngel11037]

@@KatsuImagitian yeah i clearly see that- i mean...tbh their DEFITNALLY better then Raiden that's for certain

[@pre-violetmelain2984]

​@@GothicAngel11037no way, did u forget like everything in inazuma and sumeru? Not even mentioning what dottore did in every region

[@betamoerb8067]

Clervie’s necklace is a Lumidouce Bell… Mother talks about pruning the actual flower long ago, meaning Clervie… Arlecchino sees it after the explosion, and it gives her strength and determination

[@valkerie6398]

seeing the Lumidouce Bell fills you with DETERMINATION ❤

[@alexanderericson8628]

Or Celestia grants her that power I like that idea the most it would mean that what she is fighting against is what has always protected her because in that moment she feel true remorse for what she has done to advance in ranks. When humans evolve they are granted power, this has happened many times during the game. Kazuha's fight vs Ei is one example

[@Kneirros]

​@@alexanderericson8628no, the power that Arlecchino have is most likely inherent to her as she is no ordinary human being, and she's most certainly never favored by Celestia, given that she herself is cursed.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@Kneirros Yeah you don't know that many characters in game have curses Bennett for one. Skirk says that everything shall turn into curses. Celestia has nothing against Fatui it's miss understood I doubt they care about them at all. If you notice that her power increase exponentially in one moment from another and it is when she feels true remorse for killing her friend. It's also very likely that it's not her true fate, Khaenri'ahns have Primogem symbols has pupils while Arlecchino has a cross almost like she has been denied her true fate/constellation.

[@juanitomanoletas]

I think she could ended the battle at the beginning but as the “mother” said, innocence and kindness are useless, and arlecchino understood that when she saw that flower and remember her friend so no more kindness for her

[@AC-ut3nk]

Children born in mondstadt : 😃🍃 ༄ 🐉 Children born in Inazuma& Liyue : 🥳🎉🎆🎇 Children born in Sumeru : 🧐 🎓 📚 Children born in Fontaine : 💀 🌊 🗡 🩸 Edit: I know every country got their dark side but do you expect me to put the whole lore into the emoji?

[@Indian_gae_boii]

Children born in sumeru forest* the dessert children still very much lack education, specially if you are born in any of the eremite tribes

[@agnieszkawanag3572]

Yeah, inazuma, mhm, especially the kids sacrificed to the bird-god. And Liuye, so sunny, as long as you dont think of Beidou's backstory and Shenhe's backstory.. As for Monstad, what on earth happend to Bennets parents? And Wolf Boi? Not to mention Collei! I would be hard pressed to find a kid in Teyvat with a happy childhood :P

[@MarcoPolo057]

Bro Wriothesley's back story was basically The Promised Neverland

[@insxnemxnd3127]

What about from snezhnaya?

[@raety3941]

Children born in Inazuma: 😨💀🛐🦅

[@RafelAlva]

an eye so cold and stern hid such sadness... and kindness...

[@elijahronbelt3407]

"The Kindest Hearts Have Felt The Most Pain"

[@silverhawkscape2677]

No wonder Arlecchino Completely changed how the House of the Hearth worked. She's Born into Cruel Circumstances. So she made the best of it.

[@johnloi9209]

And she even lost her friend.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

​@@johnloi9209And Became the Knave for killing "Mother" the Previous Harbinger.

[@Prince_Icarus]

@@johnloi9209practically her sister

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Part 2: Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmlkoxrr7qGqsU

[@RyanGarde-dg8yd]

Imagine if arlecchino still follows the philosophy of the former knave.... we would have had seen the same scenario as hers, only this time it would be between lyney lynette and freminet

[@basilisk3148]

"mad, cursed, strict, unfeeling". Looks like Wanderer wasn't all that wrong about her after all. I'm excited to see her true persona in the next update.

[@EliiiXD]

Lyney gotta fight her, cycle?💀

[@IcycleBicycle]

Wanderer is the one to be talking 😂😂

[@basilisk3148]

@@IcycleBicycle well, it takes a deranged person to recognize another one lol

[@kianeko2120]

They say unfeeling, but I'm not so sure deep down.

[@iamnisargful]

I hope a lot of you noticed but she both literally and figuratively broke her ceiling while fighting the late harbinger which was her blooming moment. Hoyoverse being hoyoverse, the animated shorts hit high just like Honkai Impact. I really hope and wish the Genshin Anime does justice to the lore ❤

[@Zohrah1022]

Ooooo ..my theory is that .What if the anime is actually the Archon war?? They might be waiting untill all the archon designs are released and their lore is revealed to the playerbase.. Or maybe..the Cataclysm??? Damnn

[@maesaigo8538]

​@@radiatingsunrayperhaps not in terms of story telling or emotional impact ,but animation? i'll argue it's better .

[@goosefan1]

@@radiatingsunraymaybe old hi3rd animations r better, but the new ones look so cheap

[@Not_obligated2care]

The real question is how can you not notice that? lol it’s literally the main climax of the video

[@ItsOkayEverytime]

When arlecchino says "My answer is no", she's maybe also responding to "her" mother's question at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="191">3:11</a> because this wilted flower gave her the answer she needed. At the same time, this flower can represent arlecchino herself being almost defeated and so "wilted" like this flower but arlecchino, just like this flower, wouldn't had been pruned since in the end she's capable of being a better mother than "her" Mother.

[@MarceloUrbano28]

It's a good point, not gonna lie, but the flower represents Clervie, Crucabena's daughter. (you can see at the beggining of the video that her necklace is represented by the same flower on 3:11)

[@CrystalArcus]

no one talking bout how Scara is just there standing chill and like, welcome to family, u will hate it here EDIT: YOOO this is my highest liked comment

[@bcfb21]

“Also I already hate you”

[@megarhombus7532]

​@@bcfb21"I hate everyone equally."

[@TheDramacist]

"I hate you so much, I cant even be bovverd to finish this sente-"

[@TnD_BigJax]

"I hate you even if you were me, that's how much I hate you."

[@engelweissleonard1255]

9 0

[@onlyuwaku]

Peruere - Arlecchino - The Knave Kunikuzushi - Scaramouche - The Balladeer Ajax - Tartaglia - Childe Rosalyne - La Signora - The Fair Lady

[@moe1083]

Zandik - Il dottore - The Doctor

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

Scaramouche was Kabukimono before he gave himself the name Kunikuzushi And before Kabukimono he wasn't given a name by Raiden

[@ichiroudesu_.]

Kunikuzushi*

[@shinkamui]

@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimpkabukimono is not a name is just a word to describe someone's looks. Its like if you saw a businessman with amnesia and just called him "businessman" until he gave himsef a name

[@PengyDraws]

there's no way capitano is a regular dude if he's in a frame with 3 other mfs who are 500 years old

[@idunno-eliasb2587]

I still can't believe they had this story planned out over 7 years in advance.... This is insane.

[@sushmasree827]

7 years of planning for 7 minutes of beauty

[@alesthra]

​@@sushmasree827 No. 7 years of planning for entire story up to this point. You see, before releasing game Hoyoverse claimed that they have enough story for 10 years. So this, along everything we seen in game was planned before genshin even came out 😊.

[@nishisun5008]

its literally just the same "emo boys friend dies so he grows cruel" story, like scaramouche. no hate to genshin but this was so predictable

[@Gonzora]

Not really. When you establish a long-term scenario it is common to decide in advance several elements such as the beginning, the middle and the possible endings, the rest are the steps to get there. Also, it is normal to establish the lore of the most important characters in advance (in the case of Genshin: the twins, Paimon, Dain, the Archons, the Harbingers, the primordial dragons, etc.). I mean, there are even authors like GRR Martin or JK Rowling who have fun making family trees and writing lots of things about the lore of their works without initially intending to publish them.

[@tertene]

​@@nishisun5008It's actually the opposite

[@Boritoman76]

BRO YOU KNOW ARLECCHINO IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU GET AN ENTIRE MOVIE FOR HER WTF. 🔥❤️

[@MilkyGlint]

I guess the Knave being cursed with whatever is happening to to her arms and causing her to conjure fire without a vision or delusion is how she was able to tell Furina was also cursed.

[@Yoru4496]

Wait, I saw a thumbnail where it said that arlecchino's vision is fake.. 👀maybe it's bc of this?

[@giacomoconsiglio00]

nah, i think the vision is real, but i still have to understand why she have RED fire instead of normal yellow-orange, maybe is her curse, i think we will know in the game

[@77_ss3]

I thought it was similar to diluc, it uses a baer vision and it uses a fire logon and then it becomes black fire. Sorry, my English is bad. ​@@giacomoconsiglio00

[@NicknameIsGarfield]

I think the black thing curse is similar to the one happening to caterpillar from the fontaine world quest, thought it still seems far fetched since it was revealed that caterpillar wasn't just a normal kid, and I don't think arlecchino shares the same curse as him

[@ballistic_1607]

I think she’s from khanria

[@antivenom68]

FINALLY SOME FATHER LORE, I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR SO LONG

[@rachelisverycoo]

SAMEEE

[@andrefarfan4372]

Same apart

[@ArchonKujo]

SAME!

[@i.d.9754]

Not only lore, but empathetic lore!

[@-celiaaa]

SAME!!!

[@uwuKasy]

"She killed a Harbinger?" So thats how she succeeded her and became one? This short made this character a whole lot more interesting

[@nexuhs.]

Considering the tsaritza is the god of love, I'd think she'd be happy with this harbinger replacement

[@blahblahblah3716]

This was confirmed ages ago by an Inazuma NPC.

[@monkeyking9863]

@@nexuhs. love takes many forms, not all of them are kind (not talking about lustful acts either)

[@gizunoglunmig0801]

actually one of the main ways harbringers are replaced its just that most of them are basically immortal

[@nexuhs.]

@@monkeyking9863 let's believe the tsaritza prefers this over kids fighting for life

[@quanh678]

Who watches this anime after completing Arlecchino's story quest?? It hits harder 😭😭

[@quinnmorgan7644]

father is getting the attention she rightfully deserves. the harbingers are such complex characters and i love how we've been getting morally ambiguous playable characters.

[@filipprokop5367]

Budget of this 7min video was bigger than that of the whole 3rd season of seven deadly sins

[@ayaanahmed2692]

Ok now this was just foul 😭

[@79rates]

@@ayaanahmed2692 Foul yes. Wrong? No.

[@ghetoknight7801]

IT'S BEEN YEARS BROOOOO 😭

[@VyKeR08]

@@ghetoknight7801 bro let them cook

[@sup-mate]

Love how the previous Knave had the anime mom hair just so you know she was going to die💀

[@Ayasakura141]

Just like Lisa 💀🙏🏿

[@Knee-Lew]

...like Cocolia? wait... wrong world.

[@viviansytsui]

As soon as ya see it... We just know. Not to mention she gave off Promised Neverland vibes. She's so scary ;-;

[@Ayasakura141]

@@viviansytsui cucumber named character right ?

[@Ayasakura141]

@@viviansytsui then Ray would be like Clervie..... But He survived hahahahhaahahahhaah

[@thegreatpogi8525]

watching this after finishing arlecchino's story RIP Clervie

[@djNund]

Same. I like the way they built this character, even if some of the content needed to understand is outside of the game.

[@Ravenna.E.Blackbird]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="341">5:41</a> Interesting visual parallel between this scene and *"only the Hydro Archon shall remain, weeping on her throne"* from the prophecy of Fontaine Also, I love how <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="170">2:50</a> is like "Oh hey! Just a friendly reminder that the blonde girl with the orange hair clip is dead too" 💀

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Part 2: Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmlkoxrr7qGqsU

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Ok

[@P0larrrr]

Yeahhh ironically enough Furina and Arlecchino have some really interesting similarities

[@ExplosiveTeddies]

We don't see her dead so it's possible it's Clementine (Navias mother)

[@Ardox17]

I hate how this just a tiny crum of Arlecchino lore. But seeing why she doesn't like to be called "mother" I can respect that

[@Lampent12]

A CRUMB?! This is her freaking origin story! That's worth a meal at least.

[@Ardox17]

@@Lampent12 Well I mean her origin story was summed up in a montage and a 20 second fight, which was good dont get me wrong. I would've liked to have seen more though. And there really is more to show there but like in good genshin fashion, when the lore is important enough all we get is crumbs

[@Kneirros]

The beauty of Genshin's music lies not in the idea that they're orchestrated only for aesthetics, but in the fact that they tell stories alongside the scenes and events they accompany. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="303">5:03</a> made me personally emotional because it's where a choir of children started singing, as if they're bidding farewell to the "Mother" despite them being dead already, before the solo singer came back to take over the song, representing Arlecchino as a lone survivor, avenging her brothers and sisters by annihilating the "Mother". You have exceeded expectations this time, Hoyoverse. Thank you for giving us this great masterpiece.

[@kthenbye]

I was doing a good job of holding back me tears till that point… but the verse being repeated by the choir and the music getting louder was so powerful,, I wept

[@kumorimori9674]

Maybe I have PSTD from the Frozen era... but I swear that the first notes from the video made me think they were using the "Into the Unknown" song. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lilmaebe]

do you know if the song will be released? id love to listen to this

[@guangli68000]

@@kumorimori9674I love Frozen too but I didn’t see any similarities between these two songs? Maybe it’s the crystal burst that is similar?

[@kumorimori9674]

@@guangli68000 It's the haunting notes at the beginning that for me sound similar. Not the whole song, of course. The piano notes in particular.

[@jetpock2746]

Hits different after her story quest

[@MikeDeshiel]

Kinda explains why the adult members we have met in the past were so different from Liney and his gang. Change in management lol

[@Mr.MasterOfTheMonsters]

Except Viktor. He could run the orphanage if given the opportunity. But even the Fatui forgot he exists.

[@AniketTurkel]

Hoyo loves their antagonists so much. Each with a backstory so intricate, that I start to like them more than I do the heroes.

[@russellacosta8639]

didn’t love Signora enough

[@piie6603]

​@@russellacosta8639 💀 yeah they killed her without a reveal of her backstory lmfao

[@Zohrah1022]

​@@piie6603 They did reveal her backstory in one of the artifact sets. IIRC. Please go look up some videos about her backstory before commenting. There's tons of videos/shorts on her backstory. You'll just have to read through it since they won't reveal it directly on screen. Basically : Do your research.

[@konkiller2993]

Her backstory is in a artifact set i believe​@@piie6603

[@theskywalker8416]

@@Zohrah1022 Thats... not how you should do that :v I bet majority of ppl dont go around reading lore about artifacts man, they can at least give her a story in the game or maybe some animated short like this. Just look at what Arlecchino, Wanderer and even dottore have

[@MythrasCrush]

The Promised Neverlands ahh animation 😢 -Kindest people becomes the villains of their lives when people take them for granted Knave in this case still not a bad person, but the people around her are. In philosophical terms “Our souls are like blank canvas when we are a kid, people around us color that canvas and makes us the person we are today”

[@asuka_gaminghd5428]

omg I love this quote

[@blackwidow1171]

After playing her Story Quest this Video makes her even more impressive. She truly is the King

[@solidcriminal9797]

Drip so insane she needed her own mini anime... LOVE YOU ARRLECHINO!!

[@megagamelover236]

All of Arleccino’s dodging when she kills her “mother” reminds me of how in her boss, she will dodge everything if you stay far away

[@MoodyBluesRequiem80]

Omg you are right! Nice catch!

[@JohnWickJovanovich]

Part 2: Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmlkoxrr7qGqsU

[@nuhhaa]

If this is Arlecchino's story, I don't even wanna imagine what's columbina's story gonna be like.

[@yanfei4581]

If this is going to be the recurring theme for the Harbingers' stories, imagine Tsaritsa's lore

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Only 2 more nations to go!

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

Based on what Scara and Childe say about her, she probably doesn't have a tragic backstory and is just insane

[@nuhhaa]

@@eeveeofalltrades4780 no like I didn't mean "tragic" but It's definitely gonna be mind-blowing. Cause if Arlecchino's one is so well written then I have high expectations for Columbina.

[@NovusFrost]

Probably a fallen celestia being that was prisoned for so long snd tortured til she eacaped

[@Boritoman76]

BRO THIS IS AN ENTIRE MOVIE!!! 🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️

[@bear_baremathilde]

I like that the mother is kind and caring on the outside but cold and dark on the inside, Meanwhile the "father" is cold and dark on the outside but kind and caring on the innside

[@ChomskysGaming]

idk, if she really cared, would she really raise these children to go to war ?

[@guangli68000]

@@ChomskysGamingcuz she’s the harbinger? It’s her job to raise the kids so that they can help with the harbingers’ works. The house of hearth is a place to turn kids into tools after all.

[@bear_baremathilde]

​@ChomskysGaming because she's still loyal to the tsaritsa, and maybe that was the original intention with this orphanage

[@BruhTNT4258]

@@guangli68000 And you can do that while still caring at the same time.

[@artisticglow7486]

I just realized that Arlecchino’s curse looks similar to Caterpillar’s whole thing.

[@joyc.b.360]

Ooo😮 you made a point there, I can't wait for the archon and her story quests.

[@KaweeInuwu]

Wait, y'all *just* realized?

[@S2Nico]

they where part of the same experiment

[@murshooo69]

What is "Caterpillar's whole thing"?

[@S2Nico]

​@@KaweeInuwu yeah i thought it was obvious

[@celestiart]

omggg the music at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="302">5:02</a> when the children's choir comes in it's like Arle finally carries the will of all the children and is fighting on their behalf, so beautiful :')

[@StefanKho]

It was beautiful indeed…guilty crown vibes

[@CodenameVODID]

and as a mature woman's voice came through at the end 😭

[@rr_bagh]

Genuinely insane the amount of effort and detail included in this 7 minute video, very thoughtful for them to make something like this to give us a good preview for her upcoming quest- just amazing i loved watched this sm 😭

[@SignOne]

If I'm picking up what they're putting down, this "mother" was doing hilichurl experiments on all of the orphans which caused Arlecchino to kill all the others. You can see syringes and all the other hints. Some really messed up stuff was going on in her past

[@Jack_Ss]

No I think it was just a poison jar. Have them all fight each other and kill each other until the strongest prevails. It produces the strongest and simultaneously kills their feelings. It’s similar to the Hidden Mist in Naruto or the Diamond Kingdom in Black Clover.

[@patchsoka]

Also her hands start to turn black like a hilichurl at 0:38

[@monkeyking9863]

@@Jack_Ss im curious on how well known the concept of a "poison jar" is to western audiences. i read alot of stories and they seem to only use that terminology in eastern works

[@lavender7725]

​@@monkeyking9863i have no idea what it means, could you explain?

[@hecateitadakinokura615]

@@lavender7725 The gist of it is that you put all kinds of poisonous insects inside a jar and make them fight to the death, last one standing is the most poisonous of them all

[@xBlaster]

English dub: "Father" Spanish sub: "Madre" These inconsistencies should be adressed and fixed Hoyoverse, this animation is enough for the public to understand why she's called a father instead of a mother. (Edit: I noticed that, at least in the JP dub, they use Okaa-san, so technically it's an english dub issue rather than a spanish sub one. I don't know what the original Chinese dub says, but it's probably the chinese for mother as well. At least the Spanish sub adressed the change to "Padre".)

[@xiersome.]

says the dude with twitter

[@Ruideyl]

Exactly, the point is there already; she doesn't want the mother title because she hates her own mother.

[@Дмитрий-у1у6в]

Im farted

[@AahhhhPuch]

Mal traducción, pero es irrelevante

[@TheAnonEye]

@@AahhhhPuch como q irrelevante?? literalmente el video enseña q no lo es

[@_EllaLost]

to those interested, the song here is called *Emberfire* !

[@djNund]

Where do I listen to it

[@_EllaLost]

@@djNund it's out on hoyo mix channel or on spotify!

[@dawnnnnv]

​@@djNund it's now available on hoyo-mix's channel and spotify!!

[@Neuvari]

The song of embers, search it from youtuber name hrisz, it has full version ​@@djNund

[@talentedgroupsaremylife928]

@@djNundspotify has it, it’s made by the HOYO-MiX team, and sang by Curley Gao/希林娜依高

[@shabbirmhowala766]

I come here everyday to stop myself from pulling xilonen and other charecters i have 250+ wishes for father. I need to stay strong. The knave wanters will be not stay fatherless forever

[@gb8184]

go for it bro, she's too good and fun to play, also just poking Hilichurls

[@robinofhsr]

SAME HERE!! all in for arlecchino!!