Venti Is Lying! Backstory & Lore Explained! How Is He Linked To Istaroth The Shade "God" Of Time?

[@parp2903]

His hold elemental skill makes a clock on the ground

[@NeoKunoichi]

Nice catch, gotta check it out

[@catdownthestreet]

It what

[@benzleilaurencedeasis6085]

TRUE IT ALSO APPEARS IN A CLOCKWISE PATTERN

[@nightlove3574]

Another thing people gloss over is that Venti is very damn near being a pure elemental being, if he isn't one completely. He was a wisp amongst the thousand winds, born from the branches of time, and a “tiny elemental being” as said by Venti himself. And from what we learn in Zhongli’s 2nd story quests, beings like Azhdaha and presumably Venti are more able to withstand erosion. That has so many heavy implications and could give credence to the theory that Venti is much older than we know. Also, his sleeping so much could be that he has already started to experience erosion, which makes me think he must be REALLY old already. After all, we don't know how long he has existed, only how long he has been archon. On a second note, Venti is also called the “Prodigal” son by the Cecilia flowers, which are associated with Istaroth, and it's very likely he and Istaroth had a falling out at the end. The question is why, and why does it seem like Venti and Istaroth are not actually on opposing sides, given that Venti loves humans and Istaroth presumably helped Makoto plant the Sakura tree, which was meant to buy Ei time to become enlightened and realize the importance of Human will. I don't know. There is some muddled family drama there for sure.

[@user-fc7st1nu9m]

I like that idea but so far erosion is nowhere mentioned anywhere in Venti's lore. Additionally some Mondstadters believe that the anemo archon is in the form of the wind, Venti's name translates to wind, in one of the wind gliders a traveller mentioned "the wind taking the form of a human" and after we recieve our wind glider, when dvalin attacked we heard Venti's voice but he was nowhere to be seen. Its quite possible he literally took the form of the wind there I don't think Venti and Istaroth had a falling out. I more so see it that Venti's entire think is to preserve history forever whether it be changed and altered he wasnts there to be a way to remember heroes of all time as well as events. Meanwhile, Istaroth as the God of time can feeely change and manipulate history as she sees fit, essentially altering and changing history whenever she uses the her powers. As we know, the butterfly effect exists where a change no matter how small can also change the entirety of the present/future

[@nightlove3574]

@@user-fc7st1nu9m To be fair we don't know quite a bit about Venti despite being the first limited character in game. We don't know why he sleeps, but I don't think its too far fetched to imagine that it could be to stave away the effects of erosion.

[@shadow4380]

@@nightlove3574 I saw a theory that Venti and Istaroth had a falling out because he became an archon, celestia's servant. And many people are of the opinion that Istaroth is on bad terms with celestia

[@cool_things_collection]

@@nightlove3574, there is a collection of all the relevant evidence on the wiki.biligame, but it seems doesn't have English version.

[@-_CYLS_-]

i personally also believe that venti was actually created after the 40 years or exactly after the first war that happened with the dragons and phanes and that they were an idea by istaroth to phanes, like it was a being that everytime people needed them the most they would come back and save them and we have seen this multiple times like in the manga and with the war of decarabian so yeah i believe Venti is way more older and way more powerful than we believe

[@weshuiz1325]

I mean, the dude has a statue that literally says, "Gateway to Celestia."

[@AuroraxxSFMV]

fr, he's hiding so much lmao.

[@1L1KEP0TAT0ES]

Venti has always intrigues me the most out of all the other archons, he and zhongli are the last originals, and ventis strange connection to is tarot has had me captivated, I love lore videos and things like these. And all the same I enjoy doing theorizing myself Genshin is so well written

[@lnsflare1]

I mean, Ei isn't the original Electro Archon, but she was right there as her twin sister's Archon-level muscle.

[@1L1KEP0TAT0ES]

@@lnsflare1 true but she never had the direct connection to celestia ykwim (I think)

[@lnsflare1]

@@1L1KEP0TAT0ES Well, there's the fact that the twins know of and were both directly assisted by Istaroth to create the Sacred Sakura, and she had the Statue of the Omnipresent God created, which seems to be either Istaroth or one of the Moon Sisters.

[@1L1KEP0TAT0ES]

@@lnsflare1 oh they were? Interesting, I didn’t know that

[@winterycold]

@@lnsflare1 According to the wiki, the Statue of the Omnipresent God was brought from somewhere else because it doesn't fit the local Inazuman style of architecture and statue designs. Whether it was brought from Enkanomiya or Khaenri'ah or somewhere else, we don't know yet.

[@Ardioz_]

I think venti is the shade of Alcoholism The fact he was away for so long was just a very long hungover

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Haha honestly at this point he has to be😂

[@eaglemovieclips4472]

W take

[@cool_things_collection]

The official Genshin Impact account has a manga detailing Venti's past. Originally, Mondstadt was a snow-covered mountain similar to Dragonspine. Venti blew away the entire mountain and make it into a plain, altering the local climate to make Mondstadt a place with favorable weather and abundant resources. He taught the people farming techniques, leading to the development of the world's finest wine industry, enabling his people to be self-sufficient. Additionally, Venti can perceive events through the wind; he can aware of anything that happens wherever the wind blows, effectively keeping him informed about all movements across Teyvat. He is actually very powerful, but has no interest to show his power to ordinary people.

[@neutralplayeroflol5722]

Then there is Mare Jivari...

[@Angel_Auraa]

Venti straight up helped a ghost cross over into the afterlife in front of us too 😅 We should've realized there's more to him.

[@Angel_Auraa]

Don't forget a Seelie randomly appeared in Natlan to rescuer Traveller.

[@alexsuniverse1334]

Maybe Venti is Istaroth in the New Samsara, similar to Nahida and Rukkhadevata. This might be supported by his voice line in the beginning of the video. I could be wrong though.

[@w_ldan]

Then why istaroth would be downgraded to an Archon instead of a Shade? Are the Shades implied died/gone? Since the celestia also implied silence since Khanri'ah?

[@alexsuniverse1334]

@@w_ldan theres one shade said to be dead as of Natlan lore, im not downgrading Istoroth as a shade its just a theory, she could be pretending to be less powerful, Venti already does that and hes keeping secrets.

[@steppindown6874]

Hear me out. Our boy is related with the schemeing shade of time which is clearly into something. Here's my pitch: What if Istaroth used the memories of people that worship her for her advantage? As in protecting mondstadt for whatever reason at the cost of being forgotten? It is clear as day that in Genshin, memories equates to power and probably this could be one of the explanation why the bard remains unchallenged.

[@MadzMi]

Hear me out Istaroch could protect Mondstadt from whatever danger it has faced. She used so much of her power that like previous dendro archon she have turned into a child and reincarnate into venti. We know that Barbatos was an elemental being born from shreds of time, one among a thousand winds. Istroch is a goddess of thousand winds. If she used up her power and got reincarnated into one of her children’s. I know I might not make sense but just maybe.

[@sidlarson8374]

the wolf god forfeiting the gnosis to a weak Anemo spirit "venti" could also be him bending the knee to the new god of time

[@cool_things_collection]

The Genshin Impact account has a manga about Venti's past. Originally, Mondstadt was a snow-covered mountain similar to Dragonspine. Venti blew away the entire mountain and made it into a plain, altered the local climate to make Mondstadt a place with favorable weather and abundant resources. He taught the people farming, leading to the development of the world's finest wine industry, and enabled his people to be self-sufficient. Additionally, Venti can perceive events through the wind; he can aware of anything that happens wherever the wind blows, effectively keeping him informed about all movements across Teyvat. He is actually very powerful, but has no interest to show his power to ordinary people.

[@Razor3000-u3f]

I'm not sure if this is common knowledge but "Mondstadt" literally translates to "City of the Moon". I never paid attention to it before but now, realizing the significance of the moon sisters...

[@cool_things_collection]

Interesting. While Liyue means "colored glaze moon" ( colored glaze is a kind of Chinese gem)

[@Razor3000-u3f]

@@cool_things_collection So...two of the seven original Archons have a "moon city", and King Deshret likewise built a city dedicated to the Moon [Maiden]. Is this where the the Moon sisters ended up? Liyue could possibly be Guizhong; at least, I heard people speculate she might be a moon maiden. Then Nabu Malikata for Sumeru. And Mondstadt? Erm...Istaroth? Though she's described as a shade, right?

[@NoMatterTheWeatherIMInShorts]

Mondstadt means in German ''Moon-city'' and not city of the moon if that was the case, it would be named ''Stadt des Mondes'' 😊

[@Razor3000-u3f]

@@NoMatterTheWeatherIMInShorts It's the same pretty much. In my second comment I even called it "moon city" 😄

[@shadow4380]

The fact that Venti ascended to godhood during the archon war is really strange. You're telling me that Celestia, trying to get rid of excesses gods, decided to create a new one instead of letting an already existing god take Mondstadt. It doesn't make sense, unless they had some alternative motivation due to Venti's connection with Istaroth

[@sehrish1837]

I'm pretty sure andrius didn't want too be anemo archon or smth

[@clarakhong1148]

I don't think Celestia intended to create Barbatos. Decarabius death was caused by humans to begin with. Barbatos is the product of that rebellion.

[@soni1891]

He could be the shade Istaroth. That would be plausible enough that an already existing Wolf God would forfeit the opportunity. It's because Venti himself is a representation of a new uprising (and a raw element of wind). Also, that could be another anchor to why Celestia would choose to put Barbatos' statue as the "Gateway to Celestia", other than the much competitive Archons (like Tsaritsa or Ei) if he simply has a direct connection to the Celestia or the God of Time himself. Likewise, Venti loves to nerf himself even now as an archon and a premordial being, he never really made a concrete implication to other people that he is their God. What more if he's Israroth in the flesh as well.

[@Midnight_memories2]

I think Venti and Istaroth are separate beings. In one of the many books about Mondstadt, it is hinted at that Istaroth and Venti were indeed worshipped together, but then they had a falling out. We don’t know exactly what they were fighting about, but then Venti blasted Istaroth’s temple out into the ocean, and we can actually go to the temple which is beyond Starsnatch Cliff. That is also around the time where Mondstadt started forgetting Istaroth.

[@OGZelgadisGraywords]

the text around the statue in mondstadt also states "The Gate to Celestia". Mondstadt seems to be the last story we will have, a finale!

[@Angel_Auraa]

I'm SO excited for the conclusion of the game. I think Kaeya and Venti will be key players and I love them.

[@sariandoesstuff3587]

The wielder of the queen piece The prodigal son God of hope ,song, wind ,wine and freedom The one who knows every song from the past present and future . The archon with authority over anemo Barbatos Yeah bro is sus

[@TheChornick]

Well if Venti was the first to receive a gnosis, he would be the undisputed strongest god because he was the only archon during the archon war. Everyone else was fighting for a gnosis/throne themselves. No one went after him cause he was the strongest god (being he was the only one with a gnosis/throne of authority already)

[@Ray.Beam_]

Also presumably if he ascended 2600 years ago and the archon war ended 2000 years ago, that would mean that he wasn’t the last to claim a seat in Celestia and there was still around a 600 year gap where he was a god during the archon war

[@amieldelacruz7010]

His earlier? I thought he was the last one, because of Decarabian & Andrius prolonged fight.

[@akumatsubasa6727]

@@amieldelacruz7010 No, he is the first to have accessed the status of archon and moreover he received his gnosis at the same time as the other archons, at the end of the war. ^^

[@ivanadjurdjev3760]

​@@amieldelacruz7010 In one of zhonglis stories it mentions that he first met venti when he was still an adepti fighting for the gnosis while venti was already an archon, so he definitely wasn't the last one

[@amieldelacruz7010]

@@ivanadjurdjev3760 where is this dialogue mentioned? I wanna know

[@drunknbard2807]

My favorite Archon. I just hope they don't murk him in the end

[@lunar-foxy6665]

I saw a theory related to the upside down statue and... well let's just say if it's true venti doesn't have much time left, enjoy him while you can buddy

[@DemonIX5]

Ventiʼs elemental burst looks like a black hole. Black holes are well known to slow down time objects when they reach to the black hole.

[@w_ldan]

2:18 holyshit he's right, the only time a significant danger that venti isn't present are the attack by the rogue ruin guard mentioned by Dainsleif

[@skully2860]

Dont forget that mondstads had a lot of outcasts who somehow all decided to stay there. There is also Ventis lute which puts people in mondstadt into a sort of mindcontrolled inner peace

[@Angel_Auraa]

So like... Pied Piper. 👀

[@Themanonline]

I’ve always assumed Venti and Istaroth share the same relationship as Egeria and the shade of life. After the hydro dragon’s death the shade of life made Egeria to regulate primordial waters. I’ve always imagined Istaroth created the 1000 wind spirits in order to regulate the winds after they murdered the Anemo dragon (since Dvalin isn’t the original Anemo Dragon)

[@WhiteKoneko]

To quote hunger games as this does fit Venti give what Neuvillette calls him: "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous." - hunger games.

[@The_original_one]

Yeah “ god of hope and brees"

[@catdownthestreet]

Love your PFP and username. I named my Wanderer Koneko so it's especially fun to me

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@catdownthestreet Ty~! I had this username for very long time. I ironically named my Wanderer, Kuroneko. I also really like Lumine x Xiao and Aether x Xiao but prefer Xiaolumi bit more. CynoNari another ship I like too.🥰

[@sylvarogre5469]

I thought Venti defeating Decarabian along Andrius sacrifice, thus leaving Venti as undisputed in Mondstadt, meant he won his part in the Archon War before it even started.

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Me fr

[@Ray.Beam_]

The defeat of Decarabian was during the archon war though? The archon war didn’t start 2000 years go. That was only when it ended and when the final seat in Celestia was claimed, if I remember correctly.

[@amieldelacruz7010]

​@@Ray.Beam_ Who's claim last?

[@nathanielmorey2800]

Venti is also the only archon who travels outside of his own nation…

[@nskkkk4422]

Actually zhongli travelled once to Mondstadt during a mini event

[@22yohanne]

Honestly, the one who we see or we know as the weakest may be the strongest compare to other archons. Because there's still alot of things that Venti is hiding from all of us.

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

When someone says I´m the weakest in early stages, sus, caution that normally ends up not being true

[@belqeesnoor8731]

He can't help us or tell us anything because someone is watching or monitoring his every move.

[@cool_things_collection]

The lady who beat Venti outside the church was from Monstadt. When the war broke out long time ago, Monstadt was almost destroyed and all of her lovers died. But she found that the anemo god did not come out to protect his people at that time. Lady held a grudge against Venti, and Venti felt guilty for her, so Venti did not retaliate and just let her took away his genosis at that time

[@evilsatorii]

On the floor right next to Venti’s statue in Mondstadt city there is some strange looking text at first sight, it’s written in backwards and upside down but it says: The Gateway of Celestia

[@mahabirkarmakar2905]

Always remember Sighnora kicked Venti NOT BARBATOS or else she was done for the moment she had stepped in there😂🤣

[@Angel_Auraa]

Venti was boutta rewind time and dodge the nut kick and kick her instead but then remembered he's hiding his true powers lol 😅

[@Angel_Auraa]

Or better yet Venti was like "I know you're going to die in the future so I'll just chill and own you with a cool line."

[@jmdoza3938]

It's a good thing your hat and your clothes wasn't blown away checking up on him. 😁

[@shadow4380]

*Sumeru & Fontaine spoilers + minor Inazuma ones* Istaroth was forgotten by the people of Mondstadt, even tho she was once worshipped there alonside with Venti, which means her disappearence was a long time ago. However, we know she was at least present during the cataclysm since she helped Makoto save Inazuma. What if she knows something big and went off radar to do something about it leaving Venti to watch the situation and wait? Kinda like Rhukkedevata and Focalors did with Nahida and Furina, leaving a succesor to take their place in order to execute a big move? It's just a theory/speculation, I really can't wait for hoyo to drop more Istaroth bread crumbs

[@VeraldoAncodini]

Venti is SUS. I don't think he merged with Istaroth, he's probably her envoy, her harbinger.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Curious to see the connection between them

[@alexanderericson8628]

I subscribe to this theory but I don't know why he did that and if he had consent from her. Hoyo talks about the meaning of "self" in a story quest about Venti specifically.

[@amieldelacruz7010]

I think his like Rukhadevata the will/avatar of the Thousands Winds creation of Istaroth who he follows. Like the biblical Holy Spirit (Thousand Winds) & Angel of the Lord (Venti), following the God's (Istaroth) commands.

[@WhiteKoneko]

I'm very happy I share same birthday aa Venti. He's very important to the story given who he is and who his mother is. His lore is mysterious and fascinating and I love his bubbly personality. But that smile and laughter hides a lot of pain and sadness.

[@camerongay5194]

Same here. He was my first ever character in Genshin (got him even before Noelle on my 1st 10 pull) and it felt like something special when I found out we also shared the same birthday. To this day, still one of my favorites- if not my favorite- Genshin character

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@camerongay5194 ooooo another June 16th birthday genshin player, sweet. 🤝🎂🍎 I can just imagine look on people's faces once he finally is forced to flex. Dude casually yeeted an entire mountain snow plain with his dragon bestie for Pete sake.😎

[@schopenhauer5427]

His mother??

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@schopenhauer5427 Istaroth the God of time is Venti's mom.

[@Loopy2000]

Venti definitely knows more the he lets on but is also good at misdirecting people so it's possible he just tricked the gods from other regions into believing Monstadt is the domain of Istarosh. but I do definitely believe there is more to Venti then he or the game lets on though.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

About Venti being the unchallenged archon of Mondstadt, I think we all know the reason, and it was even shown several times in this video. It's the anemo dragon, Dvalin. We don't know if he is a reincarnation of a dragon sovereign like Neuvillette, or even a dragon sovereign from ancient times, like Apep, but he is certainly a mighty enough dragon to give gods a pause.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Ya but why would Morax have challengers if Azdaha was in Liyue and they were good pals at that time? Not saying ur wromg tho guess both could be true at the same time

[@kotarouinugami1745]

@@TheGamerChronicles999 I have to agree, it's unlikely Azdaha was less intimidating than Dvalin. Maybe Venti's relationship with Dvalin was better, or maybe Dvalin was just more mobile.

[@The_original_one]

​@@kotarouinugami1745I have to disagree with you.first of all devolin is not confirmed to be a sovereign reincarnation second he is too young to be the old one because remember venti calls devolin as a “ gentle child".plus venti was alone after the war and in the war for many years he ruled alone.

[@amieldelacruz7010]

​@@The_original_one His not alone thou he has his mom Istaroth and the rest of the Thousand Winds.

[@DevilSlayer58]

Something I’ve always found interesting is that is stated at one point that Celestia is actively watching Mond and Barbatos. Also I need to make a comment on a statement you made Venti wasn’t considered the weakest archon during the war, his comment was that he CURRENTLY was the weakest of the 7, now is he lying? Probably

[@ellorasg4525]

Venti has always been very mysterious despite being so carefree. What secrets do you have Venti?

[@victorsilva5881]

Imagine we finaly have Venti second story quest and be only the part 1, and the others part came years later

[@ItsOkayToBeThis]

🤣 My ride or die archon! Ever since I became aware of the lore he smelled of sus. I love him so much though and if Venti decides to set all of Teyvat on fire Klee and I will bring the pyro and he can swirls away.

[@victorsilva5881]

Also Venti isbthe only Archon who is worship outside of his on nation, we have people worshiping him in Lyue, Inazuma and Sumeru

[@Ray.Beam_]

Also I’m not saying this contributes to his power because I don’t know/think it technically counts as ‚faith’, but don’t you also need the anemo archons blessing to be able to use a wind glider?

[@amethystmoonlight7429]

​@@Ray.Beam_true. They tried creating wind gliders without blessing and it always fails.

[@amieldelacruz7010]

seems at Natland the dead will remain stuck at the Abyss, worshipping Venti is good because the Thousand Winds will carry their soul safely away from the Abyss to reincarnate or ascend, and continue the cycle of life & death.

[@ankitjadhav6775]

Natlan doesn't have any kind of Selee Coz Dragons of Natlan ate them ,Only Monetoo Exist yet... In the Act 2 of natlan Archon Quest , we saw a Strange Anemo Selee Saving us in the Middle of the abyss/Night Kingdom

[@soni1891]

It is also said that Venti knows all the happenings in Teyvat by the stories brought by the wind. Also, if you can follow through Natlan, it was said there that Archon gather their power through memories or faith by the surrounding worshippers --- with that logic, don't you think that Venti is unquestionable and uncontested because amongst all Archons, he's the one who's really held dear by his people? (Like you said, there are people worshipping him outside his nation, and even Gods and Adepti can recognize his existence.) That's no wonder the Fatui had also started taking gnosis from him. Also, the anemo is the queen piece.

[@mariemarilynbp9865]

Preparing a Thread for the past 4 years about his lore and It's terrifying how the fandom hates or ignores The fact HE IS THE MOST important character in genshin HISTORY ; Spoiler for it ; cause it's freaking TURING to repeat ; Genshin means Original God in cn and Venti IS The Original God of our story ; He IS the plot twist

[@amieldelacruz7010]

I think this how Venti was born: Venti has similarities to Egeria, Rukhadevata & Nahida: Being Istaroth like her Co- Shade created someone as replacement to the Dragon Sovereign, which is the Thousand Wind to safely carry the souls of the dead away from the Abyss (seems the dead in Natland were stuck at the Abyss) either reincarnate or ascend, also act as her eyes & arms to observe & influence Teyvat, until the Thousands Winds gain a will/avatar of it's own which is Venti, thou his weak, he learns & grows from thousands of years following Istaroth seeing the lives of the people & God alike suffering finally made him manifest himself with the gunhildr clan (thou he probably manifest already from Khanreah Blood Moon Dynasty), so on later rebel to her, branded as the "prodigal son" Venti is as old as Egeria & has potential powerful abilities like Rukhadevata, and potential destructive power like Ei

[@DaddyHensei]

What if he did have to defend his title, but he just erased the records of it. Time be scary like that His burst is also a black hole. A singularity that warps space/time.

[@judgekonnan]

But we know this from the beginning. He/she is the god of freedom and tales. He is not bound by truth. Since, we've learned that tales are the only thing free from the Tyranny of fate. The Geo archon also confirms that Venti is full of it.

[@Tony_ATP]

Venti has been playing the lyre all along. Venti means "twenty" in Italian. He's not even old enough to drink. The word "anemo" means "soul" in Latin.

[@yukishiro3287]

No wonder why the winds carry the souls Mondstadtians back to Mondstadt once they die

[@Tony_ATP]

@@yukishiro3287 I always smirk when Bennett says, "Benny's adventure team assemble." When you hear the wind gust, they are assembling.

[@jee644]

anemo means wind in greek, the latin word for soul is "animus"

[@Tony_ATP]

@@jee644 Got it from google translator. "Anima" does mean "soul" in Italian. I figured it was close enough.

[@amieldelacruz7010]

​@@Tony_ATP I see what you did there ☠️

[@jonathandejesusrodriguezbr8230]

Venti's abilities also has restoring properties, like how he restored the the holly lyre

[@chrisredwolf3130]

Well… In the terms of defending Mondstat Venti was buddies / friends with a Dragon. While all the others had to fight other gods for the gnosis. Venti got the Gnosis and befriended a Dragon. Going up against not just a archon but a dragon sovereign at the same time.

[@RkSanoria]

Imagine C6 venti in future updates when it's confirmed he has istaroths power

[@Angel_Auraa]

Plus Venti straight up helped a ghost cross over into the afterlife, sent an Anemo Seelie all the way to Natlan to rescue Traveler, can manipulate land, probably created Paimon, and probably mind controls people with his songs. 😭 "Weakest Archon" my ass.

[@SAHIL-wf5gq]

Nice observation you are right anemo seelie helps traveller in natlan.

[@Loopy2000]

With the possible the connection to celestia I watched a theory video a while ago that talked about the writing around the Barbatos statue, they believed that the writing said "The gateway to Celestia" but mirrored, so that might be something although I can't remember which video it was now.

[@fatalerror4028]

I mean time and wind have some similarities

[@maybeagamer179]

Given how it's hinted durin will come back/be revived I think the Mondstadt update will involve dorman port, durin and Venti revealing his true power/identity to save the nation. I see this happening late into NATLAN to prepare us for snezhnaya but no give us any land in snezhnaya so I'd say either 5.4, 5.5 or 5.7-5.8 (5.1 and 5.3 are confirmed to be NATLAN aq updates (not a leak they said it in the 5.0 livestream)) 5.2 is WAY too early imo and X.6 is always the 2nd nation weekly boss with the archons 2nd sq (apart from Fontaine where we got arle but that's because there is no more hydro archon) EDIT. Not 5.8. That's always the next nation teaser and will give us more info. It's possible because dorman port borders snezhnaya but it's unlikely

[@Angel_Auraa]

In my head canon Istaroth is his ex-gf that he had a beef with and he hijacked her powers and kicked her to the curb and refuses to admit she existed 😅 Even though he was born from her power and then ascended to godhood / human form later on.

[@mitab1]

Venti is istaroth's son

[@citoyenneteavanttout7273]

I was nodding with you until you said Zhongli ''Conquered'' Liyue, because that was not how the war in Liyue played. Sure, Zhongli was the last standing God of Liyue, but he didn't go after anybody's land... "I wish not for dominion yet I cannot let the common forl suffer". Be it the Gods in Liyue were in good terms like the Gods of Sumeru and didn't resort to attacking each other in order to earn the throne, as Zhongli put it ''Broke the contract'', Liyue would have had many Gods till later, and that was revisited in Chenyu Vale, the Goddess was so power hungry that in view of her incapacity to overpower Rex Lapis in order to claim the throne, she resoted to bring doom on her own people. Deshret in the same title overpowered Remus and allied with Rukkahdevatha and the Goddess of Flowers, be it Guizhong was still alive, it's pretty obvious she would have become the Geo Archon given her much greater proximity to humanity despite being much less powerful than Rex Lapis. Apart from that detail, great video nonetheless.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

@citoyenneteavanttout7273 Yes you're correct it was mostly for the comedic oversimplification of it but yeah I know there is way more too it just that most other gnosis were earned and thanks!

[@citoyenneteavanttout7273]

@TheGamerChronicles999 Ah if that's the case then my apologies I might have took it a bit too literally. You're still to be thanked for shedding light on the major oddities that shroud Venti, I much enjoyed your insights! Keep on the great work. 👍

[@atsuyatakashi4832]

​@@TheGamerChronicles999Maybe chinu vale was disputed area 😂😢 you made so much efforts it was amazing I following your your explaining so 👍🏻🎉

[@mr.notentirelyuseless7314]

I love vent he is number 6 on my favourite character list

[@DyTsubaki]

he sus from the 1st scene. Ask random people to purify durin's corrupted blood clearly he know that MC is descender.

[@evilsatorii]

I would say that Mondstadt Archon Quest never ended, it was called just Prologue with Act I - III, not full Chapter with Act I - V like in other nations so it is very likely that we will be going back to Mondstadt

[@floormaurits]

Venti is great and not great at the same time, if only he told us more…

[@belqeesnoor8731]

He's acting the way he is because someone is watching him.

[@Chill_Plays]

These videos question me why am I playing genshin Story Mommy Character Elemental who knows sometimes I need story sometimes Mommy 😅

[@TeddyNONSTOP626]

I don't think Venti ever truly leaves, I feel that he lets himself fade into obscurity just like he was when we first met him. I do think it's possible that he is a shade of istaroth but for venti to leap through time would more than likely cause branched realities unless Venti experiences time all at once not in a linear fashion like is traditionally accepted

[@tartagliasjigglydworshipper]

his origins as a wind spirit was probably hinted at the Sumeru Glider lore. one of the stories said that there was an outcast wind spirit up in the heavens. the wind spirit yearned to protect the things it loves but it has no power to unleash hurricanes and storms unlike the other wind spirits.

[@powerrangerfan2153]

The reason no other gods went to monstadt to fight was was because it was a barren land of ice and snow it was useless land uo until venti terrform the land

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

And then he was challenged by the Hexenzircle and still remain in his place, nah Venti according to some leaks It´s top 10 powerful characters in the game, of course leaks can be wrong

[@amethystmoonlight7429]

And it used to be ruled by the wolf who has control over the entire mondstadt that time.

[@luckygames8049]

If both him and paimon are linked to time then that would probably explain the beef between those two idk about you but paimon and venti share a lot of similarities

[@The_original_one]

Man king dashrat is such a badass lol So god so mighty that celestia themselves choose him

[@amieldelacruz7010]

Also has freedom like Idles. Same with Remus, who's a Musical God. freedom loving & musical end up Dead. I scared for Venti & Mondstadt future.

[@sakshis9622]

What if venti is time travelling instead of sleeping for all those years?

[@ashy969]

Venti is not the only archon who has deep ties with a shade. Ei has her subspace and could grow rhe sakura tree in Narukami Shrine in the past, because of Istaroth. Now we know, the Pyro archon js connected to the shade of death. I think, all archons are connected to one of the shades.

[@Jrelampagos35]

@3:07 “a wind lord and wind god named DEKARBANE” you mean Decarabian?

[@ytforbiddenx6957]

Nah man fhose archons were just scared they might run out of oxygen if they challenge him bcs " I can controll the air u breath "

[@chesterkuro15bernoulli75]

I think Venti is ... Aventurine s mom and Morax is Aventurine s dad ...

[@therobloxhatcher6401]

Bro wtf

[@datboiiazias]

Also did you notice that Venti gave dvalin his sovereignty back? That scene of him setting dvalin free happens before Signora stole the gnosis from Venti, so Venti gave an empty gnosis to people that can't use it , my theory is that the archons are handing over empty gnoses which would counter the cryo archons plans 🤷‍♂️ idk what do you think?

[@amethystmoonlight7429]

I think venti just gave away the Gnosis because he knows where it came from, "descender remains" and it brings "curse" all from skirk.

[@benzleilaurencedeasis6085]

The fact that wind and time are mentioned in three different regions is insane

[@zahmika4997]

Hohoho that why I still choose venti

[@alexanderericson8628]

I think there is something going on with the elements. I don't think Electro is natural to Theyvat Ei says that it is the element that is closest to the Heavenly Principles because it represents Eternity. I kind of think that Hydro is not natural either, Anemo seems to be connected to time and Istaroth and Geo to the art of Khemia seems to be the only two elements that existed prior to everything because Geo is similar to chalk the building stone of everything living. Now I think Dendro comes from the birth of Irminsul since Nahida counts as a branch of Irminsul but not part of the natural order. I think Khvarena is the real Dendro and it existed before "Dendro" this element is guarded by the Pari.

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

Interesting I'll have to read more into that!

[@Evitzeoshowerthoughts]

I also thought about this due to the obvious purple electro when blue lightning and even electro charge is blue lightning. Dendro not being natural is more obvious when every dendro character doesn't have plants, including nahida, and use technology Only dendro traveler who copies the dragons and tighnari I guess.... have actual plants. But my considerations include geo too. Because not a single geo character can make spikes or stuff that pop out from the ground except geo traveler burst and zhongli's pillar, and by then, zhongli summons a meteor, from the sky, and geo traveler skill is dropping a boulder

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@Evitzeoshowerthoughts Interesting Azdaha could make spikes you are aware of the theory that the traveller copies the abilities of the sovereigns and not the archons? It's just Zhongli says that the mountains can forget too. In one instance he says that he is looking for a way to better record time, and I think all the archons are trying to do this. I think what Zhongli refers to as erosion is the Heavenly Principles removing the memories and after that happens people no longer remember who you are, and you don't either. It's kind of a cruel fate. This is not something Theyvat can fight take Rukkhadevata for instance, they have no idea she ever existed.

[@Loopy2000]

Although Dendro does seem somehow dfferent from the other elements the only problem with the theory about the elements is that the 7 elemental sovereigns have been around since way before the primordial one arrived and changed everything, Apep the dendro sovereign might even be the oldest living dragon in Teyvat considering they didn't die during the war and possibly might even be older then Irminsul. Also I don't know if it's true but it's said that all life in Teyvat originated from the primordial sea, although I do think that it is weird that the electro symbol doesn't actually have anything to do with lightning.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@Loopy2000 The primordial sea is not Hydro. The electro dragon is missing suggesting it was something else first. Apep is frustrated with Buer suggesting that she is learning to slow. Apep is probably more related to Khvarena than Dendro. It's a bit complicated there, one abyss quest clearly shows that Khvarena trumps Abyssal power. Since Apep is extremely resistant to abyssal power it's very likely she commands this element just like Neuvilette can command the primordial sea. These beings seems extremely powerful in Genshin I have a hard time understanding how they lost the war, it must be connected to the traveller somehow. She was lured into giving up their power somehow, because her goal is to destroy the thrones now that hold their authority and she says that she will never stop trying. I dont know exactly how this happen all I know is Lumine found out on her journey a lot more than we have, and she seems to basically know the truth of the world. This is connected to Dainsleif somehow. It's an open ended question if the Sinners are her allies or if she is using them to further her goal I kind of lean towards the former. Also it's very likely the dragons don't know about the travellers participation because the anger is pointed towards Buer Nahida, not the traveller, no sovereign has remarked on the traveller at all in fact. It's very likely both Neuvilette and Apep would have attacked us if they knew. Somehow the sibling had access to Nibelungs pearl, and through that Celestia stole all of the dragons original power. No idea how they did this or were the Gnosis comes into play. It's said to hold immense high amounts of elemental energy which kind of suggests that the power is stored there. A note there dragon treasures are said to be cursed with bad luck, I am very drawn to the idea that Descenders and dragons are related, possibly even the same being. That would make the third descender a dragon and it would explain why people have bad luck when they are around it. Bennett is said to be related to Natlan, and he has bad luck all the time, and that nation is the dragons original home world. Don't know what Tsaritsa is going to use them for I don't think she can handle that amount of concentration but she seems batshit mad in her only voiceline so who knows. It is possible that she aims to make the traveller into a Gnosis

[@RuaidhriSeamus-z8b]

Also why all the journey of traveler, and traveler is in danger… all the characters that saves traveler are all anemo💚

[@mith1783]

What if Istaroth was removed from Irminsul like Rhukadevata? 😱

[@FRaptor-wl6ku]

0:30 yes AND back in Monstant Signora was the first harbinger we met and she violated Venti and made us watch take his gnosis and dip

[@Iamalamaa]

ANYONE HERE AFTER THE MAJOR DROP ON THR 4TH ANNIVERSARY TRAILER NANIIIIIII

[@TheGamerChronicles999]

trailer where?

[@Jin-rq6rj]

​It's a video made by Hamelin ,it showed what you show in video ​@@TheGamerChronicles999

[@Jin-rq6rj]

Me

[@akumatsubasa6727]

@@TheGamerChronicles999 I think he's talking about the 4th anniversary video, made by Hamelin, it made me shiver by the way x)

[@aaronhope_]

Blud he chopped off the mountains of mond

[@petrovakatherine7472]

My fav archon!!!!!! Venti!!!!!

[@Zukurah]

still saving primos for signoras release

[@Gio_SaBeR]

Anemo Vs Cryo Geo Vs Hydro Electro Vs Hydro Dendro Vs Geo Hydro Vs Hydro (own personal battle) Pyro vs ???? Cryo Vs Anemo This is the routine of the story quest so far

[@DeEznotbad.]

My theories are: Maybe Venti is Istaroth Maybe He is just a particles/fragments of istaroth Maybe he is like kusunali which is he is the new istaroth?

[@Angel_Auraa]

I think Venti co-ruled Mond with Istaroth but they had a fallout / lover's quarrel and he stole her powers. Making him OP. 😅 And he is sort of using the Traveller like a pawn. Also he probably created Paimon himself.

[@lyn6852]

Mine is just... Venti is weak His power is not yet enough after awakening Or like focalors, storing power for something to come... 😅

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

Nah, Venti is clearly hiding his true power, no way he is weaker than La Signora

[@OGZelgadisGraywords]

Venti is the Queen piece and then Istaroth being the King piece?

[@Roihclem871]

If he’s ista does he really disappear for so long or maybe just manipulation ?

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Well, if he is related to time, he could just jump in time forward to the point where something interesting happens.

[@WhiteKoneko]

He's just celebi and Istaroth just diagla trust. Lol

[@Ray.Beam_]

@@kotarouinugami1745well we don’t really know how much control he actually has over time, but I assume he was some with the ‚bringing winds of the past during the festival’ and knowing every single song to ever exist

[@tolyaulyanov]

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[@CarmenEric-o3b]

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[@furishirogane3606]

About Zhongli, how did you know that Chenyu Vale is the last region he conquered? I haven't read any text about this yet so if you can kindly inform me. Also the word "conquered" in here isn't right as the Jade Sacrificial catalyst only mentions about him assumed control of the land after the previous god (the Chenyu God) perished in foreign land, implied they fleed from Liyue after that failing attempt to flood Bishui River. No conquering happened. Also Morax "conquered gods and bloodied battlefield" in order to earn gnosis? Zhongli's demo is the highest viewed video from Genshin official channel with him loudly saying, "I wish not for dominion, yet I can't let the common folk suffers" He never wants that gnosis, Bro. He had no desire to be a ruler yet he had to fight to protect his people. Take Osial or the Chenyu God for example, there aren't any in-game record showing that Morax did anything first to the them or their region yet they had a beef with him, even the Chenyu God was consumed by fear of Morax's power they did something foolish and cowardly by flooding Bishui River to threaten his people. You want to point out how special Venti is by making him earn the gnosis by mere existing when the other two gods wanted nothing with it, which is fair. But making Zhongli the contradiction for that boost because according to you he had to "earn" the gnosis the hard way. No He didn't want it but still earned it in order to protect his people. Ironically, Liyue prospers under his care and guidance despite him never wants to be an archon anyway. Sorry about the wall of text and have a good day

[@The_original_one]

Bro you have to know that zongli or rather morax wasn't always like this he became humble after the death of god of dust.and every god was fighting for that power whether thay want to or not.if thay refused to fight celestia will punish them just like thay did to orobasy. Some are acception like egiria rukhadivata ( dashrat) but not morax.

[@furishirogane3606]

@@The_original_one Do you know Shanhui Fort? If you don't know then further discussion is meaningless and you're clearly a troll

[@cool_things_collection]

Exactly

[@akumatsubasa6727]

Dud, don't take it literally, he specified in the response of a comment that it was humor. Besides it's a game, no need to get upset ^^'

[@The_original_one]

@@furishirogane3606 bro is so self centered

[@jorgeavilesf]

Nobody messed around with mondstad during the cataclism... Also Durin: yeah, right... nobody... Dvali: yeah, no dragon fighting was done that even one of them ended up corrupted by the blood of the other Signora: yeah, the absent god wasn't protecting its people and my lover died in no attack because NO ONE messed with monstad during the cataclism

[@therobloxhatcher6401]

That wasn’t during the cataclysm tho? I’m pretty sure that way after

[@TheGhostKing126]

He said "Archon War" not cataclysm. Anyway Durin doesn't really count because his intention was to show off to the people mondstadt like a child, he just wanted a friend, but he ended up destroying everything unintentionally. It's like the Durin of Simulanka, he just wanted a friend, but his appearance and clumsiness gave the people the wrong impression.

[@michaelgarcia5680]

He said nobody messed with Mondstadt during the archon war not during the cataclysm. Also Signora’s husband went to fight Durin who left both Venti and Dvalin weakened after their fight. What did she think was gonna happen?

[@davidjohnson8273]

Well I don't think ANY of the Archons are attacked after they get the Gnosis, so if Venti doesn't have to fight that makes sense to me. To fight in that arena a god would have to have turned up before Decarabian and Andrius' stand off. So it might be that they didn't want to have to fight Decarabian or Andrius. Or again, maybe a bunch of gods did decide to contest for Mondstadt and they all got killed by Decarabian or Andrius. Another possibility is that after Liyue gets it's Archon in 3000 it makes it hard for any belligerent gods such as Orobashi to cross through Liyue into Mondstadt because they'd have to risk fighting Morax plus a gnosis plus Celestia. Finally it's possible that Mondstadt was just a pretty unpleasant place 3000+ years ago and nobody wanted it. Or any combination of all of these. Maybe there were few gods interested in Mondstadt, it was harder to get to and only a few gods kicked out of Snezhnaya after losing there, came to Mondstadt and they were no match for Decarabian or Andrius. But mostly with all of the Archon war I think the answer is that were only told about 10% of the fighting that went on, and we should imagine a list of minor gods who were defeated in Mondstadt just as in other nations. We're just not told about almost all of them.

[@The_original_one]

It's highly unlikely that any god died in monstate other then decarebian because there is no god's remain to clean like in lyue or Inazuma. second venti become archon before morax as the war ended in monstate 2500 years ago and the war ended in lyue 2000 years ago

[@nagorepalaciosdelafuente]

He was challenged by the Hexenzircle If I´m not mistaken and just a few words from him were enough to stop that, this group Is way more terrifying than any God in the Archon war

[@amethystmoonlight7429]

I think it's all 3. Mondstadt used to just be ice and snow until venti reshaped the lands and added monsoons to permanently alter the weather. Also maybe having morax beside him is a blessing since he fights everything in the way lol. Also minor gods huh.. Most of them got so minor that some of them are still alive.. Changsheng (snake on baizhu) and Guoba.. Also I'll add that Most Gods have chosen their spots and would defend their spot.. Since most of the Gods have their own people worshipping them.. It'll be hard to move an entire country big or small during the archon war afterall.

[@Stormcrosser]

No the most importing archon is Ei she is the god of Eternity she cannot die she can control the time she cannot be deleted from ermnsas so because she is eternal isn't that so obvious all of you don't you understand and this is why there's a big statue in her country like literally she have her own domain she teleport you in where the time stops and when you go to fight Raiden in the other domainthe time there is different in teyvat have past 5 minutes but in that domain have past hundred of years

[@dustinharrington4118]

deck-uh-RAY-bee-uhn. Decarabian. Excellent video otherwise.