Venti's Lies, Secrets, and Mysteries [Genshin Impact Lore and Theories]

[@BeatrixBeatrixEverywhere]

Never ask a woman - Her age A man - His salary An Archon - What happened in Khaenri'ah

[@jardejay8804]

Never ask Zhongli to pay. Ei to cook. Nahida to do a dook dook. Or Venti to tell the truth.

[@smartiesmcflurry6755]

@@jardejay8804 xD

[@on-line10]

tf -_-

[@glyphgraph8436]

The only Archon who doesn't mind answering us about Khaenri'ah is Ei, but sadly she's not there until it's over.. And i don't know if Kusanali knows any better since she's just born at the time..

[@reinhartnata47]

@@glyphgraph8436 kusanali is rukkhadevata exhausted of her power that is sourced by her memory, just like aranara and guoba. That's why aranara likes to take notes of major events, because they don't want to forget when they're exhausted from using arakalari. The chances are, her memory as rukkhadevata is lost forever

[@kineretgilboa2391]

Venti's always been such an interesting character to me. I love the subtle difference between venti and barbatos and its always been obvious to me that he's playing dumb. He knows ALOT more that he lets on but chooses to act dumb and keep things from the traveler for some reason. He's also probably strong as heck and let signora take his gnosis on purpose

[@Linda-gc5mm]

yeah for sure he didnt even use his archon power in cutscene with signora

[@biazacha]

Considering how the gnosis were taken so far, seems like at least everybody that was alive 500 years ago was relieved to see their connection with Celestia go away. Venti didn’t fight back, Zhongli gave his and Ei couldn’t care less.

[@avej99]

@@biazacha does ei even know her gnosis got taken?😂she gave it to miko and then went MIA for centuries

[@jadecoolness101]

@@Linda-gc5mm could've also just been early animation being less thought out. Whether animation error, or intentional, there's simply no way that Signora could've taken his gnosis. If he wanted his gnosis, he could've literally Team Rocket Blasted Signora into Cider Lake. I've seen the argument that "he couldn't use his powers because he'd destroy Mondstadt!"..... like he destroyed Mondstadt when he gave us wind the first time we fought Stormterror?? I don't buy that the GOD OF WIND has so little control over wind that if he blows one dusty ho (who I love) away, the entire city will go with. His gnosis being taken was intentional, no shot it wasn't.

[@RamzaBeoulves]

​@@jadecoolness101 He's shown little in term of fighting prowess and **claimed** to be the weakest Archon. Meanwhile we have seen gods being vanquished by vision holders which should be weaker than La Signora (which also had a plan and sorta caught him off guard). Unless the harbingers are meant to be a joke despite their goal pitting them against Archons As much as I love Venti, we just have no way to know exactly how strong he is. His role does not require brute strength after all

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

Let's be frank, I always suspected that Venti got Kazuha drunk on purpose to avoid being heard. From numerous times, Kazuha has shown to posses amazing hearing and nose senses due his Anemo-related skills, even from a long distance.

[@lolosh99]

True! If he wasn’t intoxicated, he might have been like “ *sniff* hmm you smile like divine wind. Are you Barbatos?”

[@boruto536]

@@lolosh99 oh god don't tell kazuha is razor long lost brother

[@RiskoPlexus]

And another theory rabbit hole is formed

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@lolosh99 a divine wind in Inazuma context would be a bruh moment

[@ausya004]

Which is also surprising as to how Kazuha has strong nose but failed to realize that the drink contains alcohol. Maybe Venti uses his power to make sure the direction of the smell didn't go to Kazuha's nose

[@wuttatota148]

Also in the Sumeru wind glider lore it says a wind glider wouldn't work if it didn't have the blessing of the Anemo Archon. A master from Sumeru once tried to make a wind glider that can work without the Anemo Archon's blessing but he ultimately couldn't. In the end, he accepted the lesson that everything must adhere to the truths of this world, and the gods' blessings are a part of how the world works. It's just crazy to me how Venti is making every single wind glider in Teyvat work

[@TheDhanaMC]

Can’t wait to have Sumeru Glider to read all the info myself 🔥

[@certifieddumbass5266]

oh yeah gliders requiring venti’s blessing seems to be a recurring detail. it’s kinda cool to think about, with how central the mechanic is in exploration and how often it’s used. "The ability of wind gliders to glide is reliant first and foremost on the blessing of the Anemo Archon." -Wings of Companionship released at the game’s launch “If it were not for the Anemo Archon’s blessing upon each item, they would be as a millstone even if granted to a mighty eagle, causing it to plummet out of the skies with enough force to smash tortoise shells below.” -Wings of the Forest Sumeru reputation reward also things like Amber’s story quest and Paimon saying at some point “but now, with the help of the Anemo Archon, the people of Mondstadt are able to fly” you can also see venti’s signature cyan-white feathers burst every time you begin gliding, irregardless of character or glider, and time tunnels are only accessible with your glider out, as if as a sign of time & wind’s connection and blessing. kinda cool to see him blessing flight in real time that way. it’s such a nice touch, like a little seal of approval or sign of blessing or something hehe

[@wilhelmpaulm]

Also each time someone uses a wind glider it's a prayer to the anemo archon, like the original birds. I'd gamble to say that Venti might be as or more powerful than the Cryo archon.

[@mini-mei]

Holy moly, I had no Idea, thanks for posting that!

[@noobscoopsies1100]

Wait. did Aerosynamic physics doesnt work on genshin? So what Im universe genshin universe is?

[@effrosynh]

Venti is keeping so many secrets from us but then again he's still one of the characters i trust the most

[@baggiemaggie3832]

yeah- so far his intentions seem good, so even if he’s playing us for fools I don’t think he’s evil. I dont trust his words one bit but I do trust his intent.

[@khineaindra]

It is like I don't trust him, but I believe him vibe. 🥲

[@soumilipanja3156]

He's says more of what we call "white lies"? Ig... But I feel like I can totally trust him that he doesn't mean any harm, after all he's an archon who would do anything to protect his people. People with power irrespective of good and bad always hv a lot of secrets.... He might be just lying to hide his plan of some ambush on celestia cuz they might be the potential threat in future? Srry I got too engrossed 😅 it's fun speculating

[@certifieddumbass5266]

for real i do believe the duality between his secrecy and trustworthiness is, if not an outright allegory then at least a reflection of the struggles chinese content creators face under CCP censorship and within the great firewall. like you see the shit that goes on and you very well why GI’s ideal of freedom is so foundational yet also so staunchly kept on the DL because it is said that mondstadt culture encourages people to find the secrets of the world and barbatos will guide or hint people to treasures, even if he can’t / won’t directly reveal or disclose them himself, and that may be why so many lore-significant characters reside there

[@coffeelatte8616]

Because we know that everything he gives us is not a poison so we can trust h for sure even if he puts on an act I think he will back it up with a nice reason..

[@rinzzler366]

I think venti telling us he's the weakest is definitely a power move, especially when you consider his element, wind is literally the unseen element, its always there, yet you never pay it any mind. Thats who venti is, he's probably one of the strongest archons yet he never draws attention to himself because thats beats the purpose of his element.

[@surprisednt]

I think that secretly all the archons want to help Tsaritsa defeat Celestia. NO way a whole Archon got kicked and his gnosis stolen this easily. Why does Zhongli hides why he gave the gnosis away?even if its for a contract, this is sus. Why does Yae so easily give the Gnosis to Scaramouche?this is all very sus

[@canaldecasta]

About Yae, so that we don't get murdered.

[@nigelxd3735]

Well with Yae's case she used the gnosis as an exchange for the Traveler's life

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@nigelxd3735 and that Raiden _Ein't_ bothered cuz after replacing Makoto as the second Shogun, she, like tsaritsa, cut contact with Celestia

[@jmd0605]

It kinda makes me thing that, despite the hype, and how much "importance" the gnosis supposedly holds, it isn't that important?

[@feivelycayla844]

Somehow I kind of suspect Yae, sure that she give gnosis to save traveler, but how did she know the traveler is in the delusion factory in the first place?

[@savrtuthd]

There must be a reason why we still dont have Venti's story quest part 2, I bet it's a massive lore bomb.

[@Succubus_L0li]

Who else doesn't have a part 2 btw?

[@Succubus_L0li]

For your theory to be feasible it has to be consistent, hence my question on my first reply.

[@savrtuthd]

Among the archons, both Zhongli and Raiden have 2 story quests already but Venti does not despite being the first archon released. Kusanali doesnt count because she's not even playable yet.

[@alicebalan]

Agree. I believe the reason why venti has no part 2quest must be massive lore bomb. our current story progression is still building up, there must be something that the writer doesn’t want us to know about yet in venti’s part 2 quest

[@NetrocMagi]

​@@savrtuthdyep kudanali's 2nd story is already out a long time now but still no venti

[@silentspirit8923]

One tidbit you'd notice with Venti is the promise he makes to the Traveler. He promised that he'll always be with the Traveler, "Whenever you need me, I'll always be by your side" (Teapot). Think about who rescues the Traveler: Venti, Childe, Xiao, Thoma, Kazuha, Shenhe, Xiao (2.8), (Tighnari would also technically fit....). Notice a common theme among those who save the Traveler. Most of them are Anemo Users (Venti himself, Xiao, Kazuha). So in a way, Venti is always there for us. Let's not forget the little achievement you get for sitting in the hands of the Anemo Archon statue, "Beloved of the Anemo Archon." You don't get an achievement like that in any of the other regions. Venti even calls you, "My Warrior," in the Teapot. This hints how close Venti was with the Traveler, whether it be in the past, present, or future. Also the Traveler's ascension material is a Windwheel Aster. While this could be a gameplay mechanic, I don't think it's a coincidence. One of the presents Venti gives you in his birthday mail are 10 Windwheel Asters. The Traveler gives Thoma Windwheel Asters in his Hangout. Windwheel Asters are strongly associated with wind, similar to Cecilias. Both grow in places where there's wind Asters grow in gentle winds, Cecilia grow in harsh winds). Am I reading too much into this.

[@Light15XV]

Even so, bless.

[@Daniela-cu3kp]

Xiao, just for the sake of taking One of your examples, saving the traveler is just quite literally Xiao saving the traveler, it's not due to element, it's due to the type of person Xiao is, it's his merit to be clear (you're kinda taking the merit away from the characters). If there is a bigger chance of anemo users to save the traveler then that's a characteristic in common of characters who are blessed with anemo vision, as you know, for example geo users are more hardworking, pratical people etc, there's traits in common but a geo users saving the traveler is not zhongli saving the traveler. Venti is in all places because the wind blows everywhere, quite literally so it's not difficult to imagine what he was refering to

[@silentspirit8923]

@@Daniela-cu3kp very true that Xiao's character is a huge thing. I just thought that most of the people saving the Traveler being mostly Anemo as a neat coincidence. Your explanation is really good.

[@athankoh1]

Also, the Aranara's call the MC, the Child of Dandelion.

[@liarliarliarin]

they do really push out traveler/venti relationship for some reason, that whole 1.4 event was sus

[@DorneysHouseofGames]

Can I appreciate how much Aster's voice resembled Venti's? I thought that was an actual voice line at first

[@NohAotori]

YES

[@silentspirit8923]

I love her Venti voice.

[@jasveerseecharan]

I HAD TO DO A DOUBLE TAKE

[@rosl.]

???? Time stamp?? Either i missed it or Aster is just THAT good 💀

[@mzshmkn]

immediately paused to look for this comment lmao

[@_keykc_3432]

The fact is this.. Venti was a wind spirit before being an archon but we don’t know how much lifespan a wind spirit has and what capabilities it hides. It feels like Venti is the closest archon we have but when you look into it he is actually the one we know less of

[@Riverlia]

What you said made me notice an interesting fact. Of the first 3 Archons, the one who started out the most hostile to Traveller is the one who end up opening up to them the most. The one who started out the most friendly is the one who kept the most secrets from Traveller.

[@NaruCale]

One thing is for sure, an elemental being's lifespan is longer than any living creature, adepti included. Zhongli said so in his 2nd story quest. Venti said that before he became a god he was a small elemental being. So the speculation that Venti being actually older than Zhongli is not far fetched.

[@Flix.9097]

Yess Ei has been the only archon that was willing to give the traveler info about the war but she wasn’t there so she couldn’t. I’m convinced all archons now about the sibling but for some reason won’t tell traveler

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@NaruCale Elemental beings refer to the great dragons no.. Like Azhdaha. Does it ever refer to spirits.. Idk, Ei is an electro spirit. Andrius who was seemingly greater in power than Venti is now a spirit/Ghost and weaker than when he had physical form. Rex is a half qilin half dragon who uses the form of a human being, however I don't recall if he ever counted as one of the elemental dragons.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@Flix.9097 She seems also to fear Celestia the most out of the archons we know of so far. Maybe because she loses her sister in the archon war, idk.

[@daargran]

people are always forgetting this line he said in the mondstadt archon quest he says to the traveler after they purify the tear: "Oh a hero so bright, should they stand in the light, but stand in the shade, youll be met by a blade..." Venti stright up threatens the traveler telling them they better stay on the light side or else there will be reprocussions.

[@Vettefanvadjagksaheta]

Yeah, I don't know why nobody has mentioned it.

[@baggiemaggie3832]

Shade is an interesting choice of words…considering the Primordial One and his Four Shades. Could it be insinuating something more than simply “darkness”? What if the Shades and Celestia aren’t in the same side. If Celestia is the Second Who Came…..then the Traveller “standing in the shade” would equate to them siding with the First Who Came, and potentially mark them for elimination-

[@noobscoopsies1100]

*Top 10 rapper that Eminem affraid to diss*

[@daargran]

@@baggiemaggie3832 i never thought of that before... that would explain in some way why the boxes that the sustainer used were present floating around the Irmunsul tree when it was infected with forbidden knowledge and but the nail in the chasm also had the blocks around it when it was tainted with abyssal energy... what if the primordial one has been corrupted? wait ok so like we know that the story played before the battle pass is not about the traveler and their sibling what if its acutally about the primordial one and the second who came? the primorial one went to this world to get an object but became corrupted by proximity and now thinks they are "the rular" of Teyvat even tho they arnt and the second who came tried to obtain the item but was confronted by the Primordial one and they faught (causing Enkonomiya to fall into the sea) what if the Primordial one created Celesia to replicate their homeland (its the same floating castle type thing we see inthe story) and the archon war sounds like a large battle where you get your potential enemies to off eachother for you and then when one of each element is left you link your power to yourself so you can keep tabs on them at all times

[@Aishaacm]

@@daargran where do you get this primordial lore from? i only know him because of people talking about it

[@guss-g8054]

I’m sorry there is no way that venti is the “weakest archon” because A: Kusanali B: there ain’t no way that hoyoverse gave the weakest archon the strongest chess piece as their gnosis

[@deibu_1361]

Kinda makes sense he is the queen He's the god of freedom and the queen has the most freedom of moving.

[@guss-g8054]

@@deibu_1361 true but I also don’t trust his whole weakest god thing cuz I feel like that’s incredibly inaccurate

[@kirin1230]

FR, I do hope we find out he was lying. He should at least be stronger than Kusanali.

[@AnimuWarlock]

Yeah I already didn't believe him but Kusanali just drove that home for me. He is definitely not the weakest.

[@andreasparasian7225]

Do not worry, Venti has always been hinted as the most powerful archon for several updates lately. Venti's connection with Istaroth and Venti's implication of being one of the Primordial God's shade children makes you wonder how strong Venti really is.

[@mintpudding7908]

Also: -Jean said Tsaritsa jealous of Barbatos power for unknown reason (Archon Quest: scene of Jean and diplomats) -Abyss Order only take direct action in Mondstadt compare to others country. They only interested in Khaenriah or fallen nation related and secretive but go full on invasion in Mondstadt. -Spiral abyss in Musk reef -The numerous abyss portal including assension quest to level up world level is Mondstadt. -Lumine cutscene 500 years ago located near thousand winds temple -The upside down Barbatos statue in Liyue. Out of all 7 why use his statue?

[@yukishiro3287]

Also Monstadt's archon statue in front of church where it's base writes "Gateway to Celestia" in Teyvat language

[@FemkjeMW]

Wait what really sus kinda forgot about the upside down one

[@lnsflare1]

Don't forget that the Knights of Fovonius' library contains at least one book that contains secrets that the Abyss Order are after, and is presided over by the ridiculously overqualified Witch of the Purple Rose. Oh and the heirs of at least three members of Alice's Hexenzirkel (which includes at least 2 powerful fortune tellers), as well as at least Alice herself, have made their home in Monstadt. Heck, Albedo, Klee, and Alice are all members of the Venti-worshipping Knights of Favonius, and all three have a surprising amount of contact with Venti himself.

[@reinhartnata47]

I think that's just jean's personal point of view. And mondstadt has closer relations with abyss order because both mondstadt and khaenriah was based on germany, they're probably neighbors or khaenriah decided to go independent

[@JJ_913]

And Lumine/Aether waking up in Mondstadt almost the same time as Venti waking up from slumber is kinda sus to me. Then Venti’s hello voice line to the traveler goes like “What? You don’t remember me? Allow me to join you on your quest *once again*” 💯 SUS!!!

[@LeeraChan]

Venti has been suspicious to me for a long time and I love it. He seems to be a very loving god who has a lot of trust in his people, being there for them when they truly need them but otherwise having them do their own thing. But he also just, you know, changes the whole landscape of Mondstadt including getting rid of Pilos Peak and making sure that the tiny bit that is left of it, the Musk Reef, is left alone and not being traveled to much by other people. Obviously because the entrance to the Abyss is there but that makes it more peculiar since he doesn't talk about that at all. And I vaguely remember the traveler asking Venti why he changed the landscape and Venti answered something along the lines of "to make the land more fruitful and liveable for everyone" and completely changes the topic afterwards. Mondstadt was VERY different in the past and Venti shuts down any questions about that. It's quite interesting.

[@miracleboi7336]

plus isnt golden apple archipelago his fault as well hahaha

[@danielm5535]

Golden Apple Archipelago is the remnants of Pilos Peak. Only the very summit became Musk Reef/entrance to the Spiral Abyss. I have suspicion that Venti was ordered by Celestia to destroy the mountain because of its connection to the Abyss. The lore of Dragonspine shows that it’s people became allies with, and possibly moved to, the people of the nearby mountain, and those people were part of building a nation without a god (Khaenri’ah). Pilos peak used to be at Dadaupa Gorge, as “dadaupa” (in the Hilichurlian Language Guide) means “big mountain”.

[@carolsofia7862]

It's almost like, when Venti said that he was the weakest, he knew that he would be attacked later, so he said that so that the Traveler would not be suspicious on how he was overpowered so easily. He wanted to give the gnosis to Tsaritsa without showing his true intentions with that. So, can Venti see the future? Hmmmmmmm 🤨

[@sora_in_the_sky]

they were alongside the god(dess) of time so maybe

[@jadecoolness101]

I mean he's the god of the wind, and the wind carries people's words. No matter where they were plotting, Venti heard what the fatui were planning. He had to at least know they were after his gnosis, in fact, he DID know, as evidenced by the things he says in the archon quest.

[@Comdumpster]

Barbatos in ars goetia has the ability to see the future sooo

[@mintpudding7908]

I mean he have direct connection to God of Time Istaroth. Even his description is 'born from a branch of time' which is likely

[@sbsbsb6057]

He did know he's being targeted, and he admits it earlier (completely baffling Diluc in the process) Edit: It was Diluc, not Jean, my bad *Venti:* Jean just said the Fatui are trying to take Dvalin's power for the Cryo God... *Venti:* I fear this might fall short of their true intentions. *Venti:* I think they intend to use Barbatos' connection to the wind to draw him out. *Venti:* Just like Lisa traced the source of the storm to the temples. *Diluc:* The God of Anemo? ...Hasn't been seen for more than a thousand years. What makes you think that's their intention?

[@fafnirable1]

Venti, Zhongli, and Kusanali all have shown evidence of leaving out information. If you also take Mona's voice line about Venti into consideration, Venti is hiding way more than we would like to admit

[@yukishiro3287]

Mona just gave up looking up on Venti. The Traveler probably asked that probably to gain more information on who Venti is, but instead, Mona gets blown away. It's as if Venti was reminding them that curiosity kills the cat

[@_bruh_3241]

I pretty much believe that in terms of age, Barbatos is old as time. He is a wind wisp which are literal manifestations of wind. Zhongli said "...Elemental beings are eternal..." Suggesting Venti as a wind wisp lived ever since the wind emerged or when teyvat was created. People assume he is 2600 yrs old, which for me is wrong ofc. He met the nameless bard 2600 years ago and became a God, the birth of Venti. His real age is pretty much unknown. (I am very biased so...(´∀`))

[@AzA609]

I want to see that moment when Venti shows us his real full power, which we have never actually seen. He pretends to be weak and small, but this is all an act, he is a bard so he knows all too well how to perform an act. He planned his "ambush" by Signora, otherwise he would have sensed her or chased her away. Also when he "defended" himself against Signora his hair didn't glow, which means he wasn't actually using his power (Archons have their hair glow when using their power). His body is fake and so is his goofy personality. Him calling himself weak is another of his giant lies. He says this to make others see him as weak so they underestimate his real potential for threat. Why is he lying to us? Is he a friend or a foe? Imagine the scenes and how cool it would look like when Venti finally shows us his real immense strength. Picture this, Venti is backed into a corner by a powerful foe, a real threat that is capable of killing him (probably a superpowerd person from Celestia). This would be when his "Venti" human form fades away and he becomes pure wind and shows his real self as an omnipresent disembodied voice coming from every direction. This is his true form, not the human Venti or his initial small wind spirit form, he is pure wind and power. His enemy would be really scared as they now know they have underestimated the wrath of Barbatos. 😲

[@malaksafa4074]

I feel like his vent personality is his real personality, at least to an extent

[@ellek7074]

@@malaksafa4074 in venti's story quest at the end he says that it makes him uncomfortable that traveler knows what he thinks. He shows his true personality and isnt some goofy bard

[@lucentSwallowtail]

I would love to see him as a boss. Like a giant wind sprite or something. Testing us like the Andrius, of course. Not actually fighting him. I would hate to be his enemy.

[@Zombina638]

Eh nah.

[@Zombina638]

@@ellek7074 false

[@horizon146]

There's a singular, small, tiny little frame in the manhua that shows the traveler and venti being together. Like, MAIN character, traveler. Canonically. I've always wondered why did no one raise suspicions or talk about it, in the Prologue. I always had it on my mind, but for Venti to say "you don't remember me?" is actually making me lose my MIND Edit: It's worth mentioning Vanessa also brought up Celestia in the manhua, but there you can see Venti's genuine reaction and thought process. At the mention of Celestia, there was... some red, shady people? Venti genuinely hates Celestia, he's not playing his hatred for it to drive us off for another reason, he just genuinely hates it. (Prologue)

[@SwobyJ]

He's playing the long (er than Fatui), long (er than Abyss Order), LONG game. The oppression of Teyvat took place before the current system, before the Fall, it happened thousands of years ago, and he's the God of Freedom.

[@amberko8710]

Hey, I just want to point out: yes that panel does exist however its actually Present venti telling the traveller in the game timeline. You can actually see notable differences in venti's outfit in that panel, and the rest of the manhua. 1) venti in that panel has a 1:1 of his game design 2) past venti has no vision, his bow has a different pattern and his cloak, beret, and corset is a differnt shape, and design. his pants and shoes also has bow's on it. His stocking are missing the diamond shaped patterns. And its not a design error, as when we see venti recounting the story to traveller he has his ingame design. Its actually a really neat detail!

[@SephTheHuntress]

From the comic, Celestia reminds me of the Celestial Dragons if I'm honest.

[@LiamAnthony_]

I find it interesting that it's been well over a year and we dont seem to have asked Venti yet about Khaenri-ah, despite asking Zhongli about it in his second story quest quite soon after. Of course, Venti has only been seen in limited timed events since We Will Be Reunited, so it makes sense as to why - but it's pretty interesting that both Zhongli and Ei have two story quests each whilst Venti still only has one.

[@sundalosketch4769]

And considering his first quest revolved around kids, imaginations and past experiences following a similar path like his past mirrors Stanly's; I wonder if his Story quest will come along late into Sumeru's patches. Since Kusanali is a meek lil child, Sumeru has a dark history Fatui-wise on experimenting on kids, Collei and Amber.. If not while Sumeru is in action then maybe Fontaine fsr.

[@yukishiro3287]

Venti's 2nd story quest would probably released when the rest of Monstadt's map is released. So far, we have been lacking one archon statue and we only know that the Abyss took it. However, where does that statue even correspond? Moreover, where the heck did Varka even go with the troupe of knights? Is it marked on the current map? Doesn't seem so. There are some places mentioned in Monstadt but we can't find them in the current map. Venti's lore still looks bare to me, which upsets me

[@icraveaffection]

Hoyoverse seems to be preparing something big hmmm?

[@TV4ELP]

@@yukishiro3287 you probably already found it out, but in the current event quest with Razor, we figure out that Varka is on the Edge of Sheznya and the most northern Edge of Teyvat. And currently (whatever he is doing) is "supported" by the Fatui even.

[@khaliquet1]

Considering he was merely a wispy spirit before he became Venti, it's safe to say he knows A LOT, more so than Zhongli

[@rubya.p4437]

Also after the war, Zhongli stayed and ruled Liyue while Venti traveled the world and only comeback recently so I think he know way more than Zhongli, especially after the war stuffs.

[@strxwbqrry4652]

I would say he knows about world stuff than zhongli, bc zhongli is older so it would make sense if he knew more in experience wise Yk?

[@firby7341]

@@strxwbqrry4652 serious question: do we for sure know zhongli is older? we know zhongli has a minimum age of around 6000years i think, but we also only know a MINIMUM for ventis age (archon war) but not a maximum age? so technically venti could be the oldest and we just dont know that? or am i missing some information?

[@strxwbqrry4652]

@@firby7341 ykw, that’s smart, we know the minimum could be 2500 for ventis age.. or he could be lying about that 🤔

[@Raraichaa]

@@firby7341 what's interesting is that Zhongli stated that pure elemental beings are the longest living beings (he was referring to Azhdaha) So, isn't Venti also a pure elemental being? He's literally just a wind, consisting of nothing else. Also, Venti is deeply tied with Istaroth, and we know that thanks to Istaroth's power, Ei spent 500 years inside Shogun's domain meanwhile only few minutes have passed in the outside world. What if Venti has experienced the similar thing many times more? Imagine Venti being stuck inside Istaroth's domain for a million years but to the outside world only 500 years have passed...

[@davidxencaster6406]

With what we know that gods require worship to be strong, Venti should definitely be stronger than Kusanali since the Sages censor any attempt to worship Kusanali, making her actual followers in the minority of Sumeru, making her weaker in comparison to Venti who is still worshipped by virtually 75% of Mondstadt.

[@juice3287]

75%? what happened to the other 25% lol

[@lunamiko9536]

@@juice3287 fell asleep after they got drunk, they take shifts in their worship

[@charlie.7722]

It’s also a theory that kusanali is the previous archon just reborn, like how the dendro slime’s give birth to new slimes, what make us think kusanali and the old dendro archon not the same person.

[@Zombina638]

No lol. Venti will always be weak

[@LowTierGaming-lol]

@@Zombina638 not weaker than kusanali who only has like 90 or so worshippers

[@user-tx3zl5np1q]

Do you remember how everyone thought that he was the weakest of the Archons? This could be explained by the fact that at that time there was no reliable source that would give information about where the gods draw their powers from. However, with the release of a new story quest in Sumeru, we learned from Buer, the Goddess of Wisdom that the number of followers and their power of love and faith affect the power of the Archon (Even the Wanderer said that the deity cannot exist without followers.) And...Just look at the Mondstadt, There is a statue, a huge cathedral, a lot of believers (even the hilichurls worship him, singing their songs and getting drunk) and even his statue / statues of the Archon (From whom we heal) are wiped to thank him. I am already silent about the fact that his gnosis is in the form of a Queen, the most powerful chess piece (And it has been confirmed that the figure depends on strength), but even if not, how can a weak Archon have such an important figure?

[@Vettefanvadjagksaheta]

Another thing that adds to this: People need to pray to the anemo archon in order for him to bless their gliders, they would not work otherwise. This can be read in the lore for the Sumeru wings. He must get a lot of power from those prayers right?

[@takarifan]

@@Vettefanvadjagksaheta That reminds me to another thing to ponder about the NPCs in Teyvat : There are some citizens from Liyue, Inazuma and Sumeru worshipping the Anemo Archon rather than their respective Archon that ruled the land they live in. Don't you guys find it strange that conversions happen in Teyvat?

[@user-tx3zl5np1q]

@@takarifan After a while, I returned to your comment, and I want to ask what kind of NPCs they were exactly? (I mean, their names) I really want to read their dialogues

[@hamster7645]

WOAHHHH

[@abedoppgo]

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[@mguitar3931]

I remember a theory about that giant Venti’s statue in Mondstadt being a portal/gateway to Celestia. It makes sense for Venti to be lowkey as his main duty is to timegate the traveler until the 7.0 update where we’ll probably leave Teyvat to join Hoyoverse with VR headsets.

[@yugecheng8941]

The god of time and the god of wind are closely related. Also, Monstadt's stolen statue of seven (hung upside down) is already repurposed by the abyss

[@Rozherhn]

How can I tell you that this statue is not as old as they think and that it was made by Vanessa, and her legend is nothing more than, if I'm not mistaken, a Mondstatt myth. if you ask me the secret of venti is that he knows everything about the creation of the current teyvat, where the archons and gods come from, of course this is something that he should not know because I think that no archon knows about this.

[@gegie10]

@@Rozherhn lmao did you read the mangga? when vanessa is a slave the statue is already their

[@yukishiro3287]

Venti's mom is Istaroth. In his PV, there's a slide mentioning that Venti is born from a branch of time

[@morceen]

@@yukishiro3287 Istaroth was reduced to a 1000 winds which were worshipped in Mondstadt (1000 winds temple and secret time island), Venti is a wind of those 1000 winds.

[@DavidJohnson-ib1dh]

The Knights are NOT the only ruling force in Mondstadt. We learn this in a throwaway statement about what documents need to be signed by whom to get the magic harp from the church. Three signatures are required. Beyond Jean for the Knights, the head of the Church and a third figure that seems to represent merchants and guilds has to sign on. Mondstadt appears to be a triumvirate. Of these three, Venti presumably could direct two, although since Diluc is the richest merchant in Mondstadt and knows who Venti is, he's really got a lock on all three I'd guess. That is... whenever he wants it. The fact that he delegates his authority to three commissions which handle every day ruling, is actually pretty similar to Liyue and especially Inazuma.

[@Owlettehoo]

I've firmly believed for awhile now that everything is going to come back down to Mondstadt. The city of freedom and it's archon fighting against the tyranny of Celestia. Also, it's been awhile (like before inazuma awhile) and I'm at work right now so I can't check, but I remember seeing something about there being Abyssal around the base of Venti's statue in Mondstadt and it says something about a gateway? Maybe it was even as explicit as gateway to Celestia, but, again, I can't be sure without checking it.

[@lahie16]

At the base of Venti's Statue in Mondstadt, the words read "Gateway to Celestia" when translated. Something we haven't seen in any other nation. It's also theorized that Khaenri-ah is located somewhere below Mondstadt.

[@biazacha]

Mondstat is canonically the nation closest to an entry to the Abyss, also so far the only connected to the Goddess of Time since Enkanomiya. I don’t doubt the Epilogue will take place partially there.

[@Owlettehoo]

@@lahie16 Thanks for confirming that! I had actually completely forgotten about the Khaenri'ah/Abyss stuff. So Venti would have had a front row seat to watch what Celestia did to the Khaenri'ahns.

[@louisaniathemagnificent8246]

Oh ya, Mondstadt is absolutely gonna be part of the end game. While each nation has its own important theme, the theme of Mondstadt being freedom vs tyranny is the most relevant one of all with the whole Primordial one and Celestia's fight over control while the humans are just thrown in. Even when you compare their issues, Mondstadt practically has none. Liyue was too dependent on Morax and they needed to learn to depend on themselves, Inazuma had a civil war alongside Raiden's refusal to change, and now Sumeru with the Akademiya's researchers being so egotistical they don’t want to let Kusanali have a hand in ruling Sumeru and hounding knowledge to themselves. Mond's only real issue is Dvalin being corrupted by the abyss, and that wasn’t the fault of Venti or the people of Mond. Add to that the fact that Venti is the only archon so far who has some direct connection to Istaroth, both Kaeya and Albedo are connected to Khaenriah and we first meet Dainsleif in Mond.

[@shimerdimond7463]

it also doesn't help that we cannonicly haven't fully explored mondstad. (we know this because of beta maps and that a port that isnt on the map is mentioned)

[@Ardent_Sylph]

Venti is one of my all-time favorite characters. He immediately drew me in because of how open yet mysterious he was during the archon and event quests and the idea that he is so much stronger than he lets on makes me so happy because some players and characters are quick to dismiss him as weak. Love this video, you take all the Venti lore and threads I see on Twitter and Tumblr and explain it in a clear and succinct way that is easy to follow.

[@antihmota4625]

I have a feeling that venti is literally the most important character from genshin (besides traveller ofc) and he will have huge role in upcoming archon quests. I hate when people think he is just dumb, I think he is the best written archon and for me personally also character, thats why I main him

[@LadyOMyth]

As I'm watching your video, I realize something. Each archon rules over their lands in a different way. Starting with Venti and Zhongli, t hey are both respected as gods are. Venti give his people free will and compared to Zhongli, Venti's treated like an actual capital-G-God with a church of worship and everything. Out of all the gods, Venti is the most treated like how most of us would treat our God. Zhongli, on the other hand, is more like Santa. Sure he'll come down and help his people every once in a while, but he has one day a year when he's known to come down in a specific form for them to recognize him. In that respect, Venti and Zhongli's ways of "ruling" their lands are about the same. When you look at Ei and Nahida on the other hand, they compliment each other in a different way. Like opposites, really. Ei is the literal ruler of her people, the Shogun. She handles day to day aspects of her government and truly cares for the future of her people. Nahida does too but much like the Emperor of Japan, Nahida's more like a figurehead. She's hardly ever seen in public, confined to her tower like Rapunzel, and she has no real power to control the day-to-day goings on of her people. That's more the akademiya than anyone else in the country. Depending on how you look at it, who is more powerful, really?

[@clowningwhenieat]

santa john lee

[@huansong]

Santa Zhong is coming to town~

[@huansong]

true. if you think about it, Venti have worshippers even in Liyue and Sumeru compared to other archons. despite mondtadt people saying the Anemo Archon has never been seen for thousands(?) of years and yet their Faith on the Anemo Archon is just strong that they have to keep on mentioning his name. also we know that Venti is the type that most of the time doesnt take credit for helping his people (using his dead bard friend's appearance as their God because his real appearance is of a wisp, have Venessa take full credit for becoming the hero of mondstadt, have traveler become the new hero of mondstadt etc) and yet his people always thanks him.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@huansong wait, there are followers of the church of Favonius outside mondstadt???

[@somethingsomeone9078]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 yes. There's a Liyue woman near the docks praying to Barbatos

[@nightowlplant]

He claims to be the weakest, yet has a queen shaped gnosis 🤔🤔

[@Sadresolve]

LITERALLY 😭😭

[@sylvieeisscara1236]

It's metaphorical

[@serikazero128]

queen is also a 'weak' chess piece. As there is a concept of "pinning" pieces to a place. And this is usually applied to the King and Queen. When there's a piece that blocks a line of attack from the enemy piece to your queen. You can't move that piece or you lose your queen. And with the king, if that happens, you can't move it coz otherwise you lose the game. So, in a sense, the queen, like the king, is both the strongest and the weakest piece. Just a matter of perspective. Oh right and in most games the "queen" gets lost in a trade, usually for the other queen.

[@ReiReiZna]

The queen piece represents freedom if we were to use this theory zhongli would be a phane

[@ezekielshorizon6]

​@@serikazero128 i dont think that necessarily means the queen is a weak piece, just means its a high priority and high value piece

[@zuleika_w6863]

I feel like people often discredit how much Venti is involved in the story just because of his seemingly chill nature. One feeling I couldn't shake during the Irodori Festival was that Venti defiantly had a role in orchestrating the whole thing. Not only did he have an invitation from Ayato himself, was seen with the first piece of evidence (also helped find others very quickly), he was also seen eating with Miko in the end, who was probably also part of the whole thing (I forget if her participation was confirmed or not). If anything, from the GAA and this festival, we know that Venti is perfectly capable of influencing and being a part of things happening in other nations. He also has so many connections with other people. I really wonder about him sometimes. Thanks for such an amazing video!

[@pierre7102]

this is why Venti is a better Archon than the rest. he gets indirectly involve when he is needed but never forgets his ideals which is freedom.

[@thecongadrums]

I think Venti could have some connection to the Primordial One (I'm unsure exactly how, but he seems more closely linked to Istaroth than any other archon). This would explain his attitudes towards Celestia, that of general dislike and fear, but also reluctance to speak in depth about it. His inaction and lengthy inactivity with the sole exception of if his ideal of "freedom" is threatened, could be either (if Celestia is aware of his connection) a pedantic protest of some kind of agreement he has with Celestia where he rules a nation by their principles in return for his life, or (if Celestia isn't aware) to stay under the radar so that Celestia doesn't look at him too closely. Also important to keep in mind that the ideal of "freedom" and Venti's application of it most aligns with the Primordial One, who created and cared for humans, compared to other archons and their ideals. - The highlights of his hair, which common to all archons light up when using elemental power, do not light up a bit as his gnosis is being taken for a supposed plot to rebel against the divine. He kept up the appearance of resisting, but could secretly be backing or even be a core part of the Tsaritsa's overall plan. - We know erosion has affected Zhongli and his decisions deeply, but as the only other remaining original archon, Venti seems unaffected and we have no mentions of it relating to him as far as I know. I don't have any possible explanation for this, but it is suspicious. There's lots of bits and pieces and nothing concrete - but Venti is one suspicious guy

[@aqua3331]

I'd like to add that some theorize Venti's way of avoiding erosion is the century-long slumbers he takes.

[@thecongadrums]

@@aqua3331 this could be true but why doesn’t Zhongli follow suit now he is no longer duty bound

[@sbsbsb6057]

@@aqua3331 There's some hints in the game that the Thousand Winds *cause* erosion, so I'm iffy on that.

[@11908_]

there's a theory that the Istaroth is the god of thousand winds and venti is one of those wind spirits, which is why they used to be worshipped together at the Thousand Winds Temple. And being related to the god of time, it would make sense that he's resistant to erosion, which is essentially the flow of time. The time and wind quest provides a lot of hints, but lacking proper context it all just appears sus.

[@Iyala-iyala]

@@11908_ istaroth is the goddess of time venti is her child in a way

[@space-bunny]

Venti is so interesting than any other Archon, he also has a ton of lore spread out trough the game and everywhere you go you at least hear something about Barbatos.

[@lunamiko9536]

FINALLY SOMEONE POINTS AT VENTI'S SUS IN A WHOLE VIDEO

[@michaeltorrisi7289]

The idea that Venti is the strongest archon has support from another angle as well. The ties between the gnoses and chess pieces is not exactly a hidden one. Zhongli's gnosis (which we see) looks like a rook. Not surprising, since defense is a geo speciality, so a "castle" gnosis fits. Venti's gnosis was a queen. The most powerful piece in chess, by no small margin. Why would a weak archon be the strongest piece? MFer is definitely sandbagging.

[@MonaLisa-mp2tj]

Make total sense 🧐

[@jonardconejar5683]

Plus a queen chess piece has a lot of freedom when it comes to movement soo 👀

[@kokorotsurumaki8216]

Fr, it just ilogical the "weakest archon" has the strongest piece. Not to mention that in the board of the fatui his piece is most likely trapped so it just adds up that his not using his whole power.

[@ReiReiZna]

The queen piece represents freedom if we were to use this theory of the gnosis representing power than Zhongli would be considered a phane

[@TheDhanaMC]

Venti is definitely the most sus character in the game mainly because any infos and crumbs we got about him only made us question him more. 1. a "mere" wind spirit (that sounds so insignificant but we never saw his same kind from all 4 regions we have so far, just like Paimon) became an archon? (a wind spirit made such big changes, helping overthrow Decarabian, and suddenly Andrius that always hostile and couldn't care less about humans, sacrifice his body for the safety of humans? Why the change? There have always been other gods and humans, but he was still hostile, the only difference at the time he decides to let go of his physical body was since the wind spirit is among them.) 2. His power, instead of brute force (that he can still do btw, chop off islands and mountains and yeet them out of the map, no big deal, lol) he is also mysteriously capable of "taming” and making peace to animals (the likes of Ursa The Drake - he shooed this hostile creature just by a wink, Durin and Dvalin, maybe in some degree Andrius too) and with his music he saved Xiao from Karma. With Weinlesefest Event, he has power connected to time (called forth the winds of the past), the only Archon so far that can do that. 3. He's linked with Istaroth, that's another mystery to discover. 4. The Abyss obsession of him and Mondstadt (stealing Mondstadt book, stealing a 'treasure' from a Mondstadt child, stealing Barbatos statue, and trying to take Dvalin from Barbatos). Maybe Venti flipping Pilos Peak (Spiral Abyss) upside down have more history behind it? 5. Every other region, even the ancient civilization has some link with Mondstadt and Venti/Barbatos: Golden Apple Archipelago, obviously. Liyue and The Chasm: Venti saved Xiao, an Adepti, a creature that doesn't exist in Mondstadt and you’d think he shouldn't know much and couldn't do much to Karmic Debt (because it doesn't exist in Mondstadt), but no, Barbatos saved Xiao from it. The Chasm, or more like The Ancient Civilisation at The bottom of the Chasm, an ancient letter from that place mentioned his name, like, why him, won’t name dropping other always-present & glorious history Gods would make the poem grander or something? It only means that civilization is familiar with Barbatos and if I interpret the letter correctly, the people who wrote it think very highly of Barbatos power. Inazuma: He is friends with the most influential figures in the country (Yae and Ayato, Raiden too ofc, now Kazuha too), the whole thing with the letter with secret history about Inazuma Clan, he seems to know it to be involved and gave clues here and there the way he did. Enkanomiya (Ancient Civilisation, again): where we figured out his link with Istaroth in Sun and Moon. Sumeru: does anyone find it curious that Sumeru (Aranara Quest) has sooo much to do with music? Quoting Venti, he is the temple of music. Even the device (lyre/harp) we use is from Mondstadt and the original owner is from Mondstadt too, how come an item from another country have that much importance in Sumeru? During the quest, Barbatos was mentioned there too (the game really often name-dropped Barbatos in everything). (UPDATE: Barbatos is mentioned in Sumeru Glider lore, basically saying Wind Glider only works with Barbatos Blessing.) Tell me any other character that is so internationally involved by the game like this, only Venti (maybe Dain and Abyss Sibling, because they travel). Even for Natlan, all we know so far about Natlan came from Venti (manga), Mare Jivari an area without wind, we know that place from his story quest (why, game, explain me! Even in a place without wind, you still involved Barbatos in it). He told us the tale about ancient/primordial Gods creating the earth by sacrifice (in the manga), how did he know that, and if it was just a fiction tale, why he created that poem/tale? 6. His "Gateway to Celestia" statue, what does it mean? His sleeping habit, why? 7. He knows songs from the past, present and future. The most mind f*cked statement ever. 8. He's the one telling us about Battle Pass' tale. (With so many ancient tales he told us, I wonder how old he actually is, maybe there's another history of Barbatos before the wind spirit shape? Or maybe BP is Venti retelling us about our previous adventure. Timeloop theory?) 9. So far he's the only archon that ever mentioned anything about the strength (and that was to claim he is the weakest archon). Zhongli is very blunt about Venti (and vice versa), but he never calls him anything that remotely implies that Barbatos is weak. As far as I remember, even Signora that hated him never calls him weak. Again, with the chasm mysterious letter, even the people from ancient civilisation think highly of his power, out of many gods, they wrote Barbatos power as something that could possibly saved them. 10. His second story quest, when? 11. His relationship with Dvalin. Dvalin is born from heaven (is "the heaven" means Celestia or the “true” heaven, Primodial Gods or does Dvalin has something to do with the OG 7 Sovereign Dragons?). How did they meet, and how Dvalin's so attached to him? If it really was just because of his music, then his power via music is really something else. 12. (UPDATE) More to add, from the latest Weinlesefest event, he brought back the gust of wind from the past (and show Razor his parents). Crazy. Not really related to Venti but Why Anemo/Pure Seelie is the only seelie that can be found in the other region? Not to mention something always have anything to do with Mondstadt: 1.Gold send Durin and Albedo to Mondstadt, why? 2. Kaeya is placed in Mondstadt, why? 3. So far the ancient civilization that was all underground has strong architectural similarities with Mondstadt (surface). 4. The first Field Tiller came to Mondstadt, why? Even odder, with how many Abyss Orders trying to mess with Mondstadt and how defenseless Mondstadt looks, so far Mondstadt is relatively...clean? (the sus one is only Dragonspine). No Karmic Energy, Black Mud, Withering, etc, that other nation has. Maybe Mondstadt's serious problem is in the future expansion area? Isn't it weird that the most defenseless country (as the community sees and the game implies) is the safest one? Why Hoyoverse made Mondstadt contradictory like that? Bonus: Alice who is near omnipotent mage, smart and powerful, trusted Mondstadt to be the right place for her only daughter to grow up in, her judgment of choosing Mondstadt over any other nation is quite intriguing. Can't wait for the time when the lore course back to Mondstadt. (UPDATE. More crumbs! 1. Hexenzirkel, a group of great influental witches who studies Irminsul and the truth of this world went to Mondstadt and challenge the Anemo Archon (why? For what?) and…they just simply stopped by a few persuassion from Venti? “Make peace, music and tea, and not war” then they’d be like “okay, I want to entrust my kid/creation to your nation, we’ll hangout here from now on too, vent to you a little too”. HUH?? Am I the only one who is confused here? 2. Nahida shapeshifting case, turned out shape shifting is a difficult thing to do, even for an archon! (With Adepti I think all adepti have 2 forms: human and magical animal form, idk if they can shapeshift into entirely different being. So far there’s no case of any of them shown doing that) Nahida only managed to shapeshift into a fungi for a few minutes, it exhausted her. Who has shapeshifted since forever? Copied, and functions as an entire human being? Venti, the wind spirit that anatomically is just a wind, a spirit, take the form of a human and function as human (he drinks, gets drunk). Apep’s resident who shapeshifted into a fungi said it needed time (basically evolution) and power. The fake fungi, one of Apep’s residents said even as a being that’s very adaptive to the elements surrounding them still find it very difficult. So is Venti a being that is very blessed by Time is also very adaptive into the elements? But to maintain it for centuries? Hmmmm 🤔

[@yukishiro3287]

Not only that, why do wind gliders only work when we pray to Barbatos? Why forcing everyone to pray for him in order to fly? Why is the entrance to the Abyss only found in Monstadt and not other regions? Why is Traveler so strongly connected to wind from windwhill asters to "child of dandelion"?

[@TheDhanaMC]

@@yukishiro3287 wow, I didn’t know about the wind glider thing. Where do you get that?

[@yukishiro3287]

@@TheDhanaMC I've read through other comments stating that. I think it's part of the Sumeru wind glider lore

[@TheDhanaMC]

@@yukishiro3287 yeah, I just went through comments and found some people said that. I can’t wait to get the glider and read them myself 😆 Dang, Barbatos really mentioned everywhere!

[@grasklipparenhar3756]

This comment needs more attention!

[@stefanosveisakis9305]

11:00 Based on what the dendro archon said, "everything in this world runs in a loop". My theory is that the entire story of Teyvat is a giant loop (like when you finish a game and then you can restart it from the beginning). The cataclysm is the end of the story and the start of a new "loop". the Abyssal sibling already has experienced this "loop", that's why they tell the traveler "we will meet at the end of the journey". If both siblings are cannon, then each "loop", their roles are switched each time there's a new "loop". If Venti has a connection with Time, then he could remember each "loop" and recall every event. That's why he's calm and secretive. He just plays along with everything as he already knows what happens in the end.

[@TheDarkYuno]

There is another curiosity that I discovered, I try to explain it I am Italian and now they will also translate the game into our language, I noticed a strange difference in a dialogue when venti talks about Jean seeing the translation previews on honey impact. In English it says that: Acting Grand Master Jean... Well, what do you think of her? Yes, I couldn't agree more: conscientious, courageous... kind and considerate too. Reminds me of another good friend.... I always thought "the good friend" was vennessa, but in this last part there is a difference not visible in English because the word "friend" is used in the same form in both masculine and feminine, but in Italian it is not. It seems that in Italian based on whether at the beginning of the game we choose Lumine or Aether, the dialogue changes and refers to the friend in the feminine if we have Aether and in the masculine if we have Lumine, it could be translated to something like this: Aether Reminds me of a female friend Lumine Reminds me of a male friend Vennessa is a female, so why does the gender of the sentence change based on the traveler's choice at the beginning of the game? This is somewhat suspicious...and may confirm the fact that Venti and our character's twin met in Kaenhrya.

[@SephTheHuntress]

Yooo thank you for this. That's a great piece to the puzzle

[@yashi_hanakokoro9692]

what an amazing small detail that can make such a difference! thanks!! 🙏🙏

[@asterii_a]

More people should see your comment cause this detail is really important!

[@flowergalaxy681]

Oooo that's such an eye-opening detail !!

[@mariemarilynbp9865]

Doing a Series entirely Regarding Venti and His Lore would be Great don't you think? I've been diving into every character lore and guess what NONE of them compares To Venti a BIT. Yes even paimon! Paimon would end up having a big secret, yes but only one. Same for other suspicious characters... Whereas Venti... 90% of Teyvat Lore turns back to Him...

[@yellow_rose-]

EXACTLY

[@kehan6252]

Lets recall: (current version 3.3) Venti still doesn't have a 2nd story quest while Zhongli and Ei does. The Windblume festival and some many other limited quests could've been a 2nd story quest for Venti but Hoyo didn't do it. So far Venti is the only Archon with the closest connection to the Goddess of Time (yet him nor other Monstadt characters ever mention her) Apparently, when the aristocrats were in power, the Lawrence Clan burned a massive portion of the books in Monstadt's library, most of which includes Monstadt's history and very likely to have contained info about the Goddess of Time. They surely might've found something in the books that they didn't like, clearly they wouldn't burn all those books for no reason. There's the Dandelion Sea, Doberman Port (I think that's what it's called) and the Black Castle (according to a leaked concept map), which are all still unreleased regions, Monstadt lore and story is still not finished. Varka and the Higher Ranked Knights all went on an Expedition to Khaenriah and we are sure to get some kind of info when they get back (Hope Hoyo doesn't do some cliche plot to avoid us learning the story). Plus Alice, very likely to be a Descender, and has travelled to many parts of Teyvat is a key character who could tell us about the Past or about Teyvat. The Dragonspine story is still not done yet (or more specifically Albedo's story), we know that he has a clone, and there could be other clones that Rhinedotter made, and him "destroying monstadt" eventually is in waiting (I wonder how Hoyo will talk about the Clone Albedo thing to newer players since they freaking made it a limited quest, hope they make it into a permanent quest before we move on to the main part). The Abyss has Venti's statue out of all the other Archons, they could've taken Nahida's statue since she was in that cage the whole time since she or other sumeru people wouldn't be able fight the Abyss, but they took Venti's statue instead. (Concerning). Now the last part, the Spiral Abyss in Monstadt, eventually we'll visit this place in later quest. The Monstadt story we've seen so far is barely a fraction of what's to come. I am getting worried since Monstadt is the most comfortable place for me out of all the other regions. Whenever we finish lore heavy quests from other regions (Enkanomiya, Inazuma, Liyue, Sumeru), they all tie back to Monstadt somehow.

[@lilianne959]

I hope that when we are done with Snezhnaya, we'll come back Mondtasdt to see Venti again, the last chapter is Khanriah and it's connected to the Spiral Abyss which is in Mondstadt.

[@tox1cya705]

God I love Venti so much, such a good character, so many questions, so many enigmas, I'm dying for this twink

[@spiritpetals]

I read a comment a long while ago, on either Reddit or KZbin, about how something that Venti said to Signora before she took his gnosis essentially called her a traitor/foreigner to Mondstadt. Then, given the Crimson Witch lore and Signora's hatred for Venti, that was like the final straw that pushed her to steal it as violently as she did. I've got no real basis for this theory, it's all speculation based on casual inferences, but it makes me wonder if Venti purposely called her that to in order to keep himself as the villain of her life. While he tacks on responsibilities to the Traveler very often, he also frequently takes on more emotionally... sensitive? tasks using his own direct power/influence, i.e; Stanley, Klee, Dvalin, the Mondstadt Rebellion, etc. He's implied to take on a lot of emotional trauma and just continue taking it in order for those around him to live happily and freely. If that's the case, then antagonizing Signora could have served two prominent purposes: resolving any indecisiveness/emotional conflict about her feelings towards him, and pushing her/the Tsaritsa in their quest to rebel against Celestia while keeping his own plans hidden. I also ponder this because of the recent information about Celestia that's come out in these past few updates. Destroying every single civilization that's come close to becoming either too sovereign or having more power/influence than Celestia itself? I can't see Anemo Archon "Dic(k)tator Destroyer" Barbatos agreeing with that after all he's went through. I hope to see a lot more of Venti as the game continues. He's one of my absolute favorites in every manner of being, and seeing how much importance he still has in the story psyches me up every time he has a speaking role. Also, can y'all believe we're effectively halfway through the main story at this point? I remember thinking it'd take 10 years, and now I feel like it'll be complete before 2025 hits...

[@yukishiro3287]

Well... They release a nation each year. Inazuma was released last year, and this year, Sumeru. Next year is Fontaine, the year after Natlan, then Snezhnaya in 2025

[@yukishiro3287]

Celestia in its way is conflicting itself. At first, the Primordial One is the one made the unified civilization and nurished it. However, the problems only came after there was an invasion by the Second Who Came. They said that the invaders were defeated, but if it were still the Primordial One, why would they destroy the civilization they created for their people? It's as if it were taboo to know too much when Celestia encouraged its flourishment, isn't it contradicting? I feel that maybe, the fact that the Primordial One chased the invaders away was a lie and that the invaders are the one who pretended to be the Primordial One and ruling over Celestia. For this reason, it only makes sense for them to destroy whichever civilization they judged being too advanced in a way that they are too close to the truth. Ofc, the imposters wouldn't want such a secret to be revealed, which made them silence these civilizations by destroying them

[@yeralan]

Lots of people tend to forget.. the defiled archon statue ! Interesting how it was of barbatos instead of any other archon huh ? Not to mention the spiral abyss is located.. within monstadt.. AND his statue has the ‘gateway to celestia’ there is absolutely NO WAY he wont get more lore.. (p.s. the shades were said to have wings and a crown , guess who canonically has wings , and whose gnosis resembles the queen chess piece??)

[@yeralan]

ALSO venti canonically knows every song from the past,present, and future. He may already know how the story unfolds from the songs written about it in the future..

[@ChillwithAster]

This was something that I was planning to look at; why Venti?

[@nicbkat]

I think symbolically, venti’s gnosis being represented by the queen also eludes to him being very powerful. The queen may not be as important as the king in the game, but she certainly is more much stronger. I just think that’s pretty cool idk

[@Succubus_L0li]

Could also mean an important responsibility, what responsibility and why? My theory is that his knowledge is what makes him a queen piece. That's the weight he carries perhaps. Knowledge can be power but with great power/knowledge comes a responsibility for knowing that knowledge.

[@yukishiro3287]

I also wonder why he has the queen gnosis. If such an important chess piece is handed to him, does that make him the most important asset of Celestia? Why ban him from Celestia? It feels as if Venti knows more than he should've

[@serikazero128]

if you actually play chess you realize that the pieces that usually survive the longest are the pawns. And while at the start you have just one queen, all your pawns can, during the game, become queens. Venti started from the small wind spirit and became a pretty strong 'piece'

[@ReiReiZna]

The queen piece represents freedom if we were to take I'm this theory zhongli would be a phane or the sun god

[@Diamondflower101]

To be honest, he had very little reason to reveal anything at the start. Whatever reason he had probably went out the window when he realized the traveler was weak as a baby bird and had no memories of their past journey in Teyvat. His secrets (which could get him killed) would be revealed to an unknown entity that would be unable to do anything for a while, or get themselves killed along the way. Once we finish traveling through the seven nations though, I hope we head back to Mondstadt and maybe get further questions cleared up by Venti. He is probably the only one (that we know of) willing to share this information, but even information has a time and place (and Zhongli being the (former) God of Contracts breaking a contract seems unlikely.) By then we'll at least have more power, if not the original power we saw in the prologue. We'll also have more of an idea of what we want to fight for as well, whether that's for Celestia, or the Abyss, or having our own faction to fight both. We could potentially have all the vision wielders we've acquired, even if I would rather some of them stay out of it.

[@TheGameRuler]

I think someone already revealed a while back that there's still a portion of Mondstadt to explore that connects a port to the lake leading to Mondstadt proper. That said, if I know my anime tropes, we will return to Mondstadt after Snezhnaya as 1) there's still that section to explore; 2) Mondstadt has that gateway to the Abyss we run every so often; and 3) Mondstadt is currently the region with the worlds highest point. Which happens to be the skyfrost nail... imagine if we ride it to Celestia?

[@yukishiro3287]

@@TheGameRuler Not skyfrost nail. Look at the base of the statue of Venti in front of Monstadt's church. It's written in Teyvat's language if I remember correctly. It's translated as Gateway to Celestia. What do you think that means?

[@TheGameRuler]

@@yukishiro3287 Honestly I forgot about that. >.

[@sundalosketch4769]

I love seeing my most beloved Archon get talked about on occasions. Mondstadt still has a lot left for us to discover and we've yet to come back to Venti with our new findings. Especially about that inverted statue of his.

[@janedoe5849]

Venti: I'm the weakest Archon, ehe Also Venti: *Literally survived the Archon War, shaped Mondstadt & one of the winners for The Seven seats*

[@sensennsen]

He wasn't a "winner" of the Seven. Andrius rejected the title and fell on the little wind spirit's shoulders.

[@lolosh99]

@@sensennsen which made him the winner of the seat.

[@crownedking_cj8890]

@@lolosh99 technically but let's cut the bullshit we all know venti didn't actually win the seat the same way the other archons did except the current dendro archon who inherited it basically

[@Zombina638]

@@lolosh99 someone didnt read

[@Zombina638]

@@lolosh99 didnt read did u?

[@juliemitchell6561]

Maybe I’m a little off, but always wondered about his relationship with Vanessa. Even though she managed to get her people freed, he gave her everything. Then later when he wanted to go and “play” she was too busy trying to make the city work to enjoy herself. I’ve always thought he was never really drunk! He’s a god! Alcohol means nothing to him! He used it as a dodge to listen in on other’s conversations!

[@bloodtasteslikecookies6640]

Venti became my favorite character almost Immediately just because I liked his design and personality, but the more I get to know about him and his lore and the more I think about his actions and everything, the more I like him. He's such an interesting character, but it's easy to miss. I think he's often simplified by the players as the weak, goofy archon who's lazy and likes to drink, and just does whatever he feels like at any given moment. I mean, that's probably how he wants to be seen honestly, for whatever reason. It makes me even more excited for any future quests with Venti as an important character, because they're likely to be full of interesting lore and possibly information on Khaenri'ah, Celestia, and the Archon War.

[@Chandrisa]

One of the books found in the Dawn Winery claims that Venti's power originally came from the worship and faith that the Gunnhildr clan gave him when they called for help when they fled Decarabian and braved the cold...before he became an Archon. Mondstadt has a big religious following of nuns, a cathedral...he's being actively worshipped religiously and people have faith in him. Hearing that he's the weakest of the archons because he doesn't active rule his people...doesn't make sense? He has the faith and worship of his followers, just as any other archon.

[@DavidJohnson-ib1dh]

Venti's info dump after the Dvalin quest contains lies about what he can and cannot talk about. Specifically he pretends he can't talk about "allogenes" and "gnoses" - which we know as words at least are not banned by Celestia's written contract. Of the three Archons that have been questioned so far their reactions are different according to their personalities, but they seem similar as to what the rules about the contract are. Venti pretends to tell the Traveler stuff that is banned, but in reality he is very careful not to cross the spirit of the contract. He seems afraid. Zhongli says he can't say anything and attempts to not cross the letter or spirit of the contract but in explaining how he can't say anything he's actually unwittingly one of the most informative of the three with negative information (for example he lets slip that the contract was written and was written ages before the Cataclysm). Ei tells us what she can and says there's more but she can't tell us. She appears to be straining to tell us the most she feels she can.

[@sampofools]

17:40 also his hair wasn't glowing which shows he wasn't using his power at ALL 😭

[@Ka_tari_na]

OMG exactly what I was thinking when I first met Venti. I like this kind of character where they often pictured as “dumb” “useless” “powerless” even “weak” this sort of character tends to be the dangerous one. Not in term of power but in term of being manipulative.

[@NevarKanzaki]

A couple things made me extra suspicious of Venti. One is that his piece is the queen, usually the most powerful piece on the board. If he was the weakest, I'd have normally assigned him to be a knight as though the knight doesn't move as far, a knight is uninhibited in their movement, able to jump over other pieces. The second is that Venti shouldn't be the weakest by his own statement. Venti says that each archon presides over their own part of Teyvat. That is their role and that gives them power. Venti states that he doesn't really want to rule Monstadt but who says that the thing that each archon presides over is a physical area, exactly as opposed to the heavenly principle? Zhongli and Ei seem to place much more emphasis on the heavenly principle associated with them. If we gauge it by this measure, Venti is performing his role of keeping Monstadt free. When he does intervene, it is usually to keep Monstadt free. For example, knocking down the aristocracy is definitely an intervention but it is one with the definite result of breaking up a ruling group's iron fist. So doesn't this mean that Venti is performing his job extremely well in this way which would make him a very powerful archon by his own metric if treated as the others treat it? I think so. Note that Zhongli gives up being the god of Liyue but doesn't give up the idea of contracts. That stays. Raiden changes her perspective and already gave up the gnosis. So she seems to place her biggest focus on the heavenly principles.

[@whatever3912]

This is what I think. Venti’s strength lies in the freedom of his people. I would also suggest that power and strength are unrelated. Venti’s power is completely unknown because he masks it. Although he has shown himself to be incredibly strong historically, I think his power comes from the abstract concept of freedom, and his relation to the thousand winds. Ei was extraordinarily strong, but I don’t think she was powerful until the end of her story quest. She wasn’t actually ruling her people at all during her 500 year hiatus. She programmed the Shogun who carried out orders. Watatsumi never followed her rule, nor worshipped her. All of her feats of strength were done as a kagemusha as directed by Makoto.

[@ReiReiZna]

@@whatever3912 the queen piece represents freedom of we were to consider this theory zhongli would be a phane or sun god

[@rainnyyolk2764]

[Spoilers] During the current event (Weinlesefest) after the event we see the characters on random spots on Mondstadt, Venti said that he kind of struggled letting the "past winds" blow towards his nation. Just controlling the "winds" of the past which relays the precious memories his people has is so powerfull!. He's like a leyline that holds memory but in a different way.

[@GeneSysFNLT]

Notice how when Venti calls himself the weakest among the Seven, he uses the present tense: "I haven't been back to Monstadt for an extended period of time. Without a doubt, I'm *now* the weakest archon among the Seven." That kind of implies that Venti must've been as strong as, or maybe even stronger, than the other older archons. We don't really know how strong he actually was, and that's pretty crazy to me. And now I'm wondering if maybe Venti had undergone a similar situation to both Rukkhadevata and Marchosius.

[@ReiReiZna]

He never fought in a war one if you count the rebellion of old mondstadt

[@retr0pearce765]

I love my boi Venti, but he's very sus for more than one reason, one of those reasons being he could've struck signora down in one blow but refused to do it, letting her take his gnosis, I'm guessing Kusanali will also let them take hers rather easily, I think they as Archons are just sick of Celestia and any connection to it

[@kazuhah1743]

We already know that Venti is powerful (he terraformed Mondstadt) and we wonder why it was so easy for Signora to optain Venti's gnosis right in front of the traveller (whose task according to Zhongli is to record the events). However, more interesting is the close relationship between time and wind, and their respective gods. Is it coincidence that our starting point is close to the nameless island, where we learn about the connection between time and wind, represented by Istaroth and Venti? Istaroth is sometimes called the omnipresent god, and the statue of the omnipresent god shows an amulet in the shape of an eye of the storm. From the Makoto arc we can assum a possible solution for Genshin Impact: "Eternity extends time into infinity. Dreams illuminate each moment within. When both shine in unison [...] finally free from the clutches of the Heavenly Principles". There are other pointers towards a solution in the dimension of time (Sibling: "We've always had enough time". Dainsleif: "Then the threads of all fate will be yours to reweave") Another thought: why was Venti absent from the face of the earth for extended periods of time, when both humans and Dvalin needed him? Was he in a different world line? What did he do there? And does he drink to remember, or to forget? Yes, all that could mean that Venti might play a more powerful role in the end game.

[@huansong]

''we wonder why it was so easy for Signora to optain Venti's gnosis right in front of the traveller'' just my opinion but maybe because he's right infront of the cathedral and using his real powers will reveal to anyone that he's the anemo archon + fatui are all over inside mondstadt and there's a possibility that they will cause trouble for the citizens if he were to fight back + ofc he doesnt want to harm any of his people + he barely cares about gnosis and wants to completely cut off his ties with celestia + and maybe lowkey supports Tsaritsa's plan but he doesnt want to make it seem that he's willingly teaming up with them in fear of what might happened to mondstadt ''why was Venti absent from the face of the earth for extended periods of time'' for me i think this has something to do with controlling ''erosion'' so far zhongli and ei have mentioned about it while venti never did. maybe he wants to stay as long as possible with his people OR since unlike other Gods, Venti was originally only a wind spirit the size of a human palm so maybe using his powers tires him out and based on th emanga it seems he had no full control of ''sleeping'' since he mentioned how long did he sleep. so far i think venti slept twices for long periods of time, after he formed mondstadt he woke up around the slavery, fought durin during cataclysm and slept again and woke up during the dvalin crisis.

[@alexfirth21]

@@huansong yeah I think low key all the archon’s are working toward supporting Tsaritsa’s plan…but they need the traveler to make it look real for Celestia. It’s possible the sibling is being used as a pawn to trick Celestia. And ultimately, Paimon was intentionally placed in that moment to meet the Traveler because they are the two that will lead the fight against Celestia.

[@Iyala-iyala]

Venti is her son

[@yukishiro3287]

@@huansong Maybe not just twice. Remember that there's still a map of Monstadt unexplored? That's most likely where Varka lead the expedition. Moreover, Venti's 2nd story quest isn't out and may related to whatever is happening in the unreleased map. By then, it could mean that Venti didn't just sleep twice

[@serikazero128]

@@huansong he can just teleport/flash away like he did when we got near him and the dragon. He didn't try that with the ice bitch, no, he just winded up and that' it.

[@rabbits2345]

I think archon power is derived from people believing their existence. One line that always stuck out to me was Stanley says "I always knew you existed", implying there are people who don't believe Venti exists anymore. Even though Zhongli and Ei gave up their gnosis, people don't have doubt of their existence.

[@yukishiro3287]

I mean didn't show himself for a super long time. It's only reasonable that they'd think that way. Even so Barbatos proves his existence because no wind gliders work without receiving his blessing

[@ReiReiZna]

That's only one of three the other too being ruling the nation or owning a gnosis

[@sensennsen]

Almost all Archons have their own secrets. But to entertain this video I shall supply some presumptions. We know for sure that he is fond of music and wine. There is a hidden story of his fondness of wine. For music and for his choice of picking a bard as an incognito is a bit obvious, but not totally. For Venti's aversion in answering the question about Celestia. I think it's pretty clear that the Archons have no jurisdiction of revealing what they know about Celestia. They were sent and appointed by Celestia, one wrong move can get them into a big trouble, unless you are Tsaritsa.

[@jadecoolness101]

It's sorta odd that the Tsaritsa is not getting Celestia'd like anyone else that did... ANYTHING in history

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

@@jadecoolness101 well Khaenri'ah didn't reach it's most dangerous state in a second, yet Celestia only took action at the last moment

[@jadecoolness101]

@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp yeah but Tsaritsa is a god collecting gnoses... Khaenri'ah and other human societies can be written off as Celestia assuming they're just silly humans that pose no threat. But a god collecting the gnoses... This is a whole other thing

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

@@jadecoolness101 some unconfirmed rumours say Celestia has been silent since the Khaenri'ah disaster, but they "may wake up". Maybe they have been sleeping and restoring power or some other reason, who knows... We only can wait for the continuation of the storyline I have a feeling that genshin is on the threshold of becoming really dark

[@lambdanebula8473]

Venti is afraid, rightfully so, of Celestia. He wants to simply live a simple life with people freely, and I suspect, he's likely been more reserved since whatever happened after the cataclysm. He doesn't want to be seen as some powerful god. He wants to be left alone to be free as the wind. He doesn't want people coming at him and challenging him. He doesn't want to get involved in the politics of the nation. He doesn't want people to go to him for help with everything. He wants to live a simple life free of responsibility and danger. He's careless. He hides his power so he can be left alone and no one thinks of him as significant, and if he does decide to get involved, he has the ability to do so without anyone watching his every move.

[@archetape]

As archons usually get a second act to their story quest which unlocks a weekly boss, im predicting venti will lead us to the dandelion sea in his 2nd story quest and hoping we will learn more from him and a cool new lore-relavent weekly boss like azhdaha 🙏

[@Sageaards]

What if the boss we gonna fought is Venti instead? Fight in a dandelion sea..reminds me of a certain chap in honkai but still

[@sshk1653]

Or mare javari

[@Gibmeprimogemss]

@@sshk1653 Oh yes! I’ve always been curious about the mare jivari, I hope we’ll be able to go to it one day

[@mittenvonscrufflears7233]

Hi Aster I just got done with a Sumeru comission and I don't know if you played it yet but it's a commission on a researcher named Yasmin asking us for help observing the state of the Divine Tree's roots. When we go to the roots, they look fine, but there are these big spiders there. This makes me CONVINCED that the Divine Tree is an Irminsul tree, and not just any Irminsul tree, an ancient one because in Albedo's voiceline he says that in truly ancient Irminsul trees, there are unique big spiders at the roots of them. And with Kusanali being connected to Irminsul, how can that be a coincidence? I theorize that the entire magical forest of Sumeru is a mirage and that the Divine Tree, with Kusanali's help, is maintaining this mirage so the people of Sumeru can enjoy this prosperous, beautiful forest. The reason Kusanali can't leave is because she must always be with the Divine Tree otherwise the mirage will dissipate, and she takes the power of people's dreams to keep it up, which is why adults don't remember Aranara, because they are beings of dream. It takes a lot of power to uphold the mirage, and when Aranara use great power, they get memory loss, which is why people lose the memory of Aranara. With the mirage gone, the once lush forest of Sumeru might be as desolate as Sumeru's desert region, or... possibly Sumeru in reality is actually The Withering, and only the power of dreams is keeping all life in Sumeru from dying at the hands of Marana. It's my theory that Sumeru became "The Withering" after the Cataclysm due to unknown events, perhaps from people knowing too much, then Kusanali was born and with the help of the Divine Tree made a mirage that returned Sumeru back to how it was, somewhat similar to what the Aranara did during the Cataclysm. We also learn from Aranara that if the Withering, if left unattended, could take over the entire world, not just Sumeru. So perhaps Kusanali isn't just protecting Sumeru's people, but also preventing it's spread. So in a way, it's not that the people of Sumeru don't dream, it's that they are living INSIDE a dream, or mirage. You might be skeptical that the power of people's dreams can really be that powerful, but if you really get into the lore and do all the side quests and Easter eggs buried in Sumeru(dealing with Alphonso "the bad guy" after we complete the aranara world quest comes to mind, when he talks about how Dottore found something truly magnificent to research on, that being aranara, dreams, the withering, etc. If you haven't done that yet I HIGHLY recommend it as it's truly amazing. After you complete the world quest, all you have to do is go back to Vimara Village and talk to Alphonso, all the shit goes down then, I cried.), you realize how powerful the dreams can really be. How else do Aranara, dreams, and the Withering really connect to one another? The cracks in the mirage where we see the Withering could be because of many things, like possibly experiments from the Academia and the Fatui, or there is just barely enough dreams sustaining the Mirage, or simply because it's hard making a mirage that large and sometimes cracks do form. I believe that's why people with visions, who have strong constitution and ambition(which I think translates to dreams) have a much higher resistance to it and can mend those cracks. That's why Dottore is so interested in this subject because he realizes how powerful this subject is. And as for us seeing him burning a tree in the trailer, perhaps my theory about the Divine Tree, dreams, Aranara, and The Withering helps me understand what he's doing. Since the Archon Kusanali is sustaining this mirage, perhaps what he's doing that is "blasphemy" is trying to destroy the mirage so the Withering returns in it's true form.

[@ChillwithAster]

I havent done the quest yet but i'll keep this in mind! Thank you :D

[@mittenvonscrufflears7233]

@@ChillwithAster Yeah no problem! :D Actually now that I think about it another possible theory is it's less about using the power of dreams to sustain the mirage, but more the memories that come from Irminsul, who have recorded the old Sumeru in it's roots, with Kusanali bending that power to make the mirage as her conscious is connected to it. That could be another possible function for the mirage, either way it would explain why adults can't see Aranara because Aranara are also deeply connected with memories, too. I wonder how powerful Kusanali is. It's indicated that the more an archon like leads, or sort of has control over their nation, becomes more powerful. Since Kusanali helps pretty indirectly and hardly anyone worships Kusanali would she be weak for an archon or still powerful?

[@quantumfluffyflapjack]

I think Venti is just a fun little guy at heart. That's who he wants to be, and so that's who he is. I don't think the projected weakness is a lie for deception purposes, I think it's a conscious rejection of power. He has seen what power can do over and over, earthly and godly. But the tragedy of power is that eventually it forces you to use it or lose it. I believe that Venti chose to lose it, just as much as Zhongli did. The supposed struggle was so when the Tsaritsa goes to war with Celestia Venti and Mondstadt look to be unwilling pawns and may be spared the wrath of heaven.

[@oussamakara4080]

This is the reason why venti didn't got a second story quest he knows too much

[@ishtilodi]

You could connect many many more dots when it comes to Venti. 1. The Wings of Shimmering Galaxy lore. He tells the whole story of how a bard with the power of music moved oceans, stones, stars and the skies. He makes it a point to make it be heard that he's not the poet in the story at first. But then ends the story with; you can believe the wind glider fell from the sky, or you can believe I am not the poet in the story- believe whichever you want. Like he lies, then hides the truth behind another lie and leaves it to the other person to figure out what they must. 2. Of course Dragonspine, and GAA have a boatload of Venti lore- but those are areas directly connected to him. What's more surprising is how Enkanomiya, and The Chasm- more than leaving tidbits about Archons of their respective regions, ends up dropping lore about Barbatos. Sort of hinting Venti might be an entity much more arcane, and was active for much longer than he claims. We also got a surprising amount of Venti hints in Sumeru Archon Quests, the Aranara Quest, AND even the Sumeru Wind Glider! 3. Out of the Archons so far, Venti is personally connected to the key players of Genshin's story. The Mondstadt crew includes; Khaen'rian royalty, Gold's proxy son, Delusion user/ fatui infiltrating Batman, Akademiya's smartest graduate. Let's not forget the most important person he's connected to: Alice! With Klee, Mona, and Albedo under his nose, he pretty much has access to the entire Hexenzirkel. I deslike Venti's overly femboy character design sm, it's such a shame he's one of my favorite characters story wise. T_T Venti's second story when Mihoyo? Dornman Port when Mihoyo? Knights of Favonius Cavalry when Mihoyo?

[@nueskie]

hi! can u elaborate or like give examples of the barbattos hints on the sumeru archon quest?

[@ishtilodi]

@@nueskie Yes! The most obvious one is Nilou's dialogue about the importance of the arts to the gods of Sumeru. It goes something like this: "A long time ago, on one of Greater Lord Rukhadevata's birthdays her friends threw her a banquet. Some of the gods got drunk. One started playing music and the Greater Lord started singing, so the Goddess of Flowers began to dance." The one drunk god who started playing music, could be Barbatos. Current Sumeru looks down on the arts, because it distracts from the strict pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. So far the only archon associated with the arts is Barbatos. This could also be me reading into it, but, Nahida being symbolized as a caged bird throughout the archon quest, parallels Barbatos's friend the Nameless Bard and the whole fall of Decarabian story. I will update this thread once I have access to my computer so I can compile all the hints throughout the archon quest. Update 1: The end of the Archon quest, Katheryne tells the traveler that even if the end of the journey doesn't turn out as the Traveler expected, what matters is the experience of the journey itself. Paimon points out how they've just heard the phrase not too long ago. Because that line is a paraphrased version of what Venti tells the Traveler through the dococom at the end of 2.8 (which was the patch immediately before 3.0 + Nahida's introduction). 2. It's also funny how Venti just happens to send us on an adventure that has to do with the overarching plot of the next patch, as if to send us on a trial run before the thing actually happens. He "loses" his gnosis to the same person who Zhongli is contracted to give his gnosis to. Personally imparts just enough knowledge about visions, harbingers, and archons. As well as entry level info about Liyue's culture. GAA 1. Dodoco being a parallel for visions, and Magu Kenki for The shogun puppet. Dodoking claims Klee is not worthy of Dodoco and must challenge Dodoking and return it. When they reach the GAA, we fight an Inazuman puppet assumed to be Dodoking. But it wasn't the Dodoking, it was Magu Kenki left alone on those islands. We learn through the conches and shipwrecks about Ako Domeki's fleet. Which happens to show us an earlier iteration of the Inazuman civil war between the shogunate and the resistance. GAA 2. We run through the dreams of our friends, and loop through them to help our friends reconcile with their inner turmoil's. We have the beats of Growth, Arts, Dreams, and Truth. Which are ultimately the four beats of the Sumeru archon quest Act 1-2. What I would like to bring attention to here is the end of domain cutscenes for each of the four we bring to the GAA. Kazuha following the voice in a breeze to live as a wonderer, Xinyan dedicating her song to the creator of the islands, Fischl accepting the world of imagination is her domain of freedom, and Mona telling us about a wise invisible bird that was never noticed or appreciated but sung from the sky regardless. In hindsight they may be more about Venti trying to tell us about Nahida through the aforementioned characters. *sends you on vacation* *refuses to elaborate further* *leaves* *cool thing you learned during vacation comes in handy 1 patch later* -Gigachad femboy Venti. I theorize Venti may in fact have access to the past, present, and future.

[@Gibmeprimogemss]

I think it has been said that when Grand Master Varka left for his “Voyage” he took all the cavalry and most of the knights. I think that’s the reason why mond’s struggling to defend itself. (I could be wrong though)

[@ishtilodi]

@@Gibmeprimogemss I think you're right about how Mond is struggling to defend itself. But I'm actually gonna riot if they have Varka return with the Knights of Favonius Cavalry Unit, and not give us mounts in the game.

[@verdan6098]

I just noticed that Venti's hair braids don't light up when he is "fighting back" against Signora. Which means he wasn't using his Archon/God powers. He wanted to get kicked by Signora, and I don't blame him.

[@seonsunnysunshine]

I want to get kicked by signora too

[@gegie10]

too bad she's dead now she cant kick you anymore.

[@linahmk]

he just like me fr

[@aqua3331]

I think this is the perfect place to finally post my 13 Sus Things About Venti/Lesser-known facts about Venti. Also, Aster already covered most of it in this video. 1. When he first rose to power, he blew all the ice and snow that covered Mondstadt away with his winds, reshaping the entire nation. 2. Musk Reef used to be the tallest mountain in Mondstadt, Pilos Peak. But Venti sliced the majority of it off, and now it’s a small island that anyone can easily reach the "peak" of. 3. Several islands in the Golden Apple Archipelago are the result of Venti’s reshaping of the land of Mondstadt. This was first confirmed by Albedo in the original 1.6 event, and now again by a squirrel in 2.8. 4. He’s infamous for his century-long slumbers. It is not known whether this is out of his free will or forced, nor why. Some theories are that he may wake up whenever danger threatens Mondstadt, or this may be his method of avoiding erosion. 5. This is probably more commonly known than the rest since it is explained explicitly in Venti’s Story Quest. 2600 years ago, Old Mondstadt was ruled by a tyrant called Decarabian, The God of Storms. Back then, Venti was simply a wind spirit, just “a wisp in the thousand winds”. His form was that of a small floating creature, and he was called “The Elf” by the people of Old Mondstadt. He was friends with a boy, a bard who wished to see the real sky and all that comes with it, because Decarabian had blocked the city with storm-walls, believing that he was protecting his citizens when really, he was trapping them. The boy and the wind spirit, as well as many others of Old Mondstadt, rebelled against Decarabian, and though they were victorious in the end, the boy’s life was lost. The wind spirit and Boreas/Andrius were the only worthy candidates for the new god of Mondstadt, and Boreas refused the position. So the wind spirit ascended to godhood not long after, and the first thing he did as a god was to take on his friend’s appearance to forever remember and honor him. And that is the same form we see him in today. The wind spirit gained power during the rebellion because the people believed in him, and that’s why he was worthy to be the new god of Mondstadt. Venti became a bard in honor of his friend as well, and made his friend’s hopes, dreams, and wishes his own. It is theorized that the reason why Venti is an alcoholic is because of the loss of his dear friend. 6. In the manga, when Vennessa asked Venti about Celestia, he is visibly seen to be scared and nervous and thought of dark figures. He immediately tries to change the subject. In addition, when Vennessa asked him if ascending to Celestia would make someone a god, he told her legends from our world, saying them as if they were warnings. When Vennessa arrived in Celestia, she gasped as she saw what seemed to be a prison. In Venti’s About Celestia voice line, he said he wouldn’t go there even if he were invited. The inscription at the bottom of the Barbatos Statue in the main plaza of Mondstadt reads “THE GATEWAY TO CELESTIA.” 7. Zhongli used to throw mountains at Venti. In Venti’s voice line About Zhongli, he was heard to be a little scared of him and asked if he was still strong. In the Serenitea Pot Item Boulder description, it reads something akin to “Perhaps you should ask the Anemo Archon. He has some experience dodging large structures of stone, after all.” He also called him a “big, blundering buffoon.” 8. Venti once poured wine on Zhongli’s head when he was drunk, as shown in the item description of “Wings of Shimmering Galaxy”. Zhongli told him he’d be very, very mad if that ever happened again. 9. Venti saved Xiao once. Xiao was overwhelmed by the karma that gathers on him whenever he kills monsters, which is his duty to protect Liyue from evil. It filled him with pain, agony, and hatred. He was on the brink of death - that is, till he heard the pure, clear sound of a flute. It saved him, and Xiao knew only a god could do such a feat. Since Barbatos is also known to be a bard in mortal form, and may even be the God of Song, Xiao correctly concluded that Venti was the one who saved him. Since then, Xiao's only wish has been to dance in the field of flowers to the sound of that flute. 10. Venti likes singing songs about Barbatos that many find blasphemous. One such song was about the time the Anemo Archon stole The Cryo Archon's Scepter and replaced it with a hilichurl club. Whenever anyone confronts him about it, though, he simply smiles and asks "How do you know they're not true?" And, in actuality, yes, they are fake. He just makes it up, especially after having a drink. 11. The God of Time, Istaroth, used to rule over Mondstadt with Venti, the God of Wind. But over time, the God of Time disappeared and was forgotten, like she had been erased from history. No one knows what happened to her, but sayings like “Seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time.” developed from their time ruling together. Venti also once said he knew all songs in Teyvat from the past, present, and future. This can be taken as a joke or hyperbole, but if he were telling the truth, then that would mean he has power over time, to an extent. 12. Venti seems to have met the traveler before. In his “Hello” voice line, he says “Traveler! We meet again! What? You don’t remember me?” This could mean many things. They could’ve met 500 years ago during the Cataclysm, or he might simply be talking about the first time we know we see him - which is when he talked to Dvalin. Maybe he’s talking about our twin, or maybe there’s a totally unrelated explanation for it. Whatever the case, at least, at first sight, this is an intriguing line. 13. A group of soldiers working for the Lawrence Clan found a contract with the signature of Rex Lapis, which read that the Lawrence Clan had basically enslaved the whole of Mondstadt to Liyue. Scared, they and many more that followed turned against the Lawrence Clan, and overthrew them. Funnily enough, the contract was fake, merely a tactic used by Venti to win the rebellion, and he had faked Rex Lapis's signature, so perfectly no one would ever be able to tell it apart from the real deal. How? Well, he had a history of trying to prank said Geo Archon and forged his signature so much it was practically easy by that time. Turns out, that came in handy. Funny how a history of pranks helped overthrow tyrants.

[@Loripoki]

I love Venti lore, this was a good read hehe thank you!

[@ausya004]

"my intuition is correct. The wind from afar..." - Yae Miko Why "wind"? During the irodori Festival Venti and Yae seems very close. Ei doesn't seem to know much but Yae in the other hand seems to be scheming a lot of things. But perhaps Venti is also related to it too

[@evanvison3106]

Venti has always been my favorite archon because of his willingness to either openly admit the truth or just straight up lie people's faces. He clearly knows alot but is saving his knowledge for something. i always wondered why he was the first archon we meet in the game. Mihoyo clearly picked him to be the first arhchon for a reason.

[@MrNoUMr]

The fact that no God tried to fight venti / andrias during the archon war in a time where every single piece of land matter says it all about how terrifying monsdat gods re. Refer to zhongli story quest and you will understand what I mean. There is no way venti is weak like he acts. Also about venti lies and acting dumb u can refer to his story quest where he knew who stainly was the entire time but didn't do or say anything at all.

[@simpleweeb2257]

Just remember guys only the archon got tow acts for their story quest accept venti despite being the oldest (I mean game realease) and both 2nd acts were amazing and packed with lore So expect venti second story quest might be one of the most important for the game were he shows us his true self and power

[@noobscoopsies1100]

One more thing. We don't know how long Venti stay as wind spirit. We never knew wind spirit lifeapand either. He never mention how/when he was created. He only mention How he become the Archon. *So thats mean he is possibly older than Zhongli/Morax*

[@helmikusu5609]

(spoiler for the Nahida quest) I just realised Venti could have the power to prevent certain parts of history from being "deleted" just like in Nahida's lullaby/story about Scaramouche. he hides his stories in ballads and songs which could also be a way of hiding information from the Irminsul and maybe it is for him as well if something like that were to happen. it would make sense if he was close to the goddess of time, he perhaps knew about the dangers of certain parts of history being deleted from everyone's memories and perhaps he knows things no one else does.

[@markushavalone8444]

Venti is a part of The Thousand Winds of Time which is Istaroth, annd if you look at Istaroth dialogue with a gardener, she is kind of cryptic too. Maybe it's "like mother like son" type

[@azaleanguyen2403]

Dialogue with a gardener? Where's it from. I wanna read it

[@markushavalone8444]

@@azaleanguyen2403 "The Parable of the Tree" The king's gardener and the tree spirit of the royal garden were in love. But the king wished to repair the beams of his pavilion, and so needed to cut down the tree with the most spiritual energy within it. The king was the incarnation of the Primordial One, and the gardener could not defy the sovereign of sovereigns, and so he could only bring his plea to the king's priest, who was the incarnation of Tokoyo Ookami. The priest had pity on the gardener and said to him: "Go, and cut the branches of the spirit-tree down." The gardener did so, and afterward did as the king ordered, cutting the spirit-tree itself down. Then the priest said: "Plant the spirit-tree's branches in the ground." But the gardener said: "A spirit-tree shall take five hundred years to grow." The priest said: "Your one thought shall echo through eternity." And so the gardener planted the branches in his back yard. In an instant, the slim branches grow into a new tree, and the new tree spirit was a continuation of the past one. For it is the God of Moments who is able to take "seeds" from this "moment" into the past and the future. genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Byakuyakoku_Collection#Vol._2

[@KawaiiStars]

​@@markushavalone8444 so venti is part gardener?

[@markushavalone8444]

@@KawaiiStars Part priest

[@ReiReiZna]

If he was then he'd be as strong as a storm eye

[@YukiZero]

The fact he says he is the weakest then we meet kusanali who is a literal prisoner of her own people and can’t even heal anyone… meanwhile venti healing dvalin like its nothing.

[@nabukyo4754]

Another thing I want to add as prove of Venti's actual power is that his Gnosis is literally the Queen Piece, the most powerful piece in Chess. I also want to add that Mond is not finished yet, there's still Dornman Port and maybe the Dandelion Sea. There's also the fact that the Spiral Abyss is located at Musk Reef, which if you didn't know, was previously the tallest mountain on Teyvat before Venti turned it into the Golden Apple Archipelago that we know today. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!

[@crossedeyes]

what a great video !! i agree so hard. ive been so hungry for the second chapter of ventis own story quest, since zhongli and ei both have had two chapters for a long while. i REALLY hope ventis second chapter will be worth the unbelievably loing wait and contain some hefty lore. venti is one of my absolute favorite characters and im dying to know what he hides under his surface.

[@maruisaiahnapa7381]

Aster, if Genshin EVER gets a Filipino dub (it prolly won't but I can dream lmao), you are required by law to voice Venti. You're impersonation of how Erika does it is top notch! It even made me believe your recordings were official voicelines for a solid minute 😍

[@lnsflare1]

My theory is that he's a shade of Istaroth, especially with his recent feat of... Giving (all?) people across Monstadt visions of past scenes that weren't necessarily from their own memories (like Razor's parents deciding his name) using the winds of the far-flung past.

[@ReiReiZna]

He can't be a shade because of his age you'd have to be artleast 6000 to witness the birth of Teyvat like zhongli who's more hinted to be shade

[@lnsflare1]

@@ReiReiZnaVenti's age before becoming an Archon candidate is unknown, but as an elemental being he's potentially vastly older than Zhongli, going by Zhongli's own comments to Elemental being Azhdaha on that matter. Not to mention that he's said to have been born from the Thousand Winds, which was one of the Shade of Time's epithets, in addition to having shown at least one time related power himself.

[@ReiReiZna]

@@lnsflare1 Ventis voice lines changed about Nahida her being the first dendro archon proved he is affected by the changes of irminsul while Zhongli isn’t his voice line about her goes unchanged and if we were to take in that theory that he was related or the son of isaroth he’d be as strong as an eye of the storm since they’re heavily hinted to be created by her

[@reiayanamiisbestgirl2441]

3:24 I legit thought this was venti, good job on the venti impression it was super good

[@LookMyMoonEyes]

Venti has always been my favorite character becase how interesting and mysterious he is!

[@Eternalmind0]

Wow what a tone of voice, diction, fluency... It is very comforting to listen to you.

[@miracleboi7336]

Nahida said herself the power of archons come from the faith of their believers so then Venti is lying to the traveles bc damn to have a church and statue dedicated to you, you will be one of the strongest.

[@Claudia_Ackermann]

Is it just me or Venti has been collecting more and more interesting people and lands that has connection to Mondstadt Durin is going to be added on his list

[@pokelover02]

When you do the nameless island quest, the statues say something like, “Brought by wind, cultivated by time.” Venti is obviously the wind. Seems like he’s the one who brought you to Teyvat.

[@crazygeek7023]

I didn't realize this but, you know how the teal part of Venti's hair glows when he's using his burst or attacks but, it isn't glowing in the scene with Signora. that's very suspicious venti.

[@hensku.3000]

Thank you for this! Venti is my absolute favorite character in the entire game, one reason for that being his elusive lore and the mysteries that he hides behind his carefree smile. I can’t wait to learn more about the history of the Archons and what exactly is Venti hiding

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

Venti is an enigma wrapped inside a riddle, drowning in mystery. And much like an onion, we must peel away his layers in order to find the truth.

[@elaeka3685]

Aster's imitation of Venti was so good! I thought it was real!

[@GC-Shadow1327]

Yeah ever since that "Weakest Archon" dialogue, I began to see him as an unreliable narrator intentionally dodging selective information with comedic humility to keep others from being worried or thinking too hard on the topic. Because I find it out of character for him to be napping for years while Dvalin suffered, my theory is that he was also affected by the poison, forcing him to slumber while expanding a lot of his power to dispel it. As similar case to Goumba.

[@lollordfrozen]

Something more to note during his run in with signora is that usually when venti uses his powers, his braids start glowing. This can be seen in some cutscenes aswell as his fighting animations, however during the fight there was no glow what so ever. Personally, I think he lost the fight on purpous to protect the traveler.

[@another15]

Would be funny if being the "one thousand winds" he's actually related to the God of the Time. And since Dain talks about the Traveler controlling the threads of Fate, let's imagine Traveler did a "bad ending" so time resets and there's that Venti introduction about meeting traveler again and try to subtle guide traveler so he does the right choice hahaha that would be funny idk what movie i remember it was like this but honestly i still think that big venti statue looks like a giant clock around it and the time and wind is not only sus but last festival he even spoke about "Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time." and the only archon atm to not have a part 2 quest its him whiich makes me think his story is really integrated into the main plot or could dwell into these themes but thats my crack pot theory. Idc about genshin anymore, story and everything moves so slow

[@yukishiro3287]

Venti is related to the God of Time. His mom is basically Istaroth because his PV states that he is born from a branch of time

[@another15]

@@yukishiro3287 OMG, really? Where I can find that ? LMAO IMAGINE THE MADMAN WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG hahahaha

[@yukishiro3287]

@@another15 I said it's in Venti's PV. It's on a slide where we'd see a lyre. It's a short moment. It's written that Venti is born from a branch of time

[@black_pantheon]

Venti is that kind of character trope that knows a lot, but the information that he knows could endanger the traveler and himself, so, most probably, he will only reveal all he knowa to us in a very dangerous situation to the traveler and or Venti himself, aka the endgame of genshin

[@Kebatsuru]

your impression of Venti's voice always amazes me

[@roseilver]

Venti being a descendant/close related to Istaroth might means that he have both power of wind and time. There is a chance Venti knows the future and refuses to say anything because either it might be too much for us to know sooner or the change bcs we know sooner might be far worst.

[@ReiReiZna]

If venti was related to isaroth he'd be as strong as an eye of storm

[@roseilver]

@@ReiReiZna he's stronger than that. He once reform Mondstadt terrain like what happened on GAA and musk reef. Although he's weaker now (he stated that but knowing him he might be lying) he's still pretty strong as an archon

[@ReiReiZna]

@@roseilver zhongli rose large mountains and areas of Liyue venti only shaved mountain tops

[@angelvaldes8421]

"What's he hiding?" answer: a massive underground supply of wine

[@NaruCale]

Stop all the theories. We have a winner. LMAO.