WHO IS PAIMON | Genshin Impact Theory

[@yeshua-hamashiach]

I feel like it is more likely Paimon just has amnesia of some sort and isn't willingly lying to us.

[@chuntran8082]

Ya, same *ps:I'm your 100th like💅*

[@Carbuncle0168]

​@@chuntran8082lols, keeping secrets isn't actually Lying 😊

[@INTJ791]

​@@Carbuncle0168it is

[@avielStanislausCkCkCKCK]

But she was a friend

[@Akari-Chan-zj8cm]

I agree. Imagine being in the water for thousands and years and DOESN'T have amnesia

[@Haizou]

That’s cool n’ all but in Fontaine,she is LEGALLY a balloon

[@Faizus_Salehin]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Owlzz_]

Yup definitely a balloon

[@mathcm0007]

When paimon said "I am the genshin", got me into tears, truly one of the game moments.

[@GSVR993]

when did she say that

[@pepsodon]

@@GSVR9933 month ago

[@Mizuukuu]

It’d be so funny if they just never explain Paimon at the end

[@ヒロトさん]

It would be annoying 😢

[@Facto_Sapien10]

There's a 1% chance of this happening 💀

[@Vincent.N]

Ngl the paimon crown being upside down to look like the primodial crown remind me of the theory where teyvat is upside down lol

[@jarrygarry5316]

Maybe the upside down crown shown that she lost her power like Guoba and Rukkhadevata

[@Nandini_29]

when i first started playing Genshin, my brother said "Hahahahha I bet Paimon's the Ultimate Final Boss of the game" as a JOKE but, bro I don't think its a joke anymore...

[@lightningxxaviercarter3744]

Every nation has a quest where one of the underlying themes are betrayals from someone the npc/creature trusted and theres always a part where the person questions Paimon and her loyalty or us and our trust in Paimon.

[@Roozeo]

I have a theory is that paimon is the primodial god but in a weakened state. You can see that the symbol on mora and the genesis crystal symbolizes "fake". But paimon's symbol is rewind,so the symbol represents "real". From what I've know, the second who came from teyvat were defeated. Then celestia's attitude took a whole turn. What if, the second who came actually defeated the primodial god and took the identity of the primodial god? The second who came were actually imposters,and just mislead us? So in conclusion, paimon is the weakened state of the primodial god.

[@kim_genshin]

Yeah thats what i also said lol

[@Dankusez]

did you watch the video?

[@metobe1577]

If this is true, I don’t think paimon would lie on purpose, but maybe she got amnesia, I also think she has no thought of betraying us

[@zero-pantsu-samus3203]

Maybe it happened the same thing as Guoba, but why would she be affected by Irminsul too? The Primordial One is supposed to be a descender.

[@miminimiii]

its explained in the video...@@zero-pantsu-samus3203

[@metobe1577]

Oooh that would be really interesting, but I have a feeling she’s older

[@Krafty_Cheese]

If Paimon is the final boss, she must be really hard because she knows all our attacks and abilities because she’s always with us

[@DarkLord_Shahel]

After all these theories, if Paimon just end up being Paimon, I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

[@meisterl0]

I'mma act surprised If she turns out to be a God or a celestial. Like throughout my playthrough, I started getting suspicious because she's one of a kind. I'm the only one who have this floating one in the world.

[@Fluorescencc]

this is like the best theory video ive seen it makes so much sense especially because ive suspected her of being the primordial one. this totally explains the theories i built up in my head

[@Dannya]

Another bit, the "primo" in primogems. Anything closely related with primogems is also related with paimon, paimons bargainings, paimons shop

[@ChocolatePancakess]

Tbh, I feel like Paimon was one of the 3 moon sisters, and was sent down to watch the traveler for some reason.

[@DanielCastillo-df1dd]

Paimon is just like Hawk in Seven Deadly Sins that is use as a companion to monitor the traveller without her knowing it

[@itoobiased]

the writers of the game lore is sweating right now

[@sam_u_amu]

I think that this explains her abandonment issues. She lost and everybody forgot about her as the primordial one. The ones who were her people had all forgotten about her. Looking at paimons personality, I can't help but think that Paimon was a gentle god. The fake god most likely liked chaos leading to him ordering celestia to do the archon war and cataclysm. So yeah, since she lost the entire land she held dearly, she doesn't want to lose the traveler, both because Paimons become attached, but also because she knows that she and the traveler will reach celestia in time.

[@straightforwardchad]

I think so too

[@millie_smile]

while i was watching the conclusion, i also realized that if paimon really is the primordial one, then what if shes leading the traveler to the second who came because she couldn't defeat him. like she leads the traveler to the second who came, makes the traveler fight the second, then finally reveals her true form to defeat the second herself.

[@Ralkeiq]

Hey when albedo said that paimon and traveler were connected might be true since in the first act of Fontaine Lyney does a trick and it shows a string that connects the traveler and paimon

[@deadlybeauty53]

@@Ralkeiq you can't be serious LMAO, are you 9 to be this dumb? hahahaha

[@charlied3189]

Genshin is so clever. They seriously know what they’re up to even since the beginning

[@Vi_on370]

also paimon is the only one floating around and literally nobody has ever questioned or surprised by her appearance . and the fact that we have never saw anybody like her points out she is unique

[@emmywasilik8287]

I'm traumatized from the moon sisters story....

[@xenolith5032]

Paimon doesnt remember anything, so her saying silly phrases like "Paimondial One" is likely her memory slowly returning in fragments

[@Michplay]

She is either the queen or the daughter of the queen of Celestia and banashed by maybe the unknown god or our sibling

[@MarkYu23]

This is really a good theory and the flow process of explanation is clear. I have believed in the longest time that Paimon could be the moon sister, or the seelie who fell in love. But she got crown, and that crown literally is the symbol icon of Genshin, not to mention she's literally the mascot of Genshin

[@didufartlol]

I feel like it’s gonna be something similar to Ni No Kuni where she’s a younger manifestation of the Primordial One (or whoever she is) which explains why she acts so childlike instead of just straight up lying to us

[@Tambuburay888]

Imagine at the end the Plot Twist is that Teyvat is just a simulation made by Paimon who is a scientist and that she made it because she can't accept that her universe have been destroyed and Dainsleif who is her friend will try to wake her up from this dream ( Just like at the Genshin Travail made by Hoyoverse, *Show me that you are worthy than I to rescue Her* assuming it's not your twin but another girl ) In Honkai Impact, you can see Otto looking the monitor and you can see a dragon that looks like Dvalin and the background are ruined modern city and something chaotic happened at that time, it could also be Khaenri'ah

[@divinesan7786]

“Peyman” 💀

[@Mrx0M4r]

lmao

[@barbarebuziashvili5365]

Bro this is actually really good theory

[@whiteclover1643]

After the new update, a special melusine says she sees Paimon as a floating rainbow balloon with a single string connected somewhere beyond the sky and the traveller as a monster capable of swallowing the world in a single bite. Something about the "nature" of things and their "future". Rainbow = omni element, balloon = floating, connected to sky = her origins, monster capable of swallowing the world = receiving elements + traveler's future role. Coincidence? I think NOT. That said, I don't think she's acting or pretending. Assuming she IS the primordial god, then she's probably just really weak now having lost all her powers so that's why a lot of things affect her, and she eats a lot (especially slimes which are elemental beings) instinctually to regain her powers. And as for being affected by Irminsul, there must be something else up with it just like how our abyss sibling seems to be part of it instead of being counted as another descender.

[@ununun9995]

I would add that paimons crown pattern can be found both on the door in the title screen and on the snowtomb starsilver blade.

[@Fog_Fleet]

I absolutely agree. I will add that she should be behind the Unknown Goddess, because it was she who began the new history of Gemini in Teyvat. And Paimon leads us to Celestia. I'm sure that Dinsleif works for Paimon))))

[@KaisChannel2023]

Paimon once said: "Paimon is...Paimon"

[@ThatDenshin1]

meaning?

[@VenusPlayzGenshin]

That’s because she speaks in 3rd person I find it funny 💀

[@ThatDenshin1]

@@VenusPlayzGenshin Agreed ngl But I hope that paimon has her own story quest about showing her true form or something like that. I want to be painful,sad and filled with betrayal I want to hear her feeling sad while saying her story just like how Furina did.

[@Indian_gae_boii]

Another thing that might suggest paimon is faking mempry loss from irminsul - when scaramouche gained his memory back from nahida, and started acting emo again paimon says something like "oh he's back to being his old mean self again" which would imply paimon is familiar with scaras old personality before erasing the memory but how is that possible because we only told her that he used to be a bad guy not what his personality was like... HOWEVER we also have to consider paimons personality as a whole, the primordial one sent out various nails on the earth which kiIIed many people and they also cursed seelies, the godess of flowers told king deshret - "seek not the master of the 4 shades" but paimon dosent seem like skmeone who would do any of those things to me, of shes faking her entire personality 24/7 shes doing a really good job

[@kim_genshin]

Yeah i explained this point in my previous video and i talked about the reason why the nails fell, and the fight between the primordial one and the second who came!

[@beryl9851]

we need an archon quest fully focuses on paimon

[@triple_r5593]

If this theory actually came out to be true in a few more years, Hoyoverse might have to sue you for spoiling..😅

[@kim_genshin]

Hahah

[@Hollow-knight012]

Paimon is emergency food *end of video*

[@Han4de29]

LOL TRUEEE

[@Purrfect.777]

Genshin Developers are beyond our imagination. How they hinted us everything and plotted the whole story in relation with mysteries ❤❤

[@areejsheikh6478]

I never liked the theory of Paimon being the God of time or the unknown god or whatever and was thinking about the possibility of her being the primordial one who has had some memory alteration that made her forget who she is and whatnot. Excellent video that covered a lot of ground!

[@Zynxsunny]

the symbol on paimons stomach is called a triquetra, it means "three-cornered" which represents unity, protection and *everlasting life* i truly believe paimon is the primordial one due to calling herself the god of protection and having a child like form which can give hints of the protection and everlasting life meaning in the triquetra.

[@blanket_lover3738]

I didn’t know that emergency food had a deep dark story! 😮

[@CrimsonnnEdits]

Plus isn’t it just a bit weird that a *fairy* who can *fly* is drowning? Also why was Paimon coincidentally “drowning” when the traveller was nearby _and_ fishing? Surely a fairy who seems to be the last of her kind, which is equally as weird, and can fly shouldn’t be drowning unless they were put in that position in the war in Khaenr’ia which is unlikely since I doubt someone can drown for 500 years, she could’ve had a fight with the second coming which would only be possible depending on when they fought since again no one can drown for hundreds of years or paimon purposely started “drowning” to get the travellers attention.

[@lala102085]

2 months later.. but I have 2 theory’s one is that if the unknown god created paimon to keep a sharp eye on the traveller(s) which is why she is trying to help us to find our sibling and the reason why Mona can’t see a lot about paimon is because the unknown god made it so that no one could see anything past or future about paimon keep in mind we don’t know a lot about the unknown god. That’s why she many references to celestia/ the unknown god in her design. 2 theory if paimon is actually good is that the unknown god did make it so no one can see paimons past or future but paimon actually fell from celestia before the unknown god could actually brainwash her or make her evil but paimon just woke up before falling somewhere where traveller could fish out but she did not drown for some reason did not die so that could mean she could survive the fall from celestia she only remembers falling into a whirlpool and some of the important laws of teyvat for some reason. I’m no lore expert so you can correct me if I’m wrong but, at least we know that paimons emergency food.

[@Lilyyy207]

I've been in the psychology field for many years now, this might seem irrevelant as of now but if there's one thing I've noticed from analayzing the character most of them use very natural responses and pure human psychology which came as a shocker considering it's just a simple game. Due to this and the theories I've analayzed Paimon a lot and from all I know, she's a good person at heart hiding a dark secret which is for benefits. Kind of like Furina. She kept a secret only for a benefit paimons doing the same but her innocence and goodness is real. It's an odd combo but I feel like shes using her innocence as a coping methos because that's how she wants to be. And she can't keep secrets except the one shes hiding its a very weird combo but thats the most ive come up with ngl (and yes i accidnetally spoile dmyself that furina was pretending to be an archon onky for the betterment of the world by accidnet ;-;) PS. more like paimon has lost her memories and knows a dark truth which shes hiding from herself shes scared to uncover it and yes her innocence is her real perosnlity

[@natweigel]

Doesn’t stop the mascot tinkerbell to turn into evil final boss in Bravely Default. 😂 Always be cautious with those cute mascots in game.

[@iovrciq]

so much details that nobody notice it. but the story of genshin impact is quite sad, it just keeps me thinking what happened to the twin that they become evil and why the unknown god stopped them.

[@retreee]

i feel like the whole story was exposed or spoiled by just watching this wtf man

[@Mita_1337]

I'd like to imagine that hoyoverse didn't write the end of the story and will just pick the best theory the community comes up with.

[@gushernandez25]

Characters not knowing who they truly are or should know has been a common theme throughout Teyvett including Nahida, Furina, Neuvillete, and Scaramouche.

[@grandmaster137]

Paimon is the main chracter and protagonist. The traveler is just her deaf companion/puppet.

[@GGVM95]

😂😂😂

[@olyabutorina6869]

That's sad 😭 I like my Aether and want him to be the real main character ❤

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

Evil God splits in two, a good one, and an evil one. Paimon is the good one with no memories and the evil one wants to remerge with Paimon to gain its full power again. This is my theory I thought up in about however many minutes it took to type this.

[@sidedhamma]

Paimon is emergency food and that is what she is

[@karma5720]

That makes sense how paimon likes to crap talk gods

[@Nepan2010]

lol i feel bad when paimon mocks raiden ai for not telling them smth in raiden's story quest.

[@Anu_was_here]

I believe Pimon is the Tutorials Archon. Fought from the land of Settings.

[@aliard9236]

And now i think about Dainsleifs words in the Khaenriah arc-Defeat me, command me to step asise, Show me that you are worthier than i to rescue her

[@EsporHB]

I just can't bear hearing Paymen again and again.

[@kim_genshin]

Skill issue

[@ItsRokii]

This is why I love genshin, the lore

[@ilovepalitaw]

THANK YOU for debunking the paimon is the god of time solely because of her game menu thing. like, its just a game mechanic!

[@ilovepalitaw]

also a new point: theres a feature in PS5 genshin where menu paimon's crown falls off. she specifically says"tiara" sooo.. do with that what you will

[@Plague01.]

just me with my dumb saying: SHE IS THE CHILD OF THE PRIMORDIAL ONE

[@HeartlessRedMonster]

That would make sense actually 🤔

[@StarsObservatory]

The answer: None of the Above. Paimon's true identity is emergency back-up food.

[@-.nancyys.only.-]

i was gonna say that

[@foxyplaysyt6617]

Maybe she really is the promodial one she just lost her powers and memories after her battle against the second who came

[@pjacob8824]

I like the theory however it feel’s like we are missing something and it’s right in front of our faces. Well, I guess only time will tell.

[@Silly_Illidan]

Your paimon being the source of our power holds great weight.... Since the first skill we ever use, WINDBLADE, has the description that both paimon and traveller learned it

[@mhdbimasakti3764]

Paimon teaches a simplified version of the archon's techniques To help the traveler fight Celestia later, because Paimon doesn't want to involve the archons

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

​@@mhdbimasakti3764 They're not archons techniques though. They're dragons techniques. Which is why I am not really sold on the theory.

[@Llahha]

Also, many people haven’t noticed that when you first start the game you can view the main character without the anemo element. In the corner, it shows a shape that looks a lot like Paimon’s star pin!😊

[@JAG-go8bi]

If you look in shreck you can see a drawing of paimons crown symbol so she is shreck💀

[@kim_genshin]

💀💀💀

[@dizziedmisu]

but one thing we know for sure, that she is *emergency food*.

[@Smoree_32]

Your right

[@leibharrcalumpit]

I'm starting to think the sustainer of heavenly principals is the second how came

[@kaedeharakazuha0_0]

What if Paimon is using the traveler to gain her power by condensing all elements from the Statue of the Seven?

[@BruhTNT4258]

Could be, but it won’t be for malicious reasons.

[@七七-r9i]

I love Paimon I wish she and the travelers don't any conflict in the end

[@Fatherless_Joe]

If you take notice to Paimon's design, its basically the pillars in the loading screen. And as we know, the loading screen is supposedly Celestia. Although we cannot tell what Paimon is exactly until they reveal her, we know that she is somewhat related to Celestia.

[@toggeboii1121]

Honestly, I hope hoyoverse are planning to release a FINAL archon quest based on paimon, OR a story quest about her where u have to do daily tasks to get the story key. Hoyoverse are always full of surprises so idk

[@ligth3977]

An employee from hoyoverse may have seen this and reported that they should change the ending so it won't seem too obvious.

[@myjesusfair777]

So this is spot on 0_0

[@Vazecrow]

Paimon by nature isn’t evil because just someone loses their memory doesn’t mean they lose their soul she in most times are not thinking of ways to cause harm to others or make us do so like she could do that in hidden way not directly yet paimon is just there we decide everything ourselves and go where we wanna go she just there to accompany us in our journey and after that part in sumeru where traveler and her get separated i felt like im missing paimon by my side ofc i was glad she didn’t talk over me and be annoying in dialogue for a moment but that feeling like the only person who knows me the traveler is not with me is kinda sad

[@XCS_Gatcha]

While watching this, I drowned an noticed the “omni” symbol, so if paimon would be the “omni” god, then maybe paimon is reviving us when we die, therefore meaning she is the god of protection

[@demiurge_n_dragons]

i really like your theory. i haven't seen anyone else create a link between the imaginary element (from other hoyoverse titles) and omni element. it certainly is a feasible tie-in to the honkai titles!

[@Phantom_fi4ey]

If paimon evered show her real identity.. She is still my best buddy forever❤

[@gamerandtipstv713]

I think paimon is the most powerful underdog the creator it self just pretending to just having fun in her created world but it's just maybe 😂

[@Leni_BarDeChocolat]

Paimon is just emergency food

[@nightcoredimension192]

no she is the omni god and related to celestia and was once a powerful warrior she is the best in whole teyvat

[@_littlewalnut]

Ah yes, Pay-mon.

[@manoharalisa5829]

Paimon is the will of Tevyat itself..

[@minakshidev9184]

unknown goddess SAY she wants to end traveller journey BUT not happened I Think SHE know traveller is powerful to defeat traveller binding Boao like in jjk

[@arrv1690]

ive been trying to find paimons dialogue when she explained why shes in the water that has something to do with an accident when the traveler fished her, so yah shes not in the water for thousands of years. that dialogue was so short and im not paying attention when it appeared. you may want to search that :) . one thing ive learned in my years of playing different games... even if the connections looks convincing we will never know until its known. but this theories are entertaining, keep it up.

[@untamedrose30]

Paimon may not be faking the memory loss. Guoba lost most of his memories as well as his powers when he shrunk. Same thing with Nahida (in a way) she had no memories or knowledge of Rukkhadevata when she was created, she was like a human child.

[@brahyonetta]

i never guessed that paimon knew of her divinity and was hiding it just like venti and zhongli. it would be LOLs if this turns up to be true and like the theory

[@lslawashere]

the primordial one would also basically be the god of the archons so the same design on her boots shows up on the statues at a specific level (when kazuha was talking about the stars he would also be including traveler as they were a shooting star when they came to teyvat) and i think it could be possible that something couldve happened to her wings so she got a scarf to represent those wings especially because the pieces coming off are shaped the same as the wings just facing the same direction

[@jfksfangirl]

The only theory THAT MAKES SENSE I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS

[@Kitty-h2y]

After the video finished I got a Genshin Impact ad😭

[@Skyrem22]

I just into genshin a week ago, right now I just finished all Mondstadt and is journeying to Liyue. Although I'm yet to fully see the entirety of the game could offer, but it seems during the entire journey, and specifically during conversations, she seems very passive, and is "observing" what the traveler and other characters would say or do. I know she always talks, she jokes, but that's it. She does not try to suggest things, she gives the traveler the freedom of choice. I don't know if this all coincidence but seems paimon is just observing our journey from the very start.

[@UtaminoUta]

If paimon truly primodial one who has spent all her power to fight and save humanity, that means she guide traveller to learn about the world she create to make him the next ruler. Maybe the reason why she always go along with traveller's decission and observe because she expect the traveller to become better ruler by learn about teyvat's situation themself. But tbh, it's unclear if the 2nd who came currently fill the throne or the throne is vacant right now. Players have many theories and intrepertations right now as the progress has spill more tea but it also rise more questions. Enjoy your journey, mate!

[@Skyrem22]

@@UtaminoUta I love to think that! Considering that she is the most mysterious being in the entire world of the game. I can't wait for the devs to fully reveal paimon's true identity, but I doubt it'll be soon, maybe near the conclusion it will be you and paimon vs your twin? Who knows and I am so excited for what the game could offer. Although some parts of the story felt rushed, I think what separates genshin with others is its ability to fully hook you to its narrative with and eagerness of what will happen next. Overall I am loving genshin, and I have no idea why the internet hates it.

[@editedrectangle1385]

Would be interesting seeing maybe her being the missing link to the story by being an avatar of the fallen god, perhaps the greatest enemy of that unnamed goddess.

[@oyinrukbo3300]

Who is Paimon? Emergency food?

[@hunter1438]

Paimon it's such a mystery that even Conan or Sherlock can't even crack

[@emixedit]

In my opinion i think its 80% shes a god of time or some sort of time bc theres a place in dragonspine that speeds up time and sometimes u see the paimon symbol, i checked and it does speed up time but i havent seen the paimon symbol yet bc i only tried it twice :)

[@ridhosaputra3936]

But God of time/Istaroth still alive, we(traveler) can heard her voice in Enkanomiya

[@robertmelconde8151]

Even dainsleif doesn't have any suspicious to paimon. The quotes of mondstadt sundial i try to decode the meaning and this is what i got(speculation) "Seed of stories(the traveler), brought by the wind(anemo boys/characters or traveler savior) and cultivated by time(paimon)" this quote was also say by venti 2x and paimon say it to(in lantern rite)

[@Marshmallow-t1d]

The primordial one is my emergency food

[@citoyenneteavanttout7273]

The thing I pain to find in every theory about Paimon is that Zhong Li gave us one of the most bizarre pieces of information about her : ''Please give this Remedium Tertiorum to him on my behalf. Oh, yes... be sure not to let Paimon eat them. Nothing of this world can withstand the power of this medicine.'' This along with the fact of her being affected by Erminsul if she's not faking it, DOES NOT discard the possibility of her being a Celestial being, it could just lead us to understand more about how this world works, and how apparently Celestial/otherwordly beings like the Traveler's sibling, Istharot, Nabu Malikata and the Seeles, and even Morax if he's unveiled to be one of them ended up almost trapped in Teyvat and almost as if punished (trapped in the Fate system, being stripped of their minds, being imposed to undergo erosion ...) This might be just a stretch but I thought it was worth mentioning.

[@cesarpinto1671]

I support that theory, but i can give my opinion which is, what if paimon aka "The primordial one" actually won against the second who came (i suspect its nibelung the dragon king who they didnt recongnize and assumed he was a decender) but the cost of winning was turning small and disapeared, after that the sustainer which probably is one of the shades assumed comand of celestia and made all of the decisions until the primordial appeared

[@Migrant.Worker]

9:52 I thought the omni-element would symbolise light (the same element as Dainsleif). The upside-down triquetra on Paimon would indicate that she is from the abyss.

[@alicewalls2095]

Love this theory. Also Genshin players should try Honkai just to recognize themselves with some of the lore. The imaginary element is more like the element of light vs darkness, but there’s… a little more to it if you’re interested in reading up on it. Also Griseo is most likely the Primordial One as she’s the only Flamechaser that was sent out in Su’s Ark to reestablish human life in a bubble universe. There are videos in this already but Griseo’s cage themes, her 4 shades she creates, her ability to create, change and restore worlds with her paint.

[@alter-naria]

this makes so much sense that i actually believe its gonna be canon