Wriothelsey Has The DARKEST Story Quest In Genshin Impact

[@ArchonKujo]

Wriothesley really does have a dark past, it's kinda crazy how both Wrio and Neuvillette have such dark backstories, a Melusine suicide over an accusation, and then killing your adopted parents, sheesh Genshin isn't all wholesome and colorful rainbows anymore, even now I'm hearing the word "pissed" here too 💀💀

[@Starnight_Sky]

This is just my opinion, but I feel Genshin always had this "dark side" to it, it was just way less obvious. Like, Venti's story quest is quite dark and same thing goes for Cyno's story quest. But, you could argue those are more sad and less dark. But, Fontaine is 100% the darkest nation and with Natland and Snezhnaya coming up, I'm curious how dark this game will get.

[@liandoaethend2403]

​​​@@Starnight_Skyyeah, its always been dark, mondstadt hide their darkness the most, it is pretty well hidden, and then slowly-liyue to Inazuma, then inazuma, to sumeru, and then sumeru to fontaine. I guess as our sibling said, to see teyvat for ourself, telling us how fked up it can be

[@ArchonKujo]

​@@Starnight_Sky I absolutely agree with your take, brilliant statement! 👌

[@Who_is_Toast]

Wait, have I missed something? When did a character say the word "pissed"?💀

[@ArchonKujo]

@@Who_is_Toast Paimon and an NPC

[@mindune]

still thinking about that moment where Neuvillette remained silent during Wriothesley's trial... No wonder.

[@loola8908]

Probably because Wriothesley's case reminded him of his friend Vautrin killing people for what they did to Carole. It's very similar. So Neuvi just got memories from the past and stayed silent. Also it's more depressing to think that a teenager would resort to such a method out of desperation

[@navalinomilzamashshidqi5384]

Where?

[@nevembra9850]

​@@navalinomilzamashshidqi5384In Neuvillettes quest you get to look through past trials and find one about Wriothesley. It says that Neuvillette was quite as if he had no words to say

[@lacytaylor1501]

It must be devastating for Neuvillette to keep enduring these trials, no wonder he apparently breaks down after each one, between the ones like his friend, Navia's father, and Wriothesley, it's probably just... Exhausting to say the least. There's probably been plenty more cases of people committing crimes for they felt was right, dying against the champion duelist or sent off to live out their lives in a ticking time bomb of a prison. On top of that, he went through so much to ensure he's seen as impartial so for a case like Wriothesley, a kid taking care of two lower than scum people to save many young lives only to be shipped off to a prison. It would make anyone question exactly what justice is

[@Rosy345c]

And then Furina like "Oh.. so your foster parents were horrible people and killed and trafficked children so you kill them and admitted to all of it? BORING 🙄🙄 i'm out of here, troo looo looo~" She didn't cared at all About the suffering that this children and specially Wriothesley went through.

[@NewWave3313]

I like how chat were saying “the first character who killed someone”, like Raiden didn’t end Signora right in front of us lol

[@Jehphg]

or like zhongli hasn't slaughtered countless gods before

[@gerardprescilla3440]

Also Collie killed(accidentally) people before

[@jingqiao661]

It’s more how he’s the only one who explicitly tells us he has committed murder and had consequences for doing so. If we’re really counting people who’ve murdered I’d safely say at least 1/3 of playable people have dirtied their hands.

[@Mondy667]

​@@gerardprescilla3440Not accidentally

[@moosefromsky3986]

She also killed her own citizens, Toma or Kazuha's friend being one. Lyney and Lynette's story where a pedophilic noble bought Lynette and other children before the Knave killed him and his associates. Navia's father and his would be assassin, the whole missing women case in Fontaine.

[@sara_s1737]

Y'know how Neuvillette stayed quiet during Wrio's trial and then helped him later? I can't decide if Neuvillette was questioning if sentencing a young teen to prison for such a thing was right or if he was simply reminded of Vautrin - innocent person forced to commit crime in the name of revenge since they knew the system would or could not help them.

[@emery120]

Most likely a mix of those two

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Vautrin was revenge. Wriothesley killed in self defense of himself and others. While both include murder, they're both two very different situations.

[@achievementart]

@@GummyDinosaursify Wriothesley's depiction of the events makes it sound like it was definitely pre-mediated and not in the spur of the moment, so that's probably the similarity I guess?

[@taiyonohikari1346]

​@@GummyDinosaursifyNo it's not self-defense, you should read his character story. He already ran away from that house and came back when he prepared enough to kill them.

[@sara_s1737]

@@GummyDinosaursify Wriothesley's crime was a planned out murder for what they did to the kids. I think his case can fit the definition of "revenge"

[@NoobArtist007]

I'm actually curious now to what Paimon sees when she touches the gem

[@hayond656]

Genshin really teasing us Paimon stuff just like that mysterious room scene in the Chasm quest

[@yuki97kira]

Imagine if she saw the beginning, taking out the other twin... Either itd be dramatic, or just paimon without food

[@TiggyTheWolf967]

My personal guesses would be that she saw when the Raiden Shogun almost killed the Traveler and when the Traveler disappeared during the Sumeru Loop There could be hidden stuff as well of course

[@amyjamisenhi3949]

​@@TiggyTheWolf967ink so to plus the time she almost drowned

[@riotangel4701]

drowning in the sea.

[@joeymag593]

The one-two punch of Wriothesley BODYING Dougier and then admitting to double homicide as a teenager, immediately followed by Avice and Fassiolle asking to be married in the Fortress is a ROLLERCOASTER

[@ghelcarreon]

The irony of being citizens of Fontaine, the nation of Justice and Law, doing heinous of most heinous crimes. I love how Genshin writers create these images with world building, character development, and story plots.

[@ladsvlad1421]

true. and how in the land of wisdom where the people worships wisdom so much they even trampled over their god of wisdom and used it for selfish reason. the world building and story in this game is really amazing and reflects to the truth and complexity of human nature.

[@riotangel4701]

Think it's only suitable to see law and order in practice in the nation of justice.

[@Unfortunateghosts]

I think every nation contradicted itself at some point. Mondstadt, the city of freedom, had to fight for their freedom in the first place. + They still worship a god, almost more than every other nation. Even the God of freedom, Venti, isn't free because he's being watched by the heavenly principals. Liyue, city of contracts, doesn't even have a god anymore. Morax knew his nation could thrive on his own, so he faked his death (RIP to his friends cause like he didn't even tell them before hand or something lmao). Weirdly enough, Liyue is more "free" than the city of freedom. The similarity tho is both Venti and Zhongli can't say anything about the cataclysm because their bound to something. We all know about Inazuma. Ei, while fighting for eternity to protect her nation, broke Inazuma apart. The fatui wormed their way in and killed like half of Watatsumi island with delusions, people were losing their ambitions, battles and war broke out, it was just a mess. Sumeru's biggest problem was its own people. Up until then, the problems were caused by other/their own gods, or some catastrophic event (Like Fontaine). The people of wisdom weren't even close to understanding the meaning of wisdom, and hurt their own god trying to figure it out. I love this game so much 😭

[@Tomatoandeggs]

the writers cooked fr

[@ifakeifake7612]

Still not fked up as gurabad

[@krys9463]

I feel like the overall message so far with some of these backstories is that, even in a land thats supposed to be the pinnacle of justice, the most vulnerable slip through the cracks. Which I feel like is a really good message to have. With how dark some of these quests are, I'm really looking forward to the next Dain quest.

[@soulstealer5625]

“Everyone knows the apathy of the chief justice”. The law is cold and only offers one brand of justice.

[@Nil_Sama]

Yep, considering that we left off with the "sinner" seeing us and Fontaine being the nation of "sinners".

[@lacytaylor1501]

The mood whiplash at the end tho. Going from ' So I offed my foster parents who were taking kids and selling them and offing any they couldn't sell whilst just a kid myself ' to ' Wooo! Wedding! '

[@pontoancora]

It is a too dark story. I'm glad we had a little happiness in the end

[@burg3575]

1:19:59 I really like the way how Wriothesley dashed to Dougier here, I don't know what the move is called but its the exact type of movement boxers like to do when fighting

[@gepardzhongli]

Dempsey roll 😂😂

[@yuki97kira]

I think he did it on his E too, where he would dash towards opponent...and using his E increase his dmg, he fully intending to slap dougier to next thursday

[@nevembra9850]

I keep thinking to what Arlacchino said about Fontainians having to save themselves. Wriothesley has been doing that and still is with the ship trying to take matters into his own hands like she is.

[@maxireigl1919]

The theme of humanity's relation to the divine is almost a through-line for all the nations, isn't it? In Mondstadt, Venti decided to let his people live without divine interference. The people of Mondstadt still worship Barbatos, but their god is distant and absent Liyue is a story of a people's emancipation from their Archon, and the dawn of a new human era. Even in Inazuma, when the Shogun caused the nation harm, some people decided to take up arms against their god. In Sumeru, though the Sages chose to entrust their fate to a god, it was a god they chose, not the one who ruled their nation by "birthright". In Fontaine, with doom on the horizon and the Archon seemingly at her wit's end, the people go their own ways. And, of course, there's Khaenri'ah, the nation that never had a god to begin with.

[@nevembra9850]

@@maxireigl1919 Yes and in a way Mond (Jean and Diluc), Liyue (the Qixing and adepti) and Inazuma (Ayaka, Yoimiya and the army) where all taking matters into their own hands. Fontain is the first nation we see where the "supposed" bad (fatui) are doing the same thing as another in a nation, saving it. In all the other nations we've been against the fatui on opposite sides but not this time, Arlacchino just like Wriothesley is doing what she can to save Fontain which is new. We were against Childe, Signora, Scara and Dottore. Sure we're friends with Childe and Wanderer/Scara now but not then when everything was happening but with Arlacchino? We're not in conflict at all nor does she have any sort of resentment or issues with us. It's new and it does make me wonder how Fontain is gonna turn out.

[@coco-yp6ow]

Neuvillettes story quest was all: Awhh he’s so cute While Wriothesley for me was: HES SO HOT

[@valen9871]

Watching back this story quest, Wriothesley's "Our needs are like violent beasts. If we can't face them properly, they'll grow restless and enraged, causing pain and conflict." sounds not only like an advice, but also a final warning to Dougier that he knows he's up to no good, the foreshadowing...

[@roselynmusic8831]

I absolutely loved this story quest

[@angelichobi__18]

They’ll probably start including dain in the archon quests when the main story gets closer to kaehnri’ah, which would be around late Natlan or Snezhnaya

[@amberxv4777]

I kinda got that the 7 stories are unrelated to Dain and kaehnri’ah. Since there is an 8th nation. Although the Tsaritsa is probably trying to remove the heavenly principles for sure

[@angelichobi__18]

@@amberxv4777 the 7 nations archons all played a part (except for furina) in destroying kaehnri’ah so they are related to the kaehnri’ah story but not with dain, but since dain is related to kaehnri’ah the closer we get to exploring kaehnri’ah the more likely it is that dain will be involved one way or another, you can only work in the shadows for so long

[@dyingofdioxide]

@@angelichobi__18you mean except nahida? even rukkhadevata was too busy dealing with the forbidden knowledge and healing the tree of irminsul to go and fight khaenri ah. that's why dain doesn't have anything really bad to say about the god of wisdom

[@Hoodietheghost]

My jaw dropped during that cutscene near the end only to drop again when I heard his backstory. My respect for this man just skyrocketed.

[@BeatrizViana13]

His backstory explains a lot about his view on the convicted criminals, he better than anyone knows that when pushed to a certain point most people would commit a crime, so he sees everyone in the prison has “people” and not just “criminals” he doesn’t let a person’s crime cloud his judgment because he knows good people break the laws in desperate situations, a less extreme example would be a poor family stealing food to feed their kids, yes stealing is a crime, but no decent parent wants to see their children starve. (i think the same for people who just need food for themselves as well, but using kids as an example evokes a lot more sympathy in general) Of course if he discovers that someone committed a heinous crime for selfish and cruel reasons then he would give that person the suitable punishment, case in case in point: Dougier. Plus it makes so much sense that Neuvi stayed quiet during Wrio’s trial, little by little Neuvilette realised that the “justice” he had to follow was extremely unfair and that the Oratrice would judge the crime independently of the reasoning. Some people were “following the laws” while committing vile acts, some people broke the law to protect others. Laws are not just, even in real life and there’s no way to fix that, even if exceptions were made for the good people, the bad people would find a loophole and get the same treatment. It’s best in my opinion to lock up good people than to free the bad ones… or at least logically it is, cuz it sure hurts to admit it out loud.

[@DramaticCrossroad]

Trauma bonding leading to a wedding is top notch :D

[@kristofvaradi1928]

You gotta admit the 4.1 trailer was the most misleading one. Not only that most of the dialogues didn't match the scenes that were going on, they also switched up this Wrio cutscene to make it look like he was protecting this mf from a Gardemek.

[@D4rkSpaze]

With 4.2 trailer coming up, oh boy, we just have to see it for ourselves what happened really in that "cutscene"

[@angry_goldfish]

"The idea of the criminal as a selfish, heartless brute is just a stereotype. SUch lables could never capture the complexity of even a single individual person." wise words wrio this is why ur my fav

[@jsuhtea]

paimon's a bit sus on that gem it was like "oopsie" almost revealed my lore, but i think it's just the bad things that happened on their journey, but who knows what if there's more and like how paimon almost drowned

[@pontoancora]

Paimon saddest memory: - Oh no, we are out of sticky honey roast😢

[@legendaryeiyuu]

I really loved this quest! Also cheers to Dougier's VA, I was initially wondering why he had such an accent, but then it reminded me of those televangelists lol(I've watched too many of those cult deep dives). He also really gave out those cult leader vibes as the story went on. Surprised Rizzley didn't end him when he had the chance, but I guess his punishment is also good. Dude's gonna live out the remaining of his life worrying and being paranoid. Genshin is really going all out dark on their backstories now and I love it. Really wonder when they'll give Venti his second story and how dark will it be?

[@ToscaTee]

Great now i have an irrational fear for venti’s sq2.… i’m not ready for the angst and trauma

[@davinlee3412]

This is an amazing Story Quest. My trust issues are tingling and that proves the main culprit. Also was it just me or Rice Lee is staying to his inner Jotaro self? He's an ORA-ing badass. So I'm gonna burn my cash for him.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Be warned of his Inazumanese voice, he IS the Ocean Man

[@briizou]

1:20:00 I loved how the chat just wanted to beg wrio to choke them next 😂

[@christofelwaworuntu9140]

FR. They are down bad for him🤣

[@randomfanatic3178]

Honestly i would to😂

[@근두부]

ME NEXT

[@impishtwink8144]

i mean can you blame them?

[@ladsvlad1421]

wriothesley's story quest conclusion is how it should be done. if only they did the same with cyno's story quest. I'm still mad they didn't add cyno's story of when he first got possessed by the priest spirit or why it ever happened in the first place.

[@baekxia]

Yeah, honestly during the quest I was really shaken because of that pathetic excuse of a human Dougier, and honestly I know this is something terrible to say but I wouldn't look at someone I know differently if I knew they killed monsters like his "parents". And I was lowkey ready for him to kill Dougier. Once again, that's a terrible thing to say but god dammit, that thing doesn't deserve a place on earth and I would like his punishment not to be JUST what he made the members endure, but 10 times worse for everything. That pathetic being is probably the most vile thing I've ever seen in Genshin. Well, anyways, I still loved the quest, because even with the dark and horrible things that happened, I still loved playing it and as always in a 5s' character quest, getting to know him better.

[@n.s.3609]

Spoilers for his story, but Wriothesley actually wanted to get sentenced. People in the court argued he should be left free, but the Oratrice would still find him guilty as it wasn't a self-defence but a planned murder :(

[@spyrothetimelord]

it didn't hit me until just now but i had genuinely wondered why Wriothesley's file from (now we know) when he was a teen was even out when we were looking up things that might connect to a crime/threat to melusines. i know not everyone watches the dev streams so i initially thought it was a way for them to hint to those players that he had something in his past. but now i realize that more than that, it literally connects because like Vautrin was sentenced, Wriothesley was convicted because he "took the law into his own hands" sort of thing by handling things the way he did. right down to his reasoning likely being a mix of revenge and wanting to remove the threat from the picture. I wonder if like with his friend's case, he was put under pressure to say he was innocent, or perhaps just personally unsure if conviction was truly "right" in Wriothesley's case. this also adds an extra layer to the fact that it's Wriothesley who reveals the real reason why Vautrin doubled down on his act to ensure people would see that just because he was close to Neuvillette, he wouldn't let his bias stop him from a conviction. personally, i'm still more connected to Sumeru, but gosh they really upped their game in the writing with the subtleties in Fontaine. i know they existed before but this is really just cool to see

[@spyrothetimelord]

also considering that we know from Lyney that this sort of thing is likely common in Fontaine, i wonder if Neuvillette also likely felt some version of hopelessness at someone as young as Wriothesley was at the time doing that in order to get out of the situation

[@loif93]

Paimon probably saw an empty fridge or something

[@annalisehua]

1:09:42 fun, or rather, not fun fact, the fingerprint in the Chinese text uses a specific language so that it suggests it being blood instead of ink. It's only subtext, so don't take it too literally, but, yeah, it still stood out to me quite a bit

[@strongyun4504]

one of the best story quest 10/10 also it's nice to see wrio's cold and scary side, and he's ready to kill

[@sirMYOMIN]

chat was kind of ridiculous this stream imho like this stream 100% deserved a trigger warning but not because Wriothesley mentioned his backstory once, but because of the emotional and physical abuse and manipulation throughout the entire story quest. It was *alot* and definitely a step up from other story quests/hidden things. It's something many many people can relate too, so a trigger warning (or even just a content warning for manipulation and abuse) would've been fine. I get not wanting spoilers but warnings are there to *warn* so there really isnt a way around it. This is just something to consider for future streams. Fontaine is beginning to delve into darker stories (which is fine), but that demands caution and maturity from the fanbase, aswell as appropriate warnings in place.

[@captive8670]

1:28:20 I mean Lyney said that Arlecchino did the same with the one that kidnapped Lynette for atrocious things

[@renapundarika2135]

Dougier: I knew you would come, but I didn't expect you to be so quick. *cyberpunk 2077 music*

[@gepardzhongli]

Wriothesley: What's the matter? Scared to shoot straight? Me: EVER SINCE I MET YOU I'LL NEVER BE SHOOTING STRAIGHT!

[@PrincessJadyn15]

💀

[@amberxv4777]

For me since I met Wriothesley I will never be gay

[@D4rkSpaze]

That line made me rethink my gender 💀

[@zillo1600]

So lets summarize. His story quest had: psychological manipulation, starvation, slavery, child abuse/murder, parricide, choking, torture and injections in the brain. Does Genshin need trigger warning for some quests? That was really dark. Most of the time Genshin only imply the really dark stuff. A bit sad that we got no Siegwinne in his Quest and now i really want him to talk again with Lyney and Lynette because he has a lot in common with them but i think he successfully burned that bridge :D

[@wienzard93]

you can add 'lobotomy' in place of injections to the brain. it's quite similar and still horrifying. also in lyney's story we had mention of attempted rape as well.

[@zillo1600]

@@wienzard93 true but in lyneys quest it was a lot more vague in my opinion. I mean everyone still knew what they were talking about but they didn't say it so directly.

[@RaNgErs_Rep]

​I suppose but Lynney used direct wording as well. "She caught the eye" it's a term always about attraction so it's pretty direct I doubt they'll ever use the word Grape or or sexu@l assault. Since its a kid game by technicality

[@KeepQuesting]

1:24:41 In essence, the special observation would be what I’ve heard called a “Safety watch” They make sure the person won’t harm themselves or others, hence why only the extremely hurt members need it

[@tailsfan11westandwithukraine]

Fear is a basic survival instinct, because it either stops us from doing things that could get us hurt or killed, or gets us moving quickly if we’re in danger. But the fact that some people actually *_WEAPONIZE_* fear… And there I was thinking I hated nothing more than corrupt law people

[@TheMonwinzz]

That cut scene would make me drool over Wrio, but i can only gasped because there's no effing shot that douchebag says about how unauthorized punishment & torture is prohibited in Meropide, when the damn guy literally torture those victims?! I'm appalled when i read that line in the cutscene. Thank god Wrio is planning to make that douchebag experience EVERYTHING that the victim experienced. Also, it's amazing that despite his past, Wrio still turns out the way he is. He can be the douchebag like Dougier if he wants to. Esp on how Meropide is literally outside Fontaine's Justice System, he can do shitty things to that prison. But instead he still upheld justice & fairness to all inmates. Wrio ends up being a good chara for me, to now shooting all the way up to #2 after this SQ. And frankly, i can see this SQ expand to 2nd arc. Love it.

[@nencrows_4580]

I love how he just straight up said I killed them. No toneing it down like it was not as bad as it was.

[@potatoprsk]

Been waiting for this! The cutscene was just amazing ❤

[@desiredsweets]

Wriothesley story quest and Neuvillette's story quest are both my all time favourites since returning to genshin! I love dark stories and they are both dark but in different ways In fanfiction terms- Neuvillette's leans more into sad dark or heavy angst while Wriothesley's is dark dark or dead dove DNE Genshin really shocked me with this quest and for a moment near the end, I forgot murder was illegal (I wanted Wriothesley to kill him so bad...)

[@pontoancora]

"Murder is illegal" Raiden Shogun: I am the law.

[@poppythecat454]

I absolutely loved Wrizzy quest. I felt so sad knowing how he was brought up - however I do understand what he did.

[@tkdarkheart]

Honestly, this, the Archon quest and Neuvilette’s quest have convinced me that so far Fontaine and Inazuma are the worst countries by far. In Inazuma, Ei gave the Shogun such ambiguous orders to uphold eternity that it caused a civil war that almost brought the nation to its knees. In Fontaine, you have unground slave markets, child trafficking, the nation literally sentencing people to the bottom of the ocean for even menial crimes, a serial killer who was able to hide for over 20 years and a justice system that turns trial into a spectacle. Fontaine is rotten underneath its flowery appearance and that prophecy is well deserved.

[@senu.]

average European country tbh.

[@Tomatoandeggs]

It's crazy how dark and twisted Teyvat's lore can get

[@GummyDinosaursify]

The whole thing behind Fontaine so far has been "Nothing is what it seems to be". No doubt the "Country of Justice" is a sham hiding it's true sins. After all, it's the only country who's under threat from itself.

[@vermilion6966]

worst countries ye, wait till we get to the last one lmao

[@vermilion6966]

@@senu. xD

[@caramelcwossont]

Genshin got freaking dark. It was always dark, but this was on another level. This story quest had slaverly, torture, starvation, injection into the brain, abuse, neglect, child trafficking. (I didn’t include murder/death cause well we had Signora which L to her, Venti’s backstory, Collei’s backstory, Diluc/Kaeya’s father, The Fauti, Raiden/Vision hunt decree, Kazuha’s friend. . . damn this game got a lot of murder-) Like jesus Christ, sure there was always trauma and sad stuff, but it was never this horrifying.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@BranOnline Two things. One, Wriothesley is merely the Warden of Merpoide. He doesn't have the authority to issue Full Pardons to inmates. He would have to ask Neuvillette for that. Except for the Melusines (and maybe Furina), Wriothesley knows Neuvillette better than anyone else in Fontaine so he knows better than to even consider asking Neuvillette because Neuvillette, even if he wanted to do it, would decline because the law dictates that all convicted felons are to complete their sentences. The best Wriothesley can do for those poor souls is to make sure that their lives in Meropide are as comfortable as he can make them, within reason. Also, let's not forget that Meropide has Sigewinne. Honestly? I think she's the best person in Fontaine to be taking care of these people after what they've been through. Besides, where else could be safer for these people than under the watchful gaze of Wriothesley? He's now personally invested in each and every one of them. In all honesty, if I had a choice between leaving Meropide to deal with the Overworld where I don't know who to trust or living the rest of my life in Meropide where, yes, I'll have to deal with PTSD, but I know that if anything happens, Wriothesely will intervene... I would choose Meropide. I mean, I can't feel much safer than knowing if someone messes with me, they're liable to get a Cryo Fist to the face. This leads into the second thing: I don't think Neuvillette hesitated during Wriothesley's Trial because Wriothesley was a kid. As some people have already mentioned, I think he hesitated because Wriothesley reminded him of Vautrin. Both the cases were, basically, the same. Evil Jackasses mistreated and, potentially, killed innocents close to the killer so the killer decided to take justice in their own hands to ensure the Evil Jackasses could never harm anyone ever again. What Neuvillette said to Vautrin also applies to Wriothesley: "What you did could be considered a form of Justice." I also think this is why Neuvillette places so much faith in Wriothesley and why he's become friends with Wriothesley. He noticed the same sense of Justice within Wriothesley that had sensed within Vautrin 400 years prior. He knew Wriothesley was a good kid and he saw Wriothesley as a chance to rectify a mistake he made 400 years prior: Not following up on Vautrin after he sent him to Meropide. Seriously, put Neuvillette's Story Quest and Wriothesley's Story Quest next to each other and tell me you can't see Vautrin doing the exact same thing to Dougier that Wriothesley did if her were in Wriothesley's position. Also, compare the Mutual Aid Network with how Wriothesley runs Meropide. How Vautrin ran the Mutual Aid Network was, practically, the blueprint for how Wriothesley would come to run The Fortress of Meropide.

[@jademarlorodriguez1559]

Well would you look at that. This is the earliest I've been to a Bran video.

[@macabrevoid]

Neuvillette: “I have the saddest Story Quest” Rizzly: “Hold my Tea” Genshin loves one upping themselves in the department of “how do we make these characters go through the worst/saddest events possible”

[@kristofvaradi1928]

I can literally count on one hand the amount of playable characters that doesn't have a single moment of dark past

[@Neo-o]

I don’t like comparing character’s backstories in terms of what is sadder, but Neuvillette’s quest literally brought tears to my eyes during his cutscene lmao

[@achievementart]

Apples and Oranges. Neuvy's was sorrowful and heartbreaking, Wriothesley's was horrifying

[@tyongsung4645]

i wouldn't call wriothesley's quest 'sad', it was definitely the darkest we've had so far considering the emotional manipulation, gaslighting, (little bit of) gore, etc...

[@ToscaTee]

@@Neo-o his pouring rain makes us cry too lol but fr that cutscene made my eyes sting like sliced onions

[@Codepurple01]

I avoided doing the quest for so long but finally got around to it…this is dark but it’s definitely worth the lore of Wriothesley and how he came to be. It’s something that genshin continues to improve and stories like this are worth for more in depth gameplay

[@tatyanan5811]

My heart sank when he said he killed them. It can be understood, but damn that's dark

[@gdgetsceb4115]

This is actually based on one of the most notorious prison in England back in the 1800s where they induced traumatic fluids straight into prisoner's brain to control them like slaves inside the prison.

[@BigglePopz]

Wriothesely is honestly terrifying when you realise that as a kid - he beat his adoptive parents to death WITHOUT A VISION. That guy was lucky all he got was a choke and slam into the floor! Honestly made me love him all the more because of just how much strength and restraint he'd shown for the sake of helping those who can't help themselves. One of my favourite characters in Fontaine.

[@milkynai]

this was i think the only quest in genshin that invoked actual pure fear in me.

[@Dexterritory212]

given Wriothesleys dark past i totally can see him and Arlechinno getting along given what we know about what the knave did with the house of hearth definitely a good character quest regardless. Wriothesley does have a funny comment about his trial in his about section with Furina. he went from a character i was going to skip for furina to a character i will probably get from rerun at least c0 his playstyles fun to

[@soulstealer5625]

Almost like the quest is social commentary on the state of prisons and vengance vs rehabilitation. Curious that.

[@Galactic1078_]

Me with my C0 neuvi and prototype amber seeing the numbers: "Huh, 8k, I do that too.. Wait lemme rewatch-" *Proceeds to rewatch and pause* "80K WHAT THE FU-"

[@Purpoule_]

I always laugh so much when rewatching quests with you here xD Loved Wriothesley's btw - that cutscene when he chokes Dougier ay ay ay

[@acesermonia2512]

''is he a peaky fucking blinder'' i cant hHAhahAHA

[@GoldenSovereign-n1u]

There is nothing awkward about enjoying classical music.

[@BranOnline]

Nobody said that LOL

[@codenayr7894]

Unknown god gets her memories back.

[@petite2276]

Something that bothers me so much with Fontaine is that Furina has so many laws and rules that can get people sent to jail for stupid things. Yet as long as a person plays by the books they can get a way with far worse things then eating ketchup straight from the bottle. These rules are really good for nothing if child trafficking is so common.

[@Phantom_Zone]

That's literally the theme of the game at this point. City of Freedom, yet everyone is chained to their past. City of Commerce, yet its history is filled with sacrifice. Land of Thunder and Eternity, yet stuck in a stagnant state. Land of wisdom, yet the entire governing body are ignorant fools. So it's natural that the Land of Justice will have the most atrocities.

[@theo6840]

Not entirely unrealistic

[@GLoLChibs]

Now I know why I heard cries of "Choke me Cryo Daddy!" in the distance after his SQ dropped.

[@cassityesuban8187]

We all love death here but understand this is still a Land of the Law. We can expect unexpected and disrespectful killing when we get to Natlan

[@ladsvlad1421]

as an indigenous person, they better make lots of disrespectful killing in natlan lmao

[@bookswithike3256]

The Fortress of Meropide is outside the jurisdiction of Fontaine's laws. Wriothesley could absolutely have killed Dougier if he wanted.

[@vermilion6966]

@@bookswithike3256 that twisted logic lmao. Also, once a criminal always a criminal. If you think that prison guards can kill criminals as they please... yeah, youre fked up

[@bookswithike3256]

@@vermilion6966 No, you're just not paying attention to the lore of the game. All I stated was a fact. The Fortress of Meropide was founded by exiles from Fontaine, i.e. they are not in Fontaine anymore, and therefore not subject to its laws, and the administrator of the fortress is considered the executive authority there. Wriothesley chooses to be a fair and just leader, but the previous administrator certainly was not. And Wriothesley said himself he could have killed Dougier if he wanted. Pay attention next time. Do such things apply in the real world? I would certainly hope not. But this isn't real life, this is a game.

[@vermilion6966]

@@bookswithike3256 your arrogance and idiocy doesnt justify the fact that the boss of the prison threatens people with death. Its doesnt matter if you justify it with "iTs JuSt FanTaSy BrUh" or that the fortress is "SpeCiAl". For someone who tries to represent justice and work on rehabilitating prisoners, setting an example, Wriothesley completely blew it up after he threatened that scum with murder.

[@hub1986]

I really liked his quest, i swear Fontaine characters are so godly written almost like it's a new writing team.

[@hub1986]

@@st0281zr I totally agree i play this game only for the story. English is not my native tongue might have chosen wrong wording. But for me Fontaine for whatever reason hits different i do not know how to explain it.

[@alexd.8554]

⁠@@hub1986 It’s probably because Fontaine’s issues are very real and striking closer to home. It’s very easy to see the overlap between fiction and reality, and it’s saddening

[@hub1986]

@@alexd.8554 True

[@Oclur]

​@@st0281zrWhile they're not bad, they're not good either. Stop overracting, it's embarassing

[@Oclur]

@@st0281zr So, by your logic popularity=quality? Because I can already tell you're wrong

[@avys_is_me]

I hope 4.2 event was their wedding 😭it would be cute we planning their marriage and the party

[@nightkelm9552]

If Vacher never died he never ever would have survived the fortress of meropide, not with Wriothesley around 😂

[@glitchedart7853]

Just woke up to this notification let's gooo I LOVE how dark genshin can get, it's so sick

[@SylantGhost]

The game always had with an underlying dark tone to it what with the siblings being separated to Venti's story quest to Zhongli and Guizhong aswell as Xiao and Bosacius to Ei's archon quest to the samsara in sumeru up to now with Neuvi's story quest and Wrio's story quest, I think Mihoyo has been trying to build up to how dark this game will be when we get to Snezhnaya, Snezhnaya is probably gonna be the darkest nation in my opinion with the fact the Tsaritsa will be there and all but we shall see.

[@rimurutempest8893]

I was wondering if Faisolle has same VA with Vautrin, they sounds pretty similar

[@givemethasauce5720]

emergency food: nope glaze covered flying chunk of ginger bread: yes

[@Mica_cosplay]

Omg I also accidentally got into the pankration quest at the same exact time in wriothesleys Story quest💀 got really confused until I realized. I think I walked into it again at a different spot too,,,

[@Kawashi11]

I felt like something was a little... "lost" during the story... because he reveals everything at the end, like Out of nowhere. I thought it would be like Baizhu's mission... with more details and more stories about the character himself. Even Neuvillette's legendary mission had more things about him, than Wriothesley's mission which had less things about him. Leading me to think that maybe there is a 2nd mission. Because the mission simply ended without an "ending" I would say.

[@lemonbunny71]

The ending felt kinda abrupt in a way. But Hoyo tried to keep all their storyquests around the same length (roughly 1 1/2 hours) so maybe they run out of time and had to keep the ending short. That being said, I really hope we get a "part 2" for his storyquest. (Actually I'm pretty sure most characters will get a second storyquest eventually but I hope we don't have to wait suuuper long for it to happen)

[@taiyonohikari1346]

It's not out of nowhere, he won't reveal his past if it's not because the traveler asked him and the reason why the traveler asked him is because of his reaction during this quest. Wriothesley has a trust issue so he won't reveal his past if it's not because of what they are going through together during this quest (That's why when Paimon asked him the first time if he was ex-prisoner or not, his answer was ambiguous). His past before he killed his foster parents, after he killed them, his trial, his life in prison and how he can become warden is all in his character story, so you should see it. On the other hand, if you read only his character story, you won't know who he killed and why so his character story and his quest complement each other. Without ending? I don't know what kind of ending you expect but how I see Wriothesley is that, Fortress of Meropide is his home. In the end, he shows us his determination to protect his home and also see people believe in him enough to stay in Fortress of Meropide. Wriothesley who can't save all of his siblings and has trust issues because of his past but is now able to save all victims in beret society and trusted enough by others who have a similar experience as him in the past is a good ending for a short story like SQ imo. Edit: Also the fact that people who experience something similar to him are still able to trust others because they are saved unlike him in the past. It makes me think he is saving his own past self.

[@Zillah128]

I can't help but laugh as hard as possible as chat simps over rizzly when he started choking the mf😂

[@RenaDeles]

So i don't think the victims deserve to stay in prison as it were after this, but also with *everything* we've seen with Fontaine; Meropide has a *way* better social support system. It seems that's part of why the House of the Hearth has thrived so much, how the state has failed the people.

[@gintasasd]

1:26:36 u can hear loud shout THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN WILL SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN FOR GOD SAKE*simpson reference

[@Hannaholson7]

Dougier's accent is closest to Creole in my honest opinion, reminds me of being in New Orleans ❤ **Edited to add** After saying that and hearing your impression of the accent, you're not far off😂😂 New Orleans is a swamp with rickety houses and I wouldn't be surprised if there are cannibals too💀

[@diana_svy]

Going into Wrio’s quest, I really didn’t know what to expect but wow a dark n twisted plot was the last thing on my mind. Also I thought the cutscene was fantastic! When Wriothesley slammed Dougier head to the floor… I was speechless

[@kokokoala7338]

by "livestock", did he mean in literal sense or just slavery? Like were they sold for cannibals?

[@MagileineTopDeckToFullField]

Whenever he says "jokes aside," take a shot.

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

Can’t wait for the next Act for the Archon Quest, also for you to react that new video about the Genshin warcrimes against the Sonic Community

[@KingNamelessUser]

If the gem affects someone when it touches their skin then how would the traveler have gotten the memories? Because the traveler have normal gloves on not fingerless gloves like Wrio, it wouldn't have affected traveler because of his gloves.

[@krishnavjamdagni8076]

I swear every fucking story in Fontaine is dark asf

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

OH WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HONKAI ERUPTION IN FONTAINE!!! BUT WAIT, PRIMORDIAL WATER... OH I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON

[@djentity303]

I swear this quest started when I tried to enter the fortress of meropide a bit earlier

[@lilbobeep676]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

[@pedroares6562]

Yes, it's dark, but I think is the darkest story "yet". I think with 3 years ahead and how the writing has improvement we will have some more of this.

[@Mush3064]

At the end of the quest I got so angry that I added all the maximum food buff I had when confronting Dougier

[@mllewhimsy1161]

Put off watching this until now since I finished the quest and JFC that ending though!

[@Sheppart92]

The problem with the hilichurl thing is, yes people from Khaenri'ah were cursed and ended up as Hilichurl.. but there is almost no way to know who was a former citizen of Khaenri'ah and who not.. hilichurl already existed long before the cataclysm happend so its really hard to draw a line 🤔

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Something tells me the first time Celestia dropped their first orbital strike, was when hilichirls were first spawned

[@longps9528]

It seems like a lot of major issues arisen in every nation except Monstadt is related to freedom: freedom from the control of the gods in Liyue, freedom to use their own Visions in Inazuma, freedom to pursuit arts in Sumeru, and now this. Even the Traveler's own storyline seems to be about freedom from fate imposed by Celestia. What are you trying to imply, Mihoyo?

[@canadalovesanime3137]

That society reminds me of some of the evangelical cults we see here in Canada. The leader even talks like those cult leaders. OK! I have to know. Fontaine is clearly trigger happy about putting people in the fortress. If even half the people sent there over all these years never want to leave; where exactly are they housing all those people?

[@elis_swan3271]

It's so funny how we got from people being tortured by fear to a freaking MARRIAGE

[@TheCapitanoPlan]

See Aether is the Abyss prince that’s what his name means btw but all the npcs in the game says the traveler “DRESSED ALL IN WHITE” hmmmm sounds like someone we know to be the real MC Lumine, Lumine is the real Main character.

[@nightmare9399]

Childe Sacra all the archons except nahida and venti and Furina mabe Xiao Ganyu Miko Cyno Dehya I also believe all the Harbingers did especially the top 3 and prob a few more I can't remember

[@bookswithike3256]

Venti has definitely killed people.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Many accents in America came from britain. Many say that it has more in line with what Shakespeare would have sound considering colonies tend to retain its homeland's accent than said homeland itself.

[@oneperson1772]

Me during the cutscene: OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!

[@TravelerSaniar]

52:32 ngl with how you mentioned those two, if it was me, i wouldn't believe any of them 😂

[@avaridge2962]

Wooo! I’ve been waiting for this!

[@ShanMichaelEscasio]

Bruh i literally said the same thing about Warden's story quest! It's too dark. That torture attempt threw me off. Like..call me a coward all you want but I am not ashamed of afmitting that even in movies i get traumatized by gore (hence i dont watch gory horror movies) and depiction of capital punishment. I got nightmates of stuff like that as a kid and growing up. Then the method of punishment by Society came up and i thought they were gonna show it on screen. Eeek 😱😱😱💀

[@baekxia]

OMG??? I just did Neuvillette's Archon quest, so I did after Wrio's quest, and I realised the dialogue is different from Bran's playthrough of the Neuvillette quest, in his playthrough the Mutual Aid Network member Gordes presents the group and it's overall pretty chill, but if you played Wrio's quest before, it changes to "Ah, you're not another deranged group like the Beret Society, right?" "Ah no, I heard they were dissolved not long ago, where they?" Damn, I didn't think they'd go into those details (I was waiting to have Wrio to do Neuvillette's quest)

[@partiallywhole]

Oh, nice catch! Haven't done story quests since Baizhu here 💀 and I'll see it for myself later

[@spammonke7018]

This is like the danganronpa anime where mukuro lobotomy chisa's head while watching the mass murder

[@mystery8820]

Mukuro? I thought Junko was the one doing that.

[@spammonke7018]

@@mystery8820 its mukuro, since chisa is being resilient, junko ordered mukuro to lobotomize her, giving chisa the oleasure of despair