no doubt this is a way to Natlan! the carvings on the walls relate to similar carvings Native Americans who lived in the desert made, so since Natlan is based off tribes and such, it’s definitely not a coinwinkadink! a few of Natlan’s tribes could’ve lived in sumeru’s desert, assuming they originated from the southwest which would be Natlan and moved to the desert. it all really connects if you think about it! (correct me if i’m wrong, i’m just trying to remember what i’ve learned :D)
I don't know but I don't think so, in the travelers' video (the recent one with the sad music) at the end it shows how Lumine and Dainsleif go towards dawn in the desert and that's where they are supposed to enter in Natlan and well obviously they don't show us more because it is a new region.
Back when we had an event in that zone I thought of it looking like what I thought Natlan transition could be, so I'm with you, this has to be the entrance
we're all betting that the first Natlan introduction/entrace in the game is gonna be through this gate/cave, right? and Paimon would be like "oh hey remember that fire puzzles we did in sumeru desert cave thingy? let's check them out!"
This fits so well I'd legit be shocked if it isn't true. What I do find an interesting implication though is that if the map is expanded in this section, it leaves quite an area open to the left of Fontaine, and to the north of Natlan. Fontaine's west coast is the last piece of coast that's out of bounds. Seems like a logical place for either a future expansion of either country (or even a combination?), or some other place. Also interesting to add to that is that Fontaine is *not* in the ocean, it is in fact in an inland lake, which also suggests landmass to the west of fontaine.
What if there's an area to the west of Fontaine, North of Natlan, far from Celestia, where one or more Dragon Sovereigns have retreated to, biding their time perhaps?
We've seen what happens to potential paths to other regions, they usually get forgotten or have a different purpose 😂 Like that one road south of liyue harbor that could have led to Sumeru but didn't, or that cave in Sumeru desert tornado area that allegedly led to the next desert area (with Sorush and stuff) but turned out to be the place for a weekly boss. Interesting theory nonetheless, as I myself thought about that too when I was exploring it
Idk why but I’m starting to look at genshin as I did when I started the graphics are awesome when I see it on your video and idk why I got the first time player feeling randomly after playing almost consecutively for almost 2 years
I thought Nathan would connect to Fontaine because the cryo region is north of mondstsdt so thought we’re going back full circle to connect with fontain to storm terror lair
I do still remember this area even after only visiting it once. The puzzle you had to do here was surprisingly involved, I thought it was a neat little area but it didn't really have anything for players to do in after you completed that part of the Pari questline lol
It's strange to think that I felt that this place was strange when it appeared in the game and I finally understand why I had this perception that I couldn't explain at the time 🤔
I didn't even consider that area could be connected to Natlan. I just thought it was a cool area with decorations and then proceed to forget all about it after completing the puzzle 🤣
Many pointed out that the graffiti, carvings, and solved puzzles are actually from the world quest series Khvarena of Good and Evil. I completely forgot about that part from that world quest series which I completed back in Version 3.6. However, the pyro ambiance and the Kory Drum with a pyro marking can be a coincidence and Natlan is already confirmed to be in the west of Sumeru. Hoyoverse might have known what were they doing during that quest's development. It may not be Mount Esus shown in Natlan's teaser, but does look similar. Hopefully, things will improve after this video which was just made for speculation.
