[2.4] Enkanomiya Recap Part Two: Teyvat's Pre-history - A Genshin Impact Theory 

**VIDEO NOTES AND CORRECTIONS** - Ok, apparently "logos" does mean "reason/logic" in Greek which is news to me. I'm only familiar with "logos" as "divine logic." So that's a thing. :P - Naokarma has pointed out that "Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos" make up something called the "Rhetorical Appeals." I had never heard of this up until now so I can't add much insight beyond, "this is worth looking into more." - The Major Arcana is NOT a suit. The Major Arcana plays a very different role in the tarot than the suits of the minor arcana. Originally there WAS NO Major Arcana, and that's why you can do proper Tarot readings using a normal deck of playing cards. They share the same roots. (Hearts for cups, spades for swords, diamonds for pentacles, and clubs for wands). In addition, the Major Arcana tells the story of the Fool's Journey. Every card in the Majors represents either a person, obstacle or event he encounters throughout his life, eventually coming to rest at the final card, the World, as he reaches enlightenment. As such, the Majors in a tarot reading only really talk about spiritual growth or big shifts in ones life. This is why I don't consider them to represent the Primordial One. If anything, they fit the Traveler more.

I just find it so funny how venti “Fixed” the holy lyre for a time but emphasizes that the fix wont hold forever, you could say he fixed it for “A moment”

Man, Ishtaroth/Kairos sounds like she might also be Paimon. Fell into the sea and survived? Hm, we resued Paimon from "drowning" off the coast. What if she wasn't drowning as much as she was floating back up to the surface? Paimon also knows a lot, and is the self appointed travel guide. When she isn't in her pocket dimension she's floating around us with a cape that has a space motif and constellations that pop in/out of existance with her and her pocket dimension. She was encountered in/Associated with Mondstat, the land of wind and time, and we seem to have gained some sort of small time control with her.

I have no idea how Mhy is able to pull inspiration from so many sources, implement it into so many aspects in Genshin and still make it make sense 20:36 revisiting this video after having read the Chasm artifact's lore. And wow, you might be right, the sun was also driven by a chariot, and after some disaster it crashed into the plains west of Liyue, creating the Chasm (Zhongli was very young at this time so we can estimate this to be approximately 6000 years ago). This meteor was described to have a "proud and agitated temper", and that it leapt back to the heavens presumably during the Archon War

This is why i like learning about history and different cultures and seeing this game pull different lore form history culture and this is why i want to see the full story of this game.

What if venti is one of the seelie people who survived the disaster in the angels's hall. He has a cape that stretches over his knees,just like the seelie cape that leaves enough space for like knees. The top of its head looks like a bumpy hat that looks like it has feathers. And venti can come near seelies and they aren't scared of him. And he holds them in his hands,and a seelie was known to sing to a wolf. And venti REALLY loves song. And the seelies are turquoise and who is associated with turquoise?? *Drumroll* VENTI

This adds more questions to the already mysterious Venti... like VENTI WHAT ARE YOU????

Some notes from the Chinese version: *Herrscher of the Void is actually "Herrscher of Space" in Chinese, as "Space" and "Void" uses the same character "空" as abbreviation. *"Principle" (as in Heavenly Principles) and “Reason" (Logos) share a similar relationship as above, as both are abbreviated as "理" *There's a concept, somewhat pervasive in China, but nowhere else, that there actually exist four exalted pillars among the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia, which are Baal, Paimon, Asmodeus, and Astaroth. So far, the possibility that Mihoyo intends to use it cannot be eliminated. It is notable that Istaroth is likely a variant of Astaroth, and the sustainer's beta name is supposedly "Asmoday". *In "Ode to Azhdaha", it is referred to that Azhdaha's palace reached "Wangshu". Wangshu is a poetic name for the Moon in the Chu tradition, but it actually refers to a god that drove a moon chariot.

- Ashikai - *reads forbidden book* - Celestia: Square the F up! - Ashikai: You can't kill all of us! *RELEASES NEW VID* - Celestia: Damn, she smart

This patch cycle has been mostly about Ashikai slowly losing her sanity as far as I'm concerned, and I'm here for it.

Venti: "The pen is mightier than the sword" Zhongli: Earth - Geo, he is the oldest archon, and has the ability to create subspaces, as an adepti, if I recall he infact TEACHES/blesses adepti this art. Places like an hourglass, without change, like passing the time back and forth. Those two are good friends right? Hmm... On another note with all the greek references, the style of helmet in the art of the crown is a Corinthian helmet, Corinth being one of the largest and most important cities of Greece

This woman memorised all of her previous videos as well. Truly a blessing from the primordial one(not phanes bish)

The beginning bit on the "world becomes anew" makes it sound more like some level of terraforming. Given that the vishaps kings probably survive the terraforming, might mean that the pre-Primordial One world was not survivable enough for regular life/humans...

so wait, 7 dragon lords? so they could have been turned/transmuted into the 7 gnonsis (hearts) elements of the world! :O

I've been wondering, when you defeat an abyss herlad, it says "the abyss shall rise AGAIN"... Again? Like was there an abyss order before the Khaenriah incident that transformed its people? Maybe abyss order existed since the primordial one when Khaenriah /Enkanomiya And teyvat were one people. But then when the primordial one was defeated by probably Celestia who came later, the heads of the abyss order are planning for revenge and had the transformed people to join the abyss order... Maybe?

When I first discovered that one of the 4 shades was the god of time, I immediately thought the the other one's would be Death, Life and Space, so, the alternative translation fits better for me (Also, it's a bit strange to have 3 gods of time, unless they are direct related to present, past and future, which does not seem to be the case, but it could be) Also, I find interesting how it fits well the taffle teory you made a while ago (Like, 5 kings, one of them being the high king, etc)

[39:13] The Only creatures that I can think of for inhabitants of pre-historic Teyvat would be the inhuman ones who we don't have much explanation for... like the *Tanuki* (and Tengu and Oni) in "Inazuma", *Foxes* _probably_ in "Mondstadt" (as Ioroi points that they weren't originally from "Inazuma"), the *Adepti* (as *Qilin* and such) in "Liyue", the serpent-like things with tridents whose name escapes me, which we suspect lurk(ed) around "Sumeru"... Like, *Before Sun and Moon* doesn't say anything about the creation of non-human creatures, but they do exist! Sus! Like this world was an amalgamation of Demon worlds from many mythos, ruled by elemental Dragons... and the Primordial One decided to live there with his _humans_ cos' reasons. (Seelie probably don't count, as we assume that they exist / were created to guide humanity _and_ I am still for the E.L.F. theory, lewl~)

Although I don’t think it’s likely that Venti is a reincarnation of the Primordial One though…Venti himself did say that he was once one of the Thousand Winds. I thought it was something like the Primordial One creating his 4 shades and one of the 4 shades creating a thousand winds and one of those is Venti. Something like that. This brings me back to the riddle about the Year, Months, Days and how the father is the Year and the daughters are the months. What if the Primordial One and his shades and the thousand winds works kind of like that?

Going through this video I had a completely random thought that I thought I’d type out here. When you mentioned the story of Noah’s arc, and that it was where humanity came from, It got me thinking. In the story of Noah’s ark, Noah, after the flood was over, sent out a dove to find safe land for the surviving humans to rest. If the Project Ark theory does have merit, do you think that the travellers could be a representation of this dove, since they are supposedly looking for a new home? And if that’s the case, is their creator the primordial one? That could potentially tie in with Albedo since the primordial human project was named after said god, and the Traveller & Albedo have a lot of similarities that have yet to be uncovered. This is probably completely wrong, but it was an interesting idea. Anyways great video Ashikai! Always making me think XD

Just a note, Logos translating to logic actually makes a lot of sense because logos usually translates to logic in rhetoric, like in ethos, pathos, and logos. Great video as always!

I appreciate how the more we learn about Genshin's world the more mihoyo's grand scheme somehow gets simultaneously more murky and yet coherent. i wouldn't be surprised if after all of this we find out that the 'Primordial One' and its shades were people with advanced technology from the Honkai worlds that used technology to recreate the world, and then forbade that exclusive technology from humanity in order to "protect" them from the hershers and honkai, that 'godhood' and the knowledge of technology is exclusive only to 'gods' and therefore they use it to stay in power and that's why they had to destroy khaenriah, and that magic is a type of technology that the abyss are slowly corrupting and they are at war with Celestia for that very reason, perhaps even seeing the honkai as benevolent. my brain hurts from all the possibilities but I must say thank you for another epic lore video - whenever I get the notifs that you've posted another one it just makes my day.

29:00 Something else to add on to this point is that Venti has not only taken on the form of his (dead) friend but he also often tells tales of people from the past aka dead people. He is remembering dead people and helping others remember them as well. This just further solidifies Venti's connection to Istaroth.

the whole Teyvat could be a story of Alien cultivated pre-existing planet to make it fit for their survival, and in the process killing the original dominant species

Also I think we can draw parallels between the Genesis Pearl with the snake around it to the World Egg and the snake wrapped around it. Both are very similar. Also this Ark probably refers to Teyvat since Teyvat means Ark right? But that wouldn’t make any sense if all this took place on Teyvat itself when we know Teyvat is some type of firmament and not a world.

An hourglass and Death are super related as a persons life is represented as an hourglass, in fact I would say that the hourglass is one of the most recognizable time-related symbols of death.

I just love how enka basically confirmed Kokomi to be the human rebirth of one of the Seven Sovereigns, Dragon of Water. Can't believe this but I might actually skip Miko for Kokomi...

What if “seven nations” in the Vishap-era refers to “seven elements” that they ruled over, and when the primordial one took over and “the seven nations submitted to the heavens” it actually means that the primordial could manipulate the elements at will and that’s why they were able to re-create the world (terraforming, basically) and then create life, with the help of the shade(s). Just something I got stuck on with the mention of nations seemingly before the world had any major civilisations to speak of.

i think phaenus being a shade of the primordial one makes much more sense. It's like a Father, Son, Holy Spirit, situation where they're all the same "energy" just portrayed in different entities. So the shades WOULD BE the primordial one just in a different light.

Venti also guides at least Mondstadtian Souls to the Afterlife, so he could have the Death Powers of Istaroth. Btw. In the German Tl the Artifacts are Life, Death, Time, Void and Reason(ing)

Quick thing! There is a fifth “suit” In tarot known as the Major Arcana which has the cards like The fool, the Emperor, The tower, things like that. They represent big ideas and… bigger picture things. Rather than the more specific things the main 4 suits get into. I think it’s interesting how that plays into the crown artifact too since that artifact specifically has a big part to play in how your character is built and how they play

It kinda makes me very sus of Raiden Eis origin now. There are so many things about her that is related to the moon. I suspect that she is the reincarnation of one of the moon sisters who probably died and became twins with Makoto after reincarnation or something. Her past form might actually be like the omnipresent god statue and is probably the Sand of Eon piece since Eon is the largest unit of time, aka very close to eternity. Mihoyo would most likely link their 2 original mcs together in all their games, aka Kiana (the sustainer) and Mei(Raiden). So it makes sense that both of them are the shades of the primordial one. They came into conflict and one of them died. The ending of ggz game was Kiana killing Mei, so the moon sisters killing each other is just mihoyo repeating the same story. Just look at the plane of Euthymia, there is a red moon inside to represent her as one of the moon sisters most likely. And even her charge attack with her spear has the shape of a crescent moon. So in my opinion Raiden Ei is even more sus compared to Venti. But it is possible that Ei forgotten that she is one of the moon sisters, maybe only recalling fragments of the past. Eternity in greek is Aion, and the sands artifact is Eon, which comes from the word Aion.

The result if the war of the second throne is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. That and the Night Mother are just two lore bits that just hang around in my mind rent-free. I definitely think it’s possible that the second throne won and banned books on the history of Teyvat to cover it up and deceive the people into thinking that the powers above never changed. Celestia was once benevolent but stopped being so after a certain point. I’ve been wondering if the war of the second throne was the turning point. Also, I wonder if Nix (Nyx?) has any connection to the Night Mother. The name definitely matches

Watching your videos reminds me of the episode of hunterxhunter when gon and Killua learn that artists unknowingly imbued their creations with Nen through genuine effort and it’s what separates great works of art and counterfeit. Ur vids got a lotta nen and im excited to experience it :)

So a possibility I just thought of. I don’t know if you’ve considered this before or not. But is it possible humanity didn’t originate or be created in Teyvat. Instead humans lived somewhere else, a different planet and where relocated into teyvat and the terraforming of teyvat was them filling it with the seeds of their original world. They left a dying world (flooded earth in Noah’s Ark) to new fertile lands that was teyvat.

Suddenly I have a thought... WHAT IF well you said the moon sisters may be the other 3 shades. So far we only have 2 confirmed ancient kingdom in teyvat. Sal Vindagnyr and the other one in Tsurumi Island. what if the three sister is tasked with guiding each kingdom with seelies? Oh I forgot to add Enkanomiya. Since Istaroth gave Abrax the wisdom to create Helios. It may be the third ancient kingdom. Thus when the second throne came, they destroy the three kingdoms which received direct guidance from the shades of the primodial one to erase the history of the first throne. (I'm assuming that the second one wins) and well, since the moon sisters somehow died remaining only one 'corpse' left, thus we have several ancient kingdom. Also, maybe the floating island, where it's called celestia is indeed the place where moon sisters and seelies resides. Which we see in every ancient kingdoms (idk about enka tho haven't finished exploring that one) and then, be made to imprison the seelIes who somehow shrunk in size because their memories is drifting away. Some that we see in teyvat may be those who escaped when the disaster happened. Which is why in the manga we saw that the interior of celestia looked like a prison. This is just a thought that came to me suddenly, please keep that in mind xD

About what you said of the artifacts lore, I only can talk about the artifact of emblem of severed fate bc i have memorized its lore haha. It kinda matches your interpretation, it's crazy! Flower (origins): It talks about how Teruyo gave Iwakura his new name, erasing his past. It's also when they agree to have the first match of those 13 years Plume (things that have been said): Iwakura finally won. He almost killed teruyo. This is when teruyo told him her last words before disappearing, she told him to forget about her. Iwakura couldnt tell her that he wanted to fight another year. Sands (events that actually happened): this one is interesting. It's narrated in first person by Hibiki. She is talking to Takamine and sharing facts about each other, one of them: their bet before his death. Goblet (emotions): this one is quite sad. Iwakura is now Doukei, an instructor in the Kujou family. He came back to the little shrine where he fought Teruyo for 13 years. He never met her again since he won. And that's it! It kind of matches the themes!!

By "nations" the book might not necessarily be referring to the modern Teyvatian ones. I think it may be referring to the elements. For example there are creatures that are formed from pure elemental power. What if those beings were not created by the first throne, but submitted to it instead? The word "nation" is pretty flexible. In day to day use, we use it synonymously with "state." But that isn't the only thing "nation" refers to. It also means a group of people with a distinct culture, genetics and/or identity. With this in mind, it's possible that geographical areas like Mondstadt or Liyue are not "nations" that are being spoken about.

Seelies come in different flavours (i.e. anemo, pyro, and electro currently) so its possible that the seelies were divided into 7 nations and they died and now just their remnants are left.

41 mins! Let’s go! Going to listen to every minute of it. Been waiting for this theory you’ve been teasing!

Guess who's camping 7 hours is the amount of time I spend on genshin, so when I'm done I can immediately watch this ahaha eyyyy just in time!!! Just finished up playing with friends and retired to bed (and teapot) ehehehe awwww heck yeaaahhh EGG!!!! just finished it ehehe

The Crown could be connected to the Major Arcana. Incidentally, one interpretation of the major arcana is the Hero's Journey, the cyclical monomyth narrative...

For people like me, who love mythology, Hades and Persona (the music is always a nice touch) : this video is a bliss

If one of the shades is the god of time does that mean Raiden Ei and Raiden Makoto are their descendants cause Ei is the god of Eternity and Raiden makoto I guess is the God of the Moment and both moment and eternity are part of Time Edit found out more During ei’s story quest the name istaroth (forgot how to spell it) was shown above Ei’s dialogue when talking to yea, I have a feeling it was relating to the god of time)

Your theories are exactly what I was thinking myself too and now seeing you say it too makes it even more unreal

It's nice to have the theories relate to some parts of your culture/religion. Can't wsit for the next one!!

I LOVE YOUR STORYTELLING. It always makes me chuckle. I love this take of yours on this painfully vague book.

As someone who witnessed her going nuts on twitter about "Before Sun and Moon" I'm surprised how cohesive this video was. Great job Ashikai

Hey, I just want to thank you again for the quality goods and for the entertainment value (you're a natural). I really appreciate the effort you put into these and thoroughly enjoy them!

THIS LEFT ME COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS omg.... if istaroth is infact related to the death artifact rather then the time sands artifacts and is one of the moons, and instead of the the god of time as in everything under time but rather the moments (and i do remember maybe in the book before sun and moon was istaroth referred to as EVERY moment) then alot of things relate straight back to venti... (i relate everything back to venti but anywho), when venti 'fixed' the holy lyre, he basically just 'fixed it for a moment' , and venti also has quite alot of moon and death motifs, considering the theme played specifically at night in mondstadt is called 'dream aria' and his skin is also called skyward 'sonnet' (which im pretty sure aria is connected to the moon, as sonnet and aria, which are also considered forms of song and music, anddd venti is a bard,, and also dream and sleep in some way) which when you think of it, venti indeed spends quite a bit of his time in slumber??? and also, in ventis story quest he seems to relieve stanleys soul, basically freeing him from the world, which got a lot of people thinking he may be related to death, and also how freedom is connected to death in some way (which would also make sense if istaroth represents the death artifact and moments, considering life is just a moment of time) oh and also, istaroth is only seen in moments of history, for example when she was worshipped with barbatos, it was only for a moment before she got forgotten in time

Ahhhh! Just when I think I've finally figured some stuff out you come out with a video that gives me loads of content to think about! Love your videos Ashikai! Keep up the awesome work!!

Really enjoying the lore videos! You have achieved the perfect blend of making informative yet entertaining videos. Also love how clean and simple the editing in your videos is!

I thought here: maybe historians called the 7 nations pre the primordial one because they were 7 places where the 7 strongest vishaps of each element dominated. 🦋

Thank you for another amazing video! They're always so well researched and informative! (Oh and when you mentioned the second who came after the peimordial one it reminded me of the battlepass story where one of the heirs is corrupted while on their mission so a second heir is sent and stuff)

after finishing the the whole video, i must say, the in depth of the research that you have done really amaze me, kudos, keep it up

This video is the one that making my head explode more than all the previous theory/lore video. Amazing how much things were foreshadowed, linked, and even have so many references to mythology. Amazing video thank so much for this love your channel

Your content is truly such a gift to the community.

i got recomended ur channel recently and am watching the old videos and ur hypothesis are always getting confirmed, you are really into the right wayyy 👁👄👁

So we have: 4 shades (time, space, light, dark) and the primordial one. I've always thought that Venti and Paimon's teasing each other viciously was kinda suspicious. Also, like with Zhongli, I believe Venti is hiding a lot more information than it seems. Could the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles be the shade representing space? Then, it is also possible that Venti and Paimon together represent the shade of Time. Venti being often depicted with the God of time, could that be Paimon (she just lost her memory) and together they make 1 shade? Also, I find it so strange that we fished her out of the sea and yet she doesn't mention going back to her family or home at all. Is she truly an amnesiac or simply running away from her responsibilities? I think Mondstadt being the first nation we visit is gonna have huge lore implications in later patches. By the way, I love your theory crafting videos and the comments section always has me teeming with ideas! 🤔

40 minutes of Lore is just a blessing, thank you for the hard work Ashikai

I've been waiting all day for this, these lore videos are some of the best in existence

I really love your long videos.. and your theories are always filled with surprises

Thank you so much Ashikai for another mind blowing video

I never realized how intricate this game was. Something new every video!

Another amazing video ash, thanks for making this type of content knowing how hard it is to rack your brain around alllllllll the books and texts for genshin impact

As a casual player who doesn’t do a lot of reading of the books from the game; I absolutely love your theories! They’re so well crafted and you break them down so perfectly; the editing is phenomenal and your wording is chef kiss precise!! I look forward to your next videos!!

I want to see NOW!!!!!!

The amount of effort you put into this videos is insane, I mean 40 MINUTES just for one video,keep up the great work!

I just wanted to say I immensely enjoyed the frequent and insistent insertion of that glorious footage of a guy breaking an egg throughout the video.

wow, your theories make me so excited for the future of this game

Your editing and music is so good! Genshin lore is complicated but your presentation makes it somewhat comprehensible 😊

ashikai your produciton qualtiy has gotten so much better over the past year. really love to see it

5:19 i love how "come into being" was synced perfect with albedo's e skill

now now ashikai, how am i supposed to sleep when u plant so many ideas in my head? ill take a week to digest this vid. fabulous research as always! as a previous student in a classical gymnasium, these videos are like you pulling all my old knowledge of greek and roman civilisations and making them make sense in this context! thank you for ordering my brain hahaha

I've said it as a joke once but the Primordial One in Genshin might as well be Welt from Honkai. Also don't be surprised if their next game Star Rails may have events that leads up to the creation of Genshin.

Before sun and moon physically and mentally broke me, like, it felt like so much lore was just dumped on us and it was kinda overwhelming 😅

I think paimon is one of the moon sisters, though I’m not exactly sure how to word why. It just makes sense to me with context of a bunch of theories and lore bits and things lol

Love all this! I'm glad you mentioned the old Lisa quest and the weird connections that I mentioned in a comment after the last video, but I hadn't ever thought about there being connections to the moon sisters, that makes a lot of sense!

also i really love your content because it encourages me to theorize about the lore further!!! i hope you keep on uploading and have a great day ahead ^^

YESS your lore videos make my day

It's always the way you speak and explain that keeps me engaged in listening. I usually get zoned out in class but here ? Nah

As a history and mythology nerd, who is also planning to collect and read the classic sources (i.e. Theogony, Metamorphoses, Poetic Edda, etc.), this in-depth analysis on the various inspirations and easter eggs that are present in Genshin Impact was quite a surprise. Your video presentation, humor and editing have made me learn a few new things, specifically the existence of Orphism. I've quite enjoyed binging through your videos so I think the obvious thing to do is subscribe

So would that mean that there's only 2 shades that are working right now? Susty one of the moon sisters and Phanes the sun, we all know you can't really kill some gods you can only diminish them just like what happened to Gouba so paimon possibly being Ishtaroth sounds pretty likely and if she was one of the moon sisters and she happened to fall from her guard post for whatever reason, that would explain why there's only 1 moon now and not 3, not sure what happened to the other moon sister though.

These are probably my favorite videos on the internet currently.

Wow can’t believe you brought back the discussion of the pale princess and the 6 pygmies! I almost forgot about that but it works so well with everything! What a great memory!

Amazing content as always 💯❤️✨

I remember reading in the Genshin WEBTOON that venti meantions names like ymir,pangu, and purusha. He calls them the primordial ones. Could they be the names of the other shades?

It is actually amazing the effort mihoyo put into their mythology

5:20 Appreciate how you lined up your voice with Albedo’s skill

Great video! In my ancient greek classes, we could sometime translate "logos" by "reason". The amount of knowledge and research you put in your videos is truly amazing.

ashikai has done it again! another great video

The thing that got me the most is. . . Why Welt/the Herrshcer of Reason? Guess I'll have to wait for the next video

Genshin Impact's Story is what got me hooked on to the game after a story summary for Mondstadt, then I've been playing for: 1. MAIN Story 2. Characters 3. Character stories

love your videos ashikai!!!!!! always supa interesting

I just had a random idea. You know that in the initial description of the Traveler there is a passage about them ascending? What if they're supposed to become a THIRD Throne of the Heavens and change the world somehow, and that passages is like a foreshadowing for that? I don't really want to go full "Genshin is a sci-fi story", but if I thought about Primordial One as an Alien, and assumed that he didn't create anybody and just woke people up, because how would the scribe even know what their gods are doing? It is like very common that scribes are wrong and assume things. Anyway, separating the "earth from the rest of the universe" using an "eggshell" sounds kinda like... sheltering a whole planet from the rest of space, creating a fake bubble around it like an eggshell, which probably needs to be destroyed if they ever want to rejoin the rest of the universe. It also may be related to artificial sky. The whole sci-fi ideas get even stronger when I think about Primordial One "opening" an Ark, not creating humans. As if he already HAD humans, which he wanted to unleash on the world. Doesn't is sound like some space refugees with one Captain trying to find a new home for his hibernated people whose original world was destroyed to you? It sounds. I don't say he couldn't create humans. I just say that he may have an entire Ark of sleeping DNA samples to make babies which he then woke up and populated the world with in addition to creating more of them by using space in-vintro/cloning technology or whatever xD In this sense sheltering the earth is like creating a safe space for his people to live without having to fear whatever destroyed their original world. But then the Second Throne came, lol. It sounds crazy, but sci-fi elements just kinda hit me in the face every time. Why... why are you doing this to me and put Paimon next to image of Phanes. Do you want me to go crazy? To go bald? I am already filled with all the ideas who Paimon can be, and the only idea I can stick to without going crazy is "she is some kind of original god, one of a few in particular, considering she shares looks with a few other deities in Genshin". And her cape looks as if it included 3 moons imagery, and she is all heavenly like the loading screen, and has a crown for some reason, and this game will kill me one day I swear. Later the whole eggshell sounds like "separating the realm of gods from the realm of mortals" and less than "we will now hide the planet from the rest of universe" xD Like, going with the fake sky analogy, the realm of heavens (loading screen?) would be above the fake sky. How did I predict that Three Moon Goddesses were another Three Shades BEFORE you actually stated that in the video? (Great minds think alike, lol) It also aligns up with Paimon's whole ekhm... aesthetic, as she is similar to them in her appearance. Ok, now I dunno if you pairing Paimon and Phanes was supposed to mean she is Phanes, or she is Ishtaroth/Kairos, one of three sisters. It gets confusing, don't do this to me xD Moons related to Heavenly Principles will maybe finally kill the theory that "Sustainer is Paimon" which I personally hate with PASSION. Oh, thanks, I was recently wondering what is the theory about time coming from in our world. I was guessing that it is related to Earth's rotation time around the Sun, but Moon being a common tool used to specify time is also plausible. Hell, if I looked more into it, I would probably find some explanation that both are actually viable time descriptors, because of the position and movement of our moon in relation to Earth speed-rate and our general orbit time around the sun due to being a 3rd planet. You know, all the sciencey stuff. Time was calculated by the Moons, but also we used sun clocks and sand clocks to measure time and time is so complicated OMG. So yeah, all are the factors I bet in science, gotta check. Susty being a Shade also explains the relation to Paimon better than "they're one and the same being". Like... they're siblings, ok? They're related. Primordial One liked white hair, ok? xD She may be one of the Moon Sisters, but I wonder how then the whole story of them being dead and "one leaving the body behind" factors in it. Like, is it true, or is it just a common folk idea why they suddenly have only one dead body/moon instead of three. The typical "people of the earth make up stories to explain why the world around them changed but are wildly off the mark with the truth". You know what is funny? That Dragon Lords and Vishaps being the ORIGINAL race of the planet actually makes sense with the whole leyline thing... as leylines are VERY COMMON trope in A LOT of anime and are also called Ryūmyaku or "Dragon Veins" in a lot of English translations (like in one of Pokemon Movies) or Dragon Pulse (Gintama translation). It fits the whole theme of dragons and elemental powers being interconnected. I also found some ideas that Azhdaha could be one of the original Dragon Lords - the Dragon Lord of The Earth, and it is not really that off the mark if we consider that Zhongli merely created his new body and not a spirit, because spirit was in the Earth and was sad and lonely and trapped. Poor little thing, sniff. I don't know how old exactly is Dvalin, but if he is on the young side, it may mean he is a reincarnation of the original Dragon Lord of The Wind, further tying the Dragons as a race to elemental energies, because he is said to be born from "convergence of elemental energy". (And because I love dragons now Primordial One is on my shit list for attacking all of them to subdue the world for his people). Also... what if Erosion is a form of sickness which comes from and is caused by the sucking off the elemental energy from the world? The Primordial One who may have created the Heavens was an invader, so it would not be off the mark if the Heavens he may have created were sustained via sucking up elemental energy from the world, causing Erosion to beings who rely on it? (It would also somehow tie up the elemental energy, memories and souls together, which we know are tied to each other via leylines, irminsul trees, irminsul fruits and the such - it wouldn't be far off the mark to say that soul may be made from elemental energy itself). The very fact that Heavenly Principles which are said to impose Erosion on the world as a form of "natural order" being referred to as the "truth of this world" makes me suspicious of Celestia, because truths like that are usually ugly in nature. It may mean that Heavens are just a parasite, leeching the power from this world. Just food for thoughts. This video is super cool, by the way: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nnvy8aBOnsU.html

Wow this is a very different take on it all. I’m surprised because I would have never thought of that on my own. Very impressive. Venti being the reincarnation of the Primordial One would be even more impressive. I wanna hear your thoughts on the rest of the topics in the book.

8:00 i dont think the 7 nations refers to the 7 nations we know today or at least not quite. I guess they just came into being the same way as in that they formed around each of the 7 sovreigns. Then, much later, when the 7 archons were formed, each of them got a gnosis and the nations reformed around them. I do think the 7 original sovreigns are connected to why there are 7 archons, but i think the 7 nations refered to back then may not have been the ones we know today. Or maybe they are i dont know. Edit: also 1 thing i want to know: did you google a video where someone underlines the word arc with a pencil, or did you record that yourself?

The heckin Egg gets me everytime, one of the funniest parts of the lore for me lol. And yes I know its based on actual things.

after venti casually send a soul to the afterlife in his/her story quest, i'm convinced that she/he is one of the primordial shades

Great video! Well worth the wait:)

Paimon fits well as God of Moment. She only pause our time when we open menu, momentarily. And even though she could forward day/night time, it's only our local "time" and not server time. Which is why we only skip in day(s), not even week or month.