[3.2] The Root of Teyvat's Troubles - Genshin Impact Theory - [Project:Teyvat Ep 1/5] 

I have always been suprised about how the Hexenzirkel is almost never talked about by people. Glad this video is bringing it to light

The fact that Yanfei kinda acting as the reporter makes all this theory more exciting to learn. Love it!

I love the theory that forbidden knowledge may be similar to deleted computer data. Real deleted computer can usually be retrieved if not too much time has past since the deletion because when you delete a file on your PC you're actually not deleting the file at all, you're simply deleting all references associated with the file giving you no way to access it anymore, but it's still there floating around in the deep dark depths of your PC. The PC then has something called a 'garbage collector' that will eventually come around a wipe of all this data floating around with nothing pointing to it, but depending on your PC this could take weeks, even months to do (if the garbage memory is not overwritten with new things in that time, of course). I wonder if perhaps Teyvat has no garbage collection system, does that mean all sorts of garbage/lost/corrupted memories are floating around basically everywhere?? Also, is it possible for these memories to get overwritten at some point? The programmer in me is super excited by this turns of events, lmao.

I'm kinda getting the feeling that the abyss sibling died in their journey or something (maybe the abyss order brought them back with forbidden knowledge? IDK), and that's why Irminsul suddenly has records of them and they, unlike us, are not a descender. Or rather, not a descender anymore...

Deshret trying to resurrect the Goddess of Flowers and therefore incurring forbidden knowledge sounds a lot like Anakin becoming a Sith looking for ways to cheat death.

Regarding Skirk and Childe, the simillarities between Childe and Cu Chulainn (Ireland's Child of Light) are really uncanny to me. I wonder if its just a coincidence, or if Skirk takes inspiration from Scathac?

I finally get that Giant Spider At The Root of Irminsul is demon form of Buer of Ars Goetia. With that amount of legs, Buer demon form can be misinterpreted as a spider. EDIT : Another takeaways - since all the member are witches, it will make sense that Sandrone was or still is a member of Hexenzirkel, her design actually looks like a salem witch with that pilgrim vibes. That will explain how she could be the one who controls Katheryne.

I have to say, the Skirk/Circe connection was something that I never made before but it's so fun! Especially considering Circe is, in some myths, the daughter of Perse, who's an Oceanid nymph, and Foul Legacy does have visual similarities with Genshin's Oceanid. Also the fact that Circe is known for her knowledge about herbs and potions, and in Nahida's Story Quest we learn about a "Professor Aisha", who was a Amurta scholar who decided to go into the Abyss - and, funny enough, Aisha was also involved with the Adventurer's Guild because of her combat skills. I just wanna add to the topic of each member of the Hexenzikel having their own "field of work" regarding Irminsul. I think Skirk's field is perhaps protection of the tree, or research about the corruption within it. During the Labyrinth Warriors event, Childe says that he "fought in the fissures that lie between great tree roots" and that the place had "boundless danger and fatal encounters". That line makes me think that perhaps Skirk stays there to make sure the Abyss doesn't tamper too much with the roots that are in there. At the time Ajax was in the Abyss with Skirk, the Irminsul was still polluted with Forbidden Knowledge - so maybe she could also be trying to slow down the corruption until there was a way to properly heal it? I'm really looking forward to see the rest of this three-part theory, more food for thought nham nham-

Wait so if their plan is to recover data (khaenriah) through the forbidden knowledge from the abyss. Then that would make a lot of sense, since in the very last chapter call "The dream yet to be Dream" where it is shown khaenriah to be the last place the traveler will be journeying to. That would also imply that the abyss sibling succeed in their mission to bring khaenriah back.

I feel like you've already alluded to it near the end, but to me, it sounds like resin is just a quantification of the Traveler's ability to purify stuff like Dvalin's tear. So, if we treat domains and leylines as corrupted data of the past, we are basically wandering in, facing corrupted "echoes of the past" that thematically represent the data we are gathering, then purify the tree/flower once we are done, collecting a fragment of a story. the artifacts and boss drops we gain are not physical items, but maybe representative of themes and tropes found in these stories, that grant our characters Wisdom or something? tl;dr, resin farming is actually just getting bedtime stories for our characters

Very interesting and overall good theory. One of the reasons why I like your theory videos is that it's mostly comes from something we know from the game and actually has legit sources in the game or in the manga. And how you deliver it is also really good, you sound confident but not arrogant to the point that you make it sound like all of it should be true and can't be wrong. Can't wait for parts 2 and 3.

Since the Adventurer's Guild is based in Snezhnaya, I imagine the Fatui-Hexenzirkel relationship has got to be interesting. I can't imagine Pierro would be happy about Rhinedottir's buddies building their power base in his new hometown, but maybe Skirk kept sending his skirmishers home as cute little piglets until he got the message to stay out of their business? Or maybe there's still a connection between Sandrone and the Guild's "bionic Snezhnayan puppets," and a Witch sits at Pierro's table---but in that case, where does Sandrone's true loyalty lie? Is she watching the Hexenzirkel for the Fatui, the Fatui for the Hexenzirkel, or is she simply a liaison between them despite Pierro's likely mistrust? If Durin was resurrected from discarded, corrupted information, then what was that data before? Perhaps one of the dead Dragon Sovereigns? Another point on the Adventurer's Guild's connection to the Hexenzirkel: its motto may be referencing famous occultist Aleister Crowley's magical organization A∴A∴, which has been said to stand for "Astron Argon"("Silver Star") or "Angel and Abyss."

Pov: you're here after windblume 3.5

Okay so your Skirk/Circe connection got me to look up Circe's wiki page. There was the stuff about transformations, but down under the section labeled "Reasoning beasts," it mentions the work, "L'asino d'oro" by Machavelli. In the work, Circe explains characteristics of the animals in her charge (aka the men she's transformed into animals)...in Canto 7, Wikipedia mentions--in order--those who experience frustration: a cat who let its prey escape, an agitated dragon, a fox who's always on the look out for traps, a dog that bays at the moon, and aesop's lion in love that allowed himself to be deprived of teeth and claws. In Canto 8 of the work, which is the final Canto) we learn of a pig that does not want to change back to a human, and condemns human greed, cruelty and deceit. (Wikipedia doesn't have a comma after cruelty, so it leads me to believe cruelty and deceit are lumped together...) BUT okay let's think about it. We first went to Mondstadt, then Liyue, then Inazuma, and now Sumeru. The order above was cat, dragon, fox, dog, lion, pig. SO first we meet Venti who is allergic to cats (and naps for long periods of time, disappears going from one place to the next, who likes high places) . Next on our journey, we meet Zhongli, who made Azhdaha--a dragon (and Zhongli is half dragon). Then we meet Rai--we meet Yae Miko first, who is of kitsune lineage. In Sumeru, we meet Nahida, who is deeply associated with dreams. When do dreams happen? At night, when the moon is out. It's 1 am and appearantly my brain is done, so that's where I'll leave this for now.

This is my first time hearing of Hexenzirkel, so this is going to be a fun ride. I have no idea why I've never heard of it but I am excited.

PART 1 OF 3!!!

Talking about the elements I just realized that the abyss sibling does not yield the elements at all. Did you notice how Lumine in this case has the original elementless clothing? Just food for thought

You really are a LOT like Yanfei! I think that's why you're my favorite Genshin theorist, she's my favorite character!

If the Adventurer's Guild was founded by the Hexenzirkel as you say, then does that mean the Hexenzirkel worked together with the Fatui to create Katheryne? Or was the ownership of the Adventurer's Guild passed on to the Fatui at some point? And whichever one it is, it would still mean that the Hexenzirkel has ties with Snezhnaya and the Tsaritsa, which I feel would be a bit odd considering the Fatui don't have much to do with the abyss or the stars (as far as we have seen).

FINALLY! Ive been waiting on a video about the Hexenzirkel/Genshin's Witch Cult and I'm so hyped for this video

Can't wait for the seelie lore next episode

You mentioning skirk reminded me of how in nahida's story quest one of the npcs had a teacher who was from the adventurer's guild who left bc she discovered something regarding the abyss

Something interesting about trees, they’re so protective of Irminsul because trees don’t have immune systems which is why the greater lord couldn’t get rid of herself. Trees waste build up and make the tree bigger, if forbidden knowledge gets in the tree, it can’t get rid of it itself

Wow so the falling stars can be considered forbidden knowledge?! And that data from trying to revive someone dead triggers Eleazar and chaos?! Sheeeeeesh!

I found it so cool how with looking into the lore we can connect people and things from different nations that otherwise have nothing in common

Are we talking about the Hexenzircle now that we are closer to Fontaine? ;>

There is so much good in here, i need to rewatch this a million times, but excuse me while I scream about Skirk as Circe. That's just such a... tidy idea? and a fun one since the character she has ties to right now is someone else with Greek myth naming.

"As above so below". I think rather than an inverted tree, Teyvat is structured such that it "loops". Hu Tao's quest where you travel "down" to encounter a cloudy sea makes me think we actually hit the "sky" again.

Who is here after it is now hella confirmed in the Windblume event

14:06 I'm sorry my brain actually surprised to see Yanfei and Aether like "... wait YOU talked with Traveler???" 😭😭😭

So are we descenders only because our homeland was deleted along with any information of the travelers being from Teyvat? And is Lumine recorded because she managed to recover some of that lost data?

I would also like to mention another witch that could *maybe somehow* have ties to Hexenzirkel! (in the past. She's dead now) She's implied to be the same as the person called ''Veiga''. She's mentioned as the Blue-eyed spear witch on the fandom wiki. She was a sorceress / witch from Mondstadt that had a hate love relationship with Parsifal, who was mentioned all the way back in 1.2 in Dragonspine. Heres a general grasp of it: -She was supposedly sort of a slave from some aristocrats in mondstadt. -By a misunderstanding caused by Parsifal, her ''masters'' per say give her a scar which left marks on her face that is described as beautiful. - She then blames Parsifal for this, goes to a shop that supposedly has a special wine that can make you forget someone. She drinks in hopes she forgets Parsifal (because she was kind of going out with him before the scar. And they were falling in love) Theres many more things but in relation to Hexenzirkel though, heres some details that could be seeing as weird. Kind of chronologically - She used to secretly build spears (which were banned in Mondstadt at that time), like crescent spike. - In relation to the special wine that could make her forget, she one day got a special gem that was said to ''allow a person to see the future'' when certain VERY specific conditions were met by some of the crystals that were a part of it. - She secretly improved her magical powers, but we don't have an idea as to *what* she did with them. -She ended up being killed by Eberhart. Parsifal's half brother whom she took as a student. AFTER they went to an exploration of some sorts... It could be speculated that Eberhart planned to kill them both (and more people on the expedition) in order to be the only heir of his family and rule it as an accident. Parsifal lived and died MANY years later in the sea fighting a big monster. He never talked about this. ''Legends claim that peering into a pure gemstone at a specific time can reveal the past, the future, and even someone's true nature... Or that there was once a witch who could see death before it took place, but in the end herself died from the broken heart, as he who had stolen it from her waited in distant lands longing to see her again'' Anyways I just think its weird another witch from Mondstadt, that died very suspiciously, that was using things that were *banned* at the time quite literally... I think she could´ve been a weak witch. Maybe the weakest out of all of the members of Hexenzirkel, or maybe she was a student of one of the members but never really lived long enough to make it into the organization. Theres MANY more things left but I have to go to work lol haha

Another great way to procrastinate on my homework tonight 😂 Looking forward to watching this!

One more thing that might help your description of corruption/pollution is that corruption can also be caused by deleting/editing the minds and memories of the people of Teyvat. It happens a lot in computers. Deleting one thing can cause the corruption of another that uses parts of common functions of the OS.

Omg! Eris? You know, another word for “discord” might be “chaos,” and given Albedo’s comments on how destructive she is… To the prettiest one?

This reminds me of the story Mona told us about the Adventurer who was told if he continued adventuring, he would eventually die. But he loved adventuring and so chose to go down his fate, where he died two years later. I wonder if him being aware somehow did delay his death but when said thing was predicted to happen was never stamped with a time. I dunno but I always thought that story would come back around the first time I heard it in the archipelago. Seems like it kind of does!

2:20 The Adventurer's Guild headquarters is based in Snezhnaya, and Katheryne is confirmed to be a bionic puppet made there as well. If the Hexenzirkel are the ones that founded the Adventurer's Guild, could they be colluding with the Fatui? Wouldn't even be surprised at this point as the Fatui's influence literally spans the entirety of Teyvat.

My theory is that the Hexenzirkle is a play on the hexes the witches cast to protect the boundaries of Tevat as well as the shapes of the pieces used to wall off the areas. Nature naturally builds in hexagons. It’s a fundamental building structure that naturally occurs. We see it everywhere. Especially in rounded structures like domes or eyeballs.

Finally more attention to Hexenzirkel. I'm obsessed with them to be honest... im just waiting for the plot to reveal how they've been behind the scenes doing MANY of the things that happened lol

Interesting how files can never really be deleted they can be recovered and will only unexist when the file gets deleted or overwritten, which is exactly what happened with the sumeru archon quest Nahida replaced all off Rukkhadevata

And the hexinzerkel is real.. Ashikai never failed

Maybe skirk is aisha from nahidas quest she might be the same aysha who made ayshas chaos prospector. She is also one of the historical figure in sumeru academia for her contribution and aisha was also last said to go to the abyss.

8:43 the word "dome" reminded me of the description of a drop from the inazuman ruin creatures, it says something about "the dome of the firmament" and that glued on my mind cuz I played the 1.1 event.

God I can't wait for some Hexenzirkel stuff to happen ingame (hopefully not in an event). I'm so interested in them, especially Elys.. *cough* Alice.

Weird little theory on the forbidden knowledge and Dainsleifs power part: Maybe Khaenri'ah managed to gain forbidden knowledge through all the elements in Teyvat and the golden magic the twins use in their first appearance is all elements together? And with the knowledge of all elements you can find out the truth of the world or more so, become a being with knowledge close to a god so you don’t need a god anymore (aka Khaenri'ah acting without one). It’d explain why the traveler “has to get back to full power” by synchronizing with the elements and why Lumine tells him he has to finish his journey first. If this is the case we can go with the archons being nothing more but pawns for the gods to watch over the gnoses - the real source of the knowledge of the element and the world - to make sure it never happens again. I mean Scara was able to “become a god” with just one gnosis, sorta. Funny enough he only did by getting help from Dottore, a Harbinger who we know based on the archon quest knows a lot more of the truth of the world already. So possibly the Fatui are collecting the Gnosis of each element to gain back that “golden power” - the last alchemy stage - through the elements and it also aligns with what Albedo was tasked with. And I think your theory works with that too. If the golden element is all elements put together and what the knowledge we gain at the end of the journey (possibly) to find out the truth of the world, then the magic Dainsleif and the Lectors use might be the very same magic, but disconnected from the ley lines as forbidden knowledge that was thrown away from when Khaenri'ah fell. Basically it’d be the gods attempt of hiding the knowledge Khaenri'ah gained. But as we know the traveler is not affected by the ley lines and could remember Rukkhadevata after she was erased by Irminsurl, it’s possible some people of Khaenri’ah remembered the power they had after being disconnected from the ley lines but the rest of Teyvat forgot (or more so they didn’t exactly remember what kinda “knowledge” it is, just how to use it / the elemental source of it?). But in their case it manifested as forbidden knowledge because it was the erased data that shouldn’t exist, and therefore can’t be explained. And the abyss mages might have just been Khaenri'ah people who found out about this at a later stage of erosion but not quite the stage they forget language, etc. Or as you said they use the ley line branches to keep themselves together for longer than the rest of the hilichurls. The twins don’t necessarily have to come from Khaenri'ah to use the golden magic, bc if it’s rly just the knowledge akin to that of a god to understand the world in the aspect of a god then the twins may have already had that power as they traveled from world to world as a form of stars, which in Genshin also contain knowledge. As for why Irminsul was able to make records of Lumine then it’d be maybe cause she was sent to around the time where Khaenri'ah fell and Teyvat rebuilt? So she became a part of it? The records of her are very vague and end at the end of her journey as if someone was trying to hide the records of the knowledge she gained and what happened after she gathered information in all nations. Aether was sent into the future so in Teyvats eyes he was never part of Teyvats history and seems a lot more like an outlander? Anyway the part about the twins is just fun little guessing, I also like the theory that Aether remembers wrong / his memories have been altered and there is even a way to make them being from Khaenri’ah work.. all rly interesting. (Also sorry for the long text, probs none of it is true but it’d be cool xD)

Ooh. I like this theory. If all the corrupted data of Teyvat is being just thrown into the depths of the abyss, it would explain the existence of Marana and the night mother. It was said by the Aranara that the world once tried to absorb the black mud and the memory of death. It couldn't do that, and ended up throwing it into the abyss. Given enough time, some parts of the corrupted data evolved into the Night mother. A being of pure chaos and the memory of death. Now it, the abyss order and whoever's out there are trying to get to the Irmunsul to probably get enough processing power to 'fix' themselves or to change the world enough that they are stable enough to survive without having to change anything about themselves

So that probably means that the rifthounds and durin were accidentally created while rhinedottir was experimenting on life with data scattered around the abyss, but it became corrupted? Maybe she tried to revive or create a wolf or a dragon and put life from the chaotic abyssal database inside those beings but the effects were too strong to contain and they went beserk? And Albedo might have a way to surpress abyssal energy, maybe using his vision because celestial power (from the visions) repel abyssal power???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Many thoughts, head full

What do you think of Mona's voiceline about reading her own fate/future? I feel like Mona still isn't at the same level of awareness as her teacher, and that her teacher told her to not predict her own future for fear of how she'd act in result, and that even having that awareness could actually continuously change your fate if every decision you make is a conscious rebellion, potentially even messing up her predicted timeline and making her a wild card with nothing ever guaranteed in her future.

OH MY GOD so based on this, then the golden apple archipelago can be a part of "forbidden knowledge" or even a destroyed civilization/location/data that Alice also managed to (re)create, right?? Maybe from the abyss. It also explains why it doesn't show on "Teyvat" map, bc it cannot understand where it is, or even it's not a part of it at all anymore.

after the windblume festival, the hexenzirkel lore is finally shown more in the story!! I am happy I found this video now that I have completed the quest!

Hexenzirkel lore coming in the upcoming archon quest! hope the crumbs they give us are exciting

20:35 Abyss Heralds and Lectors still drop Ley Line Branches. The statuette drops were added but did not remove the Ley Line Branch drops.

you might want to go to Monstadt Adventurer's Guild HQ (where Cyrus stay) and looks at their wood sign. It has Celestia sits above Irminsul while its roots spread around Abyss

This would also be the reason why Albedo is so dangerous; he's made of forbidden knowledge, so if his constitution is unstable by even a miniscule amount, he may unleash forbidden knowledge to every corner of Mondstadt - maybe even the entire Teyvat.

Definitely one of the most compelling theories yet, and it lowkey makes sense too! Also makes me scared of Albedo's future since that means he might get into forbidden knowledge himself (Chalks follows Gold hitting on a whole new level now). I can't wait to see what you say on the future two videos!

It sucks so much how I'll likely never be able to experience Unreconciled Stars myself. Thank you miboyo, so cool.

Goodness grief. This is going to be a wild ride!! I am so in love with your brain, Ashikai! Literally my favorite theorist ever. 😭

just wanted to point out that in an earlier video you did mention that in the stars could actually be fruits from the tree, so Mona and her teacher being part of the Hexenzirkel would check out according to that

I am now wondering about Professor Aisha from Nahida's story quest (the scholar who left to investigate the Abyss). We didn't get a whole lot of information about her and we're supposed to think she's dead or at least gone forever, but Aisha does mean alive. Anyway, it's implied that it's an official Adventure from the guild, and not her own research which is quite interesting to me in the light of this video.

Sandrone is part of the Hexenzircle then? Cause I feel like she did make the Katherynes for the Adventurer’s guild. 😮

Would this be a stretch to say that we (traveler and sibling) are the finished product of Gold? The primordial human? As you said we migt be from long gone civilization and we (coincidentally ofc) fit the "citrinitas" stage with our outfits (i mean the original outfits in the very first cutscene where unknown god captures us).

do you think Skirk's involvement in the Abyss could explain why Childe's Foul Legacy transformation looks suspiciously similar to a seelie or an Oceanid?

Excuse me but the P5 Music playing in the background at some point is just so very perfectly fitting xD It took me way too long to notice but it truly put me in the right mood like 'we're detectives solving mysteries here!' Also love your theories! Thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos! I learn a ton of new things every single time.

I can't get enough of your theory videos, can't wait for the other two!!

I love it when you break things down into a video series 💚

Your videos are so interesting and always make me come and dip back into the story! Thank you for making them❤️

I am realizing now that this was before the Windblume festival with all the Hexenzirkel lore, and i am quite impressed

im literally so happy rn- because all the topics to be covered in this series are my favorite to look into (idk why). especially skirk and istaroth

Great. One of the best if not the best lore videos I've seen. I'm so impressed by work done here. Thank you. Can't wait for next parts.

you've outdone yourself again!!! i'm obsessed with your theory!!!

I can’t wait for part two! Interesting video as always

I really like your videos. It helps me sleep at night hearing your theories!

I get so excited every time u post! Easily the best genshin lore content creator. Thanks and keep up the great work!

aahhhhh!!! i always get so excited when you post! fav theorycrafter ❤

Your channel is an absolute gem and I can't get enough of your content+

Omg that bit about Circe and Eris being Skirk and Alice is soooooo interesting, Alice always strikes me as a sort of chaotic neutral character who has no interest in being particularly good or bad, and her being a reference to the goddess of strife is amazing. Also I really hope we learn more about Skirk in the games future, I wanna know more about the woman who survived the abyss!

You had my full attention when I saw the mention of the Hexenzirkel in the title. I've seen so little on them in theories. This is so cool :D

Wait so one of the witches who spoke with us at the end of sumeru’s interlude could be one of the descenders since her memory isn’t altered like the rest of the Teyvet-ians

14:37 gave me chills and made me stop moving with the implication (right before you stated it outright haha). This is fantastic, thank you for putting in the time and bringing Yanfei along for the ride :3

I loveeee watching your lore vids; ur analysis on things are almost always spot on form what i see! its soo fun and enlightenting to watch thank you!

Man I have a really poor attention span so sometimes I don't finish your vids in one go. Thankfully the way you pace your vids makes them easy to follow. Also thank you for dividing them into sections!

All this time I've been looking for a channel that can give me this kind of lore explanation. Thank you! I subbed. Keep up this great work!

I just love the way you explain the theories! I've listened to other channels, and often quits in the middle of the video as it gets confusing or complicated, but yours are just spot on!! For players like me who is just too lazy to read the books and to read between the lines, your video is a life-saver! You make it so easy to digest and make it so enjoyable to listen even when I'm working! Keep it up!!!

Thanks so much for this video and all your videos. Love the narration and depth you bring to them. The lore of genshin is so spread out into various books, artifacts, weapons, i love how you condense it nicely into segments in your stories. ❤

I'm so happy to see another of your incredible theories ! As always, all the bits and pieces of lore that I desperately try to understand (but hardly do) make more sense after hearing your easy explanations. Very nice montage as well, can't wait to see the rest of the mini series ! Hoyoverse should create a new character based on you who compiles info to help the traveler so we don't miss or forget important parts of the lore in game. Thanks so much :)

i'm now wondering if we're going to have a moment where we just have a final battle with the 5 witches against the abyss twin

Ashikiai your mind is wonderful! I didn't really get too deep into Genshin lore until I started watching your videos and it's making me really appreciate the game a lot more. After the end of each video, I always come away feeling like I learned forbidden knowledge lol. Looking forward to the next ones and thanks for the content!

I can’t believe that the old crack theory of the Adventurer’s Guild being a Hexenzirkel plot is actually gaining validity now, what a time to be alive

You amaze me every time, we are so blessed to have someone so dedicated both to the game's lore and all of it's irl inspirations because I really feel like I can only truly appreciate Hoyo's hard work when you explain things and theorise this way so thank you!!

I love your content. I look forward to your videos every patch because your theories are insightful and well thought out.

Appreciate the 'speculation' tags, usually just listen to your vids like a podcast but think I'll have to watch it now to catch those. Also the theories are getting so intricate since sumeru, I should probably brush up on my lore homework to properly evaluate these lol.

Super compelling video! Looking forward to the next one!! :D

sheeeeesh 😱 thank you for your hard work Ashikai!

Just to ad to the exploration of the Abyss by the Adventurers Guild. In Nahida´s Story Quest we learn of a scholar who also works for the AG. Said scholar left to study something in the Abyss and never came back (time flows different in the Abyss than the rest of Teyvat but its presumed that she is dead).

I've been waiting a long time for this, thank you Ashikai!!!

Mini theory on the traveler’s ability to purify abyssal corruption: If we go along with your theory that forbidden knowledge is “discarded” data that irminsul cast into the abyss, what does that mean for beings like Dvallin? Dvallin was corrupted by Durin’s blood, and we were able to purify it, this could mean one of two things 1: traveler has an innate connection to irminsul despite not being from this world according to it (and despite not being recorded within) think of it as a programmer or admin, and they managed to restore the corrupted data that Dvallin was exposed to. This also makes some sense when you consider how Rukkhadeveta’s last remnant of memory reached out to traveler at the beginning of our journey in Sumeru. 2: the traveler possesses the ability to “delete” data possibly on a more advanced level than how irminsul does, so instead of restoring Dvallin’s data, they cut out the corrupted parts like a tumor, leaving just the essential, uncorrupted data. Either one of these imply that the Traveler has some sort of “admin” control over the powers of teyvat, which may include their ability to resonate with each element

Omg-! Skirk possibly goes back to Circe-!! I am never going to shut up about this. Alice being Eris hmm and her story going back to GAA and Haar being one of Odin's name and Odin being referenced in the Silver Twig and many others- (I have no clue where I'm going with this so I'm gonna stop lolol)

Wow what an amazing video honestly everything presented here was so easy to digest and understand, I’m subbing for sure

You opened my mind for an idea about the Abyss sibling. But I guess I will wait at least for part 2 before I come to conclusions. Thank you for this treat ☺️👍🏻

This was a nice first part. I am quite interested in the Hexan Circle and I really hope we get to learn more about it's members soon. I'd esp love to know more about Gold and Skirk.