4.0 Fontaine Archon Quests RECAP and Theories | Genshin Impact 

For act 1, the guy who looked at the traveler ofdly was later seen next to the hydro archon during the first accounter. Either this guy is more important OR he was used just to explain that she has people spying for her

I think that Childe dreams about the whale is extremely similar to what we see in the trailer with Freminet. Although subtle, when we see Freminet dive in the trailer, right before he start to panic, there is a huge shadow that comes toward him. This, I think, is the whale that Childe talks about.

You kinda blew my mind with the triplets theory. Hoyo doesn't do anything without a reason so it is possible; it would also explain how Furina was instated as the "new" Hydro Archon. So perhaps the Lord of Amrita was the eldest of the trio, then the middle sacrificed herself - or was sacrificed - to create the Oratrice, leaving Furina, the youngest to lead Fontaine. If that's the case... fuck. Fontaine is going to break me emotionally it seems. Also, we kinda do know who the one from Sumeru was. In the first few shots with Furina, we see a man who looks almost the same as him give a bow with Furina in the shot, as she explains how she knew when the Traveler would arrive in Fontaine. Though someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

‏‪16:26‬‏ Not sure if I understood it correctly but in case I did: The man is an informant of the hydro archon, we briefly see him bowing down to her when we first meet her at the port and ask her how she knew that we were coming.

I very much enjoyed both Acts. Being a lawyer and investigator was dope af. And this Archon Quest actually made me want to pull for Monsieur Neuvillette and Navia! Not so much Furina but hey, she’s an Archon, I’m not passing up on that little brat haha

To add up to the three sisters - always that we have seen chairs (like adeptus table in lyue or the chais in the time stop place in sumeru) those chais had owners so those three thrones must have an owner -the justice has also a rule of three (judge, jury and executioner) so maybe: The executioner was the one who fought in the archon war and died in sumeru The judge is the one in the machine And jury is focalor

the way you always work hard to pronounce the words from all the different regions correctly warms my heart 🥺

Your theory about Furina is VERY wild, I love it. Especially since it could be a reference to the french legend "l'homme au masque de fer" ("the man with the iron mask")

16:28 he can be seen bowing during furina's first appearance, at her side, meaning he heard the traveler was going to fontaine and tipped the archon off. We don't know his name, or if hes more suspicious, but he seems to at least be close to furina.

Just FYI, the "Do you believe in rapture" achievement is a reference to Bioshock, whose main city is called Rapture. Note that the achievement title doesn't say "Do you believe in THE Rapture". And you earn the achievement by exploring underwater (in a specific way, that I'll leave out for spoilers).

The whole Fontaine Act 1 story was incredible! Like it's got to where it reached to an Ace Attorney level of hype. Hoyoverse did an amazing job with this quest and the artwork of solvings too! If only if Yanfei was involved, it would've been 10x better.

Minsleif doing more uploads here is a gift from the Archons. 😌🙏

The "Vache" note about being the real person killer was a cool note- I didn't know of him but looking back on the quest it makes perfect sense

The three thrones had me thinking a bit when I saw them as well and now I'm fully invested in the triplets theory.

the fontaine guy in sumeru is the one who alerts focalor of the traveler coming in, you can see him by focalor up on the ledge when you first arrive

The man who was on Sumeru during the farewell scene was also the man that was shown when Furina welcomed the traveller in Fontaine. I don't think he is an important character. Furina just gave him the job to watch out for the Traveller so she could prepare a very good entrance like challenge the traveller.

Knowing what we know now after Masquerade of the Guilty, its amazing to look back in this video and see how close your theories were to the actual story, especially the Furina theory you had at the end. Although the triple sibling theory was not proven right, it still gave me chills when you said Furina had a twin.

I hope you make Fontaine side quest lore next, especially about the secret society/institute. It was pretty interesting but I am having hard time to understand some detail, especially for who is who and their respective objective.

Other members of House of Hearth were seen in Golden Archipelago part 2. They also had a picture of what they look like before the augmentations.

what makes me anxious about childe’s vision being in our inventory is not how the other characters ended up dead, but that these quest items have all been permanent so far. why do we keep childe’s vision [permanently]….? doesn’t he need it back? we basically promised to see each other again to give it back, but it’s… possibly permanently in our inventory? as a childe simp i am stressed 😫

Furina might've merged with her twin. Like how the Oceanid had a hive mind with those women. If the triplet is there, she's maybe the oratrice.

I couldn´t really focus on the Story that much but i´m glad that there are people like you that Summarise everything for everybody to understand.

I thoroughly enjoyed both acts. I was absolutely shocked when Childe was found guilty. I hope he does get released but imagine this; he loses control and the final boss battle of the fontaine archon quest is a tartaglia who's lost control? It would be a matching set with his battle in Liyue.

Rather than Triplets, perhaps it's just 3 sisters, the oldest being the former Hydro Archon, the middle sibling being the Oratrice and Furina the youngest who was given too much responsibility to bear on her own

The man from Sumeru is the one that tells Furina about the traveler entering her nation. At least that’s what I got from not only seeing the man eye up the traveler and when Furina tries to say it was her own power that allowed her know about the traveler.

Excellent theory about the power of 3, relating the 3 thrones and the 3 moon sisters! I haven't seen anyone mention this yet

I was literally trying to find an archon quest recap an hour or two ago and subscribed after watching the recent 2 videos. Seeing this on my recommendations feed rn has to be a coincidence

I think the man who spied on the traveler in Sumeru in the beginning of the Archon Quest can also be seen at Furina's first appearance to the traveler. It's most likely he told Furina that the traveler and Paimon soon will arrive in Fontaine. That would solve the question traveler and Paimon were asking themselves how she knew about them being in Fontaine.

Spoilers in relation to the Narzissenkreuz world quest: There is also the curious comment by Ann about "the rule of three" while clearing the quests. This strengthens the triplets conjecture assuming that this is where that rule came from all the way during the old times.

I read from somewhere that "Truth amongst the pages of purana" was actually mistranslated and was translated again as "Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame rises"

This was awesome to watch after completing the Archon Quest and getting to see things that I missed plus your recap of events and theories. I really love when you make lists of all the important points in your videos, it makes it really easy to understand and remember it all. Also, I LOVE your theory about Furina being a triplet. I saw those 3 thrones at the Opera boss when I was exploring and it made me think of the 3 thrones in the Sumeru Desert but I never thought anything more about it and your idea makes so much sense about Furina and how she acts too. Great video and love all your content, thank you!!

Love your videos so much, and I'm so excited to hear your theories regarding all of the dark lore (Elynas etc.) in Fontaine! I'm really loving Fontaine so far, there's a lot of lore to dig into!

Thank you for posting this! I just finished both Acts and appreciated the recap! I agree that this one was quite engaging!

Man, you always have the most high quality theories!! Really appreciate your videos ❤

Great video as always! This will be really useful in a few months if I need a refresher on the Archon Quest. And your theories are really fun! I hope some of them stick

Girl I love the way you say names! Could listen to you read the entire Teyvat’s landmarks anyday

Actually I haven’t seen any RU-vidrs having realised who that man side-eyeing the traveler af sumeru was? But I noticed right away (at least if I am to trust my memory, I haven’t checked to match the appearances, yet) while playing, that the same person is bowing to Furina from the side right after she says that she knew that the traveler was coming because she, as an archon, is privy to information that mortals cannot hope to have. The point of that man seemed to make it clear from the behinning that Furina is quite desperate to dramatize things using what she has, so when the man told her that the traveler was coming, she came in charging to appear grand and mysterious. Anyway I'll check to see if the appearance really matches, now...

I was waiting to hear your input on the Fontaine archon quest so far it now makes me all the more hype!

Please keep making these kinds of Quest Summary videos. It really helps me since it's hard to go through hours of dialogue ❤

We appreciate you Minslief. U rock!

Thank you for this amazing video! I really love how you present everything, makes it so much clearer after all the drama. I was wondering if you could cover up the two main Fontaine World quests? I still confused with the Melusines and Mary-Anne's stories. Thank you again!

I'm watching your channel to pass the time before Father's release and I'm amazed how right you were about a certain character, whose identity was revealed in later quests. I also love how you explain lore 😊 Looking forward to your future vids ❤

Absolutely love the new archon quest and this is probably the first patch that gives me this kind of excitement towards new chapters

If you ever want to know more about Genshin's lore or facts and theories, then Minsleif is your girl, as gorgeous as she is, she is also incredible with Genshin theories.

your theories always blow my mind, honestly. I was also wondering about those 3 thrones and your idea kinda makes sense. can't wait to see what else might come in the next updates ^^ and I still hope we will help out beloved Childe XD he doesn't deserve to die just now...not like this tbh

*the guy we saw in sumeru is shown the time the traveler asks how furina knew he was coming he's hydro archon's informent *Neuvillette doesn't have a vision so he's either an archon or the hydro dragon a theory that Arlechino setup the whole Lyney and Lynette backstory now you might ask why she didn't just adopt them when they were orphans, the answer to that is simple there is no good without bad, the worse you experience the better the things that come after feel doing things this way got her their fealty, a great soldier is a soldier that doesn't question his superior even more so twists reality for them.

The Fontaine Archon Quest writing's the best so far and I think we will meet the abyssal whale in the end of Fontaine quest since Hoyoverse already drop an easter egg about "It" in the Overture Teaser when Freminet falls into the water.

Yeah Childe being accused might be caused by "it" so maybe "it" really was involved in the creation of the "sin" and maybe the Oratrice senses "it" or is familiar with "it", anyways great video and Furina theory!

I love when minsleif uploads because i love a good recap so i can understand the story better

It was amazing... can u pls do one short vid for the bigger world questes of Fontaine as well, the ones with multiple parts? I would love to learn your theories on them and how they are or might be affecting the state of Fontaine and its people.

I don’t think the oritrice is a twin of furina but more so the previous Hydro Archons consciousness because in Renes investigation notes, it talks about him, finding some sort of will in the oasis in the desert it’s possible he showed this to the archon and furina created the oritrice with it if you look at the Hydro statue, it looks exactly like furina but with different similarities and nahida says as the Archon of fountaine she’s still reserves the right to influence the final verdict if I had to predict, I feel like furina is a copy of the original Hydro Archons, that was created by Celestia in some type of way we even furina crying in the fountain of lucine talking about her being alone also, I think another thing that supports the theory is the fact that a triangle is supposedly the most ordered and balanced shape the fact furina may actually have a twin could possibly mean that they were all created by celestia if you really think about it, it makes sense the previous Hydro Hwy Archon could’ve been the older sibling with the middle one being the oritrice and the youngest being furina it’s very well, a possibility that the boys were here and the fountain of lucine is actually furina not only crying about being alone but he’s also still grieving over the death of her two sisters maybe or just the two copies of herself

My thoughts on the "Notable things" 1. I'm surprised you missed it, the side eye-ing Fontaine man is Furina's informant who told her about our arrival in Fountaine resulting in her dramatic entrance at the start 2. This "It" has made Childe one of the most important characters for the entire story as "It" is a mystery power of some sort that can contain/Stop abyssal erosion as mentioned by Dainsleif that it should've been impossible for Halfdan to still retain his sense of self without "It" Act2 Nuvilette's definitely the hydro Dragon Lord we've been waiting for.

I was very confused about the three seats at the new boss fight as well. I'm very glad this got brought up because it's been stuck on my mind since I've seen it!

I don't know if I've ever been so excited for the story before. I adored Sumeru, but I started playing partway through so I didn't have to wait near as much. I'm just so hyped to see where everything goes, it's great so far

what is furina was the one who judges and neuvillette was the actual hydro archon but it was planned to be this way 😱 (I couldn’t find a gnosis nor a vision on either of them)

i think we actually do know who the suspicous fontaine man in sumeru is, we saw him in the background when we first met furina, specifically when she was spewing that whole "ofc i knew you were coming i am a god" spiel implying he snitched on us to her

The quality of Minsleif's videos are always mind-blowing!

i loooveed fontaine! neuvillette was my absolute favorite, hes mysterious, but his past events with navias father and past opinions on humans just make his character so interesting. also the heavy implications that hes the hydro dragon?? hes awesome

I'm not 100% certain about this but Childe's dream about a whale and Skirk telling him that he had it made me wonder if the two had either merged or it just simply gave him power. Although VERY different it reminded me of the meta morph surgery from Honkai, where a soldier is basically combined with a honkai beast and after that they have enhanced abilities as well as the ability to transform. One soldier in particular Kosma actually lost control and attacked one of his allies, and with Childe being moody maybe there's a chance that he will lose control and start attacking allies. The Oratrice may have sensed whatever 'it' is and decided he needed to be locked away to keep other people safe. If there's a chance he does lose control then its possible that Childe dies because he asks the Traveler to kill him if he ever does, this way his family doesn't get hurt. This is just a theory, but I do feel certain that we will get a Part Two for him and that quest might tell us what might happen in the future.

Mins! I hope you post a video about "the melusine quest" once you get there!! I'm am very very interested in hearing your opinion on that eventually 🌻

16:35 the dude looking at us is the same guy who told furina about the fact that we were going to fountaine, he shows up close to her

The Rule of Three was also mentioned in the Annapausis quest. It was mentioned by the tiny oceanid. I noticed that Fontaine quests, map exploration, etc. has several repeat instances of threes it’s very subtle hint by Hoyo

love the triplet theory!! i think another twin story wouldn't be that fun as we already have that with the electro archon. i am so excited to see more of Furina. she is such an intresting character.

the guy from act 1 in sumeru most likely works for furina and thats how she knew we were coming

I think the guy who was eyeing the Traveler in Sumeru was just to show how Furina knew that the Travelers were heading to Fontaine; As after they said they are heading to Fontaine is when his "..." text bubble shows up. When Paimon asks Furina how she knew they were coming to Fontaine, Furina does an ego boost as usual by saying something about how smart she is, when in actuality that guy told her what he overheard what the Traveler said in Sumeru as we can see as he bows to Furina while she is doing her Ego boost.

I like your theory, really good work! Also, I wonder about Arlecchino, is she the 10th fatui or not? If she is, well we destroyed La Ashes with 3 elements, now We have 5 elements and It isnt wise for her to fight with us, instead be with us maybe? We should see the boss fight in 4.2 so Idk who will the boss be. Also, If Arlecchino the 4th Fatui, since the way Childe and Wanderer speaks about Capitano he should be first in that theory but It doesnt make any sense to me the 10th Seat is empty or not revealed since it is not a high number seat. So what do you think? Will we see some other fatui to take the gnosis and fight w us?

The way you pronounce those names are a thing of beauty 🤩. Plus, you have great content. You get a sub. 💯

Ok I officially LOVE you now after that BOMB theory you told us😍

21:11 Love how both you and Neuvillete said "Unfortunately"

I think the "Do You Believe In Rapture" achievement at 4:18 in the video is a reference to 'bioshocks' city of Rapture, another underwater city, although I see your point of view on this equally valid

When you talked about Teyvat being flipped upside down it reminded me of the summertime event that we had, where Idiya and the others said it felt like the bottle world was flipped "upside down" which could be a connection

Neuvillete is probably one of Elynneas siblings. Since the melusines (the furry creatures) stated he visits there quite frequently. And the Elyneas stated it has many blood relatives bc they were born from a mother. Therefore, Neuvillete as one of the people sitting on the three thrones is unlikely. This is my theory tho.

Thx lady. This was fun

Also remember that Neuvilette asked Marcel if he wanted to go to fountain more than his life so he might have knew what's gonna happen

Amazingg video!!!! Can you do a video similar to this on the fontaine world quests like ancient colors, ann, virgil and many other more?

Wait so from what I concluded, it could be that the oratrice is run by the power of the gnosis which answers how people’s belief is turned into power, and since the gnosis is a power from celestia and childe had ‘it’ in him,an abyssal something, it could be the reason as to why he was declared guilty

I appreciate your videos- I no longer have any storage on my phone for Genshin, but I need to know the lore lol.

I most curious about furina's eyes and her problem with oceanids are flew away from fontaine and died. Maybe that fontainian man in sumeru will seen in the next patch maybe like archon quest the 4 or 5 , maybe because fatui is something

These two cases were absolutely amazing

hohohohohoho so that's the voice in the fountain I am notyet hearing in-game.... THANK YOU MINSLEIF FOR YOUR DETAILED THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS! I love FOntaine archon quests too especially with the "detective skills" being unleashed~💙💙💙 looking forward for more acts but need to wait a lot of days for it to appear more story lines sadly

8:57 great cut. It really did schock me right in that moment

32:18 This blew my mind! We aren't even around there at the end of the quest... I can't believe I keep missing this kind of thing!

I was absolutely shocked when playing the part at 15:20 ! I was not expecting genshin to go this dark…

I love this theory!! Very interesting

if you go to the that one fountain (i forget what it’s called ) and turn down everything except for dialogue you can hear faocalors crying

Really loved the archon quest, and the speculations you added were intriguing. I just hope they don't stretch the shit out of this arc with a lot of fillers and wooooords lol.

What I'm more intrigued after act 2, is that for over 20 years, many people were wrongly accused of being behind from the serial disappearance cases. We could assume they were released and heavily compensated for the wrong accusations, but we don't know if most of them are even alive or not. That could've been a question to ask Neuvie at the graveyard.

Also, your theory at the ending makes a lot of sense. Fontaine is looking pretty bleak and depressing when it comes to the story so far

16:28 I'm pretty sure we see him bowing to Furina after she says that she knows "a lot about the traveler" during Furina's first scene.

I really wanna hear your recap and theories about the world quests. Especialy. With the Melusine one

the name callas jump scared me. I think it was a reference to Jean Callas, the man who inspired Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration. He was falsely accused of his son's murder, and the entire family was punished. Much like the Callas in Genshin, everyone suffered. The names of Fontaine people can tell you a lot about them, i guess!!!

love how you pronounce french words! subscribing now!

Indeed one of the best Archon Quests so far more "ALIVE" if that makes sense. Definitely love the exchange but it lack some animations and but the cutscenes was great just wished some player interactions would need some improvements and work to make it cut scene quality 😂.

omgg your french accent is actually very good ❤

The archon quest was so good I can't wait for the next installment. But I keep thinking about the private owned mechs. Traveler and navia were basically ambushed, by a private owned mechs, in front of the court building nonetheless, but I don't recall the authority went to an investigation about it? Or it was mentioned but I just don't remember lol.

I might possibly be wrong but the Fontainian who eavesdrop our very precious conversation with Dehya was the one who informs furina about our arrival in fontaine... This was "shown" to us while furina was taking high and mighty and this guy was bowing behind the curtains towards furina. I hope we get more explanation of this NPCs reason for being stationed in Sumeru

I can't wait for your theories with the world quests especially with the melusines.

I think the Truth among the pages of Puranas = Akasha pulses, the kalpa flames rises. It is basically the same a title closer to the CN title version of "Truth amongst the pages of Puranas" ... seems like it was outdated and they changed it idk And for yoyr theory at the end ? Wow I absolutly believe in it. There is no coïncidences in Genshin. There is this recurring theme of duality in fontaine with some characters. Layla awake/layla sleeping. Beelzebul and Baal, Barbatos and nameless bard. Rhukadevatta and Nahida etc... And also the 3 moons sisters, the 3 hooded figures that reign over Celestia in the manga, the 3 Creatures painting in Inazuma... Is fontaine Following this route with the Erennyes? Lyney/Lynette/Freminet Furina/The Oratrice/Neuvillette. Furinas inspirations and that one achivement when you unlock the hydro statue of the 7 with traveller. "The land of fair Springs" idk you might be into something here. Great video overall, thank you for the hard work !!

You can see the whale skeleton face underwater. Childe probaly came in contact with the heart crystal as the other member of abyss (well he is not in abyss acording to him) is trying to resorect it and this would kinda destroy fontaine in process.

Your french prononciation are on point!😩👌