[4.1] The Truth About Furina Is Found In Childe - A Genshin Impact Theory 

**NOTES** - Re: not showing blue under elemental sight thing --> there are three probable reasons for this. 1) It would be a MASSIVE spoiler if you accidentally used elemental sight and everyone was blue and that would destroy the twist. 2) Playable characters would always be infused with hydro which would be... problematic for many reasons. 3) It's possible that since this event should have happened hundreds of years ago that these eidolons have started to accumulate non-water materials... and maybe they've just inter-married with other humans from other regions in the most confusing biological bloodline I could imagine. Either way I don't think it should be taken as gospel that beings like eidolons always need to be elementally infused. It's like how trees are not green, but white.

i’m so impressed by how accurate this ended up being. you even say that furina’s divinity is within the oratrice, that she’s an actress in a never-ending play…. those are almost direct quotes from the archon quest!!!

Focalor hid this from Neuvillette for 500 years and it took a week for Ashikai to figure it out...

I cant believe Twitter was mad at you only for you to be right at the end

Furina: can we get human fontainians? Egeria: we have humans at home the humans at home: water soluble

Ashikai has clearly been spending a lot of time in the kitchen recently. Can't wait to see what she cooked

I'm so terrified of how accurate Ashikai's theory comes THIS close to the truth that every time she releases new theory, I inclined and was so excited how Genshin's lore and Ashikai's theory will become true

I like how ashikai portays the part at 22:20 about egeria creating humans being the sin as crazy rambling, but in the end it’s exactly how it turned out. Huge props for the accuracy of a lot of the theories

Wow, this was almost completely right. The only major error was this was focalor’s plan, not Egaria, and she was the one who split herself.

YOU CANT JUST DROP SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND EXPECT ME TO WAIT 1 DAY WHAT

The biggest clue is in her twin tailed hair glowing, when the knave tries to assassinate furina you'll notice that the glow isn't there. The inconsistency of her glowing hair is everywhere in the archon quest.

Came back to say that Ashikai truly is a visionary. She slayed and served with this one!

you should consider renaming yourself to Ashikai Magistus

Something I've found just a little odd since it was introduced was the practice of couples *specifically* asking the Hydro Archon for children but looking at that through the lens of the theory fontainians are all eidolons...

The accuracy of this is absolutely incredible. Its astonishing there was enough to go on for you to literally spell out the entire archon story of fontaine a whole month before the final act was dropped.

I think it’s possible that Fontainians aren’t traditional Hydro Eidolons, but are special beings created by Egeria specifically from the Primordial Sea. They are humans and flesh and blood, but are “different” from the “original” humans. Basically Fonatinians are extra special eidolons that aren’t made of hydro and are creations of Egeria after the fall of Remuria Edit (post archon quest finale): Huh what do you know

Something I'd like to add is Furina's constellation, Animula Choragi. The literal translation is "conductor of little souls", and the original Chinese text means "organizer of odes". There isn't a lot to infer from this, but I did some digging and the word _choragi_ is Latin equivalent of the Greek word _choregos_ , which was a historical role in ancient Greece that was given to a wealthy financer to organize a public theatrical play, *appointed by the archon* . Before we proceed, a reminder: Genshin derives from myths, philosophies and histories of all around the world, and it's very likely that a *lot* of terms in Genshin were translated _to_ Chinese from whatever local language the term originated from, such as Archon (the Chinese version's Zhizeng literally being the Chinese word for the Greek archons). And the localizations refer to both the Chinese text and the "intended original" words when translating. So why do I think _choregos_ is the intended word? Because I looked through the constellation names in all four main languages and noticed that the Korean version's translation says "코레고스", which is _choregos_ written in Korean. As in not translated but transcripted. This is significant because this is one of the very few instances of the Korean name of a character's constellation not being a translation, and the only previous examples I remember are mythical animals like Manticore and Leviathan that don't have Korean names. And 코레고스 is NOT a word in everyday Korean. I would say it's a very plausible theory that the word _choregos_ was the originally chosen word and _Animula Choragi_ and 司颂 are translations to Latin and Chinese for the English and Chinese versions respectively. So. We have "financer of a public play appointed by the Archon" and "organizer of odes" and "conductor of little souls". Whatever Furina is doing, it's Egeria's master plan of some kind. Like can we also get attention to the added _animula_ part in the English version? As always, the localization team knows things beforehand so that also has to be a deliberate choice. So what little souls is Furina a conductor of? Why "little souls"? Maybe because she's organizing a play of Hydro Eidolons? Or shall we call it a Masquerade of the Guilty Hydro Eidolons? Also, whether or not all Fontainians are really Hydro Eidolons I definitely agree that Focalors has been split to Furina and the Oratrice because Nahida's description of Focalors applies to both Furina (enjoys the atmosphere) and the Oratrice (reserves the right to influence the final verdict) separately. Considering Nahida is the avatar of Irminsul and has never been outside the Sanctuary of Surasthana till the end of the Sumeru Archon Quest, she must have Irminsuled the information on Focalors and just reiterated the search results, which must have been about Furina and the Oratrice combined.

Listen... Ei and Makoto being sandals is so deeply fitting because LA CHANCLA is ALL POWERFUL and a true symbol of divine punishment.

tfw u watched this a few days before 4.2, then played through 4.2's AQ, and then get mindblown because of how right this was

How accurate are your theories gonna be compared to the actual archon quest? Ashikai : Yes

YOU GOT EVERYTHING ALL CORRECT, ESPECIALLY AG 28:00 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS YOU'RE ACTUALLY INSANE 😭😭

Lmao and now twitter stans who mocked her theories as too much are radio silent, they deserve that i guess, but some of them are actually hating on navia and ofc traveler in this patch lmao💀

Ashikai you are amazing. I just finished the archon quest…I’m utterly speechless

The biggest flaw in this theory is that in the summer event it was stated that eidolons or oceanids that take human shape all have blue eyes and blue hair, as we see now with the girl in the current poetry event. Speaking of which, we learned from her that it takes energy to maintain human form. It isn't long lasting. If the people of Fontaine were eidolons they likely would have lost their human shape long ago due to the energy consumption. It's far more likely that there's something else that's special about Fontainians.

If the whale is an abyssally corrupted dragon-adjacent creature that is the embodiment of the primordial sea, then it makes sense why Neuvillette is the only one who can control it. My theory is that the purpose of the indemnitium/oratrice is to return Neuvillette's full authority as hydro sovereign, and only when he has that authority, he can wrestle control over the whale fully, and end the prophecy. Furina has to maintain the act because obviously Celestia doesn't want dragon sovereigns regaining their authority, particularly if it undermines their plans. I personally don't think that the prophecy was set up by Celestia, because Neuvillette apologises, seemingly genuinely, that he must override the judgement of the prophecy. It only makes sense for him to apologise IMO if the origin of the prophecy is draconic. Given that the original inhabitants of Teyvat were the dragons, and the primordial one stole their celestial authority and Teyvat as a whole, I think that the Primordial sea actually predates the primordial one, and was originally part of the domain of the dragons. So it makes sense that both the whale and the sea as a whole would answer chiefly to a hydro sovereign who has their full authority.

BRAVO ASHIKAI, your theory is spot on!

hello from "the future" Its incredible how "close" this was to the real story behind the scenes. The "visions" and "gnosis" ideas should soon change and be very close to the real thing

this aged well! great work, mate 🎉😮

GIRL YOUR FONTANIANS NOT BEING HUMANS THEORY WAS RIGHT I WAS GIGGLING AND SHIT DURING UT

Watching this now after everything and wheen you said "The lead actress in a never ending play" Chills. Just chills

Surprisingly accurate predictions/theories bar a few specifics here and there, had to go back and watch this after the 4.2 archon quest to see! Crazy!

Ayoo wtf this video really aged well

Now I’m wondering if Hydro Archon crying on her throne in the prophecy can be interpreted a different way. As in, maybe everyone in Fontaine does dissolve and Furina, after reuniting the parts of herself, cries to bring them back, just as Egeria did in the past.

Bravo. I swore I would be be back here if your theory was right!

ASHIKAI YOU’RE LITERALLY GENSHIN’S GORDON RAMSEY

Didn't watch this video until now cause I know you're always on point, and it looks like I was right. After coming back to this video post Archon quest it's mindboggling how accurate this is. Ashikai, you're a genius!

I can t believe how close she was this is insane...

Ashikai done did it again (and Reddit)

THE WAY U GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHINGN RIGHT

omg looking at this video literally hits differently LITERALLY AGED LIKE FINE WINE

Ashi: Hey, kid. You like Fonta? +Well, yeah. Ashi: Did you know water ghosts taking the form of dead people are manufacturing it? +Please, release my arm.

HOW WERE U SO RIGHT???? I THOUGHT HOYO WOULD NEVER DOTHAT'

this video aged well

Also, there is one thing I'd really like to note. *(Spoilers for the current Windborne Poetry event)* When Callirhoe's human transformation is undone in the final act, she does not return to oceanid form, instead she becomes a Hydro Eidolon. Only once she is in proximity to her own spring, she assumes an oceanid form, which was visibly much more taxing on her. This, to me, indicates that Hydro Eidolons can be classified into two types: 1. Weakened forms of Oceanids (the power of water is it's ability to take any shape after all), or 2. Shards created by Oceanids that have the power to become Oceanids themselves eventually. I'm not that good of a theorist, but this is what came to mind after the event.

What doesn't convince me about the idea that Fontaine people are eidolons is that they seem to have physical bodies. And I'm not talking about the elemental sight thing, but that every description of what happens to the people dissolved in primordial waters seems to be something along the lines of separating the consciousness from the body, while for oceanids (and I assume eidolons too) their body IS their consciousness. Also, how do eidolons just... live normal human lives? In the sense that they have the same lifespan as a normal human? How do they die? How do they reproduce? Though it's not above hoyoverse to leave such plot holes up in the air, so I don't think this serves as an argument against the theory lol

You've completely sold me on everyone being an Eidolon, with how it ties up every single loose end I can't not believe it.

31:08 I think Egeria didn’t give him the Gnosis back then because he simply couldn’t “resonate” or understand human emotions that well yet. So, perhaps when he empathizes and sees the worth of “human” life he’ll be able to save them. Maybe way back then Neuvillette or the former Hydro Sovereign just hated humans for what they stood and Egeria wasn’t completely sure they’d save them lol. i’m just gonna wait for the Archon quest to see what happens

Bro she's literally cooked and got 5 michelin star

Didn't the primordial water exist before the primordial one arrived? Like Neuvillette said that all life was created and nurtured by it, which is why he is suprised that it is harmful for the people from Fontaine. Or something like that. It was when we talked to him at the end of Act 2 I believe. I also believe that Childe somehow awakened the Whale when he fell into the abyss which caused the primordial water to appear again/go active (outside of Meropide?) and was then found and used by Marcel, which is was made him guilty in the eyes of the Oratrice. I agree that Furina somehow split apart. I first thought about that possibility after I finished Narzissenkreuz Quest with Mary-Ann and Ann and thought that something similar may have happened with Furina. That Furina is the one we see and Focalors is in the Oratrice.

u cookin and we eatin

THIS THEORY SLAPS AND 1000% ACCURATE!!!!!! I FIRMLY BELIEVE ANYTHING ASHIKAI SAYS!!!

SHE PREDICTED EVERYTHING

This woman has the best theories I've seen in a while, looking forward for this one to come out!

If they were all dead and replaced, wouldn't they all have Blue Eyes like in the 3.8 event with the Oceanid? 🧐 Pretty the traveler or Arlecchino would have noticed this

When you mentioned Furina's role in the court system, that she has the responsibility of drawing interest and intrigue towards the legal proceedings - and really the oratrice - it reminded me of a line actually. I think in one of the promotional animations, (maybe for Neuvilette actually) she interrupts him to say that they can't end things too early because they need to be more entertaining/exciting, and he agrees with her. So that's some evidence toward that I suppose!

I am here after finishing the archon quest because you are amazing omg

Ei and Makoto are lightening given form which makes more sense then sandals imo since the people of Inazuma used to worship the lightening itself and worshiping something in Japanese folklore gave it life and a book says that's how they were born

FUCK EVERYONE WHO DIDNT BELIEVE IN YOU GURL U SLAY

she was right this is insane like actually

Okay, who let you cook this much? And how did this age so well? Great Video. Proved to be right. 😅

Holy shit you were right

One point that you didnt talk about is Neuvilette himself commented on the verdict of the sin in the stoppin water cutscene, which imo implied he agreed to condeming the people. This create a weird contradiction between hydro sovereign who agreed to condem fontaine to the primodial flood, and your theory of hydro sovereign helped Egeria sealed primodial water. Also Neuvilette sensed Furina being sad and literally spaced out made me think theres more to their relationship, you dont just look at a doll and space out like that.

It's so crazy how sm of the stuff she said links up perfectly to the 4.2 archon quests

Just finished 4.2 archon quest and I just have to get back here to comment. I've got overwhelmed because you're theory told the quest accurately, specially about furina and people of Fontaine. That's just amazed me 😍

ASHIKAI. YOU ARE A GENIUS. WOW. I'M COMING BACK HERE AFTER 4.2 AND JUST WOW.

I'm pretty sure it was Remus who changed the DNA of the people in Fontaine with the Golden Symphony. He was the first to perform experiments with melting people in Primordial Water and his version of it - the Golden Ichor. The theory that Fontainians are hydro eidolons doesn't make sense, because eidolons are already water spirits, they wouldn't dissolve, nor would Egeria have the power or the reason to do something like that. Remember that Fontainians only melt when they come in contact with pure Primordial Water, if it's diluted they either get high or get sick and die depending on the concentration. Which implies there's a specific (annihilation) reaction taking place between the pure Primordial Water and the unique DNA of Fontainians.

Spoiler ID JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU ARE SPOT ON LIKE EVERYTHING IS MOSTLY RIGHT (maybe its all right but i havent done the archin quest, i only watched the cutscenes) THIS THEORY IS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS RIGHT NO MATTER HOW STRECHED IT genshin is just really good at putting hints and you're problem solving is just WOW I swear youre just WOW

You know why I’m here and I know why I’m here 🍳🔥

Just came back from reading the 4.2 archon quest on project amber because I was impatient and all I gotta say is…, I am so sorry for ever doubting you (I love your vids but this was genuinely the first time I thought your theory was wack 😅) I mean, not all parts of the theory was correct, but the general idea of it was 😱

Another fine dish from chef Ashikai tomorrow? Hype!

while doing the archon quest i was seriously screaming because of how much this video was SOOOOOO close to the actual truth of the story!

It's crazyhow accruate this theroy is...

Egeira saw childe and just went ''nope get that thing outta my sight"

Two extra tidbits to add on! In Neuvillette's "More about Neuvillette III" voiceline, he says: "I went to see an opera recently. It was about a lady whose personal charm and manipulative schemes allowed her to continue to dominate the affairs of the grand mansion where she lived even after her death, like a ghost that refused to be exorcised. The acting was impeccable, and the story exceptional. It also reminded me of the current state of affairs in the real world." When I first read this, I also wondered if Egeria hadn't fully died in the cataclysm-- if somehow her ghost had been haunting Fontaine or if she was puppeteering everything all along with the Oratice and Furina and now it seems it's all her all along except she's not puppeteering... it's just... actually... her! Second, in Neuvillette's character demo, he walks through a sea full of drowned people and if your theory is right then this scene makes so much *actual* sense!

I've had a crack head theory for a while that I think Furina might have a split personality it's been pointed out by the game a while now that Furina randomly acts different and more mature and serious at times (Act 2 when Navia enters the court she points this out and it's brushed off as maybe she's embarrassed about last time and Act 4 pointed out during her conversation with Arlecchino she seemed very serious out of nowhere but then went back to normal, the traveler comparing her to a "popped balloon") anytime it happens people have brushed it off as Furina being quirky but thinking of it as a split personality kinda makes sense. I don't know what this adds to this videos theory but I just wanted to throw out if anyone was interested

I was just shocked from how accurate this was when playing the archon quest

I agree with most of this theory (with the exception of the idea of ​​everyone in Fontaine being Hydro Eidolons), and based on that and my own assumptions, the timeline of events probably goes like this: - Egeria becomes the Hydro Archon after the War and rebuilds what was left of Remuria, which would later become Fontaine. - At some point after the War, Egeria commits some great sin that marks all of her people as Sinners. - The Primordial Sea was used as punishment so she blocked it, or the very act of blocking the Primordial Sea was the sin she committed. - She encounters a young Neuvillette who, due to the impurity of the Hydro Vishaps, was reborn in human form. - Having sympathy for Dragons She takes care of him. - During the Cataclysm she creates Furina from herself (Intentionally or by accident?) and goes to fight against the Abyss in the desert, where she dies. - Right before leaving or right before dying she speaks the prophecy as her last words, which would haunt Furina for the next 500 years.

One thing I'm really curious about with the whole idea of Fontaine being filled with predominantly Hydro Eidolons including the Archon is if there's a consequence to splitting yourself that many times. Idyia maybe could have had a hand at creating the eidolons in Bottleland but that kind of move looks so small compared to if you were to clone what could be an entire nation. I mean sure Egeria is an Archon and Oceanid but I feel like there may be some consequences to creating lesser copies of yourself which in themselves could multiply more (assuming we put aside the hydro eidolon reproduction stuff) to create more people that could be themselves eidolons. The only way I see there being no real consequences is if Fontaine's people pulled evolution gymnastics to somehow become thier own species and cut ties with their original creators bar the part where they turn to water which would be their fundamental thing that they can't evolve out of. As a side note, maybe mixing with other humans from other nations could be a thing, but the offspring would still be either part eidolon which makes them susceptible to primordial seawater or they won't be able to mix at all because I can imagine mixing the genes of what's basically sentient water and that of a human probably won't end well outside of having Archon intervention (which would be a problem if the mixing of genes happened after Egeria's death).

If you think about it, a water droplet acts like a prism, splitting white light into the different wavelengths of color that it's made of. Like how Egeria split herself into fractal aspects.

This has got to be the most in-depth and well put together theory crafting I’ve seen for Genshin thus far! I love the idea that everyone who originates from Fontaine might be a sort of ghost-like existence. It would really add to the overall dark and depressing theme that Mihoyo is trying to steer story’s direction towards as we get closer to the end of the story. I do hope the majority of your theory does actually become reality cause I can’t imagine a more better/darker concept that they could possibly come up with other than this lol

Leviathan's body is made from souls (like Hobbes' book). Maybe the Leviathan is created by the souls of the ancient people in Fontaine (Remurians?). One thing it learnt through these years, is that no matter how theories we have, the true story is always different.

This aged like fine wine

I am actually scared for how closely accurate this theory is for 4.2 oh my god

Rewatching all of the theory videos before I dive into the last AQ. LESGOOOOOO!!!

Can't wait! I hope you do a lore analysis of the world quest "Villains" because the Celestia lore in that quest was crazy ❤️

Oh my what atrocities has her kitchen experienced? XD

"The God of Justice lives for the spectacle of the courtroom, seeking to judge all other gods. But even she knows not to make an enemy of the divine." - Dáinsleif

Damn, you called it! Alsoo, 4.2 was SO SAD! :(

Nahida in Sumeru did fear Datore, she even backed up his claim "you know you can't beat me with your current power".

Mmmm I don't know about this one... normally, I'm in agreement with most of what Ashikai says, but this time it feels like too much of a stretch, and it doesn't fit in with several raised points from the archon quest: why wouldn't Neuvillette sense anything off with Childe? Why would Childe's vision act up, when we know that the archons don't actually give the visions? How could, if Furina is in fact a part of Egaria (and i agree that she probably is), could Furina be so unaware of everything else happening? If the hydro vision is in the Oratrice, which it most likely is, why would it have a problem with Childe, when we now have evidence that the gnosis are created by using the dragon sovereigns' power? If everyone really is dead in Fontaine, and they're hydro eidolons, wouldn't anyone coming in from outside of Fontaine have spotted something off about them? Wouldn't Neuvillette say something? Wouldn't the other archons that we're friends with? You'd think Nahida at least would have given some kind of indication, considering the entire game story has been planned out for years. I have other questions as well, but my head is too full to ask them right now. In any case, 4.2 will definitely be a trip

“Steparchon I’m stuck” 😂 The editor has been on fire lately!

Did you secretly work for Mihoyo or something?

19:30 Remember Nahida's 2nd quest? The "elemental form" became a fungi and had children with other fungi. Her children were also fungi, although it was a little more intelligent. That could explain how fontanian children with other people from Teyvat are humans (or at least that's what it seems). Fontanians are also elemental forms (hydro elemental forms/eidolons) that took the shape of a human, being "humans" in biology, but not in essence.

In the last cinematic of the event Waterborne Poetry we can see Callirhoe as an Océanide and she swim in and out of the water exactly like the in-game animation of Fontainians, it's a little hint that reenforce your point I think

Bravo, Ashikai! Spot on as always Time to eat your shoes 😂😂😂😂

No way yall believe this😭😭😭

as far as I understand destiny cannot be changed in Theyvat the voice in Sumeru says so, destiny is said to be closely tied to the vision. However if the vision is a roadmap for a destiny that means whoever gives out visions controls the development of the future. But if Kazuha can have two destinies doesn't that contradict everything we know so far. I believe it is at that moment that Ei decided to get out of plane of Euthymia and not something the traveller did. Now this is not an accident from Hoyoverse because Childe now apparently can have two destinies as well. Ei is only shown surprised when Kazuha can meet the blade and survive it. It may of course be the influence of the traveller that makes that possible, and Ei may already have calculated that possibility. If humanity can fight the influence of a vision Inazuma may be ready to go to war in the loving memory of her sister Makoto. Otherwise humanity is enslaved and cannot control their own destiny some would call that cruelty.

me coming back to this after the recent archon quest: *someone cooked here*

YOU WERE SO RIGHT!!!! OMG YOU NAILED IT!!!!!!!!! BEST LORE TUBER ASHIKAI!!!!

YOU WERE RIGHTTTTTTTT