4.7 Archon Quest RECAP Analysis and Theories | "Bedtime Story" 

Just to put things into context… we are close to Khaenri’ah’s potential release (2026) than Mondstadt’s (2020)… Upcoming video: more analyses +5 Sinners and the 6 Pygmies!

Not the 5 minute Dainsleif screentime and we have to wait for next year again 😭

"Size doesn't matter, because we have a lot to unload-" that is NOT an opening sentence you wanna hear after waking up

It's also crazy to realized that Kaeya also knew about the 5 sinners and even hinted about them the whole time too😭"Khaenri'ah, huh? You sure know a lot! The legacy of Khaenri'ah is long gone. The sinners are all that's left, and they're not worth mentioning."

Dain is the Goat. Comes once a year. Gives a whole year of lore bomb in 2 minutes, no further elaboration, dips out.

Eye of the first field tiller inside dainsleif's ass theory IS CRAZY. But hey it's canon now 🤣 Hoyo us listening to you 😭😂

The fact the thumbnail says "Genshin is almost over" while we're still heading to Natlan, Snezhnaya, Celestia, and hopefully Khaenria'h

Minsleif and Ashiki are like the goddesses of Genshin lore, so much filled within by connecting the dots while this something Minsleif is dying to see return.

If Tyvat is in a constant loop, then its citizens don't have free will of their own. Our sibling could use the Loom of Fate to open up branches in their life path for them to decide how they live it, thus granting them free will and breaking the cycle. Also the photo was the first use of the loom of fate's full power by the last remnants of Caribert. That is why he is fading out of the photo. Literally an object, by all reason, shouldn't exist.

The real mystery is why the guild would ask the traveler to look for a missing person when its been almost 5 years and we cant even find our sibling

When I saw Caribert I had the straightest face, cuz I was doing the quest in the living room and mom was here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think one of the big Lore drops was how powerful Dainsleif actually is. According to Lumine he can take down the entire Abyss Order on his own if he wants too.

I thought Caribert was the creator of the photo as a last gift as he turned into the completed loom of fate, just like when Lumine touches Aether's head right before their meeting ends, even though she had said they couldn't touch. It would also explain why Caribert is in the photo himself.

18:15 it is actually "moon hunter" or "people who hunts moon", so some people believe that his job is hunting the remains of crimson moon dynasty like arlecchino and 20:00, the text clear says"he" not "they", so dain only has 1 brother

Also kaeya mentions the sinners in one of his voiceline saying that they are not worthy to mention or something like that he definitely knows something

I will say I didn’t like the conversation between Aether & Lumine just being deleted from both of their memories, I feel like having this genuine conversation between the two, and actually hearing the abyss sibling’s perspective on things could lead to some sort of internal conflict with the traveler. All of the information provided could lead to how the traveler acts in the future of the story. Contextually it makes sense as to why they wouldn’t remember it, but I’m still a little disappointed that the whole conversation is just forgotten, maybe it could come back somehow, but for the time being, I just feel like it wasn’t the best way to handle that

Vinster King is most likely Irmin. Rocking the foundations of the world most likely referring to his antics, and there was a degree of familiarity when he said it.

Something to consider: Reread Snow White and the Six Dwarfs and see the similarities between the "blind" dwarf and the "visionary". The dwarf who wanted to use the prince's body to reflower the garden and "Gold".The dwarf "repentant" when keeping the prince's body in a hole and Deinsleif guarding the eye of the first cultivator of the land. For me, the order of the abyss and the fatui have the same objective. The fatui will use the loom of destiny for their purposes. Remember Collei's dream and the burning tree. Perhaps they want to recreate a new tree, since Irminsul is as guilty as the abyss of every tragedy on this planet. Let's remember Remuria and the theory about Remus/Cylla/Sybilla. If it's Pahnes, Nibelung and primordial Seelie, think about the sacrifice the Seelie made to help Remus/Pahnes. Everything that happened in Remuria was the responsibility of fortune/Irminsul, because she had already enacted Remuria's cycle of destruction. Perhaps Pahnes reached the planet and the primordial Seelie, who had told Remus about the inevitable fate of his kingdom. It is interesting to think that the primordial Seelie became one of Phanes' shadows, being that of life (which could be considered a descent, since she had the power to create life). Her sacrifice in becoming Phobos can be associated with the metaphor of the celestial tree, which was cut down to help Pahnes repair the castle's beams. If this is real, we could be talking about Phanes and Nibelung (1 and 2 descendants creating gnosis from the body of 3). The Seelie body provided the power of the elements of Irminsul, and Nibelung handed over the authority of the dragons that ruled the land. We then have 3 forces in Teyvat. Irminsul who uses the cycle of destruction of civilizations to prevent the power of the abyss (Honkai), but was corrupted as it carried out not only the good but the bad desires that the primordial Seelie ended up providing (since she became the gnosis, with the ability to provide visions). The abyss, which is using sinners to dominate. The traveler, who brings the power of another world to prevent Irminsul from continuing to define people's destiny. Irminsul it is "evil" for regulating the planet, causing the Sansara cycle with imminent death and destruction. Abyss, as it is an oppressive power in its essence and the traveler, who must be the only one capable of rivaling the world.

genshins lore has so many crazy references and i get so confused constantly 😭😭 great video as always!

After all these Dainsleif quests I’m becoming more curious abt what Kaeya’s role in the future will be. I remember he responded to us asking him about Khaenri’ah with something like “There’s nothing left from Khaenri’ah except the sinners” meaning he knows that much despite only being a descendant of Khaenri’ans, meaning he’s been digging up some deep secret shits behind us all along. The severe lack of his appearance in the later versions is honestly killing me. Hoyo just tell me what’s my boy been up to 😭😭

Ei needs to have a MASSIVE lore drop.. no way they’d let a Raiden variant go to waste or be a side character.

Nothing like a Minsleif video on a Sunday morning to break my brain for the rest of the day

Pointing out another discrepancy that popped up with this quest that makes me sus of the abyss sibling: In this quest, Dain says that the sinners did nothing to help kaheri'ah when the disaster broke out, and he's gonna take revenge on them for that-- in the We will be reunited quest, though, abyss sibling states that Dain is their enemy because HE did nothing to help khaenriah during the disaster- and now we find out that they're basically siding with the visionary-- something is very off with this because it's either one or the other-- and we just went through a whole quest about fake memories

Neat analysis! The Five Sinners have really been a point of interest for me. I'm kinda just a sucker for numbered groups like the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. One thing interesting I've noticed, in regards to Hroptatyr: In the Chinese description of the Mocking Mask artefact of the Pale Flame set, one of the lines reads as follows: "既然我的才学无法与*「贤者」*比拟，没能获得上一位王者的青睐," which corresponds to "Since my level of learning could not compare with *the sages*, I failed to earn the favor of the previous ruler." The neat thing is, Hroptatyr's title, 'The Wise', is listed in Chinese as「贤者」. So rather than the sages, Pierro might be calling out Hroptatyr directly. My friends more versed in Chinese than myself tell me both options are a possibility, though the「」title brackets could indicate a 'proper-noun-ness' that favours the latter option. I would absolutely love if we got a Winter-Night's-Lazzo-esque trailer for the Five Sinners. Now THAT would be amazing. Once again, awesome video!

I don't remember if it's mentioned in this video but "the flames that consume the world" could be tied to what Dainsleif says in the travail trailer: "None will escape the flames, see for yourself"

"Size doesn't matter" That opened a floodgate of questions regarding Minsleif's Dain preference--

Something interesting with the mention of Hroptatyr being one of the names of Odin is the fact that in norse mythology, Odin hanged himself in the Yggdrasil tree in order to obtain wisdom about runes, and in the quest item Silver Twig (memento from the Sumeru Archon quest) is mentioned that in a legend, a sage hanging upside down on a tree gained knowledge on how to inscribe runes and a glimpse of the secrets of the cosmos, which increases even further the relation that both the genshin version and the mythology version have

so uhm, yeah, ya'll remember how in fma the creation of the philosopher stone is with human souls. and the loom of fate needs a soul to be sacrificed to be created. sooo with all the anime references that genshin uses to make, I think this is an important one.

we will probably be talking about Calibert's Mom in the next Dainsleif quest lmao

If I’m not wrong, wasn’t Rhinedottir referred to as “Flower that is not of this world” in the 3.5 Hexenzirkel quest? Could she perhaps have either obtained the In Teyvats and used them to lure the twins in to help Khaenri’ah in some way? Or maybe she could be from the same world as the twins and she herself is the “Flower that is not of this world”.

28:45 this is definitely asking what Lumine is to Dain. Whether she is someone in his way who he must kill to reach his goal, or someone who he holds dear to him that he feels sorrow for their rebellion and wants to save. I think the thing he feels guilty for is letting Lumine run astray and end up on the evil side of the abyss.

My Lady, I was actually waiting for your insight on this specific quest and on the information that Dainsleif provides us! Thanks for the vid btw, another great one!

LETS GOOO I've been waiting for thiss

Done watching. Omg this is such a good video. Im thirsty for more!! Thank you for your hard work! Can't wait for another video

This video is crazyyy i might need to re-watch it several times 😅

Excellent video as always!

FINALLY! I've been waiting!

Omg minsleif video finally.. Ive been waiting!!! So excited to watch this

Been waiting for this. You're my go to genshin lore content creator! Keep it up and keep it coming. ❤️

Ive been waiting for you video from the day 4.7 released! thank you for the food mama

Istaroth makes sense for the photo and being preset since Caribert disappeared after that gust of wind (Istaroth being the god of time and wind, the appearance of wind in a space where time did not pass indicated that the space would soon fade)

I’ve been waiting for this!!!!!!!!!!!!

was waiting for a long time for this video. I'm happy minsleif now pronounces caribert as care bear

I was waiting for this video 🙏

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE MARY ANN QUEST

I've been waiting for this one since the quest dropped!

Amazing video, love your analysis

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO THANK YOU MINSLEIF!!!

dain need his rest,he dropping so much lore that we need a year to understand

been waiting for minsleif video after completing the quest myself for 3 days !!! the queen of lore finally came 🎀

THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME I WAS SO THIRSTY 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 (BEEN WAITING FOR THIS)

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THX MIN FOR FEEDING US!!! I HOPE YOU WILL GET C6 DAINSELF IN ONE 10 PULL

i just love when u explain things i only understand it when u tell

28:49 i think dain is feeling guilty rn for loosing the eye since he thought that he gave it to us, bc he left without saying a word. I think we won't see Dain for awhile Also tysm for explanation!!

i am so thankful that there are people like you, i am wayyy to lazy to read through the story and all that stuff but i love to watch ur videos . tyy sooo much

"Genshin is almost over!!" HYV: Let's make a part 2 for this game 😊

Well done Min! I can always count on you to explain all the current and past lore with such skill 💙 Hopefully Dain comes back a little sooner in the 5.0 series.. or maybe multiple times??

"genshin is almost ove-" nu uh 🤨

The amount of foreshadowing was CRAZZYYYYY in such a short quest like what....

Hiiiii😊 i love ur theorys and analysis of genshin impact and i really appreciate your hard work❤

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

Great video!!!! However, this part around 22:02 the Chinese text translates literally into "I don't want to mention it but he is indeed also my sibling, my brother." I don't think it is implying that ALL FIVE SINNERS are Dain's siblings. I didn't check the context tho but I think Dain was only referring to Vedrfolnir. Anyways, thanks for the recap and analysis! Really love your contents!

this quest made me cry so bad i feel so bad for caribert

*notices robins song from star rail faintly in the background* nice touch minsleif

caribert was such a good character, sad to know his status ;-;

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. I was waiting every single hour of every day waiting for your explanation of this Archon quest. Was so lost besides the obvious and hated how short it was, spoiler for those that haven't done it: I hated the ending of it. I wanted to be wrong so I waited for your video. Thank you for all the hard work Minsleif, you're one of the people that makes the archon quests better for me 😊

Could it be that both Aether and Lumine are having the same journey? Just different time and different cirumstances. The sibling got to travel Teyvat pre war and got to know Kaenria'ah's people. Traveller got to meet the peoples from a post war Teyvat. Both met new friends, they made their own found family, 500 years between them. That's why the sibling wants Traveller to finish their journey, so they can understand why they're fighting against their found family's curse, the Kaenrian curse.

i suddenly remembered something when you said if dainslief is gonna be Playable he should reflect on his power hahahaah remembering Childe and Raiden's release hahahah

28:50 He might've been the 6th Pygmy (along with the other 5 sinners) to kill the Pale Princess. Now he regrets it and his penitence is punishing the other 5 pygmies. Remember, one pygmy wasn't so enthusiastic about the idea of killing the pale princess, but in the end, got peer pressured (or convinced) to do it. He might be blaming himself for that moment of weakness and seeks penance.

Imagine being almost over without even having a proper story...

Why do i only have more questions after watching this video 😭😭

There's also the theory going around that the Abyss Sibling's memory had been altered by the loom of fate when bringing up the "flowers at the end". since the sibling is considered "part" of teyvat according to irminsul, this leaves them susceptible to any changes done by the loom. dains brother might've used the loom of fate at its completion to add a false memory into the abyss sibling's mind, thinking that the traveler had wanted/been searching for a field of intevats to better give the abyss sibling motivation to stick around

Glad we had a great spotlight with Dainsleif’s return. Hope we’ll see more of him next time, Minsleif.

Another thing i really want to point out: I remember there was a cutscene set in Stormterror that had the abyss twin and 3 cryo abyss mages, in that scene an abyss mage said "when your homeland returns to this world, we shall revel in its glory"

I await art of you with Dain and his brother lol.

mmmm ok off topic But IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU MINSLEIF ❤

Imagine Dainsleif being like pyro or something like that

And speaking of Travail Dain's dialogues.... That sounds kinda like the type of protagonist becoming antagonist, Eren telling his comrades to fight him or to step aside.... Or Kevin letting Kiana, Bronya and Mei become Finality, Truth and Origin in order to fight and win against him, or lose; so they could use the Project Stigma however they wanted, or simply destroy it.... And the Project Stigma is literally the same, in overall terms, as the Loom of Fate (And let's remember Da Wei's love for Evangelion and FANTAAAAAAAA), so..... What if Dain ends up trying to follow the Abyss Order or, at least, the Sibling's plan to save Teyvat; but only after everything else seems to be just vain attempts to be reasonable with Celestia or something, like how Eren gave chancesto Marley to stop fighting, and how much he tried to find a way, a path where he wouldn't need to use the Rumbling, yet still ending in him using the Founding Titan's powers.... "Defeat me. Make me step aside. Show me that you can save her. And you'll be able to rewrite the destiny", it really seems like something Kevin Kaslana would say while stealing Finality power to continue with the worst yet the, aparently, only chance to save everything that is left; the final chance to get everything back.

I interpreted the photo as a goodbye gift from Caribert. He specifically said the complete loom of fate could create lay lines, and considering lay lines are the foundation of everything in teyvat creating lay lines could equal creating actual tangible things.

This is like the shortest Dainsleif archon quest we got. I somehow miss the 1st one where had to dodge bubbles and falling platforms and had to battle the Abyss Lector 3 times I think

Can i just say that I completely BAWLED MY EYES OUT when i saw the sinblings together I- 😩😩

Almost over? Dude we are barely halfway through. We still got Natlan, Snezhnaya, Khaenriah,Celestia, and maybe even more outside of Teyvat.

The moment Traveler said they forgot what happened after they met Caribert, DANG! Their memory was altered by the Loom of Fate! Did it mean their fate already been weaved into the leyline via the Loom of Fate? Now they're indirectly bound into Teyvat fate. Like Dainsleif said in Teyvat Chapter Travail preview, "the treads of all fates will be yours to re-weave." So, imo, the moment the Loom of Fate take it full potential, it may be the moment the Traveler re-weave or alter all the fate in Teyvat. Because LoF have the potential to rival Irminsul, or maybe replace it. And the Inteyvat flower, imo, the Traveler use the same method as how Ei plant the sacred sakura tree. She planted it in the present, but the tree grew in the past. Maybe in the future, the Traveler will plant Inteyvat too.

OKAY @Minsleif I put it all together (unless you already covered this ) but I think we've already seen Kanreha ik I cant spell BUT. In the “we will be reunited “ video on genshin youtube page we see the tower and bridges that we see in the login screen. And I believe while we were asleep our twin was exploring Teyvat and witness the fall of Kanreha meaning those tower and bridges in the login screen may be the “sky “ of Kanreha or Kanreha it self!!!😮😮😮

At this point, every player be following Dain like paparazzi with a whole lot of questionnaire sheets😢

YEss i've been thinking about Pierro's role in all of this. I see some suggest he could be The Wise but to be it feels he is not on the side of the abyss and is possibly the one armed sage who fought with Dain so gim referring to those safes in the trailer makes perfect sense in my mind

I PROMISEEE I REMEMBER THERE BEING A VOICELINE FROM THE TRAVELER ABOUT KEEPING A CERTAIN RING SAFE FOR THEIR SIBLING OR SOMETHING BUT I DONT REMEMBER FROM WHERE

I actually bawled my eyes out with the picture they gave us at the end, after the cutscene, and the little conversaation they had. MY EYES ARE RED, IM CRYING I CAN'T GET OVER IT I NEED AT LEAST A DREAM WHERE THEY ARE HAPPY TOGETHER😭😭😭😭

25:49 this question was brought up before as well, i believe in the caribert quest

24:48 that golden box looks same as the one with the event recently we have attackers vs defenders. 😲

Hey wake up, Misleif just dropped a new lore video

you are the first content creator i heared trying to pronounce "Mondstadt" correctly.

Dainsleif’s element was revealed to be blue fire in this archon quest. This means he could have a playable character that is just a different version of pyro (Eg: Arlecchino’s crimson flames, young Diluc’s red flames)

This is the only, only quest that managed to put me in tears:(( It was so sad:((

I immediatley thought of y ou and wondered what your reaction would be when I heard that the Eye of the First Feild Tiller was in Dainsleif this whole time🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

If you pick Lumine, the explanation given for the flowers in her hair is that her brother must have placed them in her hair while she was asleep.

22:00 I think that they are not related by blood but were considered family to dainsleif

In my opinion it's just getting started rather than ending...the amount of questions and the amount of people mentioned,where are the sinners,will dain get his revenge ,how will the traveller be able to beat all these characters after the recent fight with arle, what about travellers brother/sister, why is heavenly principles sleeping,what exactly happened in khaneriah ,what are harbingers trying to do with gnosis,and many many more

1:15 the alhaitham slander is insane 😭

Sad there's no playthrough. Would've love to see your reactions to the dialougues