Arlecchino is an ERROR in Genshin Impact's Code... 

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i like this theory. there’s plenty of glitches in her idle with the looks of pixels and like an error theme. this has to be my favorite theory about her.

The scara part for me just shows that this is for the audience not a memory

Notes: Eula's name makes sense now because people see she's a Lawrence, ignore her, dismiss her as being just like her not so great family members, and have no idea her lore is actually really important to Mondstadt's history and future story :)

One minor theory I saw on social media was that Clervie stabbed herself because Peruere wouldn't do it

As a wanderer main, you unlocked a synapse in my brain that makes his presence in the animation make perfect sense

That was..an interesting bottle opener

Something I find curious… Is how Nahida explains that fairy tales can be used as safeguards to protect stories from deletion from the Irminsul. It might be a stretch… But what if Perinheri was Peruere’s story… Made a storytale to preserve it.

imo there's one big caveat to the whole Scaramouche thing: you're assuming we're seeing things from Arle's PoV. But the very beginning of the video shows a scene where Arle isn't even there (her mother telling the story and asking Clervie to check on her), meaning at the very least that part of the story is not from her PoV, but just a recounting of the facts, meaning Scara being there is fine.

2:54 That doll clearly meant to represent Crucabena, it has angel halo and same colour scheme as her, angel halo probably represents how she fakes being a kind caring mother. Dottore has no reason to be in that tale and it doesn't look like him.

Arlecchino's just glitching cuz she's got bad wifi.

Arlecchino is like the darker version of Elysia from Honkai Impact 3 Both elysia and arlecchino are errors in the samsara. Elysia gave the present Herrscher the will to choose what they want to do.

Ngl, there are so much that's going on with Arlecchino and I'm just eager to know more about her in the actual game, To think that Genshin has mode an animated shoet for Arlecchino alone makes me wish they'll do so for other characters, kind of like how they do it with HSR.

Come to think of it, Arlecchino gives me Herrscher of Corruption and Sentience vibes. Also the fact that Corruption manifests itself as a crimson red eye is also a weird parallel.

I think the short wasnt a memory but the actual past

I would like to add onto the Peruere/ Perinheri/ Pers bit (because I'm getting ready for the next patch by reading up on a LOT of Freminet lore for heaps of reasons) that Pers, ironically pronounced as Père - "Father" in french, is directly linked to Freminet's favourite book, Tales of a Snow-Winged Goose. In which Penguins are directly likened to Outlanders, quite literally stating that "every penguin in the world comes from outer space, far beyond the skies." Now the interesting bit is that, according to the book, Pers was the first of the penguins to learn how to swim/ dive into the sea. Now taking this bit of information into the context you provided, what else is diving if not "descending" into the ocean? And taking this into consideration, the same section of the book also talks about the stars and sky being reflected into the water (quite like Mona explains hydromancy, also giving more points to Scara's iconic line) which is important later, as Pers re-gains his ability to fly by "diving" back into the sky - "the secret to flying is to be light" is another quote from this book. Pers in the story misunderstands it as being light-weight but we've seen Light and Darkness in action before and there's plenty of evidence to suggest both are also elements (looking at Enkanomiya). But I'm getting side-tracked. The main takeaway is that this theory holds up quite well if "Father" (Pers) was among the first to learn how to dive (Descend). Plus, Skirk mentioning that the Gnoses are dead descender remains shortly before Arlecchino lore drops is no coincidence, it's still part of the Fontaine questline, meaning we'll deal with this information one way or another. Also, Freminet is hugely important to understanding Arlecchino, he hallucinates all characters from this book (Pers when he's lonely, Princess Marcotte who is a parallel to Clervie when he's timid and The Fox and Clockwork Guardsman when he's troubled) frequently during different emotional states and also was a part of the Hearth before Arlecchino became the new King. All of the characters have a huge amount of relevance to the Hearth, and the last story in this book (which is also his "special item" unlocked at the corresponding friendship level) talks about a thief who stole and broke Death, as well as a Clockwork Mecha who is starting to forget things and wear down, wishing to die. They're both not allowed to and are cursed with immortality - it's a big big big red Khaenri'ah flag. He also has a lot of information on "Mother" in his profile, I really suggest looking into him a bit before the next update! Cheers!

I usually agree with most of your theories, but I just want to say that the animated short is not Arlecchino's memories, they are just showing us the past, the past does not change even if Irminsul is involved. And btw I'm not saying your theory is wrong, I actually also think that Arle is not a being from Teyvat(or anything of the like)but the Scara point does not make sense.

Elysia Arlecchino 🤝 Being errors in the code

man this is so interesting, good vid

i think she'll probably have some connection to remuria which justifies her name being more closely inspired by the latin "perurere" and, while interesting, UERE is likely just a coincidence. if time dilation were at all relevant, it'd likely be used for someone like istaroth rather than arlecchino.

It also connects to her introduction when she remembers when she first became a harbinger and scaramouche being in there is indeed very sus.

Yesss, I'm so happy made an Arlecchino video! Your theories are lovely as always!

im as hyped for getting arlecchino as minsleif is for dainsleif 🥰

Also noticed that Arlecchino’s and the Unkown God’s powers look very similar. Now this doesn’t have any backing whatsoever, but it’s just something to think about.

We could clearly see how much Hoyo invested in Arlecchino through how well her past was built in that short animation, which makes me feel very much looking forward to the upcoming debut to her

The assumption you've run with is that the short was coming from her memory, replaying the event. Have you considered that this a was an "in the moment" telling of the story in the present tense? In that scenario, scaramouche didnt alt f4 from irminsul yet and the reincarnated descender spin falls apart. In any case, the reveal is going to be great

Maybe that animation is just hoyoverse trying to show us about her past instead of having her talk to us about it(so we can understand her character a bit more)

CLERVIE 100% killed herself. She walked into the sword

the scara part is not memory its a scene of the past that was shown to us the "traveller"s

Arlecchino fire power to me looks like more like blood. If I correctly remember, when she was announced as playable as the beginning of 4.5, it was said that she dreamed constantly of the red moon, which is also referred to as the blood moon. Since her first appearance in the Winter Lazzo, I thought her winged clothes design and accessories remembered me (like Colombina) of angels. In particular, Arlecchino reminds me of the Powers (an angel hierarchy) since their old representation were of red four wings. Also, she was presented as the Dire Balemoon (which seems as if she is some kind of monster that can represent the astronomical event of the blood moon). Then, if I still remember correctly, in the lore, weren't there like 3 moon sisters? And now only one remains? Could it be that Arlecchino is one of the 2 lost/dead moon sisters that did reincarnate, or was her soul 'forced' to be reincarnated, maybe from one of Khaenri'ah experiments? Could the 3 moon sisters be descenders? And if Arlecchino is one of the 3 moon sisters, then what kind of moon phase or astronomical event (blue moon, eclipsed moon, ... ) did the last 3rd sister represent? Could this be one of the reasons why Arlecchino glitches and is considered an error?

There's not really a reason to believe the short is being told from the point of view of any particular character, especially when there is no one character present in every scene. It's told from a third person omniscient PoV, therefore we're seeing events as they actually took place. Additionally, Father does not appear to be holding the same tournament that her Mother did. Fighting Mother was not part of the tournament, only the siblings. Arlecchino choosing to fight her children would be for a specific contextual reason.

Didn't Skirk also say something to the effect of the bonds that one had in this world will all turn to curses when talking about the gnosis? If Arlecchino is related to the 3rd descender to some degree it would make sense why a curse is placed on her.

Great theory once again!! Thanks minslief!!

These Genshin lore masters are like the Star Rail Express, going off the rails

I want those voice lines from arlecchino for more lore

off-topic, Sandrone is definitely related to Curve's creator. Check the note left behind by the Fatui around the tower of Ipsissimus. Newly added in 4.5 (I think)

completely off-topic, but your voice is incredibly cute xD I love listening to your videos

even though this is a lore video, the dainsleif bottle opener got me cackling 😂

me watching the galaxy ad without skipping to see minslief take her selfies 🤣🤣🤣🤣

If she does have a similar power set to imaginary characters could she be from hsr in a similar way well Is from honkai impact

Love your videos. Thx for the theory

Dainsleif bottle opener left me speechless

I'm so excited to play through her story quest! Hopefully ill be able to today but if not def tomorrow

OMGGGG UR SUCH A GOOD THEORIST THIS MAKES SM SENSE

ooh i really like this! i was wondering why she kept glitching in her idles, i legit thought my screen was dying :3 also, i really liked your 2.0 hsr lore video, and i was wondering if you’re going to make more hsr lore videos? like about the lore of the aeons for example (smth i’m very curious about) good luck in the samsung event too!

Woww excited for u to win in the competition❤❤❤

Ayo! Chill with the Dainsleif bottle opener 💀

Part of the third descender reborn is A'chino. We came to the same conclusion. **chest bump** I like how MYH introduces us to ideas and themes through side quests. These tasty clues are yumyum

Ok, did no one notice the similar colours between Arlecchino's cursegiven abilities, and the Sustainer's of Heavenly Principles cube attacks and portals? It's literally as if the Sustainer gave this curse to her. There are also similar shapes on her hands to the ones on the cubes. Edit: The third Descenders second incarnation being cursed by the Sustainer also seems very very likely and explains the why of Arlecchino's curse.

Please do make a follow up video on this after unlocking all of arlecchino’s voice lines.Subbed!

Shes such an interesting charecter and im so happy her release will be soon, cant wait to find out what she really is

I recently found the German Netflix show Dark and it's themes are literally what Genshin is talking about, I suspect it's actually one of the biggest inspirations for Genshin's lore. The main motif of the show is the Triquetra, it's about time traveling, past, present and future being intertwined, fate, endless cycles of suffering, light and dark, travelers, Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream etc.; All the main themes it's talking about is in Genshin, there's even an important corridor where children crawl through to reach another timeline. I need more people to know about this and do some research.

NOOOOOOO why is this short? I need more minsleif content!

That's one powerful Outlander if she was able to one shot a Harbinger as a KID. My money is on Descender. One thing that really caught my eye though is her Curse's color when it manifests as power; it's Red Black just like when we see the Heavenly Principles at the begining of the game during the fall of Khaenri'ah. And also right before she nukes the Harbinger the way the Square Rocks around her rise up with a red glow remind me of the little glitch-like Branches that destroy Khaenri'ah. Add in that her idles Glitch, the way her Curse flares up on her skin reminding me of "Forbidden Knowledge" spreading like a Disease kind of like it did in the Desert, and the whole Caterpillar other world Questline section. The only issue is she's a child in that Animation, and we have no proof that a Descender has ever been reborn before right? There was a Descender that was unaccounted for if I'm not mistaken...is there a chance that one was Alrechinno?

You might be right because in the knave boss fight her title was " Cinder of two worlds flame"

So, if Arlecchino may be a reincarnated Descender… and the goal of collecting the Gnoses may include reassembling their remains, then Arlecchino’s soul would need to be extracted to be reinserted to her reassembled previous body…

That Dainsleif "bottle opener" sent me! I wasn't prepared! XD

Nahhh the bottle opener is crazy 😭😭💀

that bottle opener was wild lmao

To add to the embers part, we saw in 4.6 stream that she is called "Cinders of Two Worlds' Flames", when she is in her form with bone wings.

Thanks for the new theory!!

AH why did you end the theory there- i was so into it 😭can't wait for the next theory

woah. this was the best one yet

That Dain bottle opener is crazy

Wrong from the get go: the “king” must refer to the House of the Hearth, aka the leader of, not the king piece on the chess board. Because it is confirmed that the knosis are the actual chess pieces, and even so, the king piece of the Fatui side should be Il Capitano, or Pierro, not the Knave.

2:50 I honestly thought that this was Harbinger Crucabena because of the way the red fabric matches with her hair covering one eye and two faced nature. also the eye colour and how her outfit kinda matches.

This is such an interesting theory and it makes a lot of sense

Arlecchino is Khaenri'an evident by the fact that on her voice lines, she mentioned that the Jester recognized her background with ease plus the fact that her weapon is Crimson Moon which is related to the last dynasty of Khaenri'ah.

What if the reason because wanderer has a banner in 4.6 is because he will help/ save us from the nave during the boss fight but instead of the knave thinking he is a friend of ours she would recognize him as scara and start questioning him? (this is very unlikely to be the case)

Imagine how ironic it would be if Arlecchino somehow fix Teyvat and the rest of the world while being an "Error".

I left Genshin for a few months and come back to this what the helllll is going on

Something interesting I also noticed watching the video was that the red diamond/primogems that spawn when the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appears before the Traveler and their sibling in the beginning cutscene is a similar red as Arlecchino’s attacks. It may be a completely innocuous detail, but it’s an interesting one to me.

5:03 actually when clervie was falling the sword that's stabbed her fall with her but in the next seen we saw arlecchino reflection in broken window and She was carrying a clean sword

10: 48 - So 7 elemental chess pieces were created from an alien corpse. ....I have seen everything.

Love the pop out Paimon with text

she's basically an uchiha... survivor of a thought to be extinct bloodline with a unique power 😅

There may be one (although a bit cracked) possibility for Scara/Wanderer showing up. Perhaps over the next couple of patches Buer was able to repair the damage Wanderer had done (she did make backups). He(Wanderer) did wish that the families he ruined would finally know the truth.

LEMME ADD TO YOUR COOKING, IN THE FLASHBACK SHE SEES SCARAMOUCHE IF SHE WAS A APART OF TEYVAT SHE WOULDNT REMEMBER HIM B)

Arlecchino really out here with the Bloodflame Blade build from Elden Ring lmao

STEP ON ME-

These little handcrafted animations shows me that Minsleif is a cutie little shy baby doll from the outside but inside just naaaasty and wild ;D

Just FYI: the Imaginary element is based on the concept of Imaginary numbers, not imagination. It is a physical manifestation of complex numbers. It is also equated with the platonic “conceptual space”, somewhere that ideas can manifest as physical entities. Imagination and memories are more connected with the Sea of Quanta - Imaginary Space is roughly the realm of instinct and the subconscious.

Hey Mins, do you think there will be another elements like quantum and imaginary in Genshin as in Honkai Impact?

hears Dainleif bottle opener i was like "sure why not", then looked at screen : "damn tone it down a little girl" XD

Dainslief bottle opener 😂😂😂 that should be your merch 👍🏼

Well if Arlecchino is termed as a glitch I wonder what the traveller was there's hopefully lot to look forward to especially her curse and her back story before she came to the house to hearth

I also thought of Scara and Childe's voice lines about the Knave. What they said seems to line up a lot more with Crucabena than Peruere. I haven't been able to come up with an explanation for that though, but maybe that has to do with the error too?

The glitch idle reminds me of into the spider-verse, where the characters were glitching due to not being in their own universe

We know from the red in the Skill, that she dont use her Vision but her curse because its the Same red as the effect from the sworts Kagotsurube Isshin and Toukabou Shigure.

are you super fan of Dainseif? oh my me too, i'm so excited for his quest

this is such sick theory... now i know why scara is suddenly there:0 i can wait for the update to be available in genshin

Could it also be similar 2 the sustainer of heavenly principles aswell because the atacks arlechino does are similar colour scheme and they both have weird arms but the colour could just be the house of hearth because the cryo enemy does an atack wich has cryo with dark like how arlechino has pyro with dark but idk

Instead of her being a descender it could be like that for people who didn’t do nahidas story quest

3:10 Yeah, I thought that shadow was darker than it should be I'm thinking the pyro element is like an elevated form. Much more controlled and devastating, sort of... out of this world, indeed like an error

Tyyyyyyyyy Queen you fed us well 🙏🙏🙏🫶🫶😭😭

this + considering arle said shes not actually fontainian in her story quest and never said where shes from!

okay, okay, I should do the world quest before 4.6 release

That second god of Enkanomiya named Ouroboros…I wonder if it’s related to the Aeon Ouroboros The Voracity from Star Rail? Odd they have the same name and there’s the theory that the planet in HSR’s loading screen is Teyvat.

Do we know by now who that guy in Sumeru was, at the beginning of the Fontaine Archon Quest?

Also another detail from the character demo video is that the music is just straight up electronic music which is weird. We heard some electronic music in genshin such as hu tao or faruzan songs for example but the electronic part in their songs is not the focus rather it is the traditional instruments from their region. Also the theme songs for fatui harbinger that we know (signora, childe, scata) has a unique melody/choir in parts of their songs but arlecchino's doesn't. Her demo song is completely unique/alien to genshin