I might’ve spoiled the plot of Natlan | Genshin Impact THEORY 

Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by - and here’s wishing y’all a very merry 2024!!! 🥳🎉 I’m ringin' in the new year with a real experimental video here but I could NOT get this train of thought outta my brain without making something about it, 'cause never hearing anybody talk about some of the patterns I was noticing was driving me bonkers sdgfdks - please do lemme know what you reckon of this vid and these theories here in the comments! (^^)/ EDIT: WOW this is reaching much farther afield than I thought it would -- hi again y'all! Real quick for clarifications' sake: the main themes of each archon (freedom, justice, etc) are ABSOLUTELY still a major crux for any character getting a vision of that archon's element, same goes for many other theories folks have! (tho that said, idk if all the pyro characters really stick to a "war" theme...🤔💭 but that's neither here nor there atp 'cause I've already made a whole video about them all sgdfshkfs-- anYWAY-) My b if I didn't make it clear enough in-video here, but I'm really just fascinated by ALSO - (alongside those more-established theories and canon themes) - analysing the way that characters of any given element *connect with the people around them*, because there are definitely some really interesting patterns to be found when looking from that angle, and I haven't seen it explored before! 🔍✨

My first thought when I saw the thumbnail was “Guys let’s let him cook”

chevreuse does have a pretty prominent father figure,,,,,, she’s the captain of the special surveillance patrol just like her father before her. and, there was that little bit of story during the roses and muskets event where she talked at length about her father. it seems like he was a pretty big influence on her life. abd cooked with this one

DUDE, GaMing also has main story/key points related to his father!!!!!! HIS THEORY IS GETTING MORE CONVINCING BY THE MINUTE

I remember that someone once said that the slime can also represent the archons’ backstories and the pyro slimes explodes when they die

for yanfei, she has a theme of being the "next generation" of the adepti as well, one born in peace and able to live alongside humans. her ideal of living happily is something her father passed on to her as well!

For Lyney, you can also consider the magician his story quest as a sort of father figure who gave him the art of magic

This also explains why the researchers in genshin haven't found the common thread between the elements of the Visions users. I mean, not all of them are gonna give their level 10 friendship backstories to a random researcher, yknow?

Klee will also be a powerful witch like her mom, even her skins is a nod to that

Also worth noting that Arlecchino herself has a pyro vision, and is one of the only harbingers we know of that is a successor to the previous one. Maybe that title passing on is what gave her her vision? Love your videos!!

'Passing the torch' is so simple but elegant AND a pun. Theory accepted!

the idea of natlan’s archon seat having to be won (and the gnosis should come with that) is held up by the fact that capitano, the harbinger currently in natlan, has “thrown his hat into the endless ring of war,” and so if he wins, he would obtain the gnosis and be able to give it to the tsaritsa. that makes him look less like some battle-hungry guy duking it out for the hell of it like childe and instead gives him a clear motivation. very cool theory, and im looking forward to seeing if it works out later this year!

Update for Gaming🦁: He also should've inherited his father's business but like Xinyan he decided to follow his own path instead of the family business. But still the "passing the torch" is part of his character even tho he didn't do it at the end. Wow you really cooked with this theory❤🔥

another thing that could be taken from that quote at the beginning is that it could be referring to the hair color inherited as well; a physical symbol passed down to show winners and losers since the descendants have red hair (like flames) so perhaps the loser have white hair (like ash). there is a theory that Bennett is Natlanian and, due to the curse on Natlan's land, him being taken is the reason for his luck. This is just me looking at that quote and going "...huh" as I peice things together don't mind me.

There's also another passing of the torch for lyney!! in his story quest, not a father figure per say, though i still prefer to interpret it that way because it's cool and wholesome, he and lynette went to a famous magician Cesar, who helped them hone their skills at magic tricks. In the story cutscene for lyneys quest you can see Cesar saying magic should be mysterious, suprsing, and logic defying, and lyney repeat that notion in the cutscene. This can be scene as Cesar passing down an ideal of that phrase to lyney, and also the profession of being a magician because he agreed to teach them. In the story quest lyney also does the same trick, although a bit altered, that killed Cesar, so that can be seen as a passing of the torch too!

11:33 I think that Dendro reflects to someone who is passionate about learning new stuff. Nahida was locked up for 500 years, using dreams, or a person’s conscience to go around Sumeru and learn new stuff. Alhaitham is a scholar, more specifically a scribe, always checking documents of the Akademiya. Collei is learning to be a forest ranger, Kaveh is an architect, Kirara is a youkai who works as a delivery person, learning to communicate with humans, and about other nations, Tighnari is a forest ranger himself, researching about mushroom to make handful guide books for adventurers going around in the Sumeru rainforests, he’s also Collei’s teacher. YaoYao is the apprentice of Madam Ping, learning about adepti. While they are other characters related to this mindset, such as Sucrose, Lisa and Faruzan, they focus on other goals, or their backstory is more fitting for other visions. To make it simple for myself, I’m going to explain Faruzan. Faruzan was a popular Haravatat researcher in the Akademiya, who went to the dessert to explore King Deshret’s tomb and the puzzles that are in there. In result, she got trapped there for like 100 years, solving all sort of puzzles to get out of there as soon as possible, yearning for freedom again. While she had the desire to learn of that, the main factor here is that she wanted freedom for herself. After she managed to get out of there, she received her anemo vision, since she achieved her wanted freedom. I yapped a lot. Too much.

18:02 The theory still checks out! Gaming (new Pyro character) has a backstory that is very centered around his father's wishes for his future versus his own. This video aged very well.

For Bennet, there is also the aspect of him wanting to become an adventurer just like his Dads. So not only is he the torch in their story, but he also wants that responsability. He wants the torch to be given to him, and that is why he works so much to proove to others that he is an adventurer worth giving a responsability (no matter how unlucky he may be)

Not only is your theory extremely interesting to listen to, the visuals, little animations you included was just fantastic. I enjoyed it so much!

With Arlecchino out now, your theory holds more weight. She inherits her mother's position as "The Knave" and director of the House of the Hearth.

The way that Gaming is now a character and his whole story revolved around him and his dad's relationship and how he didn't want to be apart of his dad's business is actually insane! I think that this theory may have just nailed everything on the head @~@

Something you didn't mention, some NPCs we've talked to DO go to Natlan and seem to like it there. There's one in Inazuma who went to the hotsprings there and later made artificial ones for Inazuma, Augustus Lovelace an NPC traveling in Sumeru said "crossing the desert to Natlan sounds nice, too", and Moglane one of the clerks in Meropide says she really wants to take a vacation to Natlan. Lectoure a Fontine NPC has a girlfriend in Natlan and worries about being able to integrate with all the different tribes. Whatever is said about war, the NPCs seem to be able to come and go freely. I don't think that would be the case if the locals were all killing eachother 24/7. Knowing Genshin, the "war" is some kind of combat game or sport where anyone who wants to join can fight or "throw their hat in the ring" and the strongest gets something out of it, possibly leadership/archon status like you suggested.

the twin pyro archon thing might be from the fact that Neuvillette's introduction page on hoyolab has a quote by Xbalanque, who is named after a Mayan mythological figure who had a twin brother, and Xbalanque's quote names him as "One entombed with the Primal Fire", which sounds either Archon or Sovereign-ish. Whether Xbalanque is the/an archon or not, we're very likely to meet him at least.

Chevreuse following her father’s footsteps as the Captain. Gaming’s father teaching him the wushou dance but also wanting to pass him the tea business. Arlecchino taking “Mother’s” role as the knave and father of the house of the hearth. Very well thought! I always thought about a burning passion for what they do but that passing the torch theory seems to be spot on.

I've been thinking about dendro and I think their connection might be isolation? Both self inflicted and coming from others. Collei was isolated because of her illness, Alhaitham was isolated because of his personality, Baizhu self-isolates so he won't pass the contract to another, Kaveh was isolated because of his determination to see things through (when he received his vision, the other students all abandoned the project he wanted to continue on), Tighnari was isolated because of his heritage (his fellow students treated him a bit like a mascot), Kirara was isolated as a youkai, Yaoyao used to lived in a secluded village, isolated from the rest of the world.

Even Arlecchino holds the trait required to receive a pyro vision, in her killing the previous "father" and taking his role as "father" of The House of Hearth.

I don’t know if anyone commented this yet, but I think for Jean, Barbara was the main loss, since they were raised separately after their parents split and they barely spoke after that despite Jean desiring to make contact, as she couldn’t face her little sister. Jean didn’t lose Varka until he left, but based on her vision story, I believe Jean had her vision before that.

I've read Chevreuse story and wow i can't believe it, the passing of torch from a parental figure to their next successor theory is true! Chevreuse's father, Monsieur Donatello, was an ex Maison Gardiennage, has violated the Gardes regulations and becomes a criminal. After finished serving his sentence, Monsieur Donatello was now serving in the Special Patrol. The officers and members (Donatello's friends) of the Special Patrol had made preparations ahead of time for Chevreuse to learn from them in the field, learning all about the relevant work in advance. Though Donatello was still uneasy about his daughter following in his footsteps, she had completed all the training he had prepared for her. Chevreuse had given it her all, passing even those trials designed expressly to frustrate and vex her. Now Chevreuse has taken up the post of Captain of the Special Security and Surveillance Patrol.

It’s so funny that this came out before Chevreuse was released because a huge part of her character is how her dad trained her when she was little.

11:28 I've always headcanoned the criteria for Dendro specifically is a love of life, along with a kind of curiosity and willingness to explore all facets of life that comes from that love. I think you're spot on regarding the overall criteria for the elements tho! I've seen it pop up here and there in a few fics, but I don't think I've ever seen it explicitly spelled out like you did here (which I appreciate a lot)! This theory is cooking!!!! It's also a reminder for me to go watch your other Genshin vids at some point (not right now tho because it is... almost 11:30 pm lol)

Okay as soon as you said that Mexico was one of the inspirations for Natlan it clicked for me. I took a mesoamerican archeology course last semester, and something that came to mind while watching was The New Fire Ceremony. I recommend looking it up but it deals with a lot of the themes you mentioned in reference to Natlan. Every 52 years the Aztecs would “reset” and their two main calendars would align to start again on the same day. To prepare, people would throw out their things, clean their homes and the streets, and put out all fires. Priests dressed as gods would climb the summit of the sacred volcanic mountain. In full view of the basin below, they would cut out the heart of a living human sacrifice and a fire was started in the chest cavity. This flame would then be transferred to the city where, from pyre to pyre, all the temples fires would be lit once more. They thought the sun would stop existing and Star goddesses would descend upon them and eat humanity if the ceremony failed.

the closer we get to natlan, the more accurate this theory gets 😭

RU-vid algorithm did me justice, bringing me here right after re-watching arlecchino's 7 minutes anime backstory for a hundredth times, bro literally COOKED and SERVED and ATE with these theories 🔊🔥 🔥

Oh one quick thing to clarify: Kazuha got his anemo vision before his friend was executed, hence why they were both being perused during the vision hunt decree. If we’re going by this line of thought, the lost loved one that could have granted him his vision could be his father or the rest of his family that died. Although, if we take the Teyvat is stuck in a time loop theory into account, Kazuha’s friend still could have been the one who granted him the vision because his death was inevitable.

Well...ALL of the Pyro characters we've gotten since this theory (Gaming, Chevreuse, and Arlecchinno) follow this pattern. Damn.

Chevreuse inherited her dad's job (and trauma from him), Gaming inherited trauma from his dad (and part of his personality) and Arlecchino is LITERALLY a father. Who inherited trauma from a "parental" figure. Abd COOKED with this one

Adding onto what you mentioned about twins- I’m religious, following the huehuemexicayotl faith, and a lot of our gods are twins, or triplets or other such relations. And typically, they would either war in the bickering ways of gods, or have very very strong loyalties to each other. So I’m really hoping they bring that in, or maybe something to do with duality which is really big in our faith and was really big for our ancestors

god dammit, alex, you can't get me into this game via great analysis of its lore you can't do this to me

... Chevreuse talks extensively about her father and became a member of the Special Patrol just like him. You might be on to something here.

This still holds true for Arlecchino as well, whether you consider Pierro as that 'father figure' (which is a bit of a stretch tbh) with the passing of the title of Knave and Harbinger, or if you count Crucabena as that 'mother figure', with her crowning Arlecchino as the next 'king' of The House of the Hearth. And while Crucabena didn't technically pass down the title of Harbinger and Knave willingly, it was still, technically speaking, passed down in a way. Crazy

You also got the anemo one correct for sure, Xianyun's lore has a point of being close friends with Guizhong and both shared a love for mechanics. after Guizhong died, she modified the Guizhong Ballista in her memory.

This makes so much sense from a HI3 player point of view (I don't play it anymore but I do know some plot points), because murata himeko was like a parent to kiana who INHERITED himeko's flames after she died. This seems like a plausible reference that hoyoverse might do.

if there is a focus on twins or siblings like the rumor, i think it'll follow the current theme of, "there can only be one of us." From the beginning of the game, plot points have frequently included clones or twins and only one survives. Most people think it hints to the traveling twins, but if there is anything sibling related it natlan, i think it could add to that as another nudge.

Pyro characters are also insanely passionate about what they do, Amber is passionate about the knights and being an outrider, Bennett is passionate about being an adventurer, Dehya a mecenary, Diluc about bringing justice, Thoma with the Kamisato's, Xianling about cooking, Yoimiya about making fireworks, and Lyney about magic and keeping his family safe. Also I'd like to point out that Lynette lost her parents, her vision really has nothing do with loosing Lyney. All in all, its a good theory

This also applies to arlecchino and how she inherited the title of king of the house of the hearth from the previous one. She also inherited the title of a fatui harbinger. Your theory still holds up!!

really ABD cooked with this omg But about Venti's voiceline about the pyro archon and geo archon, he's mostly talking about how they were in the past! Canonically, Zhongli *was* pretty hardheaded in the past, especially around their early archon days. so, Venti's description of the Pyro archon could still be true in some way, with the original pyro archon being just as he describes back in the day! either way super super good theory as a Genshin OC maker myself I am taking this and running with it thank you for your service.

Im not even a genshin fan but i love hearing people talk about things they genuinely enjoy even if i have no idea what they are talking about, Also happy new year everyone

As someone who has been into Genshin for a long time and watched lots of theorists before, your video was such a breath of fresh air. The thing about "passing the torch" fits perfectly! Most theorists I've seen talk mostly about the travelers and paimon, it's so rare to see someone talk about Natlan and the Pyro Archon, not only that, I loved the editing and little animations you made, it was super enjoyable!! You have my utmost thumbs up! :D

I enjoyed this theory so much as its still holds true to the new release pyro characters after this video, Chevruese, Gaming and Arlecchino

Considering that the name Murata is most likely from the name "Murata Himeko" in Honkai Impact 3rd, there's a very likely chance that she is dead. HOYOVERSE WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO POOR HIMEKO 😭😭😭!!

I really hope this catches on in the greater community, and I enjoyed the different approach to visions and think it makes more sense than the more flat feeling alternatives the community has made so far. It feels more dynamic and interesting. I think the idea of a rotating pyro archon seat would be interesting simply because its a dynamic we haven't seen before in-game, and would give them an excuse to flesh out the archon "throning" system fontaine's story set up. I think this is plausible and my fingers are crossed that they go in that direction!! Really good video, dude!!

Arlecchino and "mother"!!!!! Bro, your theory is sounding better with each new pyro character that comes out

omg, Arlecchino is literally "THE FATHER" omg Dendro - your roots Pyro - passing the torch

(Adding on to what you were saying; also SPOILERS FOR LIYUE AND FONTAINE'S STORIES) If we're going with the twins theory, then maybe the reason Capitano is going to Natlan is in hopes that helping one of the twins defeat the other will result in said twin giving him the Pyro Gnosis as a "thank you" gift or deal fulfillment (similar to what happened between Signora and Zhongli). Another thing to note is that the resurrection title in the story overview video has been theorized to mean the resurrection of the 3rd descender, but it's full-well possible that there is a double meaning between that and the resurrection of the Pryo Archon title.

Wait huh?? ABD Genshin theory????

This is a great theory! Gaming's story is all about the father. It's interesting though because there is a clear sense of both passing the torch and also breaking with family tradition. But the sheer focus of Gaming's story makes me it more than fits. Chevreus also has clearly inherited the torch.

So now that we know Gaming was introduced to Wushu Dance by his father....how does it feel to be so damn right? :D Congrats on the A+ theorizing!

* hyper-fixations intensify * 💫 Love the theory vid, my dude ^^ 👍

You've inspired me to attempt to tackle drawing my genshin ocs. Thanks so much! My year was better with you in it 🎉

What if the Dendro connection is centered on self-sacrifice? Nahida’s predecessor gave up her life to try to stop the Withering, Nahida gave up her memories during the archon quest, Baizhu sacrifices his health to heal others. Not sure about the others but that was a connection that came to me while listening

It's so interesting how this still holds up with Gaming AND Chevreuse, with Gaming kinda less but it's still there

I do want to mention, Cheveruse does actually talk about her father during the rose and musket event!! She inherits the “business” so to speak of her father being a part of the special survailenxe division. I do want to mention also, Arlecchino/“Father” also has a pyro vision, and she did inherit the “father” title too.

ABOUT CHEVREUSE & GAMING'S SIMILARITY TO ALL OF THIS… Chevreuse : When Chevreuse was young, she was inspired by her father, Donatello, to have strong sense of upholding the law due to him serving in the Gardes. In fact, he intended for her to be his successor. Gaming : His father wanted him to make on his own family business it was like a farm business, but he said nuh uh like Xinyan and did his own thing so like he *tried*

I’m pretty sure in the musket and roses event chevruse talks a bit about her father and how he taught her many lessons like to not give up so this is a really good theory!!

You are incredibly on point, considering the newest update! Guess what, here’s a snippet GaMing’s character story 1: “Thanks to his father's hard work, at least Gaming no longer had to experience the backbreaking daily grind of farm work, nor would he have to start a business from scratch. But as they say, "like father, like son"”

Ah, I swear I checked what the time stamps and saw the “KLEE??” But I completely forgot about her entirety.

Yes I’m race your inner mat Pat CAN YALL FEEL THE THEORIES

It may be possible that Venti's voiceline was referencing to when Zhongli was younger (around the time of his partnership with Guizhong). It seems that Guizhong was the brains and Zhongli the muscles in their partnership; Zhongli must've gotten wiser through the years with all the experience he'd gained. Also, loved this analysis!

Here after Arlecchino update, she killed her "mother" figure and took her mantle to make things better for her house and the childrens. Your theory is still holding up lol

Bro you cooked! I didn’t think of Pyro being associated with passing down a torch, I thought it was just characters having a a burning passion for what they do! But this seems to be the case, looking at the character’s stories. And yes this holds true with Chevreuse in the Roses and Muskets event too so good on you for making an accurate prediction! I can’t wait for Natlan as we know almost nothing about it! Glad a found your channel! I love your art and animations!

Interesting Venti’s voice line does describe Zhongli, only it’s him at the start of the Archon war so it’s possible that he’s line about the pyro Archon can tell us about their past self

Still going strong with all the new arlecchino lore revealed ✊

holy shit you COOKED SO HARD here after gaming.

This was so much fun to watch! id totally be down for more stuff like this. Im not able to play genshin so i love hearing about it and all the lore

i just took a rough glance at Gaming's lore, and it fits with what you found! He also has themes of passing on the torch from his father, but like xinyan he rejected it.

So it's a war to see who's successor gets the seat of Pyro Archon 😂 imagine the Captain taking that seat 😮

Lets goooo Genshin Natlan theorycrafting! Wow, this was such a fun video and I for one am 100% believing these theories. Also re Chevreuse, in the 4.3. Event story, her father is such a central focus of what we learn about her. He used swimming (in all weathers/temperatures) as a way to train her strength of will. Since surviving a particularly intense (& potentially lethal) training session, Chevreuse says that she's never felt afraid of anything and never cried again. A lesson to never give up - a lesson that was ultimately learned and passed on from her father, following the pattern for pyro vision wielders. There is also the factor that her dad, former member of the Special Patrol, became a criminal which may have also had an effect on her sense of justice as the current Captain of the Special Security and Surveillance Patrol. This is cool! Plus I can certainly imagine Ga Ming following this pyro vision wielder pattern too. Love these theories and I hope the theory regarding the fight for the title of archon in Natlan is true. It would be such a fun and unique dynamic, not yet explored in Genshin. Furthermore if we are able to see 2 people ruling as one archon (interesting as it would be like seeing a different version of Ei and Makoto ruling as one, but these 2 people would be ruling together publically rather than in secret.) Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊🌟 Thank you for this awesome video and the awesome ideas and theories.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed the reoccuring backstory themes! With the recent event that came to pass for this update (4.3), I think there's a lot of things from this theory that do indeed hold water! I'm looking forward to the next Lantern Rite to meet GaMing and learn what his deal is as a street performer. We know Chevreuse has a father figure that gave her the knowledge and resolve needed to become who she is now in the special surveillance patrol, so I think it's safe to say that we might see a similar theme real soon with the new characters coming in future updates! If you'll permit me, I do have my own thoughts about the backstory themes regarding dendro that I'd like to add to the conversation. One thing I've noticed as a part of the backstory themes for dendro (since this one is very much indeed hard to pin down with how little of a roster we have at the moment) is that a majority of the dendro characters have trouble communicating in general. For example, Alhaitham is very well known for his stoic and blunt demenor (even going as far as to some speculating that he is autistic coded). Collei is also known to be struggling in communicating via forms of writing and with what we know in the webcomic regarding her previous experiences, she's always had a hard time opening up and understanding others. Kaveh often misunderstands intentions of others and will get ahead of himself, often burying himself in his work for the sake of a client and providing the best result possible. And of course Nahida is trying to understand the thoughts and feelings of other people, but albeit through rather intrusive ways like reading minds. This might not be entirely one to one if I've missed a few things, but I think it's a strong possibility that the struggle to communicate in general might be an overall theme among the dendro characters. Sorry for the wall of text, this just really triggered all my braincells to explode with excitement over this conversation and I hope I've added something to it. I certainly do hope this theory pans out and even if it doesn't, I can say that this was fun ^^

Omg all the lantern right was talking about the relationship between gaming and his dad you are right I can’t believe it 💀💀👏🏻

The parental thing also goes well with Arlecchino since she inherited the position of being the director of house of the hearth from the previous "mother"

i need you to know that i saw the name of this video pop up in my notifications and immediately cackled and asked, out loud, “Alex what did you DO” off to actually watch the video now! i’m excited for Natlan so this should be good :3 EDIT: First of all, I genuinely LOVE this theory and really hope some of it becomes true because it’s genuinely one of the most interesting I’ve heard! Second, that sneaky little Phoenix Wright portrait KILLED me. Excellently done. EDIT 2: And yes, Chevreuse fits the theme! She tells the Traveler about her father during the event quest. EDIT 3: Also yes I am absolutely using some of your vision breakdowns for my own OCs. They are very appreciated :3

This was so unexpected but really interesting, honestly one of the most compelling theories on Nathan that I’ve seen!

Chevreuse Gaming and Alrecchino all have a primary parent figure so this theory is still holding strong

You wrote Sigewinne's connection to Hydro as "Sees the truth," But now we know from the most recent patch that she has an exceptional penchant for manipulating and deceiving the people around her, which fits the theme of Hydro being about secrets and truths even more.

As someone who's super invested in Genshin lore, I came into this video with lots of doubts, but I was pleasantly surprised that your predictions for Natlan were very similar to mine! The specific part about siblings fighting for the Pryo Archon's throne is something I thought of as well because there is a theme of duality and twins in Aztec mythology. The theme of a parental figure connecting the Pyro characters was also something I never noticed until you pointed it out, but it makes sense. All I have to add is that I hope we learn more about Bennett when we get to Natlan because he's super interesting in his own right. I'm curious as to how he survived in the Mare Jivari as a baby before that adventurer found him and his similar appearance to Iansan. Anyways, great theory!

10:56 I love how this implicates that every Hydro character either deals with some form of secret skill, secret heritage, secret government ties, etc. while Xingqiu's big mysterious reveal is just that his handwriting is ass LMAO 😂

Update. Father also has this theme. Literally passing the title of father.

Klee's father figure might be Albedo, she sees him as a brother though, but I think he's responsible for why Klee is excited in adventures.

First of all, loved the video O.O It was very interesting :3 I do have a few theories to add tho: 1. Bennett from Natlan theory Not only an interesting theory, but also it helps us understand more about Natlan. Basically, Bennett was found by a great desert, the description making people assume that this could be the Mare Jivari, aka a huge desert in Natlan. Now there is also the Talking Stick, a Claymore that has a description that indicates that everyone who turns their back to Natlan suffers misfortune. That would explain Bennetts Luck problem, as well as the Children of Murata being enslaved. This also explains to me why no one seems to leave Natlan. 2. Talking Stick Further through the Talking Stick lore, we can also learn that Natlan faced a cataclysm like event 1000 years ago, in which Tenoch, Talking Sticks owner, united some members of the tribes to fight this evil. It is implied that Tenoch and his people died, which makes me think that this brought great generational trauma to the clans, making them feel like unity is not the thing that can safe them. Instead, everyone should care about their own clans survival. This behavior eventually leads to the unending war thing. 3. The playable story of Natlan First of all, I came up with this thanks to you guessing that the two potential archons of Natlan could be siblings. I took a look at the Fatui again and noticed something: The Anemo Gnosis was retrieved by La Signora, who is from Mondstadt. The Electro Gnosis was retrieved by Scaramouche, who is from Inazuma. The Dendro Gnosis was retrieved by Dottore, who studied in Sumeru. The Hydro Gnosis was retrieved by Arlecchino, who is from Fontaine. The Geo Gnosis is the only exception. Anyway, I think Capitano might be a descender of the pyro archon. He would be from Natlan, he loves to fight, and he is a good option for being the one who takes the Pyro Gnosis. How the story might play out: When the Archon siblings prepare for their big fight for the gnosis and archon title, Capitano interrupts, defeats them both and takes the Gnosis with him. As a result, the Archon siblings put their conflict to the side, uniting their tribes to gain their Gnosis back and share the Archon seat afterwards. This would solve the big conflict of the inner war, but also I think Capitano might use the Gnosis to fight those who try to get it back. That could give us a foreshadowing on how a Gnosis could be used, which could prepare us for the final chapter of the Archon Quest. Sorry for the wall of text and any spelling mistakes, you just got my theory brain to escalate a bit ^^'

this video was so good :D

spoilers for Arlecchino's quest line and extra story bits: Coming back here with the release of Arlecchino. The theory still holds. She succeeded the previous Knave, her "Mother", and became the "Father" of the House of the Hearth, and she admits to owing Mother for a lot of the skills she has today, even though she hates Mother. She also reinforces it further with Lyney, by expressing to him that she intends for him to be her successor.

The fact that Gaming’s story in this year’s Lantern Rite revolved around his relationship with his father with him wanting to take up their family business might just be proof your theory correct.

You’ve given me an actual better understanding of genshin visions and a new perspective on how I can write out their backstory with this in mind. Thank you!!

Considering the constant duality between the “new” archons Nahida and rukkhadevata Raiden and makato Furina and focalors And even venti and his nameless friend to some extent The all have these archon figures that they wanna be or they look like them? I feel like something will definitely happen in Nathan that will share this because it’s such a common occurrence in the game now after 4.2 and based on your really good theory, I think that the archon we will get will either kill their sibling or maybe father figure or mother figure, I really hope this turns out to be true cuz it’s such a good theory and it has a lot of proof. The game likes to do this sort of thing so maybe it won’t be exactly like this but maybe something similar, and by now I know not to get carried away with theories because I’m always wrong😭

THANK YOU. I've been craving for Natlan lore/theories for years, we literally have so little to work on 😭 I absolutely love this theory, it makes so much sense. There's a thing that always itched me too, that the fact "Murata" comes from Himeko Murata in Honkai Impact 3rd, who's a Japanese character, and so has a Japanese name. So why would the name Murata be used for the god(dess) inspired by Mexican-ish culture ? Perhaps it's really just a title, not a real name. There's also the "Ode to resurrection", I've always thought of two things : the current Pyro Archon being dead, and then coming back to life. Or a metaphorical death. She lost in the battle, she lost her name and honor, and isolated herself somewhere. (All female archons were trapped in a sense; Ei in her Plane of Euthymia, Nahida in her sanctuary, Foçalors in the Oratrice and Furina in her role). While everyone is battling to win over her empty throne. Perhaps she's afraid or doesn't want to participate in the chaos of her land, maybe because she lost hope ? That would be why she warns us : "the victor shall burn bright, while the loser must turn to ash. If the Pyro Archon chooses to say this to the Traveler, it is because she has her reasons." Perhaps she wants to protect us, to tell us it's too dangerous to go into the war and lose your name and life for it. If this is going like it, here are my predictions : Act I : enter in Natlan, "where pyro archon ?", "there are no official throne yet, everyone's battling for it", meet new characters that we're gonna like Act II : the characters are in danger in the war, oh no friends in danger gotta save them, we save them and realize "wait there's a problem gotta fix this" Act III : we look for ways to understand how the war came to be and how to stop it. We chat to dragons to know more ? They ask us to do a task, we go do it. Act IV : we do the task, we come back to the dragons. We learn there's an actual descendent of the Pyro Archon, who's worthier than anyone to go to the throne Act V : we look and find the heir to Pyro Archon, lead her back to the country after talking about trauma. Capitano has been fighting for the war too (probably to get the gnosis), maybe he won the war and legally has the gnosis now, only for him to leave and go to the Tsaritsa. Maybe before that, he takes pity on the Natlan people, so he summons a big dragon for people to fight, and the one who'll be able to defeat it will earn the title of Murata and place of Pyro archon. Bossfight, weekly boss and all, heir is going to prove herself and she becomes the Pyro Archon after regaining her honor and will stay as such for centuries now. Happy ending no more war rip npcs and fin. These are very rough estimations o what's going to happen, but trying to match with how previous archon quests turned out it'd maybe look like this lol Alright, now things I'd like to talk about because I find it a little unclear or disagree with a bit ? 10:57 Childe isn't really a "secret" harbinger. From what I remember, he's actually pretty honest and blunt about it. The secret he'd have in my opinion instead would be the contrast between his warm and friendly self and his ruthless killer side of himself. Also, I don't really get how does Nilou "sees the truth" ? What did you mean by that exactly ? :") 11:17 Just a little thing, but did Lisa already know Jean when she was a student ? From what I remember reading of her lore, she got her vision while she was still at the Akademiya, and decided to quit after getting it to have a simple life in Mondstadt. If getting a vision is connected to elements of your life being connected to an Archon's past, I don't think Lisa's example with Jean is the good one for her... I don't know who else would it be though. The Akademiya ? Seems pretty vague...

NAHHH CRAZYY CUZ CHEV AND GA MING DO HAVE A DAD BOND MISUNDERSTANDING YOO

Another way the Natlan story could preceded is with us meeting a previous Murata and helping them rise back up to the throne which would fit the Incandescent Ode of Resurrection. In the end they may also get a pyro vision, kinda like how Furina got one from Neuvillette and how Scara got his. Or one of the twins was always a winner and have been seen by the people as the rightful pyro archon and the other twin is the ash. However if the gnosis really is the torch that gets passed on, it would be hard for any fatui to really take it. Yes the gods don’t really need it but if it’s historically and symbolically tied to the people of Nathan I bet they won’t want to give it up. Which is probably why the Captain has thrown his hat in Natlan’s endless ring of fire. Yet he would just take the gnosis and leave leaving Natlan itself left in ash since they’re the loser essentially. Another thing that may help figuring out Natlan’s storyline would be trying to find the theme. Along with the lore drops Archon quests leave, they seem to have a theme relating to that god and their belief. Venti’s was freedom, freedom from fear, freedom from duty (don’t know if Dvalin was actually free from being the protector of mondstat but venti did say he wished for Dvalin to know what freedom meant for him). Liyue’s theme may be to move from old beliefs. Zhongli moved on from his role as Rex Lapis, the adepti moved on from being the protectors of liyue and such. Fontaine could be about being true to yourself. Both lyney and furina were deceitful in the beginning. It wasn’t until the court case that we ‘canonically’ found out that Lyney and Lynette were part of the Fatui. Im not too sure about Sumeru and Inazuma’s theme but it would be nice to see what other people think. Keep in mind I didn’t spend much thought into this it just popped into my head 😅. Overall loved the video it was so interesting. And I relate so much about spewing like a madman 😭 Wishing everyone a Merry New Year!

I've returned to this video to say that Gaming (the latest Pyro character) still holds with your theory. According to his character stories, they share the history of following their own path and defying their father's desired occupation for them.

And now the official Natlan teasers and promos appear to center around a grand tournament of some sort. Looks like your predictions are gonna turn out at least partially true!

honestly ive nvr played genshin in my life, but i would watch 3 hours of you rambling about nothing, i just enjoy hearing you talk about things you love