Il Capitano - The Strongest Harbinger of All (Genshin Theory and Speculation) 

Seriously, this guy is being hyped so much that when he finally appears it will be like when Madara finally appeared in person in Naruto

He is honestly the coolest Harbringer for me. I’m just praying he keeps his mask and shadowy face in his playable form

Capitano being the bloodstained night is probably my favorite Capitano theory

Capitano mentioned, we all cheered

CHADHIMTANO, CAPEAKTANO, GOATHIMTANO, the Strongest, no 1 Harbinger, the glorious blue eyed king, the Gigachad of Teyvat. HIM.

I'm excited to not only meet the captain but also varka, a man who's not afraid of the captain but rather wants to duel him, described as the titan of the knights of favonius, even childe wants to fight varka, eula couldn't even get him to stop holding back in their duels. I'm really hoping we get to see him soon. Along with the captain.

Capitano as a playable character would definitely have no element, and uses physical as the main damage, given the lore mention that he has incredible brute strength.

I can’t wait to meet Capitano! He seems like he’s going to be another harbinger like Arlecchino, who isn’t necessarily against the traveler and doesn’t see a reason to fight them until he has to. Maybe he doesn’t help the Traveler like Arlecchino does in some instances but he at least thinks they have the same goal and/or he doesn’t see them as a threat to his goal

As you enter to nation of Natlan, there you see Capitano defeating the Pyro archon and now you have face him.😂😂😂

Father capitano

Capitano being the Bloodstained Knight works from another thematic perspective, too. Ages ago Vennessa and her people fled the constant war of Natlan to Mondstadt, where they were enslaved by the Tyrannical noble government. Vennessa would later co-lead the rebellion that overthrew the nobility and established the modern freedom-loving state of Mondstadt, becoming deified as the West Wind Favonius and founding the Knights of Favonius to continue those ideals. Il Capitano, as the Bloodstained Knight and thus a Knight of Favonius, would thus, bearing the legacy of Vennessa, return to Natlan and end the ceaseless war that forced her and her people to flee in the first place.

I see capitano..i clicked..simple as that

If we train with Capitano I faint

I wonder how the big climax will happen in Naltan. I think the idea that people have of Capitano killing the Pyro archon is insane, mostly because she would f*cking explode and melt the entire reigon which would kill everything..

I'm saving for capitano..

Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Capitano, first of the Fatui Harbingers... honey, my pookie bear. I have loved you ever since I first laid eyes on you. The way you take command of the battle and strike fear into your enemies eyes. Your silky smooth touch around your sword, and that gorgeous boss fight animation. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch the hoyoverse writers butcher your story. You had a rough childhood, but you never gave up hope. You are even amazing off the battlefield, you're a great husband and father, sometimes I even call you dad. I forvever dread and weep, thinking of the day you will one day retire. I would sacrifice my own life it were the only thing that could put a smile on your beautiful face. You have given me so much joy, and heartbreak over the years. I remember when you first left snezhnaya and it’s like my heart got broken into a million pieces. But a tear still fell from my right eye when I watched you win your first battle in Natlan, because deep down, my glorious king deserved it. I just wanted you to return home. Then allas, you did, my sweet baby boy came home and I rejoiced. 2023 was a hard year for us baby, but in 2024 you made history happen. You came back from two years of being irrelevant to the story and I couldn't believe it. I was crying, bawling even, and I heard my glorious king exclaim these words, "Snezhnaya, THIS IS FOR YOU!" Not only have you changed the game of Genshin Impact and the world forever, but you've eternally changed my world. And now you're not the main Fatui of the story anymore, but still the goat, my goat. I love you pookie bear, my glorious king, Capitano.

Waiting for a small Natlan teaser in the livestream tomorrow. Natlan is getting close.

I like the theory that he's like Alphonse from FMA an empty suit of armor that he possesses

The EN downplays him by a lot, in the cn he’s called the absolute apex/pinnacle of strength and power, leaks also stated he’s the strongest single individual in tevyat. In the CN nahida states demon gods which means archons, meaning capitano will more than likely be even a harder enemy than raiden, I think he will just challenge the pyro archon for the gnosis directly. If he is the blood stained knight, he could had gained immense power through the amount beings he slaughtered, and the theorized abyssal power.

With how they hype this man up with how every person speak about him, they better do this man right and give him a powerful kit similar to arlecchino

This dude deserve all the promotions and more. If they hyped up such the feeble number 4 then definitely have to do the number one well

His ost is going to be so epic

If he has abyssal power, then that could explain the dark blue eyes. Dain’s abyssal power is also dark blue.

Seeing how the aspects of honor and chivalry are being accentuated with him, I predict that perhaps Capitano will die helping to save Natlan from some great threat after losing to the Pyro Archon in combat.

I honestly think that Capitano as a playable character would be the most OP physical dps in the game. He could be geo or cryo. Most Cryo 5 stars have this chill, elegant yet powerful aura around them while the Geo ones has this sense of nobility and unwavering.

It'll be interesting to finally meet Capitano, although he seems like a good person if we just go by everyone's general opinion, however Wanderer made an interesting point about his righteousness possibly being a problem. Plus if he does end up being the Bloodstained Knight then maybe getting on his bad side is easier than we think, maybe there will be a big lore drop and the two end up have conflicting opinions which causes the Captain to view Traveler as an enemy. Usually Traveler gets help anyway so maybe the archon or sovereign jumps in to defend them if Capitano does end up being our weekly boss, or maybe he totally obliterates the Traveler and no one helps 🤣. That would be an interesting approach, Traveler never gets the gnosis but they usually always win somehow.

Good video i wish we can see capitano and varka spar in the future. I will wait for sandrone video lore

ty for making everything so clear and accessible + giving your own reasonable takes on the lore and speculation. Truly one of the best if not the best channels for genshin lore. 👍

Amazing lore summary and theories as always man! Keep up the great work Silicon!

GoatHIMtano

Columbina video next pleeeease

Though we don't know anything about his kit, i do hope he'll be dual wielding claymores akin to Dark Souls 3 ringed knight enemy thats found outside of the Cathedral in the ringed city dlc.

if he not being playable, at least hoyo make the most badass introduce for him

he is Kevin Kaslana expy

oh you clocked it thats such a good theory

i just hope the game meets up with all the hype they built,

i just lose my 50/50 in clorinde banner, now i'm saving for capitano, i hope he will be playable in natlan patch bcuz i have been waiting for him since the lazzo teaser! oh and i have a theroy about why the fatui decided to send Capitano in natlan, because neuvilette said ''The Harbinger known as The Captain has thrown his hat into the endless ring of war.'' so i wonder if this war has something to do with the gnosis, because it make sense if the fatui send their strongest soldier to win the war and have the gnosis.🤔

Nice video no cap!!

Hoping that we won't kill Capitano in Natlan 🙏

Capitano I had a theory he would be a hydro claymore user because of the blue eyes and hydros relation to justice :)

My biggest doubt about natlan rn is, what will happen if the fatui get the pyro gnosis at the end of the archon quest? I mean, what are we going to do in the downtime between 5.2-5-3 and 6.0 when sneznahya comes? The fatui would already have all the gnosis and i cant imagine us doing silly lil events on those in between patches while the fatui already have what they need

My glorious and magnificent dark blue eyed GOATHIMTANO aka nahi'dwintano boutta ragdol fatlan and no diff the lyro archon and lyro lizardvereign in a base no diff🗣 Invest in HIM agenda, feel the taste of victory with us, feel this delicious and benevolent taste, witness the triumph of the greatest, the day when CaPEAKtano will appear in natlan teaser in 14 july will be known as the national GOAT of GOATs glazing day

Capitano kind of reminds me of El Tiburon from Assassins Creed: Black Flag.

If il capitano has a different element that would be so gold!!!

When they talk about his strength I believe they talk about physical damage. He’ll have a element but he’s gonna be a physical damage toon. That’ll mean Physical is going to be getting the balance players have been asking for.

if his face is stained with blood can't he just... wash it?

Correct me if I'm wrong here but the image Capitano is shown in, the thing on his chest looks kinda looks like Zhongli's or Liyuen design on their clothing, the double diamond 8 or infinity looking thing... just a little detail... you can even see it on Zhongli's sleeve, the cuff part and his belt. Tbh this is the only thing I've got to say he may be a Liyuen character or has connection with Zhongli...

I generally agree with your points other than the one about capitano being the first character to use the abyss element (if he even does), and him releasing in snezhnaya dain will probably be the first (if not the abyss sibling or something), mainly to get players more used to the whole schtick (maybe alongside some light element characters, like full power traveler and some character from celestia maybe), then with the abyss sibling if they don't come first, then (maybe?) skirk, then a toss up between pierro and capitano imo, and if capitano is abyss, then he'd likely release in khaenri'ah alongside the others I mentioned what I do hope happens tho, is that both him and columbina release in natlan (it'll fuck up my primo wallet, but idrc). hoyo could just make columbina the weekly of the archon quest, and capitano the weekly of maybe the pyro archon's second sq (more likely) or the weekly of his own (unlikely unless the pyro archon does some crazy shit like focalors did), or maybe hoyo decides to break the patterns we established, have 3 weeklies including columbina and capitano as for element, I have no idea lol

If Capitano is the Bloodstained Knight it would be possible and very in character for him not to use elemental powers much at all Hence the Bloodstained Chivalry Artifact Set, Also the Bloodstained Greatsword does increased damage to enemies affected by Pyro & Electro so perfect to fight the Pyro Archon. But that could also mean He uses Pyro or Electro Vision as a secondary power besides his primary brute strength. My guess would be Pyro because I imagine Coloumbina is a Electro user. So Basically he would be a Pyro Eula. Pure Physical Dmg + Pyro. Equipped with a Greatsword that gives 12% damage increase to enemies affected by Pryo or Electro meaning in his case 12% DMG increase against the Pyro & Electro Archons. Assuming his chivalrous nature doesn’t have a problem fighting girls.

Seems bad ass , capithanos

I've been a fan of Capitano since release and when he gets playable, he will become popular and I kinda dislike that

Capitano and Columbina together is gonna be peak

Cant wait for natlan story, i must save my gems ❤

The Blood stained Knight pledged allegiance to the Abyss so this theory falls apart

Will you be doing a video about the natlan teaser or maybe after the 4.8 livestream? I feel like there's more in it that meets the eye. For example the 6 symbols at the start representing 6 saurians and possibly the 6 pyro reactions (burning and burgeon would count as one), e.g. the geo saurian that has a nose drill representing crystallize.

I have a theory I've cooked on for a long while and I think it truly has merit. We can learn more about the harbingers by how they are the exact OPPOSITE of their commedia del'larte character tropes. For example: Arlecchino is colorful and goofy. Pierrot is a lowly servant clown. Targaglia is self-conscious and stutters a lot. Pantalone is old and loves money. Dottore is unfocused and hedonistic, etc. See how their genshin counterparts are the EXACT OPPOSITE? Capitano's OG character is an introverted braggart who is secretly a coward, and from what we've learned, Genshin's Capitano is the exact opposite-- extroverted, friendly, and one who doesn't make a show out of his immense power. OG Columbina was very down-to-earth and intellectual compared to the other commedia characters... from what we've seen in Genshin, she has her head in the clouds and seems a little flakey. I truly think my theory (while not airtight) will be a good reference point for what it will be like to meet the other harbingers.

It has been my theory for a while that Varka is Capitano. It seems pretty obvious to me. You know, he lives a double life. That's why he is always away from Mondstadt. And saying that he met Capitano in Natlan to avoid suspicion, when he is just him... They are literally in the same place, and he tries to brush it off like that. I wouldn't be surprised if he even had a fake double or a clone, similar to Dottore, since he is above him in rank. That would also explain why he hides his face.

He might be a weekly boss in mondstadt's expansion in the futur3

This is a wild prediction but imagine if BOTH capitano and columbina are one weekly boss fight. It prob wont happen but would be absolute gas

I love the knight theory but something just dosent sit right with me. Capitanos character seems so calm and collected and dosent instantly resort to violence, but the bloodstained knight is portrayed as going bat sht insane about justice, even killing that girl in sumeru💀.But anyway, i hope thye keep his mask on through out the story cause it just looks so cool and cold, plus they can just have his glowing blue eyes emit blue from his mask.( Future Capitano main)🔥

I need him carnally, also yay more theory/lore bits!

Glowing blue eyes? Strong sense of justice? SCREW THE SANS IS NESS THEORY SANS IS ACTUALLY CAPTINATO

I really pity the current keeper of the Pyro Gnosis. Capitano is gonna break him like a matchstick.

Capitano is a dragon. His masked is designed as a dragon's face (he is even similar to Lord Of The Rings Nazgul king which rides a dragon). It also makes sense to send a dragon harbinger to the nation of dragons. Also - the Fatui have a member of each of the races of Teyvat and a harbinger of each mation so it makes sense they'd have a dragon one.

كولومبينا عمته🦭🦭🦭

i doubt he wield a sword with that big body i love to believe he wield claymore, and it would be awesome if he wield two claymore

Idk I feel like his story mirrors Viridescent if he is the Bloodstained knight, and I feel like the bloodstained night will eventually meet the same fate as her. He might have to be killed in Natlan?

Hey Silicon this comment is about the 4.7 trailer. Could it be that the traveler's twin was used to create the loom of fate because in one of the scenes we see the twin standing behind Dain. There her sword is still 'normal' and in we will be reunited her sword is infused with abyssal power. So could it be that in the time between these two events a part of her was used to create the loom so she got connected to teyvat and irminsul and got infused with the abyssal power she uses today?

I really hope that he becomes a harder version of Andrius.

Capitano solos fiction. He is just goated like that.

What if Capitano is Phanes’s son? He is said to be a human (the strongest one, at that). And Phanes created humans in his image. It would make sense if Capitano was the first human created and thus the closest to Phanes in terms of power and biology. He would then team up with the Fatui to defeat Celestia who ousted Phanes from his throne as supreme god of all Teyvat. Imagine if Capitano was Genshin Jesus lmao. His speculated constellation (the three nails) is also said to be a biblical symbol of the son of God (primeoridal one) As The Primeordial Prince, he may share Phanes’ ability to subjugate the light realm and the abyss to his will, thereby putting him in a position to teach the traveler how to do the same

We all know when Capitano takes off his mask to reveal his face, it’s just going to be Klee.

He will have a very strong(no pun intended) impression at the start, but he will be killed to make someone else stronger, likely one of the tje sinners

Imagine capitano being playable and physical like eul.. that would make him weaker as playable bc of resistance but also piss fans off

INB4 *Il Capitano* turns out to be a Physical DPS...

Could he be a descendent?

very powerful,highly respected. one of his titles is most strongest being in teyvat.Wow maybe Capitano hes the former Pyro archon,the God of War. who is now working for the tsaritsa..and now hes coming back to natlan to find and get the gnossis from the current pyro archon hes succesor,who knows maybe they were also related, makoto,ei ,rukkha and nahida,egeria and focalors this world building cliches of archons are being repetitive.thats my guess, plus i want capitano and the pyro archon to be playable,high damage dealer types like Neuvillete and Arlechinno

At the end there will ba a small cute girl inside him.

This a theory I've had about him for around 2 years now. My theory is basically based on his constellation and the way people praise him based on his honor, I believe he could be Genshin's version of Jesus Christ. The nails could reference the nails used to crucify Christ, Jesus was said to be the perfect Human man by his disciples and followers, even being able to resurrect 3 days after his death. This makes me believe that if he's from Natlan the nation of War and Resurrection that he gets stronger every time he's resurrected from being killed in battle. Which makes me think if he has a Vision it would be Hydro which is also the perfect parallel against the Archon of Pyro. Great video btw!

hmmm blue eyes and known as the white knight huh? who has blue eyes, white hair and was a knight in other Mihoyo game I wonder... If Capitano isn't Kevin or even Siegfried I will be extremely disappointed

Seriously this guy is strong as shenhe but most like %15 stronger than shenhe

I still believe Capitano will be a "One Punch Man" type figure, where his gimmick is that he's /supposed/ to win every fight, and that that's his "fate". WHICH IS WHY he's going to the nation of war, to challenge the Pyro Archon, where he's /FATED/ to win, BUT, for the mere price of a gnosis, who would give up the opportunity to strike a deal with the Fatui to WIN over the One Punch Man??? THE PYRO ARCHON MURATA WOULD NOT! She will selfishly exchange the Gnosis for the fixed win against The Strongest Fatui Harbinger, where Capitano throws the competition, THEREFORE PROVING THAT ONE CAN DEFY THEIR OWN FATE as someone who should win every single fight by a milestone, Yet Just Was Defeated. IF we get a playable Capitano, it will be the defeated version, and he will either be Electro, on account of him dipping into the Abyss trying to defy fate and reality as normies know it and that's Electro's whole schtick is rebellion, or he will be Anemo, which usually indicates a "defeated", dead-and-risen, should've-been-dead, or otherwise spiritually and philosophically transformed person.

*spoiler alert* . . . . . . Can't wait for the Il Capitano and Asmoday fight.

Nah, Dottore'd win.

r/FatuiHQ is leaking in the comments 😂

Capitano will be a woman for sure