KAEYA's SECRET REVEALED! 15 Things You Missed In "Hidden Strife" Event (Genshin Impact) 

Kaeya seems to be that guy who types alot in his text, and Diluc just replies it with "k" or just a few words 😅😂

Alice just out here adopting people to make them her child's siblings left and right

Imagine hiding so much lore in limited time events...

I like how diluc treats klee so well and klee is just like: oh that weird grown up ?

Isn’t it funny that in Inazuma and Liyue secret lore in weapons, artifacts or events is almost always centered around supernatural and things related to them, while in Mondstadt it’s politics, aristocracy plotting and family issues?

It shows that Keaya does care about his brother and always tries to make it up with him. Diluc might be not angry anymore but he still need some time. Hope these two renuite soon, just like their childhood days.

I've been wondering for a year why Alice invited Diluc to the archipelago last year since he had no positive relation to Klee like the others, and here it is. He was really nice to Klee once, so Alice immediately went to get the adoption papers lol. Okay not really, but she did include him in their next family vacation

I can’t get this off my mind… Kaeya lost exactly 2 fathers 💀

I'm grateful for this summary and a bit disappointed because there's still lore crumbs I missed like Kaeya going into the Dawn Winery near Adelinde when you go outside the mansion assuming you haven't completed the quest.

lmaooo Adilende (the head housemaid) and kaeya had such a passive aggressive conversation, just like how diluc talks with kaeya though more bluntly

I wonder how people found that letter on the roof of the KoF headquarters. The only new thing we learn is that Kaeya is not a Prince of Kheanriah but he is a noble as his clan was seen fit to lead after King Irmin's fall. And the fact the Alberich Clan keeps no records of themselves other than there oral history

That back and forth between Kaeya and Adelinde tho, lmao

what i love about reading kaeya's letters to diluc is that if you read them in chronological order, you can tell their relationship shifted from a cold one to looking after one another in their own ways. in the first few letters, you can tell kaeya was really worried for diluc and made it super obvious that he was (which kinda shows he was young and still amateur?) but knew he didn't deserve to face him (eg. "you don't have to reply" "leave at night, too, so things won't be too saddening") and then in the latest letters, kaeya had his usual witty humor (telling diluc and the darknight hero they should be friends) and enigmatic way of saying things (shows he's now more mature and speaks vaguely on purpose cus he knows that diluc understands him) which meant they are now in better terms. I JUST LOVE THE NEW RAGBROS LORE SO MUCH

thank you hoyo for making an eye-opener to those who like to mischaracterize diluc and kaeya's connection with each other, they still care for eo and it shows in their letters. The fact that diluc kept kaeya's letters (9 beautifully hand-written letters i may add) and how he still keeps that ugly va- kaeya's vase in the manor is so funny to me. Kaeya didn't blame diluc for what he did or how he reacted, he blamed himself cause he knew what he was doing, confessing everything he was hiding to trust diluc fully. Kaeya also cherishes the shells they once picked when they were younger until this day damn. I'd like to point out that kaeya also advised diluc how to leave mond swiftly, which shows how much he understands him even after diluc scarred his eye (which he takes as a punishment that we will forever live in lies, well that's what he said). You can never say they hate each other with how much hoyo has made these two show their bond, it's not fair that they have to act so distantly toward each other nowadays. (pls let them reconcile hoyo, i can say so much more for these two but omg let them talk for themselves at this point)

What if Kaeya wrote 'Father' because he just doesnt consider him as one even if it was the biogical one? Because he considers Crepus as the true father, as the one who gave him home and family. Kaeya's story mentions that he decided to embrace Mondstadt as his true home after Crepus died, thats why he confessed to Diluc about his mission as a Khaenri'ah spy.

I feel like that he'd roleplay as a pirate as kid to cover up the actual Khaenri'ahn secret of his right eye. It CAN'T be a coincidence that Pierro, him and King Irmin all over their right eye, and they're all Khaenri'ahn. And it can't be a coincidence that Diluc injured THAT eye specifically. Also the fact that we have confirmation that he has noble blood. His clan ruled Khaenri'ah as regents instead of King Irmin. That's hugeee

Legend of the Shattered Halberd vol 6 mentions an Irmin... "The first Divine Halberd, Irmin, once pierced the Axis Mundi and connected the nine worlds. Now, its replicas had proliferated across the heavens."

So. Remember those tall tales Kaeya said in his story quest? About his eyepatch and such. Yeah, he might be the Usopp of Genshin Impact.

The fact that Kaeya still writes to diluc, 9 times, while he replies only twice, is 🥺🥺 Makes me want to bawl my eyes out 😭 Edit: For people reading this, I hope you're not blaming diluc for only reply twice. We know they both care with each other. But Diluc clearly needs more time to go back to how it used to be. Also some of Kaeya's letters are just update about what happened in KoF, maybe he felt no need to reply to them. Let's support both brothers & hope that they will reunite soon T_T

If Kaeya is from a clan, it's possible that he and Pierro could definitely be related, even if they aren't immediate family. The other thing is, if Kaeya's clan became regents after King Irmin fell, while he might not have had royal blood, it's possible that Kaeya's clan was still a very high-ranking noble family that was close to the royal family. Not just anyone would be able to become regents after a King's downfall.

it's also worth mentioning that Dain doesn't cover his eyes, yes, one side of his is covered but that's because of the curse but he never actually covers his eye, but that still doesn't say if covering the eyes is of respect or the opposite Or maybe it's simply because he is not from the clan

Theory: Maybe they are covering their eyes cause the king might see from there? Since maybe both Kaeya and Pierro are both spies in Mondstadt and Snezhnaya respectively? Covering it since they don't want to be a spy anymore. And the King might still be alive, hiding from the Celestia.

He is hiding the sharingan

I'm pretty sure that Eroch is actualy one of Dottore "fragments"

We'll get a Kaeya skin with no eye patch eventually, i hope...

What really touched my heart was Kaeya not blaming Diluc for getting angry and attacking him, even wounding his eye, after Kaeya told him the truth about being a spy. The event where Kaeya got his Vision (even as he kind of lost one at the same time choosing to use an eyepatch .) Kaeya understands that the death of father was so traumatic to Diluc that he wasn’t able to cope with more. Maybe on some level Crepus using a delusion and dying because of that felt like a betrayal to Diluc. His father wasn’t who he thought he was. And in the mids of all that grief suddenly another person close to him reveals they had lied. Losing his most trusted supports would make everyone brake and act without thinking. I’m sure Diluc is also regretting the divide between them but he’s not the best person to express his feelings, where as Kaeya express much but usually nothing really important to him. Always the charming rogue facade.

I think Kaeya is the OG King's son, but he was adopted by the Alberich clan after the King died

When i tell you i screamed when I read those letters 😭 Praying for a reconciliation between those two brothers,,, i need it for my heart to be whole again

"father" in quotes could represent that Kaeya considers that Crepus was more of a father to him than his real father

as a kaeya main i'm glad we got some more of his lore

The whole covering the right eye.. So Irmin is the one eyed king with his right eye available to see the world. Is there a chance that both Kaeya and Pierrot chose to cover that eye in case the Khaenriah 'blood' might allow Irmin to see what they see? Pierrot sides with Tsaritsa and Kaeya doesn't want to betray Mondstadt, I doubt they want Irmin to see what they see

Im here because I teleported instead of going out the winery, why Mihoyo.. WHYY I WANTED TO SEE KAEYA. The punishment of speedrunning 😔.

A little comment I want to make is about the secret message that Diluc receives in his Idle Animation “Attn, its snowing”. Remember how the Hidden Shuumatsuban Quest in Inazuma tells us that Fatui agents use a secret code, and each Harbinger has their own secret code. What if the Secret Message was written in secret code, not that there is a secret meaning to it, but instead to tell Diluc about a Harbinger, perhaps even hinting to him that a certain Harbinger is coming to Mondstadt soon?

I met Kaeya outside, it was an unexpected pleasure. The quest said Leave the Winery, so that's what I do. Exit the front door. I've learned by now that there must be something The game wants me to see/do. But excellent discovery with the letters on the rooftop

Alternate title: 15 things you missed in Strifle event cause you speedrunned it

I feel bad for kaeya too… he still felt bad for being an agent and he never really did anything to succeed in his old mission. I’m sure he never wanted to do any of that…. :(

I love the reason why Diluc is in the first GAA event is because Klee actually likes him a lot

You can also talk to a female information broker sitting at a table at the side of Angel Share that Diluc and Kaeya use. She fully voiced as well during this event.

I love that this reveals that not all Khaenr'iahns follow the Abyss order, at least, I take it that Kaeya's family essentially pulled off an Enkanomiya, where regular people were/are just trying to survive.

The reason father is in quotes could simply be because at the time, Kaeya might have disowned his father as such in his head and could have been speaking sarcastically because he is upset with the man. After all, we saw that he stole the record of his clan from the fire that was being burnt which was an offense to his clan right then and there. He must think of Crepus as more of a father than his actual dad, perhaps.

Alice is literally that meme: "I've only had Diluc for a day and a half. But if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself"

Its funny how no one knows who is the dark hero except Jean, Kaeya and his employees, despite him clearly having red hair, and Diluc being the only person in mondstadt with red hair.

The event: Diluc lore What it actually is: Kaeya lore Along with that, I think Cat missed an important of Kaeya’s fifth letter, which is when he writes: “A Letter in Beautiful Handwriting (V): To D: A Letter in Beautiful Handwriting (V): I didn't try to hide it from you on purpose, you know. But I suppose you found out all the same, huh?” Right after this sentence, he talks about eyepatches and how people wear them if they’re blind or have a scar over their eye. However, we know that the scar was caused by Diluc. Cat’s points about covering the right eye to respect or rebel Irimin make sense, but what if there was something else about his eye? Kaeya’s elemental burst consists of three icicles with markings on them. I’m pretty sure that the markings are either in hilichurlian or the Teyvat language. They spell out “unu,” which means “one” in hilichurlian. “One” refers to their version of a divine being or something. I don’t remember exactly but it was something along those lines. So, what if the Alberichs, or maybe just Kaeya, are somewhat like gods. Hear me out. In the last sentence of Kaeya’s birthday letter, kaeya says that he has a lot of time. Do you know who else said that? **The Abyss Twin**, who is affiliated with Khaneri’ah. Do you know who else is affiliated with Khaneri’ah? **Kaeya**. Khaneri’ah never had a god, so it wasn’t considered a real nation. However, that “time” remark leads me to believe that Khaneri’ah hactually is the nation of time. So many things about Khaneri’ah refer to time, and there is already a canonical time god named Istaroth. Some may say “ but Istaroth is one of the shining shades of the primordial one, while the other archons are not shining shades but from celestial which are the ones who defeated the primordial one and the shades and are secretly evil and blah blah blah. Well, what if Khaneri’ah, Sal Vindagyr, Tsrumi Island (not too sure about this one because I haven’t finished the quest because it’s so tedious), the Chasm civilization, and possibly more, are the nations that worship the original gods (the primordial one and etc). That’s why Celestial destroyed the nations, to wipe out all of the primordial one’s and shades’ existence. To add to this, the abyss twin has abyssal powers, as as we know, time in the abyss is different from time in teyvat. Khaenri’ah, as far as we know, is in the abyss, where time is different from teyvat. So what if abyssal powers are remnants of the power of time, and a specific few in khaeneriah can manipulate time to a larger extent. Thus is why Kaeya’s father called him “khaenriahs last hope,” because he has those enhanced abyssal powers that could manipulate time. This is a very far fetched theory but I’m all for it lol.

I though that kaeya writing 'father' was a way for him to say he didn't see his biological father as his real father anymore, after he abandonned while while still a child.

Imagine not watching these videos.. Casual players will surely be clueless of what's happening to the story.

We already knew Kaeya's eye was fine because he says so when we asked him about the eyepatch. Also, he might still be Royal. IF ( big if... possible copium) he was adopted and Alberich is the clan who adopted him when King Irmin failed. Also, I think hilichurls come from multiple cataclysm. The Eclipse tribe is definitely Khaenri'ahn ... the rest maybe not. There are a lot of things teased but not confirmed... just to keep us guessing.

Irmin? Irminsul??? Hmmmmm 🤔 Apparently in mythology Irmin is a deity and Irminsul refers to a "sacred, pillar-like object" Very interested to see what they look like in-game...

I knew it. The "old eyepatch" among his things is one from his childhood. My friend sent me a tiktok vid talking about how that confirms that Kaeya is Pierro's son. And im like... "But he hinted about the pirate roleplay"? The seashells too. I still clearly remember that line recorded in the conch last year. 😩 But i unfortunately missed seeing him talking with Adelinde. 😩 Good thing i have 2 accounts. 😅 Auuughhhhhh i want more Kaeya crumbs mihoyo. 😭😭 Anyways... So what does that eyepatch thingy mean for Dain tho?? His "eyepatch" is rather unique...

damn Kaeya is triple orphan? 😦he literally has three fathers we got 'father' and "father" and father?

What if Kaeya and Pierro wear eye patches to prevent their sight from being shared with the one-eyed king? I mean the one eyed king is basically a reference to Odin from Norse mythology that sacrificed one of his eyes to see everything that happens in the world. It could mean that to see everything, Irmin has to see through the right eyes of his descendants/fellow Khaenri'ahns. So covering the eyes could mean to prevent sharing their vision with Irmin and also prove that they don't agree with his opinion on embracing the abyss.

There is also an additional NPC related to the event called Vile sitting beside Angel's Share.

"So just like Albedo, Diluc is also Klee's brother" Me:Yeah ik I can see that but I still love to see him as Klee's father figure rather than brother figure😭

Wha- I came for the discount grape juice, left with wholesomeness. Holy crap, there was so much more than the letters in Dawn Winery. I DID find Kaeya outside the winery but never thought of looking for Diluc's responses. That secret spot, reference to 1.6 and some Khaenri'ah lore from a beat monsters challenge event? YES!

10:54 I think those quotes could also refer to the fact that Kaeyas real father is Crepus and and the quotes point out that he is speaking about his biological father.

The theory that Eroch was actually a maskless Dottore has strengthened now that we know Dottore has created "different segments" of himself who each have their own consciousness. *0. I believe this theory was first thought of by Chill with Aster 1. Eroch remains faceless in text and in the manga. And his fate is unknown after the KoF discovered his actions against Crepus. 2. We only see Eroch's chin meaning that his mouth/teeth and eye colour were purposely hidden. 3. The bottom of Eroch's hair frills are slightly visible and very similar to Dottore's hair frills. 4. After we see Barnabas return to the Fatui facility. The Dottore we meet is wearing a suit very similar to Eroch's compared to the masked Dottore who we see speak to Diluc. The hardest factors to explain with this theory is why nobody recognized this Dottore if he was Eroch and what that blue ring that Eroch wears does.

This event really adds up to the history of Diluc and of khanreiah

I've read all the lores but I still waiting for this video bc you always explain it in the most simplest & easy to understand way. As my knowledge in English vocabulary is limited. Edit: this thought just came to me now so this channel basically Paimon for dumbaesses like me 😂

Omg Kaeya is a real brother. He cares about Dilic so much. There’s a reason why my Kaeya is lv 90 triple crowned while Diluc is lv82, 8/8/8. Diluc lost to kaeya in personality department.

And of course they put all this in a LIMITED event

I still feel there are gaps in story behind Diluc's past. First, why did Diluc fight Kaeya after he told him the truth? Is whatever Kaeya's secret was, it's something that make him be considered evil? Like for example, he is indirectly the cause of Crepus' death. Or he told Diluc that he will betray or destroy Mondstadt because the order of his clan. If all he said that he is the descendant or survivor from a destroyed nation, i dont think Diluc will fight him to the point almost kill him. It's also sus for me that he decided to tell Diluc his secret right after Crepus' death. Also why did Crepus possess a Delusion anyway? Diluc received vision when he was very young (i think he is the youngest to have a vision in mondstadt at the time, around 10 years old? I forgot), so if the delusion is for Diluc (manga spoiler: Crepus dialog kinda implied that the delusion he brought is for diluc, and somehow he doesnt need it anymore), why do vision holder need delusion? If it's for himself, how and why he have them?

Do you think there is a tunnel from the winery to the tavern? Adelinde said Diluc shuld be at the Angels Share and he suddendly came the stairs down. But if the secret room Moco and Hillie are talking about, would be the tunnel it would make sence.

I saw a theory that Kaeya may actually have royal blood, this because the letter says ">Did< not have royal" this could mean that at the start they didn't, but after maybe someone with royal blood married someone from the Alberich Clan, there was royal blood

10:31 I wonder if quotation mark indicates either the fact that his father is not biological OR he has a bitter feeling about him dropping him at Winery. For me, about Kaeya's comment at his own Alberich oath, makes me think Kaeya laments at how Alberichs seem really struggle to shine to guide the survivors rebuilding the kingdom.

absolutely perfect summary! this is the video i will recommend to anyone who wishes to know about this but didn’t pay attention lmao. didn’t miss a single important point and even added more to my own theories!! thank you so much for this really, as a huge fan of kaeya, khaenriah and diluc lore i am feasting rn

3:32 this letter is actually from Vile.. the informant that usually can be found in front of Cathedral or Favonius HQ.. but on this event, she can be found at north side of Angel's share.. she said that some rich buyer had her information for a week..

if anybody dares to mischaracterize Diluc or Kaeya after this, imma straight up musou no hitotachi them

i do so wish for kaeya and diluc to reconcile and hold each others secrets, but alas, time wasn't that kind for the both of them

Thank you so much for this video, it helped me (and possibly other people) with the confusion behind this.

His 'Father' might be from the Alberich clan, but what about Kaeya? Maybe his 'Father' is trying to save the remaining Royal Blood by saving Kaeya in the past ,and then they try to rule post cataclysm Khaenri'ah because they has one member of the Royal Blood but failed.. So, they decided to sent Kaeya to Mondstadt to live a better life and as double agent

You forgot Vile, the informant, who can be found outside of Angel's Share. She is likely the person who sent the New Letter to the Dawn Winery

i didn't get to see kaeya cuz my lazy ass teleported straight to the leyline 💀

11:00 man lost 3 fathers 🗿

Traveler: Reads letters involving Kayea that mention more Khaenri'an lore that they were looking for to find their sibling. Traveler: I'm gonna act like this isn't something I should talk to Kayea about. Dainslief in the distance: DO YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR SIBLING OR NOT?!

10:36 it probs is his biological father, as it is said in his story”[…] his birth father, who ruthlessly abandoned him?”

the fact i would have not known most of this stuff if i haven’t watched this video is insane. thank you so much for making this!

It's the "letter in beautiful handwriting" for me.

The kaeya is a Prince theory is semi true. Reagents defintion didn't change over night lmao

So his clan is like on a duke level that tries to mend the destroyed country. That sad. Hope we got more lore of kaeya and all starter unit.

Given that Dainsleif also covers his right eye (if not with eyepatch), that samachurls have one eye in the middle of their face and that legend of Odin have him leaving one of his eyes in font of knowledge (which here could be Abyss)... it's possible that Irmin's Right Eye is source of corruption curse latches on most strongly. PS. Event confirmed that Kaeya is not blind on his right eye... but if ALL it have is scar is a question still.

thank you so much for this!! i dont know how they expected us to stumble across all of these but again, thank you so much for the video!!

So the Alberich clan isn't the true royal family but they did become rulers after Irmin. So Kaeya might still be a royal even though he doesnt have royal blood. I also think that Kaeya is hiding more than just a scar beneath that eye. Possibly a cursed eye. Diluc injured it in their altercation but that implies that Kaeya removed it as he confronted him. Why would Diluc attack a normal eye unless Kaeya removed it specifically to convince Diluc he is telling the truth about his origin?

Thanks so much for this video you made! I was too busy admiring and screenshottin Diluc during the story quest in his new outfit that I missed Kaeya and these small details, I feel a bit sad not to experience it by myself but with this video at least I am not too left out of the lore, once again, thanks!

I remember hearing a Jean voice line about a king of khaenri’ah it was about a story or something

Hiding good shit in lowkey locations is good game design. Doing so for an event that will be gone in 3 weeks on the other hand, that is just vexing...

One of the important info we can learn from this event is that Kaeya has a beautiful handwriting:D

There's a small mistake on your timeline at the start. All of those happened in the 3 years span. Event in the manga which happened one year ago, Diluc is already make complete return

Thank you for this!! I'm gonna check out the letters I missed before the event ends now

🌸❤️We have come to know all and thus thanks must be yielded for you are amongst chads!❤️🌸

Omg finally, Ive been waiting for this video since I knew about the letters

This quest's execution was horrible, I went out the door after to talk to tuner because I had a commission and Kaeya was not there, or maybe I just missed him but usually they just keep the character there during the event. The letters being scattered randomly is also horrible, who would visit Jean's office unless you're a recent player doing story quests around there?

Finally! I was waiting for you to post something about this. Thank you!

sound more like Odin who is a one-eyed God. And Khaenri'ah's names of people sound like Nordic or scandanavian like "Rhinedottir and Durin the dwarf who became a dragon" for example. and also Trinquetra is so common in norse Myth, especially Thor's hammer. This is just speculation though, so trigger warning.

Not only Kaeya and Pierro, but Dainsleif has something in the right side of his face (mask) althought his right eye is not covered, however all three of them do have a four branch star pupils.

There was a theory about him having royal blood protecting him from the curse, but now we know that he doesn't actually have royal blood but his family are still the rulers, so what's protecting him from the curse? I think it has to with Kaeya's eyepatch/eye. Khaenri'ah is based on Norse mythology and there's a story where Odin sacrifices his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hanged himself in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of the other worlds and be able to understand the runes. And we also see in the letter that the king of Khaenri'ah before the Cataclysm was described as, "the one-eyed king Irmin". So in Genshin's context, I think whichever family rules Khaenri'ah sacrifices their eye for some kind of special powers that also protects them from the curse. Another thing that makes me believe this is that all of the members of the Knights of Favonious' base attack if they use a blade is called, "Favonious Bladework". But Kaeya's is called, "Ceremonial Bladework", even though he's also a member of the Knights of Favonious. As for what the tree of life could be in Genshin, I suspect it could be the Irminsul trees, as the Irminsul trees could be named after the one-eyed king Irmin. I don't think it's a coincidence that they dropped the name Irmin just before 3.0, when we're going to learn more about the Irminsul trees. They must be connected somehow. The Irminsul trees could also be represented as the spear, as "Irminsul" means a sacred pillar-like object, typically made of wood. Or it could be a fusion of both. I wonder what kind of unnatural, otherworldly powers Kaeya has 🤔

Thanks for the great explanation. Some reddit user linked me here when I was trying to find the complete story of the event. Really, this event revealed a lot of information about both of these brothers. 🤩🤩

Well done with the video, Cat! I missed the replies to Jean and Albedo, good thing I have you here. I always had felt the Royal Prince theory and such were a little too out there. Glad to see my gut was right this time around.

I have so many conflicting emotions about this event. The event itself is pretty shallow and its' questline but the hidden lore is so cool. And again, the lore is important and cool BUT ALL OF THIS IS GOING AWAY IN A WEEK OR TWO... I just don't know how to feel

GRATEFUL FOR SOME more closure..knowng your cotnent for us gamers and lore readers like me..I'm so happy and grateful keep it up!!!

I was just waiting for your video for this event!

Now I'm curious if Yelan have worked with Diluc in intelligence in the past as well?