Personally I hope they go full "How to Train your Dragon" with it, where we get all sorts of dragon mounts, perhaps one for each element. They could each have different playstyles like the xenochromatic creatures in Fontaine. Maybe even individual level-up tracks as you bond with them over time.
I called it! Different dragons with a variety of playstyles! Interestingly though, the Natlan sneak peak seems to imply there will be six playable dragons instead of seven, which makes sense. One dragon for each tribe, potentially one dragon per zone as well. That said, I do actually think my one-dragon-per-element theory holds up. Look at each of the three dragons that have been revealed. We first see a mole-like dragon that has magma (pyro) crystals (geo), then a red and blue dragon that swims in both lava (pyro) and water (hydro), and finally a dragon with orange (pyro) and green (dendro) as it's primary colors. Since pyro is one of the few elements that has an elemental reaction with every other element, my current theory is that each dragon will represent how pyro interacts with each of the other six elements.
Wild guess. Maybe we'll get a new way to move in Natlan with each new area with each new patch update that opens and comes as a tribals. Maybe the first ones we get are the Geo and Dendro type dragons that we "ride" on. I think of it as geo = along the ground Dendro = along the mountains Hydro = along the water Pyro = along the lava (in a volcano for example), Anemo = along the air (longer distances) Hydro there could also be the first tribals we get that would be at the national level. Towards the mountains, geo and Dendro would be used. I like to guess so much
Now imma have to read the unfinished reverie artifact set and go search for those NPCs to hear what they have to say. Natlan has intrigued me for soooo long cause no Natlan NPCs exist in the game.
I hope at the climax of the plot we get a 4 way battle between the pyro archon (current one we dunno what will happen with it) vs dragon sovereign vs capitano vs the traveller (possibly buffed to fight to their level?)
Or maybe they’re not finished yet with Natlan Patch plus they probably don’t have an idea in all newer certain characters will be like or they might have not started that part of the Genshin Story. Or we could have a Danslief StoryQuest Insert or an another Expansion Patch this time for Monstadt. Eventually one of those patches might lead to that Nation of Natlan. That explains the NPC of Natlan not appearing in any of these current nations except visitors that visit Natlan. Such as that guy we ran into back in Monstadt we exchanged stuff for Primo Gems for.
I think, we will get to know who Bennett really is (my guess is that he is the souverin's reincarnation and the Archon is someone or something else - he is pyro and can heal... Sounds prime firey to me...) They put him onto banners a lot... Maybe for a reason...
I’d honestly much prefer a different take than Fontaine instead of the sovereign receiving their full authority I want the pyro archon to either take it or defeat the pyro sovereign
Huge Dragon love especially when they're said to be stronger than Gods. I'm praying Xbalanque is based off of Natsu from Fairy Tail and his fight animations are a mixture of Wriothesley, Heizou and Gaming! Another SiliconOneFour banger as always!🐐
I'm extremely curious about what Natlan's "Main City" will be like. Every Nation has a capital that works as the Main Hub where we redeem daily commissions and weekly missions, but Natlan is apparently divided into multiple individual tribes that live separately from each other, so either we will have one of the Tribes as the largest and most influential or each tribe will have its own city
I don't think we will be seeing Kathryne in Natlan. Her dialouges when we talk to her on the adventurers guild for each nation is progressive . Mondstat - First time meeting her Liyue - Second time meeting her Inazuma - Questioning how she can be in so many nations Sumeru - Realizing she's a snezhnayan puppet Fontaine - being cautious of her I doubt that we will see her the same after Sumeru where we learned that she is a puppet from Snezhnaya. So we probably won't be meeting her in Natlan. And another him to note is that Natlan is the Nation of WAR, which means that it's not a place for an organization like the adventurers guild to set up their old shop where adventurers can claim commissions. They'll either implement a new system, or do something unexpected as adding a camp or settlement for the adventurers guild. Because as far as we know, Natlan is in an endless ring of war which is not a nice environment for the likes of foreign people especially adventurers. So the adventure guild barely has a place within Natlan.
@@millie5593 while i believe it's true that natlan is an unlikely place for a foreign org to be (though some npcs have been there, so technically why not), it's hard to deny the presence of fatui considering capitano is confirmed to be there and the expanse of the organization, along with the northland bank being the universal org. my guess is that either we will end up operating on behalf of fatui and end up in some sort of camp which won't belong to any tribe (and kathryne will be there) or acrhon quests will be dedicated to establishing some sort of neutral territory or capital of natlan. i think it's pretty much implied that future AQs will be about putting an end to this endless ring of war, so one of the ways to do it is to establish the 7th tribe (or rather a №0 tribe) to regulate the relations between all of them in a peaceful manner.
I have no evidence to back it up but I am speculating that what if we have a battle ring in the central part of natlan which can act as the main city/hub of natlan
@@millie5593 NPCs love going to Natlan though. Plenty of them talk about it in a positive manner, like wanting to visit or go on vacation there. A couple of them were even mentioned in this video, the one guy has a girl friend in Natlan, and the old guy talked about it fondly. Actually I don't think I've ever heard it mentioned in a negative way at all by the NPCs who have gone there. My guess is the "War" will be more like a contest or game. The NPCs would not want to visit a place that is super violent. Kathryne should also be there just like usual, either one of the tribes will be larger and she'll be there, or they'll have a central trading hub or something along those lines that connects all the tribes. Maybe even a place with an Arena for fighting/games.
it does make sense if were gonna get a mount or a flying mount, if theyre putting a new exploration mechanic for natlan and fontaine gave us the underwater exploration, then sky exploration is an option
I really feel that if we DO get mounts, they won’t be how people are assuming. They’re assuming it’s going to be something we equip and can customize. Their going to be static parts if the environment that take us on a preset kind of path. We won’t just be able to pull out a mount like we do our glider. If we CAN do that, it will only work in Natlan like Fontaines water.
I think that the recent Cyno quest with the Ba Fragments of Hermanubis will play a role in Natlan. You know how Hoyoverse loves to drop quests like that before a new nation gets unveiled as little breadcrumb trails for us to follow. What if, a long time ago, the essence of the Pyro Sovereign was split into six fragments (phoenix fragments?) and each tribe leader/great warrior was given a fragment, so that all tribes felt equal in power. Everything was fine until the pyro archon emerged from one of the tribes. The other five tribes immediately felt like there was a power imbalance, and that one tribe was now more powerful than the others. So began the in-fighting. Tribes fighting with each other to gain the Phoenix fragments and increase their own power. The bringing together of fragments meant that the Pyro Sovereign was close to returning. This drew the attention of Ursa the Drake, who saw the Pyro Sovereign as a threat, and who began to hunt down the tribes to eliminate the Phoenix Fragments (why Vanessa’s tribe was so hunted by Ursa the Drake). I also think that Bennett was born from one of these Phoenix Fragments, which is why he was found as a little baby all alone in the Mare Jivari. Someone had the foresight to hide the last fragment in a living host to keep the Pyro Sovereign from returning until the time was right, and to keep one tribe from having all the power by having all the fragments.
i know im a few days late to commenting but i have some food for thought concerning potential natlan content. its always struck me as odd that the pyro archon could be a saurian, considering how the sovereigns had their authority taken and said authority is housed in the gnosis, so why would celestia allow one to theoretically be given back that authority. its possible saurians are just so far detached from traditional dragons that this doesnt matter but its also possible that the pyro archon isnt a saurian. id like to think that the saurians fill an adjacent niche to that of the melusines, not human, decidedly important to the local culture but not the nations resident supernatural race like the oceanids. in unfinished reverie "dark fruit of bright flowers", one of the youths is compared to a quetzal. its likely im just overthinking this and it could literally just be the artifact comparing her to a quetzal bird, a real beautiful species of bird in Mexico. though for the sake of "food for thought" considering Mesoamerica serves as one of natlan's influences, i dont find it so farfetched that hoyoverse would make the nation's supernatural race based off of quetzalcoatl. its not an unheard of trope in fiction and it feels fitting. assuming the quetzals are the regions supernatural race, is possible they resemble their animal counterparts more, being a healthy mix of serpentine and avian, thus making the pyroarchon a more phoenix-like quetzal. if this is the case id love to see elements/characteristics of other serpentine gods be used like the the orisha Oshumare, a deity that from my understanding is stunningly beautiful, bears the bottom half of a snake and is essentially the personification of rainbows. Assuming this is all wrong, im still excited to think questzal birds might be a common animal in natlan. i also wanted to bring forth narrative comparison captiano might fill. id like to think capitano and his fatui operatives will be filling a similar role to that of the conquistadors throughout the quest. more so in loose parallels, given natlan's partial aztec inspiration and the commedia capitano being a Spaniard. that and the war campaigns. I dont mean to say capitano will conqour natlan, i feel once he gets the gnosis he'll bounce, likely being fought by the traveller on his way out. Ah also one last thing, i finally got on the game today after a while and theres a new event quest. Realisitcally most lore youtubers will probbaly touch on it in the coming days but it pretty much confirms natlan people have a taboo against leaving. Sorry for going on for so long, this was a great video!
I thought it would be cool if Natlan not only adds a mount system. But possibly incorporate Natlan characters companions into their kits and gameplay. Maybe the pyro archon could summon a dragon and Iansan can summon a little wolf to attack enemies that your active character isn’t attacking.
I love all those cool ideas but I find it hard to believe the Pyro sovereign would sense our presence through unlocking a statue of the seven, bc as the name suggests, said statues are connected to the archons rather than the sovereigns, however I’ve seen convincing theories that the statues might also have a connection to nibelung and thus they could be connected to the other sovereigns by proxy
Very excited to see the sneak peak we might get in the livestream! I have a question regarding Venti since you showcased him in some of the scenes, we don't know for sure if Dvalin is the anemo sovereign but if he is, when venti puts that energy sphere inside him at the end of the archon quest, could that be the power of sovereign getting back to dvalin? And if so, how tf did venti managed to give the power of authority back to him without sacrificing himself like Focalors? I also think venti will be super important to the Natlan archon quest somehow, maybe he'll be connected to the Mare Jivari again
From what Dvalin said right after receiving said sphere. "This Is the power of Anemo archon " "Bu I am no longer part of the four winds " IT has to do something with all four winds not just The Dragon of the south, because if IT was just something that only Dvalin Got ,He had no Reason to bring the other three winds into this conversation.
I am so excited for Natlan! Seeing a blend of Indigenous American and African cultures is awesome. It does suck we have so little but just enough to get me hyped! I hope the Pyro Archon is an Aztec warrior queen who’s feared but respected as the strongest warrior in Tevyat. Possibly stronger than Ei and Zhongli.
Hello my friend, maybe the mountain region could be Machu Picchu. I also heard from a channel here, Discordia Tangente, leaks about Natlan that there is one tribe call Nazcayan, obviouly inspired by Nazca culture, but let's see later because leaks are not very accurate. Also Capitano would be in Natlan with some kind of collaboration. Great video, thank you.
What about the summer event? We got some important Fontaine info during the bottle-land summer event, so I bet this year's will give an important prelude to Natlan
I swear if Benny is from Natlan then that’s how many of Mond cast that are lore relevant to the future? I do love the idea of visiting 2 tribes each patch and gaining allies especially since we will probably have to battle Colombina and/or Capitano at some point there. Hoyo plz give us a mount so Kaeya can finally have something like a horse
We certainly won’t be ‘discovering’ new land in Nathan cuz the livestream will show us how it looks like, we’ll be more of tourist… can you tell I don’t like the livestreams lol
