Schwanenritter: The Heroes of Khaenri'ah (Genshin Impact 3.6 Lore, Theory, and Speculation) 

3.6 added so much amazing lore! Khaenri'ah is one of my favorite lore subjects in the game and this patch (or all of Sumeru really) has added so much to what we know about Khaenri'ah and the cataclysm. The Schwannenritter notes really solidify that Khaenri'ah didn't mean to attack, they were just as much victims as the rest of Teyvat (that's how I see it at least). I'm really looking forward to more lore and your videos covering it!

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You’re obsession with Kaeya’s pirate grandpa is hilarious

What we know for sure after this video: They're knights of the Round Table and they dance whenever they're able. It's a busy life in Camelot!

We should probably call them "THE Schwanenritter". "Ritter" can mean either "knight" or "knights". But I'm pretty sure the Schwanenritter would rather say "We are the swan knights.", instead of "We are swan knight." 😅

Really love your theories!! Khaenri’ah is definitely my favorite part of genshin too (hence my hand made Dainsleif cosplay profile picture lol) cant wait to hear more from you!

"Last Council of the Kingdom" more likely that "Kingdom of the Last Council"

FINALLY!!! We can talk about how Anfortas is an extremely convincing candidate for Kaeya's awesome pirate grandpa! Also, I just wanted to add a thought onto the Anfortas & Kaeya train of thought: I've read some Arthurian stories for university, including Perceval; the Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes, as well as Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory, which draws upon that story (and other sources of Arthurian literature). Anyways, in Le Morte DArthur, the Fisher King is named Pellinore rather than Anfortas, and he's also the father of Perceval. My professor also talked about there being some father & son theming and implications surrounding Perceval and the Fisher King in Chrétien's text. Feel free to take all of that with a hefty pinch of salt, since I'm not really able to cite sources here. I'm just saying that I thought of that during the Arthurian Knights portion of this video. And combining that stuff I remembered with the knowledge brought up in the video on Anfortas, Percival and Lohengrin, here's my very-tinfoil-y idea: If the Fisher King aka Pellinore aka Anfortas = Anfortas Alberich, than Perceval/Percival/Parsifal aka the Fisher King's son = Anfortas's son, and in that case, Lohengrin aka Percival's son aka the Swan Knight = Kaeya. Note also that we still don't know Kaeya's knight title yet. We know that Jean is the Dandelion or Lionfang Knight, Klee is the Spark Knight, Eula is the Spindrift Knight, etc. BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW FOR KAEYA!!! Which is baffling and fascinating! But it seems to me that the Schwanenritter and Anfortas and the connection to the particular Arthurian Knights mentioned all hint that Kaeya's title may very well be the Swan Knight. Also, for the record, Kaeya could have swan associations in addition to peacock associations. Diluc, for example, has 2 different birds he's strongly associated with: owls and pheonixes (which, in Diluc's namecard and ult, look more like eagles or falcons than owls). Kaeya doesn't appear to have any obvious swan motifs (at least not yet), but for what it's worth, I do find that his original outfit, Icy Featherflight, with its long elegant white cape and the white fur draped over his shoulder, looks more swan-esque than peacock-esque. Also, if you believe the half-Sumeran half-Khaenri'ahn Kaeya theory (which I admittedly do VERY MUCH), you could maybe make a connection that the 2 birds he's associated with each tie into part of his ancestry: the peacock being associated potentially with his maternal ancestry in Sumeru, and the swan being associated with his paternal ancestry with Khaenri'ah, with a particular tie to the Schwanenritter via Anfortas. Sorry, I rambled on with that train of thought longer than I expected to. Hope you find these additional musings at least somewhat interesting!

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This is easily the best video on Schwanenritter with all of their lore in here! I liked the connections to the Holy Grail (including Wagner's work with it that you mentioned) and Nietzsche's work. Although I feel as though the Khvarena of Good and Evil quest might instead just reference zoroastrianism, I do like that it could also be a reference to the book you talked about :D

I hit the Like button before watching anything; the title does it for me 😍 Swan-knights and Khaenri’ah is all ❤❤❤❤

Couldn't they just ask Celestia for the nails? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind using the nails on khaenri'ah, after all. The place was overflowing with abyss monsters and Forbidden knowledge

your brilliant brain never misses. i can listen to your amazing voice all day everyday. it soothes me to sleep. keep up the good work, ma'am. i can't wait to catch your amazing lore streams. dang, that'll be the blast of a lifetime. respectfully, you are so poggers.

I mean... sure one the one hand it seems obvious that if they mention a regent it must be the same regent in the brick, but then again.... it's so problematic. If Chlothar is an Alberich wouldn't he say something like "I'm from the family that held the regency?" to Sibling? Also who needs a regency when you've got a perfectly good Prince / Princess right there? Isn't it weird that the supposed ruler of all Khaenri'ah ends up fighting alone? As I understand it - sucks to be a half-blood - but for pure blooded Khaenri'ahns if the curse just gave them eternal life then they're not exactly hurting at the time. So where are they all? Why is their king dying alone? A bit surprised that they don't seem to realize they are cursed at that point but I guess that means it didn't hurt yet? Anyway after the fight in the new region the Captain of the Royal Guard and the Prince / Princess are right there. So what's the excuse for having a regent? Shouldn't Anfortas be like "OH hey - didn't know you were around still. Guess you should be the leader then?" It all seems a bit off.

So, just 'cuz I'm a Kaeya fanboy, I'll go a step further on the crack theory. If Anfortas is Kaeya's grandpa or maybe even actual father, let's say he leaves Kaeya in Mondstadt, and goes to Snezhnaya, becoming one of the Harbingers for "reasons." Whose face haven't we seen yet? Oh right. Capitano. Potential spoilers ahead; I've also seen leaks for a Kaeya outfit in 3.8 that seems more Sumerian in design, though going off of Chlothar's clothes in the Archon Quest, I can now say it also feels kinda Khaenri'ahn, too? Maybe we'll get some more crumbs in 3.8?

I greatly appreciate all the Monty Python clips 😂 And I'm fully on board the Anfortas-is-Kaeya's-pirate-grandpa bandwagon!

Good stuff as always katie! It’s amazing how much research you put into your videos, respect

yesss finally someone who also thinks anfortas is kaeyas grandpa i thought it was a crazy theory lmao

Thank you so much for the excellent summary and insights! I love your theories!

I am calling it anfortas is kaeyas grandfather

Plus genshin has this themathic of giving up Memories to begin a new Life anew, so i think your connections are pretty much on sport👍 Also Nietzsche was a lover of books like that of i remember well. Other than this i think the Power of Evolution Is tried with the Perpetual Energy, like the reaction of the kvahrena Energies with that of the abyss create that Power that makes living beings evolve as annhialation and death are the cause foe Evolution and the continuato on of Life Just like the struggle between Celestia and the abyss. So to truely be the overman Nietzsche talked about You Need to give up your pasta Life and beliefies to go beyond the shackles of the mortal realm and become truely free.

The forge of ''Gnade'' translates to forge if mercy

Great video. Please keep it up, I very much enjoy your videos.

genshin writers are just havin a blast arnt they

If I may add another tie-in to the Schwanenritter/Swan Knight Lohengrin and Khaenri'ah... - In medieval times, Lohengrin/The Swan Knight was often cited as the progenitor of several noble houses (because... prestige), among which is the House of Brabant, which ruled the Duchy of Brabant, which was located in modern-day Netherlands and Belgium (some provinces in both countries are named after it). - Now, the geographical location Brabant is in, is roughly the same as the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, which was the original homeland of the (Salian) Franks where they settled after the Germanic migrations around the start of the 4th century AD. A couple of centuries later the Franks would move south to Paris and make that their new stronghold. - The dynasty of Salian Franks that initially settled in Austrasia (modern day Brabant), was the Merovingian dynasty. The dynasty that was home to Frankish kings like Clovis, *Chlothar* and *Caribert.* - Part of the Kingdom of Austrasia's territory stretched all the way to Metz, and even as far as Thuringia in the east. However, their core lands have always been around the river *Rhine,* the stage of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, with the Rhinegold and the Rhine Maidens. The Franks and Wagner are more closely connected into Khaenri'ahn lore than we might think.

What If in enkanomya they were left undergroud because If they let back would turn them into Monsters, and only after a sacrificed orobashi they were purified.... But the khsnrians were not so fortunate

OK, so about the Camel, Lion, Child thing: Doesn't Kaeya talk about how nice it'd be to "age in reverse" or something like that in his voicelines?🤔 Love all your theories! ❤ Can't wait until my friends are done with the quests so that I can finally share your videos with them 🙃

Amazing theory video! Will you be doing one on the Khvarena next as well as going into more details of this new reaction called Annihilation?

3.6 amazing lore drop. So a lot cool content

i wonder why this kilingsor dude wasn't affected by the curse of immortality

The connections you made with Nietzche are so interesting, especially the Tree on the hill one since it reminds me of both the irminsul and the Honkai imaginary tree because I've seen many speculations on how they're similar and how the irminsul roots might be in the abyss. Might be random connections but its really cool

what if the sword that Kaeya's Grandfather found was Aether's Light Sword? Amazing content btw ! more more more

I hope Hoyoverse will take inspiration from Yharnam of Bloodborne for the design of Khaneriah

Oh, we now have a goblet in Remuria lore. I wonder if they have any connection...

but my question is, if the celestial nails where used to cleanse forbidden knowledge, why did the nails originally strike and destroy the old Civilizations? small theory, would like to believe after the war with the second who came, the old Civilizations knew something that for some reason was suddenly deemed forbidden knowledge, since forbidden knowledge is said a lot of times to be a form of truth, so maybe, the old Civilizations knew how the first who came looked and acted, and the second who came trying to impersonate the first, couldn't take the risk?

Good theory!!!

Id like to think that the nail in dragonspine was sent there earlier in order to set up the land to be ready for Durins death there so the corruptions wouldnt br so bad

I might be misinformed but did ei say her land was so far from everyone else to avoid something?

I think anfortas is kaeyas real ancastor and not clothar

Just finished this last section of Sumeru and I've been looking for a video like this. Therefore, thank you! As I am about to head to Fontaine, I just want to know if Rene's group (and whatever interesting power they obtained) will be explained?

You mentioned in the Kaeya part about how he thought his Grandpa was a pirate and maybe it was because of the eye patch. I just watched your video on Vera’s Melancholy before this and you talked in that video about how one of the alien races in the book would eat people's left or right eyes. Do you think there could be any connection between that story and Kaeya and maybe his grandpa missing an eye?

i am so late to seeing this video bc i finally decided to play through sumeru, and as someone who has, for better or worse, extensively studied arthurian legends, i have come to believe that khaenriah is basically camelot. i disagree with theories saying it is supposed to be more akin to atlantis, since every lore update for it seems to tie it more to norse mythos and camelot overall. to me, dainsleif reminds me very much of mordred and how he must pay penance for sins that are not his own (especially scottish interpretations of mordred). the whole concept of the fallen kingdom is just so inspired by the final war in most arthurian lore, especially as it is an allegory for the failure of ego. even the abyss heralds seem to draw inspiration, if not direct references to, lithograph art of the highlander army from the legends. my take on this is definitely biased in how its been informed, though! i totally agree with the more intangible take on the holy grail that you're speculating, especially since artifact sets tend to have chalices that act as either lore or metaphors of the past (they're even referred to as goblets of eonothem, a pretty clear indicator of time past imo). sorry to ramble in the comments about this! just really glad to see more arthurian interpretations that reinforce my own theories, LOL

Whar if Khaenri'ah was founded by 2 people '?

Celestia: 💅💅✨✨💅💅

mihoyo love Nietzsche, there are more of it in HI3rd.

Remaber what you saied in the last vidio thay might actuly be vishaps/decandants I think the albrech clan are decandant of niebelung

Maby the thay had the genisis perarl ?

How many books do you need to read to make a story that references so many sources?!

holy grail= cup god/shade?

short questions. Isn't kaeyas constellation a swan?

I cant understand a thing 😢....playing for 400+ days ...don't know what happening in the lore....but good hearing this😅

more about anfortas being kaeyas sexy grandpa: is it me or does kaeya's cape looks very similar to a swan wing?

Kaeya was lying about being a descendant from pirates, and that all powerful sword was made up to lure out the treasure hoarders. we know he's lying because he initially he said he wore his eyepatch due to his "pirate grandfather"...when in reality the origin of his eyepatch is not pirate related but because he's khaenri'ahn and there's something he's hiding underneath said eyepatch, something we don't know of yet. Diluc also prefaces by saying you can only trust half of what Kaeya says, at best. We know he's the type of person who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty or be sneaky to get to the information/objective he needs. He is the definition of "the end justifies the means". He has displayed this mindset/tendency to keep secrets or hide his true intentions many times through his cutscenes and dialogue. Paimon also emphasizes the mystery behind his eyepatch and that he is 100% hiding something.

It's kinda cute how you butcher the german words 😅