Durin of Dragonspine - His Reawakening (Genshin Theory and Speculation)

Durin was a shadow dragon that once threatened Mondstadt, though he was really just a gentle soul. The recent summer event brough this lore back up again, giving us some new information. In this video, I go over the potential of Durin coming back into the story at some point in the future.

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Chapters
0:00 - Durin of Dragonspine
0:45 - About Durin
3:36 - Durin of Simulanka
5:15 - Durin's Resurrection
6:32 - "Changing" Fate
9:32 - Ending Notes

Sources and Further Reading

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[nightbluerose]

Mini Durin and Scara are so cute together, I hope the little guy's with Scara next time he shows up!

[glory_m]

05:48 it is just how the heart of Elynas was reviving via abyssal power in one of Fontaine's world quests and how he asked us to make sure his heart won't come to life again so the melusines can keep their home

I think that was foreshadowing to Durin's situation

[adamek]

I think Durin will be revived in an Interlude quest in mondstadt during 5.X, and we will get Varka in that version

[Delibirdooo]

After we save the Durin of Dragonspine and "bless" him a more humanoid form, along with our friends and wanderer, we might also see wanderer the "Hero" giving Durin a new Name, similar to how we the "Hero" give wanderer a new Name, which could be his Name as a playable character.

[blue_mirror]

I can't wait to see where Dragonspine Durin and Mini Durin's story goes.

[kirkshanghai]

Isn't it interesting that things are really beginning to loop back to Mondstadt? Hexenzirkel is becoming a really integral part of the overall game story with their Mondstadt HQ. All this juicey Durin lore, which we haven't really heard about since version 1.2. And all the story ties between Natlan and Mondstadt that will almost certainly get more fleshed out (Vanessa, Venti's ties with Mari Jivari). Idk I feel like it's obvious that as we get closer to the end of the story Mondstadt will be a really integral part of that.

[Keiki-kun]

It would make more sense for him to come out of the heart and slightly modify the area of ​​the cave where he is, leaving the bones in the mountain intact

the heart could open, stop beating and the smaller version or playable version of him would come out

Kinda like Elynas heart

[britneylopez]

i remember seeing a leak awhile ago of someone saying durin might become playable. honestly after the foreshadowing of the event, it kinda makes sense now

[JoshuaA]

I wanna point out that this has been foreshadowed since the beginning of the game with the Traveler purifying Dvalin’s tears. The tears have “impurities” that are Durin’s poisonous blood, which the Traveller was able to purify.

They have teased this moment since the beginning… and now I’m wondering if Mondstadt has also foreshadowed anything for the future.

[_jules_perez_]

I would love Durin to get the Cloud Retainer treatment

[axiyo]

After 5.1 AQ, i just realise that we really need to comeback to dragonspine and meet the mini durin with Wanderer for the great war. It all make sense now

[vladitsvar]

Simulanka has so much lore and theory ingredients!! Even the sidequests have that feeling of being some kind of lore we have yet to uncover

[Gysmin]

It wouldn’t be too far fetched for dragonspine to have a new look since areas like the morte region in fontaine have had major changes after certain quests. It’s happened in archon quests too with the jade chamber rising quest

[petrpopopepe]

I think Durin's resurection will just be recreating of Elynas' resureaction. Where he will partly resurect but returns to death after wards.

Durin, himself knows that its better for others if he is dead rather then Alive but still wishing he could meet others in diferent situation. Just like Elynas knows its better if he stays dead then alive. And unlike simulanka Durin, dragonspine didn't really hate his form or blame it for his misfortune or if he did its nowhere said, which makes sense all creation of Rhinedottir love their forms and names (Reason why golden Wolf lord is set to conquer is because Rhinedottir didn't give him name so he is trying to make one for himself )

Part of Durin's horn and scale stay the same after his transformation because when he transforded they were no longer part of his body, the scales and horns that were on him were transformed, so real durin's heart would transform and wouldn't stay in its location

[ehe]

If durin will become playable in the future i do agree that his remains will be intact in dragonspine. The way i think possible for him to become playable is his consciousness will morph into a human body with the help of alchemy and albedo (like some sort of a vessel)

Second theory I’ve got is that we will have a quest related in Mondstadt and Dragonspine, and somewhere in that quest we will gather Durin’s remains (and i hope by that time we finally meet alice) with the help of Hexenzirkel we can restore Durin in his new form.

[thatrobloxkid]

I think that when venti gets a new archon story quest it’s gonna be about durin

[ashanonno.]

My theory is that during Natlan (since it's literally called ode to resurrection) maybe towards the end of the main story, Durin's heart turns out to become a womb of sorts and he is "reborn" in human form like how Neuvie was born as a human. Regardless of how it happens id love to see an interaction between Durin Venti and Divalyn

[roymc]

What about this, when he becomes purified instead of becoming human he just gets to a normal size dragon, and then became the new protector of mondstatd since dvalin isn't there anymore, making a full circle redemption

[whatismyadjectiveiconfused]

Simulanka not only has tons of pop culture references, but also foreshadowing of genshin lore (Nilou can make living being, Navia acting as Archon especially Rex Lapis, Kirara asking about existentialism, and Wanderer befriend Durin)

It needs one whole video to discuss all of it

[marcusbullock]

I hope we learn everything that is to know about dragons in Natlan.