[3.6] Genshin Impact v3.6 Recap and Analysis - Nahida Story Quest 2 and the Pari

Genshin Impact version 3.6 was PACKED full of interesting little bits of lore. Some things were retellings of stuff we already knew, while some were new and SHOCKING!

Needless to say that I have a LOT to say, so BUCKLE UP! This will be a fun one!

**TIMESTAMPS**
0:00 Introduction
00:57 In the Beginning...
06:33 Knowledge & Energy
11:05 Apep & Deshret
12:17 God of the Dying Sun
16:04 Khvarena
20:24 Dragon King
24:48 False Sky
26:26 Rapidfire Roundup

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**FURTHER READING**
This section is a combination of citations and terms/topics that came up during the video alongside their wikipedia articles (or similar related sources) which should help get you started when doing your own research.

[Ashikai]

**NOTES/ANNOTATIONS**

- I said "Nahida sealed Deshret" when I meant "Rukkhadevata sealed Deshret." Slip of the tongue.

[noewos]

I need that meme of Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter asking "Why is it when something bad happens, it's always you three?" except its Deshret, Zhongli, and Venti with the Traveler asking them the question.

[caladbol]

Can't wait for a return to Mondstadt, where they expand the region and the lore around it since it feels like it is so tiny now compared to the newer regions, specially Sumeru.

[berrybread]

it’s fascinating that Kaveh and Alhaitham are allegorical incarnations of Deshret but represent Deshret in Life (Ra) vs. Deshret in Death (Osirus) which just drives their “mirrors” concept even deeper.

[edwardyates]

This is more and more giving me greek myth vibes, w the dragons being primordials, the heavenly principles and moon sisters being titans, and the archons being gods fighting for their places in Olympus. Is cool to think of deshret as a Prometheus type character too

[caoisekamay]

i like how the khvarena quest confirms what Dainsleif was up to. I found it strange that the Aranara only talked about Nara Varuna but never mentioned Dainsleif. I think you even released a video when 3.0 just came out theorizing that they might already have split up because of that. But in this quest, the Pari only talk about Dainsleif and reveal he only met up with the sibling once they had fixed the sign of apaosha. This makes me think while the sibling was cleaning up the problems in the rainforest and hanging out with the abyss order founder, Dainsleif was cleaning up the problems in the desert with the Pari. It's kinda cute to think about

[mehquiensea]

In my opinion a more fitting argument for Al-Haitham’s connection to Deshret than just his eyes would be the fact that he’s probably named after/based on Ibn al-Haytham, a mathematician now titled the Father of Optics as he published a book on the nature of light and reflections. The argument then being that Al-Haitham as a character references mirrors very often and the whole technology of the desert revolving around the use of light rays and their consequent redirection.
(There’s also the fun fact that Ibn al-Haytham once pretended to go mad to avoid an execution.)

[nickterthebold]

Wei had an interesting theory that I’d like to address:




Apparently, Nibelung was defeated alongside the Seven Dragon Sovereigns and sought a “power from beyond” to get his revenge against the Primordial One, aka the power of the Abyss. However, we all know how the power of the Abyss transforms people and other beings into creatures of darkness and the void. Which means that when Nibelung transformed his appearance after gaining this power, it ALSO means that he was unrecognizable to the gods of Celestia. Therefore he is the one referred to as the “Second Coming”… And the war between him and Celestia was said to be so powerful that it “tore heaven and earth asunder…”

[isaiahhaley]

What I find so entertaining is that venti and zhongli have really really really close ties to the Lore in this game and it’s kind of ironic considering that Venti is a queen and zhongli is a rook which in chess is considered the major pieces in the game and if we follow this line theory it’s safe to assume that the Cryo archon could be the other rook which means that she might have close ties to Celestia or khaenriah

[xelloskaczor]

I think Rukkadevata implied that she was not the first avatar of Irminsul to create the new version. Rukka might be younger, but she was probably not the OG Teri-teri.

[Zeke]

The goblet of the “flower of paradise lost” set describes how and where the Goddess of Flowers died:

She sacrificed herself at the top of Mt Damavand by showing Deshret forbidden knowledge, followed by her getting struck by a celestial nail, killing her, and showing him how the celestial nails interact with forbidden knowledge / the abyss. So when the game says “she made sure her death was so sorrowful that everyone would remember it” it meant she sacrificed herself for her friend’s dream. She even tells him that there will be a high price to pay for the knowledge he seeks, and that he should be sure to remember what he sees. Not because she was cruel and wanted to hurt people with her death, but because she wanted to make sure it wasn’t wasted and that Deshret would know the truth of the world, and he’d have to see her die at Celestia’s hands to do that.

That’s why we see the glowing blue light in the sandstorm, it’s the remains of a celestial nail now deep underground. The goddess of flowers sacrificed the original garden of paradise alongside herself to show the effects of abyssal corruption and celstial nails to Deshret. It broke the mountaint and created the crater at the center and all the lifted sections of it. The impact shattered the land harder than anywhere else we’ve seen so far. And Deshret recreated the garden of paradise into the Eternal Oasis using the power of the Celestial nail deep underground to keep it in stasis. The celestial nail is likely under the eternal Oasis that we see in the game.

Anyway sry to Ashi if you’ve already read it. But I thought it would be important for other people to know the context if they didn’t already.

[dgonzales]

(3.7) Kaveh’s hangout has an ending where we go to his favorite spot, a deshret dune in the desert. Probably not worth mentioning buy he did joked lightheartedly about fate wanting him to pay for sins he committed in a past life

[TheRedEyeChannel]

Rukhadavada being younger than apep need not mean Irminsoul is younger as well. The avatar could have formed after, while the foundation of irminsoul could have existed before. Given the assumption that it took energy to manifest an avatar, and knowing that growth, time, energy, memories are all the same thing, it would have taken time for irminsoul to gather enough energy to do this and thus, Irminsoul should be much older than rukhadavada

[UberWraith]

29:40 yeah, after reading the 3rd letter I started calling Babel 'Chestbuster'. She literally went full Xenomorph on her mom...
Regarding Jeht, you probably already know this but there's a letter a little south of Pyrrho's tent (the one where we met Sorush the first time) that tells us about her current whereabouts - it's called Nameless Researcher's Notes IV . I'm happy that she is fine.

[yourlocalyanfei]

Considering all the water horse stuff, do you think it’s safe to say that the hydro gnosis will resemble the knight chess piece?

[wordsmith]

The correlations between Kaveh and Alhaitham are interesting. Honestly, as a writer and artist, I see them as two two voices like the devil and angel that might fit a little better. To an artist and writer, you have two voices in your head, the muse and the critic. The muse (Kaveh's counterpart here) is one who's always coming up with ideas and wanting to do everything without making any changes. However, the critic (Alhaitham's counterpart) is a little more on the practical side who's like, "Yeah, you really don't need ten references to Doctor Who and you're already 1, 000 words over the limit for the assignment so you have to cut it down." (That's a writer's example, but it's similar for artists as well.) They do embody those voices of the artistic mind. Kaveh's always coming up with new ideas and wanting to do everything everywhere all at once. Alhaitham, on the other hand, has a more practical mind and speaks truth on the situation no matter how much you don't want to hear it.

[kiaradoesart]

I'm very happy to get on the Zhongli-ex-Dragon-King bandwagon! Venti gets a lot of attention but grandpa is also very sus. Considering the phrasing around his origin ("descended", "existed", basically any descriptor except "born"), his clear dragon imagery, that mora (Teyvat's "gold" but also a catalyst for transformation) originates from HIM instead of Celestia, and his interest in finding a way to preserve the true history of Teyvat (implying he is aware that memories can't be relied on ((OSMANTHUS WINE)))
Plus he's under a contract that renders him unable to tell the Traveler anything more about their sibling but he willingly gave away his gnosis as part of a "contract to end all contracts". Dude is a prisoner trying ways to break out imo

[addisynsanders]

Oh this is gonna be some good shit can’t wait for this. Ashikai is feeding us some lore fam

[vonrich]

To my understanding, Nahida really deleted just the source of forbidden knowledge. So the effecte will still be there but it shouldnt get worse. So hopefully it will get better as things get fixed

[lawierdwitch]

why did I read the thumbnail as Dragons & Therapy