What's Going On In Mondstadt? [Genshin Impact Lore and Theory]

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[hexenzirkels]

The motif of "Freedom" belongs to Mondstadt, and each nation, unironically, is in need of it. It's why each 5-star Anemo character outside of Mondstadt is pivotal to the plot of each nation (Xiao, Kazuha, Wanderer), and why we started in Mondstadt. Not to mention, each archon we've encountered thus far requires a sense of Freedom as well. The Traveler brings that "wind" with them to each nation, introducing a release from bindings. Cultural bindings, personal expectations, work bindings, grief, family tradition...The Traveler questions these, and if they make life suffer, The Traveler decides to help do away with these things if they're not what someone wants. As an outsider, the Traveler is the only one capable of fully looking at things objectively.

I think Fontaine will be the most difficult nation to bring a sense of Freedom to. Maybe a "Not Guilty" verdict will suffice, haha. But I say all this because I feel Venti's second chapter will come when we truly understand what Freedom has done to Teyvat---in a good or bad way.

[arushiiru]

Aster, you forgot the Dandelion Sea. That's one of a "mythical" places mentioned in Monstadt and has a potential for future plot points.

[thecrystalliaguild]

Though the 'Old Mondstadt' thingy was explained in Venti's story quest already, I would like to see what Decarabian looks like, maybe even be able to go under his tower

[jsw]

With how long its been without Venti's 2nd story quest, I'm very certain it'll have something to do with either celestia or Istaroth. Every other archon already has a 2nd quest that explores more of their and their nation's history.

I'm guessing they're waiting until they properly introduce Istaroth in the archon quests, or at least when we're supposed to get a deeper understanding of her for the quest. They're no strangers to requiring us finishing a character's story before advancing the archon quest.

[thatguyglittaku]

Mondstadt is ngl one of the best 'show not tell' game regions I've ever seen, chilling near places like City of Tears (did i get that right?) like hollow knight and many others. I personally don't know much about game storytelling, I'm more of a literature/movie guy, but Mondstadt gave me the same feels as for example, reading chainsaw man after finishing so many shounen. Chainsaw Man hit differently for me, and even though I've never played much games before genshin, I can very much apply the same to gamers and Mondstadt/Genshin.

[someoneinasia]

diluc: knights of favonius, always so inefficient.
kaeya: dude, 80% of us left for expedition. you expect 20% to do 100% of the job efficiently?

[chickensky]

Man. I'm just waiting for more Jean lore. She really just feels like a political figurehead for Mondstadt right now; we haven't gotten to explore her since 1.6 and even then that event felt like filler in terms of character development. I love Jean and I want more of her past to be presented in the story in a significant way.

[renapundarika]

We get informations regarding mondstadt slowly, bits by bits. The ever calm, warm and windy first region is actually a ticking bomb of lore, I'm pretty sure of that. When I finished the mondstadt archon quest back in 1.0 the thought that we may come back here for the grand finale pops up in my head and the idea grows even more now.

[TinkRomero]

- Venti’s 2nd Story Quest -
In Zhongli’s Story Quest 1 and 2, we learn about the God of Salt, Havria, as well as the Geo Dragon King Azhdaha. Both of these individuals were significantly parts of an older era within Liyue.
In Ei’s Story Quests, she accustoms herself to present day Inazuma, First by walking around, and Secondly by thinking over her ideal of Eternity.
Nahida’s Story Quest, the first one we had encountered a Dream Scheme that Nahida wanted to take care of, since it troubled the people of Sumeru. In the second one, she helped Apep, who was in trouble from the removal of Forbidden Knowledge.

Venti’s one and only Story Quest is about a friend who out of grief takes the identity of their fallen friend, and tries to continue their legacy, this unfortunate situation reminded Venti about his own personal situation. So perhaps his next Quest will be of the same? An unfortunate situation taking place somewhere, that will remind Venti about his own personal situation.

[tlrdgg]

Ultimately I do think part of Mondstadt's "problem" that part of the function of Mondstadt is "a tutorial island". Lore and story-wise, it is supposed to be "hub" where you get from here to there from it.

- My "hunch" about Mondstadt is that "the final chapter" will take place there: Venti will have the way to get to both Celestia and Khaenri'ah where the key is that it involves a trick of time traveling.
- I suspect we'll get a "Hexenzirkel" Quest involving Klee, Mona, and Albedo. There is no real evidence for this but I think it would be a fun story about how "the kids" have to something their predecessors should have done or failed to do. This allows some character growth and lore exploration!

[Jordan]

One silly personal theory I have is that Venti's second quest will feature the dandelion sea and kitsunes. After all, we know that kitsunes aren't native to Inazuma; they must have come from somewhere in mainland Teyvat and I think Mondstadt is a good candidate, considering that Venti is known for talking with animals

[EinTheEin]

Mondstadt's irrelevance to the story so far has been very frustrating on top of a character like Varka being seemingly very important but we get almost no information about him.
Then there's stuff like Dragon Spire and the corrupted statue. This drip feed of story has been a huge detriment for Mondstadt as a whole just for being the first region.

[williamnicol]

I would really like Venti's 2nd story quest to be at the Temple of the Dragon, yet another obfuscated Mondstadt location with Lisa saying to Jean "well you know why we can't go there", would be a good oportunity for some lore and random a Dain appearance.

[levyredmoon]

I bet after Fontaine we'll be getting that Teahouse in Liyue which has been teased by characters, and hopefully Dornman Port to finally connect Fontaine to the rest of the regions. Pray for Venti 2nd Story quest, it's either gonna be dropping bombshells or still gonna be vague. Depends if it's accessible after Venti Story Quest 1 or if we need to travel the other regions first for more context.

[GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Venti part 2 probably will have something to do with whatever is submerged under Cider Lake, or maybe that would be Klee's story since she's the one who bombed Stormbearer Mountains, causing the peak to collapse and dam the river, flooding the entire Mondstadt area
Klee's terraforming is probably also why Dornman Port has to be rerouted and hard to access, she is single handedly gatekeeping all the lore and exploration in Mondstadt, can't wait for Klee to reunite with Alice, it will be a giant lore drop.

[eboshisdescendant]

One thing I want to know about Mondstadt is the forbidden door of library. According to Favonius Codex lore, it has been there even before the construction of library and had been intact through the great fire. And you know Enjou said something about burning library...

[MarkYu]

I personally want to see Venti's 2nd story quest to be more about his other self as an Anemo Archon in a more detailed manner. I'm tired seeing some players mocking Venti and his nation just because of some shallow info they got

[gxstyyyy]

id like to believe that with venti's second story quest, we'd also get dornman port or maybe even the dandelion sea. its sad to think that ventis second story quest might only come towards the end of the game, firstly considering what a lore drop ventis second quest would be and secondly the port would be a good metaphor for the end of the travellers journey in teyvat, beginning and ending in mondstadt

[setovessalius]

thanks for more mondstadt lore videos, they're literally what I'm the most excited for

[shironeko]

You forgot to mention “The Gateway to Celestia” written at the base of Venti’s statue. We still don’t know what it means and it’s been haunting me since 1.0 😫 But I’d like to believe the theory that we’ll go back to Mondstadt before we go to Celestia and somehow use the statue for the ascent