5.1 NATLAN Archon Quests RECAP and Theories | Genshin Impact

This video contains a recap and analysis for the 5.1 Archon Quests (Acts 3 and 4)! Theses Archon Quests are probably some of the BEST Archon Quests we've had so far, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it!

Timestamps:

0:00 Recap - Act 3 "Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors"
12:01 Question: How Old is Citlali?
20:53 Recap - Act 4 "The Rainbow Destined to Burn"
25:00 Question: What Was the Primordial War?
41:04 THEORIES AND ANALYSIS
41:11 Capitano
42:45 Dainsleif
48:40 THEORY: Celestia doesn't want certain people to reincarnate
50:14 "The sky is a lie" and the Broken Moon
53:10 Angels and Seelies
56:24 Teyvat has experienced major floods in the past
58:19 THEORY: They Came from the Moon
1:00:32 THEORY: Is the Firmament Protecting Teyvat?
1:03:11 Analysis: Lovecraft & Genshin
1:06:13 Analysis: The Future of Natlan's Story

Credits:
Edited by shystarfall
Music - Natlan OST, @pk_beam , outro - @heiakim

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[mintypaws_]

I think everyone was waiting for your video talking about this quest

[izanagiuzumaki]

Every archon quest, I end up repeating "is this the best Genshin's story has ever ever been?" That revelation the end literally made me gasp for air. They've done a good job keeping everyone enticed all these years.

[yujinanyeongzz]

Never been this fast for a Minsleif theory video. I'm both lore and meta player, the best of two worlds 😂

[CuriusGorg]

the cutscene where mavuika broke through the false sky was SO reminicent of the scene in the Hunger Games: Catching Fire where Katniss fires the arrow and destroys the arena.

[Raykushi]

Here's my prediction about a few things.

1) Capitano dies. I think the "final foe" he had to face was death - considering how hard it is for him to die it makes sense he'd consider his own death to be an opponent of sorts. I think his goal is to take Mauvika's place as the cost of using Ronova's power.

2) The Traveller will die and be resurrected. Of all predictions I have, I am most confident in this. The whole purpose of crafting an ancient name for the traveller was to secure his (assuming Aether here) safety in the event of his death - a LOT of screen time was dedicated to the creation of this ancient name. The principle of Chekhov's gun applies here: It would be very strange to not see the ancient name utilized in this way after spending so much time on it; likely this is when the Traveller will gain Pyro abilities in the story.

3) Speaking of which; I do believe the Traveller will become the Pyro Archon. For one, the fact that the Pyro Archon throne can be inherited seems, to me, to be extremely noteworthy. Mavuika resurrected herself and became the Pyro Archon a second time 500 years afterwards, but in terms of the story, she may as well have just been an immortal god like the other Archons and it would have changed nothing. Even if it's not the Traveller, I suspect someone new will take the Pyro Archon throne, even if temporarily. The Traveller becoming the Pyro Archon is both not that extreme considering what happened in Fontaine, and also solves a couple of narrative issues: If Capitano takes the Gnosis back to Shneznaya, there are no cards for the Traveller to play - the Fatui will already have every Gnosis and will be proceeding with their plan. Giving the Traveller the Gnosis gives him a reason to go the Shneznaya. Also...Aether couldn't even 4v1 Arlecchino. The idea that he's going to waltz into the Fatui's home-turf and accomplish anything other than getting extremely spanked is just ludicrous. If he inherits the power of an Archon though? That combined with his current strength suddenly makes the idea that he can be a threat to the Fatui in Shneznaya MUCH more believable.

Let's see if I'm right!

[Buldogg]

I actually laughed when we were like "Oh, you know my brother/sister and Dain?" And Capitano is like "Oh yes, the prince/princess yadda yadda and Dain yadda yadda revenge...OK, moving on." AS IF THAT WASN'T THE MOST WTF LORE DROP WE'VE EVER HAD!!!

[Fuunism]

"Mavuika is destined for death." -Citlali

HI3 Players: "Why do I hear Final Lesson playing in the background?"

[Minsleif]

What's your rating for the 5.1 Archon Quests? 🔥

[wendachen]

i still can't believe that we have one more archon quest cuz act 4 was already so good. it was also really interesting to see the fake sky

[xxmoonspellxx]

The abyss being based of Lovecraftian myth was not in my expectations before clicking this vid, but it does makes a lot of sense if you really think about it 😶‍🌫
Besides of the many references to the other-worldly Lovecraftian myths already being in the game. The new abyss enemy the Tenebrous Mimiflora is described as "Abyssal monsters that have descended to this world from the deep, dark depths of a twisted and alien world"

[IshimurA]

50:16 The sky is a lie, it was revealed a long time ago and now it has been proven once again by Mavuika's power. This makes me feel more excited because later on we will most likely start a tense battle in space 🔥

[RedRobin]

This was actually one of the archon quests that made me think "Oh sht, it's for real this time." because of the sacrifices during the war thing. Like you, I felt so fking powerless just watching civilian and saurian corpses on the ground. I was legit close to hyperventilating because you can't save everyone, but oh lord there were a LOT of confirmations and big lore bombs that were suddenly dropped.

One running theory I had that kind of coincides with one of yours is that Capitano might be the one to sacrifice instead of Mavuika. The thing that you said about him like not having much time left and the really suspicious moment of him asking for help from the lord of the night because he also has a foe to face. Also, he's said that his main goal to get the Gnosis was to save Natlan originally (y'know like the plan of the gnosis essentially making the giant net thing that would erase all memories but would save Natlan) and that returning it to the Tsaritsa was just a bonus.

Just for this, I feel like Capitano would be the sacrifice to end the abyss. Mavuika of course would still be dying but at that moment, the traveler will come into possession with the pyro gnosis and since he's not from this world (therefore not really in the scope of the rules) he would be able to resurrect Mavuika.

A hole in this is that Capitano asked for the help of the lord of the night and on top of that, he somehow has knowledge of the magic or the tricks from the masters of the night-wind AND he has the nightsoul blessing thing. This means that the ode of resurrection could work on him because he doesn't need the acknowledgement of the Wayob since y'know, the lord of the night is basically the main Wayob (and cause I really want him to be playable so badly T-T). However, Capitano is one to honor the rules and he did say he lost to Mavuika so he stopped seizing the gnosis (I think this was mentioned in the quest hence why he looked for the dragon relics to start the plan but I could be delulu here) so Traveler might be the one to negotiate/bring the gnosis to the Tsaritsa.

You might ask why Mavuika would just give the gnosis willy-nilly to the Traveler well, I remember at the end of the Sumeru archon quest when Nahida mentioned giving both the dendro and the electro gnoses to the Dottore that having both of it in her possession would just cause far more trouble than its worth especially since it could be a potential cause of conflict and she has no need for it anymore (Ei severed ties with Celestia and Scara doesn't need it anymore since he no longer has full divinity, and Nahida shut down the Akasha- which was ultimately powered by the dendro gnosis). So since Mavuika doesn't need the pyro gnosis anymore because the abyss is gone, then she would just let the traveler have it.

IDK I'm not really much of a big theorist person, I really like listening to loretubers and people more knowledgeable about the lore than me but this whole quest had me turning my brain gears LOL anyway, good video as always Miss Minslief! <3

[renzuassassin]

I was waiting, you’re the only genshin lore youtuber I watch!

[arxii-]

I loved this archon quest a lil too much, even if I was basically sobbing half of the time💀
Only thing that made me a little sad was that we heard ronova before my all time favorite shade, istaroth, but still we better get more shade lore or I’ll cry no joke

[chaoticgrass]

YAYYY. Me and my friend have been waiting because we have been discussing theories ever since we finished the quest

[JohnSlaughterND]

I love that we can still (lightly) see the shattered moon in the west sky. Great job on the Video, Min.

[iamnama]

yknow, a lot of people say that paimon maybe a fragment of the unknown god, but i went back and read the story of houkai impact 2/gun girlz. in ggz, there are 2 different characters representing paimon and the unknown god. theresa's design is nearly identical to paimon in the old story, and the first herrscher variant of kiana kaslana is pretty much identical in the old story as well. they are 2 very different characters, and theresa starts off as a gray area character, but she was never really a steady villain or anything, and is coerced pretty easily over to kiana and mei's side. kiana's herrscher form though... is a completely change of her character, as she destroys everything near and dear to her.

[ironwoodkid]

Someone pointed out that the markings on the moon beyond the firmament in Genshin are similar to the circular markings to the moon (or planet?) from HSR's log in screen... now that i think about it, there was a suspicious space toy train in Simulanka... HMMM

[TheVagabond]

I've been waiting for your take on all this for what feels like ages! Thank you for your insights, and be sure to let us know when you've finished the world quests.

[athankoh]

While I was doing my playthrough of the AQ, especially the War Segment, I was thinking there was something similar to the atmosphere then it clicked, Naruto's 4th Great Shinobi War. The enemies who were defeated or killed were just spores or just reincarnated while the shinobis are losing real lives and it is somewhat similar here. The Abyss can just keep on sending enemies they don't care about, while Natlan is losing its precious warriors.