[4.6] The Secret Khaenri'ahn Bloodline - A Genshin Impact Theory

Arlecchino is many things - a father, a harbinger and the last descendent of the Crimson Moon Dynasty... and somehow, her bloodline is connected to the story of a rather familiar penguin, Pers.

**TIMESTAMPS**

01:26 "Genesis"
03:03 Pers & Perinheri
12:20 Vampicchino
15:05 Blood, Wine & the Abyss
22:45 Nephilim
25:40 Betrayal

**SPOILER WARNINGS**

- Ignis Purgatorius (Arlecchino SQ 1)
- Moon Bathed Deep (Enkanomiya WQ)
- Archon Quest Chapter 4
- Canticles of Harmony (Remuria WQ)

**CREDITS & RELATED LINKS**

**CITATIONS & ATTRIBUTIONS**

[Ashikai]

**NOTES & CORRECTIONS**

- Arylus pointed out that the line from A Drunkard's Tale, "what you call wine, we call the abyss" isn't quite so literal. Instead of calling out the abyss directly, it uses 渊源 (yuanyuan) which means Origin vs 深渊 (shenyuan) which is used for the Abyss.

So this is complicated, and I'm not really qualified to comment on intention of meaning here, but it doesn't *really* change the meaning too much. Hopefully someone with a deeper understanding of the linguistics here can add some clarity. From my understanding though, the "origin" in this case is like the "nothingness of the void" which I think still fits with our current concept of the abyss, and it would imply that the stuff inside of the abyss is "source material."

I'll update this note if/when I can get a better/clearer explanation.

[quineros]

You can't just drop a video with "VAMPIRE PENGUIN" written all over the preview and ask people to wait 15 hours for it

[SelliBallerina]

"Arle is an angel, and a vampire, and a penguin!" Me, age 13 making my first OC.

[ironwoodkid]

Only Ashikai can put something like "Arlecchino is a penguin??!!" in her thumbnail and it NOT being a clickbait

[cntrl]

At this point Ashikai could tell me the sustainer of heavenly principles is a demon tortoise and I'd fully go on with it

[Space-lxy]

So is a vampire penguin instead of a vampire platypus, I want to know more
"A penguin?" *Pulls out scythe* "Perrie the penguin!"

Nice video actually makes a lot of sense now we only need to know why Arlecchino glitches

[Glis]

The extent you go to not call her a spider

[jakubbarczyk]

seelie being dragons but being presented as angels also fits with nibelung being called a heavenly father by neuvi

[annatay]

A theory so outrageous that I love it even more.
Genshin: doesn't she look like a spider?
Theorist: vampire penguin Nephilim

[sortileges]

i love ashikai's voice its just the right amount of tinfoil hat and insane

[Zeke]

This is true evil right here. Making us wait 15 hrs to hear the unhinged vampire penguin (totally not a spider, TRUST) rant.

[senu.]

that's a insane thumbnail to wake up to

[markusbrendon]

I love how between ashikai unhinged speculation and ridiculous amount of branches she dives into, you can learn so much about genshin lore AND real stories and religion lore

[InvaderZim]

Honestly Arlechino being a Vampire penguin is something I can buy. I mean if Ratio can be AHA’s worm then I can buy into anything tbh.

[blnkblnk]

Vampire Penguins? Peak Fiction right here.

[markusbrendon]

I... I dont think i could imagine such a thumbnail in my wildest trips

[Roseyarts]

The little sprites *are* explained in-game though - they're the afterimages of the other children killed by Arlecchino, as mentioned in one of her character stories

[arnarnarfi]

I'm on board. Dvalin also has six wings, so maybe it's a dragon feature.

[IterateTBOMS]

Have you read Mitternachts Waltz recently? Princess Fischl and the Crimson Moon seem to go hand-in-hand.

[aderezo_]

When listening to Arlecchinos phase 1 ost I was a little upset because they used La Signoras leitmotiv (minute 2 ish) as if they didnt know what to do with the song and took things from here and there, but now that you talked about the possible relation between their powers, maybe its not "signoras leitmotiv" but "crimson moon leitmotiv" or something like that... Interesting