Natlan - Everything We Know and Speculations (Genshin Theory and Speculation)

Natlan is the next nation we'll be visiting on our journey through Teyvat, releasing in just six weeks now. To celebrate, I put together this gigantic video that talks about everything we know about Natlan up until now, as well as my own speculations and ideas on the Nation of War.

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Chapters
0:00:00 - Natlan
THE LORE
0:01:37 - The Archon War
0:05:59 - The In-Between
0:07:58 - The Cataclysm
0:09:39 - Present Situation
THE PLOT
0:12:41 - Saurians and Dragons
0:15:55 - Khaenri'ah and Primordials
0:19:31 - The Fatui
0:25:25 - Archons
THE CHARACTERS
0:30:08 - Mavuika
0:31:33 - Xbalanque
0:33:10 - 5.0 Characters
0:38:09 - The Harbingers
0:41:26 - Other Characters
THE ENVIRONMENT
0:45:48 - Where in Teyvat?
0:47:05 - Gateways
0:49:07 - Natlan's Cities
0:51:49 - Vast Landscapes
0:55:49 - Saurian Exploration
0:57:41 - Creatures
THE ENEMIES
0:59:08 - Common Enemies
1:01:18 - World Bosses
1:03:47 - Weekly Bosses
THE CULTURE
1:08:49 - Inspirations
1:10:10 - Ideal of War
1:11:05 - Leaving Natlan
1:12:40 - Technology
1:14:15 - Fashion
ENDING NOTES
1:16:10 - Ending Notes

Sources and Further Reading

Thank you so much for watching!

[Rdrgrdrg]

Just saved me from my 2 hour commute boredom

[gemargonzaga]

Xilonen is most definitely based on a jaguar rather than a cheetah since she's seen lying on a tree branch and the pattern on her tail looks very similar to jaguars. Plus jaguars are mostly found in South America... I hope she's a catalyst user since the only Geo one is Ningguang

[Eldusu]

the new characters seem to have an animal theme:
Mualani - Seal
Xilonen - Jaguar
Kachina - Pica
Citlali - Axolotl
Chasca - Bird, maybe an eagle or a Hawk
Kinich - Reptile, probably a snake
Iansan - ?
Ororon - Maybe a wolf

[summer.sparkz]

If the gnosis is not in Natlan, there was a creator a few months ago (I watch many, so I confuse them a lot) that speculated that our good ol’ Benny is the one with the gnosis.

Their reasoning was something along the lines of the quote referencing how a gnosis is a curse/brings misfortune just like how Bennett experiences consistent unluckiness/misfortune. There was also mention of a Phoenix/Sun-Flame “dual ruler” of Natlan, where one half was rebirthed but taken away (Benny being found left in Mare Jivari as a baby) while the other half transitioned but stayed in Natlan- something like that. I wish I could remember the name of the creator 😅

[Paimordial]

Omg time to sit and watch this like it’s a movie

[kirkginoabolafia]

I'm totally on your side that as we have interacted with the Fatui more and more, we've gotten more amiable with the harbingers and Capitano will be no exception. After all, Arlecchino has a reputation as a crazy woman and we STILL got along with her well. With Capitano having a reputation as a righteous, fair man I think we can actually expect to be on his side. To be super honest, it's the one thing i'm REALLY looking forward to in Natlan. Cheers on the awesome video dude!!!

[DestymphStormboy_]

With regards to Citlali, it was stated in Mualani’s drip marketing that Mualani wanted her to read her fortunes, so she’s very likely a fortune teller or something along those lines.

[idkatthispoint-ss]

I love love LOVE your theory about Dottore using the primal fire to burn Irminsul. It felt like all the dots connected for a second.

[Sesquipedalian]

Something worth noting is that the manga translation is notoriously incorrect. There's a good chance we actually don't know anything about the appearance of the pyro archon that Venti speaks of, since the original language pre-translation had Venti use a gender neutral term, and later uses of the Chinese characters for "Murata" were used for "Natlan", as in the nation's name. So a possibly more accurate translation could be that Venti identified Vanessa as a "Child of Natlan", and then referred to the Pyro Archon's gender ambiguously.

[Kneirros]

SiliconOneFour is so criminally underrated, his contents deserve more views and likes!

[ginsengaddict]

34:23 - Kachina is a Pika. Her constellation is Ochotona Princeps, which is the scientific name for the American Pika. So no, she is not a rabbit.

[Whenpigfly]

Things I want to add, either from the drip marketing, or what I noticed in the trailers, or merely my theories :

-Kachina is said to be ostracized from her people, the Nanatzcayan. This would explain why the Tepetlisauri-dressed enemies would attack her.
-Kinich is explicitly a Saurian Hunter, which is frowned upon by his tribe and Natlanians in general. I don't know if this discredits or reinforces your idea of there being an anti-saurian tribe, to be honest.
-From the fire surrounding Mavuika and her arena, to the lava flowing in Natlan's cave, as well as the rocks that the Nanatzcayan enemy is seen chucking at Kachina, there seems to be an overabundance of the combination of orange and teal. Perhaps this is the primal fire, ever present in Natlan ?
-Both Kinich and the Dendro Saurian don't seem to have a grappling that is identical to the Four Leaf Sigils or the orbs in Chenyu Vale. Indeed, they are both seen grappling to emblems like the Four Leaf Sigils, but here they seems to afterward create their own emblems to grapple to. So, I believe that the mechanic will have us grapple to a sigil, then give us 2/3 "charges" to create our own grapple points mid-air, before having to get to a grapple point once more.
-Will Mualani be able to surf on lava too ? Yeouch.
-Perhaps Mavuika's kit will have her be able to resurrect after going down, and maybe get a buff in the process ? It would be fitting with...everything around Natlan.
-Chasca's design reminds me less of American or African culture, and more of the Conquistadors that colonized those cultures.

Aight, that's all I had to say

[fionastephens]

I feel like the pyro dragom sovereign xbalanque is the literal fire mauvika was talking to.

[NerdishGeekish]

Regarding Mavuika's weapon of choice, I hope they go the Heizou/Rizzley route and make her a brawler that keeps a catalyst in her back pocket while attacking with punches and kicks.

It would solve the issue of too many pyro claymore users, while adhering to her "God of War" theme. Or, alternatively, she could use a polearm and pull a shield out of hammerspace like Candace, and go all Spartan warrior on enemies.

[cora]

i think citlali will be a fortune teller, if you see mualani’s drip marketing quote, citlali states that she read mualani’s fortune for the next century

[spardos]

GOD I hope capitano is just pure physical with no element whatsoever

[WayneZvidza-qhdp]

El capitano is a Nephilim, then that would explain his power and why he doesn't have a vision

[b-trixangel]

I think the arena will be like the opera epiclese from fontaine, a important place outside the main city

[Venjoy_zzz]

One thing i think you forgot to mention, The Harbinger Clock. It has never been wrong and currently Next on the line is Columbina which 100% Confirms She IS the next Harbinger boss fight we are going to have, and also another thing, i think we will get her Playable as a 5 Star Cryo DPS, because it makes the most sense.She would be disconnected from the Nephilim as a Seelie like in real life folklore, also another thing:She has godly powers and there is no way she is not a dps.Besides that fact all released Harbingers so far have all been DPS. Imo Capitano will be released in Shneznaya, perfectly finishing the Harbinger clock circle in half, also strongest Harbinger for the strongest/last nation seems valid.That being said, great analysis and video!

[glory_m]

From 3.6 event and second Cyno's story quest we know that AL-Haitham no longer acting grand sage, he resigned during 3.6 event story, and they bring it up again recently with cyno's story quest when we meet AL-Haitham and Kaveh in the forest