[3.8] Arlecchino's Secret Inspiration - Genshin Impact Lore
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2023
- Arlecchino may be the harbinger we know the least about, and that's kind of why I've held off on making any concrete theories about her... until now.
After my deep dive into the historical inspirations for Fontaine, I finally have some fresh thoughts to share! So c'mon in, and let's get to know Arlecchino, the Knave.
*Timestamps*
No timestamps; watch the whole thing. It's short. Ish.
*More Information*
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.
Arlecchino: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
House of Hearth: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Angel Ranks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel
Seraph: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph
Cherubim: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherub
Hand of Glory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of...
Melpomene Mask (Sock and Buskin): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_an...
WWI Oversimplified: • WW1 - Oversimplified (...
Crash Course European History WWI: • Who Started World War ...
Simple History WWI: • The Bullet that Starte...
WWI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...
Concert of Europe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert...
Young Bosnia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_B...
Franz Ferdinand: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduk...
Austria-Serbia Relations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria... - Hry
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**NOTES & CORRECTIONS**
- I know I swapped two the country/nation orders like halfway through the vid. Sometimes I can't read.
- There's some confusion about the Khaenri'ah/Germany connection, and why it's not Mondstadt/Germany instead. This wasn't the video to go into that, so for now I'm basing my reasoning on Dainslief's line where he claims that nations are "built with steel and blood" which is a direct parallel to the speech "by iron and blood" given by Otto Von Bismark in 1862 as a part of Germany's unification efforts. There's a lot more we can go into on this subject, just felt like this one in particular was important to clarify.
I was listening and did a double take when you started talking about Gavrilo Princip. But by the end I was like, "yeah that kinda works, MAY-be". Keep being crazy, crazy lady. ✌️
Yeah thats just wrong
@@annaairahala9462 Theres greater reasons than that even, like the Nazi's rather than Germans specifically were Gnostics they believed that God was the Demiurge and this is why they did what they did to the Jews(because they were spreading his lies), by extension if they were less hypocritical they should of went after Christians next. Genshin seems to be a flip on that where the Demiurge seems to have created humanity, though he's still a false god since he's not dragon kin or anything like them, he's an invader. If Celestia still is the Demiurge and he sends the nails down the cleanse the Forbidden Knowledge that would be related to the Gnostic believe that the Demiurge exists to keep humanity ignorant and stop us transcending.
Anyway this is my trying to sum it up, maybe someone smarter can correct this alittle lol. I wanted to add to "Iron and Blood", black and red are both heavily symbolic of Nazi Germany. Its referenced in other Gacha. I don't think its to far to suggest Mihoyo took alittle inspiration.
So, I have a little theory idea I've been cooking recently that I want to get out there because I haven't seen any theorists really talk about the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles since we've learned about forbidden knowledge and how she may be corrupted by knowledge that doesn't belong in Teyvat. When she fights the twins in the opening cutscene, one of her arms looks corrupted and her powers constantly flicker between red and black (a color that was associated with forbidden knowledge in the Sumeru archon quest) and gold (a color associated with the gathering of the seven elements/ the twins). The corruption could also explain why she looks surprised after trapping the second twin in cubes.
Kha'enriah has an order of knights called Schwanenritter. Also I believe the German army liked to codename their tanks with names like Traktor(tractor), which fits how Kha'enriah called their warbots Field Tillers, although I'm not sure whether that was a thing in other countries as well.
And also some Norse Mythology mixed in as well, like how King Irmin seems to be referencing Odin and stuff. Actually it does makes sense for Kha'enriah to be a mix of multiple nations and myths considering they accepted a lot of non-believers too.
collector of orphans lmao
Arlecchino is going to be the one hosting the 2nd version of the Pokemon event lol
Scaramouch: where do I sign myself up
Wasnt that batman? Lol
@@b-trixangel198only two robins are orphans I think?
Gotta catch'em all! Orphanmon!
11:40 OMG this makes even more sense when you realize Childe's line about her says she actively gives him an evil look. Since Childe likes destroying ruin machines, if this idea holds true, then Sandrone feels threatened by Childe's presence.
Very possible. Same as Ashiikai, I had this idea of the robot being the one controling the woman 'cause the title is litterally "The marionette" french word for "the puppet"
@@Sacration Considering Scaramouche himself was a puppet; I kind of doubt it. It's not impossible. But, it would be a very predicable twist.
or maybe childe destroyed a machine factory in his story quest, which make sandrone mad. since we know that factory is still capable of researching and modifying khaenriah ruin machine to be controllable.
@@joesunday199 yeah, but this is literally the translation of something like artificle human or something similar, as even in star rail a character who is clearly a android or cyberg in a space scifi setting is called a puppet.
I also wanted to throw out an observation that the decision to have Arlecchino appear in Fontaine is likely a reference Alice in Wonderland. In AiW, The Knave of Hearts is put on trial for stealing tarts, so having a character who - going by the other Fatui - will most often be referred to as 'The Knave' appear in the region that is known for all the trials it holds is... too on the nose to be coincidental.
Fun fact - in AiW, the Knave of Hearts was defended... by Alice.
Alice's possible appearance? I hope so
@@NabvirI think that would actually make sense when you consider that she’s a member of The Hexenzirkel. Genshin has a pattern of teasing the next nation via events in the current one (i.e. The Iridori Festival and 2.8’s GAA), so maybe they teased Fontaine via this year’s Windblume.
Also, the countries that Fontaine is based off ran some infamously brutal witch trials and one point or another, so pair that with Fontaine being a nation run by a pretty ruthless court, and it really makes you think…
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A theory about the playable Alercchino thing, I'd say that she's basically confirmed, like design-wise, since her suit splits to the sides on the back, and her hair is long and tied, which are traits most playable characters have, to give the player something to look at while gliding
Like Signora and pre-Wanderer Scara didn't really have those design details, and they either didn't become playable, or got a redesign
True
And if that's the case, we can get our first Delusion-based character to be playable that isn't the traveler, the archons, or any vision-based character we have so far.
she also has what seems to be a delusion? clearly visible on her design and while that's not a vision they really would work the same way gameplay wise and thats also a common element among playable characters that arent archons: they all have visions somewhere visible.
@@boollyeven archons have some visible gem or something along those lines that glow like the visions on playable characters so a visible delusion would work
@@boollye Could the delusion work as an elemental skill that saps health like Xiao's burst?
Now that you brought that up about Arrlechinos hands it kinda looks like she is turning into a Hilichurl or a paused process
Her and prime zhongli are the only one with special hands... Hmm
maybe a wild crack theory wud be shes a former khaenri'ahn and something caused her eyes to go from stars to exes and paused her hilichurl curse process lol
@@MNM2INCto double your crack theory, what if the Sinner from Caribert did it to her and she is abyss order agent in Fatui.
More like her hands represent her speculated Constellation; which is the Hand of Glory.
I'm actually surprised that so many people find her hands interesting, as a Honkai 3rd player, she has been wearing black gloves with claws all the way back as Raven and uses those claws as part of her combat.
I respect lore people in any game really but the amount of irl historical research it takes to piece things together and make theories is immaculate in genshin and I appreciate the lore specialists such as yourself for explaining it
Love that crack theory at the end. I also think that it is highly likely for Sandrone to appear in Fontaine. It is not hard to think that the ultimate puppeteer could do something like gaining the control of all the robots walking around in Fontaine with a snap of her fingers. Oh boy the potential...
As soon as I saw Bosnia, Serbia, and Austria-Hungary on the screen I knew what you were going to talk about. Didn’t expect the cause of WW1 and that war in general to be a part of a Genshin theory, but as someone who’s interested in learning history, I’m definitely not complaining.
wouldn't it be cool if we had civilizations-like game about managing the seven nations?
The High School Historian in Me had a WWI Flashback of how extensive we got into a guy being shot in a country for freedom basically nearly doomed the entire world.
Saying that the war started because of the assassination is an oversimplified view of -well, highschool history...
WW I happened for several reasons - out of which the assassination just gave the starting date. There were unconditional political alliances made before (Britain France Russia vs. Germany Austria-Hungary Italy, and Russia with Serbia), which ensured Europe-wide confrontation (one, that was expected by all parties - since a long time). There were imperialist plans at several points, mixed with previously not settled territorial claims ( Napoleonean war) and "inner pressure generating" nationalism.
Russia was known to start to mobilize and pre-set the actual war first (after France granted its blank-check support)
and during that, it gave strong support to the nationalism-driven Serbia (who just wanted to become ... well.. Yugoslavia...).
On the other hand, Austria-Hungary (with its old, living-in-the-past, conservative emperor) waited for the right excuse to attack the expanding Serbia (which had claims to the same territories they did - local conflict of 900 years).
Germany wanted the local war victory of its ally (Austria-Hungary), as it would have helped its own "colonizing empire of the world" dream (since A-H's victory over Serbia would have weakened their allied enemies).
Russia wanted to expand South (and all the way to Constantinople) and France wanted its territories back from Germany, etc...
Again, there were lots of pre-set conditions making this war happen, and the assassination (a small event which happened a lot at the time) just presented a weak excuse to start.
Russia however was expected to attack Austria-Hungary and Germany on its own within 2 years (by which time it would have been basically unbeatable) so it was all inevitable. Obviously, Germany didn't want to wait for that...
And no, Hungary's war declaration did not matter as everybody knew at the time, that they had no authority over military decisions (being hierarchically under the Vienna parlament which was under the Emperor - the only one with authority to declare war). But diplomatic communication was a bit chaotic at the time so they did send a declaration letter - which received no answer....
Sorry if this all was an unimportant info dump to you, but I am annoyed by this highschool simplification, because it makes the WW I events look like a simple petty vengeance fight, while it was a complex and exciting web of power struggle - of a bunch of megalomaniac men, but still
As a german I always thought Mondstadt was more like Germany and Khaenri'ah was based on nordic countrys like Norway etc.There's a lot of german stuff and names like the cathedral, the food, the architecture, Klee (which means clover btw) in Mondstadt, also a lot of npc names are typical german like Anna, Hofmann, Sara and so on.
And Mondstadt itself is german (word for word translation is moon city, which reminds me a little of the three moon sisters)
Even though i know that they spoke something like german in Austria-Hungary too and
especially in the parts of Austria today, the culture is very similiar to the culture in (southern) Germany. So it maybe still fits.
I dont now that much about nordic mythology and we dont know that much about Kheanri'ah, but names like Halfdan, Dainsleif and so reminds me more of nordic names.
Khaenriah is a mix of ancient greek and proto-german stories and legends. Some thing that is closely related to Ancient Greek culture is that in Teyvat, Khaenriah was the reference of the old world, their knowledge and technology ahead of their time has a close correlasion with Ancient Greece, let's not also forget the books about the fallen civilizations of Teyvat who hint to Khaenriah and the dark world also.
I personally think that too I really hope it will be more nordic than german. Especially if there is lots of interesting material to take from
@CristianmirabalWuno Wasn't Enkanomiya based off of Ancient Greece, though? We know that Enkanomiya and Khaenri'ah had close connections, so maybe that's why they both take some inspiration from Ancient Greece.
@@CristianmirabalWuno It does. But it also has characters named Dainsleif and Irmin (which is another name for Odin), and Kaeya is probably derived from Kaija which means raven, and the name Rhinedottir is in the Norse tradition, and her whole story is based on Norse mythology.
@@Music_Movie_Fanatik yes in deed. Enkanomiya was the civilization based on ancient greece. Its also far older than Khaenriah according to Dain. But we also got a drop that said that Khaenriah was the origin of humanity... sooo I dunno how that work out.
Your Sandrone theory is super plausible. So far Hoyo has really been teasing the "nothing is as it seems" theme in Fontaine so I'd really enjoy a plot twist that she was behind a lot of the events we encounter. Really fitting for her puppeteer trait.
I like it too
"Let's be real, most people were probably pretty 'meh' about the idea of Fontaine"
I guess I'm not most people then, because this is literally the nation of fancy outfits. I would have taken more women in suits, but I'm at least VERY glad Arlecchino got one. Now, we cope for her to be playable and to have a boss fight. I am SO hyped for her.
I'm always exited for new areas, running everywhere taking in the atmosphere, listening to the music, picking up stuff, learning/reading. I'm not the biggest fan of French/British stuff but I'm sure the text and area design will be interesting as always.
Yea idk what she talking about cuz ik for sure that players always look forward to new nation and new characters. The trailer got people more hyped.
She wears one because she is more masculine. And she sees herself as a father in the house. Doesn't mean she thinks she is a man. Still a woman in the suit.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the Knave from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the character who is defended in court by Alice for theft against the Queen of Hearts.
maybe in order to steal the gnosis the Fatui fake a theft and prove the archon to be mutable in court
Someone did mention it in the comments! It was surprising to hear about that
"Everyone was 'meh' about idea of Fontaine until the trailer droped"
Me who has been saving for Fontaine since 1.2 : 😮
Saving since 1.2 is crazy yoo
Would love to have a child-collector minigame in the game with arlecchino. Gotta catch all 151 types of orphan
Mmm better be careful with that... That sounded very sussy wussy.
W- what?
Since this video discusses the possibility that arlecchino and damslette are seelies it reminded me of a previous theory about paimon also being a seelie and I can’t help but think about the similarity in paimons appearance compared to arlecchino. However I do believe it is more likely paimon is NOT a seelie and rather a manifestation of the eighth gnosis/ the king piece, representing the “Omni element” , hence the crown on her head and the triquetra on her clothing that is used to represent any element in the tcg. This is also why the traveller can use multiple elements, because currently they posses the king gnosis of the Omni element.
Arlechino is so beautifully messed up in every universe and we all love her for that lmao
Other universe?
@@7PebblesReported same, what character in honkai impact 3rd does she look like?
@@10tailedbijuu raven from honkai impact
@@ladsvlad1421not raven, she looks more like senti when she was born
Yea Arlecchino is definitely based on Raven from Honkai 3rd, aka Natasha in Star Rail, all of them have similar designs and are Russian women who own an orphanage that trains children to be fighters.
All versions of Natasha have a nurturing maternal side and a fearsome warrior side, everything she does is to protect those who matter to her, especially children. And she doesn't sugar coat it, she makes sure the children know that they live in a dangerous world and need to be able to defend themselves. Arlecchino sounds like the most extreme version from what we know so far.
Basically she's the head of Snezhnaya's Black Widow program and the trailer is hinting that she placed the siblings into Fontaine as a magical act, spies, there's a chance they are all modified child soldiers which explains why Lynette is a cat girl robot
What I always found very odd about arlecchino is her colors.
Or rather, lack of.
Arlecchino is one of the most famous commedia dell'arte characters, even in modern days between media, oral traditions etc etc.
THE distinct trait of arlecchino is it's outfit made of patches all of different colors. Meanwhile genshins arlecchino is almost completely black and white, with some dark red tones.
This however is consistent with arlecchino's character as well as in many stories, he starts wearing monochrome clothes and THEN acquires the colors during the play and become rainbow in the finale.
Don't know where this might lead in genshin, or if will lead somewhere at all, but figured I'll mention it anyway
Ok but if Sandrone appears in Natlan, it will seriously be quite the confirmation or at least some sort of deep implication that she truly might be (or a version of) Guizhong as Natlan's whole schtick in the Teyvat trailer is the "Incandescent Ode of Resurrection"
It would make more sense if sandrone appears on fontaine since theres many robots around, she can simply appear at the end of the chapter n cause alot of destruction around
Guizhong theory aside, Sandrone has no business being in Natlan because Capitano or maybe Columbina will take care of things there BUT I do hope that the "reincarnation" schtick of Natlan is probably best reserved for Signora.
But Capitano is already traveling to fight Murata? Mika said it when reporting it to Knight of Favonius, Varka meet Capitano on the way
Hmmm..
I have another theory about Arlecchino. Funnily enough, despite how little the canon has told us about it, from her name to her costume design, you can dig up a ridiculous amount of information.
Arlecchino (originally called Harlequin) is a character from _Commedia dell'arte,_ codenamed 'The Knave'. Now, Harlequin is most likely derived from a mischievous devil, and in the past, people belived that he led a group of other demons to chase prople's souls into hell. Harlequin was depicted as someone with their face painted black (much like how Arlecchino has her hands painted black), which later on goes to explain the color-theme of black and red. 'Knave', on the other hand, means both a servant and a dishonest man. Arlecchino generally means 'fool', or 'clown'.
The codename and how Arlecchino runs an orphanage (for questionable means, but still), perfectly explains why she seems to utterly _despise_ Pantalone and Pulcinella; Both being men in high positions of power with wealth at their fingertips. She's probably _crawled_ her way up the ladder, and hates how Pantalone and Pulcinella seems to argue over such dumb things when someone is literally dead. She either comes from the lower levels of society, or the lower levels of natural hierarchy in Teyvat in general (nodding towards the seelie theory).
Onto her outfit (man oh man, I'm not knowledgeable on fashion, but damn the symbolism is obvious even to me): first off, references to wings are over the top in her outfit. From her coat to her hair, her outfit screams wings. And I wish it was just that; Her outfit also has two interesting tiny details on the front that were what captured my attention on first view; Two _eyes._ Folded into fabric of her vest in a super creepy way are two clips looking like eyes with red irises. Not just that, but the vest goes down to depict wings. Again. Her brooch? Looks like black wings with glaring open gaze obscured within. Her hair pin? Two silver wings in a cross-form with black wings, making a total four. Her coat? Wings. Her pants? You guessed it. _Wings._
Eyes and wings. Now what does eyes and wings remind anyone of? Yes, the original depiction of angels in Christianity (which all the fandom is agreeing that is associated with Columbina). Speaking of Christianity, hello literal crosses in this woman's eyes. That's completely normal and not creepy at all.
In short order: The woman screams angel refrences and now I'm terrified (and in love).
Could it be that it's because she's probably from the seelie kind snd, so, in some ways, an angel? The only confirmed winged creatures in Teyvat are The Primordial One, Istorath, Barbatos, and the Travelers (interestingly enough, the Travelers are the only ones to have been confirmed to own three pairs of wings). And oh, wait. Istorath is literally depicted to have eyes. in. her. wings. And Columbina has wings but her eyes are closed, and Arlecchino has an extra pair of eyes depicted on her outfit, but no visible wings... hm.
(Now hold. I'm not saying that Arlecchino and Columbina are directly connected to Istorath, but considering how supposedly Istorath had wings and passed them down to Barbatos, could it be that the moon sisters, which were also creations of The Primordial One, were also winged? And could they have passed them down to the Seelie?)
But putting that aside, you mentioned that considering the number of '4' symbolisms on her outfit and design, she's probably the No. 4 of Fatui Harbingers, which I'll put my money on. _However_ (because I like to cause myself headaches) consider this: How is number 10 depicted in Roman numerals? That's right, an X. Which. Is. _Everywhere_ on her outfit and design. Her pupils and her brooch and her hairtie and her clothing, this woman is a criss-cross of X. Just putting that out there. She could be the fourth (which would be awesome) but she could also be the tenth.
Your cracked theory was exactly what I was thinking when I saw marionette for the first time and now with the goddess of dust “link”, I really want it to be true.
A Crack Theory of my own.
Arlecchino is a survivor from Sal Vindagnyr!
My only proof of this is actually from the Catalyst “Frostbearer”, which has a color scheme very similar to Arlecchino’s. It has an ascension appearance that I wish to point out as well. Before ascension, the butterfly attached to this catalyst, is white; After ascension, the butterfly is red.
I believe that Arlecchino used to have White X’s for eyes, but after her hometown was destroyed then revitalized by Durin’s blood, it turned into Red X’s.
Now! The Frostbearer has lore on … Sal Vindagnyr … obviously. It tells us about the Princess, who is the Daughter of the Priestess, how she was born under the Irminsul, and received its blessing. I believe that the Divine Nail destroyed Sal Vindagnyr, which made the Princess end up losing her life. And when Durin revitalized the Tree, it revitalized the Blessing on the Princess, revitalizing her as well. Only to awaken right after the Cataclysm, and to find her hometown completely destroyed and forgotten. Destroyed by the Gods, so in some way or another, she joined the Fatui who had a common goal with the Princess, and named her Arlecchino. (And considering her Dark arms being like a Hilichurl, it’s also likely that the destruction of Sal Vindagnyr turned her into a Hilichurl, and the revitalization reversed it.)
Also, during the Teaser, Arlecchino makes a point on “captivating the audience”, this might be something that Butterflies do, captivate people.
Also, one other thing about Dragonspine that makes no sense. Why would Durin’s blood revitalize the Irminsul? And why was it revitalizing the Tree with Butterflies?
The Frostbearer says a line from the Trees perspective, and the Tree is reaching out for ichor. Gods Blood. Durin isn’t a god, so that’s a weird thing to say, but what’s even weirder is that the Tree thought it was reaching out for ichor of all things … Irminsul has some kind of connection to ichor, which is crazy to think about!
The point that I almost swerved off to here, is that Durin’s blood is red. This is confirmed by Frostbearer as well, Irminsul Tree usually have a Gold or Blue glow to them, like the Ley Line Blossoms. (Morax says that Mora is his blood … so, his blood is gold!) The Dragonspine Tree is red, this is because of Durin’s Blood. If it was revitalized properly (whatever properly means in this context), Arlecchino would have Gold Eyes.
… and don’t Khaenri’ahns have Blue eyes? Weird, I’ll think about that more another day.
oooo i love this theory!
Noice theory
Cook some more of this bomb brotha
It kinda also makes the look between her and Eula relevant coz neighbour aristocracy
It also reminded me of someone posting a vid comparing her cloth design with dragonspine catalyst
Hmmm…. 🤔 What a theory! 😮 I love theories! 🤣
do you want a bigger theory? the etymology of arlecchino is "demon king" and arlecchino "Alichino" was demon in dante divine commedy
@@elia0162 🤯 Arlecchino is an anime demon king
Ashikai speaking about my country in a Genshin video, what a timeline to be alive
it’s funny when we were first introduced to the fatui through the trailer my first thought was indeed that the girl was the marionette and sandrone was the robot/puppeteer. at the time we had no visual representation of guizhong so my theory didn’t go this far but let’s say that you have another member on this team for your crack theory!
The only thing real for me is how Black Arrlechino hands are it's crazy.
Can she say the n word though?
@@bloddrinkeraka if she dies, sure.
5:35 Sumeru is also inspired by india, serbia and the other arabic countries, more middle eastern ones, not just persia.
Really love your videos btw! thanks for uploading this fun theorizing content! :D
Yes it is also confirmed by developer that sumeru rainforest is based on South Asia basically meaning Indian subcontinent.
Finally somebody said it!!!!
If Pierro doesn't have a number like some people assume, there is still one more harbinger left which is probably 10th. People were theorizing that Pierro is the crying mask constellation in the harbinger whell but what if the crying mask is actually 10th harbinger's constellation. So, which one of the upcoming characters have a crying tattoo under his eye, have ties with the Fatui and also first and foremost an "actor" like Arlecchino said? I think there is a chance Lyney is The 10th Harbinger.
Lmao imagine that lol
Ashikai actually did do a full video pointing this out and going through some theories on who it could be, one of which was Diluc's dad.
The "cracked" theory you mentioned about Sandrone makes sense to my eyes coz I've seen so much anime having marionettes or puppets have them act like the puppet themselves tricking people. I'm thinking the lines of their obsession with Guizhong to the point of creating a replica of her thinking she was so important to them that they want to avenge her. Afterall, everyone in the harbinger have their own true agenda why they join. The Fatui is not built by trust, but by power and control.
I do find her theme of putting on a show interesting and that the harbingers seem to be around her if you slow down the scene enough
Did anyone else notice that she’s dressed in a conductors outfit or something very similar? I think it kinda plays into the whole “performance” and “concert of Europe” themes mentioned. Idk just something I picked up from my orchestra experience
The thing about Serbia and black hand it's interesting. I also remember that I was learned in school (I'm from eastern Europe) that this organization had practice of recruiting young warriors that came out of ORPHANAGE (since they had no one to be around usually they took any work they could) to fight for their cause. Another thing is that entire relation of Arleccino and Sheznaya reminds me or relation of Karađorđević dynasty which was said to be "Russophile". They put very close ties with Russia during that time, where thanks to that Russia supported Serbia in a pig war (and later in 1ww) which we can point out might be anological. As Arleccino who is like Serbia will get intervention from Sheznaya or just harbingers and that might most likely have economic backgraund. Concluding we migh might see much more shneznayans in comming archon quests. I just hope it will be more and more exciting as we progress in story.
Also if Sandro e thing turnes out true I hope for adepti confrontation with her.
You returned with a banger. As someone living in a state of the former Austria-Hungarian Empire I knew where you were going when you said Bosnia and Ferdinand. But I never realized that. Keep up the great work.
super excited for the Fontaine lore and history
In the late night lazzo trailer, we can see the weird diamond thingies in the fatui's clothes.
Red(human) -> Tartaglia
Orange(automation) -> Sandrone (yep Sandrone is the only one with the orange one so I think she is more robot than human or immortal thing)
Black(monster) -> Columbina, Il Capitano
Blue(imortality?) -> Pierro, Pulcinella, Pantalone, Il Dottore
Arlecchino interestingly has 2 colors. She has red in the center and black in the end, just like her hand design. Maybe she is not entirely human? (Everyone already knew that but still)
Columbina's diamond is white though
Which....Would fit her theme..@@MaesReverie
If Mondstadt was inspired by both Germany and Austria-Hungary and the worldbuilding setting of the game was indeed based off of WWI, then Mondstadt is indeed the most important region in all of Teyvat
If they keep cooking, Venti's second Archon quest will be the most mindblowing and eye-opening quest in the whole game
Our whimsical and vaguely threatening bard will shine when the time comes
I think after all region and nations and fatuis and all of them introduced , then venti's story quest 2 will be available which will lead us to a way to go celestia..
I had a theory that Sundrone was a human that liked Kanrian engineering and she found a way to transfer her consciousness in the robot, the fatuy wore empressed and recruited her and than she made a human puppet to act like her body. This is just my thought though, do us you want with it
"Germany has been yeeted out of the picture" I imagined Mondstadt's island to be uprooted by Venti and him yeeting it away with wind. :,)
Just gonna say, that editing and line "shot heard around the world" was fantastic. Really well done.
Excellent video again! I haven't been this hyped for a character since I first saw Ayaka in the trailer.
As always, your research and effort to connect game lore to real life is unbelievably impressive! On the other hand, that theory is so crack it might actually work.. 🤔 I'll remember that I heard it here first! Can't wait to play through the quest with you and watch the Fontaine livestream with you. Happy summer prep time, grind while you can and rest when you can 😅
Great video, as always. Can't wait for Fontaine!!
Sandrone is a masculine name and the -one is used in Italian as accrescitive and the robot is pretty big and seems male like so maybe there's something.... But still arlecchino is himself a male figure but represented as female so we can't know for sure. Another cool theory that I made myself is from the story of arlecchino where he wanted a colorful dress bc he was dark and poor and his mom, who couldn't afford one, sew him the famous colorful dress. So maybe the dark arlecchino we see now will find her colorful side and become playable just like in commedia dell'arte? Good video
I admit that I've started associating your voice with Yanfei. It's working. XD
omg i really love ur crack theory about sandrone at the end!! i'd honestly love to see that happen in game. i really hope we get her introduction soon bc im rlly excited about her
I too wonder why Sandrone is not featured in the teaser, Fontaine seems to have mechanical patrol guards, its city/cities have many mechanical pieces and machinery, Lynnette and Freminet have a lot of hints that say that they are some form of puppets(or artificial humans) as well, there is a huge building with a marionette symbol. All of these seem like a perfect fit for a harbinger that specializes in mechanics, puppets and steampunk aesthethics. Yet she is nowhere to be found... unless...
Maybe she is puppeteering from behind the scenes ?
The trailer only shows the wealthy side of fontaine with its theatre and operas. Since fontaine is the land of technology so we still havent seen the technological side with the factories and high tech transports. If Sandrone is in Fontaine she is likely there
living for that crack theory at the end tbh, I always look forward to your lore videos!!
Your videos make me happy!💛✨️
I must say i wasnt that interested in Liney or Linette at first, but when i saw they are somehow connected to the Fatui in the teaser trailer, my interest skyrocketed.
Im loving the world building and storytelling in this game so much. All that paired with awesome theorycrafting and lore videos.
Thank you sm Ashikai for posting a new video, that's all need to change my bad day :(
Great video! This made me remember about seeing forward to her constellation to see if Pierro counts as harbinger or just the director, greetings ✌️
I wait for these videos like episodes of a beloved TV show. Also the "crack theory" at the end seems pretty reasonable to me, it would make a lot of things kind of like foreshadowing in hindsight.
Great video, Ashikai. I'm very excited for the first encounter with her in Fontaine
Your crack theory at the end gives me such copium; I've had a similar idea rattling around in my head but you put it into a feasible theory! Thanks again for another great video ❤
I love your little history lessons when you bring in real world exmples and context. 😊
I was desperately waiting for you or aster to post another lore theory.. yesterday I almost went insane
If you look at Arlecchino's sleeve and suit pattern,they both resemble wings, and theres four so four wings.
also! arlecchinos outfit looks very similar to an orchestra directors, which would align with her being part of “heavens choir”
*me being overly proud of myself for knowing all the historical context on my own*
anyways i haven't played genshin in basically a year, got ur videos again on my homepage and now im actually kinda hyped? this is one of my favorite time periods.
good video!
ghuizong making sandrone is something i never think about before.
Absolute crack and we love it!
Whenever I see infos about the Fatui Harbingers, I just get more excited for Sandrone lore to drop
Ashikai, i have a question
Do you think that the Abyss Order will do some big thing in Fontaine?? Because i do believe so
Not only the Loom of Fate involved making Osial a mechanical god and Fontaine is literally the most advanced nation in Teyvat in terms of technology, but also the 3.8 event might tease some connections between Khaenri'ah, Fontaine and Hexenzirkel since in the play, the Dagger Bandit (that was also played by Kaeya) was from a land without light which might possibly be Khaenri'ah, the girl was obviously Idyia and tha mage Alice, but there is more since in Fontaine is also highly possible that Alice or other Hexenzirkel members might appear since Nicole is kinda an obvious guess to appear because of her name and Alice might also appear since she told us the story about the Melusine but i'm not so sure, but that's kinda it, sorry for not having to much theories about it :(
But i got and interesting one, the odd connection between the Twins and the Finality (or simply a higher form of identity) from Hi3, which might explain why, different from Star Rail, you can't have diferent endings in Genshin, because it's not us the player in command of the jorney, and yes the Traveller, because they are higher beings that somehow have something to do with Teyvat, maybe because they two weren't the only siblings of that family cough cough Deshret, or i am just going nuts, but i have been trying to make these connections for almost a month and i still have to work on them, so sorry if it is confusing :(
Love your theory videos Ashikai, your probably on of my favourites because you do a LOT of research to do your videos, keep up the awesome work and stay safe :D
Edit: Another thing that i forgot to tell is that both the definition of the abyss Twin to the Khaenri'ahns in the Caribert quest and of the Finality to the Hi3 humans is the same, with the same exact words "A being beyond or minds and comprehension", so, that also makes things sus :P
Never thought that Ashikai will talk about Serbia and balkan during Genshin Impact video theory 🤣 cheers from Serbia ❤️ i want to mention that you actually do your research so well I am always so impressed..
Also the thing I wanna mention just as a thing here, Apis, the leader of Black hand kinda died (probably was assassinated himself) later.
I think there's an interesting case for syndrone, since the robot and doll character lines very well with svarog and clara, where clara is the playable character but also like a sort of adopted child of svarog, the strong robot that controls large part of the undercity and is in charge of the forge
NEW VID YAY
I seriously doubt she *isn't* wearing gloves. Y'all know that fishnet-like, thin, breathable gloves exist, right? They don't have to be leather or plastic or thick.
That, or her hands are necrotic, which doesn't make much sense for now, since she has mobility.
5:36 new geo region confirmed? china?!?!?!?
Good video!
Ooooh WWI inspiration this will be interesting. Ty for sharing your bigbrain speculation
Mondstadt and it’s surrounding area is inspired by southern Germany; Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg to be specific. Those states are known for their (mostly meat, grain and potato-based) hearty food, castles, the Black Forest, their wine production at Lake Constance and their funny, seasonal, traditional festivals.
Linking the whole of Germany to Khaenri’ah is likely to much.
But you could link Kaenri’ah to Prussia, which once was a part of the German Empire way back then, if you take the Bismark quote into the view (like you described it in your pinned comment).
Bismarck was once the Prime Minister of Prussia and even the Chancellor of the Northern German Union. He has the nickname “the Iron Chancellor”still to this day. About 16 years after his death, the Great War started and with it the downfall of the German Empire. Similar to a certain great and powerful region/faction.
Man könnte auch anmerken dass der Name Mondstand selbst schon dafür spricht dass ich Montag an Deutschland orientiert denn es ist ein hochdeutsches Wort. Dann geht es noch die deutschen Fachwerkhäuser innerhalb von monstadt bzw die sich am deutscher Fachwerk Architektur orientieren und dann gibt's noch von den Abenteurerin die Klamotten selbst die sich meiner Meinung nach an der Bayerischen Kleidung bzw trachten Ästhetik orientieren schon die Farbgebung allein spricht für sich. XD
Für mich wirkte so ,dass dieser Region so zugeordnet worden ,damit die Theorie schlüssig wirkt. Da es so scheint als ob sich dise Theorie zu 100% auf den ersten Weltkrieg stützt bzw. sich daran orientiert.
@Ashikai you made a reference to allechino beeing maybe the next hatbinger we meet in the video about dilucs father being one potential past harbinger
The best hing bout Fontaine for me its Arlecchino. I have great expectaions for Fontaine AQ.
Mondstadt - Holy Roman Empire (their teritorry around 15-17th century included parts of modern day italy/france/germany/austria/hungary/czech republic/poland/switzerland)
Fontaine - Collection of western european countries (England/France/Spain/Portugal/North-west italy/Belgium)
Inazuma - Japan with some korean events and cultural referenes especially on Watatsumi and their navy (read up on the korean-japanese wars especially Admiral Yi who is very similar to Beidou as koreans were assisted by China since they were their vassals at the time)
Sumeru - From Egypt to India all the countries included but not ones up in the north or close to the caucasus or previously part of the soviet union (like turkey or armenia/azerbaijan/georgia however most of that teritorry was part of the ottoman empire at the time...)
Natlan - Pre-European colonization Americas (mostly central and south with main emphasis on maya/inca/aztec civilizations)
Snezhnaya - Eastern european/slavic countries (Bulgaria/Russia/ex-yugoslav countries the whole title of "Tsaritsa" - Царица in cyrillic means Empress as was bestown upon the first Bulgarian Tsar when Bulgaria became christian by the Pope himself. The title literally means Caesar/Emperor but was translated into glagolic which was the basis for the cyrilic alphabet, Russia later adopted the same title from the eastern orthodox church patriarch(pope) and byzantine emperor for becomming christian as well as the cyrilic alphabet)
Khaenri-ah - Mostly nordic/germanic judging by the knightly orders/sigils/marks and the names of the knights or scientists/civilians from there including our boy Dainslief
Regarding watatsumi, it's either that or the Ryukyu isles (Okinawa, Iwo Jima)
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 True, it could be since they don't necessarily go after a certain time period but keep it at least 1-2 centuries timeframe based on clothing/architecture/character similarities to real world ones.
Putting all of this in perspective, And seeing as to how Arlecchino likes to "silence" people that know he true intentions, I wonder if the story for fontaine would be her and the House of Hearth alongside Focalors killing the previous Hydro Archon. As to what that would mean for the rest of the story of Fontaine and Genshin, I have no idea
Winter night's lazzo had me wondering why the knave is a female, until one obscure commedia del' arte reference made me do a double take:
one obscure script has arlecchino pregnant.
Would like to see your take on this, Ashikai
9:14 I've physically seen that specific hand! It's in a museum in Whitby (uk) and If I remember right it's also used by thieves, they would give a hand to a witch, who would put herbs in it and then they would leave the hand inside a home they want to steal from and it would supposedly unlock the doors for them.
Edit: I gave it a quick look up and it was supposedly used to "send sleepers of the house into a coma from which they were unable to wake" and that that hand specifically had it's individual fingers lit, and if one of the fingers wouldn't light it meant someone was still awake. Also you can only put out the flames using blood or skimmed milk
Thought it was an interesting fact!
YOOO NEW VIDEO
Woooo learning Soo much history I never knew.
I wonder if Hoyoverse are pulling a tongue-in-cheek lampshading with Arlecchino's eyes: That she will "double cross" someone... XD
In the fontaine teaser you can see Arlecchino has what looks like a delusion in her upper back, it would make sense that her hands turning black is a consequence of using it.
* New Ashikai video drops *
Me: Who's a seelie now?
YES THANK YOU. I immediately noticed Arle's wings and was wondering why no one was talking about them.
Great video! The crack theory checks out imo. HSR has the character Screwllum, proof that sentient robots exist in the Hoyoverse. And personally I always thought the girl was the marionette too. I’m extremely interested to find out if that correlates to the thing Zhongli can’t open…may contain Guizhong’s soul.
12:02 Hoyo never did that tho. Signora died, Child never got redeemed the traveler still is hyper sus of them in every encounter, and Scara is still atoning his sins in the form of helping the best archon, Nahi nahi.
have you seen the sustainer’s cubes that float in the background of the irminsul domain? i saw someone on yt glitch there with kazuha and there are the cubes floating behind irminsul itself. it was playing on my mind for weeks hahah
hey kai great vedio , on a completely unrelated topic do the codes that the ruinguards give in sumeru on loading them withe cores that is found in the camps?
Loved your Sandrone theory, mostly because it aligns with my personal thoughts on the character.
I just hope that if she becomes playable, we get to see the "mech" as part of her kit. For a game with so many fighting robots, we're seriously lacking some playable mecha.
I’ve actually had the theory about the actual Sandrone being the robot for so long! It’s cool to actually see someone else say it!
This video giving me living memories from my high school History lessons with all the WW1 contex
Everytime I see a new ashikai video, my life gets 10x better
Arlecchino’s brooch reminds me a bit of a regisvine
I never expected my research into the Black Hand society and early 20th century Bosnian/Serbian politics to be relevant while playing Genshin, yet here we are! This is an excellent theory, and I'm very excited to meet Arlecchino in Fontaine!
The song she is playing while talking is from paper mario and the thousand year :D damm the nostalgia that game was amazing 1 of my favorites rpgs in history 👍👌
Don't worry Ashikai, Oversimplified has got my back on French History.
I was anticipating an Ashikai video around this time lmao
Good one with Sandrone not being Sandrone. ^^
A nice confusing twist I'll be glad to see... and the kind I like to make play in RPG.
a bit more confused about Arlecchino who seems far far away from her character.
And as we progress in the story, plots and races pop at every corner opening so many new posibility.
Life and life creation is so abundant (easy) on Teyvat...
BRB gotta make some food to watch this with cause I KNOW this gonna be good
Hey Ashikai Sumeru also consists of North Africa Arabia and South Asia...
Uhh I really like your Sandrone theory at the end of this video.
7:43 Very Black and white reference here in Fontain, 1st we have the horses and now seelies. Intresting