This video is FULL of crack theories, initial impressions, some known backstory and lore for each harbingers plus some predictions just ahead of Sumeru!
(Previous video where I tried to predict the harbingers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF69nHis1cc )
**TIMESTAMPS**
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Sandrone
4:04 Pantalone
8:00 La Signora
9:22 Arlecchino
12:03 Pulcinella
15:44 Il Dottore
20:23 Columbina
22:18 Capitano
25:24 Scaramouche and the Gnosis
30:22 Pierro
37:04 A Push for Folly
**CREDITS AND FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS**
Music by TNBEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IoQVd_HDA
Deep Blue vs Gary Kasparov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov
Sandrone in a Puppet Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCeHiHYySH8
Plague Doctors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor
GinDice’s Chess Theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/vwkrsc/what_if_i_told_you_that_this_is_not_the_queen/
Kaeya’s Story Quest: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Kaeya%27s_Troubles
The Immortal White Snake Myth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEeeClBoqK0
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Unless I'm forgetting a line in another quest (probable), Diluc's voice line for Kaeya is "You can only trust half of what he says… at best." I've always taken that to mean essentially what you're saying: He says a lot, and only half of it is important. He's not really telling straight-up lies, but it is masterful obfuscation. I see him more as that person that tells seemingly inane stories, and likes to see if people catch what he's actually telling them.
There's only 8 on each side at the moment. I could talk about the trailer chess board all day ngl. I think pierro could be the uncle of Kaeya.
我记得上次分析说第2席不止一个人所以博士不是挺符合的
Very interesting video! It was nice to have all we know about the harbingers outlined in one place. I am slightly concerned that there are gonna be some antisemitic undertones with Pulcinella though, but it might be too early to speculate on that.
Probably common sense but pierro definitely bears a grudge against celestia for the cataclysm that happened 500 years ago. The mask the khaenrians wear indicate the severity of their curse so among the 3 we know, pierro has it worst.
My theory is he tried to warn his people about God’s impending wrath of khaenria as they were getting too advanced and that they should gather all the gnosis to create a machine or something that’ll defeat the gods but no one listened because they felt that the gods were weak. Then the cataclysm happened. After pierro was taken in by tsaritsa, she helped him establish the harbingers.
If the cataclysm is a recurrent event to reduce population that threatens them, then every few thousand years a nation will be eliminated therefore venti, zl, raiden don’t seem too pissed about their gnosis being stolen and are all adapting to normal lives because even if they are from celestia, they don’t like it nor do they approve of it and would rather like to be normal.
can we have columbina as a playable character pls I like her design
8:27 Oh , Childe just entered Raiden's palace disguised as Thoma and swept up Signora's ashes !
Any theory on what the crystal's on their attire mean? On the right part of their coat?
Some have red, some have cyan and some have blue I think? Could it symbolize their role or something? Like Childe and Arlecchino both have a red crystal. We already know Childe is a fighter, he likes the thrill of battle, doesn't seem like he is diplomatic or whatever. I am thinking Arlecchino would be the same, while the blue for example could be for the diplomats and the cyan… idk Dotorre had cyan so maybe the knowledgeable ones??
Question Ashikai, I thought that if following traditional rules of chess, this layout means that Fatui (black) will win no matter what and Celestia (white) lose AS LONG AS FATUI DOESN'T DO STUPID MOVES OR BLUNDERS. I am confused on your comments saying Fatui is losing. Please help 🙏🤣
My theories are:
1. The true Sandrone is hiding inside the ruin guard and the girl outside is just a puppet.
2. Pierro is controlling the Tsaritsa to rebel against Celestia. I am not sure how he is doing it, maybe thru blackmails or something.
3. Childe will turn his back againts the Fatui and he will be killed because of this or maybe he will sacrifice for the Traveler.
if you see this yay I have a theory about how the cyro archon will collect all of the gnosis that kinda matches up with your theory, so far we know that she has taken the anemo gnosis by force with the help of signora, sent signora to collect the gnosis that zohngli has since they made a contract and sent singnora and scaramouche to collect the elctro gnosis, of course scaramouche has the gnosis now which is why when sumeru comes out we will see scaramouche again but i feel like he may die by one of the fatui harbingers ( he will be brought back to life somehow and be kind to the travleler and reflect on what has done in life and we may never see him again until maybe celecstia or something) anyways but the Tsarista will obtain the electro gnosis, as for the dendro gnosis i feel like this is when dottore will come in in the fatui traier we see dottore burning down the tree in collie's vision. i feel like to prevent the tree from burning down the dendro archon will trade her gnosis for the sparing of the tree, which matches well with how sumeru functions since its HUGE when it comes to trading ( i also kinda think that he will still burn it down anyway and that seed will found in chasm will be planted in its place) as for hydro archon if you remember from the story trailer preview it basically sums that the hydro archon will do anything to stay in the good gazes of celestia (she must know someone is watching them) i feel like it the fatui will forcibly take the gnosis from her but not without a fight. i feel there will be at least a couple of the harbingers fighting her and one may even die but they will still obtain the gnosis but this will send the hydro archon into a frenzy trying to get her gnosis back she may even try to contact celestia which would then be celecstias entry point in the story, as for the pyro archon i feel it will be a battle to the death for the pyro gnosis with one of the higheer ranking fatui (maybe captiono idk just feels he would be perfect for the role) and someone else that is important to the story( not traveler) or maybe even the pryro archon herself which i think is unlikely , but somehow the fatui will win and that important character traveler has met will die, I feel like the fatui will obatain the pyro gnosis but celestia will kill captiono, this will be the official entry of celestia, with the killing of a strong fatui harbinger and celestia descending down to teyvat this will cause many of the archons to go into a frenzy some may try to act like a god again and act right now that they know celestia is present while some of the archons may still rebel against celestia, with the cyro archon now knowing celestia is upon teyvat she will speed up the process, she will then gather other archon (say zhongli, venti a possibly ei since they seem to careless about celestia) to fight against celestia and the other gods. the dendro archon will side with celestia maybe out of fear or again a trade, the hydro archon out of fear to protect her people and her self and the pyro archon because she may want even out the odds idk, this will cause all of these nations to fight against one another and many of out beloved characters may die, this will cause the traveler to go basically into a panic attack and he will them see what his twin meant when they talk about how bad the gods are and how they willing to do anything to basically keep order, this will finally unlock the travelers tur powers which will make all the archons and even celestia fear them. (SORRY FOR SOME SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES LOL)
For Signora’s fans who are on copium, let’s not forget Dotorre could have cloned Signora before she died
When sgnora dies she has 4 visible big embers flying off, and it takes 4 moths to break her ice coffin in the boss fight and she is encased in cryo now and one of the moth made it back, we only need 3 more moths and we are golden and will get signora back
Kaeya being called a pawn/chesspiece is something they actually only fucked up in the english translation ; v ; " in all others I've checked he's always been reffered to as such… which is mostly the reason I play in german and not english, sobs in translation errors
I really don't think it makes any sense to have Capitano being a Yaksha. Xiao even said he kew the whereabouts of every Yaksha except Bosacius. But hear me out, how about him being the bloodstained knight? His design is preety similar to the set.
Thats it the whole world in teyvat is a fake one we are in a super computer in honkai impact finding scenarios where the the honkai wont kill off the world, celestia is the ai and the humans are the chess grandmaster and in final the ai will win destroying the teyvat world making it possible for us to go to different worlds as its mentioned genshin chapter 1 teyvat, its the same reason why we see divalin on a computer screen in teyvat and we see honkai characters in genshin. I end my theory
I’ve been out of the Genshin loop for a few months, took a break after Itto’s release, but to toss fuel on your tin foil fire regarding Capitano:
If he’s originally a Yaksha, nails or stakes would be a great symbol to show restraint. Either a physical binding or a mental binding of who he was.
Getting Rasputin vibes from Pierro…
i don't personally like the theory of Baizhu and Pantalone being the same person,, but something to add to the theory is that Childe says that Dottore made segments of himself, so we know there are multiple Dottores,, SO if Dottore and Pantalone are close, then Baizhu could be a segment of Pantalone
Signora’s theme is resurrection, she’ll be back for sure.
From a quick look on Google, it looks like Pierro was a French addition to the Commedia dell’arte. Although we already have a France-inspired nation, it fits with Pierro’s whole Khaenri’ah thing, since everyone else is from Tevyat, he’s the only outlier
What you said at the end of the video sounded like you Nearly went insane over this on trailer/teaser 😳
Im pretty sure the coffin was just symbolic. A physical object for them to mourne for closure, we do that irl at times when a body can't be found.
Teyvat's nations are basically city-states. A big cities, that (often barely) control neighboring territories. So, being a mayor of a city-state should be a quite high position.
for me it still feels like the fatui and the tsaritsa aren't necessarily "the bad guys". celestia definitely portrays a more evil role in the way they destroyed khaenriah and the fatui go against celestia so i feel it'll be interesting in how our encounters are with them in future
Capitano somehow seems like an animated suit of armor, kinda like Alfonse from Full Metal Alchemist. Even more than Sandrone's golem/ruin guard. From such an angle, he can still be someone previously thought dead.
The Harbingers are giving me the Akatsuki and Espada excitement
Still childe brings strength and only strength to the harbingers that would actually make him one of the strongest
I don't know if you will read this, but I was wandering around Wangshu Inn and there's this guy called Landa that says "Hmmm, this could be… an obstacle for Pantalone" when you stand next to him! Why this guy knows about Pantalone? He says he's a merchant from Mondstadt in the whine business, but in an obviously suspect way… 🧐
yes YES, I was waiting for you to do a reaction/theory video when Hoyoverse dropped the harbinger video. Honestly impressed with how spot on you were in your other harbinger theory video, your gut seems to guide you in the right direction lol (: Great work as always !
I stand by Capitano being Geo Yaksha, telling Childe grand stories of battle, and playing the role of Capitano to a T. May be why the cutscene changed from water yaksha being defeated by geo first time around to now geo yaksha getting hit by water yaksha. Capitano is supposed to be one who brags about his fight but he got owned hard in that one and in a cowardly(?) sort of way ran from his responsibility to Morax. To save himself from the fate of karma he ran after that and hid away after that fight. IDK.
(Cuz I thought Capitano in general was that sort of character who brags but really aint all that. Mebbe would fit a lower ranking? Also, I stand by this just because Childe was a salt mine over Zhongli being Morax and now here is another Geo badass he's unaware of. That's the real reason I stand by it. For funnies and poor Childe, pls don't ruin my headcanon. Or do.)
what if pantalone is signoras’s husband 🧍🏻
Ashikai, I think even the trailer's music itself suggests that Pierro is a special boy, specifically the moment he's revealed…
Oh no Ashikai, Capitano is…Varka!
What’s with all the long diamonds that each of the harbingers is wearing?
If the one for Sandrome is true about the Katherine similarities, My bet would be that she could he an agent in Plain Sight view through the whereabouts of The Traveler.