Not much time left until Genshin Impact 3.0 releases SUMERU! I’m extremely excited to explore this new region, so here are 5 pre-release theories for your enjoyment!
0:00 Introduction
0:21 The Sages’ Plan
4:48 Kusanali’s Wisdom
6:45 Jailbird Kusanali
9:54 The Divine Knowledge Capsule
12:01 The Akasha System
Music:
Genshin Impact Orchestral Performance (from the livestream)
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big brain
Divine knowledge is basically what "gnosis" means. It's probably also why Raiden Makoto was more enlightened than Ei, who chose the nirvana path instead of gnosis.
Also… maybe a new dendro Archon was born because the original dendro Archon died and his gnosis was destroyed.
Maybe that's why the Tsaritsa has been collecting the gnoses instead of destroying them? (To prevent the birth of new archons?).
I personally think that Kusanali created Sumeru City and the Rainforest Area from the wishes of the people of Sumeru. Rukhadevata vanished, the rainforest started dying and they desperately wanted their god to come back and fix things. Kusanali, possibly the (newly born?) god of dreams, takes pity on them and pretends to be a reincarnation of Rukhadevata. She creates Sumeru City and the Rainforest as a solid illusion, similar to the Golden Apple Archipelago. But now, her power is vaning. If I remember correctly there was some phenomenon where the rainforest is dying/the desert is growing? "We don't have many festivals to waste" might mean, that soon Sumeru will be destroyed, or more accurately disappear. It is even possible that some of the people of Sumeru are leyline manifestations themselves, kept tangible by Kusanali.
the dendro archon is about to have her gnosis stolen by the fatui – no mention of that ?
if the old dendro archon is connected to the ley lines, we will se him, or at least a memory of him
Remeber folks, Teyvat has its own rules.
I don't know why, but I had in my mind that Kusanali is the goddess of flowers, and that's why the Sages didn't accept her, cause though she was dendro, she didn't uphold Sumeru's ideals. Might be way off though
Maybe Kusanali is just a puppet, and Rukkhadevata is not really an archon but is just a made up name by the sages, who is also controlling Sumeru behind the scenes like a corrupt government would do.
Today i learned that even apple trees have gacha mechanics
So basically Rukkhadevata represents the old Vulcan ideals while Lesser Lord Kusanali is like the Spock who has visdom but also has an emotional intelligence
Jailbird Kusanli
Looks like it’s time for the Traveler to take part in a little experiment in blasphemy
I think 3.1 will bring in the dessert region of Sumeru also introducing us to Cyno and Dehya. and Tighnari, Collei, and Nilou will be the main focus of the first part of the archon quest and maybe bear the end of the first part you meet Nahidia
2:33 who’s the person that just flashed on the screen 😭
Theoretically if Kusanali can manipulate the leylines to transport herself (Or her consciousness) to the GAA, but when we first encounters her she has hyjacked the dodoco device. Doesn't this imply that the dodoco device (as created by Alice) is a leyline based technology? This would also back up why it's so rare.
plot twist: TIGNARI IS THE REAL DENDRO ARCHON, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
as for the seed of knowledge.. Have you guys seen Rick&Morty? The very first episode. Yes.
All right but let me present my thoughts on a completely different topic. Remember we were to get some lores about the traveler and their ancestors? Well, let me link it with some of Wei 🔅's channel theories.
He said that the academy is trying to use Nahida to bring back their old god and the process is what Ashikai just told, using Nahida as a vessel if you oversimplify it. And the process is oddly close to chemia, people trying to use their power to create life (gods in this video). Now, what does it have anything to do with Khaenriah or the traveler? I'm thinking that khaenriahns tried to use this same knowledge to control the layline powers to create or bring back life and in the process, screwed their people, just like planting a gala apple seed and getting a new type of apple. Gods went mad and destroyed khaenriah. And my guess is that the khaenriahns tried to do something with Lumine's ancestors and make them more powerful. Lumine saw the whole thing getting destroyed and thus started plotting against the gods. But the reminiscence of her ancestors still remains, maybe that's why the abyss calls her princess and not queen.
TLDR, the sumeru academia used the same technique khaenriahns used and in that process, they f***ed up their people and lost their king. That king happens to be Lumine's ancestor and that's why Lumine is so angry with the gods.
There's a very high chance of me being completely pepega and wrong, take this as a caveman's theory
watching this a bit late but the Dendro gnosis could be why Kusanali referred that there wasnt much time/too many more chances for the festival/dance. perhaps the academia was planning to use her gnosis in some sort of experiment(likely lead by or initiated by Dottore) to resurrect Rukkhadevata(which, knowing how the Fatui's goals lead is likely not ACTUALLY what the experiment will/or is meant to do) and she was trying to put a stop to it or escape before they could put it into action because she knows it will only bring destruction?
The whole kusanali being found in the outskirts after the old god died kinda reminds me of the Buddhist Dalai Lama and Penchen Lama system
Me and my friend were talking the other night about #1 and we think that Kusanali might be the child of 2 archons. Specifically the old dendro archon and the cryo archon. Maybe once upon a time snezhnaya was full of greenery just like Sumeru but once her lover died the land turned frigid and frozen just like her heart???
My biggest theory is:
Since the dendro archon's consciousness is connected to the irminsul trees, obtaining her in the gacha system will give you all the substats you want from domains because she has some form of control over artifact domain irminsul trees 😀
Inazuma : we run away from a Archon
Sumeru: we run away with a Archon
Thank you for the great job as always! I am 3 days late due to work. I am ashamed! Your theory is great because if Kusanali is Theresa from honkai expy then their creation are parallel to each other. Which would make the old dendro archon… K.K.
If Kusanali was a failed clone using the same technology ""long lost to time", she would make a great analogy to scaramouche's story!!
I don’t think finding gods is as hard as you think, like aren’t mortals in teyvat have the potential to be archons? And I assume Dendro is actually pretty rare so finding her would of been even easier
My idea on how a new dendro god was born was that when a god truly, really dies, and Celestia actually wants to replace the god then they create a new one. A new electro archon wasn’t born because Makoto existed and could easily take Ei’s place. For all Celestia could know, the electro archon didn’t disappear, just change her idea on eternity. A new geo archon was born because Zhongli didn’t die, he just faked his death. He can still create Mora and keep things in order if he thinks he’s needed, and Celestia may be able to force him to, he just doesn’t want to.
When the old dendro archon died (I don’t remember, and honestly don’t want to try and spell their name) Celestia made a new one and put her in Sumeru, maybe when gods die maybe they turn to dust and through that Celestia can make a new god.
3.0 is in a few hours and this made me even more excited
Has anyone ever think about Nahida being the successor of the previous dendro archon
Finally the traveller used a different sword! Lol
Why I think kusanali is one of the moon sister. His hair is just the same color as paimon. The promotional video "I'm just the moon. The real sun is long gone", this line is sus. Of course just my hypothesis 🤔🤔
To be honest, the Liyue Qixing doesn't need a new God, as Zhongli's intention was for Liyue to defend itself without a god. Liyue decided that they didn't need a new God, so the Qixing just decided to lead the nation themselves as mortals (as planned). Makoto and Ei were twin gods, so they both shared the title of the Electro Archon. Ei just took over as Electro Archon since Makoto passed in the great Cataclysm. When Greater Lord Rukkhadevata passed, the sages still felt that they and Sumeru still needed a god, so they decided to rebirth Rukkhadevata. Unfortunately, they ended up with Kusanali/Nahida. So they just stuck with her, despite wanting the original Rukkhadevata. The reason why they probably let Kusanali be the Dendro Archon is because she's a half-baked carbon copy of Rukkhadevata.
“Doing her dancey dance”
“Jail bird”
“Probably gonna bust her out of baby jail”
LMAO
In Sumeru trailer is that some device is taking power from ley lines so maybe hidden strife event was telling us Sumeru Archon quest will have crucial connection to ley lines
6:50 edit for the bullet point slide "Kusanli"
I have a theory that Rukkhadevata and Kusanali are one and the same. Paimon's questions when inspecting the statue 'who do you think it is?' and then 'yeah, it does seem kind of old' (when answering Rukkhadevata), made me wonder. As the other option mentioned the size of the Archon, and I have to say on closer inspection it is rather small. And people have mentioned time and again that it is really coincidental that Sumeru 'happened upon an Archon at the death of their prior Archon'. What if instead – Rukkadevata never died during the fight at Khaenri'ah, but was just wounded, allowing the scholars to whisk her away. Then – fitting with the idea that Kusanali is locked in the tower – they are siphoning the powers for their mirage or Akasha system? It ties together all the theories mentioned in a neat little bun (apart from the Divine knowledge capsule). Just a theory – but thought it was worth adding!
something i noticed with the new update is it looks like celestia isn’t a flat image anymore and now the moon goes behind celestia when it sets