I had a lot of ideas about what a gnosis was and what it was used for… but I never expected it to be the remains of the third descender! But this single line by Skirk uncovered an even greater secret that changed the way I see EVERYTHING in Genshin Impact.
**SPOILER WARNINGS**
– Chapter 4 Act 5
– Narzissenkruez part 4 (notes in the tower)
– Yoimiya Story Quest 2
**TIMESTAMPS**
0:00 Introduction
1:34 The Third Descender
2:36 Gnosis Ability 1
7:07 Gnosis Ability 2
8:35 Gnosis Ability 3
9:32 Gnosis Ability 4
11:50 Visions
21:39 Thrones of Heaven
27:39 A Noble Wish
32:00 Bonus Theories
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The Sky Is A Lie (theory): https://youtu.be/IQE9d8Df16I
Do Visions Come From Dragons? (theory): https://youtu.be/JWTQqI7tOd8
**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. This list is not meant to serve as a bibliography.
Layla’s Comments: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Competition_on_the_Sands
Irminsul: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Irminsul
Ending Note: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Ending_Note
Gnosis: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Gnosis
Neuvillette: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Neuvillette/Lore
Traveler: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Traveler/Lore
Condessence Crystal: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Condessence_Crystal
Tranquil Starlight: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Tranquil_Starlight
Constellation: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Constellation
Nahida: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Nahida/Lore
Zhongli: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Zhongli/Lore
Visions: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Vision
Barbeloth: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Barbeloth
Chinese Dragon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon
Eight Treasures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Treasures
Cintamani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cintamani
Sarira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/arīra
Ursa Minor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Minor
Chinese Theology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_theology
Jade Emperor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Emperor
Tian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian
Lunar Station/Mansions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_station
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*NOTES/CORRECTIONS*
– I am aware that the translation for constellations in Chinese is more literally translated into "constellation of destiny" rather than "destiny seat" but ALSO realize that we're looking at the wordplay here as well. Hoyo really loves puns and using words/phrases with double meanings, and the sheer amount of these that have come up in the past and became relevant/functioned as foreshadowing makes digging into these instances of wordplay almost a necessity.
– The same can be said for the Shen Yuan/Yuan Shen situation. Despite putting the characters on screen at the same time, a lot of people seem to have missed the disclaimers.
sick video hehe. i just found some notes/description near the teleporter at teh tower of Ipsissimus that might very much interest you
I WAS WATING SO LONG FOR YOUR THEORY OF FONTAINE, love you girl
LOVE THIS AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE TRAVELER IS A STAR AND CAN MAKE WISHES COME TRUE ISMPURE GENIUS, JUST LIKE HOW THERE'S A RANDOM QUEST OUT OF NOWHERE ( HELPING PEOPLE WITH MOBS OR GIVING THEM FOOD OR THINGS THEY NEED ) CAUSE THEY WISHED FOR IT (?) AND IT THE TRAVELER WILL HELP THEM BECAUSE SOMEHOW THE TRAVELER FELT IT.
Yessssss
What if genshin is a time loop which is why they keep telling us we will find the truth at the end of the game and Lumine is the third descender but she was killed and turned into gnosis ? cuz Lumine is Aethers Twin and so it'd make sense for Skirk to say Aether had traces of the third descender on him? …….
But dragons couldn't be powered by stars, otherwise nevuilette would've known that.
27:39 Crackpot theory what if traveller as the wish granter of teyvat is also akivili the trailblaze as they both loved to be alongside humans and akivili and the traveler listen and heed the wishes of the people
I LOVE the Persona music in the background btw
Gnosis is the "remains of the third descender" and it grants the Archon part of the authority of the dragon sovereign of that region. Nibelung, aka the dragon king, was once out of Teyvat and returned with power beyond this world in order to battle Celestia, so yeah, Nibelung could be a descender and he's dead, thus you have the remains of the third descender.
Also, if there's nothing more to the primordial sea than what Egeria did with it, then the entire Rene storyline does not matter anymore because the only people whose affected by the primordial sea are Fountainians and since Rene's world formula only foretold the future of the world with the primordial sea dried out, that means it has absolutely no impact on the other nations and their citizens. Unless some time in the future we are told that Phanes once created all life with primordial water then yeah that's still a thing, but since only Fountainians are getting dissolved I highly doubt this possibility.
hoyoverse be like: she knows too much GET HER XDD
hey there ,awesome video, I mean everything sounds plausible but I just don't know anymore. after Fontaine successfully destroyed the entire paradigm that we thought we new and 100s of ardent theories. (in an entirely epic and accepted way which is remarkable in and of itself) I'm avoiding philosophizing for the time being. 😅
okay just a little bit ,but so far I'm leaning towards teyvat being turned into a "prison" world of only subjects and no ascension possible. with quite possibly everyone gunning for principles, including abyss. As his sister is pretty sure by the end of their very similar ,almost same path travels, 600 years apart , will send him that way too, but perhaps couldn't risk being out of the abyss,as since she's not a descended she doesn't Habs the innate plot armor the other twin has.
There is so god damn much we still don't know yet, like the traveler, paimon party from the start
it also still highly confusing to me how Paimon is the single entity in the entire game , that can float freely all day erre day. Like I may just be jaded by humanity ,but not nearly enough people are like "so what's up with the tiny singular freely floating entity roaming the world ? Who also can't swim ?(because they wouldn't need too? Her drowning cutscenes is curious)
Tho I fully assume some of the oddities are purely for gameplay sake ,but there enough lore out there to have me confused for a decade l. I gotta stop now or I'll write me paragraphs.
Great vid , subscribed. keep it gangster homie,
Silly trivia about White Dwarf stars:
Over time White Dwarfs will become Black Dwarfs with their core temp being near absolute zero, this means the fusion still happens at incredibly slow rate, due to the density of the black dwarf stars all fusion activity will happen for trillions of years, until the very last fusion explosion in several billions of trillions years in the future. Then it will be, a dark abyss.
Crazy video, you're insane with these theories that most of the time are revealed to be true lol
Btw (SPOILER FOR "Unfinished Comedy" quest)
In the Unfinished Comedy quest, when talking to Cater for the first time, Paimon herself says: "That's right, Paimon's just Paimon! She's not a Seelie or an Oceanid… Wait, you're "Cater"!?".
What do you think about this?
I totally agree on the part that for one to be considered a descender they should have the power to rival the world ( Teyvat ) I think that is also the reason why the Heavenly Principles trapped the Traveller in Teyvat like maybe in a way she also needed help to correct Teyvat.
I wonder what Hydro Gnosis look like? Because, from beginning till the end we never saw the look of Hydro Gnosis. Anemo, Geo, Electro and Dendro Gnosis we saw it in between the story goes on. But, why Hydro Gnosis shape keep secret? Do its shape different from others Gnosis? Maybe I am just missing it?🤔
Also another thing I am curious about what Neuvillette said to us about the Gnosis in 4.1 archon quest. Neuvillette said that with Hydro Gnosis will give him full authority of hydro power as hydro dragon sovereign again. What I mean is an object that need to fused with Neuvillette all the time to grant him full power or its just a "key" to open the lock of Dragon Sovereign power? Because at the end of 4.2 archon quest, Neuvillette said he doesn't need the Gnosis anymore and he can fully control the Pneumousia power, isn't that mean Neuvillette still have his hydro dragon of sovereign full power, right?. From story so far we knew that dragon sovereign power got sealed (stolen) and Gnosis is the key to open or release the power. You know, like Kurama sealed inside Naruto. Just my opinion.
Also if earlier only Zhongli's story quest didn't match his constellation name, now we have Neuvilette who has the same thing… Wonder how it can be connected)
I was listenning truthfully, until you said throne and showed Neuviellette, and I remembered that Zhong Li was the only one of the Archons who is SITTING on a throne. Why? but since you said you're gonna make a video then maybe you can put that under light 😂
Since the traveller's sibling is recorded in irminsoul and we are the 4th decender, it could mean that the remains of the 3rd decender (the hydro gnosis) is the remains of our sibling's status as a decender. Furthermore, if the gnosis is a more powerful vision, then losing the gnosis, status as decender, could be the same as losing one's vision. Additionally, could it be that once we resonate with all the elements that we will "create" a gnosis or is our body prefect for creating a gnosis out of? 🤔 Alternatively, since all the gnosises are attuned to one specific element, could it be that the gnosis is made from a decender only attuned to one element..? But then, what constitutes an elemental throne and what did the primordial one take from the dragon sovereigns to make them loose their authority to an element?
What is a gnosis without the authority of an element, and what changes when a gnosis is combined with it..?
After having to drop genshin following sumeru (due to burn out and the game becoming so large my phone couldn’t run it without boiling itself), this video exploded every neuron I had left in my brain
The “Throne” absolutely doesn’t have to be a physical thing. It’s possible that killing an Archon hard enough can disrupt the retainment of Authority and, in effect, destroy the “throne” that binds it.