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Hi Aster I just got done with a Sumeru comission and I don't know if you played it yet but it's a commission on a researcher named Yasmin asking us for help observing the state of the Divine Tree's roots. When we go to the roots, they look fine, but there are these big spiders there. This makes me CONVINCED that the Divine Tree is an Irminsul tree, and not just any Irminsul tree, an ancient one because in Albedo's voiceline he says that in truly ancient Irminsul trees, there are unique big spiders at the roots of them. And with Kusanali being connected to Irminsul, how can that be a coincidence? I theorize that the entire magical forest of Sumeru is a mirage and that the Divine Tree, with Kusanali's help, is maintaining this mirage so the people of Sumeru can enjoy this prosperous, beautiful forest. The reason Kusanali can't leave is because she must always be with the Divine Tree otherwise the mirage will dissipate, and she takes the power of people's dreams to keep it up, which is why adults don't remember Aranara, because they are beings of dream. It takes a lot of power to uphold the mirage, and when Aranara use great power, they get memory loss, which is why people lose the memory of Aranara. With the mirage gone, the once lush forest of Sumeru might be as desolate as Sumeru's desert region, or… possibly Sumeru in reality is actually The Withering, and only the power of dreams is keeping all life in Sumeru from dying at the hands of Marana. It's my theory that Sumeru became "The Withering" after the Cataclysm due to unknown events, perhaps from people knowing too much, then Kusanali was born and with the help of the Divine Tree made a mirage that returned Sumeru back to how it was, somewhat similar to what the Aranara did during the Cataclysm. We also learn from Aranara that if the Withering, if left unattended, could take over the entire world, not just Sumeru. So perhaps Kusanali isn't just protecting Sumeru's people, but also preventing it's spread. So in a way, it's not that the people of Sumeru don't dream, it's that they are living INSIDE a dream, or mirage. You might be skeptical that the power of people's dreams can really be that powerful, but if you really get into the lore and do all the side quests and Easter eggs buried in Sumeru(dealing with Alphonso "the bad guy" after we complete the aranara world quest comes to mind, when he talks about how Dottore found something truly magnificent to research on, that being aranara, dreams, the withering, etc. If you haven't done that yet I HIGHLY recommend it as it's truly amazing. After you complete the world quest, all you have to do is go back to Vimara Village and talk to Alphonso, all the shit goes down then, I cried.), you realize how powerful the dreams can really be. How else do Aranara, dreams, and the Withering really connect to one another? The cracks in the mirage where we see the Withering could be because of many things, like possibly experiments from the Academia and the Fatui, or there is just barely enough dreams sustaining the Mirage, or simply because it's hard making a mirage that large and sometimes cracks do form. I believe that's why people with visions, who have strong constitution and ambition(which I think translates to dreams) have a much higher resistance to it and can mend those cracks. That's why Dottore is so interested in this subject because he realizes how powerful this subject is. And as for us seeing him burning a tree in the trailer, perhaps my theory about the Divine Tree, dreams, Aranara, and The Withering helps me understand what he's doing. Since the Archon Kusanali is sustaining this mirage, perhaps what he's doing that is "blasphemy" is trying to destroy the mirage so the Withering returns in it's true form.
I think Venti is just a fun little guy at heart. That's who he wants to be, and so that's who he is. I don't think the projected weakness is a lie for deception purposes, I think it's a conscious rejection of power.
He has seen what power can do over and over, earthly and godly. But the tragedy of power is that eventually it forces you to use it or lose it. I believe that Venti chose to lose it, just as much as Zhongli did.
The supposed struggle was so when the Tsaritsa goes to war with Celestia Venti and Mondstadt look to be unwilling pawns and may be spared the wrath of heaven.
whats the chance thats there is something shady going on about him losing his gnosis. maybe its a fake? or maybe there is something bigger going on with the gods.
To be fair, Barbados being a god at all is more used a joke in game. The church is basically suggesting that believing he even exists is like believing a cult as he's nonexistent and works in "mysterious ways". It's less they praise him like Rex Lapis or the Raiden Shogun, more they worship him like a raw deity.
17:57 the wind is everywhere venti being the queen sounds powerfull but also that might be overwhelming for venti that's maybe why he need to drink if he gets serious the gentle wind we have around tyvat will be gone we will see endless storms and venti dosen't want that
I also think venti is doing his job as the god of freedom
Theories about Venti: Secretly powerful, all knowing and the close relationship to one of the more power unknown god of time
Venti in game: EHE
The wind have ears.
I can see Dvalin as I used to knowing all dragons in Teyvat are Vishaps.
Research artorias and the abysswatchers lore you are in for a surprise
Extra:research into their fighting style
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Venti always stays one step ahead by lying by omission
I wouldnt necessarily call any of that lying though… he is 100% a trickster archetype, a respectable and heroic mythical motive. i dont know why aster sounds so condemning about it.
Your Venti voice is soooo good💯💯
Ventis kinda fucked up bruh
It's important to remember too that there are things the archons are just not allowed to talk about. We see it when we try to question Zhongli and in Ei's voice line about how visions are granted. So there's the things he chooses not to tell us yeah, but there's also the things he simply cannot divulge.
I think this is the perfect place to finally post my 13 Sus Things About Venti/Lesser-known facts about Venti. Also, Aster already covered most of it in this video.
1. When he first rose to power, he blew all the ice and snow that covered Mondstadt away with his winds, reshaping the entire nation.
2. Musk Reef used to be the tallest mountain in Mondstadt, Pilos Peak. But Venti sliced the majority of it off, and now it’s a small island that anyone can easily reach the "peak" of.
3. Several islands in the Golden Apple Archipelago are the result of Venti’s reshaping of the land of Mondstadt. This was first confirmed by Albedo in the original 1.6 event, and now again by a squirrel in 2.8.
4. He’s infamous for his century-long slumbers. It is not known whether this is out of his free will or forced, nor why. Some theories are that he may wake up whenever danger threatens Mondstadt, or this may be his method of avoiding erosion.
5. This is probably more commonly known than the rest since it is explained explicitly in Venti’s Story Quest. 2600 years ago, Old Mondstadt was ruled by a tyrant called Decarabian, The God of Storms. Back then, Venti was simply a wind spirit, just “a wisp in the thousand winds”. His form was that of a small floating creature, and he was called “The Elf” by the people of Old Mondstadt. He was friends with a boy, a bard who wished to see the real sky and all that comes with it, because Decarabian had blocked the city with storm-walls, believing that he was protecting his citizens when really, he was trapping them. The boy and the wind spirit, as well as many others of Old Mondstadt, rebelled against Decarabian, and though they were victorious in the end, the boy’s life was lost. The wind spirit and Boreas/Andrius were the only worthy candidates for the new god of Mondstadt, and Boreas refused the position. So the wind spirit ascended to godhood not long after, and the first thing he did as a god was to take on his friend’s appearance to forever remember and honor him. And that is the same form we see him in today. The wind spirit gained power during the rebellion because the people believed in him, and that’s why he was worthy to be the new god of Mondstadt. Venti became a bard in honor of his friend as well, and made his friend’s hopes, dreams, and wishes his own. It is theorized that the reason why Venti is an alcoholic is because of the loss of his dear friend.
6. In the manga, when Vennessa asked Venti about Celestia, he is visibly seen to be scared and nervous and thought of dark figures. He immediately tries to change the subject. In addition, when Vennessa asked him if ascending to Celestia would make someone a god, he told her legends from our world, saying them as if they were warnings. When Vennessa arrived in Celestia, she gasped as she saw what seemed to be a prison. In Venti’s About Celestia voice line, he said he wouldn’t go there even if he were invited. The inscription at the bottom of the Barbatos Statue in the main plaza of Mondstadt reads “THE GATEWAY TO CELESTIA.”
7. Zhongli used to throw mountains at Venti. In Venti’s voice line About Zhongli, he was heard to be a little scared of him and asked if he was still strong. In the Serenitea Pot Item Boulder description, it reads something akin to “Perhaps you should ask the Anemo Archon. He has some experience dodging large structures of stone, after all.” He also called him a “big, blundering buffoon.”
8. Venti once poured wine on Zhongli’s head when he was drunk, as shown in the item description of “Wings of Shimmering Galaxy”. Zhongli told him he’d be very, very mad if that ever happened again.
9. Venti saved Xiao once. Xiao was overwhelmed by the karma that gathers on him whenever he kills monsters, which is his duty to protect Liyue from evil. It filled him with pain, agony, and hatred. He was on the brink of death – that is, till he heard the pure, clear sound of a flute. It saved him, and Xiao knew only a god could do such a feat. Since Barbatos is also known to be a bard in mortal form, and may even be the God of Song, Xiao correctly concluded that Venti was the one who saved him. Since then, Xiao's only wish has been to dance in the field of flowers to the sound of that flute.
10. Venti likes singing songs about Barbatos that many find blasphemous. One such song was about the time the Anemo Archon stole The Cryo Archon's Scepter and replaced it with a hilichurl club. Whenever anyone confronts him about it, though, he simply smiles and asks "How do you know they're not true?" And, in actuality, yes, they are fake. He just makes it up, especially after having a drink.
11. The God of Time, Istaroth, used to rule over Mondstadt with Venti, the God of Wind. But over time, the God of Time disappeared and was forgotten, like she had been erased from history. No one knows what happened to her, but sayings like “Seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time.” developed from their time ruling together. Venti also once said he knew all songs in Teyvat from the past, present, and future. This can be taken as a joke or hyperbole, but if he were telling the truth, then that would mean he has power over time, to an extent.
12. Venti seems to have met the traveler before. In his “Hello” voice line, he says “Traveler! We meet again! What? You don’t remember me?” This could mean many things. They could’ve met 500 years ago during the Cataclysm, or he might simply be talking about the first time we know we see him – which is when he talked to Dvalin. Maybe he’s talking about our twin, or maybe there’s a totally unrelated explanation for it. Whatever the case, at least, at first sight, this is an intriguing line.
13. A group of soldiers working for the Lawrence Clan found a contract with the signature of Rex Lapis, which read that the Lawrence Clan had basically enslaved the whole of Mondstadt to Liyue. Scared, they and many more that followed turned against the Lawrence Clan, and overthrew them. Funnily enough, the contract was fake, merely a tactic used by Venti to win the rebellion, and he had faked Rex Lapis's signature, so perfectly no one would ever be able to tell it apart from the real deal. How? Well, he had a history of trying to prank said Geo Archon and forged his signature so much it was practically easy by that time. Turns out, that came in handy. Funny how a history of pranks helped overthrow tyrants.
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Ugh I can't focus on what they were saying venti is just so cute 😭
Edit: okay so I watched it again and made sure to focus on venti's thighs I mean theories, for me, one of the biggest questions about him is his queen piece gnosis, we all know that in chess the queen piece is the strongest piece. Why is his the queen? Is the gnosis related to his power scale?
"my intuition is correct. The wind from afar…"
– Yae Miko
Why "wind"? During the irodori Festival Venti and Yae seems very close.
Ei doesn't seem to know much but Yae in the other hand seems to be scheming a lot of things. But perhaps Venti is also related to it too
I'm not gonna listen to Paimon either SHE IS SUS!!! D:<
Just remember guys only the archon got tow acts for their story quest accept venti despite being the oldest (I mean game realease) and both 2nd acts were amazing and packed with lore
So expect venti second story quest might be one of the most important for the game were he shows us his true self and power
I agree venti is sus!
And I think the Archons are secretive about what they say to us because of Paimon who is always around us listening to everything. The Archons know exactly what Paimon is and they are all careful what they say around her. Even the Aranara don't consider Paimon a nara of any type!
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Anyway, good video!
OK ok ok i have a theory, that also explains why venti is currently the weakest archon but its a bit long so be patient please. We all have theorized at some point or another that Venti has the power to either travel through time or at least see through it. In his story quest, at first he didn't had much idea about Stanley. But he slowly comes to a realization. Now this much is OK and understandable. But near the end, Venti literally calls Hans Archibald by his name, and takes the spirit of stanley and guides him. Now how did he suddenly know all this? Almost everyone in mondstadt is folded by Hans Archibald, no one could have told venti. Even he didn't know or appeared to not know the identity of that man when we met him.
So my theory is that, Venti can at least see through time, or rather he can read the winds. You know how Kazuha can predict and tell a lot of things just by "smelling"/sensing the winds. Maybe the anemo archon can do it even better. Poems and stories ride on the wind, and the winds know it all. Venti who is actually an anemo elemental being, an archon as well as his connections to the Istaroth, it shouldn't be a surprise if he could actually peek through time. This is how Venti knows how to appear at the opportune moments or knows things he shouldn't know otherwise.
We know that during the cataclysm, Makoto pulled of some time travel shit. And everyone at the end surmises that makoto had the help of someone. Who was that someone. My guess is, Dendro archon and Venti. As Makoto stretched the space, Venti helped dial back time and Rukkhadevata sacrificed her memories and her very existence to power them both or acted as a medium. After all, leylines store all the memories of teyvat. And leylines are nothing but the roots of Irminsul(to which dendro archon is connected).
We know that venti rose to power, not by governing. Venti was very weak initially, the gunhildr clan prayed to him and he grew strong enough to shield them from Andrius' blizzard. More people joined, prayed, and he became strong enough to overthrow Decarabian in a revolt. Then this hopes, makes him even more powerful, as he goes on to participate in and win the archon war(with Zhongli and him being the only two of the original generation to be alive). So we know that archon does not grows powerful by governing or ruling. Archons grow in power
the more people believe in them, have faith in them and worship them. Zhongli is so powerful because he is revered by the people of Liyue, Raiden shogun is considered the hope of inazuma and in the archon quest, we only manage to beat her when the peoples hopes began to empower us or rather begin to weaken her to an extent where we can damage her. Because more and more people had starting losing that respect for Raiden shogun at that moment. Kusanali is worshipped by a very few people and that coupled with her relatively young age makes her weak. But none of this holds true for Barbatos. He is old, experienced and held power strong enough to tople mountains. He has a church dedicated to him and literally every mondstander is a believer. The adventurers of mondstadt have faith in the anemo archon and dying in place with no wind is considered bad. There is no reason for venti to be this weak, weak enough to be kicked around by Signora(who shouldn't anywhere be comparable to an archon no matter how weak).
Now onto the second part of my theory, how did venti became so strong out of the blue? He spent hundreds of years as a tiny and weak elemental being, but then grew strong all of a sudden to stage revolt against a god whose power is still present to this day? That is because Venti is travelling through time. Or rather venti is channeling the power of his future self into him to grow more and more powerful, as such the current venti is growing weaker since his power had been pulled to the past by himself to face decarabian, to fight in archon war, to defeat during, survive the cataclysm ..etc. This is why venti is currently so weak. This is why venti disappears for hundreds of years in a stretch, to recuperate and gather his power for something that had happened in the past, so that he can send the now gathered power back to himself.
Me while researching lore: Why th everything is realating to Venti. I’m sure he’s hiding and lying some
Me after the 2.8 event: Venti r you lying. That voice is Kusa and I know you have some clue about it right? Right?
Me after see this vid: Venti I know you’re lying some thing but I dunno you lied this much. Hoyo I’m begging you pls dont kill Ven😢
Great video!
I cant shake the thought about secret message players found in the chasm. Barbatos name been spoken there.
great theories! I love watching your content which made me want to play Genshin Impact. and a little mini theory here: Maybe Ms. sustainer is (kind of) on the level of the archons. As in ancient philosophy we have the standard earth wind fire and water and adding electricity, ice, and life to form 7 which is completion in numerology and covers all but 1. element: aether, the element attributed to the heavens. and is more divine (and yes we don't have any aether element just possibly throwing's this in the air) and that would make 8 element which is eternity.
If you read this and understood anything, good on you. (its honestly more of just thought putting and not any real evidence driven theory) well have a nice one!
Venti is sus, an enigma, but also my comfort character. I love him sm.
Dude I’m SO glad I’m not the only one that felt like he was lying about not knowing who interfered with the dodocommunication device… the way he was answering just sounded too… suspicious 🤨
I think symbolically, venti’s gnosis being represented by the queen also eludes to him being very powerful. The queen may not be as important as the king in the game, but she certainly is more much stronger. I just think that’s pretty cool idk
I read a comment a long while ago, on either Reddit or Youtube, about how something that Venti said to Signora before she took his gnosis essentially called her a traitor/foreigner to Mondstadt. Then, given the Crimson Witch lore and Signora's hatred for Venti, that was like the final straw that pushed her to steal it as violently as she did. I've got no real basis for this theory, it's all speculation based on casual inferences, but it makes me wonder if Venti purposely called her that to in order to keep himself as the villain of her life.
While he tacks on responsibilities to the Traveler very often, he also frequently takes on more emotionally… sensitive? tasks using his own direct power/influence, i.e; Stanley, Klee, Dvalin, the Mondstadt Rebellion, etc. He's implied to take on a lot of emotional trauma and just continue taking it in order for those around him to live happily and freely. If that's the case, then antagonizing Signora could have served two prominent purposes: resolving any indecisiveness/emotional conflict about her feelings towards him, and pushing her/the Tsaritsa in their quest to rebel against Celestia while keeping his own plans hidden.
I also ponder this because of the recent information about Celestia that's come out in these past few updates. Destroying every single civilization that's come close to becoming either too sovereign or having more power/influence than Celestia itself? I can't see Anemo Archon "Dic(k)tator Destroyer" Barbatos agreeing with that after all he's went through.
I hope to see a lot more of Venti as the game continues. He's one of my absolute favorites in every manner of being, and seeing how much importance he still has in the story psyches me up every time he has a speaking role. Also, can y'all believe we're effectively halfway through the main story at this point? I remember thinking it'd take 10 years, and now I feel like it'll be complete before 2025 hits…
Ever notice how the nations we've seen so far needs some form of freedom one way or another? In Liyue it's the freedom from an age old ruler and contract. In Inazuma it's kinda obvious and in Sumeru which is spoilers, freedom from the Akademiya.
Would be funny if being the "one thousand winds" he's actually related to the God of the Time. And since Dain talks about the Traveler controlling the threads of Fate, let's imagine Traveler did a "bad ending" so time resets and there's that Venti introduction about meeting traveler again and try to subtle guide traveler so he does the right choice hahaha that would be funny idk what movie i remember it was like this but honestly i still think that big venti statue looks like a giant clock around it and the time and wind is not only sus but last festival he even spoke about "Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time." and the only archon atm to not have a part 2 quest its him whiich makes me think his story is really integrated into the main plot or could dwell into these themes but thats my crack pot theory. Idc about genshin anymore, story and everything moves so slow
One of venti line littery scream "oh! Another travelers" well that what I understand it feel to me
I… I just had a random thought. it's ''WHAT IF'' so dont take seriously so…
what if Barbatos's ''wisp form'' was the result of guoba-fication? like Barbatos isn't originally a wisp but something more.
he said he's a wind spirit and yet is a very UNIQUE creature/spirit similar to Paimon and Guoba. we dont know where he originally came from and we only knew at the point Barbatos wisp made friends with the nameless bard.
I mean Barbatos's name was mentioned even in regions that used to have ANCIENT civilizations in them same with Istaroth.
maybe Barbatos used to be an Ancient God, the God of Wind and now after becoming an Archon, he gets the title of Both Wind and Freedom.
I honestly feel like the Protagonist's abyss sibling ended up planting seeds along the journey, making sure, everyone is in on it.
He's definitely hiding those massive balls inside them pants