Alice, Alice, Alice! That’s all anyone talks about when it comes to the Hexenzirkel, but she’s not the only suspicious disembodied voice sending us cryptic messages from some unknown location! So with her latest appearance in the finale of Fontaine’s archon quest, I thought now would be a good time to revisit an old theory about her and see if we can’t expand upon it.
**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Witches in (European) History
04:27 Dawn Winery
14:21 Golden Apple Archipelago
20:39 “Prophecy”
31:55 Closing Thoughts & Mini Theories
**RELATED THEORIES**
Which Witch? – Initial look at the Hexenzirkel: https://youtu.be/J4DMk5M3MP8
Kaeya’s Angels – this has some little Nicole (and Kaeya) lorebits I missed! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNxiVgD13s
**CREDITS**
Video edited by TXR: https://twitter.com/txrpwr
Image Attributions: https://pastebin.com/aCCbfbiS
**CITATIONS & FURTHER READING**
Cider Lake (drink): https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Taste_of_Home
Dandelion Wine: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Dandelion_Wine
Book of Revelations (location): https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/%3F%3F%3F
Golden Apple Archipelago: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Apple_Archipelago
Minacious Isle: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Minacious_Isle/2.8
Ragnvindr: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Ragnvindr
Red Dead of Night: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dead_of_Night
Diluc: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Diluc/Lore
Hexenzirkel: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Hexenzirkel
Hexenzirkel Tea Party Event: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Joy_Above_the_Clouds
Nicole Reeyn: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Mage_”N”
Temple of the Star Latitudes: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Temple_of_the_Star_Latitudes
Midsummer Courtyard: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Midsummer_Courtyard
Starsnatch Cliff: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Starsnatch_Cliff
Klee: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Klee/Lore
Traveler (About: Mondstadt): https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Traveler/Voice-Overs/Mondstadt
Glastonbury: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Glastonbury/
Temple of the Stars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Stars
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-guide-to-glastonburys-temple-of-stars-their-giant-effigies-described-from-air-views-maps-and-from-the-high-history-of-the-holy-grail-k-e-maltwood/1028161445
https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/38-88-9/my-lydee.htm
Glastonbury Tor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Tor
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor/history-of-glastonbury-tor
Avalon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon
Wine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine
Odysseus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus
https://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
Apollo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo
Pallas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas_(Titan)
Athena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Nike (goddess): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)
Athena (epithets): https://www.hellenicgods.org/athena-the-epithets
Thriae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriae
Faust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust,_Part_One
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3023
Walpurgis Night: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night
https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/swedish-traditions/more-traditions/walpurgis-night-and-may-day/
Star of Bethlehem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1991QJRAS..32..389H/0000391.000.html
https://www.space.com/14036-christmas-star-bethlehem-comet-planet-theories.html
https://classicalastronomy.com/2020/12/what-was-the-star-of-bethlehem/
Halley’s Comet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
Nicole-Reine Lepaute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole-Reine_Lepaute
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1944ASPL….4..314C
Niccolo Machiavelli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol_Machiavelli#Life
The Prince: https://apeiron.iulm.it/retrieve/handle/10808/4129/46589/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdf
Guest Star: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_star_(astronomy)
Biblical Magi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJI9iVYjOi4
Scarborough Fair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Fair_(ballad)
Some instances of the elongated 4 pointed star:
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Vera%27s_Melancholy
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Favonius_Cathedral?so=search
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Achievement:_Traversal
All Khaenri’ahn black stars
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*NOTES & CORRECTIONS*
– A brand new YT theorist made a video on Kaeya which has some nice overlap with this theory! I only found it after the video was finished, otherwise I would have given it a proper shoutout, because they made some really awesome connections!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNxiVgD13s
– The person who mentioned the owl-domain tablet thing first was apparently a friend of mine, Kitkat! They saw the video and went "WAIT THAT WAS ME!" Haha~
"Abyss Prince" coincides with this finding a king stuff so much, plus they're gonna fight Celestia, the throne/king of the world
@26:00 you mention the hexenzirkel might be 500 years old, and nothing says they cant. When did they challenge the animo archon? did we ever get a date on that? I assumed it was pre-web manga, and also assumed it was pre-cataclysm/
Now I can't un see it 😂
my brain is exploding in the best way possible
13:40 – I wanna say that Diluc being the uncrowned king of Mondstadt might be due to his control over the wine industry, one of Mondstat's biggest industries and exports. Similar to how (iirc) Bruce Wayne has been called the Prince of Gotham because of how much influence Wayne Industries has.
Also just for more reasons to tie Diluc to Batman. Also casual reminder that an alternate universe version of Batman exists called Owlman.
The English dub is so genuinely bad. Even seconds of hearing it makes my skin crawl. Alice's voice is so bad, and that weird straining and grunting she does is simple sentences is awful.
catzklein isn't the only unique species to mondstadt… you forget we have a dog girl in there
When you talk about the Landscape Zodiac – made me think of how all the waypoints and characters constellations line up perfectly for each region 😀
I think youre overthinking this massively, no way the (chinese) writers have that level of knowledge about all kids of mythology and are able to form such a cohesive narrative as you imagine, they have to run the whole story past ccp, thats probably their main concern. Nevertheless, a very entertaining video and im impressed by your knowledge
only magical creature in mondstadt? how about the kitsune? doesnt the info we have point towards them being originally from there before going to inazuma? sucrose is probably one as well
I was waiting for a video about Nicole! Interesting lore and possible mythological ties.
Wait… if N could be an angel, what if Columbina is her nemesis? That'd be cool
28:00 and the penultimate sumeru quest was king deshret and the 3 magi, if its related in that way. Cuz like 3 magi probably being haithem,cyno and dehya didn't make much sense to me
Is I always said, something sus might be brewing in Mondstadt, something big. We'll definitely have to return there at one point of story quest
this was a entertaining and believable theory, as always. Also think the editing was really nice!!
Also at 29:47 … I think you called kaeya for khaenri'ah haha
And there's also this chapter called "King Deshret and the Three Magi"
My assumption was that Nicole can use her teaset to be present in the same way that Alice can use lamps. And that they also might connect to wherever she exists the same way a Domain teapot can be a place.
I remember seeing a post on HoYoLAB saying that there’s a theory that Nicole is actually Diluc’s mom. Or we’ll at least his mom was a witch. So Nicole watching over Diluc and helping him out actually makes sense if you believe that she’s our favorite redhead’s mother.
hey ashikai! i think i might actually have an idea for who could be leading the hexenzirkle
the recent name card from 4.0 named “Achievement: Orbits” gives some insight to the twins being tracked upon their arrival in teyvat. “O Almighty Soverign, the Universitas Magistrorum has provided the predictions you requested: The two stars have been captured by the world’s gravity”
Jakob also mentions this group, which means that it probably existed before and after the cataclysm. The “community of masters” sounds a lot like the hexenzirkle which is comprised of witches who are usually referred to as masters, but if this means they’re led by a sovereign it would seemingly line up with their motivations. in fact, you pointed out that the traveler, upon making contact with the ley lines, immediately knew that nibelung was back. wouldn’t it make sense that he’s been alive, attempting to track down the twins in an attempt to regain his authority? is it a coincidence that we run into klee, albedo, mona, alice, and nicole, all either witches themselves or an indirect connection to the hexenzirkle’s sphere of influence? it makes so much more sense if it was done with purpose in my opinion
is this almighty soverign nibelung? i think it sounds insane for him to be the leader of the hexenzirkle, but they honestly all seem strong enough and know more than nearly every other being in teyvat. i’d like to hear other theories though 🙂
I wouldn't be surprised if Nicole is actually Diluc mom or something cause it rather convenient for her to use the spy network to check on him after his father died ya know
Diluc also says about Mona "I see no need for the' harvest forecasts' of astrologers."
and while looking for this quote, there was an archived reddit thread pointing out how…*weird* it is that he has a line for Mona when they never seem to have interacted.
Wooo
Kaeya with Bethlehem stars… was sent away on a mission by his “true” father… dropped off at a random building… raised by an adoptive parent… is a prince with a super special fate…. the last hope… Is Kaeya supposed to be Jesus???😭