45 thoughts on “Genshin Impact: The Lore of Sumeru (Dendro Archon, Location, Theories)”
So in this comment you will find all of the original artists of the fan art that appears in the video. All fan art comes from the Genshin Impact Subreddit.
u/yurouzuya made the Dendro polearm user that appears at 2:58 and 5:10 in the video
u/D3dBrain made the Map of Teyvat and Map of Sumeru that appears in the video
u/JhayAlejo made the young Dendro archon Fan art that appears in various points in the video
Genshin basically: Traveler: can u help me find my sibling plz archon Archon: yeah, can u help fix our city tho Traveler: yeah lol Archon: ok thx btw we don’t know where ur sibling is but maybe (insert upcoming archon) knows Traveler: oh ok thanks And then the story repeats 🙂
I have a theory regarding the last Dendro Archon. I think that, during the war with Kaenri'ah, the Archon broke free from Celestia's control and realized how wrong this was. He tried to confront the other Archons and help then break away too, but he failed and his plan backfired. Celestia, seeing what he was trying to do, decided to… neutralize the threat he posed to their control. Six Archons gathered to slay one of their own. I believe Celestia decided to have the Archons forget they did that, but the Tsaritsa somehow escaped the mind wipe and this was part of the reason she started a rebellion against Celestia. But when she made her motives clear to the other Archons, they couldn't remember what had happened to their comrade, what they had done, and this is why Venti states he is unsure why the Tsaritsa broke her connections to him. All speculation, no leaks!
It could be that the dendro archon allows everyone access to knowledge, which leads to mortals undermining his authority. Thus causing political unrest
i soooo much hope to see some amazing and beautiful lush jungles in Sumeru with leopard like animals and colorful parrots flying around! with small hidden waterfalls and little caves. i really hope that it would be really huge to explore and being referenced to Amazonia rainforest. oh god, i so much love such plentiful nature
I think the desert may be like dragon spine, in dragon spine you need to warm up with fire before you die of cold, in the desert, you need water, or something cold before you die of the intense heat there
Im so excited for sumeru already. After we finish off the vision hunt decree and beat baal, we will now deal with the incompetence of the dendro archon and possibly know the truth about celestia considering that sumeru is the land of knowledge for teyvat.
I am so so so so so so so excited for Sumeru and Dendro characters in general. I was so excited for Inazuma to come out just because it means we're one step closer to the land I actually care about. 😂
You can actually get rainforest and desert really close together. In fact where I live you get just that. How? Mountains. Mountains can create massive differences in weather patterns
Thing is, I thought about this, you can't be an archon of a certain element if that element is not dominant in the surrounding area. Simple, take a look at Liyue, Its the Geo Archon's place, therefore, there are a lot of stones, merchants, etc. Now, take this into equation for Dendro, so since dendro is to do with trees, I have a strong feeling that the path leading to Sumeru, will be a desert, but there will be a watery path(river) that will guide them. When the traveller arrives, there will be an interesting quest (heck even a boss fight with some individuals who hate the Archon) then, he will finally meet the Archon. Sumeru itself is a Hindu Mountain amongst the many mountains. And therefore, this means that we will be seeing a lot of ancient Hindu architecture with trees grown over them. I have a feeling they might release the first preview during Diwali. So, yeah. Great hype ahead.
I hope SU from Honkai Impact 3 is the basis of the Dendro Archon, since he owns a bubble universe called the Seed of Sumeru. He's also a doctor so our Dendro Archon might be a healer, or Sub DPS (following the pattern of every archon released). Also he's pretty T_T
Also the fact that Sumerian has children born with “the curse” where the fatui tries to find kids to experiment on and may be that’s the folly and the archon just ignores that. Whatever it is the story in manga was just cruel
Honkai time bois. A chapter says “Seed of Sumeru” and there’s this dude that travels from bubble universes to bubble universes. Maybe the Sumeru’s god is Su bc we can see him talking to Durandal abt how to protect it. Maybe Sumeru’s god IS actually Su from Honkai, unlike how other archons are just bubble universes.
Su isn’t arrogant but he knows what’s going on in his land. Appearance: Grey hair, purple eyes with green pupils.
Su imprisoned himself in the Seed of Sumeru as an act of redemption. He hates fighting the innocent people, so he didn’t respond not because as a dendro archon, he’s arrogant, but because he’s pretty much a saint and a matyr. Su would do anything to stop Kevin leading Su to be defeated and fall to the quantum universe. Kevin’s last words were; “Continue project Valuka.” Project valuka is- to Use the Second Divine Key to find or observe other worlds on the Imaginary Tree where Honkai was defeated. Su failed this but decided to pass it onto Durandal.
Since Su used to be the part of the fire MOTH (the moth who chases the flames, anti-Honkai group), he knew about project ARK. After Kevin declared that project ARK (from S.A.V.E) failed bc they never received any signals back from the pods they sent out to find another habitable planet, Kevin immediately assigned the Valuka task after imprisoning Su. I feel like it’s suspicious how Su “imprisoned” himself in “Sumeru.”
Fun fact : Sumeru is gonna based on the mix of two of the world oldest civilizations, the Ancient Egypt civilization and the Indus valley civilization 😆
Sumeru Parbat is one of the Hindu Sacred Mountains, Somewhat like a celestial abode, much like Kailash Dham. The guy who has a snake wound around his neck is (in my humble opinion) inspired from Bhagwan Shiv, who resides in Kailash Dham. One of the other reasons why I think Sumeru will also have certain Indian elements is because the crystals have Sanskrit roots- Vayuda (VAYU for Air), Prtihvida (Prithvi for Earth), Agnida (AGNI for Fire), etc. already and the mention of Puran in the Teaser also tells me the same. However the fact that Sumerian Civilization was centred around Egypto-Arabic Regions and Egyptian and Hindu cultures were a bit similar, polytheism, Sun God, etc. Perhaps an amalgamation of Both. Perhaps Deserts and Forests. Well that's what many comments are pointing towards so big revelation. But comforts me that Imma gonna see some India and Egypt in anime style (or gacha, i am not a huge follower) and would like to see how far they go so as to inspire their characters from different gods. As an Indian, I am happy and saving for it. Perhaps inspire some ppl here to explore the boon that is Gaming!!
When Dain said ‘There is a push for folly, yet the god of wisdom makes no arguement against it.’ I got the impression that the Fatui are somehow taking advantage of Sumeru (again) since Fatui in Latin is foolishness and there is a mention of Folly in his script.
there is a photo of a Mihoyo employee reading Persian Mythology on the Monitor. Possibly Sumeru combined from India, Egypt and Persia. Maybe the place looks like this : https://youtu.be/ls5_FH0U72M
Ok guys, so being Indian, I for sure know that Sumeru is going to be based on Ancient India since it says “the truth among Puranas” and since Purana is ancient literature in Hinduism, we can 99% assume that Sumeru is going to be based on India. Moreover, the “dessert” and “rainforest”, yes, we have both of those in India.
So in this comment you will find all of the original artists of the fan art that appears in the video. All fan art comes from the Genshin Impact Subreddit.
u/yurouzuya made the Dendro polearm user that appears at 2:58 and 5:10 in the video
u/D3dBrain made the Map of Teyvat and Map of Sumeru that appears in the video
u/JhayAlejo made the young Dendro archon Fan art that appears in various points in the video
I'll start building my pyro characters for now on
waa u guys can't see that in he's belly there's a bell
And u can see he's vision
It's pyro
Genshin basically:
Traveler: can u help me find my sibling plz archon
Archon: yeah, can u help fix our city tho
Traveler: yeah lol
Archon: ok thx btw we don’t know where ur sibling is but maybe (insert upcoming archon) knows
Traveler: oh ok thanks
And then the story repeats 🙂
I’m so excited for sumeru have to wait for another 7 or 6 months?
Another fun fact: The Dendro Archon doesn’t like to give the Dendro element to people.
The type of region of Sumeru is India :v
Yeah I'll be very disappointed if the archon looks like a child. Venti is okay but anything younger just no.
I have a theory regarding the last Dendro Archon. I think that, during the war with Kaenri'ah, the Archon broke free from Celestia's control and realized how wrong this was. He tried to confront the other Archons and help then break away too, but he failed and his plan backfired. Celestia, seeing what he was trying to do, decided to… neutralize the threat he posed to their control. Six Archons gathered to slay one of their own. I believe Celestia decided to have the Archons forget they did that, but the Tsaritsa somehow escaped the mind wipe and this was part of the reason she started a rebellion against Celestia. But when she made her motives clear to the other Archons, they couldn't remember what had happened to their comrade, what they had done, and this is why Venti states he is unsure why the Tsaritsa broke her connections to him.
All speculation, no leaks!
Dendro Archon is badass ill get him over baal since there are so many Electro characters while we don't have dendro characters yet
It could be that the dendro archon allows everyone access to knowledge, which leads to mortals undermining his authority. Thus causing political unrest
i soooo much hope to see some amazing and beautiful lush jungles in Sumeru with leopard like animals and colorful parrots flying around! with small hidden waterfalls and little caves. i really hope that it would be really huge to explore and being referenced to Amazonia rainforest. oh god, i so much love such plentiful nature
I think the desert may be like dragon spine, in dragon spine you need to warm up with fire before you die of cold, in the desert, you need water, or something cold before you die of the intense heat there
Inazuma just dropped and Im hyping up Sumeru even tho its prob not gonna be soon when they upload it
older? not gonna happen. Mihoyo is more on cuttiee faces
man u should really put subtitles on your videos 🙁 the automatic CC don’t work
Im so excited for sumeru already. After we finish off the vision hunt decree and beat baal, we will now deal with the incompetence of the dendro archon and possibly know the truth about celestia considering that sumeru is the land of knowledge for teyvat.
I am so so so so so so so excited for Sumeru and Dendro characters in general. I was so excited for Inazuma to come out just because it means we're one step closer to the land I actually care about. 😂
You can actually get rainforest and desert really close together. In fact where I live you get just that. How? Mountains. Mountains can create massive differences in weather patterns
Thing is, I thought about this, you can't be an archon of a certain element if that element is not dominant in the surrounding area. Simple, take a look at Liyue, Its the Geo Archon's place, therefore, there are a lot of stones, merchants, etc. Now, take this into equation for Dendro, so since dendro is to do with trees, I have a strong feeling that the path leading to Sumeru, will be a desert, but there will be a watery path(river) that will guide them. When the traveller arrives, there will be an interesting quest (heck even a boss fight with some individuals who hate the Archon) then, he will finally meet the Archon. Sumeru itself is a Hindu Mountain amongst the many mountains. And therefore, this means that we will be seeing a lot of ancient Hindu architecture with trees grown over them. I have a feeling they might release the first preview during Diwali. So, yeah. Great hype ahead.
ok maybe , just maybe the dendro archon is a catalyst
I hope SU from Honkai Impact 3 is the basis of the Dendro Archon, since he owns a bubble universe called the Seed of Sumeru. He's also a doctor so our Dendro Archon might be a healer, or Sub DPS (following the pattern of every archon released). Also he's pretty T_T
He looks like Razor brother
Also the fact that Sumerian has children born with “the curse” where the fatui tries to find kids to experiment on and may be that’s the folly and the archon just ignores that. Whatever it is the story in manga was just cruel
you can already kinda guess the archons name, one of the biblical demons i think…
The Dendro archon can also be " Narendra Modi ".
Dayyum bruh, I really expected Cyno to be a Geo Polearm user..
I think sumeru gonna be amazon 2.0
100% A YOUNG SHOUNEN BOI. size of Klee cuz we ain't getting any of those yet.. Why the Small girls.. they probably will start adding smol bois next…
The small dendro kid is a perfect example.
inazuma just released, i LOVE genshin spoilers!
Sumeru: you know im releasing in another year and a half right?
me: dang it
wouldnt be surprised if the desert of sumeru would be part of pyro location and jungle the part of hydro location
Honkai time bois. A chapter says “Seed of Sumeru” and there’s this dude that travels from bubble universes to bubble universes. Maybe the Sumeru’s god is Su bc we can see him talking to Durandal abt how to protect it. Maybe Sumeru’s god IS actually Su from Honkai, unlike how other archons are just bubble universes.
Su isn’t arrogant but he knows what’s going on in his land. Appearance: Grey hair, purple eyes with green pupils.
Su imprisoned himself in the Seed of Sumeru as an act of redemption. He hates fighting the innocent people, so he didn’t respond not because as a dendro archon, he’s arrogant, but because he’s pretty much a saint and a matyr. Su would do anything to stop Kevin leading Su to be defeated and fall to the quantum universe. Kevin’s last words were; “Continue project Valuka.” Project valuka is- to Use the Second Divine Key to find or observe other worlds on the Imaginary Tree where Honkai was defeated. Su failed this but decided to pass it onto Durandal.
Since Su used to be the part of the fire MOTH (the moth who chases the flames, anti-Honkai group), he knew about project ARK. After Kevin declared that project ARK (from S.A.V.E) failed bc they never received any signals back from the pods they sent out to find another habitable planet, Kevin immediately assigned the Valuka task after imprisoning Su. I feel like it’s suspicious how Su “imprisoned” himself in “Sumeru.”
So, what do you think?
Fun fact : Sumeru is gonna based on the mix of two of the world oldest civilizations, the Ancient Egypt civilization and the Indus valley civilization 😆
I am ao excited about each new region this game is just insane with world building do i can't wait to see what they do
Sumeru Parbat is one of the Hindu Sacred Mountains, Somewhat like a celestial abode, much like Kailash Dham. The guy who has a snake wound around his neck is (in my humble opinion) inspired from Bhagwan Shiv, who resides in Kailash Dham. One of the other reasons why I think Sumeru will also have certain Indian elements is because the crystals have Sanskrit roots- Vayuda (VAYU for Air), Prtihvida (Prithvi for Earth), Agnida (AGNI for Fire), etc. already and the mention of Puran in the Teaser also tells me the same. However the fact that Sumerian Civilization was centred around Egypto-Arabic Regions and Egyptian and Hindu cultures were a bit similar, polytheism, Sun God, etc. Perhaps an amalgamation of Both. Perhaps Deserts and Forests. Well that's what many comments are pointing towards so big revelation. But comforts me that Imma gonna see some India and Egypt in anime style (or gacha, i am not a huge follower) and would like to see how far they go so as to inspire their characters from different gods. As an Indian, I am happy and saving for it. Perhaps inspire some ppl here to explore the boon that is Gaming!!
Tbh I think Sumeru might be similar to Meridian and Oseram from Horizon Zero Dawn.
Idk
sumeru is mostlikely meant to be a fantasy egypt judging my the one character's design
i think the people want to get rid of the archon
Sumeruu😂 I can't really take the the way you pronounce it seriously. It sounds like a character's name instead of a region XD
When Dain said ‘There is a push for folly, yet the god of wisdom makes no arguement against it.’ I got the impression that the Fatui are somehow taking advantage of Sumeru (again) since Fatui in Latin is foolishness and there is a mention of Folly in his script.
Bruh he looks like razor
there is a photo of a Mihoyo employee reading Persian Mythology on the Monitor. Possibly Sumeru combined from India, Egypt and Persia. Maybe the place looks like this :
https://youtu.be/ls5_FH0U72M
Ok guys, so being Indian, I for sure know that Sumeru is going to be based on Ancient India since it says “the truth among Puranas” and since Purana is ancient literature in Hinduism, we can 99% assume that Sumeru is going to be based on India. Moreover, the “dessert” and “rainforest”, yes, we have both of those in India.