I have been seeing a lot of misinformation lately about Yae being the first or the real electro archon. Most of these “theories” are based on simplified visual aspects and do not refer to the actual lore in the game. Here’s a video to debunk those theories.
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😂 Don't mind me but all these theories. Seems awkard as an honkai player and genshin player.
having playing yae since 2-3 years ago. knowing the story and all that
but the most important thing how did. Yae From a sword user(She is Op in abbys and mirage) becomes a Catalyst user how why mihiyo
What if when she said “I wasn’t born yet,” she meant that her form/personality as Yae is not born yet? I’m also not sure which theory has more merit but this video surely adds a lot to the discussion 😊
In my perspective just look at baal eyes/hair is glowing oh i see she a archons same as zhongli and venti
i really didn't think that yae was the past electro archon since she called ganyu big sis during the 1.5 livestream..
I love the facts! One thing tho:
I prob read wrong but in the archon war, ts possible to be an archon without particopating in it, Might be wrong again but wasnt Andrius the one who fought in the archon wr, then resigning and giving his place to Barbaros?
Some people loving this theory because they want justification that Baal is an archon. YES SHE IS. She's the current/acting archon of inazuma. However, it is just a title that can be passed on. Venti and Zhongli are two of the seven original archons. The other five are dead. Baal was not part of the original 7. She's another being who has been passed down the electro archon gnosis to. "Original" because there was no archon of their cities before them. The original 7 won the archon war, hence they receive a land to govern. Archon doesn't even mean "supreme" beings/winners of the war, it's just a title. Even osial, "the overload of vortex" on the original Chinese language was called osial, "the archon of the vortex". The original 7 were archons of CITIES (liyue, governed by the god of contracts, etc.) However, the translation made it seem that archons are titles to limited people to avoid confusion.
People love to theorize who could've been the archon before Baal (because Baal was not part of the originals, like venti or zhongli, which means there was an archon before her). And Yae's mysterious character gets theorized to that mysterious role.
This video clears up the confusion with Yae being the electro archon, but I hope people wouldn't call those believing it might be Yae as "silly". This is why they're creating a THEORY ffs. Stop skipping lore.
Don’t forget she has non human ears which I doubt the og electro archon had
It kinda looks like Lumine…?
There is achance that she is the reincarnated one..
All these assuming that she told the truth to the guy… Not saying that she was the previous Archon… But the argument used to embase the whole video is just as weak…
she might say that but it is up to us to believe her, dont forget that zhongli also played us
wait, where did we know yae is zhongli’s friend? /gen
To me it just makes much more sense for Yae to be the reincarnate of The Kitsune Saiguu not electro archon based on a haircut that is
1: Not even the same
2: Doesn't even show her Ears (Kitsune ears)
go to Ritou . there is Fox statue with Electro Ring behind it, just like baal statue…
The only possible theory I could think of the justify the first Electro Archon theory is if Yae is somehow a reincarnation…but then there's the argument of her still not truly being the first Electro Archon and instead now a completely different person who happens to share the same soul, or she could have even just a fragment. Regardless, the argument would be that the first Electro Archon and Yae are two different people. I wouldn't be surprised if such things happened in Genshin (and I think we've seen hints of it before but my memory is hazy)…but it's all just theories or ideas for now.
I'm absolutely dying to learn more about Yae and Baal. It feels like we've been purposefully kept in the dark about those two specifically, so I'm excited for 2.1 and onward.
doesn't that yae is actually younger than us , maybe we should call her "child"
Yae is just Yae
i can imagine the statue of the girl was someone Baal knew, she died, and that what makes Baal closed off inazuma and trying to claimed all the visions owner in inazuma.. maybe the little girl died during the archon war, that would make Baal hate archon and its "follower"
You can't really trust mihoyo folks who knows the archon might be kokomi.
One more thing to note is that Zhongli said or was mentioned to not be able to shapeshift into a being that doesn't have an Amber/Black/Brown color scheme (The colors of Geo). If Yae was an Electro Archon, then that would mean that she would have the same exact hair color as Raiden Shogun, right? Dark purple to Light Purple, colors of Electro. But her hair is flat Pink.
Also, why would Baal be a real functional archon if the previous one wasn't dead? Because if the argument is "the original Electro Archon aka. Yae faked her death", then why don't Liyue and Mondstatd have any new archons? Zhongli and Venti don't have their Gnosis anymore afterall. Therefore, an archon has to DIE in proper terms in order for Celestia to make another one. Yae is pretty much alive, though.
And last thing, if the Omnipresent God Statue is for the Vision Hunt decree's stolen visions to get embeded into and it only started 2 years ago, why would an archon who died at least 1000 years ago be involved in it? Why would she be represented on it if the statue is related to an event that happened millenias after her death?
My theory is that instead of her being the original electro archon, baal is trying to step down and make yae the new archon
Idc who Yae is, what I know is she's just sketchy af
Theory. Thats all for now
And she cant even be the original archon for the only true living archons left are zhongli and venti. They say it in their voice lines
it could be her mother
"In truth, the statue was never similar to Yae"
Me: Finally someone who have vision!
its because baal is the electro archon
Anddddd doesn’t the only archon have to “DIE” before a new one comes? Like bruh how could the old one still be Alive..?
Since there is a theory that Baal and Zhongli were friends. Maybe the reason why she closed off Inazuma and started her Shogunate Degree was because of Morax’s death. Morax life was her idea of eternity and hearing that very eternity is dead she caused a lockdown. She worries someone, someone with the power of the elements might kill her like how someone “killed” Morax. Just a thought. Hope we learn more about why degrees like the Vision Hunt exist and why Baal is so strict.
Not saying Yae is the Archon, but keep in mind the word "lie" exists even in video games.
Finally, I was waiting for this for a long time…
i thought her vision is the hanging on her ear but it wasnt but i got confuse , so if that wasnt her vision. But shes electro?
Damn, I havent thought that this theory is on point…
On point of meh, hahaha
The first part regarding the author meets Yae, yes she said "youre drunk" and she was not born before kitsune saiguu, but did you consider the idea of hiding youre identity, specially the term hiding in plain sight?
The lore of the Catalyst, where it was depicted here as a lore on Kitsune's point of view, saying that she served The shogun, that does not mean that Raiden (now or baal) is whom she served, since Raiden was never part of the original 7, the explanation here says it all, Inazuma was open city till It comes under the decree when Raiden became the Archon/ruler, the shogun that is being told here that the kitsune mentioned could be Yae, And the reason why she stepped down is because she lost her dear follower/friend, the kitsune.
Definitely an Old frien of Morax, I mean, come on, the first two theories that this video was not really on point, and based only for the literal words spouted by the characters, as if mihoyo said that just believe what the book itself mentioned that is it, no plot twists etc.
Lastly the statue at Inazuma, as in really? The design is close to, if not exactly as, Yae, think of it like this, Raiden knows Yae for sure, but how come she does not took Yae's Vision? At the same time if she did not take it does that kean Baal did not followed her own beliefs for eternity? so why not take Yae's? because It was not a Vision but a piece of jewelry embeded in an earring? Then I could say the same to Ayaka's Ribbon then? No, Yae's earring is the vision itself. The Statue is Definitely Yae, and the reason why it was created with that design is could be a resemblance for her before Yae passed it to Raiden, or before raiden took over or whatever form.
but finding out who is the original electro archon is actually harderr than knowing venti is a god and zhongli is a god the moment you see them. Not as easy as last time..